George Patterson Nigh (born June 9, 1927), is a politician and civic leader in the U.S. state of
Oklahoma. Nigh served as the
17th and the 22nd Governor of Oklahoma. He was the first Oklahoma governor to be re-elected and the first to win all 77 counties in the state. Additionally, short term vacancies in the governor's office twice resulted in Nigh assuming gubernatorial duties while serving as
lieutenant governor.