4th Oklahoma Legislature explained

4th Oklahoma Legislature
Coa Pic:	File:Flag of Oklahoma (1911–1925).svg
Leader1 Type:	President of the Senate
Leader1:	J. J. McAlester (D)
Leader2 Type:	President Pro Tem of the Senate
Leader2:	C. B. Kendrick (D)
Leader3 Type:	Speaker of the House
Leader3:	J. H. Maxey (D)
Leader4 Type:	Composition:
Leader4:	Senate 34 10 House 78 19

The 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 the India White Temple in Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 7 to March 17, 1913, and in special session from March 18 to July 5, 1913, during the term of Governor Lee Cruce.^[1]

The 1913 session was marked by the passage of a municipal Sunday closing law, which was favored by Cruce. Lieutenant Governor James Jackson McAlester served as the President of the Senate and C.B. Kendrick served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. J. H. Maxey served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

• Regular session: January 7-March 17, 1913
• Special session: March 18-July 5, 1913

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Party composition

Senate

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
nowrap style="font-size:80%"			34		10	44
Voting share		77.3%		22.7%

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
nowrap style="font-size:80%"			78		19	97
Voting share		80.4%		26.4%

Major legislation

• Sundays - Governor Lee Cruce supported municipal Sunday closing laws and the 1913 state legislature passed House Bill 50, which prohibited a number of Sunday activities.^[2]

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor James Jackson McAlester served as the President of the Senate, which gave him a tie-breaking vote and allowed him to serve as a presiding officer. C.B. Kendrick was elected by state senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the primary presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate.^[3]

House

J. H. Maxey of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1913 and Charles B. Emanuel served as Speaker Pro Tempore.^[1]

Members

Senate

District	Name	Party
Lt-Gov		Dem
1	George Aycock	Dem
2	E. L. Mitchell	Dem
2		Dem
3	William Briggs	Rep
4	J. L. Carpenter	Dem
5	Guy Horton	Dem
6	James Austin	Dem
6	J. V. McClintic	Dem
7	J. W. McCully	Rep
8	Eugene Watrous	Rep
9	William Dutton	Rep
9	J. E. Curran	Rep
10	George Waters	Dem
11	Joseph Jones	Rep
12		Rep
13		Dem
13	C. L. Edmonson	Dem
14	Tom McMechan	Dem
14		Dem
15	George Barefoot	Dem
15	John Pugh	Dem
16	E. J. Warner	Rep
17	F. W. Anderson	Dem
17		Dem
18	C. B. Kendrick	Dem
18	Ben Franklin	Dem
19	J. T. McIntosh	Dem
19	Fred Tucker	Dem
20		Dem
20	T. F. Memminger	Dem
21	Edwin Sorrels	Dem
22	C. W. Board	Dem
23	Reuben Roddie	Dem
24	W. C. McAlister	Dem
25	William Redwine	Rep
26	C. C. Shaw	Dem
27	Sid Garrett	Dem
27		Dem
28	M. S. Blassingame	Dem
29	E. C. Harlan	Dem
30	George W. Fields Jr.	Dem
31		Dem
32	James H. Sutherlin	Rep
33	Gid Graham	Dem

• Table based on state almanac.^[3]

House of Representatives

Name	Party	County
	Dem	Adair
Charles B. Parkhurst	Rep	Alfalfa
I. L. Cook	Dem	Atoka
R. B. Rutherford	Dem	Beaver, Harper
H. V. Joseph	Dem	Beckham
George Jamison		Blaine
		Bryan
R. R. Halsell		Bryan
H. N. Christian		Caddo
Theo Pruett		Caddo
R. J. Thompson		Canadian
U. T. Rexroat		Carter
		Cherokee
Thomas W. Hunter		Choctaw
W. L. Roberts		Cimarron, Texas
N. E. Sharp		Cleveland
George T. Searcy		Coal
J. M. Haynes		Comanche, Cotton
Roy J. Williams		Comanche, Cotton
Peter Coyne		Craig
H. H. Herman		Creek
W. S. Dearing		Custer
Lee Howe		Delaware
Howell Smith		Dewey
Flavius Rose		Ellis
		Garfield
George Dizney		Garfield
Joe A. Edwards		Garvin
W B M Mitchell		Garvin
T. J. Brown		Grady
A. S. Riddle		Grady
J. E. Lemon		Grant
O. L. Cummings		Greer
H. L. Russell		Harmon
H. M. Moore		Haskell
J. B. Griggs		Hughes
R. J. Morgan		Jackson
A. McCrory		Jefferson
Andrew Veatch		Johnston
W. C. Baum		Kay
C. L. Pinkham		Kay
George L. King		Kingfisher
Leonard Lewis		Kiowa
Cliff Peery		Latimer
T.G. McMahan		LeFlore
J.L. Spengler		LeFlore
John B. Charles		Lincoln
Fred Hoyt		Lincoln
Walter H. Matthews		Lincoln, Pottawatomie
Frank McGuire		Logan
W. H. Brooks		Love
W.T. Ruby		Major
C.H. Thomas		Marshall
Gideon Morgan		Mayes
E.E. Glasco		McClain
W.S. Davis		McCurtain
Tom G. Taylor		McIntosh
Charles B. Emanuel		Murray
William Carr		Muskogee
J. Harvey Maxey		Muskogee
E.T. Testerman		Noble
W.A. Chase		Nowata
W.H. Case		Okfuskee
George Harvison		Okfuskee
Hubert Bolen		Oklahoma
C.H. DeFord		Oklahoma
Hugh Randall		Oklahoma
D.B. Welty		Oklahoma
John H. Wright		Oklahoma
J.M. Lenox		Okmulgee
Charles B. Peters		Osage
M.B. Prentiss		Osage
J.S. Mabon		Ottawa
Stanley Edmister		Pawnee
J.W. Reece		Payne
R.I. Bond		Pittsburg
E.P. Hill		Pittsburg
S.F. Whitman		Pittsburg
John P. Crawford		Pontotoc
James Farrall		Pottawatomie
Harvey H. Smith		Pottawatomie
H.O. Tener		Pottawatomie
H S P Ashby		Pushmataha
Thomas Joyner		Roger Mills
Archibald Bonds		Rogers
W.A. Bishop		Seminole
William L. Curtis		Sequoyah
O.M. Morris		Stephens
W.G. Woodard		Swanson
Harry Cordell	Dem	Tillman
Frank Curry	Dem	Tulsa
W. B. Williams	Dem	Tulsa
John O. Baker	Dem	Wagoner
R. F. Stilwell	Dem	Washington
C. C. Hill	Dem	Washita
W. H. Olmstead	Rep	Woods
E. G. Vosburgh	Rep	Woodward

• Table based on government database.^[4]

References

1. http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf A Century to Remember
2. Wilson, Linda D. CRUCE, LEE (1863-1933), Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma State University. (accessed July 2, 2013)
3. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf Oklahoma Almanac, 2005
4. http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Historic.aspx Historic Members

External links

• Oklahoma Legislature
• Oklahoma House of Representatives
• Oklahoma Senate