<P> The hard work of the Sequoyah State Constitutional Convention was not entirely lost . When representatives from Indian Territory joined the Oklahoma State Constitutional Convention in Guthrie the next year, they brought their constitutional experience with them . The Sequoyah Constitution served in large part as the basis for the constitution of the State of Oklahoma, which came into being with the merger of the two territories in 1907 . </P> <P> Territorial Governor Frank Frantz oversaw the transition from territory to state . He was selected as the Republican nominee to serve as the state's first Governor . He faced the Democratic Charles N. Haskell in the election on September 17, 1907 . In the same election, the Oklahoma Constitution was proposed . The Constitution was passed and Haskell was elected Governor . Once the people of Oklahoma adopted the United States Constitution on November 16, 1907, Oklahoma and Indian Territories officially dissolved and the State of Oklahoma was admitted to the Union as the 46th state . </P> <P> With the passage of the Oklahoma organic act, in June 1890, the territorial government came into existence . The territorial government had no constitution, except for sections of the Organic Act creating it, which served as a semi-governing document . The Organic Act provided for a complete organization of the Territory, defined the functions of the territorial government, placed limitations upon the acts of the legislative assembly, as well as that of the territorial officers . It also designated the town of Guthrie as the territorial capital . </P> <P> Congress provided for the creation of a legislative branch elected by the people, but the executive and judicial branches of the territories were selected and appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate . The appointees included a governor, a secretary, three federal judges and a marshal . President Benjamin Harrison appointed George Washington Steele, a Republican from Indiana, as the first territorial governor . </P>

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