{{short description|American lawyer}} {{Infobox Lt Governor |name=Leo Winters |order1=11th |office1=Oklahoma State Treasurer |term_start1=January 9, 1967 |term_end1=January 12, 1987 |governor1=Dewey F. Bartlett<br>David Hall<br>David Boren<br>George Nigh |predecessor1=Cowboy Pink Williams |successor1=Ellis Edwards |order2=9th |office2=Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma |term_start2=January 14, 1963 |term_end2=January 9, 1967 |governor2=Henry Bellmon |predecessor2=George Nigh |successor2=George Nigh |birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|11|7}} |birth_place = Hooker, Oklahoma |party = Democrat |death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|3|5|1922|11|7|mf=y}} |death_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma }}
'''Leo Winters''' (November 7, 1922 – March 5, 2005) was the ninth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma and the 11th State treasurer for the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Winters, a member of the Democratic Party, served alongside Oklahoma's first Republican governor, Henry Bellmon.
==Early life== Winters was born November 7, 1922, in Hooker, Oklahoma, to David and Gertrude Winter, who were German immigrants from Ukraine.<ref name="newsokobit">[http://newsok.com/leo-winters/article/2887398 Leo Winters obituary], ''The Oklahoman'', March 8, 2005. (accessed July 23, 2013)</ref> Winters attended Panhandle State University, but left college to join the United States Army Air Corps.<ref name="newsokobit"/> After serving in World War II as a B-17 and B-29 pilot and a total of 5 years of active duty service, he returned to Panhandle State University and earned a bachelor's degree.<ref name="newsokobit"/> He earned a law degree from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1957.<ref name="newsokobit"/>
==Political career== Winters began his political career as Secretary of the Oklahoma State Election Board from 1955 through 1963.<ref name="newsokobit"/> He served as an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1956.<ref name="graveyard">[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html The Political Graveyard] (accessed July 23, 2013)</ref> He was elected lieutenant governor on November 6, 1962, after beating former US Representative Wilburn Cartwright in the primary with 63% and defeating Republican Dale J. Briggs in the general election with 54%.<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=493218 Our Campaigns - OK Lt. Governor Race, November 6, 1962]</ref> He served alongside Oklahoma's first Republican governor, Henry Bellmon.<ref>Gibson, Arrell Morgan. [https://books.google.com/books?id=HiP-sWiqYL4C&dq=Oklahoma+Lieutenant+Governor+Leo+Winters&pg=PA252 Oklahoma: A History of Five Centuries], p. 252. (accessed July 23, 2013)</ref>
In 1966, Winters successfully campaigned to become state treasurer.<ref name="newsokobit"/>
==Later life and death== Winters died Saturday, March 5, 2005, in Oklahoma City at the age of 82.<ref name="newsokobit"/>
==References== <references />
{{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=George Nigh}} {{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma|years=1962}} {{s-aft|after=George Nigh}} {{s-bef|before=Cowboy Pink Williams}} {{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for Oklahoma State Treasurer|years=1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982}} {{s-aft|after=Ellis Edwards}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=George Nigh}} {{s-ttl|title=Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma|years=1963–1967}} {{s-aft|after=George Nigh}} {{s-bef|before=Cowboy Pink Williams}} {{s-ttl|title=Treasurer of Oklahoma|years=1967–1987}} {{s-aft|after=Ellis Edwards}} {{s-end}}
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