biography
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Robertson, James Brooks Ayers
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| male
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| lived:
| (1871–1938)
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| biography:
| US governor, born in Keokuk Co, Iowa, USA. A schoolteacher and lawyer, he served on the Oklahoma Supreme Court Commission (1911–14). As Democratic governor of Oklahoma (1919–23), he built highways and used the National Guard to end a miner's strike. Indicted for bribery, he avoided conviction by a legal tactic and returned to his law practice. |
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