Brad Henry

Brad Henry

Charles Bradford "Brad" Henry (born June 10, 1963 in Shawnee , Oklahoma ) is an American politician ( Democratic Party ) and former governor of the state of Oklahoma.

After graduating from Shawnee High School , he attended the University of Oklahoma , where he earned his bachelor's degree in economics in 1985 and graduated in law in 1988. He then returned to Shawnee to work in his father's law firm, who was also a lawyer.

From 1992 until his election as governor, he was a member of the Oklahoma Senate . In 2002 he won the governor election with 43 percent of the vote against Republican Steve Largent and independent Gary Richardson; in November 2006 he was re-elected, this time with a share of 66 percent against Ernest Istook . Since the state constitution limits the term of a governor to eight years, Henry could not run again in 2010. He was succeeded in January 2011 by Republican Mary Fallin , who served as his lieutenant governor from 2003 to 2007 and defeated her own successor to this post, Jari Askins , in the election.

He is married to Kim Henry (née Blain) and has three daughters.

Positions

Brad Henry is an advocate of the death penalty and is against gun restrictions. During his tenure, 39 out of 91 people were executed in Oklahoma by the time he left the country (that's approximately 42 percent).

Number of executions per year during his tenure:

year	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
number	14th	6th	4th	4th	3	2	3	3

Web links

Commons : Brad Henry  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Henry at the National Governors Association (English)
• Oklahoma Governors
• Brad Henry in nndb (English)