29th Oklahoma Legislature

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29th Oklahoma Legislature
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Leadership
Roy C. Boecher(D)
J.D. McCarty(D)
Composition:
Senate
38   6  
House
95   24  

The Twenty-ninth 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 June 14, 1963, during the first term of Governor Henry Bellmon. [1] This was the last state legislature with members representing counties under the old system of districting; a new system was created by a court order that forced Oklahoma to equalize representation. [2]

Contents

Dates of session

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Party composition

Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
38644
Voting share86.4%13.6%

Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
9524119
Voting share79.8%20.2%

Leadership

Democratic leadership

Republican leadership

Members

Senate

NameDistrictParty
Leon B. Field1 Dem
Arthur G. McComas2Dem
S. S. McColgin2Dem
G. O. Williams3 Rep
Basil R. Wilson4Dem
Ryan Kerr5 Dem
Ed Berrong6 Dem
Byron Dacus6 Dem
Roy Schoeb7 Rep
Richard Romang8 Rep
Roy E. Grantham9 Dem
Robert H. Breeden10 Rep
Robert M. Murphy11 Dem
Louis Ritzhaupt12 Dem
Ralph Graves13 Dem
Boyd Cowden13 Dem
Jean Pazoureck14 Dem
Cleeta John Rogers14 Dem
Walt Allen15 Dem
Don Baldwin15 Dem
Roy C. Boecher16 Dem
Harold Garvin17 Dem
Fred Harris17 Dem
Tom Tipps18 Dem
Hal Muldrow19 Dem
Glen Ham19 Dem
J. H. Belvin20Dem
Clem Hamilton21 Dem
Alfred Stevenson22 Dem
Allen G. Nichols23 Dem
Leroy McClendon24 Dem
Gene Stipe 25Dem
Charles Colston26Dem
Bill Haworth27Dem
Wilford Bohannon27Dem
Ray Fine28Dem
John C. Wilkerson29Dem
Robert Llolar30Dem
Dewey Bartlett 31Rep
Tom Payne32Dem
Clem McSpadden 33Dem
Denzil Garrison34Rep
Bob Trent35Dem
Joe Bailey Cobb36Dem

House of Representatives

NamePartyCounty
Bill HarperDemAdair
Scott TuxhornRepAlfalfa
Harold ThomasDemAtoka
Merle LansdenDemBeaver
Homer HolcombDemBeckham
James BurnhamDemBlaine
John MasseyDemBryan
Pauline TaborDemBryan
Robert GoodfellowDemCaddo
James KardokusDemCaddo
Paul LiebmannDemCanadian
Ralph WatkinsDemCanadian
Raymond HammerDemCarter
Burke MordyDemCarter
William WillisDemCherokee
Lucien SpearDemChoctaw
Carl EtlingRepCimarron
Jack OdomDemCleveland
Leland Wolf DemCleveland
Ralph HamiltonDemCleveland
Herman BaumertDemCoal
Donald BeauchampDemComanche
Walter HutchinsDemComanche
Jim TaliaferroDemComanche
Alfred ThomasDemComanche
Tracy DaughertyDemCotton
Harold MorganDemCraig
Heber Finch Jr.DemCreek
William ShibleyDemCreek
M.A. DielDemCuster
Wiley Sparkman DemDelaware
Jack HarrisonDemEllis
James GungollRepGarfield
Harold HunterRepGarfield
Bert PageDemGarfield
W.W. BurnettDemGarvin
Tom StricklandDemGarvin
Spencer Bernard DemGrady
John A. LanceDemGrady
Lynn ThornhillRepGrant
Elmo HurstDemGreer
James FowlerDemHarmon
Clayton LauerRepHarper
Earl BilyeuDemHaskell
Stona FitchDemHughes
Larry DerryberryDemJackson
Guy HortonDemJackson
Bill Bradley DemJefferson
Clarence Robertson Jr.DemJohnston
James BurgerDemKay
Brian ConaghanRepKay
Ray Lewis DavisRepKay
Milton PriebeRepKingfisher
William MetcalfDemKiowa
Jim CookDemLatimer
Tom TrawDemLeFlore
Ralph VandiverDemLeFlore
Barbour CoxDemLincoln
Dick FogartyDemLogan
Willard WillisDemLove
Art BowerRepMajor
Delmas NorthcuttDemMarshall
J.W. BynumDemMayes
Norman A. SmithDemMcClain
Garfield SettlesDemMcCurtain
Mort WelchDemMcCurtain
Martin OdomDemMcIntosh
Carl WilliamsDemMurray
Bill BullDemMuskogee
Russell RubyDemMuskogee
Max RustDemMuskogee
Henry DolezalRepNoble
Bill ShipleyDemNowata
Harlon AveyDemOkfuskee
Red AndrewsDemOklahoma
Bryce BaggettDemOklahoma
G.T. BlankenshipRepOklahoma
George KeyesDemOklahoma
J.D. McCartyDemOklahoma
Jack SkaggsDemOklahoma
Thomas TaggartRepOklahoma
Ed ColeDemOkmulgee
Tommie YatesDemOkmulgee
Tom TateDemOsage
Virgil TinkerDemOsage
Pat MsCueDemOttawa
Joseph MountfordDemOttawa
Rex PrivettDemPawnee
Jake E. HesserDemPayne
H.L. SparksDemPayne
Tom McChristianDemPittsburg
William SkeithDemPittsburg
Lonnie AbbottDemPontotoc
Clive RigsbyDemPontotoc
John LevergoodDemPottawatomie
Tom StevensDemPottawatomie
Ray TuckerDemPushmataha
Jodie MoadDemRoger Mills
Bill BriscoeDemRogers
Laurence HowzeDemSeminole
Raymond ReedDemSeminole
Maynard BlackardDemSequoyah
Jerome Sullivan Jr.DemStephens
Wayne HoldenDemStephens
George GearRepTexas
Frank PattersonDemTillman
Timothy DowdRepTulsa
Laurence GunnisonRepTulsa
John W. McCune DemTulsa
Joe MusgraveRepTulsa
Ralph RhoadesRepTulsa
Richard TaylorRepTulsa
Douglas WixsonRepTulsa
Vol Howard OdomDemWagoner
James ConnorRepWashington
Charles DoornbosRepWashington
Don GreenhawDemWashita
A.L. MurrowRepWoods
William BurkettRepWoodward

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