The Twenty-first 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 from January 7 to May 8, 1947,A Century to Remember , p. II-4, Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed June 28, 2013) during the term of Governor Roy J. Turner. The session was marked by a gunfight on the Senate floor, in which a state representative shot Tom Anglin, a state senator and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, in the hip, on May 7, 1947.A Century to Remember , p. IV-6, Oklahoma House of Representatives . (accessed June 28, 2013)
James C. Nance served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and C. R. Board served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Dates of session Session: January 7, 1947 – May 8, 1947 Previous: 20th Legislature • Next: 22nd Legislature
Party composition
Senate AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 38 6 44Voting share86.4%13.6%
House of Representatives AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 95 22 117Voting share81.2%18.8%
Leadership
Senate James C. Nance served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.2005 Oklahoma Almanac , p. 761-762, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed July 9, 2013)
House of Representatives C. R. Board served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Claud Thompson served as Speaker Pro Tempore. R. Rhys Evans served as the House Majority Floor Leader. Bob Barr served as the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Members
Senate
District Name Party1 Dwight Leonard Dem2 Andy Elmer Anderson Dem2 Orval Grim Dem3 Claude Seaman Rep4 Henry W. Worthington Dem5 Burr Speck Dem6 L.E. Wheeler Dem6 Byron Dacus Dem7 Bill Ginder Rep8 Floyd Carrier Rep9 Perry Howell Rep10 Sherman Trussel Rep11 Everett Collins Dem12 Louis Ritzhaupt Dem13 Mead Norton Dem13 Boyd Cowden Dem14 Jim A. Rinehart Dem14 Robert Burns Dem15 Tom Jelks Dem15 Theodore Pruett Dem16 E. B. Grennell Rep17 Phil Lowery Dem17 Bill Logan Dem18 Fred Chapman Dem19 James C. Nance Dem19 Homer Paul Dem20 Bayless Irby Dem21 J. Gladstone Emery Dem22 Tom Anglin Dem23 Virgil Medlock Dem24 Thomas Finney Dem25 M. O. Counts Dem26 Raymond D. Gary Dem27 Will Rogers Dem27 Roy White Dem28 Ray Fine Dem29 W. T. Gooldy Dem30 Perry Porter Dem31 Arthur Price Rep32 James Nevins Dem33 W. A. Waller Dem34 Frank Mahan Dem35 H. D. Binns Dem36 Joe Bailey Cobb Dem Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.
House of Representatives
Name Party CountyW. H. Langley Dem AdairW. E. Cordray Rep AlfalfaHarold Toaz Dem AtokaW. T. Quinn Rep BeaverH. C. Hathcoat Dem BeckhamJack Dillon Rep BlaineKeith Cartwright Dem BryanClark White Dem BryanDon Baldwin Dem CaddoWalter Morris Dem CaddoJean Pazoureck Dem CanadianR. Rhys Evans Dem CarterWilson Wallace Dem CarterS. Richard Smith Dem CherokeeHal Welch Dem ChoctawC. R. Board Dem CimarronJoe Smalley Dem ClevelandOwen Summers Dem CoalCharles Ozmun Dem ComancheDick Riggs Dem ComancheG. G. Upchurch Dem CottonW. Walter Bailey Dem CraigLou Stockton Allard Dem CreekStreeter Speakman Dem CreekWilliam Shibley Dem CreekWilliam Dunn Dem CusterMattison Sparkman Dem DelawareJim Kouns Dem DeweyA. R. Larason Dem EllisJohn Camp Rep GarfieldMartin Garber Rep GarfieldEaster Brown Dem GarvinIke Tolbert Dem GarvinC. C. Chastain Dem GradyA. E. Hennings Dem GradyJ. C. Hoffsommer Rep Grant Wade Shumate Dem GreerWilburn Medaris Dem HarmonC. F. Miles Dem HarperD. C. Cantrell Dem HaskellPaul Ballinger Dem HughesJimie Scott Dem HughesGuy Horton Dem JacksonD. L. Jones Dem JacksonJack Coleman Dem JeffersonMarvin Brannon Dem JohnstonC. B. McCLean Rep KayJames McNeese Rep KayW. A. Burton Jr. Dem KingfisherRalph Farrar Dem KiowaE. T. Dunlap Dem LatimerDual Autry Dem LeFloreEdd C. Hawthorne Dem LeFloreC. L. Mills Rep LincolnLloyd McGuire Rep LoganJoe Thompson Dem LoveSam Alexander Rep MajorRoy Biles Dem MarshallGus Bethell Dem MayesPurman Wilson Dem McClainJames Dyer Dem McCurtainPaul Harkey Dem McCurtainClinton White Dem McIntoshJack Barron Dem MurrayCarl Frix Dem MuskogeeH. P. Watkins Dem MuskogeeDavid Wood Dem MuskogeeHenry Bellmon Rep NobleJames Staten Dem NowataDwight Tolle Dem OkfuskeeDwain Box Dem OklahomaHarold Carey Dem OklahomaBen Gullett Dem OklahomaJohn Jarman Dem OklahomaB. B. Kerr Dem OklahomaJ. D. McCarty Dem OklahomaPaul Washington Dem OklahomaJohn W. Russell Jr. Dem OkmulgeeBill Shipley Dem OkmulgeeB. L. Williams Dem OkmulgeeCharles Bacon Dem OsageBill Burkhart Dem OsageGrace Mitchelson Dem OttawaMona Jean Russell Dem OttawaJo Ferguson Rep PawneeJ. H. Arrington Dem PayneLonnie Brown Dem PittsburgC. Plowboy Edwards Dem PittsburgGarland Jordan Dem PittsburgThomas Holt Dem PontotocH. P. Sugg Dem PontotocJames Densford Dem PottawatomieJohn Levergood Dem PottawatomieWilliam Tiffany Dem PottawatomieClaud Thompson Dem PushmatahaS. S. McColgin Dem Roger MillsE. W. Meads Dem RogersWalter Billingsley Dem SeminoleN. Blaylock Dem SeminoleCon Long Dem SeminoleOwen Taylor Dem SequoyahJames Bullard Dem StephensD. A. Segrest Dem StephensLeon B. Field Dem TexasE. H. Shelton Dem TillmanRobert Alexander Rep TulsaGeorge Campbell Rep TulsaJoe Harshbarger Rep TulsaRichard McDermott Rep TulsaJoe Musgrave Rep TulsaC. R. Nixon Rep TulsaA. E. Williams Rep TulsaJohn T. Waggoner Dem WagonerLaton Doty Rep WashingtonA. R. Ash Dem WashitaBen Easterly Dem WoodsClarence Meigs Rep Woodward Table based on government database.Historic Members , Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).
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