TPD History "The Chiefs"
Tulsa was incorporated as a town in Indian Territory in 1898.
There were a series of City Marshals until statehood. The terms
City Marshal and Police Chief were used interchangeably around the
time of statehood.
City Marshals
Wes Kennedy
January 18, 1889 to
April 3, 1889.
Charles Wesley Robertson
April 4, 1889 to
April 3, 1900.
Albert R. Baber
April 3, 1900 to
April 4, 1901
Hiram A. Thompson
April 5, 1901 to
April 3, 1902
L.E. Dean Hogan April 4, 1902 to April 6, 1905
Sherman G. Pender April 7, 1903 to April 4, 1904
Ollie P. Marshall April 5, 1904 to April 6, 1905
Charles Wesley Robertson
April 7, 1905 to
November 10, 1905
Abe L. Reneau
December 1, 1905 to
April 5, 1906
William J. Baber
April 6, 1906 to
August 8, 1907
Chiefs of Police
Herman F. Newblock
August 8, 1907 to
October 1, 1908
Jess Sam Walker
October 13, 1908 to
February 24, 1909
Hirsam A. Thompson
February 25, 1909 to
May 4, 1910
Charles W. Conneely May 5, 1910 to May 3, 1912
Herman F. Newblock
January 16, 1911 to
May 3, 1912
Edward Yoder
May 5, 1912 to
May 3, 1914
Foster Nathaniel Burns
May4, 1914 to
November 12, 1915
Rees D. Moran
November 13, 1915 to
May 2, 1916
Ed L. Lucas May 2, 1916 to May 25, 1918
Charles E. Allen May 30, 1918 to April 26, 1920
John A. Gustafson April 27, 1920 to June 25th 1921
George H. Blaine
July 24, 1921 to
April 26, 1922
Rees D. Moran
April 27, 1922 to
April 30, 1928
John H. Vickrey
May 01, 1928 to
March 31, 1929
George H. Blaine
April 1, 1929 to
May 5, 1930
A. Garland Marrs
May 6, 1930 to
Feb 9, 1931
Nelson J. Moore
Feb 9, 1931 to
April 29, 1932
J.W. Townsend
April 30, 1932 to
June 5, 1934
Charles F. Carr
May 6, 1934 to
May 5, 1936
Roy Hyatt
May 6, 1936 to
May 3, 1938
L. Randolph House
May 3, 1938 to
May 6, 1940
Ralph Colvin
May 7, 1940 to
November 7, 1941
George H. Blaine
November 7, 1941 to
May 3, 1943
Richard Bland Jones
May 3, 1943 to
May 2, 1944
Roy Hyatt
May 2, 1944 to
May 4, 1948
J.W. "bud" Hollinsworth
May 4, 1948 to
May 2, 1950
Fred Graves
May 2, 1950 to
May 6, 1952
George O'Neal
May 6, 1952 to
April 1, 1953
Joe McGuire
May 3, 1953 to
April 30, 1956
Paul Livingston
May 8, 1956 to
Feb 22, 1957
George O'Neal
Feb 22, 1957
July 15, 1957
Joe McGuire
July 15, 1957 to
July 31, 1962
George John "Jack" Purdie
August 1, 1962 to
February 28, 1978
Harry William Stege
March 1, 1978 to
November 30, 1983
Robert N. Dick
December 1, 1983 to
September 30, 1987
Drew Diamond
December 11, 1987 to
November 15, 1991
Ron Palmer
August 22, 1992 to
August 31, 2002
David D. Been
November 11, 2002 to
April 30, 2007
Ronald Palmer
August 2007 to
January 2010
Chuck Jordan
January 29, 2010 to
January 31, 2020
Wendell Franklin
February 1, 2020
To Present
