23rd Oklahoma Legislature

The Twenty-third 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 2, 1951, to May 18, 1951, during the term of Governor Johnston Murray.[1]

23rd Oklahoma Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Leadership
Boyd Cowden (D)
James M. Bullard (D)
Composition:
Senate
40   4  
House
99   20  

Dates of session

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  • Regular session: January 2-May 18, 1951[1]

Previous: 22nd Legislature • Next: 24th Legislature

Party composition

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Senate

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Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
40 4 44
Voting share 90.9% 9.1%

House of Representatives

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Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
99 20 119
Voting share 83.2% 16.8%

Leadership

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  • Senate President Pro Tem: Boyd Cowden[2]
  • House Speaker: James Bullard[1]
  • Speaker Pro Tempore: James Williams[1]
  • Majority Floor Leader: A. R. Larason[1]

Members

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Senate

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District Name Party
1 Leon B. Field Dem
2 A. E. Anderson Dem
2 Lawrence L. Irwin Dem
3 Claude Seaman Rep
4 Henry W. Worthington Dem
5 D. L. Jones Dem
6 Carl Max Cook Dem
6 Byron Dacus Dem
7 Stanley Coppock Rep
8 Floyd Carrier Rep
9 Roy Grantham Rep
10 J. Val Connell Dem
11 Everett Collins Dem
12 Louis Ritzhaupt Dem
13 Oliver Walker Dem
13 Boyd Cowden Dem
14 Jim A. Rinehart Dem
14 George Miskovsky Dem
15 Walt Allen Dem
15 Don Baldwin Dem
16 Roy C. Boecher Dem
17 Harold Garvin Dem
17 Bill Logan Dem
18 Joe B. Thompson Dem
19 Joe Smalley Dem
19 Herbert Hope Dem
20 Keith Cartwright Dem
21 Clem Hamilton Dem
22 Paul Ballinger Dem
23 Virgil Medlock Dem
24 Leroy McClendon Dem
25 Kirksey Nix Dem
26 Raymond D. Gary Dem
27 Harold Shoemake Dem
27 Roy White Dem
28 Ray Fine Dem
29 Harold Morgan Dem
30 Jess Fronterhouse Dem
31 Arthur Price Rep
32 James Nevins Dem
33 Tom Kight Dem
34 Frank Mahan Dem
35 Henry Cooper Dem
36 Joe Bailey Cobb Dem
  • Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]

House of Representatives

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Name Party County
W. H. Langley Dem Adair
Vernon Collins Dem Alfalfa
Floyd Mason Dem Atoka
Floyd Sumrall Dem Beaver
J. L. Edgecomb Dem Beckham
Charles Wilson Dem Beckham
H. G. Tolbert Rep Blaine
James Douglas Dem Bryan
Joe Engler Dem Bryan
Charley Long Dem Caddo
F. H. Moorehead Dem Caddo
Jean Pazoureck Dem Canadian
James Payne Dem Carter
Ernest Tate Dem Carter
Richard Smith Dem Cherokee
Lucien Spear Dem Choctaw
Roy T. Nall Dem Cimarron
Virgil Young Dem Cleveland
T. K. Kinglesmith Dem Coal
Charles Ozmun Dem Comanche
Jim Taliaferro Dem Comanche
Luther Boyd Eubanks Dem Cotton
George Pitcher Dem Craig
Lou Stockton Allard Dem Creek
William Shibley Dem Creek
Streeter Speakman Dem Creek
Wayne Wallace Dem Custer
Wiley Sparkman Dem Delaware
Jack Wilcox Dem Dewey
A.R. Larason Dem Ellis
John Camp Rep Garfield
Richard Romang Rep Garfield
Glen Ham Dem Garvin
Ike Tolbert Dem Garvin
Jefferson Lee Davis Dem Grady
James Renegar Dem Grady
William Card Dem Grant
Basil Wilson Dem Greer
Valdhe Pitman Dem Harmon
Boyce Stinson Rep Harper
Howard Young Dem Haskell
Frank Grayson Dem Hughes
William J. Ivester Dem Jackson
Jack Coleman Dem Jefferson
Jack Gillam Dem Johnston
Guy Bailey Dem Kay
Raymond Craig Rep Kay
William A. Burton Jr. Rep Kingfisher
C.L. Krieger Dem Kiowa
Lloyd Reeder Dem Kiowa
E.T. Dunlap Dem Latimer
Dual Autry Dem LeFlore
Ralph Vandiver Dem LeFlore
Jesse Berry Rep Lincoln
Richard James Rep Lincoln
Lewis Wolfe Rep Logan
Clint G. Livingston Dem Love
J. Howard Lindley Rep Major
Don Welch Dem Marshall
G.A. Sampsel Dem Mayes
James R. Williams Dem McClain
Paul Harkey Dem McCurtain
Mort Welch Dem McCurtain
Wilford Bohannon Dem McIntosh
Bruce Frazier Dem Murray
Bill Haworth Dem Muskogee
Edwin Langley Dem Muskogee
Louis Smith Dem Muskogee
Robert S. Taylor Rep Noble
Otis Munson Dem Nowata
William L. Jones Dem Okfuskee
Robert Cunningham Dem Oklahoma
Bill Harkey Dem Oklahoma
Eddie Kessler Dem Oklahoma
J.D. McCarty Dem Oklahoma
Norman Reynolds Dem Oklahoma
Robert Sherman Dem Oklahoma
W.R. Wallace Jr. Dem Oklahoma
Manuel Furr Dem Okmulgee
John W. Russell Jr. Dem Okmulgee
W.A. Burkhart Jr. Dem Osage
Shockley Shoemake Dem Osage
J.R. Hall Jr. Dem Ottawa
C.D. Wilson Dem Ottawa
Robert Reynolds Jr. Dem Ottawa
Ray D. Henry Dem Pawnee
Robert L. Hert Dem Payne
C. Plowboy Edwards Dem Pittsburg
George Nigh Dem Pittsburg
Gene Stipe Dem Pittsburg
George R. Collins Dem Pontotoc
J.W. Huff Dem Pontotoc
George Defenbaugh Dem Pottawatomie
John Levergood Dem Pottawatomie
Thomas M. Stevens Dem Pottawatomie
Lee Welch Dem Pushmataha
Jodie Moad Dem Roger Mills
Dave L. Smith Dem Rogers
Glen Collins Dem Seminole
James Haning Dem Seminole
Charles Sims Dem Seminole
M. Shawnee Stewart Dem Sequoyah
James Bullard Dem Stephens
Val Miller Dem Stephens
Don Dale Dem Texas
Arthur Kelly Dem Tillman
Robert N. Alexander Rep Tulsa
Wendell Barnes Rep Tulsa
Dale Briggs Rep Tulsa
Joe Musgrave Rep Tulsa
C.R. Nixon Rep Tulsa
Russell Reynolds Rep Tulsa
Dean H. Smith Rep Tulsa
Carlisle Duke Dem Wagoner
Laton Doty Rep Washington
Dale Griffin Dem Washita
Ben Easterly Dem Woods
Clarence Meigs Rep Woodward
  • Table based on government database.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e 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 28, 2013)
  2. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (accessed June 28, 2013)
  3. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (accessed July 3, 2013)
  4. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 30, 2013).