Sapulpa is a city in Creek and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 21,929 at the time of the 2020 census,compared with 20,544 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Creek County.
Tulsa is the second-most populous city in the state of Oklahoma,after Oklahoma City,and is the 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa metropolitan area,a region with 1,034,123 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County,the most densely populated county in Oklahoma,with urban development extending into Osage,Rogers and Wagoner counties.
The Green Party of Oklahoma is a political party in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It was formed in 2002 through a gradual coalition of various state green groups and received its accreditation from the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) in May 2005. Its stated aims are a commitment to environmentalism,non-violence,social justice,and grassroots democracy.
William LaFortune is an American politician who served as the 37th Mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma from 2002 to 2006 and is currently a district judge in Tulsa County. He was elected without opposition to a four-year term in 2014. He replaced former Judge Tom Gillert,who did not run for re-election,but retired from politics.
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 45th-most populous city in the United States.
William Franklin"Dixie" Gilmer was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Brian John Bingman is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who has served in elected and appointed offices since the 1990s. A member of the Republican Party,he was first elected to the Sapulpa city commission in 1992,before being elected mayor by his fellow commissioners in 1994. He would serve in both of these offices until 2004,when he was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent the 30th district. After one term in the house,Bingman ran for the 12th district of the Oklahoma Senate in 2006 and would hold the seat until term limited in 2016. In 2011,he was elected by Republican senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate,a position he would hold until retirement in 2016.
Walter White Shaw was an American football player and coach,attorney and businessman. He played at the halfback position for Fielding H. Yost's renowned 1901 "Point-a-Minute" football team. He later worked as an attorney,judge and businessman in Oklahoma and Louisiana.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tulsa,Oklahoma,United States.
T. D. Evans was an American lawyer,judge,and the Mayor of Tulsa during the Tulsa race massacre.
George Theron Bynum IV is an American politician and lobbyist who has served as the 40th mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma since 2016. Bynum was first elected to the Tulsa City Council representing the ninth district in 2008 as a Republican and served four terms before running for mayor in 2016.
John Michael O'Connor is an American attorney and politician who served as the 19th attorney general of Oklahoma between 2021 and 2023. O’Connor was previously a shareholder of Hall Estill and a nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma,the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma,and the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Martin Van Buren Boughton,more commonly referred to as M. V. Boughton,was an American pioneer and politician who served as the 7th Mayor of Cheyenne,Wyoming.
Leo Meyer (1873-1964) was a politician in Texas and Oklahoma and was the first Jew elected to statewide public office in Oklahoma.
Edward E. Calkins was an American lawyer,Union Army officer,and politician who served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1871 to 1872 and as the first Mayor of Tulsa from 1898 to 1899.
L. J. Martin was an American politician who served as the 11th Mayor of Tulsa from 1910 to 1912 and in the South Dakota Senate from 1901 to 1902.
Herman Frederick Newblock was an American politician and police officer who served as the 16th and 19th Mayor of Tulsa from 1922 to 1928 and 1932 to 1934.
Daniel Webster Patton was an American politician who served as the 17th Mayor of Tulsa from 1928 to 1930.
George E. Norvell was an American politician who served as the 28th Mayor of Tulsa between 1956 and 1958.
