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Raymond D. Gary was born on 21 January, 1908 in Between Madill and Kingston, Oklahoma, is an American politician. Discover Raymond D. Gary's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 21 January, 1908
Birthday 21 January
Birthplace Between Madill and Kingston, Oklahoma
Date of death 11 December, 1993
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Nationality United States

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1908

Raymond Dancel Gary (January 21, 1908 – December 11, 1993) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 15th governor of Oklahoma from 1955 to 1959 and the first governor to be born in Oklahoma since statehood.

Born January 21, 1908, on a farm midway between Madill, Oklahoma and Kingston, Oklahoma, he was educated in the local schools and graduated from Madill High School in 1927.

1928

He married Emma Mae Purser in 1928, and they had two children.

After five years of teaching and attending Southeastern State College from 1928 to 1932, he had earned his Bachelor of Science degree.

He was elected Marshall County Superintendent of Schools and served four years.

He was a Baptist.

1936

In 1936, Gary established Gary Manufacturing Company, to make school and office furniture.

1941

Born in southern Oklahoma, he became a state senator in 1941, until he assumed the office of governor in 1955.

One of his accomplishments was to order the desegregation of the Oklahoma State Capitol restrooms.

One of his first actions was to order the "whites only" and "colored only" signs removed from the Capitol's restrooms.

1946

He purchased Kingston Commercial Oil and Gas in 1946 and renamed it Sooner Oil Company of which he was president.

He also purchased a 120-acre ranch outside Kingston which grew to hundreds of acres.

1954

He also declared his intent to make the state comply with the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregation in the public schools unconstitutional.

He also declared his intent to make the state comply with the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregation in the public schools unconstitutional.

In a statewide radio address, he said: "I feel sure that defiance of the Supreme Court mandate will not be tolerated. School boards which might entertain such ideas will find themselves on their own. Certainly the State of Oklahoma cannot possibly defend such action."

As part of his effort, he won passage of an amendment to the state Constitution that discarded the financing of separate schools for whites and blacks.

He reportedly said, "You know, this is the right thing to do. We're all God's children, and that's what we're going to do."

1955

Gary was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 1941 until he became Governor January 10, 1955, for a four-year-term.

During his time in the state senate, he served as chair of the appropriations committee and president pro tempore.

As governor, Gary was able to get legislative support for his endeavors, most notably his proposed state budgets, which included neither raised taxes nor large spending increases.

He also led and supported efforts to improve the state highway system, particularly the major highways that crisscrossed the state and expressway routes through the two largest cities, Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

It was during Gary's tenure that the Oklahoma Department of Transportation oversaw efforts to survey and approve the routes of the Interstate Highway System through the state including east-west Interstate 40 and north-south Interstate 35.

U.S. Route 66 through Clinton, Oklahoma is locally designated as Gary Freeway or Gary Boulevard in honor of the former governor in commemoration of Gary's promises and efforts to push for improvements of US-66 into a four-lane highway through Western Oklahoma during his administration.

Those efforts ultimately led to US-66 being transformed into Interstate 40, which bypasses Clinton's south side.

Gary Boulevard is also designated as Clinton's I-40 Business Loop.

One of his first actions was to order the "whites only" and "colored only" signs removed from the Capitol's restrooms.

1993

Gary died December 11, 1993, and is interred at Woodbury Forest Cemetery, Madill, Oklahoma.

Gary died December 11, 1993, and is interred at Woodbury Forest Cemetery in Madill, Oklahoma.

Lake Raymond Gary and its associated Raymond Gary State Park in Choctaw County were named to honor him.

Speaking of Gov. Gary in the days following his death, Republican Gov. Henry Bellmon commented, "He led the state through the initial integration era and successfully integrated our schools without any of the violence and complications that erupted in many of the Southern states."

Gary Hall at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma is named after the late governor of the state.