Robert Dunlop (Oklahoma politician)
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| image = Robert Dunlop (Oklahoma).png
| caption =
| office = 2nd Oklahoma State Treasurer
| governor = Lee Cruce
| term_start = January 9, 1911
| term_end = January 11, 1915
| predecessor = James Menefee
| successor = W. L. Alexander
| office2 = Kay County Treasurer
| term_start2 = 1902
| term_end2 = 1906
| birth_date = 1869
| birth_place = Garnett, Kansas, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democratic Party
}}
Robert Dunlop was an American politician who served as the Oklahoma State Treasurer from January 9, 1911, to January 11, 1915.
Biography
Robert Dunlop was born in 1869 in Garnett, Kansas to Scottish immigrant parents from Dunlop and Kelso. He moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1889, eventually settling in Kay County, Oklahoma where he was elected county treasurer in 1902 and reelected in 1904. He lost the 1907 Oklahoma State Treasurer election to James Menefee.{{cite book |last1=Corden |first1=Seth K. |last2=Richards |first2=William B. |title=The Oklahoma red book |date=1912 |location=Oklahoma City |page=122 |url=https://archive.org/details/oklahomaredbook00okla/page/122/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater&q=Dunlop |access-date=19 February 2024}} He won the 1910 Oklahoma State Treasurer election.{{cite web |title=1907-1912 Results |url=https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1907-1912-results.pdf |website=oklahoma.gov |publisher=Oklahoma State Election Board |access-date=23 September 2023}} He unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 1914 Oklahoma gubernatorial election.
Electoral history
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Oklahoma State Treasurer Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert Dunlop
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 56,348
| percentage = 55.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Martin E. Trapp
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 46,233
| percentage = 45.0%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 102,581
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1910 Oklahoma State Treasurer election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Robert Dunlop
|votes = 118,479
|percentage = 49.6%
|change = -5.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = W.H. Dill
|votes = 93,726
|percentage = 39.2%
|change = -2.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of America
|candidate = C.B. Boylan
|votes = 23,697
|percentage = 9.9%
|change = +6.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Prohibition Party
|candidate = E.H. Leonard
|votes = 2,827
|percentage = 1.1%
|change = New
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|total = 238,729
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert L. Williams
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 33,605
| percentage = 27.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = James B. A. Robertson
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 33,504
| percentage = 25.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Al Jennings
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 21,732
| percentage = 16.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert Dunlap
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 16,094
| percentage = 12.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles West
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 14,642
| percentage = 11.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = F. E. Herting
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 10,164
| percentage = 7.7
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 131,291
| percentage= 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{s-bef|before=James Menefee}}
{{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for Oklahoma State Treasurer|years=1910}}
{{s-aft|after=W. L. Alexander}}
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{{OKTreasurers}}
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