47th Oklahoma Legislature | |
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| Leadership | |
Mary Fallin (R) | |
Lloyd Benson (D) | |
Term: | January 5, 1999–January 2, 2001 |
Composition: | |
The Forty-seventh 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 5, 1999, to January 2, 2001, during the first two years of the second term of Governor Frank Keating. [1]
Previous: 46th Legislature • Next: 48th Legislature
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 29 | 19 | 48 | ||
| Voting share | 60.4% | 39.6% | ||
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 59 | 42 | 101 | ||
| Voting share | 58.4% | 41.6% | ||
In Oklahoma, the lieutenant governor serves as a tie-breaking and ceremonial presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate. Republican Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin served as President of the Oklahoma Senate.
The Democratic Party held the majority of the seats on both the Oklahoma Senate and Oklahoma House of Representatives, giving them control of key leadership positions. Stratton Taylor served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Lloyd Benson served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. [1] He was aided by Speaker Pro Tempore Larry Adair, Majority Floor Leader Tommy Thomas, Executive Majority Leader Don Kinnamon, Majority Whip Randy Beutler and Appropriations and Budget Chair Bill Settle. [1]
Fred Stanley served as the House Democratic caucus chair and Darrell Gilbert served as the caucus secretary. [1]
Fred Morgan served as the Republican Minority leader. [1] Forrest Claunch served as the Republican caucus chair and Bill Case served as caucus secretary. [1]
| District | Name | Party | Towns Represented |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lt-Gov | Mary Fallin | Rep | President of Senate |
| 1 | Rick Littlefield | Dem | Miami, Grove, Jay |
| 2 | Stratton Taylor | Dem | Claremore, Pryor |
| 3 | Herb Rozell | Dem | Stilwell, Tahlequah |
| 4 | Larry Dickerson | Dem | Sallisaw, Poteau |
| 5 | Jeff Rabon | Dem | Atoka, Hugo |
| 6 | Billy Mickle | Dem | Durant |
| 7 | Gene Stipe | Dem | McAlester, Wilburton |
| 8 | Frank Shurden | Dem | Okmulgee, Henryetta |
| 9 | Ben Robinson | Dem | Muskogee, Ft. Gibson |
| 10 | J. Berry Harrison | Dem | Pawhuska, Fairfax |
| 11 | Maxine Cissel-Horner | Dem | Tulsa |
| 12 | Ted Fisher | Dem | Sapulpa, Bristow |
| 13 | Dick Wilkerson | Dem | Ada, Atwood |
| 14 | Johnnie Crutchfield | Dem | Ardmore |
| 15 | Trish Weedn | Dem | Norman, Purcell |
| 16 | Cal Hobson | Dem | Norman, Purcell, Lexington |
| 17 | Brad Henry | Dem | Shawnee |
| 18 | Kevin Easley | Dem | Tulsa |
| 19 | Robert Milacek | Rep | Enid |
| 20 | Paul Muegge | Rep | Ponca City, Tonkawa |
| 21 | Mike Morgan | Dem | Stillwater |
| 22 | Mike Johnson | Rep | Kingfisher |
| 23 | Bruce Price | Rep | Chickasha, Hinton |
| 24 | Carol Martin | Rep | Lawton |
| 26 | Gilmer Capps | Dem | Elk City, Sayre, Mangum |
| 29 | Jim Dunlap | Rep | Bartlesville |
| 30 | Glenn Coffee | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 31 | Sam Helton | Rep | Lawton, Duncan |
| 32 | Jim Maddox | Dem | Lawton |
| 33 | Penny Williams | Dem | Tulsa |
| 34 | Grover Campbell | Rep | Owasso, Tulsa |
| 35 | James Williamson | Rep | Tulsa |
| 37 | Lewis Long Jr. | Dem | Tulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby, Glenpool |
| 38 | Robert M. Kerr | Dem | Altus, Weatherford |
| 39 | Jerry Smith | Rep | Tulsa |
| 40 | Brooks Douglass | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 41 | Mark Snyder | Rep | Edmond |
| 42 | Dave Herbert | Dem | Midwest City |
| 43 | Ben Brown | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 44 | Keith Leftwich | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 45 | Kathleen Wilcoxson | Rep | Oklahoma City, Moore |
| 46 | Bernest Cain | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 47 | Mike Fair | Rep | Edmond, Oklahoma City |
| 48 | Angela Monson | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 49 | Owen Laughlin | Rep | Woodward |
| 50 | Enoch Kelly Haney | Dem | Seminole |
| 51 | Charles Ford | Rep | Tulsa |
| 52 | Glenn Coffee | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 54 | Scott Pruitt | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| Name | District | Party | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Matlock | 1 | Dem | LeFlore, McCurtain |
| J. T. Stites | 2 | Dem | Sequoyah |
| Kenneth Corn | 3 | Dem | LeFlore |
| Bob Culver | 4 | Dem | Cherokee, Sequoyah |
| Joe Hutchinson | 5 | Dem | Craig, Delaware, Mayes |
| Joe Eddins | 6 | Dem | Craig, Mayes, Rogers |
| Larry Roberts | 7 | Dem | Ottawa |
| Larry Rice | 8 | Dem | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner |
| Tad Jones | 9 | Rep | Rogers |
| Gary Taylor | 10 | Dem | Nowata, Osage, Washington |
| Mike Wilt | 11 | Rep | Osage, Washington |
| Jerry Hefner | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner |
| Bill Settle | 13 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner |
| Barbara Staggs | 14 | Dem | Muskogee |
| Bobby Frame | 15 | Dem | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah |
| M. C. Leist | 16 | Dem | Muskogee, Okmulgee |
| Mike Mass | 17 | Dem | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg |
| Lloyd Fields | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Randall Erwin | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha |
| Tommy Thomas | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston |
| James Dunegan | 21 | Dem | Bryan |
| Danny Hilliard | 22 | Dem | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc |
| Betty Boyd | 23 | Dem | Rogers, Tulsa |
| Dale Turner | 24 | Dem | Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee |
| Bob Plunk | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Bob Weaver | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Dale Smith | 27 | Dem | Cleveland, Lincoln, Pottawatomie |
| Mike Ervin | 28 | Dem | Okfuskee, Pottawatomie, Seminole |
| Todd Hiett | 29 | Rep | Creek, Tulsa |
| Mike Tyler | 30 | Rep | Creek, Tulsa |
| Frank Davis | 31 | Rep | Logan, Oklahoma |
| Don Kinnamon | 32 | Dem | Creek, Lincoln |
| Dale Wells | 33 | Dem | Logan, Payne |
| Terry Ingmire | 34 | Rep | Payne |
| Larry Ferguson | 35 | Rep | Noble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Tulsa |
| Joe Sweeden | 36 | Dem | Osage, Tulsa |
| Jim Newport | 37 | Dem | Kay, Osage |
| Jim Reese | 38 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Kay |
| Wayne Pettigrew | 39 | Rep | Canadian, Kingfisher, Oklahoma |
| John Sellers | 40 | Dem | Garfield |
| Curt Roggow | 41 | Rep | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan |
| Bill Mitchell | 42 | Dem | Garvin, Grady, McClain |
| Tony Kouba | 43 | Rep | Canadian, Oklahoma |
| Bill Nations | 44 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Wallace Collins | 45 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Doug Miller | 46 | Rep | Cleveland, McClain |
| Susan Winchester | 47 | Rep | Canadian |
| Greg Piatt | 48 | Rep | Carter, Garvin, Murray |
| Fred Stanley | 49 | Dem | Carter, Love, Marshall |
| Jari Askins | 50 | Dem | Stephens |
| Ray McCarter | 51 | Dem | Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens |
| David Braddock | 52 | Dem | Harmon, Jackson |
| Carolyn Coleman | 53 | Rep | Cleveland |
| Joan Greenwood | 54 | Rep | Cleveland |
| Jack Bonny | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Canadian, Kiowa, Washita |
| Ron Langmacher | 56 | Dem | Caddo, Canadian, Grady |
| James Covey | 57 | Dem | Blaine, Custer, Dewey |
| Elmer Maddux | 58 | Rep | Major, Woods, Woodward |
| Clay Pope | 59 | Dem | Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher, Roger Mills, Woodward |
| Randy Beutler | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills |
| Jack Begley | 61 | Dem | Beaver, Cimarron, Harper, Texas, Woodward |
| Abe Deutschendorf | 62 | Dem | Comanche |
| Lloyd Benson | 63 | Dem | Comanche, Tillman |
| Ron Kirby | 64 | Dem | Comanche |
| Jim Glover | 65 | Dem | Comanche, Grady |
| Russ Roach | 66 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Hopper Smith | 67 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Chris Benge | 68 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Fred Perry | 69 | Rep | Tulsa |
| John Bryant | 70 | Rep | Tulsa |
| John Sullivan | 71 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Darrell Gilbert | 72 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Don Ross | 73 | Dem | Osage, Tulsa |
| Phil Ostrander | 74 | Dem | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa |
| Mike Thornbrugh | 75 | Rep | Tulsa, Wagoner |
| John Wright | 76 | Rep | Tulsa, Wagoner |
| Mark Liotta | 77 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Mary Easley | 78 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Chris Hastings | 79 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Scott Adkins | 80 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Ray Vaughn | 81 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Leonard Sullivan | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Fred Morgan | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Bill Graves | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Odilia Dank | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Larry Adair | 86 | Dem | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes |
| Robert Worthen | 87 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Debbie Blackburn | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Charles Gray | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| John Nance | 90 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Dan Webb | 91 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Bill Paulk | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Al Lindley | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Kevin Calvey | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Bill Case | 95 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Mark Seikel | 96 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Kevin Cox | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Tim Pope | 98 | Rep | Canadian, Cleveland |
| Opio Toure | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Richard Phillips | 100 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Forrest Claunch | 101 | Rep | Oklahoma |
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