20th Oklahoma Legislature
The Twentieth 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 2 to April 26, 1945,[1] during the term of Governor Robert S. Kerr.
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| Leadership | |
President Pro Tem of the Senate: | Homer Paul (D) |
Speaker of the House: | Johnson Davis Hill (D) |
Composition: | |
Although the session began with John Davis Hill as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, he was replaced with H.I. Hinds in February.[1] Homer Paul served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.
Dates of session
- Session: January 2, 1945-April 26, 1945[1]
Previous: 19th Legislature • Next: 21st Legislature
Leadership and staff
Homer Paul served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.[2] John Davis Hill of Tulsa, Oklahoma was selected as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives with the support of Governor Robert S. Kerr.[1] In February 1945, he was replaced by session, he was replaced by H. I. Hinds of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for the remainder of the 1945 session.[1] H. R. Christopher served as the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]
Party composition
Senate
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 38 | 6 | 44 | ||
| Voting share | 86.4% | 13.6% | ||
House of Representatives
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 98 | 22 | 120 | ||
| Voting share | 81.7% | 18.3% | ||
Members
Senate
| District | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwight Leonard | Dem |
| 2 | A. E. Anderson | Dem |
| 2 | E. S. Collier | Dem |
| 3 | E. P. Williams | 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 | Charles Duffy | Dem |
| 10 | Sherman Trussel | Rep |
| 11 | Ray Jones | Dem |
| 12 | Louis Ritzhaupt | Dem |
| 13 | Mead Norton | Dem |
| 13 | Boyd Cowden | Dem |
| 14 | Jim A. Rinehart | Dem |
| 14 | Robert Burns | Dem |
| 15 | Jack Neill | 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 | Clint Braden | Dem |
| 22 | Tom Anglin | Dem |
| 23 | Allen G. Nichols | Dem |
| 24 | Thomas Finney | Dem |
| 25 | M. O. Counts | Dem |
| 26 | Raymond D. Gary | Dem |
| 27 | Murrell Thornton | Dem |
| 27 | Roy White | Dem |
| 28 | Ray Fine | Dem |
| 29 | Craig Goodpaster | Dem |
| 30 | Perry Porter | Dem |
| 31 | Clyde Sears | Rep |
| 32 | James Nevins | Dem |
| 33 | H. Tom Brown | Dem |
| 34 | Frank Mahan | Dem |
| 35 | Ferman Phillips | Dem |
| 36 | Joe Bailey Cobb | Dem |
- Table based on Oklahoma Almanac.[2]
House of Representatives
| Name | Party | County |
|---|---|---|
| W. H. Langley | Dem | Adair |
| W. E. Cordray | Rep | Alfalfa |
| Harold Toaz | Dem | Atoka |
| Merle Lansden | Dem | Beaver |
| H. F. Carmichael | Dem | Beckham |
| H. C. Hathcoat | Dem | Beckham |
| Jack Dillon | Rep | Blaine |
| William Parrish | Dem | Bryan |
| W. H. Underwood | Dem | Bryan |
| Don Baldwin | Dem | Caddo |
| Walter Morris | Dem | Caddo |
| E. R. Barnhart | Dem | Canadian |
| R. Rhys Evans | Dem | Carter |
| Wilson Wallace | Dem | Carter |
| H. I. Hinds | Dem | Cherokee |
| Hal Welch | Dem | Choctaw |
| C. R. Board | Dem | Cimarron |
| Ben Huey | Dem | Cleveland |
| T. K. Klinglesmith | Dem | Coal |
| W. J. Johnson | Dem | Comanche |
| Lewis Oerke | Dem | Comanche |
| Charles Flanagan | Dem | Cotton |
| Walter Bailey | Dem | Craig |
| Fletcher Johnson | Dem | Creek |
| Streeter Speakman Jr. | Dem | Creek |
| Orange Starr | Dem | Creek |
| W. R. Dunn | Dem | Custer |
| LeRoy Fields | Dem | Delaware |
| T. J. Hussey | Rep | Dewey |
| W. S. Sibley | Rep | Ellis |
| John Camp | Rep | Garfield |
| Martin Garber | Rep | Garfield |
| E. W. Foley | Dem | Garvin |
| Ike Tolbert | Dem | Garvin |
| A. L. Davis | Dem | Grady |
| C. D. Van Dyck | Dem | Grady |
| J. C. Hoffsommer | Rep | Grant |
| Wade Shumate | Dem | Greer |
| Raymond Barry | Dem | Harmon |
| C. F. Miles | Dem | Harper |
| D. C. Cantrell | Dem | Haskell |
| Frank Crane | Dem | Hughes |
| Fred Treadwell | Dem | Hughes |
| D. L. Jones | Dem | Jackson |
| Ewell Sam Singleton | Dem | Jefferson |
| Karl Wright | Dem | Johnston |
| J. R. Dorsett | Rep | Kay |
| Floyd Focht | Dem | Kay |
| Robert Barr | Dem | Kingfisher |
| W. B. McDonald | Dem | Kiowa |
| Jack Bradley | Dem | Latimer |
| Edd C. Hawthorne | Dem | LeFlore |
| Arthur Reed | Dem | LeFlore |
| C. L. Mills | Rep | Lincoln |
| S. J. Thompson | Rep | Lincoln |
| Carl Morgan | Rep | Logan |
| John Steele Batson | Dem | Love |
| Joe Story | Rep | Major |
| Roy Biles | Dem | Marshall |
| Earl Ward | Dem | Mayes |
| Purman Wilson | Dem | McClain |
| Carl Dees | Dem | McCurtain |
| Herbert Flowers | Dem | McCurtain |
| Milam King | Dem | McIntosh |
| J. A. Arms | Dem | Murray |
| Carl Frix | Dem | Muskogee |
| R. M. Mountcastle | Dem | Muskogee |
| J. M. Wiley | Dem | Muskogee |
| Robert R. McCubbins | Rep | Noble |
| Charles Whitford | Dem | Nowata |
| Roger Standley | Dem | Okfuskee |
| Harold Carey | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ben Gullett | Dem | Oklahoma |
| B. B. Kerr | Dem | Oklahoma |
| J. D. McCarty | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Robert Sherman | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Creekmore Wallace | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Paul Washington | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Q. D. Gibbs | 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 |
| Prentiss Rowe | Dem | Pawnee |
| J. H. Arrington | Dem | Payne |
| Elbert Weaver | Dem | Payne |
| Ben Choate | Dem | Pittsburg |
| C. Plowboy Edwards | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Hiram Impson | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Thomas Holt | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Virgil Medlock | Dem | Pontotoc |
| John Levergood | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| A. J. Ownby | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Clarence Tankersley | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Claud Thompson | Dem | Pushmataha |
| Wesley Hunt | Dem | Roger Mills |
| E. W. Meads | Dem | Rogers |
| Walter Billingsley | Dem | Seminole |
| Con Long | Dem | Seminole |
| F. M. Streetman | Dem | Seminole |
| Owen Taylor | Dem | Sequoyah |
| James Bullard | Dem | Stephens |
| D. A. Segrest | Dem | Stephens |
| Wallace Hughes | Dem | Texas |
| E. H. Shelton | Dem | Tillman |
| Harmon Bellamy | Rep | Tulsa |
| Joe Harshbarger | Rep | Tulsa |
| Johnson Hill | Dem | Tulsa |
| Dan Madrano | Rep | Tulsa |
| A. E. Montgomery | Dem | Tulsa |
| Joe Musgrave | Rep | Tulsa |
| Arthur Price | Rep | Tulsa |
| W. B. Carr | Rep | Wagoner |
| Laton Doty | Rep | Washington |
| A. R. Ash | Dem | Washita |
| Ed Hines | Dem | Washita |
| R. W. McNally | Rep | Woods |
| Frank Durant | Rep | Woodward |
- Table based on government database.[3]
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References
- 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 18, 2013)
- 2005 Oklahoma Almanac, p. 760, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed June 28, 2013)
- Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).
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