James Menefee

James Menefee
1st Oklahoma State Treasurer
In office
November 16, 1907 – January 1911
GovernorCharles N. Haskell
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRobert Dunlop
Member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council from the 11th district
In office
1905 – November 16, 1907
Preceded byThomas P. Gore
Succeeded byPosition disestablished (replaced by Oklahoma Senate)
Personal details
Born1868-1869
Died(1927-02-19)February 19, 1927 (aged 58)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Political partyDemocratic Party

James A. Menefee 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.