20th Oklahoma Legislature
| 20th Oklahoma Legislature | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leadership | |
|
Homer Paul (D) | |
|
Johnson Davis Hill (D) | |
Composition: | |
The Twentieth 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 2 to April 26, 1945,[1] during the term of Governor Robert S. Kerr.
Although the session began with John Davis Hill as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, he was replaced with H.I. Hinds in February.[1] Homer Paul served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.
Dates of session
- Session: January 2, 1945-April 26, 1945[1]
Previous: 19th Legislature • Next: 21st Legislature
Leadership and staff
Homer Paul served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.[2] John Davis Hill of Tulsa, Oklahoma was selected as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives with the support of Governor Robert S. Kerr.[1] In February 1945, he was replaced by session, he was replaced by H. I. Hinds of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for the remainder of the 1945 session.[1] H. R. Christopher served as the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]
Party composition
Senate
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 38 | 6 | 44 | ||
| Voting share | 86.4% | 13.6% | ||
House of Representatives
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 98 | 22 | 120 | ||
| Voting share | 81.7% | 18.3% | ||
Members
Senate
| District | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwight Leonard | Dem |
| 2 | A. E. Anderson | Dem |
| 2 | E. S. Collier | Dem |
| 3 | E. P. Williams | 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 | Charles Duffy | Dem |
| 10 | Sherman Trussel | Rep |
| 11 | Ray Jones | Dem |
| 12 | Louis Ritzhaupt | Dem |
| 13 | Mead Norton | Dem |
| 13 | Boyd Cowden | Dem |
| 14 | Jim A. Rinehart | Dem |
| 14 | Robert Burns | Dem |
| 15 | Jack Neill | 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 | Clint Braden | Dem |
| 22 | Tom Anglin | Dem |
| 23 | Allen G. Nichols | Dem |
| 24 | Thomas Finney | Dem |
| 25 | M. O. Counts | Dem |
| 26 | Raymond D. Gary | Dem |
| 27 | Murrell Thornton | Dem |
| 27 | Roy White | Dem |
| 28 | Ray Fine | Dem |
| 29 | Craig Goodpaster | Dem |
| 30 | Perry Porter | Dem |
| 31 | Clyde Sears | Rep |
| 32 | James Nevins | Dem |
| 33 | H. Tom Brown | Dem |
| 34 | Frank Mahan | Dem |
| 35 | Ferman Phillips | Dem |
| 36 | Joe Bailey Cobb | Dem |
- Table based on Oklahoma Almanac.[2]
House of Representatives
| Name | Party | County |
|---|---|---|
| W. H. Langley | Dem | Adair |
| W. E. Cordray | Rep | Alfalfa |
| Harold Toaz | Dem | Atoka |
| Merle Lansden | Dem | Beaver |
| H. F. Carmichael | Dem | Beckham |
| H. C. Hathcoat | Dem | Beckham |
| Jack Dillon | Rep | Blaine |
| William Parrish | Dem | Bryan |
| W. H. Underwood | Dem | Bryan |
| Don Baldwin | Dem | Caddo |
| Walter Morris | Dem | Caddo |
| E. R. Barnhart | Dem | Canadian |
| R. Rhys Evans | Dem | Carter |
| Wilson Wallace | Dem | Carter |
| H. I. Hinds | Dem | Cherokee |
| Hal Welch | Dem | Choctaw |
| C. R. Board | Dem | Cimarron |
| Ben Huey | Dem | Cleveland |
| T. K. Klinglesmith | Dem | Coal |
| W. J. Johnson | Dem | Comanche |
| Lewis Oerke | Dem | Comanche |
| Charles Flanagan | Dem | Cotton |
| Walter Bailey | Dem | Craig |
| Fletcher Johnson | Dem | Creek |
| Streeter Speakman Jr. | Dem | Creek |
| Orange Starr | Dem | Creek |
| W. R. Dunn | Dem | Custer |
| LeRoy Fields | Dem | Delaware |
| T. J. Hussey | Rep | Dewey |
| W. S. Sibley | Rep | Ellis |
| John Camp | Rep | Garfield |
| Martin Garber | Rep | Garfield |
| E. W. Foley | Dem | Garvin |
| Ike Tolbert | Dem | Garvin |
| A. L. Davis | Dem | Grady |
| C. D. Van Dyck | Dem | Grady |
| J. C. Hoffsommer | Rep | Grant |
| Wade Shumate | Dem | Greer |
| Raymond Barry | Dem | Harmon |
| C. F. Miles | Dem | Harper |
| D. C. Cantrell | Dem | Haskell |
| Frank Crane | Dem | Hughes |
| Fred Treadwell | Dem | Hughes |
| D. L. Jones | Dem | Jackson |
| Ewell Sam Singleton | Dem | Jefferson |
| Karl Wright | Dem | Johnston |
| J. R. Dorsett | Rep | Kay |
| Floyd Focht | Dem | Kay |
| Robert Barr | Dem | Kingfisher |
| W. B. McDonald | Dem | Kiowa |
| Jack Bradley | Dem | Latimer |
| Edd C. Hawthorne | Dem | LeFlore |
| Arthur Reed | Dem | LeFlore |
| C. L. Mills | Rep | Lincoln |
| S. J. Thompson | Rep | Lincoln |
| Carl Morgan | Rep | Logan |
| John Steele Batson | Dem | Love |
| Joe Story | Rep | Major |
| Roy Biles | Dem | Marshall |
| Earl Ward | Dem | Mayes |
| Purman Wilson | Dem | McClain |
| Carl Dees | Dem | McCurtain |
| Herbert Flowers | Dem | McCurtain |
| Milam King | Dem | McIntosh |
| J. A. Arms | Dem | Murray |
| Carl Frix | Dem | Muskogee |
| R. M. Mountcastle | Dem | Muskogee |
| J. M. Wiley | Dem | Muskogee |
| Robert R. McCubbins | Rep | Noble |
| Charles Whitford | Dem | Nowata |
| Roger Standley | Dem | Okfuskee |
| Harold Carey | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ben Gullett | Dem | Oklahoma |
| B. B. Kerr | Dem | Oklahoma |
| J. D. McCarty | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Robert Sherman | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Creekmore Wallace | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Paul Washington | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Q. D. Gibbs | 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 |
| Prentiss Rowe | Dem | Pawnee |
| J. H. Arrington | Dem | Payne |
| Elbert Weaver | Dem | Payne |
| Ben Choate | Dem | Pittsburg |
| C. Plowboy Edwards | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Hiram Impson | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Thomas Holt | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Virgil Medlock | Dem | Pontotoc |
| John Levergood | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| A. J. Ownby | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Clarence Tankersley | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Claud Thompson | Dem | Pushmataha |
| Wesley Hunt | Dem | Roger Mills |
| E. W. Meads | Dem | Rogers |
| Walter Billingsley | Dem | Seminole |
| Con Long | Dem | Seminole |
| F. M. Streetman | Dem | Seminole |
| Owen Taylor | Dem | Sequoyah |
| James Bullard | Dem | Stephens |
| D. A. Segrest | Dem | Stephens |
| Wallace Hughes | Dem | Texas |
| E. H. Shelton | Dem | Tillman |
| Harmon Bellamy | Rep | Tulsa |
| Joe Harshbarger | Rep | Tulsa |
| Johnson Hill | Dem | Tulsa |
| Dan Madrano | Rep | Tulsa |
| A. E. Montgomery | Dem | Tulsa |
| Joe Musgrave | Rep | Tulsa |
| Arthur Price | Rep | Tulsa |
| W. B. Carr | Rep | Wagoner |
| Laton Doty | Rep | Washington |
| A. R. Ash | Dem | Washita |
| Ed Hines | Dem | Washita |
| R. W. McNally | Rep | Woods |
| Frank Durant | Rep | Woodward |
- Table based on government database.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (accessed June 18, 2013)
- 1 2 2005 Oklahoma Almanac, p. 760, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed June 28, 2013)
- ↑ Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).
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