(1902-07-21)July 21, 1902 Emet, Indian Territory, U.S. (now Oklahoma)
Died
April 16, 1974(1974-04-16) (aged 71) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party
Democratic (before 1956) Republican
(after 1956)
Spouses
Marion Draughon
(m. 1923; div. 1929)
Willie Roberta Emerson
(m. 1933; div. 1956)
Helen Shutt (m. 1956)
Children
1
Parents
William H. Murray
Mary Alice Hearrell Murray
Education
Murray State College Oklahoma City University (LLB)
Johnston Murray (July 21, 1902 – April 16, 1974)[1] was an American lawyer, politician, and the 14th governor of Oklahoma from 1951 to 1955. He was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1956, Murray switched parties and joined the Republican Party.
Murray was the first Native American to be elected as governor in the United States.[2] Murray's mother, Mary Alice Hearrell Murray, was a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.[3] His father, William H. Murray, by virtue of his marriage to Hearrell in 1899, also became a citizen of the nation under Chickasaw law. The elder Murray was an advisor to Governor Douglas H. Johnston of the Chickasaw Nation, and later served in numerous political offices after Oklahoma was admitted as a state.[3] He served as the ninth governor of Oklahoma (1931–1935).
As governor 20 years later, Johnston Murray attempted to reduce state spending but was blocked by state legislators, although they were part of the Democratic majority.[4] The state constitution prohibited a second succeeding term, and his second wife Willie Murray ran for governor in 1954. She failed to win. They broke up in a bitter public divorce proceeding, which began a few months later.[4] The divorce was final in 1956.
Murray later married Helen Shutt. They moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he worked for an oil well servicing company and later a limousine service.[4] After returning to Oklahoma City, Murray formed a law partnership with Whit Pate in February 1960. He ran for Oklahoma State Treasurer in 1962, but finished last in the four-man Democratic primary field.[5] He later worked for the remainder of his career as a consulting attorney for the Oklahoma Department of Welfare.[6] Both he and his father were buried in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.
JohnstonMurray (July 21, 1902 – April 16, 1974) was an American lawyer, politician, and the 14th governor of Oklahoma from 1951 to 1955. He was a member...
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1931 and 1935. She was married to Governor William H. Murray and the mother of JohnstonMurray. Mary Alice Hearrell was born on January 9, 1875, near...
was named after William H. Murray (known as "Alfalfa Bill") who had served as legal advisor to Governor Douglas H. Johnston of the Chickasaw Nation, was...
the second Native American governor after former Oklahoma governor JohnstonMurray. Stitt grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, and graduated from Oklahoma State...
I. M. (Ivan Murray) Johnston (February 28, 1898–May 31, 1960), was a United States botanist. He studied at Pomona College in Claremont, California and...
International University, not Sequoia. Former Governor of Oklahoma JohnstonMurray received an honorary degree of Doctor of Law on July 7, 1952. In 1953...
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Archived from the original on July 13, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020. "JohnstonMurray". National Governors Association. January 10, 2011. Archived from the...
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related to the medication prescribed by her husband. Oklahoma Governor JohnstonMurray revoked the parole of Horace Raphol "Toby" Marshall, who returned to...
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November 7, 1950, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat JohnstonMurray defeated Republican Jo O. Ferguson. Phil Ferguson unsuccessfully sought...
bill that included $25,000 for their proposal was vetoed by Governor JohnstonMurray. Meanwhile, Thorpe's third wife, unbeknownst to the rest of his family...
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Alvanley Johnston (12 May 1875 – 17 September 1951) was a Canadian / American locomotive engineer who became head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers...
kidney transplant is performed by Joseph E. Murray, MD in Boston from one identical twin to his brother. Murray will later share the 1990 Nobel Prize in...
William H. Murray, was born at the mansion. William H. Murray had married Mary Alice Hearrell, one of Johnston's nieces, and their son, JohnstonMurray, would...
Johnstone. In 1625, the title of Earl of Annandale had been created for John Murray, but it became extinct when his son James died without heirs. James Johnstone...
Michael Andrew Johnston (born 19 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Born in Scotland...
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