Office: | 3rd Attorney General of Oklahoma |
Term Start: | January 1923 |
Term End: | January 1927 |
Predecessor: | Sargent Prentiss Freeling |
Successor: | Ed Dabney |
George Short was an American politician who served as the 3rd Attorney General of Oklahoma from January 1923 to January 1927.
Short served as the Attorney General of Oklahoma between 1923 and 1927, succeeding Sargent Prentiss Freeling and preceding Ed Dabney.[1] After former Tulsa Police Chief John Gustafson advised Short to arrest and prosecute Bryan and Ernest Burkhart he declined and he repeatedly delayed calling grand juries to investigated the Burkharts and William King Hale.[2]