20th Oklahoma Legislature

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.

20th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
Homer Paul (D)
Speaker of the House:
Johnson Davis Hill (D)
Composition:
Senate
38   6  
House
98   22  

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

DistrictNameParty
1Dwight LeonardDem
2A. E. AndersonDem
2E. S. CollierDem
3E. P. WilliamsRep
4Henry W. WorthingtonDem
5Burr SpeckDem
6L. E. WheelerDem
6Byron DacusDem
7Bill GinderRep
8Floyd CarrierRep
9Charles DuffyDem
10Sherman TrusselRep
11Ray JonesDem
12Louis RitzhauptDem
13Mead NortonDem
13Boyd CowdenDem
14Jim A. RinehartDem
14Robert BurnsDem
15Jack NeillDem
15Theodore PruettDem
16E. B. GrennellRep
17Phil LoweryDem
17Bill LoganDem
18Fred ChapmanDem
19James C. NanceDem
19Homer PaulDem
20Bayless IrbyDem
21Clint BradenDem
22Tom AnglinDem
23Allen G. NicholsDem
24Thomas FinneyDem
25M. O. CountsDem
26Raymond D. GaryDem
27Murrell ThorntonDem
27Roy WhiteDem
28Ray FineDem
29Craig GoodpasterDem
30Perry PorterDem
31Clyde SearsRep
32James NevinsDem
33H. Tom BrownDem
34Frank MahanDem
35Ferman PhillipsDem
36Joe Bailey CobbDem
  • Table based on Oklahoma Almanac.[2]

House of Representatives

NamePartyCounty
W. H. LangleyDemAdair
W. E. CordrayRepAlfalfa
Harold ToazDemAtoka
Merle LansdenDemBeaver
H. F. CarmichaelDemBeckham
H. C. HathcoatDemBeckham
Jack DillonRepBlaine
William ParrishDemBryan
W. H. UnderwoodDemBryan
Don BaldwinDemCaddo
Walter MorrisDemCaddo
E. R. BarnhartDemCanadian
R. Rhys EvansDemCarter
Wilson WallaceDemCarter
H. I. HindsDemCherokee
Hal WelchDemChoctaw
C. R. BoardDemCimarron
Ben HueyDemCleveland
T. K. KlinglesmithDemCoal
W. J. JohnsonDemComanche
Lewis OerkeDemComanche
Charles FlanaganDemCotton
Walter BaileyDemCraig
Fletcher JohnsonDemCreek
Streeter Speakman Jr.DemCreek
Orange StarrDemCreek
W. R. DunnDemCuster
LeRoy FieldsDemDelaware
T. J. HusseyRepDewey
W. S. SibleyRepEllis
John CampRepGarfield
Martin GarberRepGarfield
E. W. FoleyDemGarvin
Ike TolbertDemGarvin
A. L. DavisDemGrady
C. D. Van DyckDemGrady
J. C. HoffsommerRepGrant
Wade ShumateDemGreer
Raymond BarryDemHarmon
C. F. MilesDemHarper
D. C. CantrellDemHaskell
Frank CraneDemHughes
Fred TreadwellDemHughes
D. L. JonesDemJackson
Ewell Sam SingletonDemJefferson
Karl WrightDemJohnston
J. R. DorsettRepKay
Floyd FochtDemKay
Robert BarrDemKingfisher
W. B. McDonaldDemKiowa
Jack BradleyDemLatimer
Edd C. HawthorneDemLeFlore
Arthur ReedDemLeFlore
C. L. MillsRepLincoln
S. J. ThompsonRepLincoln
Carl MorganRepLogan
John Steele BatsonDemLove
Joe StoryRepMajor
Roy BilesDemMarshall
Earl WardDemMayes
Purman WilsonDemMcClain
Carl DeesDemMcCurtain
Herbert FlowersDemMcCurtain
Milam KingDemMcIntosh
J. A. ArmsDemMurray
Carl FrixDemMuskogee
R. M. MountcastleDemMuskogee
J. M. WileyDemMuskogee
Robert R. McCubbinsRepNoble
Charles WhitfordDemNowata
Roger StandleyDemOkfuskee
Harold CareyDemOklahoma
Ben GullettDemOklahoma
B. B. KerrDemOklahoma
J. D. McCartyDemOklahoma
Robert ShermanDemOklahoma
Creekmore WallaceDemOklahoma
Paul WashingtonDemOklahoma
Q. D. GibbsDemOkmulgee
Bill ShipleyDemOkmulgee
B. L. WilliamsDemOkmulgee
Charles BaconDemOsage
Bill BurkhartDemOsage
Grace MitchelsonDemOttawa
Mona Jean RussellDemOttawa
Prentiss RoweDemPawnee
J. H. ArringtonDemPayne
Elbert WeaverDemPayne
Ben ChoateDemPittsburg
C. Plowboy EdwardsDemPittsburg
Hiram ImpsonDemPittsburg
Thomas HoltDemPontotoc
Virgil MedlockDemPontotoc
John LevergoodDemPottawatomie
A. J. OwnbyDemPottawatomie
Clarence TankersleyDemPottawatomie
Claud ThompsonDemPushmataha
Wesley HuntDemRoger Mills
E. W. MeadsDemRogers
Walter BillingsleyDemSeminole
Con LongDemSeminole
F. M. StreetmanDemSeminole
Owen TaylorDemSequoyah
James BullardDemStephens
D. A. SegrestDemStephens
Wallace HughesDemTexas
E. H. SheltonDemTillman
Harmon BellamyRepTulsa
Joe HarshbargerRepTulsa
Johnson HillDemTulsa
Dan MadranoRepTulsa
A. E. MontgomeryDemTulsa
Joe MusgraveRepTulsa
Arthur PriceRepTulsa
W. B. CarrRepWagoner
Laton DotyRepWashington
A. R. AshDemWashita
Ed HinesDemWashita
R. W. McNallyRepWoods
Frank DurantRepWoodward
  • 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 18, 2013)
  2. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac, p. 760, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed June 28, 2013)
  3. Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).
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