5th Oklahoma Legislature | |
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Leadership | |
E. L. Mitchell (D) | |
A. A. McCrory (D) | |
Composition: |
The Fifth 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 Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 5 to March 23, 1915, and in special session from January 17 to February 22, 1916, during the first two years of the term of Governor Robert L. Williams. [1] The legislature included six Socialists, who only served for a single term. [1] The only bill sponsored by a Socialist that became Oklahoma law involved hunting. [1] The 1916 special session was called after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Oklahoma's Jim Crow law. [1]
Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp served as the President of the Senate and E. L. Mitchell served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. A. A. McCrory served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
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Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Democratic | Republican | Socialist | ||||
37 | 6 | 1 | 44 | |||
Voting share | 84.1% | 13.6% | 2.3% |
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Democratic | Republican | Socialist | ||||
73 | 18 | 6 | 97 | |||
Voting share | 75.3% | 18.5% | 6.2% |
Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp served as the President of the Senate, which gave him a tie-breaking vote and allowed him to serve as a presiding officer. E. L. Mitchell was elected by state senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the primary presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate. [2]
A. A. McCrory of Ringling, Oklahoma, served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and William A. Durant served as Speaker Pro Tempore. [1]
District | Name | Party |
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Lt-Gov | Martin E. Trapp | Dem |
1 | W. J. Risen | Dem |
2 | E. L. Mitchell | Dem |
2 | G. E. Wilson | Soc |
3 | W. M. Bickel | Dem |
4 | J. L. Carpenter | Dem |
5 | Harry Cordell | Dem |
6 | James Austin | Dem |
6 | O. J. Logan | Dem |
7 | A. C. Beeman | Rep |
8 | Eugene Watrous | Rep |
9 | William Cline | Dem |
9 | J. E. Curran | Rep |
10 | George Waters | Dem |
11 | Clarence Davis | Dem |
12 | John H. Burford | Rep |
13 | Charles F. Barrett | Dem |
13 | C. L. Edmonson | Dem |
14 | Tom McMechan | Dem |
14 | Ben Wilson | Dem |
15 | Thomas O'Neill | Dem |
15 | John Pugh | Dem |
16 | S. W. Hogan | Rep |
17 | Frank Beauman | Dem |
17 | Elmer Thomas | Dem |
18 | R. A. Keller | Dem |
18 | Fred Tucker | Dem |
19 | Joe Edwards | Dem |
19 | Ben Franklin | Dem |
20 | J. T. McIntosh | Dem |
20 | John Hickman | Dem |
21 | M. M. Ryan | Dem |
22 | C. W. Board | Dem |
23 | R. H. Chase | Dem |
24 | W. C. McAlister | Dem |
25 | W. V. Buckner | Dem |
26 | C. C. Shaw | Dem |
27 | T. H. Davidson | Dem |
27 | Campbell Russell | Dem |
28 | M. S. Blassingame | Dem |
29 | O. W. Killam | Dem |
30 | George W. Fields Jr. | Dem |
31 | R. L. Davidson | Dem |
32 | Jason Sutherlin | Rep |
33 | W. A. Chase | Dem |
Name | Party | County |
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Thomas J. Welch | Dem | Adair |
J. C. Smith | Rep | Alfalfa |
James Thurmond | Dem | Atoka |
Howard Drake | Rep | Beaver, Harper |
Thomas McLemore | Soc | Beckham |
L. A. Everhart | Rep | Blaine |
William A. Durant | Dem | Bryan |
G. A. Ramsey | Dem | Bryan |
Joseph Baker | Dem | Caddo |
Frank Carpenter | Dem | Caddo |
T. F. Hensley | Dem | Canadian |
Kelly Brown | Dem | Carter |
J. D. Cox | Dem | Cherokee |
W. L. Garner | Dem | Choctaw |
Thomas W. Hunter | Dem | Choctaw |
Charles Williams | Dem | Cimarron, Texas |
H. O. Miller | Dem | Cleveland |
Wilburn Cartwright | Dem | Coal |
Lewis Hunter | Dem | Comanche, Cotton |
William Powell | Dem | Comanche, Cotton |
Bryant Cash | Dem | Craig |
William J. Ladd | Rep | Creek |
John Simpson | Dem | Custer |
Lee Howe | Dem | Delaware |
David C. Kirkpatrick | Soc | Dewey |
C. H. Holmes | Rep | Ellis |
C. C. Childers | Dem | Garfield |
Marvin McCord | Rep | Garfield |
L. B. Abney | Dem | Garvin |
Cicero Murray | Dem | Garvin |
L. N. Barbee | Dem | Grady |
Bert Jackson | Dem | Grady |
J. E. Lemon | Dem | Grant |
J. O. McCollister | Dem | Greer |
H. Treadway | Dem | Harmon |
A. H. Huggins | Dem | Haskell |
Ben F. Harrison | Dem | Hughes |
R. J. Morgan | Dem | Jackson |
A. A. McCrory | Dem | Jefferson |
J. J. Clark | Dem | Johnston |
Henry Headley | Rep | Kay |
C. L. Pinkham | Dem | Kay |
J. A. Marsh | Rep | Kingfisher |
R. R. Fitzgerald | Dem | Kiowa |
N. D. Pritchett | Soc | Kiowa |
Cliff Peery | Dem | Latimer |
G. L. Council | Dem | LeFlore |
T. G. McMahan | Dem | LeFlore |
Ed Keegan | Rep | Lincoln |
Jake Zabloudil | Rep | Lincoln |
O. B. Acton | Rep | Logan |
Amos Ewing | Rep | Logan |
Asa Walden | Dem | Love |
Charles Henry Ingham | Soc | Major |
O. G. Rollins | Dem | Marshall |
Johnson Crawford | Dem | Mayes |
E. E. Glasco | Dem | McClain |
Tom G. Taylor | Dem | McCurtain |
W. M. Duffy | Dem | McIntosh |
George Pullen | Democrat | Murray |
R. L. Disney | Dem | Muskogee |
Napoleon Bonaparte Maxey | Dem | Muskogee |
E. T. Testerman | Rep | Noble |
Eldon Sams | Rep | Nowata |
W. N. Berry | Dem | Okfuskee |
Joseph Dickerson | Rep | Oklahoma |
Jesse Norton | Rep | Oklahoma |
R. L. Peebly | Dem | Oklahoma |
John H. Wright | Dem | Oklahoma |
James Young | Dem | Oklahoma |
S. L. Johnson | Dem | Okmulgee |
Louis Bryant | Dem | Osage |
James Moore | Dem | Ottawa |
G. W. Goodwin | Rep | Pawnee |
J. L. McKeown | Dem | Payne |
Tom Haile | Dem | Pittsburg |
Paul Nesbitt | Dem | Pittsburg |
T. G. Wilkes | Dem | Pittsburg |
Sam Hargis | Dem | Pontotoc |
W. K. Dunn | Dem | Pottawatomie |
R. R. Hendon | Dem | Pottawatomie |
Tom Waldrep | Dem | Pottawatomie |
J. H. Reigner | Dem | Pushmataha |
Sydney W. Hill | Soc | Roger Mills |
A. E. Ball | Dem | Rogers |
Luther Harrison | Dem | Seminole |
J. N. Davis | Dem | Sequoyah |
Henry Sitton | Dem | Stephens |
A. North | Dem | Tillman |
Wash Hudson | Dem | Tulsa |
James Sykes | Dem | Tulsa |
William E. Long | Dem | Wagoner |
M. W. Bovee | Dem | Washington |
C. C. Hill | Dem | Washita |
W. H. Olmstead | Rep | Woods |
E. O. McCance | Dem | Woodward |
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