The Twenty-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 regular session at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 3 to July 28, 1961, during the term of Governor J. Howard Edmondson.A Century to Remember , Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed June 16, 2013)
J. D. McCarty was elected as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, breaking the tradition of governor-backed speakers. McCarty would go on to become Oklahoma's first three-term speaker.
Dates of session January 3 to July 28, 1961 Previous: 27th Legislature • Next: 29th Legislature
Leadership
Democratic leadership President of the Senate: Lieutenant Governor Cowboy Pink WilliamsHistory of the Lieutenant Governor's Office (accessed June 16, 2013) President Pro Tem of the Senate: Everett Boecher Speaker of the House: J. D. McCarty Speaker Pro Tempore: Delbert Inman Majority Floor Leader: Leland Wolf
Republican leadership Minority Leader: Carl Etling
Members
Senate District Name Party1 Leon B. Field Dem2 Charles M. Wilson Dem2 Sterling S. McColgin Dem3 Ben Easterly Dem4 Basil Wilson Dem5 Ryan Kerr Dem6 Ed Berrong Dem6 Byron Dacus Dem7 Tom Morford Rep8 Richard Romang Rep9 Roy Grantham Rep10 Robert Breeden Rep11 Everett Collins Dem12 Louis Ritzhaupt Dem13 Ralph Graves Dem13 Boyd Cowden Dem14 Jean Pazoureck Dem14 Cleeta John Rogers Dem15 Walt Allen Dem15 Don Baldwin Dem16 Roy C. Boecher Dem17 Harold Garvin Dem17 Fred Harris Dem18 Tom Tipps Dem19 Robert L. Bailey Dem19 Glen Ham Dem20 Harry J. W. Belvin Dem21 Clem Hamilton Dem22 Alfred Stevenson Dem23 Buck Cartwright Dem24 Leroy McClendon Dem25 Gene Stipe Dem26 Charles Colston Dem27 Harold Shoemake Dem27 Wilford Bohannon Dem28 Ray Fine Dem29 George Pitcher Dem30 Robert Lollar Dem31 Yates Land Dem32 Tom Payne Jr. Dem33 Clem McSpadden Dem34 Denzil Garrison Rep35 Bob Trent Dem36 Joe Bailey Cobb Dem Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.2005 Oklahoma Almanac , p. 763-764. (accessed July 9, 2013)
House of Representatives Name Party CountyBill Harper Dem AdairFrank Reneau Dem AlfalfaHarold Thomas Dem AtokaGeorge Karnes Dem BeaverHomer Holcomb Dem BeckhamO. R. Wilhelm Dem BeckhamJames Burnham Dem BlaineJohn Massey Dem BryanSam Sullivan Dem BryanRobert Goodfellow Dem CaddoJames Kardokus Dem CaddoRalph Watkins Dem CanadianMartin Dyer Dem CarterJames W. Williams Dem CarterWilliam Willis Dem CherokeeWayne Sanguin Dem ChoctawCarl Etling Rep CimarronKenneth Poynor Dem ClevelandLeland Wolf Dem ClevelandDelbert Inman Dem CoalManville Redman Dem ComancheJim Taliaferro Dem ComancheJames Witt Dem CottonHarold Morgan Dem CraigHeber Finch Jr. Dem CreekWilliam Shibley Dem CreekLou Stockton Allard Dem CreekM. A. Diel Dem CusterWiley Sparkman Dem DelawareE. D. Nichols Dem DeweyA. R. Larason Dem EllisJohn Camp Rep GarfieldBert Page Rep GarfieldSam Richardson Dem GarvinTom Strickland Dem GarvinSpencer Bernard Dem GradyRobert Clark Dem GradyJohn A. Lance Dem GradyA. E. Green Dem GrantElmo Hurst Dem GreerJames Fowler Dem HarmonClayton Lauer Rep HarperEarl Bilyeu Dem HaskellStona Fitch Dem HughesMaurice Willis Dem JacksonBill Bradley Dem JeffersonKenneth Converse Dem JohnstonJohn Howe Dem KayRaymond Craig Rep KayMilton Priebe Rep KingfisherJoyce Holder Dem KiowaWilliam Metcalf Dem KiowaJim Cook Dem LatimerTom Traw Dem LeFloreRalph Vandiver Dem LeFloreBarbour Cox Dem LincolnMilton Craig Dem LincolnDick Fogarty Dem LoganJohn Steele Batson Dem LoveArt Bower Rep MajorDelmas Northcutt Dem MarshallJ. W. Bynum Dem MayesNorman A. Smith Dem McClainGarfield Settles Dem McCurtainKelsie Jones Dem McCurtainMartin Odom Dem McIntoshCarl Williams Dem MurrayBill Haworth Dem MuskogeeRussell Ruby Dem MuskogeeGeorge Spraker 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 OkmulgeeO.E. Richeson 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 PittsburgRay Van Hooser Dem PittsburgLonnie Abbott Dem PontotocRobert Ford Dem PontotocCharles Henry Dem PottawatomieJohn Levergood Dem PottawatomieTom Stevens Dem PottawatomieRay Tucker Dem PushmatahaJodie Moad Dem Roger MillsBill Briscoe Dem RogersLaurence Howze Dem SeminoleA. F. Edison Dem SeminoleAllen Nichols Dem SeminoleMaynard Blackard Dem SequoyahEdward Bond Dem StephensJames Bullard Dem StephensFrank Ogden Dem TexasFrank Patterson Dem TillmanDavid Atkinson Dem TulsaEd Bradley Dem TulsaJohn W. McCune Dem TulsaGrant Forsythe Dem TulsaRobert Hopkins Dem TulsaGene Howard Dem TulsaAlex Johnston Dem TulsaVol Howard Odom Dem WagonerClyde Sare Dem 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)
Staff Louise Stockton
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