William H. Murray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William H. Murray

ninth governor of Oklahoma

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1869

Place of Birth: Collinsville, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 15-Oct-1956

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Henry Davis "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (November 21, 1869 – October 15, 1956) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who became active in Oklahoma before statehood as legal adviser to Governor Douglas H.
Johnston of the Chickasaw Nation.
Although not American Indian, he was appointed by Johnston as the Chickasaw delegate to the Convention for the proposed State of Sequoyah, and was later elected as a delegate to the 1906 constitutional convention for the proposed state of Oklahoma. Murray was elected as the first Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives after statehood, as U.S.
Representative, and as the ninth Governor of Oklahoma (1931–1935).
His campaign was marked by racist appeal and he supported Jim Crow laws.
During his tenure as governor in years of the Great Depression, he established a record for the number of times he used the National Guard to perform duties in the state and for declaring martial law.