J. Howard Edmondson
American politician
Died when: 46 years 51 days (553 months)Star Sign: Libra
James Howard Edmondson (September 27, 1925 – November 17, 1971) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma.He served as the 16th governor of Oklahoma from 1959 to 1963, and the appointed United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1963 to 1964, losing to Fred R.
Harris in a 1964 special election for the U.S.Senate.When elected Governor at the age of 33, Edmondson was, and still is, the youngest governor in the history of the state.
Prior to serving as governor, Edmondson practiced law in Muskogee, Oklahoma, worked as the chief prosecutor for the Tulsa County attorney, and was elected county attorney himself in 1954 and 1956.
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