39th Oklahoma Legislature

The Thirty-ninth 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 4, 1983, to January 8, 1985, during the term of Governor George Nigh.[1] It was marked by the establishment of the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics.

39th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate:	Spencer Bernard (D)
President Pro Tem of the Senate:	Marvin York (D)
Speaker of the House:	Daniel Draper (D)
Term:	January 4, 1983-January 8, 1985
Composition:	Senate 34   14   House 75   26

Marvin York served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Daniel Draper served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

• First regular session: January 4-June 23, 1983
• Special sessions: September 19–23, 1983, and November 28–30, 1983
• Second regular session: January 3-May 31, 1984

Previous: 38th Legislature • Next: 40th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
	34	14	48
Voting share	70.8%	29.2%

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
	75	26	101
Voting share	74.3%	25.7%

Major legislation

Enacted

• Education - House Bill 1286 established the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics in 1983.[2]

Leadership

Democratic leadership

Marvin York served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Daniel Draper served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives during the first regular session, but Jim Barker replaced him and served beginning with the first 1983 special session.[1] Mike Murphy of Idabel, Oklahoma, served as Speaker Pro Tempore.[1]

Republican leadership

Frank W. Davis, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, served as the Republican Minority leader of Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

Members

Senate

District	Name	Party	Towns Represented
Lt-Gov	Spencer Bernard	Dem	President of Senate
1	William Schuelein	Dem	Grove, Jay, Miami
2	Stratton Taylor	Dem	Claremore, Pryor
3	Herb Rozell	Dem	Stillwell, Tahlequah
4	Joe Johnson	Dem	Poteau, Sallisaw
5	Gerald Dennis	Dem	Atoka, Hugo
6	Roy Boatner	Dem	Durant
7	Gene Stipe	Dem	McAlester, Wilburton
8	Robert Miller	Dem	Beggs, Henryetta, Okmulgee
9	John Luton	Dem	Muskogee
10	John Dahl	Dem	Barnsdall, Fairfax, Pawhuska
11	Bernard McIntyre	Dem	Tulsa
12	John Young	Dem	Bristow, Sapulpa
13	James W. McDaniel	Dem	Ada, Atwood
14	Darryl Roberts	Dem	Ardmore
15	Bill Branch	Dem	Norman
16	Lee Cate	Dem	Lexington, Norman, Purcell
17	John Clifton	Dem	Shawnee
19	Norman Lamb	Rep	Enid
20	William O'Connor	Rep	Ponca City, Tonkawa
21	Bernice Shedrick	Dem	Stillwater
22	Ralph J. Choate	Rep	Hennessey, Kingfisher
23	Ray Giles	Dem	Amber, Chickasha, Hinton, Pocasset
24	Kenneth Landis	Dem	Duncan, Kellyville
26	Gilmer Capps	Dem	Elk City, Mangum, Sayre
29	Jerry Pierce	Rep	Bartlesville
31	Paul Taliaferro	Dem	Lawton
32	Al Terrill	Dem	Lawton
33	Rodger Randle	Dem	Tulsa
34	Robert V. Cullison	Dem	Tulsa
35	Warren Green	Rep	Tulsa
36	Frank Rhodes	Rep	Broken Arrow, Tulsa
37	Robert Hopkins	Dem	Sand Springs, Tulsa
38	Wayne Winn	Dem	Weatherford
39	Jerry Smith	Rep	Tulsa
40	Mike Combs	Dem	Oklahoma City
41	Phil Watson	Rep	Edmond
42	James Howell	Dem	Midwest City
43	Don Kilpatrick	Dem	Del City, Oklahoma City
44	Marvin York	Dem	Oklahoma City
45	Ed Moore	Rep	Moore, Oklahoma City
46	Bernest Cain	Dem	Oklahoma City
47	John R. McCune	Rep	Oklahoma City
48	E. Melvin Porter	Dem	Oklahoma City
49	Timothy D. Leonard	Rep	Oklahoma City
50	William Dawson Jr.	Dem	Seminole
51	Charles Ford	Rep	Tulsa
52	E. W. Keller	Rep	Oklahoma City
54	Gerald Wright	Rep	Oklahoma City

• Tabled based on state almanac.[3]

House of Representatives

Name	District	Party	Counties
Mike Murphy	1	Dem	McCurtain
Don Mentzer	2	Dem	Sequoyah
Mick Thompson	3	Dem	LeFlore
William Willis	4	Dem	Cherokee
Rick Littlefield	5	Dem	Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa
George Vaughn	6	Dem	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers
Joe Fitzgibbon[4]	7	Dem	Ottawa
J. D. Whorton	8	Rep	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner
Billy Cy Boyd	9	Dem	Rogers
A.C. Holden	10	Dem	Osage, Washington
Don Koppel	11	Rep	Nowata, Washington
Bill Lancaster	12	Dem	Muskogee, Wagoner
Jim Barker	13	Dem	Muskogee
John Monks	14	Dem	Muskogee
Charles Peterson	15	Dem	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee
Frank Shurden	16	Dem	Okmulgee
"Red" Caldwell	17	Dem	Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg
Frank Harbin	18	Dem	Pittsburg
Gary Sherrer	19	Dem	Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha
Kenneth Converse	20	Dem	Atoka, Johnston, Pittsburg
Guy Gaylon Davis	21	Dem	Bryan
Jack F. Kelly	22	Dem	Carter, Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc
Twyla Mason Gray	23	Dem	Tulsa, Wagoner
Glen D. Johnson, Jr.	24	Dem	Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
Lonnie Abbott	25	Dem	Pontotoc
Robert Henry	26	Dem	Pottawatomie
Steve C. Lewis	27	Dem	Cleveland, Pottawatomie
Enoch Kelly Haney	28	Dem	Okfuskee, Seminole
Jim Formby	29	Dem	Creek
Benny Vanatta	30	Dem	Creek
Frank W. Davis	31	Rep	Logan, Noble
Charlie Morgan	32	Dem	Lincoln, Logan
Thomas Hall	33	Dem	Payne
Daniel Draper	34	Dem	Payne
Don Johnson	35	Dem	Noble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne
Don Anderson	36	Dem	Osage
James Holt	37	Rep	Kay
Dorothy Conaghan	38	Rep	Alfalfa, Grant, Kay
Steven Boeckman	39	Rep	Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major
Homer Rieger	40	Rep	Garfield
Bruce Harvey	41	Rep	Garfield
Don Garrison	42	Dem	Garvin, Grady
Harold Hale	43	Dem	Canadian
Cleta Deatherage	44	Dem	Cleveland
Cal Hobson	45	Dem	Cleveland
Jerry F. Smith	46	Dem	Cleveland, McClain
Denver Talley	47	Dem	Grady
A Don Duke	48	Dem	Carter
Bill Brewster	49	Dem	Carter, Love, Marshall
JD Blodgett	50	Rep	Stephens
Bill Smith	51	Dem	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens
Howard Cotner	52	Dem	Jackson
Nancy Virtue	53	Dem	Cleveland
Helen Cole	54	Rep	Cleveland
Emil Lee Grieser	55	Dem	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita
Tom Manar	56	Dem	Caddo
Bill Widener	57	Dem	Blaine, Custer
Lewis Kamas	58	Rep	Woods, Woodward
Rollin D. Reimer	59	Dem	Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward
Willie Rogers	60	Dem	Beckham, Greer, Harmon
Walter Hill	61	Rep	Beaver, Cimarron, Texas
Ken Harris	62	Dem	Comanche
Marvin Baughman	63	Dem	Comanche, Tillman
Butch Hooper	64	Dem	Comanche
Jim Glover	65	Dem	Comanche
Pete Riggs	66	Dem	Tulsa
Joan Hastings	67	Rep	Tulsa
Jay Logan	68	Dem	Tulsa
Nelson Little	69	Rep	Tulsa
Penny Williams	70	Dem	Tulsa
Bill Clark	71	Rep	Tulsa
Don McCorkle Jr.	72	Dem	Tulsa
Don Ross	73	Dem	Tulsa
Gene Combs	74	Dem	Tulsa
Alene Baker	75	Dem	Rogers, Tulsa
James Allen Williamson	76	Rep	Tulsa
Gary Stottlemyre	77	Dem	Tulsa
Frank Pitezel	78	Rep	Tulsa
Jim Henshaw	79	Rep	Tulsa
Joe Gordon	80	Rep	Tulsa
Steve Sill	81	Rep	Oklahoma
George Osborne	82	Rep	Oklahoma
Gean Atkinson	83	Rep	Oklahoma
Bill Graves	84	Rep	Oklahoma
Porter Davis	85	Rep	Oklahoma
Larry Adair	86	Dem	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes
Sandy Sanders	87	Dem	Oklahoma
Don Denman	88	Dem	Oklahoma
Rebecca Hamilton	89	Dem	Oklahoma
Mike J. Lawter	90	Dem	Oklahoma
Keith Leftwich	91	Dem	Oklahoma
Jim Fried	92	Dem	Oklahoma
Ben Brown	93	Dem	Oklahoma
Fred Joiner	94	Dem	Oklahoma
David Craighead	95	Dem	Oklahoma
Maxine Kincheloe	96	Rep	Oklahoma
Kevin Cox	97	Dem	Oklahoma
Thomas Duckett	98	Dem	Canadian, Grady, Oklahoma
Freddye Williams	99	Dem	Oklahoma
Mike Fair	100	Rep	Canadian, Oklahoma
Carl Twidwell Jr.	101	Dem	Oklahoma

Notes

1. A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 20, 2013)
2. OSSM Library Services Archived 2010-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (accessed June 24, 2013)
3. Oklahoma Almanac, 2005, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed June 27, 2013)
4. Larry Roberts served in 1984, while Fitzgibbon was suspended.

References

• https://www.webcitation.org/6HYhBhiNR?url=http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Historic.aspx
• http://www.ok.gov/ltgovernor/Office_of_Lieutenant_Governor/History_of_Lieutenant_Governor/
• Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
• President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate