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Oklahoma

Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Oklahoma.

159Documented
0In custody
131Released

Eras of repression in Oklahoma

Where Oklahoma’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

1910s 90 1930s 28 1940s 8 1970s 7 1960s 7 2000s 6

Documented cases

159 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

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Peter J. Quiring
Released
Peter J. Quiring was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
B
Benjamin F. Randolph
Released
Benjamin F. Randolph was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Henry H. Ratzlaff
Released
Henry H. Ratzlaff was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I....
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Jacob A. Ratzlaff
Released
Jacob A. Ratzlaff was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-ma...
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Henry E. Reimer
Released
Henry E. Reimer was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. C...
H
Herman F. Reimer
Released
Herman F. Reimer was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I....
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Charles S. Roberts
Released
Charles S. Roberts was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed f...
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Warren Alex Robinson
Released
Warren Alex Robinson was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Mark Rouch
Released
Mark A. Rouch, CPS worker 008737, recalled leaving the Waldport alternative-service camp with a group protesti...
A
Aaron W. Schmidt
Released
Aaron W. Schmidt was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
A
Allen Schmidt
Released
Allen Schmidt was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
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Dave B. Schmidt
Released
Dave B. Schmidt was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
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Fred G. Schmidt
Released
Fred G. Schmidt was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
J
Jacob W. Schroeder
Released
Jacob W. Schroeder was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-m...
A
Albert Schultz
Released
Albert Schultz was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-marti...
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George Schwartzwalder
Released
George Schwartzwalder was born in Baden, Germany. Immigrated to the United States in 1910. George Schwartzwal...
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Robert Seymour
Released
Robert Seymour, also identified as R. A. Seymour, was prosecuted after the May 21, 1934 demonstration demandin...
D
David Sharp
Released
David Sharp appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft...
R
Rita Silk Nauni
Released
Rita Silk Nauni was arrested on September 19, 1979. Sioux and Ponca woman convicted in Oklahoma after a 1979...
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Harry Snyder
Released
Harry Snyder was an unemployed worker prosecuted after the May 1934 relief demonstration at the Federal Emerge...
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Winn Stafford
Released
Winn Stafford was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
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M. Staurt
Released
M. Staurt was a participant in the Oklahoma "Green Corn" Rebellion. M. Staurt received a prison sentence of si...
C
Charles A. Stuart
Released
Charles A. Stuart was a Socialist and a Universal Union member from western Oklahoma. Charles A. Stuart served...
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George Taylor
Released
George Taylor was a Black Oklahoma City relief protester jailed after the May 21, 1934 demonstration at Federa...

Institutions in Oklahoma

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Oklahoma that appear in the census’s case files.

Fort Sill brigFort Sill, Oklahoma
5 cases
Oklahoma State PenitentiaryMcAlester, Oklahoma
4 cases
Oklahoma County JailOklahoma City, Oklahoma
3 cases
Mabel Bassett Correctional InstitutionMcLoud, Oklahoma
1 case
Fort Pickens / Mount Vernon Barracks / Fort Sill
1 case
McLeod Honor FarmFarris, Oklahoma
1 case