As governor, he was responsible for the establishment of a state bureau of investigation, conservation programs, and his attempts to abolish the Ku Klux Klan.

Following the Land Run of 1889, Trapp's father moved his entire family to Logan County to a claim just seven miles west of Guthrie.

Immediately upon coming into office, Trapp called the Oklahoma Legislature into special session to address the issue.

This also meant repealing the state's new free textbook program and a one-third reduction in the funds spent on school aid.

Following a growth national trend started by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907, Trapp began a program of conservation.

Trapp insisted that the law did not apply to him since he had been elected lieutenant governor and succeeded to the governorship only upon the impeachment and removal from office of John C. Walton.

On June 6, 1926, the court ruled on the case Fitzpatrick v. McAlister, which stated that Trapp was "the governor for the simple reason that he governs.

Trapp officially ended his term in office on January 10, 1927, with the inauguration of Henry S. Johnston as the seventh governor of Oklahoma.

After finishing his term as governor, Trapp would continue to play a key role in the Oklahoma Democratic Party even though he would never hold another political office.

Trapp did campaign for the governor's office again in 1930, but did not receive the party's nomination, losing it to the colorful and popular William H. Murray.

Moving back to Oklahoma City, Trapp would spend the rest of his life as a dealer of investment securities.

[4] As governor, Trapp left a legacy that included the establishment of the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation, environmental conservation, and victories against the Ku Klux Klan in Oklahoma.