<Table> <Tr> <Th> # </Th> <Th> Picture </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Governor ( Birth -- Death ) </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Appointing President </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Washington Steele ( 1839 -- 1922 ) </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> May 22 , 1890 </Td> <Td> October 18 , 1891 </Td> <Td> Benjamin Harrison </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Robert Martin ( 1833 -- 1897 ) </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> October 18 , 1891 </Td> <Td> February 1 , 1892 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Acting </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abraham Jefferson Seay ( 1832 -- 1915 ) </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> February 1 , 1892 </Td> <Td> May 7 , 1893 </Td> <Td> Benjamin Harrison </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Cary Renfrow ( 1845 -- 1922 ) </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> May 7 , 1893 </Td> <Td> January 31 , 1897 </Td> <Td> Grover Cleveland </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cassius M. Barnes ( 1845 -- 1925 ) </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> January 31 , 1897 </Td> <Td> April 15 , 1901 </Td> <Td> William McKinley </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Miller Jenkins ( 1856 -- 1941 ) </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> April 15 , 1901 </Td> <Td> November 30 , 1901 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William C. Grimes ( 1857 -- 1931 ) </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> November 30 , 1901 </Td> <Td> December 9 , 1901 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Acting </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thompson Benton Ferguson ( 1857 -- 1921 ) </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> December 9 , 1901 </Td> <Td> January 5 , 1906 </Td> <Td> Theodore Roosevelt </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank Frantz ( 1872 -- 1941 ) </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> January 5 , 1906 </Td> <Td> November 16 , 1907 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who was the first territorial governor of oklahoma
George Washington Steele