4th Oklahoma Legislature

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4th Oklahoma Legislature
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Leadership
C. B. Kendrick (D)
J. H. Maxey (D)
Composition:
Senate
34   10  
House
78   19  

The Fourth 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 the India White Temple in Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 7 to March 17, 1913, and in special session from March 18 to July 5, 1913, during the term of Governor Lee Cruce. [1]

Contents

The 1913 session was marked by the passage of a municipal Sunday closing law, which was favored by Cruce. Lieutenant Governor James Jackson McAlester served as the President of the Senate and C.B. Kendrick served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. J. H. Maxey served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

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Party composition

Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
341044
Voting share77.3%22.7%

House of Representatives

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
781997
Voting share80.4%26.4%

Major legislation

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor James Jackson McAlester served as the President of the Senate, which gave him a tie-breaking vote and allowed him to serve as a presiding officer. C.B. Kendrick was elected by state senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the primary presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate. [3]

House

J. H. Maxey of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1913 and Charles B. Emanuel served as Speaker Pro Tempore. [1]

Members

Senate

State Senator Elmer Thomas would go on to serve as a United States Senator. ElmerThomasOK.jpg
State Senator Elmer Thomas would go on to serve as a United States Senator.
DistrictNameParty
Lt-Gov J. J. McAlester Dem
1George AycockDem
2E. L. MitchellDem
2R. E. EcholsDem
3William Briggs Rep
4J. L. CarpenterDem
5Guy HortonDem
6James AustinDem
6J. V. McClinticDem
7J. W. McCullyRep
8Eugene WatrousRep
9William DuttonRep
9J. E. CurranRep
10George WatersDem
11Joseph JonesRep
12 John H. Burford Rep
13 Charles F. Barrett Dem
13C. L. EdmonsonDem
14Tom McMechanDem
14 Ben Wilson Dem
15George BarefootDem
15John PughDem
16E. J. WarnerRep
17F. W. AndersonDem
17 Elmer Thomas Dem
18C. B. KendrickDem
18Ben FranklinDem
19J. T. McIntoshDem
19Fred TuckerDem
20 Joseph Bryan Thompson Dem
20T. F. MemmingerDem
21Edwin SorrelsDem
22C. W. BoardDem
23Reuben RoddieDem
24W. C. McAlisterDem
25William RedwineRep
26C. C. ShawDem
27Sid GarrettDem
27Campbell RussellDem
28M. S. BlassingameDem
29E. C. HarlanDem
30George W. Fields Jr.Dem
31 A. F. Vandeventer Dem
32James H. SutherlinRep
33Gid GrahamDem

House of Representatives

NamePartyCounty
T. L. RiderDemAdair
Charles B. ParkhurstRepAlfalfa
I. L. CookDemAtoka
R. B. RutherfordDemBeaver, Harper
H. V. JosephDemBeckham
George Jamison Rep Blaine
William A. Durant Dem Bryan
R. R. Halsell Dem Bryan
H. N. Christian Dem Caddo
Theo Pruett Dem Caddo
R. J. Thompson Dem Canadian
U. T. Rexroat Dem Carter
Houston B. Teehee Dem Cherokee
Thomas W. Hunter Dem Choctaw
W. L. Roberts Dem Cimarron, Texas
N. E. Sharp Dem Cleveland
George T. Searcy Dem Coal
J. M. Haynes Dem Comanche, Cotton
Roy J. Williams Dem Comanche, Cotton
Peter Coyne Dem Craig
H. H. Herman Rep Creek
W. S. Dearing Dem Custer
Lee Howe Dem Delaware
Howell Smith Dem Dewey
Flavius Rose Rep Ellis
C. C. Childers Dem Garfield
George Dizney Rep Garfield
Joe A. Edwards Dem Garvin
W B M Mitchell Dem Garvin
T. J. Brown Dem Grady
A. S. Riddle Dem Grady
J. E. Lemon Dem Grant
O. L. Cummings Dem Greer
H. L. Russell Dem Harmon
H. M. Moore Dem Haskell
J. B. Griggs Dem Hughes
R. J. Morgan Dem Jackson
A. McCrory Dem Jefferson
Andrew Veatch Dem Johnston
W. C. Baum Rep Kay
C. L. Pinkham Dem Kay
George L. King Rep Kingfisher
Leonard Lewis Dem Kiowa
Cliff Peery Dem Latimer
T.G. McMahan Dem LeFlore
J.L. Spengler Dem LeFlore
John B. Charles Rep Lincoln
Fred Hoyt Rep Lincoln
Walter H. Matthews Dem Lincoln, Pottawatomie
Frank McGuire Rep Logan
W. H. Brooks Dem Love
W.T. Ruby Rep Major
C.H. Thomas Dem Marshall
Gideon Morgan Rep Mayes
E.E. Glasco Dem McClain
W.S. Davis Dem McCurtain
Tom G. Taylor Dem McIntosh
Charles B. Emanuel Dem Murray
William Carr Dem Muskogee
J. Harvey Maxey Dem Muskogee
E.T. Testerman Rep Noble
W.A. Chase Dem Nowata
W.H. Case Dem Okfuskee
George Harvison Dem Okfuskee
Hubert Bolen Dem Oklahoma
C.H. DeFord Rep Oklahoma
Hugh Randall Dem Oklahoma
D.B. Welty Dem Oklahoma
John H. Wright Dem Oklahoma
J.M. Lenox Dem Okmulgee
Charles B. Peters Dem Osage
M.B. Prentiss Rep Osage
J.S. Mabon Rep Ottawa
Stanley Edmister Rep Pawnee
J.W. Reece Dem Payne
R.I. Bond Dem Pittsburg
E.P. Hill Dem Pittsburg
S.F. Whitman Dem Pittsburg
John P. Crawford Dem Pontotoc
James Farrall Dem Pottawatomie
Harvey H. Smith Dem Pottawatomie
H.O. Tener Dem Pottawatomie
H S P Ashby Dem Pushmataha
Thomas Joyner Dem Roger Mills
Archibald Bonds Dem Rogers
W.A. Bishop Dem Seminole
William L. Curtis Dem Sequoyah
O.M. Morris Dem Stephens
W.G. Woodard Dem Swanson
Harry CordellDemTillman
Frank CurryDemTulsa
W. B. WilliamsDemTulsa
John O. BakerDemWagoner
R. F. StilwellDemWashington
C. C. HillDemWashita
W. H. OlmsteadRepWoods
E. G. VosburghRepWoodward

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References

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