James B. A. Robertson

James Brooks Ayers Robertson
4th Governor of Oklahoma
In office January 13, 1919 – January 8, 1923
Lieutenant	Martin E. Trapp
Preceded by	Robert L. Williams
Succeeded by	John C. Walton
Personal details
Born	(1871-03-15)March 15, 1871 Keokuk County, Iowa, U.S.
Died	March 7, 1938(1938-03-07) (aged 66) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Olive Stubblefield Robertson ​ ​ (m. 1898; died 1914)​
Children	2
Profession	Teacher, lawyer, judge, politician
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James Brooks Ayres Robertson (March 15, 1871 – March 7, 1938), sometimes called J. B. A. Robertson, was an American lawyer, judge and the fourth governor of Oklahoma. Robertson was appointed by the state's first governor, Charles N. Haskell, to serve as a district judge.

Passing a bar exam at the age of 21, Robertson became one of the most resourceful trial lawyers and legal counselors in the Oklahoma and Indian territories, before statehood.^[1] His gubernatorial term was marked by Oklahoma's ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment, for Prohibition, and the Nineteenth Amendment, for women's suffrage, to the United States Constitution, the Tulsa Race Massacre, and scandals. He also served as Grand Sire (now known as Sovereign Grand Master) of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows from 1915 to 1916.^[2]

Robertson died in 1938 from cancer and is buried in Chandler, Oklahoma.