27th Oklahoma Legislature | |
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| Leadership | |
George Nigh (D) | |
Harold Garvin (D) | |
Clint G. Livingston (D) | |
Composition: | |
The Twenty-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 state legislature met in regular session at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 6 to July 3, 1959, during the term of Governor J. Howard Edmondson. [1]
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| District | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leon B. Field | Democrat |
| 2 | Charles M. Wilson | Democrat |
| 2 | S. S. McColgin | Democrat |
| 3 | Ben Easterly | Democrat |
| 4 | Basil Wilson | Democrat |
| 5 | Ryan Kerr | Democrat |
| 6 | Ed Berrong | Democrat |
| 6 | Byron Dacus | Democrat |
| 7 | Tom Morford | Rep |
| 8 | Floyd Carrier | Republican |
| 9 | Roy Grantham | Republican |
| 10 | Robert Breeden | Republican |
| 11 | Everett Collins | Democrat |
| 12 | Louis H. Ritzhaupt | Democrat |
| 13 | Oliver Walker | Democrat |
| 13 | Boyd Cowden | Democrat |
| 14 | Jean Pazoureck | Democrat |
| 14 | George Miskovsky | Democrat |
| 15 | Walt Allen | Democrat |
| 15 | Don Baldwin | Democrat |
| 16 | Roy C. Boecher | Democrat |
| 17 | Harold Garvin | Democrat |
| 17 | Fred Harris | Democrat |
| 18 | Tom Tipps | Democrat |
| 19 | Robert L. Bailey | Democrat |
| 19 | Herbert Hope | Democrat |
| 20 | Keith Cartwright | Democrat |
| 21 | Clem Hamilton | Democrat |
| 22 | Hugh Sandlin | Democrat |
| 23 | Buck Cartwright | Democrat |
| 24 | Leroy McClendon | Democrat |
| 25 | Gene Stipe | Democrat |
| 26 | Gene Herndon | Democrat |
| 27 | Harold Shoemake | Democrat |
| 27 | Milam King | Democrat |
| 28 | Ray Fine | Democrat |
| 29 | George Pitcher | Democrat |
| 30 | J. R. Hall Jr. | Democrat |
| 31 | Yates Land | Democrat |
| 32 | Tom Payne Jr. | Democrat |
| 33 | Clem McSpadden | Democrat |
| 34 | Frank Mahan | Democrat |
| 35 | Bob Trent | Democrat |
| 36 | Joe Bailey Cobb | Democrat |
| Name | Party | County |
|---|---|---|
| W. H. Langley | Dem | Adair |
| Frank Reneau | Dem | Alfalfa |
| Robert Cooksey | Dem | Atoka |
| George Karnes | Dem | Beaver |
| Holland Meacham | Dem | Beckham |
| James Burnham | Dem | Blaine |
| Harry J. W. Belvin | Dem | Bryan |
| Earl Cartwright | Dem | Bryan |
| Robert Goodfellow | Dem | Caddo |
| James Kardokus | Dem | Caddo |
| Ralph Watkins | Dem | Canadian |
| Martin Dyer | Dem | Carter |
| Rex Sparger | Dem | Carter |
| William Willis | Dem | Cherokee |
| Lucien Spear | Dem | Choctaw |
| Carl Etling | Rep | Cimarron |
| Kenneth Poynor | Dem | Cleveland |
| Leland Wolf | Dem | Cleveland |
| Delbert Inman | Dem | Coal |
| Charles Ozmun | Dem | Comanche |
| Jim Taliaferro | Dem | Comanche |
| James Witt | Dem | Cotton |
| Richard Wheatley Jr. | Dem | Craig |
| Heber Finch Jr. | Dem | Creek |
| William Shibley | Dem | Creek |
| Lou Stockton Allard | Dem | Creek |
| Robert Richardson | Dem | Custer |
| Wiley Sparkman | Dem | Delaware |
| Roger Wilcox | Dem | Dewey |
| A. R. Larason | Dem | Ellis |
| John N. Camp | Rep | Garfield |
| Richard Romang | Rep | Garfield |
| Jesse Daniel | Dem | Garvin |
| Glen Ham | Dem | Garvin |
| Jefferson Lee Davis | Dem | Grady |
| Robert Clark | Dem | Grady |
| John A. Lance | Dem | Grady |
| A. E. Green | Dem | Grant |
| Elmo Hurst | Dem | Greer |
| R.H. Lynch | Dem | Harmon |
| J. E. Bouse | Dem | Harper |
| Samuel Mitchell | Dem | Haskell |
| Stanley Huser Jr. | Dem | Hughes |
| Maurice Willis | Dem | Jackson |
| Bill Bradley | Dem | Jefferson |
| Kenneth Converse | Dem | Johnston |
| John Howe | 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 |
| Clarence Hall | Dem | Lincoln |
| Dick Fogarty | Dem | Logan |
| Clint G. Livingston | Dem | Love |
| Art Bower | Rep | Major |
| William Bond | Dem | Marshall |
| John Wilkerson Jr. | Dem | Mayes |
| James C. Nance | Dem | McClain |
| Virgil Jumper | Dem | McCurtain |
| Kelsie Jones | Dem | McCurtain |
| Martin Odom | Dem | McIntosh |
| Carl Williams | Dem | Murray |
| Bill Haworth | Dem | Muskogee |
| Russell Ruby | Dem | Muskogee |
| George Spraker | Dem | Muskogee |
| Henry Dolezal | Rep | Noble |
| Bill Shipley | Dem | Nowata |
| Harlon Avey | Dem | Okfuskee |
| Red Andrews | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Bryce Baggett | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Earl Foster Jr. | Dem | Oklahoma |
| G. M. Fuller | Dem | Oklahoma |
| J. D. McCarty | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Jack Skaggs | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Cleeta John Rogers | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ed Cole | Dem | Okmulgee |
| O.E. Richeson | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Shockley Shoemake | Dem | Osage |
| Virgil Tinker | Dem | Osage |
| Robert Lollar | Dem | Ottawa |
| Joseph Mountford | Dem | Ottawa |
| Rex Privett | Dem | Pawnee |
| J. H. Arrington | Dem | Payne |
| H. L. Sparks | Dem | Payne |
| Willard Gotcher | Dem | Pittsburg |
| William Skeith | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Ray Van Hooser | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Lonnie Abbott | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Robert Ford | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Henry Roberts | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| John Levergood | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Tom Stevens | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Bob Hargrave | Dem | Pushmataha |
| Jodie Moad | Dem | Roger Mills |
| Bill Briscoe | Dem | Rogers |
| Laurence Howze | Dem | Seminole |
| Bucky Buckler | Dem | Seminole |
| Allen G. Nichols | Dem | Seminole |
| Noble Stewart | Dem | Sequoyah |
| Edward Bond | Dem | Stephens |
| James Bullard | Dem | Stephens |
| Frank Ogden | Dem | Texas |
| Frank Patterson | Dem | Tillman |
| Ed Bradley | Dem | Tulsa |
| Grant Forsythe | Dem | Tulsa |
| Robert Hopkins | Dem | Tulsa |
| Gene Howard | Dem | Tulsa |
| Alex Johnston | Dem | Tulsa |
| John W. McCune | Dem | Tulsa |
| Jack McGahey | Dem | Tulsa |
| Vol Howard Odom | Dem | Wagoner |
| Clyde Sare | Dem | Washington |
| Denzil Garrison | Rep | Washington |
| Don Greenhaw | Dem | Washita |
| A. L. Murrow | Rep | Woods |
| Don J. Williams | Rep | Woodward |
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