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.A Century to Remember , Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 20, 2013) It was the first time, Republicans took control of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Hannemann, Carolyn G. Schwabe, George Blaine (1886-1952) , Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. (accessed April 29, 2013) In 1920, Bessie McColgin, a Republican, became the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Pappas, Christine. McColgin, Amelia Elizabeth Simison (1875-1972 , Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture] (accessed May 9, 2013) Lamar Looney, Oklahoma's first female state senator and a Democrat, was also elected in 1920.Pappas, Christine. Looney, Lamar (1871-1935) , Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 9, 2013)

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. The first female state legislators in Oklahoma served in the 1921 session. 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.O'Dell, Larry. Robertson, James Brooks Ayers (1871-1938) , Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 11, 2013)

Party composition

Senate AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 27 17 44Voting share61.4%38.6%

House of Representatives AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalRepublicanDemocratic 73 36 109Voting share67% 33%

Leadership T. C. Simpson of Thomas, Oklahoma, served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate in 1921.Oklahoma Almanac, 2005 , Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 1, 2013) George B. Schwabe was Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Members

Senate

District Name PartyLt Gov Martin E. Trapp Dem1 M. W. Pugh Dem2 C. B. Leedy Rep2 James Spurlock Dem3 William Briggs Rep4 Mrs. Lamar Looney Dem5 Harry Cordell Dem6 James Land Rep6 T. C. Simpson Dem7 Joe Sherman Rep8 Harry Glasser Rep9 W. T. Clark Rep10 Roy Harvey Rep11 M. F. Ingraham Rep12 John Golobie Rep13 Charles Wells Rep13 M. W. Lynch Rep14 T. F. Hensley Dem14 Ross Lillard Dem15 C. A. Dearmon Dem15 L. L. West Dem16 H. Brown Rep17 L. A. Morton Dem17 Jed Johnson Dem18 James Draughon Dem18 John Carlock Dem19 William Robert Wallace Dem19 W. H. Woods Dem20 C. E. McPherren Dem20 Wilburn Cartwright Dem21 J. E. Fleming Dem22 Tom Anglin Dem23 Luther Harrison Dem24 William J. Holloway Dem25 E. P. Hill Dem26 Joe Ratliff Dem27 Clark Nichols Dem27 Samuel Morton Rutherford Dem28 E. M. Frye Rep29 Pete Coyne Dem30 Horace Durant Rep31 R. L. Davidson Dem32 Glen Horner Rep33 E. E. Woods Rep34 J. Corbett Cornett Rep Table based on state almanac.

House of Representatives

Name Party CountyW. A. Scofield Rep AdairLeslie Salter Rep AlfalfaF. C. Johnson Dem AtokaJ. W. Steffen Rep Beaver, HarperW. A. Hornbeck Dem BeckhamL. A. Everhart Rep BlainePorter Newman Dem BryanJ. B. Smith Dem BryanT. F. Cummings Rep CaddoT. C. Ottinger Rep CaddoJ. L. Trevathan Thompson Rep CanadianD. S. Hoover Dem CarterBruce Keenan Rep CherokeeD. A. Stovall Dem ChoctawJohn Q. Denny Rep Cimarron, TexasRalph Hardie Rep ClevelandAustin Rice Rep CoalThornton Clark Rep ComancheLeroy Elmore Dem CottonP. Z. Newman Rep CraigEli Admire Rep CreekW. D. Crane Rep CusterJames Butler Rep DelawareOtto Smith Rep DeweyG. E. Davison Rep EllisJ. B. Campbell Rep GarfieldL. G. Gossett Rep GarfieldJ. S. Garrison Dem GarvinA. L. Davis Dem GradyM. B. Louthan Dem GradyT. E. Beck Rep Grant Horace Simpson Dem GreerL. A. Pearson Dem HarmonJohn Ogle Rep HaskellBen F. Harrison Dem HughesEd Dabney Dem JacksonJ. M Roberson Dem JeffersonHugh Jones Dem JohnstonF. A. Heberling Rep KayW. P. Kimerer Rep KingfisherS. D. Bailey Rep KiowaGeorge Mitchell Rep KiowaArthur Smallwood Rep LatimerSam Neely Dem LeFloreJ. T. White Rep LeFloreB. Taylor Rep LincolnM. M. Watson Rep LincolnWilliam Dodd Rep LoganE. G. Sharp Rep LoganJ. C. Graham Dem LoveRoy Harp Rep MajorMarvin Shilling Dem MarshallWill Crockett Rep MayesMurray Gibbons Dem McClainJames Dyer Jr. Dem McCurtainCharles Whitaker Dem McIntoshJess Pullen Dem MurrayWesley E. Disney Dem MuskogeePerry Miller Dem MuskogeeJ. F. Strayhorn Dem MuskogeeH. E. Keim Rep NobleGeorge B. Schwabe Rep NowataT. W. Harman Rep OkfuskeeThomas Gorman Dem OklahomaI. L. Harris Rep OklahomaJohn Jerkins Dem OklahomaW. W. Robertson Dem OklahomaClarence Tylee Rep OkmulgeeL. A. Wismeyer Rep OsageJames Miller Rep OttawaW. S. Caldwell Rep PawneeCharles Platt Rep PayneCharles Brice Dem PittsburgR. H. Matthews Rep PittsburgW. O. Pratt Dem PittsburgC. A. Knight Dem PontotocW. S. Pendleton Dem PottawatomieVictor Locke Jr. Rep PushmatahaBessie McColgin Rep Roger MillsHarry Jennings Rep RogersD. O. Jennings Rep SeminoleR. A. Balance Rep SequoyahJames C. Nance Dem StephensH. R. King Dem TillmanBailey E. Bell Rep TulsaRemington Rogers Rep TulsaW. T. Drake Rep WagonerA. E. Craver Rep WashingtonW. T. Graves Dem WashitaE. A. Herod Rep WoodsJerry Coover Rep Woodward Table based on government database.Historic Members , Okhouse.gov (accessed June 21, 2013)

References

External links Oklahoma Legislature Oklahoma House of Representatives Oklahoma Senate