Johnston Murray

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 the U.S. state of Oklahoma 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 born July 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 the Murray State School of Agriculture, in 1924, he went to Bolivia where he lived for four years trying to make a success of his father's colonization expedition there. He received his law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1946, having studied and worked at other things for a number of years. He served as Governor from January 8, 1951, to January1955. He served as an attorney with the State Department of Welfare until his death April 16, 1974. He is buried at Tishomingo along with his father.


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