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American politician
Robert Dunlop
2nd Oklahoma State Treasurer
In office
January 9, 1911 – January 11, 1915
GovernorLee Cruce
Preceded byJames Menefee
Succeeded byW. L. Alexander
Kay County Treasurer
In office
1902–1906
Personal details
Born1869
Garnett, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic Party

Robert Dunlop was an American politician who served as the Oklahoma State Treasurer from January 9, 1911, to January 11, 1915.

Biography

Robert Dunlop was born in 1869 in Garnett, Kansas to Scottish immigrant parents from Dunlop and Kelso. He moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1889, eventually settling in Kay County, Oklahoma where he was elected county treasurer in 1902 and reelected in 1904. He lost the 1907 Oklahoma State Treasurer election to James Menefee. He won the 1910 Oklahoma State Treasurer election. He unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 1914 Oklahoma gubernatorial election.

Electoral history

Oklahoma State Treasurer Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Dunlop 56,348 55.0%
Democratic Martin E. Trapp 46,233 45.0%
Turnout 102,581  
1910 Oklahoma State Treasurer election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert Dunlop 118,479 49.6% −5.1%
Republican W.H. Dill 93,726 39.2% −2.2%
Socialist C.B. Boylan 23,697 9.9% +6.1%
Prohibition E.H. Leonard 2,827 1.1% New
Democratic hold Swing
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert L. Williams 33,605 27.1
Democratic James B. A. Robertson 33,504 25.5
Democratic Al Jennings 21,732 16.5
Democratic Robert Dunlap 16,094 12.2
Democratic Charles West 14,642 11.1
Democratic F. E. Herting 10,164 7.7
Total votes 131,291 100.00

References

  1. Corden, Seth K.; Richards, William B. (1912). The Oklahoma red book. Oklahoma City. p. 122. Retrieved 19 February 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "1907-1912 Results" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  3. ^ "1914-1916 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 5, 2022.
Party political offices
Preceded byJames Menefee Democratic nominee for Oklahoma State Treasurer
1910 		Succeeded byW. L. Alexander
State treasurers of Oklahoma
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