The Twenty-first Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Oklahoma Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The state legislature met in regular session from January 7 to May 8, 1947,[1] during the term of Governor Roy J. Turner. The session was marked by a gunfight on the Senate floor, in which a state representative shot Tom Anglin, a state senator and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, in the hip, on May 7, 1947.[2]
21st Oklahoma Legislature | |
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| Leadership | |
C. R. Board (D) | |
Composition: | |
James C. Nance served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and C. R. Board served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Dates of session edit
- Session: January 7, 1947 – May 8, 1947[1]
Previous: 20th Legislature • Next: 22nd Legislature
Party composition edit
Senate edit
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 38 | 6 | 44 | ||
| Voting share | 86.4% | 13.6% | ||
House of Representatives edit
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 95 | 22 | 117 | ||
| Voting share | 81.2% | 18.8% | ||
Leadership edit
Senate edit
James C. Nance served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.[3]
House of Representatives edit
C. R. Board served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Claud Thompson served as Speaker Pro Tempore.[1] R. Rhys Evans served as the House Majority Floor Leader.[1] Bob Barr served as the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]
Members edit
Senate edit
| District | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwight Leonard | Dem |
| 2 | A. E. Anderson | Dem |
| 2 | Orval Grim | Dem |
| 3 | Claude Seaman | Rep |
| 4 | Henry W. Worthington | Dem |
| 5 | Burr Speck | Dem |
| 6 | L.E. Wheeler | Dem |
| 6 | Byron Dacus | Dem |
| 7 | Bill Ginder | Rep |
| 8 | Floyd Carrier | Rep |
| 9 | Perry Howell | Rep |
| 10 | Sherman Trussel | Rep |
| 11 | Everett Collins | Dem |
| 12 | Louis Ritzhaupt | Dem |
| 13 | Mead Norton | Dem |
| 13 | Boyd Cowden | Dem |
| 14 | Jim A. Rinehart | Dem |
| 14 | Robert Burns | Dem |
| 15 | Tom Jelks | Dem |
| 15 | Theodore Pruett | Dem |
| 16 | E. B. Grennell | Rep |
| 17 | Phil Lowery | Dem |
| 17 | Bill Logan | Dem |
| 18 | Fred Chapman | Dem |
| 19 | James C. Nance | Dem |
| 19 | Homer Paul | Dem |
| 20 | Bayless Irby | Dem |
| 21 | J. Gladstone Emery | Dem |
| 22 | Tom Anglin | Dem |
| 23 | Virgil Medlock | Dem |
| 24 | Thomas Finney | Dem |
| 25 | M. O. Counts | Dem |
| 26 | Raymond D. Gary | Dem |
| 27 | Will Rogers | Dem |
| 27 | Roy White | Dem |
| 28 | Ray Fine | Dem |
| 29 | W. T. Gooldy | Dem |
| 30 | Perry Porter | Dem |
| 31 | Arthur Price | Rep |
| 32 | James Nevins | Dem |
| 33 | W. A. Waller | Dem |
| 34 | Frank Mahan | Dem |
| 35 | H. D. Binns | Dem |
| 36 | Joe Bailey Cobb | Dem |
- Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]
House of Representatives edit
| Name | Party | County |
|---|---|---|
| W. H. Langley | Dem | Adair |
| W. E. Cordray | Rep | Alfalfa |
| Harold Toaz | Dem | Atoka |
| W. T. Quinn | Rep | Beaver |
| H. C. Hathcoat | Dem | Beckham |
| Jack Dillon | Rep | Blaine |
| Keith Cartwright | Dem | Bryan |
| Clark White | Dem | Bryan |
| Don Baldwin | Dem | Caddo |
| Walter Morris | Dem | Caddo |
| Jean Pazoureck | Dem | Canadian |
| R. Rhys Evans | Dem | Carter |
| Wilson Wallace | Dem | Carter |
| S. Richard Smith | Dem | Cherokee |
| Hal Welch | Dem | Choctaw |
| C. R. Board | Dem | Cimarron |
| Joe Smalley | Dem | Cleveland |
| Owen Summers | Dem | Coal |
| Charles Ozmun | Dem | Comanche |
| Dick Riggs | Dem | Comanche |
| G. G. Upchurch | Dem | Cotton |
| W. Walter Bailey | Dem | Craig |
| Lou Stockton Allard | Dem | Creek |
| Streeter Speakman | Dem | Creek |
| William Shibley | Dem | Creek |
| William Dunn | Dem | Custer |
| Mattison Sparkman | Dem | Delaware |
| Jim Kouns | Dem | Dewey |
| A. R. Larason | Dem | Ellis |
| John Camp | Rep | Garfield |
| Martin Garber | Rep | Garfield |
| Easter Brown | Dem | Garvin |
| Ike Tolbert | Dem | Garvin |
| C. C. Chastain | Dem | Grady |
| A. E. Hennings | Dem | Grady |
| J. C. Hoffsommer | Rep | Grant |
| Wade Shumate | Dem | Greer |
| Wilburn Medaris | Dem | Harmon |
| C. F. Miles | Dem | Harper |
| D. C. Cantrell | Dem | Haskell |
| Paul Ballinger | Dem | Hughes |
| Jimie Scott | Dem | Hughes |
| Guy Horton | Dem | Jackson |
| D. L. Jones | Dem | Jackson |
| Jack Coleman | Dem | Jefferson |
| Marvin Brannon | Dem | Johnston |
| C. B. McCLean | Rep | Kay |
| James McNeese | Rep | Kay |
| W. A. Burton Jr. | Dem | Kingfisher |
| Ralph Farrar | Dem | Kiowa |
| E. T. Dunlap | Dem | Latimer |
| Dual Autry | Dem | LeFlore |
| Edd C. Hawthorne | Dem | LeFlore |
| C. L. Mills | Rep | Lincoln |
| Lloyd McGuire | Rep | Logan |
| Joe Thompson | Dem | Love |
| Sam Alexander | Rep | Major |
| Roy Biles | Dem | Marshall |
| Gus Bethell | Dem | Mayes |
| Purman Wilson | Dem | McClain |
| James Dyer | Dem | McCurtain |
| Paul Harkey | Dem | McCurtain |
| Clinton White | Dem | McIntosh |
| Jack Barron | Dem | Murray |
| Carl Frix | Dem | Muskogee |
| H. P. Watkins | Dem | Muskogee |
| David Wood | Dem | Muskogee |
| Henry Bellmon | Rep | Noble |
| James Staten | Dem | Nowata |
| Dwight Tolle | Dem | Okfuskee |
| Dwain Box | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Harold Carey | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ben Gullett | Dem | Oklahoma |
| John Jarman | Dem | Oklahoma |
| B. B. Kerr | Dem | Oklahoma |
| J. D. McCarty | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Paul Washington | Dem | Oklahoma |
| John W. Russell Jr. | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Bill Shipley | Dem | Okmulgee |
| B. L. Williams | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Charles Bacon | Dem | Osage |
| Bill Burkhart | Dem | Osage |
| Grace Mitchelson | Dem | Ottawa |
| Mona Jean Russell | Dem | Ottawa |
| Jo Ferguson | Rep | Pawnee |
| J. H. Arrington | Dem | Payne |
| Lonnie Brown | Dem | Pittsburg |
| C. Plowboy Edwards | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Garland Jordan | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Thomas Holt | Dem | Pontotoc |
| H. P. Sugg | Dem | Pontotoc |
| James Densford | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| John Levergood | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| William Tiffany | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Claud Thompson | Dem | Pushmataha |
| S. S. McColgin | Dem | Roger Mills |
| E. W. Meads | Dem | Rogers |
| Walter Billingsley | Dem | Seminole |
| N. Blaylock | Dem | Seminole |
| Con Long | Dem | Seminole |
| Owen Taylor | Dem | Sequoyah |
| James Bullard | Dem | Stephens |
| D. A. Segrest | Dem | Stephens |
| Leon B. Field | Dem | Texas |
| E. H. Shelton | Dem | Tillman |
| Robert Alexander | Rep | Tulsa |
| George Campbell | Rep | Tulsa |
| Joe Harshbarger | Rep | Tulsa |
| Richard McDermott | Rep | Tulsa |
| Joe Musgrave | Rep | Tulsa |
| C. R. Nixon | Rep | Tulsa |
| A. E. Williams | Rep | Tulsa |
| John T. Waggoner | Dem | Wagoner |
| Laton Doty | Rep | Washington |
| A. R. Ash | Dem | Washita |
| Ben Easterly | Dem | Woods |
| Clarence Meigs | Rep | Woodward |
- Table based on government database.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, p. II-4, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (accessed June 28, 2013)
- ^ A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, p. IV-6, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (accessed June 28, 2013)
- ^ a b 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 761-762, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed July 9, 2013)
- ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).