Martin E. Trapp

Martin Edwin Trapp
6th Governor of Oklahoma
In office
November 19, 1923 – January 10, 1927
LieutenantVacant
Preceded byJohn C. Walton
Succeeded byHenry S. Johnston
3rd Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma
In office
January 11, 1915 – November 19, 1923
GovernorJohn C. Walton
Preceded byJ. J. McAlester
Succeeded byWilliam J. Holloway
1st Oklahoma State Auditor
In office
November 16, 1907 – January 9, 1911
Preceded bynew office
Succeeded byLeo Meyer
Personal details
Born(1877-04-18)April 18, 1877
Robinson, Kansas
DiedJuly 26, 1951(1951-07-26) (aged 74)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLula C. Strang Trapp
ProfessionTeacher, politician

Martin Edwin Trapp (April 18, 1877 – July 26, 1951) was an American state auditor, governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma's third lieutenant governor, he was the first to become governor not through an election but instead due to the previous governor's impeachment and removal from office.

Trapp served as the first state auditor and third lieutenant governor of Oklahoma. When Governor Jack Walton was impeached and removed from office, Trapp became the sixth governor of Oklahoma. As governor, he was responsible for the establishment of a state bureau of investigation, conservation programs, and his attempts to abolish the Ku Klux Klan. He began his political career serving as the county clerk of Logan County in Oklahoma Territory.

Trapp died in 1951 and is buried in Fairlawn Cemetery in Oklahoma City.