25th Oklahoma Legislature
25th Oklahoma Legislature | ||
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Speaker of the House: | Bill Harkey (D) | |
Composition: | 102 19 |
The Twenty-fifth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the
Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and was the first speaker to serve two consecutive terms.[1]
During the 1955 session, the state legislature approved a legislative referendum to end school segregation, in response to the 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education.[1] It was approved by voters in 1956 by a 3-1 margin.[1]
Dates of session
- January 4 to May 27, 1955[1]
Previous: 24th Legislature • Next: 26th Legislature
Party composition
Senate
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Republican | |||
39 | 5 | 44 | ||
Voting share | 88.6% | 11.4% |
House of Representatives
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Republican | |||
102 | 19 | 121 | ||
Voting share | 84.3% | 15.7% |
Major legislation
- Desegregation - House Joint Resolution 504 created a legislative referendum to end school segregation, in response to the 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education.[1] It was approved by voters in 1956 by a 3-1 margin.[1]
Leadership
Democratic
- Senate President Pro Tem: Ray Fine
- Speaker of the House: B.E. Bill Harkey[1]
- Speaker Pro Tempore: Floyd Sumrall[1]
- Majority Floor Leader: James Bullard[1]
Republican
- Minority Leader: W.A. Burton Jr.[1]
Staff
- Carl Staas was the chief clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[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 | D. L. Jones | Dem |
6 | Carl Max Cook | Dem |
6 | Byron Dacus | Dem |
7 | Stanley Coppock | Rep
|
8 | Floyd Carrier | Rep |
9 | Roy Grantham | Rep |
10 | J. L. Maltsberger | Rep |
11 | Everett Collins | Dem |
12 | Carl Morgan | Rep |
13 | Oliver Walker | Dem |
13 | Boyd Cowden | Dem |
14 | Jim A. Rinehart | Dem |
14 | George Miskovsky | Dem |
15 | Walt Allen | Dem |
15 | Don Baldwin | Dem |
16 | Roy C. Boecher | Dem |
17 | Harold Garvin | Dem |
17 | Bill Logan | Dem |
18 | Fred Chapman | Dem |
19 | Virgil Young | Dem |
19 | Herbert Hope | Dem |
20 | Keith Cartwright | Dem |
21 | Clem Hamilton | Dem |
22 | Paul Ballinger | Dem |
23 | Glen Collins | Dem |
24 | Leroy McClendon | Dem |
25 | Kirksey Nix | Dem |
26 | Gene Herndon | Dem |
27 | Harold Shoemake | Dem |
27 | Howard Young | Dem |
28 | Ray Fine | Dem |
29 | Buck Dendy | Dem |
30 | Jess Fronterhouse | Dem |
31 | Arthur Price | Rep |
32 | John W. Russell Jr. | Dem |
33 | Clem McSpadden | Dem |
34 | Frank Mahan | Dem |
35 | Bob Trent | Dem |
36 | Bruce Frazier | Dem |
- Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[2]
House of Representatives
Name | Party | County |
---|---|---|
W. H. Langley | Dem | Adair |
Tom Morford | Rep | Alfalfa |
Joseph Payton | Dem | Atoka |
Floyd Sumrall | Dem | Beaver |
H. F. Carmichael | Dem | Beckham |
J. L. Edgecomb | Dem |
Blaine |
Raney Arnold | Dem | Bryan |
Harry J. W. Belvin | Dem | Bryan |
Robert Lawson Goodfellow | Dem | Caddo |
Charley Long | Dem | Caddo |
Jean Pazoureck | Dem | Canadian |
John T. Tipps | Dem | Carter |
Harley Venters | Dem | Carter |
Jack Bliss | Dem | Cherokee |
Lucien Spear | Dem | Choctaw |
Carl Etling | Rep | Cimarron |
Robert L. Bailey | Dem | Cleveland |
Leland Wolf | Dem | Cleveland |
Delbert Inman | Dem | Coal |
Charles Ozmun | Dem | Comanche |
Githen Rhoads | Dem | Comanche |
Jim Taliaferro | Dem | Comanche |
W. B. Nelson | Dem | Cotton |
George Pitcher | Dem | Craig |
Lou Stockton Allard | Dem | Creek |
Heber Finch | Dem | Creek |
William Shibley | Dem | Creek |
Clarence Sweeney | Dem | Custer |
Carl Thomas Mustain | Dem | Delaware |
J. B. Graybill | Dem | Dewey |
A.R. Larason | Dem | Ellis |
John Camp | Rep | Garfield |
Richard Romang | Rep | Garfield |
Jesse Daniel | Dem | Garvin |
Glen Ham | Dem | Garvin |
Jefferson Lee Davis | Dem | Grady |
John A. Lance | Dem | Grady |
A. E. Green | Dem | Grant |
Elmo Hurst | Dem | Greer |
Dale Kite | Dem | Harmon |
J. E. Bouse | Dem | Harper |
Edward Chunings | Dem | Haskell |
Hugh Sandlin | Dem | Hughes |
Guy Horton | Dem | Jackson |
Bill Bradley | Dem | Jefferson |
Charles Norris | Dem | Johnston |
Guy Bailey | Dem | Kay |
Raymond Craig | Rep | Kay |
William Burton | Rep | Kingfisher |
William Metcalf | Dem | Kiowa |
Jim Cook | Dem | Latimer |
James Fesperman | Dem | LeFlore |
Ralph Vandiver | Dem | LeFlore |
Jesse Berry | Rep | Lincoln |
Barbour Cox | Dem | Lincoln |
Joe Carey | Rep | Logan |
Rudolph Folsom | Dem | Love |
Howard Lindley | Rep | Major |
Jay Payne | Dem | Marshall |
G. A. Sampsel | Dem | Mayes |
- Table based on government database.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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)
- ^ 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 July 3, 2013).