George Patterson Nigh (born June 9, 1927) is an American politician and civic leader from the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

He met his future wife, Donna Mashburn, following his initial nine-day term as governor in 1963 and married her on October 19, 1963.

[6] Williams himself had finished second behind incumbent lieutenant governor James E. Berry in the 1954 Democratic primary, before besting him in the runoff.

He came fourth in the Democratic primary with 84,404 votes (15.80%), behind National Commander of the American Legion Preston J. Moore, businessman W. P. Atkinson and former governor Raymond Gary.

[8] Atkinson went on to win the runoff and lose the general election to Republican Henry Bellmon, but Nigh would get a chance to serve as governor.

[2] In 1969, during his time serving as lieutenant governor, Nigh assisted a number of college students with the creation and founding of the “Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature” (O.I.L.

At the inaugural address for his second full term, Nigh quoted the Pogo comic strip "We have found the enemy, and he is us."

He appointed the first two women, Yvonne Kauger and Alma Wilson to serve as Justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

In 1990, he was inducted into the Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame[4] and in 1992, he received the Jim Thorpe Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nigh and his wife Donna appeared in walk-on roles in episode # 19 of the NBC soap opera Texas (playing themselves as Governor and First Lady of Oklahoma).

Cast member Lisby Larson (Paige Marshall) serenaded the couple with a rendition of "Oklahoma!".