Murray, Johnston, 1902-1974

found: Johnston Murray, in Chronoscope, 1952:title frame (Johnston Murray, Governor of Oklahoma)

found: Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture,via WWW, October 23, 2013(Murray, Johnston (1902-1974); Oklahoma's governor from 1951 to 1955; born July 21, 1902 in Emet, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory; in 1924 Murray graduated from Murray State School of Agriculture (now Murray State College), Tishomingo; after graduation he followed his father to Bolivia, where the elder Murray established an agricultural colony; he received his law degree from Oklahoma City University in 1947; as governor, Murray's plans to reduce state spending and to reform state government were thwarted by strained relations with state legislators; he eventually moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he worked for an oil well servicing company and later a limousine service; while Murray was working at the limousine service, Oklahoma state senator Gene Stipe saw him and suggested that he return to Oklahoma to practice law; in February 1960 Murray formed a law partnership in Oklahoma City with Whit Pate, who had served as a legal assistant to the former Gov. J. Howard Edmondson; Murray later became a staff lawyer for the Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare; he died on April 16, 1974 in Oklahoma City)

found: National Governors Association, via WWW, October 23, 2013(Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray; office dates: January 8, 1951-January 10, 1955; born in Emet, Oklahoma; he graduated from Murray State School of Agriculture in 1924 and received a law degree from Oklahoma City University in 1946; he was involved in a variety of businesses and professions, serving as a newspaperman, spending six years with his father in Bolivia, laboring in the Oklahoma oil fields, working with Douglas Aircraft Company, and serving as a legal investigator, trial lawyer, and clerk; he was Chairman of the Eighth Oklahoma Congressional District in 1932 and 1933, a member of the Kay County, Oklahoma, Democratic Central Committee and Chairman of the Oklahoma Electoral College in 1940, a member of the Electoral College again in 1948, and a member of the State Election Board in 1949; after leaving office, Murray practiced law in Texas and Oklahoma and served as a consulting attorney for the Oklahoma Department of Welfare)