28th Oklahoma Legislature
The Twenty-eighth 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 3 to July 28, 1961, during the term of Governor J. Howard Edmondson.[1]
28th Oklahoma Legislature | |
|---|---|
.svg.png.webp) | |
| Leadership | |
George Nigh (D) | |
Everett Boecher (D) | |
J. D. McCarty (D) | |
Composition: | |
J. D. McCarty was elected as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, breaking the tradition of governor-backed speakers.[1] McCarty would go on to become Oklahoma's first three-term speaker.[1]
Leadership
Democratic leadership
- President of the Senate: Lieutenant Governor Cowboy Pink Williams[2]
- President Pro Tem of the Senate: Everett Boecher
- Speaker of the House: J. D. McCarty[1]
- Speaker Pro Tempore: Delbert Inman[1]
- Majority Floor Leader: Leland Wolf[1]
Republican leadership
- Minority Leader: Carl Etling[1]
Members
Senate
| District | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leon B. Field | Dem |
| 2 | Charles M. Wilson | Dem |
| 2 | S. S. McColgin | Dem |
| 3 | Ben Easterly | Dem |
| 4 | Basil Wilson | Dem |
| 5 | Ryan Kerr | Dem |
| 6 | Ed Berrong | Dem |
| 6 | Byron Dacus | Dem |
| 7 | Tom Morford | Rep |
| 8 | Richard Romang | Rep |
| 9 | Roy Grantham | Rep |
| 10 | Robert Breeden | Rep |
| 11 | Everett Collins | Dem |
| 12 | Louis Ritzhaupt | Dem |
| 13 | Ralph Graves | Dem |
| 13 | Boyd Cowden | Dem |
| 14 | Jean Pazoureck | Dem |
| 14 | Cleeta John Rogers | Dem |
| 15 | Walt Allen | Dem |
| 15 | Don Baldwin | Dem |
| 16 | Roy C. Boecher | Dem |
| 17 | Harold Garvin | Dem |
| 17 | Fred Harris | Dem |
| 18 | Tom Tipps | Dem |
| 19 | Robert L. Bailey | Dem |
| 19 | Glen Ham | Dem |
| 20 | Harry J. W. Belvin | Dem |
| 21 | Clem Hamilton | Dem |
| 22 | Alfred Stevenson | Dem |
| 23 | Buck Cartwright | Dem |
| 24 | Leroy McClendon | Dem |
| 25 | Gene Stipe | Dem |
| 26 | Charles Colston | Dem |
| 27 | Harold Shoemake | Dem |
| 27 | Wilford Bohannon | Dem |
| 28 | Ray Fine | Dem |
| 29 | George Pitcher | Dem |
| 30 | Robert Lollar | Dem |
| 31 | Yates Land | Dem |
| 32 | Tom Payne Jr. | Dem |
| 33 | Clem McSpadden | Dem |
| 34 | Denzil Garrison | Rep |
| 35 | Bob Trent | Dem |
| 36 | Joe Bailey Cobb | Dem |
- Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]
House of Representatives
| Name | Party | County |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Harper | Dem | Adair |
| Frank Reneau | Dem | Alfalfa |
| Harold Thomas | Dem | Atoka |
| George Karnes | Dem | Beaver |
| Homer Holcomb | Dem | Beckham |
| O. R. Wilhelm | Dem | Beckham |
| James Burnham | Dem | Blaine |
| John Massey | Dem | Bryan |
| Sam Sullivan | Dem | Bryan |
| Robert Goodfellow | Dem | Caddo |
| James Kardokus | Dem | Caddo |
| Ralph Watkins | Dem | Canadian |
| Martin Dyer | Dem | Carter |
| James W. Williams | Dem | Carter |
| William Willis | Dem | Cherokee |
| Wayne Sanguin | Dem | Choctaw |
| Carl Etling | Rep | Cimarron |
| Kenneth Poynor | Dem | Cleveland |
| Leland Wolf | Dem | Cleveland |
| Delbert Inman | Dem | Coal |
| Manville Redman | Dem | Comanche |
| Jim Taliaferro | Dem | Comanche |
| James Witt | Dem | Cotton |
| Harold Morgan | Dem | Craig |
| Heber Finch Jr. | Dem | Creek |
| William Shibley | Dem | Creek |
| Lou Stockton Allard | Dem | Creek |
| M. A. Diel | Dem | Custer |
| Wiley Sparkman | Dem | Delaware |
| E. D. Nichols | Dem | Dewey |
| A. R. Larason | Dem | Ellis |
| John Camp | Rep | Garfield |
| Bert Page | Rep | Garfield |
| Sam Richardson | Dem | Garvin |
| Tom Strickland | Dem | Garvin |
| Spencer Bernard | Dem | Grady |
| Robert Clark | Dem | Grady |
| John A. Lance | Dem | Grady |
| A. E. Green | Dem | Grant |
| Elmo Hurst | Dem | Greer |
| James Fowler | Dem | Harmon |
| Clayton Lauer | Rep | Harper |
| Earl Bilyeu | Dem | Haskell |
| Stona Fitch | Dem | Hughes |
| Maurice Willis | Dem | Jackson |
| Bill Bradley | Dem | Jefferson |
| Kenneth Converse | Dem | Johnston |
| John Howe | Dem | Kay |
| Raymond Craig | Rep | Kay |
| Milton Priebe | Rep | Kingfisher |
| Joyce Holder | Dem | Kiowa |
| William Metcalf | Dem | Kiowa |
| Jim Cook | Dem | Latimer |
| Tom Traw | Dem | LeFlore |
| Ralph Vandiver | Dem | LeFlore |
| Barbour Cox | Dem | Lincoln |
| Milton Craig | Dem | Lincoln |
| Dick Fogarty | Dem | Logan |
| John Steele Batson | Dem | Love |
| Art Bower | Rep | Major |
| Delmas Northcutt | Dem | Marshall |
| J. W. Bynum | Dem | Mayes |
| Norman A. Smith | Dem | McClain |
| Garfield Settles | Dem | McCurtain |
| Kelsie Jones | Dem | McCurtain |
| Martin Odom | Dem | McIntosh |
| Carl Williams | Dem | Murray |
| Bill Haworth | Dem | Muskogee |
| Russell Ruby | Dem | Muskogee |
| George Spraker | 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 |
| O.E. Richeson | 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 |
| Ray Van Hooser | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Lonnie Abbott | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Robert Ford | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Charles Henry | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| 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 |
| A. F. Edison | Dem | Seminole |
| Allen Nichols | Dem | Seminole |
| Maynard Blackard | Dem | Sequoyah |
| Edward Bond | Dem | Stephens |
| James Bullard | Dem | Stephens |
| Frank Ogden | Dem | Texas |
| Frank Patterson | Dem | Tillman |
| David Atkinson | Dem | Tulsa |
| Ed Bradley | Dem | Tulsa |
| John McCune | Dem | Tulsa |
| Grant Forsythe | Dem | Tulsa |
| Robert Hopkins | Dem | Tulsa |
| Gene Howard | Dem | Tulsa |
| Alex Johnston | Dem | Tulsa |
| Vol Howard Odom | Dem | Wagoner |
| Clyde Sare | Dem | 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.[4]
Staff
- Louise Stockton[1]
References
- 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)
- History of the Lieutenant Governor's Office (accessed June 16, 2013)
- 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 763-764. (accessed July 9, 2013)
- Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.