The Twenty-seventh 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 6 to July 3, 1959, during the term of Governor J. Howard Edmondson.A Century to Remember , Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed June 16, 2013)
Dates of session January 6 to July 3, 1959 Previous: 26th Legislature • Next: 28th Legislature
Leadership
Democratic leadership President Pro Tem of the Senate: Everett Boecher Speaker of the House: Clint Livingston Speaker Pro Tempore: Noble Stewart Majority Floor Leader: Frank Ogden
Republican leadership Minority Leader: Denzil Garrison
Members
Senate District Name Party1 Leon B. Field Democrat2 Charles M. Wilson Democrat2 Sterling S. McColgin Democrat 3 Ben Easterly Democrat 4 Basil Wilson Democrat 5 Ryan Kerr Democrat 6 Ed Berrong Democrat 6 Byron Dacus Democrat 7 Tom Morford Rep8 Floyd Carrier Republican 9 Roy Grantham Republican 10 Robert Breeden Republican 11 Everett Collins Democrat 12 Louis H. Ritzhaupt Democrat 13 Oliver Walker Democrat 13 Boyd Cowden Democrat 14 Jean Pazoureck Democrat 14 George Miskovsky Democrat 15 Walt Allen Democrat 15 Don Baldwin Democrat 16 Roy C. Boecher Democrat 17 Harold Garvin Democrat 17 Fred Harris Democrat 18 Tom Tipps Democrat 19 Robert L. Bailey Democrat 19 Herbert Hope Democrat 20 Keith Cartwright Democrat 21 Clem Hamilton Democrat 22 Hugh Sandlin Democrat 23 Buck Cartwright Democrat 24 Leroy McClendon Democrat 25 Gene Stipe Democrat 26 Gene Herndon Democrat 27 Harold Shoemake Democrat 27 Milam King Democrat 28 Ray Fine Democrat 29 George Pitcher Democrat 30 J. R. Hall Jr. Democrat 31 Yates Land Democrat 32 Tom Payne Jr. Democrat 33 Clem McSpadden Democrat 34 Frank Mahan Democrat 35 Bob Trent Democrat 36 Joe Bailey Cobb Democrat Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.2005 Oklahoma Almanac , p. 763-764. (accessed July 9, 2013)
House of Representatives Name Party CountyW. H. Langley Dem AdairFrank Reneau Dem AlfalfaRobert Cooksey Dem AtokaGeorge Karnes Dem BeaverHolland Meacham Dem BeckhamJames Burnham Dem BlaineHarry J. W. Belvin Dem BryanEarl Cartwright Dem BryanRobert Goodfellow Dem CaddoJames Kardokus Dem CaddoRalph Watkins Dem CanadianMartin Dyer Dem CarterRex Sparger Dem CarterWilliam Willis Dem CherokeeLucien Spear Dem ChoctawCarl Etling Rep CimarronKenneth Poynor Dem ClevelandLeland Wolf Dem ClevelandDelbert Inman Dem CoalCharles Ozmun Dem ComancheJim Taliaferro Dem ComancheJames Witt Dem CottonRichard Wheatley Jr. Dem CraigHeber Finch Jr. Dem CreekWilliam Shibley Dem CreekLou Stockton Allard Dem CreekRobert Richardson Dem CusterWiley Sparkman Dem DelawareRoger Wilcox Dem DeweyA. R. Larason Dem EllisJohn N. Camp Rep GarfieldRichard Romang Rep GarfieldJesse Daniel Dem GarvinGlen Ham Dem GarvinJefferson Lee Davis Dem GradyRobert Clark Dem GradyJohn A. Lance Dem GradyA. E. Green Dem GrantElmo Hurst Dem GreerR.H. Lynch Dem HarmonJ. E. Bouse Dem HarperSamuel Mitchell Dem HaskellStanley Huser Jr. Dem HughesMaurice Willis Dem JacksonBill Bradley Dem JeffersonKenneth Converse Dem JohnstonJohn Howe Dem KayRaymond Craig Rep KayMilton Priebe Rep KingfisherWilliam Metcalf Dem KiowaJim Cook Dem LatimerTom Traw Dem LeFloreRalph Vandiver Dem LeFloreBarbour Cox Dem LincolnClarence Hall Dem LincolnDick Fogarty Dem LoganClint Livingston Dem LoveArt Bower Rep MajorWilliam Bond Dem MarshallJohn Wilkerson Jr. Dem MayesJames C. Nance Dem McClainVirgil Jumper 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 OklahomaEarl Foster Jr. Dem OklahomaG. M. Fuller Dem OklahomaJ. D. McCarty Dem OklahomaJack Skaggs Dem OklahomaCleeta John Rogers Dem OklahomaEd Cole Dem OkmulgeeO.E. Richeson Dem OkmulgeeShockley Shoemake Dem OsageVirgil Tinker Dem OsageRobert Lollar Dem OttawaJoseph Mountford Dem OttawaRex Privett Dem PawneeJ. H. Arrington Dem PayneH. L. Sparks Dem PayneWillard Gotcher Dem PittsburgWilliam Skeith Dem PittsburgRay Van Hooser Dem PittsburgLonnie Abbott Dem PontotocRobert Ford Dem PontotocHenry Roberts Dem PottawatomieJohn Levergood Dem PottawatomieTom Stevens Dem PottawatomieBob Hargrave Dem PushmatahaJodie Moad Dem Roger MillsBill Briscoe Dem RogersLaurence Howze Dem SeminoleBucky Buckler Dem SeminoleAllen G. Nichols Dem SeminoleNoble Stewart Dem SequoyahEdward Bond Dem StephensJames Bullard Dem StephensFrank Ogden Dem TexasFrank Patterson Dem TillmanEd Bradley Dem TulsaGrant Forsythe Dem TulsaRobert Hopkins Dem TulsaGene Howard Dem TulsaAlex Johnston Dem TulsaJohn W. McCune Dem TulsaJack McGahey Dem TulsaVol Howard Odom Dem WagonerClyde Sare Dem WashingtonDenzil Garrison Rep WashingtonDon Greenhaw Dem WashitaA. L. Murrow Rep WoodsDon J. Williams Rep Woodward Table based on database of historic members.Historic Members , Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 18, 2013)
Staff Louise Stockton
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