26th Oklahoma Legislature

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26th Oklahoma Legislature
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Leadership
Don Baldwin (D)
Bill Harkey (D)
Composition:
Senate
41   3  
House
101   20  

The Twenty-sixth 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 8 to May 29, 1957, [1] during the term of Governor Raymond D. Gary.

Contents

Dates of session

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Leadership

House of Representatives

Democratic

Republican

Members

Senate

DistrictNameParty
1Leon B. Field Dem
2Charles M. WilsonDem
2S. S. McColginDem
3Ben EasterlyDem
4Basil WilsonDem
5D. L. JonesDem
6K. C. PerrymanDem
6Byron DacusDem
7Stanley Coppock Rep
8Floyd CarrierRep
9Roy GranthamRep
10Robert BreedenRep
11Everett CollinsDem
12Louis H. RitzhauptDem
13Oliver WalkerDem
13Boyd CowdenDem
14Jim A. RinehartDem
14George MiskovskyDem
15Walt AllenDem
15Don BaldwinDem
16Roy C. BoecherDem
17Harold GarvinDem
17Fred HarrisDem
18Tom TippsDem
19Virgil YoungDem
19Herbert HopeDem
20 Keith Cartwright Dem
21Clem HamiltonDem
22Hugh SandlinDem
23Glen CollinsDem
24Leroy McClendonDem
25 Gene Stipe Dem
26Gene HerndonDem
27Harold ShoemakeDem
27Howard YoungDem
28Ray FineDem
29Buck DendyDem
30J. R. Hall Jr.Dem
31Arthur PriceRep
32Tom Payne Jr.Dem
33 Clem McSpadden Dem
34Frank MahanDem
35Bob TrentDem
36Bruce FrazierDem

House of Representatives

NamePartyCounty
W. H. LangleyDemAdair
Tom MorfordRepAlfalfa
Otto StricklandDemAtoka
Floyd Sumrall DemBeaver
H. F. CarmichaelDemBeckham
Lewis BohrRepBlaine
Harry J. W. Belvin DemBryan
Earl Cartwright DemBryan
Robert Lawson GoodfellowDemCaddo
Charley LongDemCaddo
Jean PazoureckDemCanadian
Robert PriceDemCarter
Rex SpargerDemCarter
Jack BlissDemCherokee
Lucien SpearDemChoctaw
Carl EtlingRepCimarron
Robert BaileyDemCleveland
Leland Wolf DemCleveland
Delbert InmanDemCoal
Charles OzmunDemComanche
Earl SimmonsDemComanche
Jim TaliaferroDemComanche
Tracy DaughertyDemCotton
George PitcherDemCraig
Lou Stockton AllardDemCreek
Heber Finch Jr.DemCreek
William ShibleyDemCreek
Clarence SweeneyDemCuster
Wiley Sparkman DemDelaware
J. B. GraybillDemDewey
A. R. LarasonDemEllis
John N. CampRepGarfield
Richard RomangRepGarfield
Jesse C. DanielDemGarvin
Glen Ham Dem Garvin
Jefferson Lee Davis Dem Grady
John A. Lance Dem Grady
A. E. Green Dem Grant
Elmo Hurst Dem Greer
Dale L. Kite Dem Harmon
J.E. Bouse Dem Harper
Samuel Mitchell Dem Haskell
Stanley Huser Jr. Dem Hughes
Bob Rives Dem Hughes
Guy Horton Dem Jackson
Bob Scarbrough Dem Jackson
Bill Bradley Dem Jefferson
Charles Norris Dem Johnston
Guy Bailey Dem Kay
Raymond Craig Rep Kay
Milton Priebe Rep Kingfisher
William Metcalf Dem Kiowa
Jim Cook Dem Latimer
Tom Traw Dem LeFlore
Ralph Vandiver Dem LeFlore
Barbour Cox Dem Lincoln
Joe Carey Rep Logan
Clint Livingston Dem Love
Art Bower Rep Major
William Bond Dem Marshall
G. A. SampselDemMayes
James C. Nance DemMcClain
Virgil Jumper Dem McCurtain
Mort Welch Dem McCurtain
Milam King Dem McIntosh
Carl Williams Dem Murray
Russell Ruby Dem Muskogee
Harold D. Smith Dem Muskogee
Charles Hammers Dem Muskogee
Henry Dolezal Rep Noble
Otis Munson Dem Nowata
Benny HillDemOkfuskee
Red AndrewsDemOklahoma
Robert CunninghamDemOklahoma
Earl Foster Jr.DemOklahoma
G. M. FullerDemOklahoma
Bill HarkeyDemOklahoma
J. D. McCartyDemOklahoma
Cleta John RogersDemOklahoma
Ed ColeDemOkmulgee
James NevinsDemOkmulgee
O. E. RichesonDemOkmulgee
Shockley Shoemake Dem Osage
Virgil Tinker Dem Osage
Robert Lollar Dem Ottawa
C. D. Wilson Dem Ottawa
Rex Privett Dem Pawnee
J. H. Arrington Dem Payne
H. L. Sparks Dem Payne
Willard Gotcher Dem Pittsburg
George Nigh Dem Pittsburg
William Skeitch Dem Pittsburg
Martin Clark Dem Pontotoc
J. W. Hutch Dem Pontotoc
Ralph Graves Dem Pottawatomie
John Levergood Dem Pottawatomie
Tom Stevens Dem Pottawatomie
Bob Hargrave Dem Pushmataha
Jodie Moad Dem Roger Mills
Bill Briscoe Dem Rogers
Bucky Buckler Dem Seminole
Buck Cartwright Dem Seminole
Con Long Dem Seminole
Noble Stewart Dem Sequoyah
Edward Bond Dem Stephens
James Bullard Dem Stephens
Frank Ogden Dem Texas
Arthur Kelly Dem Tillman
Robert AlexanderRepTulsa
Bernard CalkinsRepTulsa
H. E. ChambersRepTulsa
Joe MusgraveRepTulsa
C. R. NixonRepTulsa
Gordon PattenRepTulsa
John M. SlaterRepTulsa
Vol Howard OdomDemWagoner
Denzil GarrisonRepWashington
Lloyd ReudyRepWashington
Don GreenhawDemWashita
A. L. MurrowRepWoods
Don J. WilliamsDemWoodward

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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)
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  3. Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine , Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 17, 2013)