The Twenty-third 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 2, 1951, to May 18, 1951, during the term of Governor Johnston Murray.A Century to Remember , Oklahoma House of Representatives . (accessed June 28, 2013)
Dates of session Regular session: January 2-May 18, 1951 Previous: 22nd Legislature • Next: 24th Legislature
Party composition
Senate AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 40 4 44Voting share90.9%9.1%
House of Representatives AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 99 20 119Voting share83.2%16.8%
Leadership Senate President Pro Tem: Boyd Cowden2005 Oklahoma Almanac (accessed June 28, 2013) House Speaker: James Bullard Speaker Pro Tempore: James Williams Majority Floor Leader: A. R. Larason
Members
Senate District Name Party1 Leon B. Field Dem2 Andy Elmer Anderson Dem2 Lawrence L. Irwin Dem3 Claude Seaman Rep4 Henry W. Worthington Dem5 D. L. Jones Dem6 Carl Max Cook Dem6 Byron Dacus Dem7 Stanley Coppock Rep8 Floyd Carrier Rep9 Roy Grantham Rep10 J. Val Connell Dem11 Everett Collins Dem12 Louis Ritzhaupt Dem13 Oliver Walker Dem13 Boyd Cowden Dem14 Jim A. Rinehart Dem14 George Miskovsky Dem15 Walt Allen Dem15 Don Baldwin Dem16 Roy C. Boecher Dem17 Harold Garvin Dem17 Bill Logan Dem18 Joe B. Thompson Dem19 Joe Smalley Dem19 Herbert Hope Dem20 Keith Cartwright Dem21 Clem Hamilton Dem22 Paul Ballinger Dem23 Virgil Medlock Dem24 Leroy McClendon Dem25 Kirksey M. Nix Dem26 Raymond D. Gary Dem27 Harold Shoemake Dem27 Roy White Dem28 Ray Fine Dem29 Harold Morgan Dem30 Jess Fronterhouse Dem31 Arthur Price Rep32 James Nevins Dem33 Tom Kight Dem34 Frank Mahan Dem35 Henry Cooper Dem36 Joe Bailey Cobb Dem Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.2005 Oklahoma Almanac (accessed July 3, 2013)
House of Representatives Name Party CountyW. H. Langley Dem AdairVernon Collins Dem AlfalfaFloyd Mason Dem AtokaFloyd Sumrall Dem BeaverJ. L. Edgecomb Dem BeckhamCharles Wilson Dem BeckhamH. G. Tolbert Rep BlaineJames Douglas Dem BryanJoe Engler Dem BryanCharley Long Dem CaddoF. H. Moorehead Dem CaddoJean Pazoureck Dem CanadianJames Payne Dem CarterErnest Tate Dem CarterRichard Smith Dem CherokeeLucien Spear Dem ChoctawRoy T. Nall Dem CimarronVirgil Young Dem ClevelandT. K. Kinglesmith Dem CoalCharles Ozmun Dem ComancheJim Taliaferro Dem ComancheLuther Boyd Eubanks Dem CottonGeorge Pitcher Dem CraigLou Stockton Allard Dem CreekWilliam Shibley Dem CreekStreeter Speakman Dem CreekWayne Wallace Dem CusterWiley Sparkman Dem DelawareJack Wilcox Dem DeweyA.R. Larason Dem EllisJohn Camp Rep GarfieldRichard Romang Rep GarfieldGlen Ham Dem GarvinIke Tolbert Dem GarvinJefferson Lee Davis Dem GradyJames Renegar Dem GradyWilliam Card Dem Grant Basil Wilson Dem GreerValdhe Pitman Dem HarmonBoyce Stinson Rep HarperHoward Young Dem HaskellFrank Grayson Dem HughesWilliam J. Ivester Dem JacksonJack Coleman Dem JeffersonJack Gillam Dem JohnstonGuy Bailey Dem KayRaymond Craig Rep KayWilliam A. Burton Jr. Rep KingfisherC.L. Krieger Dem KiowaLloyd Reeder Dem KiowaE.T. Dunlap Dem LatimerDual Autry Dem LeFloreRalph Vandiver Dem LeFloreJesse Berry Rep LincolnRichard James Rep LincolnLewis Wolfe Rep LoganClint Livingston Dem LoveJ. Howard Lindley Rep MajorDon Welch Dem MarshallG.A. Sampsel Dem MayesJames R. Williams Dem McClainPaul Harkey Dem McCurtainMort Welch Dem McCurtainWilford Bohannon Dem McIntoshBruce Frazier Dem MurrayBill Haworth Dem MuskogeeEdwin Langley Dem MuskogeeLouis Smith Dem MuskogeeRobert S. Taylor Rep NobleOtis Munson Dem NowataWilliam L. Jones Dem OkfuskeeRobert O'Darrell Cunningham Dem OklahomaBill Harkey Dem OklahomaEddie Kessler Dem OklahomaJ.D. McCarty Dem OklahomaNorman Reynolds Dem OklahomaRobert Sherman Dem OklahomaWilliam Robert Wallace Jr. Dem OklahomaManuel Furr Dem OkmulgeeJohn W. Russell Jr. Dem OkmulgeeW.A. Burkhart Jr. Dem OsageShockley Shoemake Dem OsageJ.R. Hall Jr. Dem OttawaC.D. Wilson Dem OttawaRobert Reynolds Jr. Dem OttawaRay D. Henry Dem PawneeRobert L. Hert Dem PayneC. Plowboy Edwards Dem PittsburgGeorge Nigh Dem PittsburgGene Stipe Dem PittsburgGeorge R. Collins Dem PontotocJ.W. Huff Dem PontotocGeorge Defenbaugh Dem PottawatomieJohn Levergood Dem PottawatomieThomas M. Stevens Dem PottawatomieLee Welch Dem PushmatahaJodie Moad Dem Roger MillsDave L. Smith Dem RogersGlen Collins Dem SeminoleJames Haning Dem SeminoleCharles Sims Dem SeminoleM. Shawnee Stewart Dem SequoyahJames Bullard Dem StephensVal Miller Dem StephensDon Dale Dem TexasArthur Kelly Dem TillmanRobert N. Alexander Rep TulsaWendell Barnes Rep TulsaDale Briggs Rep TulsaJoe Musgrave Rep TulsaC.R. Nixon Rep TulsaRussell Reynolds Rep TulsaDean H. Smith Rep TulsaCarlisle Duke Dem WagonerLaton Doty Rep WashingtonDale Griffin Dem WashitaBen Easterly Dem WoodsClarence Meigs Rep Woodward Table based on government database.Historic Members , Okhouse.gov (accessed June 30, 2013).
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