30th Oklahoma Legislature
| 30th Oklahoma Legislature | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leadership | |
|
Leo Winters (D) | |
|
Clem McSpadden (D) | |
|
J. D. McCarty (D) | |
Composition: | |
The Thirtieth 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 5 to July 22, 1965, during the first term of Governor Henry Bellmon.[1] It was the last time the state legislature met only once every two years,[1] and the first time since A. C. Hamlin left office in 1910 that the legislature included black members.[2]
Lieutenant Governor Leo Winters served as President of the Senate, Clem McSpadden served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and J. D. McCarty served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Dates of session
- January 5-July 22, 1965[1]
Previous: 29th Legislature • Next: 31st Legislature
Major events
- The state legislature impeached Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice N. B. Johnson, convicting him on May 12, 1965.[1]
Party composition
Senate
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 40 | 7 | 48 | ||
| Voting share | 85.4% | 14.6% | ||
House
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 77 | 22 | 99 | ||
| Voting share | 77.8% | 22.2% | ||
Leadership
- President of the Senate: Lieutenant Governor Leo Winters[3]
- Senate President Pro Tem: Clem McSpadden
- Speaker of the House: J. D. McCarty[1]
- Speaker Pro Tempore: Rex Privett[1]
- Majority Floor Leader: Leland Wolf[1]
- Minority Leader: G.T. Blankenship[1]
Staff
- Chief Clerk of the House: Louise Stockton[1]
Members
Senate
| Name | District | Party | Towns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Gee | 1 | Dem | Grove, Jay, Miami |
| Clem McSpadden | 2 | Dem | Claremore, Pryor |
| Claude Berry | 3 | Dem | Stillwell, Tahlequah |
| Clem Hamilton | 4 | Dem | Poteau, Sallisaw |
| Leroy McClendon | 5 | Dem | Atoka, Hugo, Idabel |
| John Massey | 6 | Dem | Durant |
| Gene Stipe | 7 | Dem | McAlester |
| Tom Payne | 8 | Dem | Okmulgee, Henryetta |
| John Luton | 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 |
| Hal Muldrow | 16 | Dem | Lexington, Norman |
| Ralph Graves | 17 | Dem | Shawnee |
| Boyd Cowden | 18 | Dem | 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 |
| Anthony M. Massad | 25 | Dem | Altus |
| Byron Dacus | 26 | Dem | Elk City |
| Ed Berrong | 27 | Dem | Weatherford |
| G. O. Williams | 28 | Rep | Gore, Oklahoma |
| Denzil Garrison | 29 | Rep | Bartlesville |
| Leon B. Field | 30 | Dem | Guymon, Texhoma |
| Paul Taliaferro | 31 | Dem | Lawton |
| Al Terrill | 32 | Dem | Lawton |
| Ed Bradley | 33 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Charles Pope | 34 | Dem | Tulsa |
| L. Beauchamp Selman | 35 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Gene C. Howard | 36 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Finis Smith | 37 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Ralph Rhoades | 38 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Dewey Bartlett | 39 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Richard D. Stansberry | 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 |
| Cleeta John Rogers | 46 | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| Ted Findeiss | 47 | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| E. Melvin Porter | 48 | Dem | Oklahoma City |
- Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[4]
House of Representatives
| Name | District | Party | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hendrix | 1 | Dem | McCurtain |
| Ray Fine | 2 | Dem | LeFlore, Sequoyah |
| Rucker Blankenship | 3 | Dem | LeFlore |
| William Willis | 4 | Dem | Adair, Cherokee |
| Wiley Sparkman | 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 |
| Jim Cook | 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 |
| W. W. Burnett | 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 |
| Raymond Reed | 28 | Dem | Seminole |
| Lou Stockton Allard | 29 | Dem | Okfuskee, Creek |
| Heber Finch Jr. | 30 | Dem | Creek |
| Ruth Patterson | 31 | Rep | Noble, Logan |
| Barbour Cox | 32 | Dem | Lincoln, Logan |
| H. L. Sparks | 33 | Dem | Payne |
| Jake Hesser | 34 | Dem | Payne |
| Rex Privett | 35 | Dem | Osage, Pawnee |
| Virgil Tinker | 36 | Dem | Osage |
| Ray 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 |
| Phil Smalley | 44 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Leland Wolf | 45 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Norman A. Smith | 46 | Dem | Grady, McClain |
| Spencer Bernard | 47 | Dem | Grady |
| Burke Mordy | 48 | Dem | Carter |
| Bill Bradley | 49 | Dem | Carter, Jefferson |
| Jerome Sullivan Jr. | 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 |
| A. L. Murrow | 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 |
| Joseph McGraw | 70 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Warren Green | 71 | Rep | Tulsa |
| John McCune | 72 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Curtis Lawson | 73 | Dem | Tulsa |
| George Hargrave Jr. | 74 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Roger Smithey | 75 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Percy Butler | 76 | Rep | Tulsa |
| William Poulos | 77 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Howard Williams | 78 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Leslie Guy Ferguson | 79 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Peyton Breckinridge | 80 | Rep | Tulsa |
| C. Spearman Jr. | 81 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Bill Holaday | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| G. T. Blankenship | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Nathan Sherman | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| John Drake | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Thomas Taggart | 86 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| George Camp | 87 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Red Andrews | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| L. Bengtson Jr. | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Thomas Bamberger | 90 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Joe Roselle | 91 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| J. D. McCarty | 92 | Dem | 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 |
| John B. White | 98 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Archibald Hill Jr. | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma |
- Table based on database of historic members.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 16, 2013)
- ↑ Hinton, Mick. Young, minority lawmakers highlight changes, Tulsa World, February 4, 2007 (accessed June 19, 2013)
- ↑ History of the Lieutenant Governor's Office (accessed June 16, 2013)
- ↑ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac (accessed June 28, 2013)
- ↑ Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)
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