Jack C. Walton

Jack Walton
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner
In office
January 9, 1933 – January 9, 1939
Preceded byC. C. Childers
Succeeded byRay O. Weems
5th Governor of Oklahoma
In office
January 9, 1923 – November 19, 1923
LieutenantMartin E. Trapp
Preceded byJames Robertson
Succeeded byMartin E. Trapp
18th Mayor of Oklahoma City
In office
April 7, 1919 – January 9, 1923
Preceded byByron D. Shear
Succeeded byMike Donnelly (acting)
Personal details
Born
John Calloway Walton

(1881-03-06)March 6, 1881
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
DiedNovember 25, 1949(1949-11-25) (aged 68)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

John Calloway Walton (March 6, 1881 – November 25, 1949) was an American politician and the 5th Governor of Oklahoma, serving the shortest tenure. He was impeached and removed from office shortly into his first term. A populist member of the Democratic Party, Walton previously served as the 18th Mayor of Oklahoma City between 1919 and 1923.

Following his removal from office, he entered the primary for a seat in the United States Senate, winning the Democratic nomination, but losing to William B. Pine, a Republican. He was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in 1932 and served until 1939, running for governor again in 1934 and 1938. He died in 1949 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City.


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