Key facts
- Lieutenant
- Todd Lamb
- Preceded by
- Brad Henry
- Succeeded by
- Kevin Stitt
- Governor
- Frank Keating , Brad Henry
- Born
- Mary Copeland , ( 1954-12-09 ) December 9, 1954 (age 71) , Warrensburg, Missouri , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic (before 1975), Republican (1975–present)
- Spouses
- Joseph Fallin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1998 ) Wade Christensen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2009 )
- Children
- 3 (with Fallin), 3 stepchildren (with Christensen)
- Education
- Oklahoma Baptist University (attended), Oklahoma State University, Stillwater ( BS )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Family name
- Copeland
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Warrensburg
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the United States House of Representatives
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Eye colour
- blue
- Official website
- www.maryfallin.org
- Image
- Mary Fallin official 110th Congress photo.jpg
- Work location
- Oklahoma City
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- Mary Fallin
- date of birth
- 1954-12-09
- name in native language
- Mary Fallin
- birth name
- Mary Copeland
- social media followers
- 6442
- P10632
- Mary Fallin
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/mary-fallin
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Encyclopedic overview
Mary Newt Fallin (/ˈfælɪn/; née Copeland; born December 9, 1954) is an American politician and real estate broker who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2011, and as lieutenant governor from 1995 to 2007. As of 2026, Fallin remains the only woman to have served as governor of Oklahoma.
Beginning a career in politics, Fallin was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1990. She served two terms in the Oklahoma House, representing a district in Oklahoma City, from 1990 to 1995. In 1994, Fallin was elected to serve as the 14th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma; being elected to a total of three terms, she served under two different governors from 1995 to 2007. After seven-term Republican incumbent Ernest Istook announced that he would retire from his seat to run for governor, Fallin declared her candidacy for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district, where she was elected to two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 2007 to 2011.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mary Fallin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.