Question

Governor J. Howard Edmondson attempted to reform the __________ system of postwar Oklahoma.

Answer 1

Governor J. Howard Edmondson attempted to reform the (B) county commissioner system of postwar Oklahoma.

J. Howard Edmondson was the governor of Oklahoma from 1959 to 1963 and he was also a United States Senator. Moreover, Edmondson was part of the Democratic Party. While he governed Oklahoma, he proposed several changes. One of them was the reform of the county commissioner system: he intended to form a constitutional highway commission and to reduce the control that county commissioners had over gasoline tax revenues. In other words, he sought to reduce the power of county commissioners  and to give more responsibilities to the State Highway Commission when it came to controlling funds.