9th Oklahoma Legislature

The 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 Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 2 to March 31, 1923,[1] during the short term of Governor Jack C. Walton, and in two special sessions after his impeachment.

9th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
Tom Anglin (D)
Speaker of the House:
Murray Gibbons (D)
Composition:
Senate
32   12  
House
93   14  

Tom Anglin served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Murray Gibbons served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

  • Regular session: January 2-March 31, 1923
  • First special session: October 11, 1923-January 14, 1924
  • Second special session: January 15, 1924-March 15, 1924

Previous: 8th Legislature • Next: 10th Legislature

Major events

  • The state legislature successfully impeached Governor Jack C. Walton, who was suspended on October 23, 1923, and convicted and removed from office of November 19, 1923. Lieutenant Governor Martin Trapp became acting governor upon his suspension and the sixth Governor of Oklahoma upon his conviction.[2]
  • Soon after taking office, Trapp called the Oklahoma Legislature into special session to investigate state officials and agencies.[3]

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
32 12 44
Voting share 72.8% 27.2%

House of Representatives

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
93 14 107
Voting share 82.6% 26.4%

Leadership

Lieutenant Governor Martin Trapp served as President of the Senate until the suspension of the governor on October 23, 1923, and his conviction on November 19, 1923.[2] Tom Anglin served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.[4] Murray Gibbons was Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

Members

Senate

DistrictNameParty
1Wallace HughesDem
2C.B. LeedyRep
2E.M. ReedDem
3L.R. HugheyDem
4Mrs. Lamar LooneyDem
5Harry CordellDem
6James LandRep
6A.E. DarnellDem
7Ira HillRep
8W.J. OtjenRep
9William ClineDem
10Roy HarveyRep
11Harry JonesDem
12John GolobieRep
13Charles WellsRep
13C.M. FeuquayDem
14Jack BarkerDem
14Ross LillardDem
15Ed JohnsDem
15L.L. WestDem
16H. BrownRep
17W.C. LewisDem
17Jed JohnsonDem
18Earl BrownDem
18John CarlockDem
19John LuttrellDem
19W.H. WoodsDem
20C.E. McPherrenDem
20T.F. MemmingerDem
21L.P. BoboDem
22Tom AnglinDem
23Joseph LooneyDem
24William J. HollowayDem
25Carl MonkDem
26Joe RatliffDem
27W.M. GulagerDem
27Clark NicholsDem
28E.M. FryeRep
29Harve LangleyDem
30Horace DurantRep
31Wash HudsonDem
32Glen HornerRep
33Floyd CalvertDem
34J. Corbett CornettRep
  • Table based on state almanac and list of all senators.[4][5]

House of Representatives

NamePartyCounty
K.G. ComfortDemAdair
Leslie SalterRepAlfalfa
H.G. EastridgeDemAtoka
Leslie RayRepBeaver, Harper
Ira FinleyDemBeckham
L.A. EverhartRepBlaine
C.E. ThornleyDemBryan
E.P. WhiteDemBryan
F.B. JonesDemCaddo
J.L. MontgomeryDemCaddo
Price ThompsonDemCanadian
T.J. PollockDemCarter
Guy SiglerDemCarter
John GulagerDemCherokee
D.A. StovallDemChoctaw
I.M. LightnerDemCimarron, Texas
J.B. PhillipsDemCleveland
W.H. ThornsbroughDemCoal
L.E. GoodrichDemComanche
Fred HansenDemCotton
Joe L. WilliamsDemCraig
Lulu AndersonDemCreek
W.I. CunninghamDemCreek
Charles HutsonDemCreek
J.W. BremerDemCuster
W.D. GibsonDemDelaware
M.R. PayneDemDewey
E.M. BeumDemEllis
V.L. HeadrickRepGarfield
William OtjenRepGarfield
James M. ThompsonDemGarvin
A.L. DavisDemGrady
Gordon GrayDemGrady
Lewis WatkinsDemGrant
J.G.H. WindleDemGreer
H. TreadwayDemHarmon
Newt SandersDemHaskell
C.T. EdwardsDemHughes
C.W. MillerDemHughes
L.R. LowryDemJackson
A.C. BurgerDemJefferson
John GarnerDemJohnston
John BellDemKay
Walter FranksDemKay
Henry CloudRepKingfisher
James TolbertDemKiowa
J.W. CallahanDemLatimer
J.B. HarperDemLeFlore
Burton KiddDemLeFlore
B. TaylorRepLincoln
M.M. WatsonRepLincoln
O.B. ActonRepLogan
Woody DixonDemLove
John VoorheesRepMajor
D.T. WootenDemMarshall
J.C. LindseyDemMayes
Murray GibbonsDemMcClain
James DyerDemMcCurtain
Paul StewartDemMcCurtain
D.A. BrumleyDemMcIntosh
E.F. SaltsmanDemMcIntosh
Jesse PullenDemMurray
A.K. BerryDemMuskogee
Wesley E. DisneyDemMuskogee
Perry MillerDemMuskogee
R.F. HoweRepNoble
Charles BaskinDemNowata
T.W. HarmanDemOkfuskee
T.H. WrenDemOkfuskee
W.S. BurlesonDemOklahoma
Anna LaskeyDemOklahoma
Joe O'BrienDemOklahoma
W.W. RobertsonDemOklahoma
R.A. SingletaryDemOklahoma
Allen StreetDemOklahoma
A.H. CulpDemOkmulgee
Charles LewisDemOkmulgee
Joseph RossiterDemOkmulgee
Richard ElamDemOsage
Marshall SmithDemOsage
J.S. MabonRepOttawa
George MoothartDemOttawa
E.M. FunkhouserDemPawnee
Edith MitchellDemPayne
Charles BriceDemPittsburg
T.D. TaylorDemPittsburg
Fred BrydiaDemPontotoc
N.A.J. TicerDemPottawatomie
L.C. WatsonDemPottawatomie
G.T. JohnsonDemPushmataha
W.A. AdamsDemRoger Mills
Wayne BaylessDemRogers
Wilbur VarnumDemSeminole
J.L. WatsonDemSequoyah
W.D. McBeeDemStephens
James C. NanceDemStephens
Henry R. KingDemTillman
Frank BoyerDemTulsa
Warren FerrellDemTulsa
J.S. LongDemTulsa
John MillerDemTulsa
J.W. SimpsonDemTulsa
W.S. VernonDemWagoner
G.I VandallDemWashington
Edward HinesDemWashita
Marion ClothierRepWoods
Jerry CooverRepWoodward
  • Table based on government database.[6]

References

  1. A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 20, 2013)
  2. O'Dell, Larry. WALTON, JOHN CALLOWAY (1881-1949) Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine. (accessed July 2, 2013)
  3. Biographical Note Martin Trapp (accessed July 14, 2013)
  4. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 1, 2013)
  5. All Senate List Archived 2013-03-28 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed on June 28, 2013).
  6. Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 23, 2013)
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