J. Kevin Stitt is the 28th governor of Oklahoma. Gov. Stitt is an entrepreneur and businessman who founded Gateway in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2000. Starting Gateway with only $1,000 and…

Born in Leipsic, Ohio, CHARLES NATHANIEL HASKELL was privately educated and became a teacher, practitioner of law, and businessman. After moving to Muskogee, Oklahoma, he organized the Territorial Trust and…

LEE CRUCE was born near Marion, Kentucky. Forced to leave Vanderbilt University because of ill health, he studied law privately and began practicing before moving to Ardmore, Oklahoma in 1891.…

ROBERT LEE WILLIAMS was born in Brundidge, Alabama and graduated from Southern University, after which he taught briefly and then studied law privately. He practiced law in Troy, Alabama before…

JAMES BROOKS AYERS ROBERTSON was born in Keokuk County, Iowa. He taught school first in Iowa and then in Oklahoma, where he relocated at the age of twenty-two. He went…

JOHN Callaway (JACK) WALTON was born near Indianapolis, Indiana and as a small child moved with his family to Nebraska and then Arkansas. After serving in the Field Artillery during…

Born in Robinson, Kansas, MARTIN EDWIN TRAPP moved to Oklahoma Territory as a teenager. He was educated in the public schools and graduated from Capitol City College in Guthrie, Oklahoma…

Born near Evansville, Indiana, HENRY SIMPSON JOHNSTON moved with his family to Kansas at a young age. He studied at Baker University and Methodist College in Kansas but relocated to…

WILLIAM JUDSON HOLLOWAY was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree from Ouachita College in 1910, he moved to Hugo, Oklahoma, where he served for three…

WILLIAM HENRY MURRAY, known as "Alfalfa Bill," was born in Collinsville, Texas. After graduating from College Hill Institute in Springtown, Texas, he taught school and became a newspaper publisher. He…