{{Short description|American politician (1911–1984)}} {{ infobox officeholder | order = 14th | office = Oklahoma State Auditor | term_start = July 10, 1954 | term_end = January 1955 | appointer = Johnston Murray | governor = Johnston Murray | predecessor = Wilburn Cartwright | successor = A. S. J. Shaw | birth_name = Gladys Earl Rogers | birth_date = {{birth date|1911|8|24}} | birth_place = Brinkman, Oklahoma, United States | death_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1984|10|28|1911|8|24}} | education = Oklahoma State University | party = Democratic Party }} '''Gladys Earl Rogers Warren''' (August 24, 1911 – October 28, 1984) was an American politician who served as the Oklahoma State Auditor from July 10, 1954, to January 1955.
==Biography== Gladys Earl Rogers Warren was born on August 24, 1911, in Brinkman, Oklahoma, to Earl Hope and Mallie Moore Rogers. She graduated from Brinkman High School and married William Carl Warren on June 19, 1932. She graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1937. From 1953 to 1954 she served on the board of regents for the Oklahoma College for Women.<ref name="EOHC">{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Linda D. |title=Warren, Gladys Earl Rogers (1911–1984). |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=WA028 |website=okhistory.org |publisher=The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |access-date=November 3, 2025 |date=January 15, 2010}}</ref> On July 10, 1954, she was appointed Oklahoma State Auditor by Governor Johnston Murray.<ref name="EOHC" /><ref name="History">{{cite web |title=Oklahoma History |url=http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf |access-date=August 8, 2024 |archive-date=February 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218215829/http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> She was a member of the Democratic Party and succeeded Wilburn Cartwright after he resigned from office.<ref name="History" /> In July 1971, Governor David Hall appointed her to the Oklahoma Bicentennial Commission. In 1978, she ran for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma and advanced to a runoff alongside Spencer Bernard. She lost the runoff, but was the first woman to advance to a runoff election for a statewide office in Oklahoma. She died on October 28, 1984, in Oklahoma City.<ref name="EOHC" />
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{{Oklahoma State Auditors and Inspectors}}
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