28 Facts About Tom Daxon

Thomas E Daxon was an American businessman and politician from Oklahoma.

Tom Daxon was the Republican nominee for governor in the 1982 election, ultimately losing to Democratic incumbent George Nigh.

Tom Daxon served as the president of the Oklahoma State University College Republicans.

In 1978, Daxon was elected Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector, unseating 20-year Democratic incumbent John M Rogers.

The state Election Board ruled against Tom Daxon twice, removing him from the ballot.

Tom Daxon appealed the Election Board decision to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Since Tom Daxon turned 31 on December 19,1978, he met the state requirements by mere days and became the youngest person ever elected to statewide office in Oklahoma.

When Tom Daxon took over the office of Auditor and Inspector it had fallen into decline and was under scrutiny by the federal government for its poor audits.

Tom Daxon raised the number of CPAs on his staff from only 1 to 26 while cutting the total office staff from 126 to 81.

Tom Daxon formed an investigative unit that exposed questionable practices in certain license plate agencies and at the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

Tom Daxon introduced modern auditing techniques that included operational reviews of audited agencies financial reporting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, leading Oklahoma to become the first state to issue comprehensive GAAP-basis general purpose financial statements, using its own staff.

In 1980, Tom Daxon cooperated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its probe of many Oklahoma county commissioners.

Tom Daxon filed to become the Republican nominee for Governor of Oklahoma in 1982.

In 1993 Tom Daxon became the Manager of Quality Assurance for Arthur Andersen and oversaw major elements of the Resolution Trust Corporation.

Tom Daxon's team eliminated a nationally publicized backlog of unreconciled accounts and worked with outside auditors to obtain the RTC's first clean audit opinion.

Tom Daxon was responsible for special projects relating to privatization in state and local government for Arthur Andersen.

However, shortly after Republican Frank Keating was elected Governor of Oklahoma in November 1994, Keating had asked Tom Daxon to be his budget director.

For Tom Daxon to be able to accept the California assignment, then Governor of California Pete Wilson called Keating and asked if California could borrow Tom Daxon to help sort out the Orange County mess.

Tom Daxon returned to Oklahoma full-time in April 1995 to serve as Keating's budget director.

In that position, Tom Daxon was responsible for overseeing the developing and implementation of the Keating's annual state budget.

Tom Daxon remained as Finance Secretary for Keating's entire eight years as governor.

When Democrat Brad Henry was elected governor, Tom Daxon was appointed interim general administrator for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

Tom Daxon served in that position from January to June 2003.

Tom Daxon resigned from the Corporation Commission to become the Executive Director of Opportunity Oklahoma, an Oklahoma City business organization designed to help state officials create an environment conducive for economic growth.

Tom Daxon was elected Chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party in 2006 and served for one year, during which time the Republican Party picked up additional legislative seats in the 2006 fall elections.

Tom Daxon was succeeded as chairman by Gary Jones in April 2007.

Unable to support GOP nominee Donald Trump, Tom Daxon chose to back Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson in the 2016 presidential election.

Tom Daxon was married to the former Linda Wright of Emporia, Kansas, from 1972 until his death in 2022.