Mohawk

Commander:  Bob Coffey

Adjutant:  Jake Nolan

Historian:  Rhonda Tyler 918-637-2379

There is an interesting story concerning Commander Hagan’s election on October 21, 1919 as Department of Oklahoma Commander.  Less than a month before the convention, Ross Lillard, the first Department of Oklahoma Commander, resigned to run for Congress.  Hagan, who was very active in The American Legion at the local, state, and national levels, was running hard for Department Commander and had the firm support of the Tulsa delegation.  In order to secure Hagan’s election as Commander, the Tulsa delegation, the largest in the state, pledged before the convention to support a resolution locating the Department Headquarters in Oklahoma City in exchange for the Oklahoma City’s delegates pledge to vote for Hagan for Department Commander.  This unified the convention, and Hagan was unanimously elected Commander.