24th Oklahoma Legislature explained

24th Oklahoma Legislature
Coa Pic:	File:Flag of Oklahoma (1941–1988).svg
Leader1 Type:	President of the Senate
Leader1:	James E. Berry (D)
Leader2 Type:	President Pro Tem of the Senate
Leader2:	Raymond D. Gary (D)
Leader3 Type:	Speaker of the House
Leader3:	James C. Nance (D)
Leader4 Type:	Composition:
Leader4:	Senate 38 6 House 104 13

The Twenty-fourth 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 at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 6 to May 6, 1953, during the term of Governor Johnston Murray.^[1] James C. Nance became the first two-term Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.^[1]

Dates of session

• January 6 to May 6, 1953^[1]

Previous: 23rd Legislature • Next: 25th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
nowrap style="font-size:80%"			38		6	44
Voting share		86.4%		15.6%

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
nowrap style="font-size:80%"			104		13	117
Voting share		88.9%		11.1%

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor James E. Berry served as President of the Senate, giving him a tie-breaking vote. Raymond D. Gary, a future governor, served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.^[2]

House of Representatives

James C. Nance was elected by his fellow state representatives to serve as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and James E. Douglas was elected as Speaker Pro Tempore.^[1] Glen Ham served as the Majority Floor Leader and C. R. Nixon served as the Republican Minority leader.^[1]

Eddie Higgins was the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.^[1]

Members

Senate

District	Name	Party
1	Leon B. Field	Dem
2	Charles M. Wilson	Dem
2	Lawrence L. Irwin	Dem
3	Claude Seaman	Rep
4	Basil Wilson	Dem
5	D. L. Jones	Dem
6	Carl Max Cook	Dem
6	Byron Dacus	Dem
7	Stanley Coppock	Rep
8	Floyd Carrier	Rep
9	Roy Grantham	Rep
10	J. L. Maltsberger	Rep
11	Everett Collins	Dem
12	Carl Morgan	Rep
13	Oliver Walker	Dem
13	Boyd Cowden	Dem
14	Jim A. Rinehart	Dem
14	George Miskovsky	Dem
15	Walt Allen	Dem
15	Don Baldwin	Dem
16	Roy C. Boecher	Dem
17	Harold Garvin	Dem
17	Bill Logan	Dem
18	Fred Chapman	Dem
19	Joe Smalley	Dem
19	Herbert Hope	Dem
20		Dem
21	Clem Hamilton	Dem
22	Paul Ballinger	Dem
23	Virgil Medlock	Dem
24	Leroy McClendon	Dem
25	Kirksey Nix	Dem
26		Dem
27	Harold Shoemake	Dem
27	Howard Young	Dem
28	Ray Fine	Dem
29	Harold Morgan	Dem
30	Jess Fronterhouse	Dem
31	Arthur Price	Rep
32	James Nevins	Dem
33		Dem
34	Frank Mahan	Dem
35	Henry Cooper	Dem
36	Joe Bailey Cobb	Dem

• Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.^[3]

House of Representatives

Name	Party	County
W. H. Langley		Adair
Tom Morford		Alfalfa
Floyd Mason	Dem	Atoka
	Dem	Beaver
H. F. Carmichael	Dem	Beckham
H. G. Tolbert	Rep	Blaine
Raney Arnold	Dem	Bryan
James E. Douglas	Dem	Bryan
Charley Long	Dem	Caddo
F. H. Moorehead	Dem	Caddo
Jean Pazoureck	Dem	Canadian
James Payne	Dem	Carter
Ernest Tate	Dem	Carter
Richard Smith		Cherokee
Lucien Spear		Choctaw
Carl Etling		Cimarron
		Cleveland
Virgil Young		Cleveland
T. K. Kinglesmith		Coal
Charles Ozmun		Comanche
Githen Rhoads		Comanche
Jim Taliaferro		Comanche
W. B. Nelson		Cotton
George Pitcher		Craig
Lou Stockton Allard		Creek
L. A. Hudgins		Creek
William Shibley		Creek
Clarence Sweeney		Custer
		Delaware
J. B. Graybill		Dewey
A. R. Larason		Ellis
John Camp		Garfield
Dan Mitchell		Garfield
Richard Romang		Garfield
Jesse Daniel		Garvin
Glen Ham		Garvin
Jefferson Lee Davis		Grady
Ira Humphreys		Grady
William Card		Grant
Elmo Hurst		Greer
Valdhe Pitman		Harmon
J. E. Bouse		Harper
Folsom Scott		Haskell
Frank Grayson		Hughes
Hugh Sandlin		Hughes
William J. Ivester		Jackson
		Jefferson
Jack Gillam		Johnston
Raymond Craig		Kay
T. D. Harris		Kay
William A. Burton Jr.		Kingfisher
C. L. Krieger		Kiowa
Jim Cook		Latimer
James Fesperman		LeFlore
Ralph Vandiver		LeFlore
		Lincoln
Lewis Wolfe		Logan
Clint G. Livingston		Love
J. Howard Lindley		Major
Jay Payne		Marshall
G. A. Sampsel		Mayes
		McClain
Paul Harkey		McCurtain
Mort Welch		McCurtain
Lonnie McPeak		McIntosh
Bruce Frazier		Murray
Charles Hammers		Muskogee
Bill Haworth		Muskogee
Louis Smith		Muskogee
Robert S. Taylor		Noble
Otis Munson		Nowata
Bennie Hill		Okfuskee
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• Table based on government database.^[4]

References

1. http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf A Century to Remember
2. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf 2005 Oklahoma Almanac
3. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf 2005 Oklahoma Almanac
4. http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Historic.aspx Historic Members