Capital: Oklahoma City

State Nickname: Sooner State

State Bird: Scissortail Flycatcher

State Flower: Mistletoe

Admitted to the Union: November 16, 1907

November 16, 1907 to January 9, 1911:

Charles N. Haskell

January 9, 1911 to January 11, 1915:

Lee Cruce

January 11, 1915 to January 3, 1919:

Robert L. Williams

January 13, 1919 to January 8, 1923:

James B. A. Robertson

January 8, 1923 to November 19, 1923:

John C. Walton*

* Removed from office

November 19, 1923 to January 10, 1927:

Martin E. Trapp

January 10, 1927 to March 20, 1929:

Henry S. Johnston*

* Removed from office

March 20, 1929 to January 12, 1931:

William J. Holloway

January 12, 1931 to January 14, 1935:

William H. Murray

January 14, 1935 to January 9, 1939:

Ernest W. Marland

January 9, 1939 to January 11, 1943:

Leon C. Phillips

January 11, 1943 to January 13, 1947:

Robert S. Kerr

January 13, 1947 to January 8, 1951:

Roy J. Turner

January 8, 1951 to January 10, 1955:

Johnston Murray

January 10, 1955 to January 12, 1959:

Raymond D. Gary

January 12, 1959 to January 6, 1963:

J. Howard Edmondson*

* Resigned from office

January 14, 1963 to January 9, 1967:

Henry L. Bellmon

January 9, 1967 to January 11, 1971:

Dewey F. Bartlett

January 11, 1971 to January 13, 1975:

David Hall

January 13, 1975 to January 3, 1979:

David L. Boren

January 3, 1979 to January 12, 1987:

George Nigh

January 12, 1987 to January 14, 1991:

Henry L. Bellmon

January 14, 1991 to January 9, 1995:

David Walters

January 9, 1995 to 2003:

Frank Keating

2003 --

Brad Henry

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers

1910: 1,657,155

1920: 2,028,283

1930: 2,396,040

1940: 2,336,434

1950: 2,233,351

1960: 2,328,284

1970: 2,559,463

1980: 3,025,290

1990: 3,145,585

2000: 3,450,654