Jack C. Walton

John Callaway "Jack" Walton (born March 6, 1881 in Indianapolis , Indiana , † November 25, 1949 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) and in 1923 the fifth governor of the state of Oklahoma.

Early years and political advancement

As a child, Jack Walton and his parents moved from Indiana to Nebraska and then to Arkansas . During the Spanish-American War he was a field artilleryman in the US Army . He then studied engineering in Mexico before settling in Oklahoma City in 1903.

Until 1919 he worked in the Oklahoma City government. His time there was interrupted by the First World War, in which he served as a colonel in the US Army. He was Mayor of Oklahoma City between 1919 and 1923. In 1922 he was elected the new governor of his state, with 54:45 percent of the vote against the Republican John Fields.

Governor of Oklahoma

Walton took up his new office on January 8, 1923. His term of office was only to last until November 19 of this year. The reason for this was a successful impeachment proceedings against the governor. The background to these events were the riots triggered by the Ku Klux Klan in Tulsa County . To quell this riot, Walton had enacted military law and revoked the residents' constitutional rights over the entire district. This part of his action constituted a violation of the constitution. To prevent a political and legal review of his actions, Walton had now declared a state of emergency over the entire state . This also included that he wanted to prohibit the state parliament from holding meetings with the help of the National Guard. Parliament did not put up with this treatment, but nevertheless met and initiated a successful impeachment against the governor. On November 19, Walton was found guilty and removed from office. According to the state constitution, Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp took over the office of governor.

Another résumé

After his release as governor, Walton tried to remain in politics despite everything. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . In 1931 he failed to run for mayor of Oklahoma City again, and in 1934 and 1938 he failed in his party's primary elections as he sought a return to the office of governor. Between 1932 and 1939 he was still a member of a government commission ( Oklahoma Corporation Commission ). Jack Walton died in 1949. He was married to Madeliene Cecile, with whom he had two children.

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SURNAME	Walton, Jack C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Walton, John Callaway (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 6, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Indianapolis , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH	November 25, 1949
Place of death	Oklahoma City , Oklahoma