John Calloway “Jack” Walton (March 6, 1881 – November 25, 1949) was an American politician and the fifth Governor of Oklahoma. Walton would serve the shortest term of any Governor of Oklahoma, being the first Governor in the state’s history to be impeached and removed from office.
John Calloway Walton was born on March 6, 1881, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He spent six years in Indianapolis before his family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. At the age of...
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John Calloway “Jack” Walton (March 6, 1881 – November 25, 1949) was an American politician and the fifth Governor of Oklahoma. Walton would serve the shortest term of any Governor of Oklahoma, being the first Governor in the state’s history to be impeached and removed from office.
John Calloway Walton was born on March 6, 1881, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He spent six years in Indianapolis before his family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. At the age of sixteen, Walton joined the United States Army in 1897 where he spent the next six years. Despite his enlistment, Walton did not see active duty during the Spanish-American War; however he did serve at a post in Mexico for some time.
Following his discharge from the military in 1903, Walton travelled to Oklahoma Territory to make his life as a contractor in the field of civil engineering. Walton set up his practice in the thriving metropolis of Oklahoma City. Walton lived in Oklahoma City when Oklahoma was officially admitted to the Union on...
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