21st Oklahoma Legislature

The Twenty-first 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 from January 7 to May 8, 1947,[1] during the term of Governor Roy J. Turner. The session was marked by a gunfight on the Senate floor, in which a state representative shot Tom Anglin, a state senator and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, in the hip, on May 7, 1947.[2]

21st Oklahoma Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Leadership
C. R. Board (D)
Composition:
Senate
38   6  
House
95   22  

James C. Nance served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and C. R. Board served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of session

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  • Session: January 7, 1947 – May 8, 1947[1]

Previous: 20th Legislature • Next: 22nd Legislature

Party composition

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Senate

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Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
38 6 44
Voting share 86.4% 13.6%

House of Representatives

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Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
95 22 117
Voting share 81.2% 18.8%

Leadership

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Senate

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James C. Nance served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.[3]

House of Representatives

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C. R. Board served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Claud Thompson served as Speaker Pro Tempore.[1] R. Rhys Evans served as the House Majority Floor Leader.[1] Bob Barr served as the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

Members

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Senate

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President Pro Tem James C. Nance
District Name Party
1 Dwight Leonard Dem
2 A. E. Anderson Dem
2 Orval Grim Dem
3 Claude Seaman Rep
4 Henry W. Worthington Dem
5 Burr Speck Dem
6 L.E. Wheeler Dem
6 Byron Dacus Dem
7 Bill Ginder Rep
8 Floyd Carrier Rep
9 Perry Howell Rep
10 Sherman Trussel Rep
11 Everett Collins Dem
12 Louis Ritzhaupt Dem
13 Mead Norton Dem
13 Boyd Cowden Dem
14 Jim A. Rinehart Dem
14 Robert Burns Dem
15 Tom Jelks Dem
15 Theodore Pruett Dem
16 E. B. Grennell Rep
17 Phil Lowery Dem
17 Bill Logan Dem
18 Fred Chapman Dem
19 James C. Nance Dem
19 Homer Paul Dem
20 Bayless Irby Dem
21 J. Gladstone Emery Dem
22 Tom Anglin Dem
23 Virgil Medlock Dem
24 Thomas Finney Dem
25 M. O. Counts Dem
26 Raymond D. Gary Dem
27 Will Rogers Dem
27 Roy White Dem
28 Ray Fine Dem
29 W. T. Gooldy Dem
30 Perry Porter Dem
31 Arthur Price Rep
32 James Nevins Dem
33 W. A. Waller Dem
34 Frank Mahan Dem
35 H. D. Binns Dem
36 Joe Bailey Cobb Dem
  • Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]

House of Representatives

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State Representative Henry Bellmon would go on to serve as Oklahoma's governor.
Name Party County
W. H. Langley Dem Adair
W. E. Cordray Rep Alfalfa
Harold Toaz Dem Atoka
W. T. Quinn Rep Beaver
H. C. Hathcoat Dem Beckham
Jack Dillon Rep Blaine
Keith Cartwright Dem Bryan
Clark White Dem Bryan
Don Baldwin Dem Caddo
Walter Morris Dem Caddo
Jean Pazoureck Dem Canadian
R. Rhys Evans Dem Carter
Wilson Wallace Dem Carter
S. Richard Smith Dem Cherokee
Hal Welch Dem Choctaw
C. R. Board Dem Cimarron
Joe Smalley Dem Cleveland
Owen Summers Dem Coal
Charles Ozmun Dem Comanche
Dick Riggs Dem Comanche
G. G. Upchurch Dem Cotton
W. Walter Bailey Dem Craig
Lou Stockton Allard Dem Creek
Streeter Speakman Dem Creek
William Shibley Dem Creek
William Dunn Dem Custer
Mattison Sparkman Dem Delaware
Jim Kouns Dem Dewey
A. R. Larason Dem Ellis
John Camp Rep Garfield
Martin Garber Rep Garfield
Easter Brown Dem Garvin
Ike Tolbert Dem Garvin
C. C. Chastain Dem Grady
A. E. Hennings Dem Grady
J. C. Hoffsommer Rep Grant
Wade Shumate Dem Greer
Wilburn Medaris Dem Harmon
C. F. Miles Dem Harper
D. C. Cantrell Dem Haskell
Paul Ballinger Dem Hughes
Jimie Scott Dem Hughes
Guy Horton Dem Jackson
D. L. Jones Dem Jackson
Jack Coleman Dem Jefferson
Marvin Brannon Dem Johnston
C. B. McCLean Rep Kay
James McNeese Rep Kay
W. A. Burton Jr. Dem Kingfisher
Ralph Farrar Dem Kiowa
E. T. Dunlap Dem Latimer
Dual Autry Dem LeFlore
Edd C. Hawthorne Dem LeFlore
C. L. Mills Rep Lincoln
Lloyd McGuire Rep Logan
Joe Thompson Dem Love
Sam Alexander Rep Major
Roy Biles Dem Marshall
Gus Bethell Dem Mayes
Purman Wilson Dem McClain
James Dyer Dem McCurtain
Paul Harkey Dem McCurtain
Clinton White Dem McIntosh
Jack Barron Dem Murray
Carl Frix Dem Muskogee
H. P. Watkins Dem Muskogee
David Wood Dem Muskogee
Henry Bellmon Rep Noble
James Staten Dem Nowata
Dwight Tolle Dem Okfuskee
Dwain Box Dem Oklahoma
Harold Carey Dem Oklahoma
Ben Gullett Dem Oklahoma
John Jarman Dem Oklahoma
B. B. Kerr Dem Oklahoma
J. D. McCarty Dem Oklahoma
Paul Washington Dem Oklahoma
John W. Russell Jr. Dem Okmulgee
Bill Shipley Dem Okmulgee
B. L. Williams Dem Okmulgee
Charles Bacon Dem Osage
Bill Burkhart Dem Osage
Grace Mitchelson Dem Ottawa
Mona Jean Russell Dem Ottawa
Jo Ferguson Rep Pawnee
J. H. Arrington Dem Payne
Lonnie Brown Dem Pittsburg
C. Plowboy Edwards Dem Pittsburg
Garland Jordan Dem Pittsburg
Thomas Holt Dem Pontotoc
H. P. Sugg Dem Pontotoc
James Densford Dem Pottawatomie
John Levergood Dem Pottawatomie
William Tiffany Dem Pottawatomie
Claud Thompson Dem Pushmataha
S. S. McColgin Dem Roger Mills
E. W. Meads Dem Rogers
Walter Billingsley Dem Seminole
N. Blaylock Dem Seminole
Con Long Dem Seminole
Owen Taylor Dem Sequoyah
James Bullard Dem Stephens
D. A. Segrest Dem Stephens
Leon B. Field Dem Texas
E. H. Shelton Dem Tillman
Robert Alexander Rep Tulsa
George Campbell Rep Tulsa
Joe Harshbarger Rep Tulsa
Richard McDermott Rep Tulsa
Joe Musgrave Rep Tulsa
C. R. Nixon Rep Tulsa
A. E. Williams Rep Tulsa
John T. Waggoner Dem Wagoner
Laton Doty Rep Washington
A. R. Ash Dem Washita
Ben Easterly Dem Woods
Clarence Meigs Rep Woodward
  • Table based on government database.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, p. II-4, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (accessed June 28, 2013)
  2. ^ A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, p. IV-6, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (accessed June 28, 2013)
  3. ^ a b 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 761-762, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed July 9, 2013)
  4. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).