# Leo Winters

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{{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](/source/Dewey_F._Bartlett)<br>[David Hall](/source/David_Hall_(Oklahoma_governor))<br>[David Boren](/source/David_Boren)<br>[George Nigh](/source/George_Nigh)
|predecessor1=[Cowboy Pink Williams](/source/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](/source/Henry_Bellmon)
|predecessor2=[George Nigh](/source/George_Nigh)
|successor2=George Nigh
|birth_date         = {{Birth date|1922|11|7}}
|birth_place        = [Hooker, Oklahoma](/source/Hooker%2C_Oklahoma)
|party              = [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
|death_date         = {{Death date and age|2005|3|5|1922|11|7|mf=y}}
|death_place        = [Oklahoma City, Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma_City)
}}

'''Leo Winters''' (November 7, 1922 – March 5, 2005) was the ninth [lieutenant governor of Oklahoma](/source/lieutenant_governor_of_Oklahoma) and the 11th [State treasurer](/source/Oklahoma_State_Treasurer) for the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma). Winters, a member of the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), served alongside Oklahoma's first [Republican](/source/United_States_Republican_Party) governor, [Henry Bellmon](/source/Henry_Bellmon).

==Early life==
Winters was born November 7, 1922, in [Hooker, Oklahoma](/source/Hooker%2C_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](/source/Panhandle_State_University), but left college to join the United States Army Air Corps.<ref name="newsokobit"/> After serving in [World War II](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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==
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{{s-ppo}}
{{s-bef|before=[George Nigh](/source/George_Nigh)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) nominee for [Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Oklahoma)|years=1962}}
{{s-aft|after=George Nigh}}
{{s-bef|before=[Cowboy Pink Williams](/source/Cowboy_Pink_Williams)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Democratic nominee](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) for [Oklahoma State Treasurer](/source/Oklahoma_State_Treasurer)|years=1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982}}
{{s-aft|after=Ellis Edwards}}
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{{s-bef|before=[George Nigh](/source/George_Nigh)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Oklahoma)|years=1963–1967}}
{{s-aft|after=[George Nigh](/source/George_Nigh)}}
{{s-bef|before=[Cowboy Pink Williams](/source/Cowboy_Pink_Williams)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Treasurer of Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma_State_Treasurer)|years=1967–1987}}
{{s-aft|after=[Ellis Edwards](/source/Ellis_Edwards)}}
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{{Lieutenant Governors of Oklahoma}}
{{OKTreasurers}}

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Category:Oklahoma Panhandle State University alumni
Category:University of Oklahoma College of Law alumni
Category:Oklahoma lawyers
Category:State treasurers of Oklahoma
Category:Lieutenant governors of Oklahoma
Category:United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II
Category:20th-century Oklahoma politicians
Category:20th-century American lawyers

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