Charles A. Taylor (Oklahoma politician)

Charles A.Taylor was an American politician who served as the first Oklahoma State Examiner and Inspector from 1907 until his death in 1912.

Biography
Charles A.Taylor was born in 1856 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. He later moved to Lynn, Massachusetts and worked as the city engineer. He then moved to Hutchinson, Kansas where he served as the city and Reno County engineer, before moving again to Pratt County. He served in the Populist administration of Kansas Governor Lorenzo D. Lewelling as the Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction and Assistant State Auditor. In 1900, he moved to Oklahoma Territory near Pond Creek. In 1907, he was elected Oklahoma's first State Examiner and Inspector and he was re-elected in 1910. He died in office on July 19, 1912, and Fred Parkinson was appointed his successor.