Raymond D. Gary, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raymond D. Gary

American politician

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1908

Place of Birth: Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 11-Dec-1993

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Raymond Dancel Gary (January 21, 1908 – December 11, 1993) was an American politician who served as the fifteenth Governor of Oklahoma and the first Governor to be born in Oklahoma since statehood. 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.
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. Gary died December 11, 1993, and is interred at Woodbury Forest Cemetery, Madill, Oklahoma.