30th Oklahoma Legislature

The Thirtieth 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 5 to July 22, 1965, during the first term of Governor Henry Bellmon.[1] It was the last time the state legislature met only once every two years,[1] and the first time since A. C. Hamlin left office in 1910 that the legislature included black members.[2]

30th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
Speaker of the House:
J. D. McCarty (D)
Composition:
Senate
40   7  
House
77   22  

Lieutenant Governor Leo Winters served as President of the Senate, Clem McSpadden served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and J. D. McCarty served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of session

  • January 5-July 22, 1965[1]

Previous: 29th Legislature • Next: 31st Legislature

Major events

  • The state legislature impeached Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice N. B. Johnson, convicting him on May 12, 1965.[1]

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
40 7 48
Voting share 85.4% 14.6%

House

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
77 22 99
Voting share 77.8% 22.2%

Leadership

Staff

  • Chief Clerk of the House: Louise Stockton[1]

Members

Senate

NameDistrictPartyTowns
Robert Gee1DemGrove, Jay, Miami
Clem McSpadden2DemClaremore, Pryor
Claude Berry3DemStillwell, Tahlequah
Clem Hamilton4DemPoteau, Sallisaw
Leroy McClendon5DemAtoka, Hugo, Idabel
John Massey6DemDurant
Gene Stipe7DemMcAlester
Tom Payne8DemOkmulgee, Henryetta
John Luton9DemMuskogee
Raymond Horn10DemBarnsdall, Fairfax, Pawhuskee
Allen Nichols10DemWewoka
John Young12DemBristow, Sapulpa
George Miller13DemAda
Ernest Martin14DemArdmore
Glen Ham15DemNorman
Hal Muldrow16DemLexington, Norman
Ralph Graves17DemShawnee
Boyd Cowden18DemChandler, Seminole
Richard Romang19RepEnid
Roy Grantham20DemPonca City, Tonkawa
Robert Murphy21DemStillwater
Roy C. Boecher22RepStillwater
Don Baldwin23DemChickasha
Wayne Holden24DemDuncan
Anthony M. Massad25DemAltus
Byron Dacus26DemElk City
Ed Berrong27DemWeatherford
G. O. Williams28RepWoodward, Oklahoma
Denzil Garrison29RepBartlesville
Leon B. Field30DemGuymon, Texhoma
Paul Taliaferro31DemLawton
Al Terrill32DemLawton
Ed Bradley33DemTulsa
Charles Pope34DemTulsa
L. Beauchamp Selman35DemTulsa
Gene C. Howard36DemTulsa
Finis Smith37DemTulsa
Ralph Rhoades38RepTulsa
Dewey Bartlett39DemTulsa
Richard D. Stansberry40RepOklahoma City
Bryce Baggett41DemEdmond, Oklahoma City
H. B. Atkinson42DemMidwest City
John Garrett43DemDel City, Oklahoma City
J. Lee Keels44DemOklahoma City
Jimmy Birdson45DemOklahoma City
Cleeta John Rogers46DemOklahoma City
Ted Findeiss47RepOklahoma City
E. Melvin Porter48DemOklahoma City
  • Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[4]

House of Representatives

NameDistrictPartyCounty
Joe Hendrix1DemMcCurtain
Ray Fine2DemLeFlore, Sequoyah
Rucker Blankenship3DemLeFlore
William Willis4DemAdair, Cherokee
Wiley Sparkman5DemAdair, Delaware
J. D. Witt6DemCraig, Ottawa
Joseph Mountford7DemOttawa
J. W. Bynum8DemMayes, Rogers
Bill Briscoe9DemNowata, Rogers
James Connor10RepWashington
Charles Doornbos11RepWashington
Vol Howard Odom12DemMuskogee, Wagoner
Mike Frix13DemMuskogee
William Nigh14DemMuskogee
Martin Odom15DemMcIntosh, Okmulgee
Ed Cole16DemOkmulgee
Jim Cook17DemHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg
William Skeith18DemPittsburg
Wayne Sanguin19DemChoctaw, Pushmataha
John Rushing20DemAtoka, Bryan, Love, Marshall
Pauline Tabor21DemBryan
Kenneth Converse22DemGarvin, Johnston, Murray
W. W. Burnett23DemGarvin
Hugh Sandlin24DemCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc
Lonnie Abbott25DemPontotoc
John Levergood26DemPottawatomie
James Townsend27DemPottawatomi, Seminole
Raymond Reed28DemSeminole
Lou Stockton Allard29DemOkfuskee, Creek
Heber Finch Jr.30DemCreek
Ruth Patterson31RepNoble, Logan
Barbour Cox32DemLincoln, Logan
H. L. Sparks33DemPayne
Jake Hesser34DemPayne
Rex Privett35DemOsage, Pawnee
Virgil Tinker36DemOsage
Ray Peterson37DemKay
Brian Conaghan38RepKay
Lynn Thornhill39RepAlfalfa, Grant, Major
Bert Page40RepGarfield
Harold Hunter41RepGarfield
Robert Barr42DemBlaine, Kingfisher
Ralph Watkins43DemCanadian
Phil Smalley44DemCleveland
Leland Wolf45DemCleveland
Norman A. Smith46DemGrady, McClain
Spencer Bernard47DemGrady
Burke Mordy48DemCarter
Bill Bradley49DemCarter, Jefferson
Jerome Sullivan Jr.50DemStephens
Vernon Dunn51DemCotton, Stephens
Larry Derryberry52DemJackson
Frank Patterson53DemJackson, Tillman
David Hutchens54DemGreer, Kiowa
Don Greenhaw55DemCaddo, Washita
Robert Goodfellow56DemCaddo
J. Dickey Jr.57DemCuster
A. L. Murrow58RepWoods, Woodward
Jack Harrison59DemDewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills
James Fowler60DemBeckham, Harmon
Mike Grey61DemBeaver, Cimarron, Texas
Donald Beauchamp62DemComanche
D. D. Raibourn63DemComanche
Walter Hutchins64DemComanche
Fred Ferrell Jr.65DemComanche
Tot Brown66DemTulsa
Douglas Wixson67RepTulsa
Robert Hopkins68DemTulsa
Joe Musgrave69RepTulsa
Joseph McGraw70RepTulsa
Warren Green71RepTulsa
John McCune72DemTulsa
Curtis Lawson73DemTulsa
George Hargrave Jr.74DemTulsa
Roger Smithey75DemTulsa
Percy Butler76RepTulsa
William Poulos77DemTulsa
Howard Williams78RepTulsa
Leslie Guy Ferguson79RepTulsa
Peyton Breckinridge80RepTulsa
C. Spearman Jr.81DemOklahoma
Bill Holaday82RepOklahoma
G. T. Blankenship83RepOklahoma
Nathan Sherman84RepOklahoma
John Drake85RepOklahoma
Thomas Taggart86RepOklahoma
George Camp87RepOklahoma
Red Andrews88DemOklahoma
L. Bengtson Jr.89DemOklahoma
Thomas Bamberger90DemOklahoma
Joe Roselle91DemOklahoma
J. D. McCarty92DemOklahoma
E. W. Smith93DemOklahoma
Ray Trent94DemOklahoma
A. J. Clemons95DemOklahoma
John Miskelly96DemOklahoma
Jerry Sokolosky97DemOklahoma
John B. White98DemOklahoma
Archibald Hill Jr.99DemOklahoma
  • Table based on database of historic members.[5]

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. Hinton, Mick. Young, minority lawmakers highlight changes, Tulsa World, February 4, 2007 (accessed June 19, 2013)
  3. History of the Lieutenant Governor's Office (accessed June 16, 2013)
  4. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac (accessed June 28, 2013)
  5. Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)
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