16th Oklahoma Legislature

The Sixteenth 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 November 24, 1936, to May 11, 1937, during the term of Governor E.W. Marland.[1]

16th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
Allen G. Nichols (D)
Speaker of the House:
J. T. Daniel (D)
Composition:
Senate
44   0  
House
114   3  

The Democratic Party dominated both chambers. There were no Republican state senators in 1937 and only three state representatives. As Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, James E. Berry served as the President of the Senate. Allen G. Nichols served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and J. T. Daniel served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of session

  • Special session: November 24, 1936-January 4, 1937[1]
  • Regular session: January 4-May 11, 1937[1]

Previous: 15th Legislature • Next: 17th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
44 0 44
Voting share 100% 0%

House of Representatives

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
114 3 117
Voting share 97.4% 2.6%

Leadership

Senate

There were no Republicans in the state senate in 1937. As Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, James E. Berry served as the President of the Senate, giving him a tie-breaking vote and the authority to serve as the presiding officer. Allen G. Nichols served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the chamber's chief leader and organizer.[2]

House of Representatives

The Oklahoma Democratic Party held 114 of the 117 seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1937, allowing them to select the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1] J. T. Daniel of Waurika, Oklahoma, was elected by his fellow state representatives to serve as Speaker and J. Kenneth Hogue of Carnegie, Oklahoma, was elected to serve as Speaker Pro Tempore.[1] James C. Nance of Purcell, Oklahoma, served as Majority Floor Leader.[1]

Members

Senate

DistrictNameParty
1R. L. HowsleyDem
2Nat TaylorDem
2H. C. IvesterDem
3Charles AlbrightDem
4W. F. HearneDem
5C. R. ChamberlinDem
6LeRoy ClaytonDem
6DeRoy BurnsDem
7H. W. WrightDem
8James M. WilsonDem
9Charles DuffyDem
10John T. SanfordDem
11Ray C. JonesDem
12Louis RitzhauptDem
13Tom WaldrepDem
13Willard SowardsDem
14J. A. RinehartDem
14W. C. FidlerDem
15Gerald SpencerDem
15W. L. MaukDem
16Leslie ChambersDem
17Knox GarvinDem
17Merton MunsonDem
18Oscar LowranceDem
18Joe B. ThompsonDem
19E. V. GeorgeDem
19Homer PaulDem
20John A. MacDonaldDem
20Ed KingDem
21Claud BriggsDem
22W. N. BarryDem
23Allen G. NicholsDem
24Paul StewartDem
25E. P. HillDem
26W. O. RayDem
27Bower BroaddusDem
27Joe M. WhitakerDem
28R. O. IngleDem
29Jack L. RorschachDem
30Felix ChurchDem
31Henry C. TimmonsDem
32W. A. BarnettDem
33Dennis BushyheadDem
34H. M. CurnuttDem
  • Table based on state almanac.[2]

House of Representatives

NamePartyCounty
E. B. ArnoldDemAdair
Webster WilderRepAlfalfa
Ira StephensonDemAtoka
Floyd HarringtonRepBeaver
Watts BrewerDemBeckham
E. BlumenhagenDemBlaine
A. N. LeecraftDemBryan
Ceph ShoemakeDemBryan
J. Kenneth HogueDemCaddo
D. L. KellyDemCaddo
Ellis GregoryDemCanadian
Charles P. JonesDemCarter
Wilson WallaceDemCarter
Floyd NorrisDemCherokee
Lucien SpearDemChoctaw
Frank ConnerDemCimarron
Ben HueyDemCleveland
Dale BrownDemCoal
Ted FraserDemComanche
Roy HooperDemComanche
Charles FlanaganDemCotton
Francis GoodpasterDemCraig
William CheathamDemCreek
Homer O'DellDemCreek
Roy PageDemCreek
W. R. DunnDemCuster
Lee HoweDemDelaware
Tupper JonesDemDewey
Bert LarasonDemEllis
Floyd CarrierRepGarfield
Paul EdwardsRepGarfield
E. W. FoleyDemGarvin
Harold FreemanDemGarvin
J. D. CarmichaelDemGrady
David C. RobertsDemGrady
George StreetsDemGrant
Henry W. WorthingtonDemGreer
Elmer WillinghamDemHarmon
George PaulsDemHarper
D. C. CantrellDemHaskell
George OliphantDemHughes
Burr SpeckDemJackson
Drew B. ThomasDemJackson
J. T. DanielDemJefferson
Ed GillDemJohnston
H. N. AndrewsDemKay
Ralph C. HaynesDemKay
Elbert StonerDemKingfisher
Finis GillespieDemKiowa
J. A. HarwellDemLatimer
Earl JohnsonDemLeFlore
B. J. TrawDemLeFlore
Lester HoytDemLincoln
C. W. AllenDemLogan
Virgil StokesDemLove
J. C. MajorDemMajor
Don WelchDemMarshall
C. J. HowardDemMayes
James C. NanceDemMcClain
Bascom CokerDemMcCurtain
Carl DeesDemMcCurtain
Milam KingDemMcIntosh
Malcolm BaucumDemMurray
Herbert BrananDemMuskogee
F. N. ShoemakeDemMuskogee
Murrell ThorntonDemMuskogee
Thomas MungerDemNoble
Penn CouchDemNowata
Leon C. PhillipsDemOkfuskee
Bryan BillingsDemOklahoma
LaVerne CarletonDemOklahoma
William O. CoeDemOklahoma
Ben F. EllisDemOklahoma
Murray GibbonsDemOklahoma
B. B. KerrDemOklahoma
C. W. SchwoerkeDemOklahoma
S. E. HammondDemOkmulgee
W. J. PetersonDemOkmulgee
Harry J. SwanDemOkmulgee
Harry G. HuntDemOsage
Frank MahanDemOsage
Jesse A. HarpDemOttawa
E. E. ShipleyDemOttawa
Noel DuncanDemPawnee
Elbert WeaverDemPayne
George H. HuntDemPittsburgh
Huby JordanDemPittsburgh
W. B. McAlesterDemPittsburgh
Austin DeatonDemPontotoc
Aubrey KerrDemPontotoc
Mead NortonDemPottawatomie
Ralph SpencerDemPottawatomie
Clarence TankersleyDemPottawatomie
Louie GossettDemPushmataha
Edgar McVickerDemRoger Mills
Tom KightDemRogers
V. L. KikerDemSeminole
Con LongDemSeminole
Marvin WootenDemSeminole
J. A. MorrowDemSequoyah
Sandy SingletonDemStephens
Samuel WhitakerDemStephens
Wallace HughesDemTexas
Monty C. WorthingtonDemTillman
Mat BeardDemTulsa
Joe ChambersDemTulsa
Seth EbyDemTulsa
Herbert GibsonDemTulsa
Glade KirkpatrickDemTulsa
Ed MoffettDemTulsa
A. E. MontgomeryDemTulsa
W. B. LumpkinDemWagoner
John M. HollimanDemWashington
F. E. RaaschDemWashita
M. T. PughDemWoods
Jesse E. TaylorDemWoodward
  • Table based on government database.[3]

References

  1. 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 19, 2013)
  2. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed July 1, 2013)
  3. Historic Members, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 1, 2013). Archived 2013-06-29.
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