R. H. Wilson
American politician
Robert H. Wilson was an American politician who served as the 2nd Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1911 to 1923 and unsuccessfully ran for governor of Oklahoma in 1922.
Early life, family, and career
Robert H. Wilson was born in Allen County, Kentucky on August 25, 1873, to John A. Wilson and Mary E. Briley. He left Kentucky in 1891, moving to Texas and attending Grayson College in Whitewright. On September 17, 1899, he married Grace Womack and they had two children. In 1903 he moved to Chickasha, Indian Territory (now Grady County, Oklahoma). He was later elected the principal of a Chickasha grade school and taught 12 years in . He was the first president of the Oklahoma School Officers' Association.
Oklahoma Superintendent
At Oklahoma statehood Wilson was elected County Superintendent of Grady County, Oklahoma. He held the office until he defeated Evan Dhu Cameron in the 1910 Democratic primary for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction and won the general election. He was reelected in 1914 and 1918.
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