Joseph William Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician who served as the 44th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955. He represented a House district centered on his hometown of North Attleborough,Massachusetts from 1925 to 1967 and was the leader of House Republicans from 1939 until 1959,when he was ousted from leadership after the party's disastrous losses in the 1958 elections. He was the only Republican to serve as Speaker in a sixty-four year period from 1931 to 1995. He was a "compassionate conservative" who opposed the New Deal and supported the conservative coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats.
Francis Anthony Keating II is an American attorney and politician who served as the 25th governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003.
Thomas Jeffery Cole is the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 4th congressional district,serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party and serves as the chairman of the House Rules Committee. During his tenure as the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) from 2006 to 2008,he was the fourth-ranking Republican in the House.
Mary Fallin is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She is the first and so far only woman to be elected governor of Oklahoma. She was the first woman to represent Oklahoma in Congress since Alice Mary Robertson in 1920.
The Oklahoma Democratic Party is an Oklahoma political party affiliated with the Democratic Party.
The Oklahoma Republican Party is the Oklahoma state affiliate of the Republican Party (GOP). Along with the Oklahoma Democratic Party,it is one of the two major parties in the state.
Elizabeth Johnston Patterson was an American politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,she was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993.
The President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate is the second-highest-ranking official of the Oklahoma Senate and the highest-ranking state senator. The Oklahoma Constitution designates the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma as the highest-ranking official,serving ex officio as President of the Senate,even though the lieutenant governor only votes in the case of a tie. During the lieutenant governor's absence,the president pro tempore presides over sessions. By longstanding custom,the lieutenant governor presides over sessions devoted to ceremonial purposes,while the bulk of the legislative management and political power is reserved for the president pro tempore,who is elected directly by the Oklahoma Senate.
Jari Askins is an American judge,lawyer and Democratic politician from the US state of Oklahoma. She was the 15th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma,being the second woman and the first female Democratic Party member to hold that position.
Nancy C. Riley represented Oklahoma State Senate District 37 which is located in Tulsa County and includes Bixby,Jenks,Lotsee,Tulsa and Sand Springs from 2000 to 2008. Riley grew up in Tulsa and graduated from Edison High School. She attended Oklahoma Christian College for three years,then married and started a family. Riley's first husband died from a brain tumor. During that time,Riley was forced to live on food stamps. She later graduated from Langston University,and began teaching elementary school in the Tulsa Public Schools system.
2009 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 3. During this off-year election,the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections held throughout the year. In total,only the seat representing New York's 23rd congressional district changed party hands,increasing the Democratic Party's majority over the Republicans in the United States House of Representatives,258–177.
Odilia Mary Russo Dank was an educator from Oklahoma City who served as a Republican member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives,from District 85. Dank was elected in 1994 and served until she was term limited in 2006.
Michael J. Hunter is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. Hunter served as the Secretary of State of Oklahoma from 1999 to 2002,having been appointed by Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating. On November 1,2016,he was appointed to the same post by Governor Mary Fallin. He also served as Special Counsel to the Governor. On February 20,2017,Hunter was appointed Attorney General of Oklahoma to replace Scott Pruitt who resigned to become the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. On November 8,2018,Hunter won election as Attorney General.
The 1998 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1998,and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma.
Kenneth A. Miller is an American educator and Republican politician from Oklahoma. Miller was the 18th Oklahoma State Treasurer,having won that position in the 2010 state election and served the maximum 2 four year terms allowed under state term limits.
Pamela Peterson is an American Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of New York,who represented the 67th district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2004 to 2016. The district is contained in Tulsa County. She served as majority floor leader,the first woman to hold that post.
Anastasia A. Pittman is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. She represented the 99th district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives,as a member of the Democratic Party. Pittman served in the House from 2006 to 2013. On April 11,2014,she filed to run for an Oklahoma Senate seat vacated by Constance N. Johnson. Pittman was elected to the Oklahoma Senate and represents the 48th district. In 2018,she was the Democratic Party nominee for lieutenant governor in Oklahoma.
Betty Carman Boyd was a longtime Tulsa television personality and a member of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives. Considered a pioneer for women in both fields,Boyd began her career in television in 1955 and was elected as a state legislator in 1990,serving until 2000.
Elna 'Jan' Collins was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Collins served as a legislator in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives from 1984 to 1986,representing District 93. During her one term in office,Collins focused strongly on legislation concerning education. After her term in the House,Collins was elected as a county commissioner for Cleveland County,OK,serving from 1991 to 1995.
Dorothy Conaghan Chiles was a U.S. politician from the state of Oklahoma. Her first husband,Brian Conaghan,died due to complications from leukemia while serving in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In 1973,Chiles was elected to fill his vacant seat,and she served for thirteen years until 1986. She represented the 38th district,which includes Grant and Kay counties.
