About R. H. Wilson
Lived 1873 – 1937 (aged 64). R. H. Wilson was an American politician.
Robert H. Wilson was an American politician who served as the 2nd Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1911 to 1923 and unsuccessfully ran for governor of Oklahoma in 1922.
Early life, family, and career Robert H. Wilson was born in Allen County, Kentucky on August 25, 1873, to John A. Wilson and Mary E. Briley. He left Kentucky in 1891, moving to Texas and attending Grayson College in Whitewright. On September 17, 1899, he married Grace Womack and they had two children. In 1903 he moved to Chickasha, Indian Territory (now Grady County, Oklahoma). He was later elected the principal of a Chickasha grade school and taught 12 years in .
Oklahoma Superintendent At Oklahoma statehood Wilson was elected County Superintendent of Grady County, Oklahoma. He was reelected in 1914 and 1918.
Later life and death He died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on October 4, 1937.
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American politician
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R. H. Wilson was born on 25 August 1873 in Allen County.
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R. H. Wilson died on 4 October 1937.
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R. H. Wilson was a politician.
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R. H. Wilson was American.
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