R. H. Wilson was an American politician who served as the 2nd Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1911 to 1923.
Biography
Wilson taught for twelve years in Chickasha and served as county superintendent of Grady County for three years. He was the first president of the Oklahoma School Officers' Association.[1] He defeated Evan Dhu Cameron in the 1910 Democratic primary for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction and won the general election.[2] Wilson ran in the 1922 Oklahoma gubernatorial election with the endorsement of the Ku Klux Klan, but lost the primary to Jack C. Walton.[3]
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | R. H. Wilson | 62,337 | 56.7% | |
Democratic | Evan Dhu Cameron (incumbent) | 47,433 | 43.3% | |
Turnout | 108.770 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | R. H. Wilson | 118,628 | 50.3% | −4.5% | |
Republican | John P. Evans | 93,549 | 39.6% | −1.5% | |
Socialist | S.S. Smith | 23,642 | 10.0% | +6.1% | |
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jack C. Walton | 119,248 | 44.2 | |
Democratic | R. H. Wilson | 84,320 | 31.2 | |
Democratic | Thomas H. Owen | 63,915 | 23.7 | |
Democratic | Arthur Finn | 1,206 | 0.4 | |
Democratic | Frank Ziska | 849 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 269,538 | 100.00 |
References
- ^ Corden, Seth K.; Richards, William B. (1912). The Oklahoma red book. Oklahoma City, Okla. : [s.n.] p. 122. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "1907-1912 Results" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ O'Dell, Larry. "Walton, John Calloway (1881-1949)". okhistory.org. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "1922-1926 Results" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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