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
Coat of arms or logo
Leadership
Everett Boecher (D)
J. D. McCarty (D)
Composition:
Senate
40   4  
House
104   13  

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]

Dates of session

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  • January 3 to July 28, 1961[1]

Previous: 27th Legislature • Next: 29th Legislature

Leadership

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Democratic leadership

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Republican leadership

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Members

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Senate

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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

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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 W. 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

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  • Louise Stockton[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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)
  2. ^ History of the Lieutenant Governor's Office (accessed June 16, 2013)
  3. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 763-764. (accessed July 9, 2013)
  4. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)