Leon Chase "Red" Phillips (December 9, 1890 - March 27, 1958) was the 11th Governor of Oklahoma

Governor of Oklahoma

The governor of the state of Oklahoma is the head of state for the state of Oklahoma, United States. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma...

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Phillips was born in Worth County, Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

, and moved to Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

 at an early age. While a student at Epworth University in Oklahoma City

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, he studied for the ministry, but changed to law and received his LL.B. from the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

 in 1916. He was admitted to the State Bar in that year and to practice before the United States Supreme Court later. After service in World War I

World War I

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, he returned to Okemah

Okemah, Oklahoma

Okemah is a city in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the county seat of Okfuskee County. It is the birthplace of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, a federally recognized Muscogee Indian tribe, is headquartered in Okemah...

, where he practiced law.

Practice of law

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 He was a member of the State Legislature from 1933 to 1938; Speaker of the House in 1935; Governor from January 9, 1939, to January 11, 1943. During his governorship he was charged with accepting a bribe, but was eventually acquitted.

Phillips was a practicing attorney in his home of Okemah. He died, of a heart attack, while waiting for a client at the post office in Okmulgee on March 27, 1958. He is buried in Weleetka, Oklahoma

Weleetka, Oklahoma

Weleetka is a town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,014 at the 2000 census.-Weleetka Schools:Weleetka Schools is a pre-kindergarden through 12th grade school.The current principal of Weleetka High School is Chris Carter....

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