{{Short description|American politician (1868 or 1869–1927)}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = James Menefee.jpg | caption = | office = 1st Oklahoma State Treasurer | governor = Charles N. Haskell | term_start = November 16, 1907 | term_end = January 1911 | predecessor = ''Position established'' | successor = Robert Dunlop | office2 = Member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council from the 11th district | term_start2 = 1905 | term_end2 = November 16, 1907 | predecessor2 = Thomas P. Gore | successor2 = ''Position disestablished'' (replaced by Oklahoma Senate) | birth_date = 1868 or 1869 | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date|1927|2|19}} (aged 58) | death_place = Oklahoma City, US | party = Democratic Party }}
'''James A. Menefee''' (1868 or 1869 – February 19, 1927) was an American politician who served as the first Oklahoma State Treasurer from 1907 to 1911. Menefee was active in politics in both Oklahoma Territory and later Oklahoma. He served in the Oklahoma Territorial Senate in 1905 and was the first treasurer of the Oklahoma Democratic Party after Oklahoma statehood.
==Biography== James A. Menefee moved to Caddo County in Oklahoma Territory where he worked as a banker.<ref name="CDE-1">{{cite news |title=For State Treasurer |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/the-chickasha-daily-express-nov-09-1906-p-1/ |access-date=9 October 2023 |work=The Chickasha Daily Express |date=November 8, 1906 |page=1}}</ref> He also served as a territorial senator for the 11th district of the Oklahoma Territory Legislature from 1905 to statehood. In 1907, he was elected the first Oklahoma State Treasurer and served until 1911.<ref name="Thoburn">{{cite book |author1=Joseph B. Thoburn |title=A standard history of Oklahoma |date=1916 |publisher=Chicago, New York, The American Historical Society |pages=927–928 |url=https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo02thob/page/926/mode/2up |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref> He was also the first treasurer of the Oklahoma Democratic Party. In 1918, he was the campaign manager for James B. A. Robertson's successful gubernatorial campaign. He died on February 19, 1927, of heart disease in Oklahoma City.<ref name="AEN-1">{{cite news |title=James Menefee, Former State Treasurer, Dead |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/oklahoma/ada/ada-evening-news/1927/02-21/page-3/ |access-date=9 October 2023 |work=Ada Evening News |date=February 21, 1927 |page=3}}</ref>
==Electoral history== {{Election box begin | title=1907 Oklahoma State Treasurer election<ref name="1907 General Results">{{cite web |title=1907-1912 Results |url=https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1907-1912-results.pdf |website=oklahoma.gov |publisher=Oklahoma State Election Board |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = James Menefee |votes = 132,496 |percentage = 54.7 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Mortimer F. Stillwell |votes = 100,137 |percentage = 41.4 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of America |candidate = John B. Ash |votes = 9,286 |percentage = 3.8 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Democratic Party (United States) |swing = N/A }} {{Election box end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Menefee, James}} Category:1927 deaths Category:Businesspeople from Oklahoma Category:Oklahoma Democrats Category:People from Caddo County, Oklahoma Category:State treasurers of Oklahoma Category:Members of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature Category:1868 births