The Twenty-ninth 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 8 to June 14, 1963, during the first term of Governor Henry Bellmon.[1] This was the last state legislature with members representing counties under the old system of districting; a new system was created by a court order that forced Oklahoma to equalize representation.[2]
29th Oklahoma Legislature | |
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| Leadership | |
Leo Winters (D) | |
Roy C. Boecher (D) | |
J.D. McCarty (D) | |
Composition: | |
Dates of session
edit- January 8-June 14, 1963[1]
Previous: 28th Legislature • Next: 30th Legislature
Party composition
editSenate
edit| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 38 | 6 | 44 | ||
| Voting share | 86.4% | 13.6% | ||
Senate
edit| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 95 | 24 | 119 | ||
| Voting share | 79.8% | 20.2% | ||
Leadership
editDemocratic leadership
edit- President of the Senate: Lieutenant Governor Leo Winters[3]
- President Pro Tem of the Senate: Roy C. Boecher
- Speaker of the House: J.D. McCarty[1]
- Speaker Pro Tempore: Rex Privett[1]
- Majority Floor Leader: Leland Wolf[1]
Republican leadership
edit- Minority Leader: C.W. Doornbos[1]
Members
editSenate
edit| Name | District | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Leon B. Field | 1 | Dem |
| Arthur G. McComas | 2 | Dem |
| S. S. McColgin | 2 | Dem |
| G. O. Williams | 3 | Rep |
| Basil R. Wilson | 4 | Dem |
| Ryan Kerr | 5 | Dem |
| Ed Berrong | 6 | Dem |
| Byron Dacus | 6 | Dem |
| Roy Schoeb | 7 | Rep |
| Richard Romang | 8 | Rep |
| Roy E. Grantham | 9 | Dem |
| Robert H. Breeden | 10 | Rep |
| Robert M. Murphy | 11 | Dem |
| Louis Ritzhaupt | 12 | Dem |
| Ralph Graves | 13 | Dem |
| Boyd Cowden | 13 | Dem |
| Jean Pazoureck | 14 | Dem |
| Cleeta John Rogers | 14 | Dem |
| Walt Allen | 15 | Dem |
| Don Baldwin | 15 | Dem |
| Roy C. Boecher | 16 | Dem |
| Harold Garvin | 17 | Dem |
| Fred Harris | 17 | Dem |
| Tom Tipps | 18 | Dem |
| Hal Muldrow | 19 | Dem |
| Glen Ham | 19 | Dem |
| J. H. Belvin | 20 | Dem |
| Clem Hamilton | 21 | Dem |
| Alfred Stevenson | 22 | Dem |
| Allen G. Nichols | 23 | Dem |
| Leroy McClendon | 24 | Dem |
| Gene Stipe | 25 | Dem |
| Charles Colston | 26 | Dem |
| Bill Haworth | 27 | Dem |
| Wilford Bohannon | 27 | Dem |
| Ray Fine | 28 | Dem |
| John C. Wilkerson | 29 | Dem |
| Robert Llolar | 30 | Dem |
| Dewey Bartlett | 31 | Rep |
| Tom Payne | 32 | Dem |
| Clem McSpadden | 33 | Dem |
| Denzil Garrison | 34 | Rep |
| Bob Trent | 35 | Dem |
| Joe Bailey Cobb | 36 | Dem |
- Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[4]
House of Representatives
edit| Name | Party | County |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Harper | Dem | Adair |
| Scott Tuxhorn | Rep | Alfalfa |
| Harold Thomas | Dem | Atoka |
| Merle Lansden | Dem | Beaver |
| Homer Holcomb | Dem | Beckham |
| James Burnham | Dem | Blaine |
| John Massey | Dem | Bryan |
| Pauline Tabor | Dem | Bryan |
| Robert Goodfellow | Dem | Caddo |
| James Kardokus | Dem | Caddo |
| Paul Liebmann | Dem | Canadian |
| Ralph Watkins | Dem | Canadian |
| Raymond Hammer | Dem | Carter |
| Burke Mordy | Dem | Carter |
| William Willis | Dem | Cherokee |
| Lucien Spear | Dem | Choctaw |
| Carl Etling | Rep | Cimarron |
| Jack Odom | Dem | Cleveland |
| Leland Wolf | Dem | Cleveland |
| Ralph Hamilton | Dem | Cleveland |
| Herman Baumert | Dem | Coal |
| Donald Beauchamp | Dem | Comanche |
| Walter Hutchins | Dem | Comanche |
| Jim Taliaferro | Dem | Comanche |
| Alfred Thomas | Dem | Comanche |
| Tracy Daugherty | Dem | Cotton |
| Harold Morgan | Dem | Craig |
| Heber Finch Jr. | Dem | Creek |
| William Shibley | Dem | Creek |
| M.A. Diel | Dem | Custer |
| Wiley Sparkman | Dem | Delaware |
| Jack Harrison | Dem | Ellis |
| James Gungoll | Rep | Garfield |
| Harold Hunter | Rep | Garfield |
| Bert Page | Dem | Garfield |
| W.W. Burnett | Dem | Garvin |
| Tom Strickland | Dem | Garvin |
| Spencer Bernard | Dem | Grady |
| John A. Lance | Dem | Grady |
| Lynn Thornhill | Rep | Grant |
| Elmo Hurst | Dem | Greer |
| James Fowler | Dem | Harmon |
| Clayton Lauer | Rep | Harper |
| Earl Bilyeu | Dem | Haskell |
| Stona Fitch | Dem | Hughes |
| Larry Derryberry | Dem | Jackson |
| Guy Horton | Dem | Jackson |
| Bill Bradley | Dem | Jefferson |
| Clarence Robertson Jr. | Dem | Johnston |
| James Burger | Dem | Kay |
| Brian Conaghan | Rep | Kay |
| Ray Lewis Davis | Rep | Kay |
| Milton Priebe | Rep | Kingfisher |
| William Metcalf | Dem | Kiowa |
| Jim Cook | Dem | Latimer |
| Tom Traw | Dem | LeFlore |
| Ralph Vandiver | Dem | LeFlore |
| Barbour Cox | Dem | Lincoln |
| Dick Fogarty | Dem | Logan |
| Willard Willis | Dem | Love |
| Art Bower | Rep | Major |
| Delmas Northcutt | Dem | Marshall |
| J.W. Bynum | Dem | Mayes |
| Norman A. Smith | Dem | McClain |
| Garfield Settles | Dem | McCurtain |
| Mort Welch | Dem | McCurtain |
| Martin Odom | Dem | McIntosh |
| Carl Williams | Dem | Murray |
| Bill Bull | Dem | Muskogee |
| Russell Ruby | Dem | Muskogee |
| Max Rust | Dem | Muskogee |
| Henry Dolezal | Rep | Noble |
| Bill Shipley | Dem | Nowata |
| Harlon Avey | Dem | Okfuskee |
| Red Andrews | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Bryce Baggett | Dem | Oklahoma |
| G.T. Blankenship | Rep | Oklahoma |
| George Keyes | Dem | Oklahoma |
| J.D. McCarty | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Jack Skaggs | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Thomas Taggart | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Ed Cole | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Tommie Yates | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Tom Tate | Dem | Osage |
| Virgil Tinker | Dem | Osage |
| Pat MsCue | Dem | Ottawa |
| Joseph Mountford | Dem | Ottawa |
| Rex Privett | Dem | Pawnee |
| Jake E. Hesser | Dem | Payne |
| H.L. Sparks | Dem | Payne |
| Tom McChristian | Dem | Pittsburg |
| William Skeith | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Lonnie Abbott | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Clive Rigsby | Dem | Pontotoc |
| John Levergood | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Tom Stevens | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Ray Tucker | Dem | Pushmataha |
| Jodie Moad | Dem | Roger Mills |
| Bill Briscoe | Dem | Rogers |
| Laurence Howze | Dem | Seminole |
| Raymond Reed | Dem | Seminole |
| Maynard Blackard | Dem | Sequoyah |
| Jerome Sullivan Jr. | Dem | Stephens |
| Wayne Holden | Dem | Stephens |
| George Gear | Rep | Texas |
| Frank Patterson | Dem | Tillman |
| Timothy Dowd | Rep | Tulsa |
| Laurence Gunnison | Rep | Tulsa |
| John W. McCune | Dem | Tulsa |
| Joe Musgrave | Rep | Tulsa |
| Ralph Rhoades | Rep | Tulsa |
| Richard Taylor | Rep | Tulsa |
| Douglas Wixson | Rep | Tulsa |
| Vol Howard Odom | Dem | Wagoner |
| James Connor | Rep | Washington |
| Charles Doornbos | Rep | Washington |
| Don Greenhaw | Dem | Washita |
| A.L. Murrow | Rep | Woods |
| William Burkett | Rep | Woodward |
- Table based on database of historic members.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f 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)
- ^ Agnew, Brad. Twentieth-Century Oklahoma, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 10, 2013)
- ^ History of the Lieutenant Governor's Office (accessed June 16, 2013)
- ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed July 2, 2013)
- ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)