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Johnston, Henry S., 1867-1965

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1867-12-30 - 1965-01-07

Biography

American lawyer and politician who served as a delegate to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, the first President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and the seventh governor of Oklahoma. He would become the second governor in Oklahoma history to be impeached and removed from office.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Politics and politicians

 File
Identifier: 2006.012.13
Scope and Contents From the File: An artificial collection that consists of materials pertaining to Oklahoma and Oklahomans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and is not part of any other collection.The Oklahoma Collection subsumes the old Oklahoma Ephemera, Oklahoma Historical Photos and Docs and Oklahoma Maps collections. Ephemera was a remnant of the McFarlin Reference Department's vertical files, the larger portion having been sent to the Tulsa City-County Library, which was kept during the late 1940s...
Dates: 1864 - 1991

"The Pilfering Plunderbund...."

 Item
Identifier: 2006.012.13
Scope and Contents

"Henry S. Johnston, Perry, Oklahoma. Democratic candidate for Congressman-at-Large." On verso, a listing of Henry S. Johnston's Ten Commandments.

Dates: 1864 - 1991