8th Oklahoma Legislature
Composition:
The 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 Oklahoma City , in regular session from January 4 to April 2, 1921, and in special session from April 25 to May 21, 1921, during the third year of the term of Governor James B.A. Robertson .[ 1] Oklahoma House of Representatives .[ 2] Oklahoma House of Representatives .[ 3] Lamar Looney , Oklahoma's first female state senator and a Democrat , was also elected in 1920.[ 4]
Impeachment charges were brought against lieutenant governor in the Oklahoma House of Representatives , but not sustained by the state senate.
T. C. Simpson served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and George Blaine Schwabe served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives .
Dates of sessions
Regular session: January 4-April 2, 1921
Special session: April 25-May 21, 1921 Previous: 7th Legislature • Next: 9th Legislature
Major events
on Republicans held the majority of seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives for the first time in state history, allowing them to select the chamber's leaders.[ 2]
The first female state legislators in Oklahoma served in the 1921 session.[ 3]
The Republican -dominated House brought impeachment charges against Lieutenant Governor Martin Trapp and narrowly failed to approve impeachment charges against both the state treasurer and Oklahoma Governor James Robertson . The Democratic -dominated Senate did not sustain the impeachment charges against Trapp.[ 5]
Party composition
Senate
Affiliation
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic
Republican
27
17
44
Voting share
61.4%
38.6%
House of Representatives
Affiliation
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican
Democratic
73
36
109
Voting share
67%
33%
Leadership
T. C. Simpson of Thomas, Oklahoma , served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate in 1921.[ 6] George B. Schwabe was Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives .[ 1]
Members
Senate
State Senator William J. Holloway would go on to become an Oklahoma governor.
District
Name
Party
Lt Gov
Martin E. Trapp Dem
1
M. W. Pugh
Dem
2
C. B. Leedy
Rep
2
James Spurlock
Dem
3
William Briggs
Rep
4
Mrs. Lamar Looney Dem
5
Harry Cordell
Dem
6
James Land
Rep
6
T. C. Simpson
Dem
7
Joe Sherman
Rep
8
Harry Glasser
Rep
9
W. T. Clark
Rep
10
Roy Harvey
Rep
11
M. F. Ingraham
Rep
12
John Golobie Rep
13
Charles Wells
Rep
13
M. W. Lynch
Rep
14
T. F. Hensley
Dem
14
Ross Lillard
Dem
15
C. A. Dearmon
Dem
15
L. L. West
Dem
16
H. Brown
Rep
17
L. A. Morton
Dem
17
Jed Johnson
Dem
18
James Draughon
Dem
18
John Carlock
Dem
19
W. R. Wallace
Dem
19
W. H. Woods
Dem
20
C. E. McPherren
Dem
20
Wilburn Cartwright Dem
21
J. E. Fleming
Dem
22
Tom Anglin
Dem
23
Luther Harrison
Dem
24
William J. Holloway Dem
25
E. P. Hill
Dem
26
Joe Ratliff
Dem
27
Clark Nichols
Dem
27
Samuel Morton Rutherford Dem
28
E. M. Frye
Rep
29
Pete Coyne
Dem
30
Horace Durant
Rep
31
R. L. Davidson
Dem
32
Glen Horner
Rep
33
E. E. Woods
Rep
34
J. Corbett Cornett
Rep
Table based on state almanac.[ 6]
House of Representatives
George B. Schwabe was Oklahoma's first Republican Speaker of the House.
Name
Party
County
W. A. Scofield
Rep
Adair
Leslie Salter
Rep
Alfalfa
F. C. Johnson
Dem
Atoka
J. W. Steffen
Rep
Beaver, Harper
W. A. Hornbeck
Dem
Beckham
L. A. Everhart
Rep
Blaine
Porter Newman
Dem
Bryan
J. B. Smith
Dem
Bryan
T. F. Cummings
Rep
Caddo
T. C. Ottinger
Rep
Caddo
J. L. Trevathan Thompson
Rep
Canadian
D. S. Hoover
Dem
Carter
Bruce Keenan
Rep
Cherokee
D. A. Stovall
Dem
Choctaw
John Q. Denny
Rep Cimarron, Texas
Ralph Hardie
Rep Cleveland
Austin Rice
Rep Coal
Thornton Clark
Rep Comanche
Leroy Elmore
Dem Cotton
P. Z. Newman
Rep Craig
Eli Admire
Rep Creek
W. D. Crane
Rep Custer
James Butler
Rep Delaware
Otto Smith
Rep Dewey
G. E. Davison
Rep Ellis
J. B. Campbell
Rep Garfield
L. G. Gossett
Rep Garfield
J. S. Garrison
Dem Garvin
A. L. Davis
Dem Grady
M. B. Louthan
Dem Grady
T. E. Beck
Rep Grant
Horace Simpson
Dem Greer
L. A. Pearson
Dem Harmon
John Ogle
Rep Haskell
Ben F. Harrison
Dem Hughes
Ed Dabney Dem Jackson
J. M Roberson
Dem Jefferson
Hugh Jones
Dem Johnston
F. A. Heberling
Rep Kay
W. P. Kimerer
Rep Kingfisher
S. D. Bailey
Rep Kiowa
George Mitchell
Rep Kiowa
Arthur Smallwood
Rep Latimer
Sam Neely
Dem LeFlore
J. T. White
Rep LeFlore
B. Taylor
Rep Lincoln
M. M. Watson
Rep Lincoln
William Dodd
Rep Logan
E. G. Sharp
Rep Logan
J. C. Graham
Dem Love
Roy Harp
Rep Major
Marvin Shilling
Dem Marshall
Will Crockett
Rep Mayes
Murray Gibbons
Dem McClain
James Dyer Jr.
Dem McCurtain
Charles Whitaker
Dem McIntosh
Jess Pullen
Dem Murray
Wesley E. Disney Dem Muskogee
Perry Miller
Dem Muskogee
J. F. Strayhorn
Dem Muskogee
H. E. Keim
Rep Noble
George B. Schwabe Rep Nowata
T. W. Harman
Rep Okfuskee
Thomas Gorman
Dem Oklahoma
I. L. Harris
Rep Oklahoma
John Jerkins
Dem Oklahoma
W. W. Robertson
Dem Oklahoma
Clarence Tylee
Rep Okmulgee
L. A. Wismeyer
Rep Osage
James Miller
Rep Ottawa
W. S. Caldwell
Rep Pawnee
Charles Platt
Rep Payne
Charles Brice
Dem Pittsburg
R. H. Matthews
Rep Pittsburg
W. O. Pratt
Dem Pittsburg
C. A. Knight
Dem Pontotoc
W. S. Pendleton
Dem Pottawatomie
Victor Locke Jr.
Rep Pushmataha
Bessie McColgin Rep Roger Mills
Harry Jennings
Rep Rogers
D. O. Jennings
Rep Seminole
R. A. Balance
Rep Sequoyah
James C. Nance Dem Stephens
H. R. King
Dem
Tillman
Bailey Bell
Rep
Tulsa
Remington Rogers
Rep
Tulsa
W. T. Drake
Rep
Wagoner
A. E. Craver
Rep
Washington
W. T. Graves
Dem
Washita
E. A. Herod
Rep
Woods
Jerry Coover
Rep
Woodward
Table based on government database.[ 7]
References
^ a b A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 20, 2013)^ a b Hannemann, Carolyn G. Schwabe, George Blaine (1886-1952) Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine , Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. (accessed April 29, 2013)
^ a b Pappas, Christine. McColgin, Amelia Elizabeth Simison (1875-1972 Archived 2014-12-07 at the Wayback Machine , Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture] (accessed May 9, 2013)
^ Pappas, Christine. Looney, Lamar (1871-1935) Archived 2013-03-03 at the Wayback Machine , Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 9, 2013)
^ O'Dell, Larry. Robertson, James Brooks Ayers (1871-1938) Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine , Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ a b Oklahoma Almanac, 2005 Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine , Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 1, 2013)^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine , Okhouse.gov (accessed June 21, 2013)
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