23rd Oklahoma Legislature

The Twenty-third 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 2, 1951, to May 18, 1951, during the term of Governor Johnston Murray.[1]

23rd Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
Boyd Cowden (D)
Speaker of the House:
James M. Bullard (D)
Composition:
Senate
40   4  
House
99   20  

Dates of session

  • Regular session: January 2-May 18, 1951[1]

Previous: 22nd Legislature • Next: 24th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
40 4 44
Voting share 90.9% 9.1%

House of Representatives

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
99 20 119
Voting share 83.2% 16.8%

Leadership

  • Senate President Pro Tem: Boyd Cowden[2]
  • House Speaker: James Bullard[1]
  • Speaker Pro Tempore: James Williams[1]
  • Majority Floor Leader: A. R. Larason[1]

Members

Senate

DistrictNameParty
1Leon B. FieldDem
2A. E. AndersonDem
2Lawrence L. IrwinDem
3Claude SeamanRep
4Henry W. WorthingtonDem
5D. L. JonesDem
6Carl Max CookDem
6Byron DacusDem
7Stanley CoppockRep
8Floyd CarrierRep
9Roy GranthamRep
10J. Val ConnellDem
11Everett CollinsDem
12Louis RitzhauptDem
13Oliver WalkerDem
13Boyd CowdenDem
14Jim A. RinehartDem
14George MiskovskyDem
15Walt AllenDem
15Don BaldwinDem
16Roy C. BoecherDem
17Harold GarvinDem
17Bill LoganDem
18Joe B. ThompsonDem
19Joe SmalleyDem
19Herbert HopeDem
20Keith CartwrightDem
21Clem HamiltonDem
22Paul BallingerDem
23Virgil MedlockDem
24Leroy McClendonDem
25Kirksey NixDem
26Raymond D. GaryDem
27Harold ShoemakeDem
27Roy WhiteDem
28Ray FineDem
29Harold MorganDem
30Jess FronterhouseDem
31Arthur PriceRep
32James NevinsDem
33Tom KightDem
34Frank MahanDem
35Henry CooperDem
36Joe Bailey CobbDem
  • Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]

House of Representatives

NamePartyCounty
W. H. LangleyDemAdair
Vernon CollinsDemAlfalfa
Floyd MasonDemAtoka
Floyd SumrallDemBeaver
J. L. EdgecombDemBeckham
Charles WilsonDemBeckham
H. G. TolbertRepBlaine
James DouglasDemBryan
Joe EnglerDemBryan
Charley LongDemCaddo
F. H. MooreheadDemCaddo
Jean PazoureckDemCanadian
James PayneDemCarter
Ernest TateDemCarter
Richard SmithDemCherokee
Lucien SpearDemChoctaw
Roy T. NallDemCimarron
Virgil YoungDemCleveland
T. K. KinglesmithDemCoal
Charles OzmunDemComanche
Jim TaliaferroDemComanche
Luther Boyd EubanksDemCotton
George PitcherDemCraig
Lou Stockton AllardDemCreek
William ShibleyDemCreek
Streeter SpeakmanDemCreek
Wayne WallaceDemCuster
Wiley SparkmanDemDelaware
Jack WilcoxDemDewey
A.R. LarasonDemEllis
John CampRepGarfield
Richard RomangRepGarfield
Glen HamDemGarvin
Ike TolbertDemGarvin
Jefferson Lee DavisDemGrady
James RenegarDemGrady
William CardDemGrant
Basil WilsonDemGreer
Valdhe PitmanDemHarmon
Boyce StinsonRepHarper
Howard YoungDemHaskell
Frank GraysonDemHughes
William J. IvesterDemJackson
Jack ColemanDemJefferson
Jack GillamDemJohnston
Guy BaileyDemKay
Raymond CraigRepKay
William A. Burton Jr.RepKingfisher
C.L. KriegerDemKiowa
Lloyd ReederDemKiowa
E.T. DunlapDemLatimer
Dual AutryDemLeFlore
Ralph VandiverDemLeFlore
Jesse BerryRepLincoln
Richard JamesRepLincoln
Lewis WolfeRepLogan
Clint G. LivingstonDemLove
J. Howard LindleyRepMajor
Don WelchDemMarshall
G.A. SampselDemMayes
James R. WilliamsDemMcClain
Paul HarkeyDemMcCurtain
Mort WelchDemMcCurtain
Wilford BohannonDemMcIntosh
Bruce FrazierDemMurray
Bill HaworthDemMuskogee
Edwin LangleyDemMuskogee
Louis SmithDemMuskogee
Robert S. TaylorRepNoble
Otis MunsonDemNowata
William L. JonesDemOkfuskee
Robert CunninghamDemOklahoma
Bill HarkeyDemOklahoma
Eddie KesslerDemOklahoma
J.D. McCartyDemOklahoma
Norman ReynoldsDemOklahoma
Robert ShermanDemOklahoma
W.R. Wallace Jr.DemOklahoma
Manuel FurrDemOkmulgee
John W. Russell Jr.DemOkmulgee
W.A. Burkhart Jr.DemOsage
Shockley ShoemakeDemOsage
J.R. Hall Jr.DemOttawa
C.D. WilsonDemOttawa
Robert Reynolds Jr.DemOttawa
Ray D. HenryDemPawnee
Robert L. HertDemPayne
C. Plowboy EdwardsDemPittsburg
George NighDemPittsburg
Gene StipeDemPittsburg
George R. CollinsDemPontotoc
J.W. HuffDemPontotoc
George DefenbaughDemPottawatomie
John LevergoodDemPottawatomie
Thomas M. StevensDemPottawatomie
Lee WelchDemPushmataha
Jodie MoadDemRoger Mills
Dave L. SmithDemRogers
Glen CollinsDemSeminole
James HaningDemSeminole
Charles SimsDemSeminole
M. Shawnee StewartDemSequoyah
James BullardDemStephens
Val MillerDemStephens
Don DaleDemTexas
Arthur KellyDemTillman
Robert N. AlexanderRepTulsa
Wendell BarnesRepTulsa
Dale BriggsRepTulsa
Joe MusgraveRepTulsa
C.R. NixonRepTulsa
Russell ReynoldsRepTulsa
Dean H. SmithRepTulsa
Carlisle DukeDemWagoner
Laton DotyRepWashington
Dale GriffinDemWashita
Ben EasterlyDemWoods
Clarence MeigsRepWoodward
  • Table based on government database.[4]

References

  1. 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 28, 2013)
  2. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac (accessed June 28, 2013)
  3. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac (accessed July 3, 2013)
  4. Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 30, 2013).
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