21st Oklahoma Legislature
The Twenty-first 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 7 to May 8, 1947,[1] during the term of Governor Roy J. Turner. The session was marked by a gunfight on the Senate floor, in which a state representative shot Tom Anglin, a state senator and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, in the hip, on May 7, 1947.[2]
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Leadership | |
Speaker of the House: | C. R. Board (D) |
Composition: |
James C. Nance served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and C. R. Board served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Dates of session
- Session: January 7, 1947 – May 8, 1947[1]
Previous: 20th Legislature • Next: 22nd Legislature
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 | |||
95 | 22 | 117 | ||
Voting share | 81.2% | 18.8% |
Leadership
Senate
James C. Nance served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.[3]
Members
Senate
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District | Name | Party |
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1 | Dwight Leonard | Dem |
2 | A. E. Anderson | Dem |
2 | Orval Grim | Dem |
3 | Claude Seaman | 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 | Perry Howell | Rep |
10 | Sherman Trussel | Rep |
11 | Everett Collins | Dem |
12 | Louis Ritzhaupt | Dem |
13 | Mead Norton | Dem |
13 | Boyd Cowden | Dem |
14 | Jim A. Rinehart | Dem |
14 | Robert Burns | Dem |
15 | Tom Jelks | 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 | J. Gladstone Emery | Dem |
22 | Tom Anglin | Dem |
23 | Virgil Medlock | Dem |
24 | Thomas Finney | Dem |
25 | M. O. Counts | Dem |
26 | Raymond D. Gary | Dem |
27 | Will Rogers | Dem |
27 | Roy White | Dem |
28 | Ray Fine | Dem |
29 | W. T. Gooldy | Dem |
30 | Perry Porter | Dem |
31 | Arthur Price | Rep |
32 | James Nevins | Dem |
33 | W. A. Waller | Dem |
34 | Frank Mahan | Dem |
35 | H. D. Binns | Dem |
36 | Joe Bailey Cobb | Dem |
- Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]
House of Representatives
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Name | Party | County |
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W. H. Langley | Dem | Adair |
W. E. Cordray | Rep | Alfalfa |
Harold Toaz | Dem | Atoka |
W. T. Quinn | Rep | Beaver |
H. C. Hathcoat | Dem | Beckham |
Jack Dillon | Rep | Blaine |
Keith Cartwright | Dem | Bryan |
Clark White | Dem | Bryan |
Don Baldwin | Dem | Caddo |
Walter Morris | Dem | Caddo |
Jean Pazoureck | Dem | Canadian |
R. Rhys Evans | Dem | Carter |
Wilson Wallace | Dem | Carter |
S. Richard Smith | Dem | Cherokee |
Hal Welch | Dem | Choctaw |
C. R. Board | Dem | Cimarron |
Joe Smalley | Dem | Cleveland |
Owen Summers | Dem | Coal |
Charles Ozmun | Dem | Comanche |
Dick Riggs | Dem | Comanche |
G. G. Upchurch | Dem | Cotton |
W. Walter Bailey | Dem | Craig |
Lou Stockton Allard | Dem | Creek |
Streeter Speakman | Dem | Creek |
William Shibley | Dem | Creek |
William Dunn | Dem | Custer |
Mattison Sparkman | Dem | Delaware |
Jim Kouns | Dem | Dewey |
A. R. Larason | Dem | Ellis |
John Camp | Rep | Garfield |
Martin Garber | Rep | Garfield |
Easter Brown | Dem | Garvin |
Ike Tolbert | Dem | Garvin |
C. C. Chastain | Dem | Grady |
A. E. Hennings | Dem | Grady |
J. C. Hoffsommer | Rep | Grant |
Wade Shumate | Dem | Greer |
Wilburn Medaris | Dem | Harmon |
C. F. Miles | Dem | Harper |
D. C. Cantrell | Dem | Haskell |
Paul Ballinger | Dem | Hughes |
Jimie Scott | Dem | Hughes |
Guy Horton | Dem | Jackson |
D. L. Jones | Dem | Jackson |
Jack Coleman | Dem | Jefferson |
Marvin Brannon | Dem | Johnston |
C. B. McCLean | Rep | Kay |
James McNeese | Rep | Kay |
W. A. Burton Jr. | Dem | Kingfisher |
Ralph Farrar | Dem | Kiowa |
E. T. Dunlap | Dem | Latimer |
Dual Autry | Dem | LeFlore |
Edd C. Hawthorne | Dem | LeFlore |
C. L. Mills | Rep | Lincoln |
Lloyd McGuire | Rep | Logan |
Joe Thompson | Dem | Love |
Sam Alexander | Rep | Major |
Roy Biles | Dem | Marshall |
Gus Bethell | Dem | Mayes |
Purman Wilson | Dem | McClain |
James Dyer | Dem | McCurtain |
Paul Harkey | Dem | McCurtain |
Clinton White | Dem | McIntosh |
Jack Barron | Dem | Murray |
Carl Frix | Dem | Muskogee |
H. P. Watkins | Dem | Muskogee |
David Wood | Dem | Muskogee |
Henry Bellmon | Rep | Noble |
James Staten | Dem | Nowata |
Dwight Tolle | Dem | Okfuskee |
Dwain Box | Dem | Oklahoma |
Harold Carey | Dem | Oklahoma |
Ben Gullett | Dem | Oklahoma |
John Jarman | Dem | Oklahoma |
B. B. Kerr | Dem | Oklahoma |
J. D. McCarty | Dem | Oklahoma |
Paul Washington | Dem | Oklahoma |
John W. Russell Jr. | 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 |
Jo Ferguson | Rep | Pawnee |
J. H. Arrington | Dem | Payne |
Lonnie Brown | Dem | Pittsburg |
C. Plowboy Edwards | Dem | Pittsburg |
Garland Jordan | Dem | Pittsburg |
Thomas Holt | Dem | Pontotoc |
H. P. Sugg | Dem | Pontotoc |
James Densford | Dem | Pottawatomie |
John Levergood | Dem | Pottawatomie |
William Tiffany | Dem | Pottawatomie |
Claud Thompson | Dem | Pushmataha |
S. S. McColgin | Dem | Roger Mills |
E. W. Meads | Dem | Rogers |
Walter Billingsley | Dem | Seminole |
N. Blaylock | Dem | Seminole |
Con Long | Dem | Seminole |
Owen Taylor | Dem | Sequoyah |
James Bullard | Dem | Stephens |
D. A. Segrest | Dem | Stephens |
Leon B. Field | Dem | Texas |
E. H. Shelton | Dem | Tillman |
Robert Alexander | Rep | Tulsa |
George Campbell | Rep | Tulsa |
Joe Harshbarger | Rep | Tulsa |
Richard McDermott | Rep | Tulsa |
Joe Musgrave | Rep | Tulsa |
C. R. Nixon | Rep | Tulsa |
A. E. Williams | Rep | Tulsa |
John T. Waggoner | Dem | Wagoner |
Laton Doty | Rep | Washington |
A. R. Ash | Dem | Washita |
Ben Easterly | Dem | Woods |
Clarence Meigs | Rep | Woodward |
- Table based on government database.[4]
References
- A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, p. II-4, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (accessed June 28, 2013)
- A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, p. IV-6, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (accessed June 28, 2013)
- 2005 Oklahoma Almanac, p. 761-762, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed July 9, 2013)
- Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).