31st Oklahoma Legislature

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31st Oklahoma Legislature
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Leadership
Rex Privett (D)
Term:
January 7, 1967 – January 7, 1969
Composition:
Senate
39   9  
House
76   23  

The Thirty-first Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 7, 1967, to January 7, 1969, during the term of Governor Dewey Bartlett. [1] This was the first Oklahoma state legislature that met under new requirements approved by voters in 1966 that the legislature hold annual, 90-day legislative sessions. [1]

Contents

Clem McSpadden served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Rex Privett served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

Previous: 30th Legislature • Next: 32nd Legislature

Party composition

Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
39948
Voting share81.3%18.7%

House of Representatives

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
762399
Voting share76.8%23.2%

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
Phil Smalley16DemLexington, Norman
Ralph Graves17Dem Shawnee
Donald Ferrell 18Rep 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 Garrison 29Rep Bartlesville
Leon B. Field30Dem Guymon, Texhoma
Paul Taliaferro31Dem Lawton
Al Terrill 32Dem Lawton
Ed Bradley 33Dem Tulsa
George Hargrave Jr.34Dem Tulsa
Beauchamp Selman 35Dem Tulsa
Gene C. Howard36DemTulsa
Finis Smith37DemTulsa
Peyton Breckinridge38RepTulsa
Joseph McGraw 39RepTulsa
Richard Stansberry 40Rep Oklahoma City
Bryce Baggett41Dem Edmond, Oklahoma City
H. B. Atkinson42Dem Midwest City
John Garrett43Dem Del City, Oklahoma City
J. Lee Keels44DemOklahoma City
Jimmy Birdson45DemOklahoma City
Jack Short46RepOklahoma City
Ted Findeiss40RepOklahoma City
E. Melvin Porter48DemOklahoma City

House of Representatives

NameDistrictPartyCounty
Jimmie Lane1DemMcCurtain
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
William G. Jones17DemHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg
William Skeith18DemPittsburg
Wayne Sanguin19DemChoctaw, Pushmataha
John Rushing20DemAtoka, Bryan, Love, Marshall
Pauline Tabor21DemBryan
Kenneth Converse22DemGarvin, Johnston, Murray
Charles Vann23DemGarvin
Hugh Sandlin24DemCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc
Lonnie Abbott25DemPontotoc
John Levergood26DemPottawatomie
James Townsend27DemPottawatomi, Seminole
David L. Boren 28DemSeminole
Lou Stockton Allard29DemOkfuskee, Creek
Heber Finch Jr.30DemCreek
Donald Coffin31DemNoble, Logan
Barbour Cox32DemLincoln, Logan
Allen Williamson33DemPayne
Jake Hesser34DemPayne
Rex Privett35DemOsage, Pawnee
Lewis Bean36DemOsage
Jerry Peterson37DemKay
Brian Conaghan38RepKay
Lynn Thornhill39RepAlfalfa, Grant, Major
Bert Page40RepGarfield
Harold Hunter41RepGarfield
Robert Barr42DemBlaine, Kingfisher
Ralph Watkins43DemCanadian
Lee Byron Cate44DemCleveland
Leland Wolf 45DemCleveland
Norman A. Smith46DemGrady, McClain
Spencer Bernard 47DemGrady
Harry Bickford48DemCarter
Bill Bradley 49DemCarter, Jefferson
William Tarwater50DemStephens
Vernon Dunn51DemCotton, Stephens
Larry Derryberry52DemJackson
Frank Patterson53DemJackson, Tillman
David Hutchens54DemGreer, Kiowa
Don Greenhaw55DemCaddo, Washita
Robert Goodfellow56DemCaddo
J. Dickey Jr.57DemCuster
Lewis Kamas 58RepWoods, 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
Jim Inhofe 70RepTulsa
Warren Green 71RepTulsa
John W. McCune 72DemTulsa
Curtis Lawson 73DemTulsa
Jerry Hargrave74DemTulsa
Roger Smithey75DemTulsa
Stephen Wolfe 76RepTulsa
William Poulos77DemTulsa
Howard Williams78RepTulsa
Leslie Guy Ferguson79RepTulsa
Charles Ford 80RepTulsa
C. Spearman Jr.81DemOklahoma
Bill Holaday82RepOklahoma
Ralph Thompson83RepOklahoma
Texanna Hatchett84RepOklahoma
George Camp 85RepOklahoma
Thomas Taggart86RepOklahoma
Denton Howard87RepOklahoma
Red Andrews88DemOklahoma
L. Bengtson Jr.89DemOklahoma
Thomas Bamberger90DemOklahoma
Mike Fair91RepOklahoma
Vondel Smith92RepOklahoma
E. W. Smith93DemOklahoma
Ray Trent94DemOklahoma
A. J. Clemons95DemOklahoma
John Miskelly96DemOklahoma
Jerry Sokolosky97DemOklahoma
Visanio John98DemOklahoma
Archibald Hill Jr.99DemOklahoma

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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)
  2. History of the Lieutenant Governor's Office (accessed June 16, 2013)
  3. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (accessed June 28, 2013)
  4. Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine , Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)