24th Oklahoma Legislature

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24th Oklahoma Legislature
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House
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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]

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Dates of session

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Party composition

Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
38644
Voting share86.4%15.6%

House of Representatives

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
10413117
Voting share88.9%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. Field Dem
2Charles M. WilsonDem
2Lawrence L. IrwinDem
3Claude Seaman Rep
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
20 Keith Cartwright Dem
21Clem HamiltonDem
22Paul BallingerDem
23Virgil MedlockDem
24Leroy McClendonDem
25Kirksey NixDem
26 Raymond D. Gary Dem
27Harold ShoemakeDem
27Howard YoungDem
28Ray FineDem
29Harold MorganDem
30Jess FronterhouseDem
31Arthur PriceRep
32James NevinsDem
33 John W. Russell Jr. Dem
34Frank MahanDem
35Henry CooperDem
36Joe Bailey CobbDem

House of Representatives

Speaker James C. Nance James C. Nance portrait.jpg
Speaker James C. Nance
NamePartyCounty
W. H. Langley Dem Adair
Tom Morford Rep Alfalfa
Floyd MasonDemAtoka
Floyd Sumrall DemBeaver
H. F. CarmichaelDemBeckham
H. G. TolbertRepBlaine
Raney ArnoldDemBryan
James E. DouglasDemBryan
Charley LongDemCaddo
F. H. MooreheadDemCaddo
Jean PazoureckDemCanadian
James PayneDemCarter
Ernest TateDemCarter
Richard Smith Dem Cherokee
Lucien Spear Dem Choctaw
Carl Etling Rep Cimarron
Leland Wolf Dem Cleveland
Virgil Young Dem Cleveland
T. K. Kinglesmith Dem Coal
Charles Ozmun Dem Comanche
Githen Rhoads Dem Comanche
Jim Taliaferro Dem Comanche
W. B. Nelson Dem Cotton
George Pitcher Dem Craig
Lou Stockton Allard Dem Creek
L. A. Hudgins Dem Creek
William Shibley Dem Creek
Clarence Sweeney Dem Custer
Wiley Sparkman Dem Delaware
J. B. Graybill Dem Dewey
A. R. Larason Dem Ellis
John Camp Rep Garfield
Dan Mitchell Rep Garfield
Richard Romang Rep Garfield
Jesse Daniel Dem Garvin
Glen Ham Dem Garvin
Jefferson Lee Davis Dem Grady
Ira Humphreys Dem Grady
William Card Dem Grant
Elmo Hurst Dem Greer
Valdhe Pitman Dem Harmon
J. E. Bouse Dem Harper
Folsom Scott Dem Haskell
Frank Grayson Dem Hughes
Hugh Sandlin Dem Hughes
William J. Ivester Dem Jackson
Bill Bradley Dem Jefferson
Jack Gillam Dem Johnston
Raymond Craig Rep Kay
T. D. Harris Rep Kay
William A. Burton Jr. Rep Kingfisher
C. L. Krieger Dem Kiowa
Jim Cook Dem Latimer
James Fesperman Dem LeFlore
Ralph Vandiver Dem LeFlore
Richard James Rep Lincoln
Lewis Wolfe Rep Logan
Clint G. Livingston Dem Love
J. Howard Lindley Rep Major
Jay Payne Dem Marshall
G. A. Sampsel Dem Mayes
James C. Nance Dem McClain
Paul Harkey Dem McCurtain
Mort Welch Dem McCurtain
Lonnie McPeak Dem McIntosh
Bruce Frazier Dem Murray
Charles Hammers Dem Muskogee
Bill Haworth Dem Muskogee
Louis Smith Dem Muskogee
Robert S. Taylor Rep Noble
Otis Munson Dem Nowata
Bennie Hill Dem Okfuskee
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References

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