James B. A. Robertson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James B. A. Robertson

Oklahoma governor; politician

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1871

Place of Birth: Keokuk County, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1938

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

James Brooks Ayres Robertson (March 15, 1871 – March 7, 1938), sometimes called J.
B.
A.
Robertson, was an American lawyer, judge and the fourth governor of Oklahoma.
Robertson was appointed by the state's first governor, Charles N.
Haskell, to serve as a district judge. Passing a bar exam at the age of 21, Robertson became one of the most resourceful trial lawyers and legal counselors in the Oklahoma and Indian territories, before statehood.
His gubernatorial term was marked by Oklahoma's ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment, for Prohibition, and the Nineteenth Amendment, for women's suffrage, to the United States Constitution, the Tulsa Race Riot, and scandals.
He also served as Grand Sire (now known as Sovereign Grand Master) of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows from 1915 to 1916Robertson died in 1938 from cancer and is buried in Chandler, Oklahoma.