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]

21st Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
Speaker of the House:
C. R. Board (D)
Composition:
Senate
38   6  
House
95   22  

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]

House of Representatives

C. R. Board served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Claud Thompson served as Speaker Pro Tempore.[1] R. Rhys Evans served as the House Majority Floor Leader.[1] Bob Barr served as the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

Members

Senate

President Pro Tem James C. Nance
DistrictNameParty
1Dwight LeonardDem
2A. E. AndersonDem
2Orval GrimDem
3Claude SeamanRep
4Henry W. WorthingtonDem
5Burr SpeckDem
6L.E. WheelerDem
6Byron DacusDem
7Bill GinderRep
8Floyd CarrierRep
9Perry HowellRep
10Sherman TrusselRep
11Everett CollinsDem
12Louis RitzhauptDem
13Mead NortonDem
13Boyd CowdenDem
14Jim A. RinehartDem
14Robert BurnsDem
15Tom JelksDem
15Theodore PruettDem
16E. B. GrennellRep
17Phil LoweryDem
17Bill LoganDem
18Fred ChapmanDem
19James C. NanceDem
19Homer PaulDem
20Bayless IrbyDem
21J. Gladstone EmeryDem
22Tom AnglinDem
23Virgil MedlockDem
24Thomas FinneyDem
25M. O. CountsDem
26Raymond D. GaryDem
27Will RogersDem
27Roy WhiteDem
28Ray FineDem
29W. T. GooldyDem
30Perry PorterDem
31Arthur PriceRep
32James NevinsDem
33W. A. WallerDem
34Frank MahanDem
35H. D. BinnsDem
36Joe Bailey CobbDem
  • Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]

House of Representatives

State Representative Henry Bellmon would go on to serve as Oklahoma's governor.
NamePartyCounty
W. H. LangleyDemAdair
W. E. CordrayRepAlfalfa
Harold ToazDemAtoka
W. T. QuinnRepBeaver
H. C. HathcoatDemBeckham
Jack DillonRepBlaine
Keith CartwrightDemBryan
Clark WhiteDemBryan
Don BaldwinDemCaddo
Walter MorrisDemCaddo
Jean PazoureckDemCanadian
R. Rhys EvansDemCarter
Wilson WallaceDemCarter
S. Richard SmithDemCherokee
Hal WelchDemChoctaw
C. R. BoardDemCimarron
Joe SmalleyDemCleveland
Owen SummersDemCoal
Charles OzmunDemComanche
Dick RiggsDemComanche
G. G. UpchurchDemCotton
W. Walter BaileyDemCraig
Lou Stockton AllardDemCreek
Streeter SpeakmanDemCreek
William ShibleyDemCreek
William DunnDemCuster
Mattison SparkmanDemDelaware
Jim KounsDemDewey
A. R. LarasonDemEllis
John CampRepGarfield
Martin GarberRepGarfield
Easter BrownDemGarvin
Ike TolbertDemGarvin
C. C. ChastainDemGrady
A. E. HenningsDemGrady
J. C. HoffsommerRepGrant
Wade ShumateDemGreer
Wilburn MedarisDemHarmon
C. F. MilesDemHarper
D. C. CantrellDemHaskell
Paul BallingerDemHughes
Jimie ScottDemHughes
Guy HortonDemJackson
D. L. JonesDemJackson
Jack ColemanDemJefferson
Marvin BrannonDemJohnston
C. B. McCLeanRepKay
James McNeeseRepKay
W. A. Burton Jr.DemKingfisher
Ralph FarrarDemKiowa
E. T. DunlapDemLatimer
Dual AutryDemLeFlore
Edd C. HawthorneDemLeFlore
C. L. MillsRepLincoln
Lloyd McGuireRepLogan
Joe ThompsonDemLove
Sam AlexanderRepMajor
Roy BilesDemMarshall
Gus BethellDemMayes
Purman WilsonDemMcClain
James DyerDemMcCurtain
Paul HarkeyDemMcCurtain
Clinton WhiteDemMcIntosh
Jack BarronDemMurray
Carl FrixDemMuskogee
H. P. WatkinsDemMuskogee
David WoodDemMuskogee
Henry BellmonRepNoble
James StatenDemNowata
Dwight TolleDemOkfuskee
Dwain BoxDemOklahoma
Harold CareyDemOklahoma
Ben GullettDemOklahoma
John JarmanDemOklahoma
B. B. KerrDemOklahoma
J. D. McCartyDemOklahoma
Paul WashingtonDemOklahoma
John W. Russell Jr.DemOkmulgee
Bill ShipleyDemOkmulgee
B. L. WilliamsDemOkmulgee
Charles BaconDemOsage
Bill BurkhartDemOsage
Grace MitchelsonDemOttawa
Mona Jean RussellDemOttawa
Jo FergusonRepPawnee
J. H. ArringtonDemPayne
Lonnie BrownDemPittsburg
C. Plowboy EdwardsDemPittsburg
Garland JordanDemPittsburg
Thomas HoltDemPontotoc
H. P. SuggDemPontotoc
James DensfordDemPottawatomie
John LevergoodDemPottawatomie
William TiffanyDemPottawatomie
Claud ThompsonDemPushmataha
S. S. McColginDemRoger Mills
E. W. MeadsDemRogers
Walter BillingsleyDemSeminole
N. BlaylockDemSeminole
Con LongDemSeminole
Owen TaylorDemSequoyah
James BullardDemStephens
D. A. SegrestDemStephens
Leon B. FieldDemTexas
E. H. SheltonDemTillman
Robert AlexanderRepTulsa
George CampbellRepTulsa
Joe HarshbargerRepTulsa
Richard McDermottRepTulsa
Joe MusgraveRepTulsa
C. R. NixonRepTulsa
A. E. WilliamsRepTulsa
John T. WaggonerDemWagoner
Laton DotyRepWashington
A. R. AshDemWashita
Ben EasterlyDemWoods
Clarence MeigsRepWoodward
  • Table based on government database.[4]

References

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac, p. 761-762, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed July 9, 2013)
  4. Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).
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