31st Oklahoma Legislature explained

31st Oklahoma Legislature
Coa Pic:Flag of Oklahoma (1941–1988).svg
Leader1 Type:President of the Senate
Leader1:George Nigh (D)
Leader2 Type:President Pro Tem of the Senate
Leader2:Clem McSpadden (D)
Leader3 Type:Speaker of the House
Leader3:Rex Privett (D)
Leader4 Type:Term:
Leader4:January 7, 1967 – January 7, 1969
Leader5 Type:Composition:
Leader5:Senate
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House
76 23

The Thirty-first Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 7, 1967, to January 7, 1969, during the term of Governor Dewey Bartlett.[1] This was the first Oklahoma state legislature that met under new requirements approved by voters in 1966 that the legislature hold annual, 90-day legislative sessions.[1]

Clem McSpadden served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Rex Privett served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

Previous: 30th Legislature • Next: 32nd Legislature

Party composition

Senate

AffiliationParty

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

Total
DemocraticRepublican
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Voting share81.3%18.7%

House of Representatives

AffiliationParty

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

Total
DemocraticRepublican
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Voting share76.8%23.2%

Leadership

Clem McSpadden

Rex Privett[1]

James W. Connor[1]

Staff

Members

Senate

Name District Party Towns
Robert Gee 1Dem Grove, Jay, Miami
2 Dem Claremore, Pryor
Claude Berry 3 Dem Stilwell, Tahlequah
Clem Hamilton 4 Dem Poteau, Sallisaw
Leroy McClendon 5 Dem Atoka, Hugo, Idabel
John Massey 6 Dem Durant
7 Dem McAlester
Tom Payne 8 Dem Okmulgee, Henryetta
9 Dem Muskogee
Raymond Horn 10 Dem Barnsdall, Fairfax, Pawhuskee
Allen Nichols 10 Dem Wewoka
John Young 12 Dem Bristow, Sapulpa
George Miller 13 Dem Ada
Ernest Martin 14 Dem Ardmore
Glen Ham 15 Dem Norman
Phil Smalley 16 Dem Lexington, Norman
Ralph Graves 17 Dem Shawnee
18 Rep Chandler, Seminole
Richard Romang 19 Rep Enid
Roy Grantham 20 Dem Ponca City, Tonkawa
Robert Murphy 21 Dem Stillwater
Roy C. Boecher 22 Rep Stillwater
Don Baldwin 23 Dem Chickasha
Wayne Holden 24 Dem Duncan
25 Dem Altus
Byron Dacus 26 Dem Elk City
Ed Berrong 27 Dem Weatherford
G. O. Williams 28 Rep Woodward, Oklahoma
Denzil Garrison 29 Rep Bartlesville
Leon B. Field 30 Dem Guymon, Texhoma
Paul Taliaferro 31 Dem Lawton
32 Dem Lawton
33 Dem Tulsa
George Hargrave Jr. 34 Dem Tulsa
35 Dem Tulsa
Gene C. Howard 36 Dem Tulsa
Finis Smith 37 Dem Tulsa
Peyton Breckinridge 38 Rep Tulsa
39 RepTulsa
40 Rep Oklahoma City
Bryce Baggett 41 Dem Edmond, Oklahoma City
H. B. Atkinson 42 Dem Midwest City
John Garrett 43 Dem Del City, Oklahoma City
J. Lee Keels 44 Dem Oklahoma City
Jimmy Birdson 45 Dem Oklahoma City
Jack Short 46 Rep Oklahoma City
Ted Findeiss 40 Rep Oklahoma City
E. Melvin Porter 48 Dem Oklahoma City

House of Representatives

Name District Party County
Jimmie Lane 1Dem McCurtain
Ray Fine 2 Dem LeFlore, Sequoyah
Rucker Blankenship 3 Dem LeFlore
William Willis 4 Dem Adair, Cherokee
5 Dem Adair, Delaware
J. D. Witt 6 Dem Craig, Ottawa
Joseph Mountford 7 Dem Ottawa
J. W. Bynum 8 Dem Mayes, Rogers
Bill Briscoe 9 Dem Nowata, Rogers
James Connor 10 Rep Washington
Charles Doornbos 11 Rep Washington
Vol Howard Odom 12 Dem Muskogee, Wagoner
Mike Frix 13 Dem Muskogee
William Nigh 14 Dem Muskogee
Martin Odom 15 Dem McIntosh, Okmulgee
Ed Cole 16 Dem Okmulgee
William G. Jones 17 Dem Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg
William Skeith 18 Dem Pittsburg
Wayne Sanguin 19 Dem Choctaw, Pushmataha
John Rushing 20 Dem Atoka, Bryan, Love, Marshall
Pauline Tabor 21 Dem Bryan
Kenneth Converse 22 Dem Garvin, Johnston, Murray
Charles Vann 23 Dem Garvin
Hugh Sandlin 24 Dem Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc
Lonnie Abbott 25 Dem Pontotoc
John Levergood 26 Dem Pottawatomie
James Townsend 27 Dem Pottawatomi, Seminole
28 Dem Seminole
Lou Stockton Allard 29 Dem Okfuskee, Creek
Heber Finch Jr. 30 Dem Creek
Donald Coffin 31 Dem Noble, Logan
Barbour Cox 32 Dem Lincoln, Logan
Allen Williamson 33 Dem Payne
Jake Hesser 34 Dem Payne
Rex Privett 35 Dem Osage, Pawnee
Lewis Bean 36 Dem Osage
Jerry Peterson 37 Dem Kay
Brian Conaghan 38 Rep Kay
Lynn Thornhill 39 Rep Alfalfa, Grant, Major
Bert Page 40 Rep Garfield
Harold Hunter 41 Rep Garfield
Robert Barr 42 Dem Blaine, Kingfisher
Ralph Watkins 43 Dem Canadian
Lee Byron Cate 44 Dem Cleveland
45 Dem Cleveland
Norman A. Smith 46 Dem Grady, McClain
47 Dem Grady
Harry Bickford 48 Dem Carter
49 Dem Carter, Jefferson
William Tarwater 50 Dem Stephens
Vernon Dunn 51 Dem Cotton, Stephens
Larry Derryberry 52 Dem Jackson
Frank Patterson 53 Dem Jackson, Tillman
David Hutchens 54 Dem Greer, Kiowa
Don Greenhaw 55 Dem Caddo, Washita
Robert Goodfellow 56 Dem Caddo
J. Dickey Jr. 57 Dem Custer
58 Rep Woods, Woodward
Jack Harrison 59 Dem Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills
James Fowler 60 Dem Beckham, Harmon
Mike Grey 61 Dem Beaver, Cimarron, Texas
Donald Beauchamp 62 Dem Comanche
D. D. Raibourn 63 Dem Comanche
Walter Hutchins 64 Dem Comanche
Fred Ferrell Jr. 65 Dem Comanche
Tot Brown 66 Dem Tulsa
Douglas Wixson 67 Rep Tulsa
Robert Hopkins 68 Dem Tulsa
Joe Musgrave 69 Rep Tulsa
70 Rep Tulsa
71 Rep Tulsa
72 Dem Tulsa
73 Dem Tulsa
Jerry Hargrave 74 Dem Tulsa
Roger Smithey 75 Dem Tulsa
76 Rep Tulsa
William Poulos 77 Dem Tulsa
Howard Williams 78 Rep Tulsa
Leslie Guy Ferguson 79 Rep Tulsa
80 Rep Tulsa
C. Spearman Jr. 81 Dem Oklahoma
Bill Holaday 82 Rep Oklahoma
Ralph Thompson 83 Rep Oklahoma
Texanna Hatchett 84 Rep Oklahoma
George Camp 85 Rep Oklahoma
Thomas Taggart 86 Rep Oklahoma
Denton Howard 87 Rep Oklahoma
Red Andrews 88 Dem Oklahoma
L. Bengtson Jr. 89 Dem Oklahoma
Thomas Bamberger 90 Dem Oklahoma
Mike Fair 91 Rep Oklahoma
Vondel Smith 92 Rep Oklahoma
E. W. Smith 93 Dem Oklahoma
Ray Trent 94 Dem Oklahoma
A. J. Clemons 95 Dem Oklahoma
John Miskelly 96 Dem Oklahoma
Jerry Sokolosky 97 Dem Oklahoma
Visanio John 98 Dem Oklahoma
Archibald Hill Jr. 99 Dem Oklahoma

References

  1. http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf A Century to Remember
  2. http://www.ok.gov/ltgovernor/Office_of_Lieutenant_Governor/History_of_Lieutenant_Governor/ History of the Lieutenant Governor's Office
  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