Sargent Prentiss Freeling

Sargent Prentiss Freeling (January 25, 1874 – April 18, 1937) was an American politician who served as the 2nd attorney general of Oklahoma between 1915 and 1922.

He ran against Charles West for the office of attorney general of Oklahoma in 1907, but lost the election.

[1] While attorney general, Freeling lead the Red River litigation which officially establish the border between Oklahoma and Texas.

[2] Freeling lead the state investigation of the Tulsa Race Massacre, charged Black Tulsans for the riot, and blamed the riot on Black Tulsans "intimidating white people.

[5] In 1924, Freeling ran in the 1924 United States Senate election in Oklahoma, but lost the primary.