Oklahoma State Capitol capital to Oklahoma City. On June 11, 1910, the state seal was taken from Guthrie and moved south to Oklahoma City, where the Oklahoma State Capitol is located today. Lee Cruce, the second Governor of Oklahoma, commissioned the architectural construction of the present day structure. Prior to its construction, state government offices were housed in the Huckins Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. Construction on the Oklahoma State Capitol began after a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20, 1914. Architects Soloman Andrew Layton and S. Wemyss-Smith were paid $75,000 to develop the architectural plans, while James Stewart & Company received the construction
Capital punishment in Oklahoma on death row. Capital punishment in Oklahoma Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The state has executed the third largest number of convicts in the United States (after Texas and Virginia) since re-legalization following "Gregg v. Georgia " in 1976. Oklahoma also has the highest number of executions per capita in the country. Oklahoma was the first jurisdiction in the world to adopt lethal injection as method of execution. No executions have been performed in Oklahoma since January 2015. After a three-year moratorium on lethal injection in March 2018, Oklahoma lifted aforementioned moratorium. Oklahoma