| 25th Oklahoma Legislature | |
| Coa Pic: | File:Flag of Oklahoma (1941–1988).svg |
| Leader1 Type: | President of the Senate |
| Leader1: | Cowboy Pink Williams (D) |
| Leader2 Type: | President Pro Tem of the Senate |
| Leader2: | Ray Fine (D) |
| Leader3 Type: | Speaker of the House |
| Leader3: | Bill Harkey (D) |
| Leader4 Type: | Composition: |
| Leader4: | Senate 39 5 House 102 19 |
The Twenty-fifth 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 4 to May 27, 1955, during the term of Governor Raymond D. Gary.[1] Gary had just served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate during the previous session. He was replaced by Ray Fine, who took over as presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate. Bill Harkey was elected Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and was the first speaker to serve two consecutive terms.[1]
During the 1955 session, the state legislature approved a legislative referendum to end school segregation, in response to the 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education.[1] It was approved by voters in 1956 by a 3-1 margin.[1]
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| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | ||||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | 39 | 5 | 44 | ||||
| Voting share | 88.6% | 11.4% | |||||
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | ||||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | 102 | 19 | 121 | ||||
| Voting share | 84.3% | 15.7% | |||||
B.E. Bill Harkey[1]
W.A. Burton Jr.[1]
| District | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leon B. Field | Dem | |
| 2 | Charles M. Wilson | Dem | |
| 2 | S. S. McColgin | Dem | |
| 3 | Ben Easterly | Dem | |
| 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 | Virgil Young | Dem | |
| 19 | Herbert Hope | Dem | |
| 20 | Dem | ||
| 21 | Clem Hamilton | Dem | |
| 22 | Paul Ballinger | Dem | |
| 23 | Glen Collins | Dem | |
| 24 | Leroy McClendon | Dem | |
| 25 | Kirksey Nix | Dem | |
| 26 | Gene Herndon | Dem | |
| 27 | Harold Shoemake | Dem | |
| 27 | Howard Young | Dem | |
| 28 | Ray Fine | Dem | |
| 29 | Buck Dendy | Dem | |
| 30 | Jess Fronterhouse | Dem | |
| 31 | Arthur Price | Rep | |
| 32 | Dem | ||
| 33 | Dem | ||
| 34 | Frank Mahan | Dem | |
| 35 | Bob Trent | Dem | |
| 36 | Bruce Frazier | Dem |
| Name | Party | County | |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. H. Langley | Adair | ||
| Tom Morford | Alfalfa | ||
| Joseph Payton | Atoka | ||
| Beaver | |||
| H. F. Carmichael | Beckham | ||
| J. L. Edgecomb | Blaine | ||
| Raney Arnold | Bryan | ||
| Bryan | |||
| Robert Lawson Goodfellow | Caddo | ||
| Charley Long | Caddo | ||
| Jean Pazoureck | Canadian | ||
| John T. Tipps | Carter | ||
| Harley Venters | Carter | ||
| Jack Bliss | Cherokee | ||
| Lucien Spear | Choctaw | ||
| Carl Etling | Cimarron | ||
| Robert L. Bailey | Cleveland | ||
| Cleveland | |||
| Delbert Inman | Coal | ||
| Charles Ozmun | Comanche | ||
| Githen Rhoads | Comanche | ||
| Jim Taliaferro | Comanche | ||
| W. B. Nelson | Cotton | ||
| George Pitcher | Craig | ||
| Lou Stockton Allard | Creek | ||
| Heber Finch | Creek | ||
| William Shibley | Creek | ||
| Clarence Sweeney | Custer | ||
| Delaware | |||
| J. B. Graybill | Dewey | ||
| A.R. Larason | Ellis | ||
| John Camp | Garfield | ||
| Richard Romang | Garfield | ||
| Jesse Daniel | Garvin | ||
| Glen Ham | Garvin | ||
| Jefferson Lee Davis | Grady | ||
| John A. Lance | Grady | ||
| A. E. Green | Grant | ||
| Elmo Hurst | Greer | ||
| Dale Kite | Harmon | ||
| J. E. Bouse | Harper | ||
| Edward Chunings | Haskell | ||
| Hugh Sandlin | Hughes | ||
| Guy Horton | Jackson | ||
| Jefferson | |||
| Charles Norris | Johnston | ||
| Guy Bailey | Kay | ||
| Raymond Craig | Kay | ||
| William Burton | Kingfisher | ||
| William Metcalf | Kiowa | ||
| Jim Cook | Latimer | ||
| James Fesperman | LeFlore | ||
| Ralph Vandiver | LeFlore | ||
| Jesse Berry | Lincoln | ||
| Barbour Cox | Lincoln | ||
| Joe Carey | Logan | ||
| Rudolph Folsom | Love | ||
| Howard Lindley | Major | ||
| Jay Payne | Marshall | ||
| G. A. Sampsel | Mayes |