The Twenty-ninth 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 8 to June 14, 1963, during the first term of Governor Henry Bellmon.A Century to Remember , Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed June 16, 2013) This was the last state legislature with members representing counties under the old system of districting; a new system was created by a court order that forced Oklahoma to equalize representation.Agnew, Brad. Twentieth-Century Oklahoma, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 10, 2013)
Dates of session January 8-June 14, 1963 Previous: 28th Legislature • Next: 30th Legislature
Party composition
Senate AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 38 6 44Voting share86.4%13.6%
Senate AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 95 24 119Voting share79.8%20.2%
Leadership
Democratic leadership President of the Senate: Lieutenant Governor Leo WintersHistory of the Lieutenant Governor's Office (accessed June 16, 2013) President Pro Tem of the Senate: Roy C. Boecher Speaker of the House: J.D. McCarty Speaker Pro Tempore: Rex Privett Majority Floor Leader: Leland Wolf
Republican leadership Minority Leader: C.W. Doornbos
Members
Senate Name District Party Leon B. Field 1 Dem Arthur G. McComas 2 Dem Sterling S. McColgin 2 DemG. O. Williams 3 RepBasil R. Wilson 4 DemRyan Kerr 5 DemEd Berrong 6 DemByron Dacus 6 DemRoy Schoeb 7 RepRichard Romang 8 RepRoy E. Grantham 9 DemRobert H. Breeden 10 RepRobert M. Murphy 11 DemLouis Ritzhaupt 12 DemRalph Graves 13 DemBoyd Cowden 13 DemJean Pazoureck 14 DemCleeta John Rogers 14 DemWalt Allen 15 DemDon Baldwin 15 DemRoy C. Boecher 16 DemHarold Garvin 17 DemFred Harris 17 DemTom Tipps 18 DemHal Muldrow 19 DemGlen Ham 19 DemHarry J. W. Belvin 20 DemClem Hamilton 21 DemAlfred Stevenson 22 DemAllen G. Nichols 23 DemLeroy McClendon 24 DemGene Stipe 25 DemCharles Colston 26 DemBill Haworth 27 DemWilford Bohannon 27 DemRay Fine 28 DemJohn C. Wilkerson 29 DemRobert Lollar 30 DemDewey Bartlett 31 RepTom Payne 32 DemClem McSpadden 33 DemDenzil Garrison 34 RepBob Trent 35 DemJoe Bailey Cobb 36 Dem Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.2005 Oklahoma Almanac , Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed July 2, 2013)
House of Representatives Name Party CountyBill Harper Dem AdairScott Tuxhorn Rep AlfalfaHarold Thomas Dem AtokaMerle Lansden Dem BeaverHomer Holcomb Dem BeckhamJames Burnham Dem BlaineJohn Massey Dem BryanPauline Tabor Dem BryanRobert Goodfellow Dem CaddoJames Kardokus Dem CaddoPaul Liebmann Dem CanadianRalph Watkins Dem CanadianRaymond Hammer Dem CarterBurke Mordy Dem CarterWilliam Willis Dem CherokeeLucien Spear Dem ChoctawCarl Etling Rep CimarronJack Odom Dem ClevelandLeland Wolf Dem ClevelandRalph Hamilton Dem ClevelandHerman Baumert Dem CoalDonald Beauchamp Dem ComancheWalter Hutchins Dem ComancheJim Taliaferro Dem ComancheAlfred Thomas Dem ComancheTracy Daugherty Dem CottonHarold Morgan Dem CraigHeber Finch Jr. Dem CreekWilliam Shibley Dem CreekM.A. Diel Dem CusterWiley Sparkman Dem DelawareJack Harrison Dem EllisJames Gungoll Rep GarfieldHarold Hunter Rep GarfieldBert Page Dem GarfieldW.W. Burnett Dem GarvinTom Strickland Dem GarvinSpencer Bernard Dem GradyJohn A. Lance Dem GradyLynn Thornhill Rep GrantElmo Hurst Dem GreerJames Fowler Dem HarmonClayton Lauer Rep HarperEarl Bilyeu Dem HaskellStona Fitch Dem HughesLarry Derryberry Dem JacksonGuy Horton Dem JacksonBill Bradley Dem JeffersonClarence Robertson Jr. Dem JohnstonJames Burger Dem KayBrian Conaghan Rep KayRay Lewis Davis Rep KayMilton Priebe Rep KingfisherWilliam Metcalf Dem KiowaJim Cook Dem LatimerTom Traw Dem LeFloreRalph Vandiver Dem LeFloreBarbour Cox Dem LincolnDick Fogarty Dem LoganWillard Willis Dem LoveArt Bower Rep MajorDelmas Northcutt Dem MarshallJ.W. Bynum Dem MayesNorman A. Smith Dem McClainGarfield Settles Dem McCurtainMort Welch Dem McCurtainMartin Odom Dem McIntoshCarl Williams Dem MurrayBill Bull Dem MuskogeeRussell Ruby Dem MuskogeeMax Rust Dem MuskogeeHenry Dolezal Rep NobleBill Shipley Dem NowataHarlon Avey Dem OkfuskeeRed Andrews Dem OklahomaBryce Baggett Dem OklahomaG.T. Blankenship Rep OklahomaGeorge Keyes Dem OklahomaJ.D. McCarty Dem OklahomaJack Skaggs Dem OklahomaThomas Taggart Rep OklahomaEd Cole Dem OkmulgeeTommie Yates Dem OkmulgeeTom Tate Dem OsageVirgil Tinker Dem OsagePat MsCue Dem OttawaJoseph Mountford Dem OttawaRex Privett Dem PawneeJake E. Hesser Dem PayneH.L. Sparks Dem PayneTom McChristian Dem PittsburgWilliam Skeith Dem PittsburgLonnie Abbott Dem PontotocClive Rigsby Dem PontotocJohn Levergood Dem PottawatomieTom Stevens Dem PottawatomieRay Tucker Dem PushmatahaJodie Moad Dem Roger MillsBill Briscoe Dem RogersLaurence Howze Dem SeminoleRaymond Reed Dem SeminoleMaynard Blackard Dem SequoyahJerome Sullivan Jr. Dem StephensWayne Holden Dem StephensGeorge Gear Rep TexasFrank Patterson Dem TillmanTimothy Dowd Rep TulsaLaurence Gunnison Rep TulsaJohn W. McCune Dem TulsaJoe Musgrave Rep TulsaRalph Rhoades Rep TulsaRichard Taylor Rep TulsaDouglas Wixson Rep TulsaVol Howard Odom Dem WagonerJames Connor Rep WashingtonCharles Doornbos Rep WashingtonDon Greenhaw Dem WashitaA.L. Murrow Rep WoodsWilliam Burkett Rep Woodward Table based on database of historic members.Historic Members , Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)
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