The Okie Legacy: Oklahoma Politics of 1960

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Volume 11 , Issue 14

2009

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Oklahoma Politics of 1960

The photo on the left came from Gene McGill's collection of political photographs of 1960. It shows Howard J. Edmondson (left), Gene McGill (next to Gov. Edmondson) and U.S. Sen. Mike Monroney (next to McGill) at an Oklahoma City airport, May 20, 1963.

4 Nov. 1960, Kennedy in OKC motorcade Another photograph that McGill had was the photo on the right, taken November 4, 1960, in a motorcade in Oklahoma City with Gov. Edmondson, left; Pres. Kennedy, center; and Gene McGill, right.

Check out our latest OkieLegacy YouTube videos in OkieLegacy's "Oklahoma Politics" video album. Including the November 4, 1960 shown here on the left and right.

These video collections were made using iMovie, iPhoto on my MacBookPro. They are in three Parts (I, II, & III) of Oklahoma and National political photographs that my Dad, Gene M. McGill, had acquired as Democrat State Chair of Oklahoma in the late 1950s thru 1960s. You can view them in three parts at OkieLegacy's YouTube site in the "Oklahoma Politics" video playlist.

Part I: Gene McGill & Oklahoma Political Figures of 1960s. In a news article dated Oct. 30, 1961, page 1, of The Oklahoman, President Kennedy was cheered by a crowd of 25,000 during festivities at Big Cedar on a Sunday afternoon, 1:45p.m. The President lauded efforts of the two U.S. Senators, Robert S. Kerr and Mike Monroney, for developement of the state, and had high praise for U. S. Rep. Carl Albert as Democratic house whip. President Kennedy was in Oklahoma for the opening (Oct., 1963) of S.H. 103 (a short stretch between Heavener and Broken Bow), in the Kiamichis.

You do not find Oklahoma U.S. Senators and Representatives of these statures today!


Part II: Gene McGill, Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson, Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in OKC and some sort of dedication ceremony at the "Land, Wood and Water" monument on Senator Robert S. Kerr Ranch near Poteau.

In a news article dated November 23, 1963, page 3, The Oklahoman quoted President Johnson saying about Sen. Kerr, "He always checked the meaning of every piece of legislation to weigh its effect on Oklahoma, on the nation, on our party." President Johnson also wrote an introduction to a new edition of Kerr's book, "Land, Wood and Water." Oklahoma's honorable politician, Sen. Robert S. Kerr, died around January, 1963.


Part III: Gene McGill and President John F. Kennedy photos found amongst McGill's political collection of memories of McGill's political legacy in Oklahoma during the late 1950's thru the 1960's.

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