38th Oklahoma Legislature

The Thirty-eighth 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 6 to July 20, 1981, from August 31 to September 4, 1981, and from January 5 to July 12, 1982, during the term of Governor George Nigh.[1] After the legislative council was eliminated in 1980, the Oklahoma House of Representatives added research and fiscal divisions.[1]

38th Oklahoma Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Leadership
Marvin York (D)
Term:
January 6, 1981-January 4, 1983
Composition:
Senate
36   12  
House
75   26  

Marvin York served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Daniel Draper served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1] Frank Keating served as the Minority leader of the Oklahoma Senate. Neal McCaleb served as the Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

Dates of sessions

  • First regular session: January 6-July 20, 1981
  • Special session: August 31-September 4, 1981
  • Second regular session: January 5-July 12, 1982

Previous: 37th Legislature • Next: 39th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
36 12 48
Voting share 75% 25%

House of Representatives

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

Leadership

Senate

Oklahoma City Democratic Senator Marvin York served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Frank Keating served as the Republican Minority leader.

House of Representatives

Democratic Representative Daniel Draper served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Mike Murphy served as Speaker Pro Tempore.[1] Representative Neal McCaleb served as the Republican Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

Members

Senate

DistrictNamePartyHometown
Lt-GovSpencer BernardDemPresident
1William SchueleinDemMiami
2Bill CrutcherDem
3Herb RozellDemTahlequah
4Joe JohnsonDem
5Gerald DennisDemAntlers
6Roy BoatnerDemDurant
7Gene StipeDemMcAlester
8Robert MillerDem
9John LutonDemMuskogee
10John DahlDemBarnsdall
12John YoungDemSapulpa
13James W. McDanielDem
14Ernest MartinDemArdmore
15Bill BranchDemNorman
16Lee CateDemNorman
17John CliftonDemShawnee
19Norman LambRepEnid
20William O'ConnorRep
21Bernice ShedrickDemStillwater
22Gideon TinsleyDem
23Ray GilesDemPocasset
24Kenneth LandisDem
24Herschal CrowDemAltus
26Gilmer CappsDemSayre
27Wayne WinnDem
29Jerry PierceRep
31Paul TaliaferroDemLawton
32Al TerrillDemLawton
33Rodger RandleDemTulsa
34Robert V. CullisonDemTulsa
35Warren GreenRepTulsa
36Gene C. HowardDemTulsa
37Finis SmithDemTulsa
38Frank KeatingRepTulsa
39Jerry L. SmithRepTulsa
40Mike CombsRepOklahoma City
41Phil WatsonRepOklahoma City
42James HowellDemMidwest City
43Don KilpatrickDemOklahoma City
44Marvin YorkDemOklahoma City
45Ed MooreRepOklahoma City
46Bernest CainDemOklahoma City
47John R. McCuneRepOklahoma City
48E. Melvin PorterDemOklahoma City
49Timothy D. LeonardRepOklahoma City
50Jeff JohnstonDemSeminole
52E. W. KellerRepBethany
54Don CumminsDemOklahoma City
  • Tabled based on state almanac.[2]

House of Representatives

NameDistrictPartyCounties
Mike Murphy1DemMcCurtain
Don Mentzer2DemSequoyah
Mick Thompson3DemLeFlore
William Willis4DemCherokee
Wiley Sparkman5DemDelaware, Mayes, Ottawa
George Vaughn6DemCraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers
Joe Fitzgibbon7DemOttawa
J. D. Whorton8RepMayes, Rogers, Wagoner
Stratton Taylor9DemRogers
A.C. Holden10DemOsage, Washington
Don Koppel11RepNowata, Washington
Bill Lancaster12DemMuskogee, Wagoner
Jim Barker13DemMuskogee
John Monks14DemMuskogee
Charles Peterson15DemHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee
Frank Shurden16DemOkmulgee
"Red" Caldwell17DemLatimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg
Frank Harbin18DemPittsburg
Gary Sherrer19DemChoctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha
Bob Trent20DemAtoka, Johnston, Pittsburg
Guy Gaylon Davis21DemBryan
Jack F. Kelly22DemCarter, Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc
Twyla Mason Gray23DemTulsa, Wagoner
Bill Robinson24DemHughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
Lonnie Abbott25DemPontotoc
Robert Harlan Henry26DemPottawatomie
Steve C. Lewis27DemCleveland, Pottawatomie
Enoch Kelly Haney28DemOkfuskee, Seminole
Oval Cunningham29DemCreek
Benny Vanatta30DemCreek
Frank W. Davis31RepLogan, Noble
Charlie Morgan32DemLincoln, Logan
Joe Manning33DemPayne
Daniel Draper34DemPayne
Don Johnson35DemNoble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne
Don Anderson36DemOsage
James Holt37RepKay
Robert Milacek38RepAlfalfa, Grant, Kay
Steven Boeckman39RepAlfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major
Homer Rieger40RepGarfield
Bruce Harvey41RepGarfield
Don Garrison42DemGarvin, Grady
Donald Feddersen43DemCanadian
Cleta Deatherage44DemCleveland
Cal Hobson45DemCleveland
Jerry F. Smith46DemCleveland, McClain
Denver Talley47DemGrady
A Don Duke48DemCarter
Bill Brewster49DemCarter, Love, Marshall
JD Blodgett50RepStephens
Vernon Dunn51DemCotton, Jefferson, Stephens
Howard Cotner52DemJackson
Bob Harper53DemComanche, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman
Helen Cole54RepCleveland
Harvey Weichel55DemCaddo, Kiowa, Washita
Tom Manar56DemCaddo
Bill Widener57DemBlaine, Custer
Lewis Kamas58RepWoods, Woodward
Dr. Rollin D. Reimer59DemBlaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward
Willie Rogers60DemBeckham, Greer, Harmon
Walter Hill61RepBeaver, Cimarron, Texas
Ken Harris62DemComanche
Marvin Baughman63DemComanche, Tillman
Butch Hooper64DemComanche
Jim Glover65DemComanche
Pete Riggs66DemTulsa
Joan Hastings67RepTulsa
Robert Hopkins68DemTulsa
Nelson Little69RepTulsa
Penny Williams70DemTulsa
Helen Arnold71RepTulsa
Don McCorkle Jr.72DemTulsa
Bernard McIntyre73DemTulsa
Rodney Hargrave74DemTulsa
Alene Baker75DemRogers, Tulsa
James Allen Williamson76RepTulsa
William Poulos77DemTulsa
Frank Pitezel78RepTulsa
Jim Henshaw79RepTulsa
Charles Ford80RepTulsa
Neal McCaleb81RepOklahoma
George Osborne82RepOklahoma
Gean Atkinson83RepOklahoma
Bill Graves84RepOklahoma
George Camp85RepOklahoma
Rick Stahl86DemAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes
Sandy Sanders87DemOklahoma
Don Denman88DemOklahoma
Rebecca Hamilton89DemOklahoma
Mike J. Lawter90DemOklahoma
Keith Leftwich91DemOklahoma
Jim Fried92DemOklahoma
Ben Brown93DemOklahoma
Fred Joiner94DemOklahoma
David Craighead95DemOklahoma
Maxine Kincheloe96RepOklahoma
Kevin Cox97DemOklahoma
Thomas Duckett98DemCanadian, Grady, Oklahoma
Freddye Williams99DemOklahoma
Mike Fair100RepCanadian, Oklahoma
Carl Twidwell Jr.101DemOklahoma
  • Table based on government database.[3]

References

  1. A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 20, 2013)
  2. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 10, 2013)
  3. Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 20, 2013)
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