7th Oklahoma Legislature

The Seventh 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 Oklahoma State Capitol, which was completed on June 30, 1917, was now available to state legislators[1] The building was completed on June 30, 1917.[1] They met in regular session from January 7 to March 29, 1919, during the first year of the term of Governor James B.A. Robertson.[2] Among the newly elected members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives was George B. Schwabe, who would soon serve as the first Republican Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[2]

7th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
R.L. Davidson (D)
Speaker of the House:
Tom Waldrep (D)
Composition:
Senate
34   10  
House
79   30  

Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp served as the President of the Senate, R. L. Davidson served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and Tom Waldrep served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of session

  • January 7-March 29, 1919

Previous: 6th Legislature • Next: 8th Legislature

Major events

  • The Oklahoma State Capitol, which was completed on June 30, 1917, was used by the state legislature for the first time during the 1919 session.[1]

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
34 10 44
Voting share 77.3% 22.7%

House of Representatives

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
79 30 109
Voting share 72.5% 27.5%

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp served as the President of the Senate, which gave him a tie-breaking vote and allowed him to serve as a presiding officer. R.L. Davidson was elected by state senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the primary presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate.[3]

House

Tom Waldrep served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[2]

Members

Senate

DistrictNameParty
Lt GovMartin E. TrappDem
1M. W. PughDem
2Arthur LeachDem
2James SpurlockDem
3William BriggsRep
4G. L. WilsonDem
5Harry CordellDem
6R. L. KnieDem
6T. C. SimpsonDem
7Joe ShermanRep
8Eugene WatrousRep
9W. T. ClarkRep
9R. L. HallDem
10Tom TestermanRep
11M. F. IngrahamRep
12John GolobieRep
13T. B. HoggDem
13M. W. LynchRep
14T. F. HensleyDem
14W. K. SnyderDem
15C. A. DearmonDem
15Frank CarpenterDem
16H. BrownRep
17L. A. MortonDem
17Elmer ThomasDem
18James DraughonDem
18Fred TuckerDem
19W. R. WallaceDem
19Jep KnightDem
20J. T. McIntoshDem
20W. CartwrightDem
21J. E. FlemingDem
22C. W. BoardDem
23Luther HarrisonDem
24W. C. McAlisterDem
25E. P. HillDem
26John VaughanDem
27S. S. MayfieldDem
27Eugene KerrDem
28T. L. RiderDem
29Pete CoyneDem
30J. J. SmithDem
31R. L. DavidsonDem
32S. L. JohnsonDem
33E. E. WoodsRep
  • Table based on state almanac.[3]

House of Representatives

NamePartyCounty
D. B. CollumsDemAdair
W. S. DavidRepAlfalfa
William GillDemAtoka
J. W. SteffenRepBeaver, Harper
W. A. HornbeckDemBeckham
L. A. EverhartRepBlaine
Porter NewmanDemBryan
J. B. SmithDemBryan
Joseph HollarnRepCaddo
J. E. ThirskRepCaddo
Jack BarkerDemCanadian
J. L. TrevathanRepCanadian
J. L. GaltDemCarter
D. S. HooverDemCarter
Sam RedburnRepCherokee
D. A. StovallDemChoctaw
S. L. PortwoodDemCimarron, Texas
J. B. PhillipsDemCleveland
Frank BrinkworthDemCoal
R. B. ThomasDemComanche
John McTaggartDemComanche, Cotton
Lon MorrisDemCotton
G. R. HillDemCraig
William CheathamDemCreek
J. M. MorganDemCreek
W. D. CraneRepCuster
E. A. OlmsteadRepCuster
John GibsonDemDelaware
G. W. TrimbleDemDewey
Bert HillRepEllis
J. B. CampbellRepGarfield
H. O. GlasserRepGarfield
Alfred StevensonDemGarvin
Bert JacksonDemGrady
M. I. StokesDemGrady
T. E. BeckRepGrant
H. D. HenryDemGreer
L. A. PearsonDemHarmon
Anderson WebbDemHaskell
Tom AnglinDemHughes
B. F. HarrisonDemHughes
W. D. BallardDemJackson
Edwin DabneyDemJackson
C. S. StormsDemJefferson
S. E. CummingsDemJohnston
Samuel ElderRepKay
W. P. KimererRepKingfisher
R. R. FitzgeraldDemKiowa
W. G. GoodardDemKiowa
L. P. BoboDemLatimer
J. B. HarperDemLeFlore
M. W. RomineDemLeFlore
Ed AmblerRepLincoln
B. TaylorRepLincoln
Amos EwingRepLogan
John O'NeillDemLogan
Asa WaldenDemLove
J. R. HaleyRepMajor
Syd WheelerDemMarshall
Gideon MorganDemMayes
E. E. GlascoDemMcClain
John ScottDemMcCurtain
W. M. DuffyDemMcIntosh
H. W. BroadbentDemMurray
Wesley E. DisneyDemMuskogee
L. E. NeffDemMuskogee
Robert WestDemMuskogee
Roy HarveyRepNoble
George B. SchwabeRepNowata
W. N. BarryDemOkfuskee
S. S. ButterfieldDemOklahoma
I. L. HarrisRepOklahoma
W. W. RobertsonDemOklahoma
Charles RuthDemOklahoma
Allen StreetDemOklahoma
Bert HodgesDemOkmulgee
L. A. WismeyerRepOsage
J. S. MabonRepOttawa
Millard GrubbRepPawnee
Charles PlattRepPayne
John VaughanRepPayne
S. Z. FitzgeraldDemPittsburg
Paul NesbittDemPittsburg
T. W. SmithDemPittsburg
Date CrawfordDemPontotoc
W. H. EbeyDemPontotoc
N.A.J. TicerDemPottawatomie
Tom WaldrepDemPottawatomie
G. T. JohnsonDemPushmataha
J. T. NicholsonDemRoger Mills
Tom KightDemRogers
W. W. PryorDemSeminole
J. H. DodsonDemSequoyah
L. C. McNabbDemSequoyah
L. AkersDemStephens
John E. WilliamsDemTillman
W. V. BiddisonDemTulsa
Joe KentonDemTulsa
T. A. ParkinsonDemWagoner
A. E. CraverRepWashington
W. T. GravesDemWashita
J. H. HayDemWashita
Marion ClothierRepWoods
Jerry CooverRepWoodward
  • Table based on government database.[4]

References

  1. Oklahoma Capitol Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 15, 2013)
  2. A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 20, 2013)
  3. Oklahoma Almanac, 2005, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 1, 2013)
  4. Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 24, 2013)
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