A.J. Beale

Dates in office: November 27, 1889 - December 30, 1889
Born: March 19, 1831
Died: January 4, 1909

Dr. Andrew Jackson Beale, a surgeon from Kentucky, came to Oklahoma by way of Kansas.  After William Couch’s resignation, he ran for Mayor against Henry Overholser and won the election by 14 votes. 
Although Beale worked diligently to resolve questions of land ownership and promised fair handling of lot claims, in December 1889 the federal government stepped in. The U.S. Attorney General issued an order prohibiting the City’s government from resolving ownership of lots until Congress set up a provisional government for Oklahoma Territory in July of 1890.