30th Oklahoma Legislature

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30th Oklahoma Legislature
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The Thirtieth 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 5 to July 22, 1965, during the first term of Governor Henry Bellmon. [1] It was the last time the state legislature met only once every two years, [1] and the first time since A. C. Hamlin left office in 1910 that the legislature included black members. [2]

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Lieutenant Governor Leo Winters served as President of the Senate, Clem McSpadden served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and J. D. McCarty served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of session

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Major events

Party composition

Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
40748
Voting share85.4%14.6%

House

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
772299
Voting share77.8%22.2%

Leadership

Staff

Members

Senate

NameDistrictPartyTowns
Robert Gee1DemGrove, Jay, Miami
Clem McSpadden 2DemClaremore, Pryor
Claude Berry3DemStilwell, Tahlequah
Clem Hamilton4DemPoteau, Sallisaw
Leroy McClendon5DemAtoka, Hugo, Idabel
John Massey6Dem Durant
Gene Stipe 7Dem McAlester
Tom Payne8DemOkmulgee, Henryetta
John Luton 9Dem Muskogee
Raymond Horn10Dem Barnsdall, Fairfax, Pawhuskee
Allen Nichols10Dem Wewoka
John Young12Dem Bristow, Sapulpa
George Miller13Dem Ada
Ernest Martin14Dem Ardmore
Glen Ham15Dem Norman
Hal Muldrow16DemLexington, Norman
Ralph Graves17Dem Shawnee
Boyd Cowden18Dem Chandler, Seminole
Richard Romang19Rep Enid
Roy Grantham20Dem Ponca City, Tonkawa
Robert Murphy21Dem Stillwater
Roy C. Boecher22RepStillwater
Don Baldwin23Dem Chickasha
Wayne Holden24Dem Duncan
Anthony M. Massad 25Dem Altus
Byron Dacus26Dem Elk City
Ed Berrong27Dem Weatherford
G. O. Williams28Rep Woodward, Oklahoma
Denzil Garrison29Rep Bartlesville
Leon B. Field30Dem Guymon, Texhoma
Paul Taliaferro31Dem Lawton
Al Terrill 32Dem Lawton
Ed Bradley 33Dem Tulsa
Charles Pope34DemTulsa
Beauchamp Selman 35DemTulsa
Gene C. Howard36DemTulsa
Finis Smith37DemTulsa
Ralph Rhoades38RepTulsa
Dewey Bartlett 39DemTulsa
Richard Stansberry 40Rep Oklahoma City
Bryce Baggett41Dem Edmond, Oklahoma City
H. B. Atkinson42Dem Midwest City
John Garrett43Dem Del City, Oklahoma City
J. Lee Keels44Dem Oklahoma City
Jimmy Birdson45Dem Oklahoma City
Cleeta John Rogers46Dem Oklahoma City
Ted Findeiss47Rep Oklahoma City
E. Melvin Porter 48DemOklahoma City

House of Representatives

NameDistrictPartyCounty
Joe Hendrix1DemMcCurtain
Ray Fine2DemLeFlore, Sequoyah
Rucker Blankenship3DemLeFlore
William Willis4DemAdair, Cherokee
Wiley Sparkman 5DemAdair, Delaware
J. D. Witt6DemCraig, Ottawa
Joseph Mountford7DemOttawa
J. W. Bynum8DemMayes, Rogers
Bill Briscoe9DemNowata, Rogers
James Connor10RepWashington
Charles Doornbos11RepWashington
Vol Howard Odom12DemMuskogee, Wagoner
Mike Frix13DemMuskogee
William Nigh14DemMuskogee
Martin Odom15DemMcIntosh, Okmulgee
Ed Cole16DemOkmulgee
Jim Cook17DemHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg
William Skeith18DemPittsburg
Wayne Sanguin19DemChoctaw, Pushmataha
John Rushing20DemAtoka, Bryan, Love, Marshall
Pauline Tabor21DemBryan
Kenneth Converse22DemGarvin, Johnston, Murray
W. W. Burnett23DemGarvin
Hugh Sandlin24DemCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc
Lonnie Abbott25DemPontotoc
John Levergood26DemPottawatomie
James Townsend27DemPottawatomi, Seminole
Raymond Reed28DemSeminole
Lou Stockton Allard29DemOkfuskee, Creek
Heber Finch Jr.30DemCreek
Ruth Patterson31RepNoble, Logan
Barbour Cox32DemLincoln, Logan
H. L. Sparks33DemPayne
Jake Hesser34DemPayne
Rex Privett35DemOsage, Pawnee
Virgil Tinker36DemOsage
Ray Peterson37DemKay
Brian Conaghan38RepKay
Lynn Thornhill39RepAlfalfa, Grant, Major
Bert Page40RepGarfield
Harold Hunter41RepGarfield
Robert Barr42DemBlaine, Kingfisher
Ralph Watkins43DemCanadian
Phil Smalley44DemCleveland
Leland Wolf 45DemCleveland
Norman A. Smith46DemGrady, McClain
Spencer Bernard 47DemGrady
Burke Mordy48DemCarter
Bill Bradley 49DemCarter, Jefferson
Jerome Sullivan Jr.50DemStephens
Vernon Dunn51DemCotton, Stephens
Larry Derryberry52DemJackson
Frank Patterson53DemJackson, Tillman
David Hutchens54DemGreer, Kiowa
Don Greenhaw55DemCaddo, Washita
Robert Goodfellow56DemCaddo
J. Dickey Jr.57DemCuster
A. L. Murrow58RepWoods, Woodward
Jack Harrison59DemDewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills
James Fowler60DemBeckham, Harmon
Mike Grey61DemBeaver, Cimarron, Texas
Donald Beauchamp62DemComanche
D. D. Raibourn63DemComanche
Walter Hutchins64DemComanche
Fred Ferrell Jr.65DemComanche
Tot Brown66DemTulsa
Douglas Wixson67RepTulsa
Robert Hopkins68DemTulsa
Joe Musgrave69RepTulsa
Joseph McGraw70RepTulsa
Warren Green71RepTulsa
John W. McCune 72DemTulsa
Curtis Lawson 73DemTulsa
George Hargrave Jr.74DemTulsa
Roger Smithey75DemTulsa
Percy Butler76RepTulsa
William Poulos77DemTulsa
Howard Williams78RepTulsa
Leslie Guy Ferguson79RepTulsa
Peyton Breckinridge80RepTulsa
C. Spearman Jr.81DemOklahoma
Bill Holaday82RepOklahoma
G. T. Blankenship83RepOklahoma
Nathan Sherman84RepOklahoma
John Drake85RepOklahoma
Thomas Taggart86RepOklahoma
George Camp87RepOklahoma
Red Andrews88DemOklahoma
L. Bengtson Jr.89DemOklahoma
Thomas Bamberger90DemOklahoma
Joe Roselle91DemOklahoma
J. D. McCarty92DemOklahoma
E. W. Smith93DemOklahoma
Ray Trent94DemOklahoma
A. J. Clemons95DemOklahoma
John Miskelly96DemOklahoma
Jerry Sokolosky97DemOklahoma
John B. White98DemOklahoma
Archibald Hill Jr.99DemOklahoma

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