 Inhofe was the longest serving U.S. Senator from Oklahoma from 1994 to 2023. Weatherford Mayor Mike Brown says Senator Inhofe was always a friend to the city of Weatherford. Of course he and General Stafford had a great relationship and so I think that he always kind of felt he needed to be supportive to us and of course anytime he came to town we tried to get a group together and just have all the respect in the world for him and thinking about him and his family and