24th Oklahoma Legislature

24th Oklahoma Legislature
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Composition:
Senate
38   6  
House
104   13  

The Twenty-fourth 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 6 to May 6, 1953, during the term of Governor Johnston Murray.[1] James C. Nance became the first two-term Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

Dates of session

  • January 6 to May 6, 1953[1]

Previous: 23rd Legislature • Next: 25th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Republican
38 6 44
Voting share 86.4% 15.6%

House of Representatives

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Republican
104 13 117
Voting share 88.9% 11.1%

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor James E. Berry served as President of the Senate, giving him a tie-breaking vote. Raymond D. Gary, a future governor, served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.[2]

House of Representatives

James C. Nance was elected by his fellow state representatives to serve as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and James E. Douglas was elected as Speaker Pro Tempore.[1] Glen Ham served as the Majority Floor Leader and C. R. Nixon served as the Republican Minority leader.[1]

Eddie Higgins 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 Lawrence L. Irwin Dem
3 Claude Seaman Rep
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 Joe Smalley Dem
19 Herbert Hope Dem
20 Keith Cartwright Dem
21 Clem Hamilton Dem
22 Paul Ballinger Dem
23 Virgil Medlock Dem
24 Leroy McClendon Dem
25 Kirksey Nix Dem
26 Raymond D. Gary Dem
27 Harold Shoemake Dem
27 Howard Young Dem
28 Ray Fine Dem
29 Harold Morgan Dem
30 Jess Fronterhouse Dem
31 Arthur Price Rep
32 James Nevins Dem
33 John W. Russell Jr. Dem
34 Frank Mahan Dem
35 Henry Cooper Dem
36 Joe Bailey Cobb Dem
  • Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]

House of Representatives

Speaker James C. Nance
Name Party County
W. H. Langley Dem Adair
Tom Morford Rep Alfalfa
Floyd Mason Dem Atoka
Floyd Sumrall Dem Beaver
H. F. Carmichael Dem Beckham
H. G. Tolbert Rep Blaine
Raney Arnold Dem Bryan
James E. Douglas Dem Bryan
Charley Long Dem Caddo
F. H. Moorehead Dem Caddo
Jean Pazoureck Dem Canadian
James Payne Dem Carter
Ernest Tate Dem Carter
Richard Smith Dem Cherokee
Lucien Spear Dem Choctaw
Carl Etling Rep Cimarron
Leland Wolf Dem Cleveland
Virgil Young Dem Cleveland
T. K. Kinglesmith 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
L. A. Hudgins Dem Creek
William Shibley Dem Creek
Clarence Sweeney Dem Custer
Wiley Sparkman Dem Delaware
J. B. Graybill Dem Dewey
A. R. Larason Dem Ellis
John Camp Rep Garfield
Dan Mitchell Rep Garfield
Richard Romang Rep Garfield
Jesse Daniel Dem Garvin
Glen Ham Dem Garvin
Jefferson Lee Davis Dem Grady
Ira Humphreys Dem Grady
William Card Dem Grant
Elmo Hurst Dem Greer
Valdhe Pitman Dem Harmon
J. E. Bouse Dem Harper
Folsom Scott Dem Haskell
Frank Grayson Dem Hughes
Hugh Sandlin Dem Hughes
William J. Ivester Dem Jackson
Bill Bradley Dem Jefferson
Jack Gillam Dem Johnston
Raymond Craig Rep Kay
T. D. Harris Rep Kay
William A. Burton Jr. Rep Kingfisher
C. L. Krieger Dem Kiowa
Jim Cook Dem Latimer
James Fesperman Dem LeFlore
Ralph Vandiver Dem LeFlore
Richard James Rep Lincoln
Lewis Wolfe Rep Logan
Clint G. Livingston Dem Love
J. Howard Lindley Rep Major
Jay Payne Dem Marshall
G. A. Sampsel Dem Mayes
James C. Nance Dem McClain
Paul Harkey Dem McCurtain
Mort Welch Dem McCurtain
Lonnie McPeak Dem McIntosh
Bruce Frazier Dem Murray
Charles Hammers Dem Muskogee
Bill Haworth Dem Muskogee
Louis Smith Dem Muskogee
Robert S. Taylor Rep Noble
Otis Munson Dem Nowata
Bennie Hill Dem Okfuskee
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  • Table based on government database.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 761. (accessed June 28, 2013)
  3. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 761-762. (accessed July 9, 2013)
  4. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 30, 2013).