31st Oklahoma Legislature

The Thirty-first Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 7, 1967, to January 7, 1969, during the term of Governor Dewey Bartlett.[1] This was the first Oklahoma state legislature that met under new requirements approved by voters in 1966 that the legislature hold annual, 90-day legislative sessions.[1]

31st Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
Speaker of the House:
Rex Privett (D)
Term:
January 7, 1967 – January 7, 1969
Composition:
Senate
39   9  
House
76   23  

Clem McSpadden served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Rex Privett served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

  • First regular session: January 7-May 11, 1967[1]
  • Second regular session: January 6-May 5, 1968[1]

Previous: 30th Legislature • Next: 32nd Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
39 9 48
Voting share 81.3% 18.7%

House of Representatives

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
76 23 99
Voting share 76.8% 23.2%

Leadership

Staff

  • 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
Phil Smalley16DemLexington, Norman
Ralph Graves17DemShawnee
Donald Ferrell18RepChandler, 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
George Hargrave Jr.34DemTulsa
L. Beauchamp Selman35DemTulsa
Gene C. Howard36DemTulsa
Finis Smith37DemTulsa
Peyton Breckinridge38RepTulsa
Joseph McGraw39DemTulsa
Richard Stansberry40RepOklahoma City
Bryce Baggett41DemEdmond, Oklahoma City
H. B. Atkinson42DemMidwest City
John Garrett43DemDel City, Oklahoma City
J. Lee Keels44DemOklahoma City
Jimmy Birdson45DemOklahoma City
Jack Short46RepOklahoma City
Ted Findeiss40RepOklahoma City
E. Melvin Porter48DemOklahoma City
  • Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]

House of Representatives

NameDistrictPartyCounty
Jimmie Lane1DemMcCurtain
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
William G. Jones17DemHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg
William Skeith18DemPittsburg
Wayne Sanguin19DemChoctaw, Pushmataha
John Rushing20DemAtoka, Bryan, Love, Marshall
Pauline Tabor21DemBryan
Kenneth Converse22DemGarvin, Johnston, Murray
Charles Vann23DemGarvin
Hugh Sandlin24DemCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc
Lonnie Abbott25DemPontotoc
John Levergood26DemPottawatomie
James Townsend27DemPottawatomi, Seminole
David L. Boren28DemSeminole
Lou Stockton Allard29DemOkfuskee, Creek
Heber Finch Jr.30DemCreek
Donald Coffin31DemNoble, Logan
Barbour Cox32DemLincoln, Logan
Allen Williamson33DemPayne
Jake Hesser34DemPayne
Rex Privett35DemOsage, Pawnee
Lewis Bean36DemOsage
Jerry Peterson37DemKay
Brian Conaghan38RepKay
Lynn Thornhill39RepAlfalfa, Grant, Major
Bert Page40RepGarfield
Harold Hunter41RepGarfield
Robert Barr42DemBlaine, Kingfisher
Ralph Watkins43DemCanadian
Lee Byron Cate44DemCleveland
Leland Wolf45DemCleveland
Norman A. Smith46DemGrady, McClain
Spencer Bernard47DemGrady
Harry Bickford48DemCarter
Bill Bradley49DemCarter, Jefferson
William Tarwater50DemStephens
Vernon Dunn51DemCotton, Stephens
Larry Derryberry52DemJackson
Frank Patterson53DemJackson, Tillman
David Hutchens54DemGreer, Kiowa
Don Greenhaw55DemCaddo, Washita
Robert Goodfellow56DemCaddo
J. Dickey Jr.57DemCuster
Lewis Kamas58RepWoods, 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
Jim Inhofe70RepTulsa
Warren Green71RepTulsa
John McCune72DemTulsa
Curtis Lawson73DemTulsa
Jerry Hargrave74DemTulsa
Roger Smithey75DemTulsa
Stephen Wolfe76RepTulsa
William Poulos77DemTulsa
Howard Williams78RepTulsa
Leslie Guy Ferguson79RepTulsa
Charles Ford80RepTulsa
C. Spearman Jr.81DemOklahoma
Bill Holaday82RepOklahoma
Ralph Thompson83RepOklahoma
Texanna Hatchett84RepOklahoma
George Camp85RepOklahoma
Thomas Taggart86RepOklahoma
Denton Howard87RepOklahoma
Red Andrews88DemOklahoma
L. Bengtson Jr.89DemOklahoma
Thomas Bamberger90DemOklahoma
Mike Fair91RepOklahoma
Vondel Smith92RepOklahoma
E. W. Smith93DemOklahoma
Ray Trent94DemOklahoma
A. J. Clemons95DemOklahoma
John Miskelly96DemOklahoma
Jerry Sokolosky97DemOklahoma
Visanio John98DemOklahoma
Archibald Hill Jr.99DemOklahoma
  • Table based on database of historic members.[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. History of the Lieutenant Governor's Office (accessed June 16, 2013)
  3. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac (accessed June 28, 2013)
  4. Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)
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