24th Oklahoma Legislature

The Twenty-fourth 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 6 to May 6, 1953, during the term of Governor Johnston Murray.[1] James C. Nance became the first two-term Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

24th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
Speaker of the House:
Composition:
Senate
38   6  
House
104   13  

Dates of session

  • January 6 to May 6, 1953[1]

Previous: 23rd Legislature • Next: 25th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
38 6 44
Voting share 86.4% 15.6%

House of Representatives

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
104 13 117
Voting share 88.9% 11.1%

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor James E. Berry served as President of the Senate, giving him a tie-breaking vote. Raymond D. Gary, a future governor, served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.[2]

House of Representatives

James C. Nance was elected by his fellow state representatives to serve as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and James E. Douglas was elected as Speaker Pro Tempore.[1] Glen Ham served as the Majority Floor Leader and C. R. Nixon served as the Republican Minority leader.[1]

Eddie Higgins was the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

Members

Senate

DistrictNameParty
1Leon B. FieldDem
2Charles M. WilsonDem
2Lawrence L. IrwinDem
3Claude SeamanRep
4Basil WilsonDem
5D. L. JonesDem
6Carl Max CookDem
6Byron DacusDem
7Stanley CoppockRep
8Floyd CarrierRep
9Roy GranthamRep
10J. L. MaltsbergerRep
11Everett CollinsDem
12Carl MorganRep
13Oliver WalkerDem
13Boyd CowdenDem
14Jim A. RinehartDem
14George MiskovskyDem
15Walt AllenDem
15Don BaldwinDem
16Roy C. BoecherDem
17Harold GarvinDem
17Bill LoganDem
18Fred ChapmanDem
19Joe SmalleyDem
19Herbert HopeDem
20Keith CartwrightDem
21Clem HamiltonDem
22Paul BallingerDem
23Virgil MedlockDem
24Leroy McClendonDem
25Kirksey NixDem
26Raymond D. GaryDem
27Harold ShoemakeDem
27Howard YoungDem
28Ray FineDem
29Harold MorganDem
30Jess FronterhouseDem
31Arthur PriceRep
32James NevinsDem
33John W. Russell Jr.Dem
34Frank MahanDem
35Henry CooperDem
36Joe Bailey CobbDem
  • Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]

House of Representatives

Speaker James C. Nance
NamePartyCounty
W. H. LangleyDemAdair
Tom MorfordRepAlfalfa
Floyd MasonDemAtoka
Floyd SumrallDemBeaver
H. F. CarmichaelDemBeckham
H. G. TolbertRepBlaine
Raney ArnoldDemBryan
James E. DouglasDemBryan
Charley LongDemCaddo
F. H. MooreheadDemCaddo
Jean PazoureckDemCanadian
James PayneDemCarter
Ernest TateDemCarter
Richard SmithDemCherokee
Lucien SpearDemChoctaw
Carl EtlingRepCimarron
Leland WolfDemCleveland
Virgil YoungDemCleveland
T. K. KinglesmithDemCoal
Charles OzmunDemComanche
Githen RhoadsDemComanche
Jim TaliaferroDemComanche
W. B. NelsonDemCotton
George PitcherDemCraig
Lou Stockton AllardDemCreek
L. A. HudginsDemCreek
William ShibleyDemCreek
Clarence SweeneyDemCuster
Wiley SparkmanDemDelaware
J. B. GraybillDemDewey
A. R. LarasonDemEllis
John CampRepGarfield
Dan MitchellRepGarfield
Richard RomangRepGarfield
Jesse DanielDemGarvin
Glen HamDemGarvin
Jefferson Lee DavisDemGrady
Ira HumphreysDemGrady
William CardDemGrant
Elmo HurstDemGreer
Valdhe PitmanDemHarmon
J. E. BouseDemHarper
Folsom ScottDemHaskell
Frank GraysonDemHughes
Hugh SandlinDemHughes
William J. IvesterDemJackson
Bill BradleyDemJefferson
Jack GillamDemJohnston
Raymond CraigRepKay
T. D. HarrisRepKay
William A. Burton Jr.RepKingfisher
C. L. KriegerDemKiowa
Jim CookDemLatimer
James FespermanDemLeFlore
Ralph VandiverDemLeFlore
Richard JamesRepLincoln
Lewis WolfeRepLogan
Clint G. LivingstonDemLove
J. Howard LindleyRepMajor
Jay PayneDemMarshall
G. A. SampselDemMayes
James C. NanceDemMcClain
Paul HarkeyDemMcCurtain
Mort WelchDemMcCurtain
Lonnie McPeakDemMcIntosh
Bruce FrazierDemMurray
Charles HammersDemMuskogee
Bill HaworthDemMuskogee
Louis SmithDemMuskogee
Robert S. TaylorRepNoble
Otis MunsonDemNowata
Bennie HillDemOkfuskee
  • Table based on government database.[4]

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 16, 2013)
  2. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac, p. 761. (accessed June 28, 2013)
  3. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac, p. 761-762. (accessed July 9, 2013)
  4. Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 30, 2013).
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