- Johnston Murray
Infobox Governor
name= Johnston Murray
caption=
order=14th
office= Governor of Oklahoma
term_start=January 8 ,1951
term_end=January 10 ,1955
predecessor=Roy Turner
successor=Raymond Gary
birth_date= birth date|1902|7|21|mf=y
birth_place= Emet,Johnston County ,Indian Territory
death_date= death date|1974|4|16|mf=y
profession=Lawyer
party= Democrat
footnotes= Son of former Oklahoma Governor William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray.Johnston Murray (
July 21 ,1902 –April 16 ,1974 ) was the Governor of theU.S. state ofOklahoma from 1951 until 1955. He was a member of the Democratic Party. His father,William H. Murray , was also a governor of the state. He was bornJuly 21 ,1902 , in the mansion of the Chickasaw Nation's Governor at Emet,Johnston County ,Indian Territory . His early education was governed by the location of the work of his famous father, former Gov.William H. Murray . After graduation from theMurray State School of Agriculture , in 1924, he went toBolivia where he lived for four years trying to make a success of his father's colonization expedition there. He received his law degree fromOklahoma City University School of Law in 1946, having studied and worked at other things for a number of years. He served as Governor fromJanuary 8 ,1951 , to January1955. He served as an attorney with theState Department of Welfare until his deathApril 16 ,1974 . He is buried atTishomingo along with his father.
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