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Charles L. Daugherty

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Charles L. Daugherty
1st Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor
In office
November 16, 1907 – 1915
GovernorCharles N. Haskell
Lee Cruce
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byW. G. Ashton
Personal details
Born
Charles Lindsay Daugherty

(1873-07-13)July 13, 1873
Denton, Texas
DiedJuly 14, 1922(1922-07-14) (aged 49)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Political partyDemocratic Party

Charles Lindsay Daugherty (July 13, 1873 – July 14, 1922) was an American politician who served as the first Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor from 1907 to 1915.

Biography

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Charles L. Daugherty was born on July 13, 1873, in Denton, Texas to Christopher C. Daugherty and Nancy J. Lovejoy.[1] He lived in Denton until he was 17 when he moved to Fort Worth to learn printing. He worked as a printer across Texas in Paris, San Antonio, Victoria, and Brownsville. He also worked as a printer in Mexico and Central America. In 1896, he moved to Ardmore, Oklahoma and in 1897 he founded the Muskogee Morning Times. He later bought the Denton County News and a mercantile store in Shawnee, Oklahoma. In 1903, he moved to Oklahoma City. From 1904 to 1905 he was the president and secretary of the Oklahoma City Trades Council. He was a member of the International Typographical Union.[2] He served as the first Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor from 1907 to 1915.[3]

He died of tuberculosis in Oklahoma City on July 14, 1922, aged 49.[4]

Electoral history

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1907 Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Charles L. Daugherty 132,777 54.8 New
Republican A.D. Murlin 99,380 41.0 New
Socialist J.W. Shaw 9,766 4.0 New
Democratic gain from Swing N/A

References

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  1. ^ Thoburn, Joseph B. (1916). A History of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 952.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Corden, Seth K.; Richards, William B. (1912). The Oklahoma Red Book. Oklahoma City, Okla. pp. 123–124. Retrieved 13 October 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "ODOL History". Oklahoma Department of Labor. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Charles Daugherty Dead". Muskogee Times-Democrat. July 14, 1922. p. 14. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  5. ^ "1907-1912 Results" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
Party political offices
First Democratic nominee for Oklahoma Labor Commissioner
1907, 1910
Succeeded by
W.G. Ashton