E. W. Marland
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Ernest Whitworth Marland was an American lawyer, oil businessman in Pennsylvania and later Oklahoma, and politician who was a United States representative (congressman) and 10th governor of Oklahoma.
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10th Governor of Oklahoma E. W. (Ernest Whitworth) Marland (1874-1941, served 1935-1939), by sculptor / artist Jo Davidson, c.1928, Ponca City, Oklahoma
Protective by John Gregory: one of twelve Pioneer Woman models displayed at the Marland Mansion.
The Pioneer Woman statue was created by sculptor Bryant Baker and was unveiled in a public ceremony on April 22, 1930. Forty thousand guests came to hear Will Rogers pay tribute to Oklahoma's pioneers. The statue is 27 feet (8.2 m) high and weighs 12,000 pounds.
The Marland Grand Home is listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesPoliticians from United States 6
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Ernest Whitworth Marland was an American lawyer, oil businessman in Pennsylvania and later Oklahoma, and politician who was a United States representative (congressman) and 10th governor of Oklahoma. He served in the United States House of Representatives from a district in northern Oklahoma, 1933 to 1935, and as the tenth governor of Oklahoma from 1935 to 1939. As a Democrat, he initiated a "Little Deal" in Oklahoma during the Great Depression of the 1930s, working to relieve the distress of unemployed people and the economic hardships affecting the state and nation-wide and to build infrastructure as investment for the future.
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