The Twentieth 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 2 to April 26, 1945,A Century to Remember , Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed June 18, 2013) during the term of Governor Robert S. Kerr.
Although the session began with John Davis Hill as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, he was replaced with H.I. Hinds in February. Homer Paul served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.
Dates of session Session: January 2, 1945 – April 26, 1945 Previous: 19th Legislature • Next: 21st Legislature
Leadership and staff Homer Paul served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.2005 Oklahoma Almanac , p. 760, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed June 28, 2013) John Davis Hill of Tulsa, Oklahoma was selected as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives with the support of Governor Robert S. Kerr. In February 1945, he was replaced by session, he was replaced by H. I. Hinds of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for the remainder of the 1945 session. H. R. Christopher served as the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
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 98 22 120Voting share81.7%18.3%
Members
Senate District Name Party1 Dwight Leonard Dem2 Andy Elmer Anderson Dem2 E. S. Collier Dem3 E. P. Williams Rep4 Henry W. Worthington Dem5 Burr Speck Dem6 L. E. Wheeler Dem6 Byron Dacus Dem7 Bill Ginder Rep8 Floyd Carrier Rep9 Charles Duffy Dem10 Sherman Trussel Rep11 Ray C. Jones Dem12 Louis Ritzhaupt Dem13 Mead Norton Dem13 Boyd Cowden Dem14 Jim A. Rinehart Dem14 Robert Burns Dem15 Jack Neill 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 Clint Braden Dem22 Tom Anglin Dem23 Allen G. Nichols Dem24 Thomas Finney Dem25 M. O. Counts Dem26 Raymond D. Gary Dem27 Murrell Thornton Dem27 Roy White Dem28 Ray Fine Dem29 Craig Goodpaster Dem30 Perry Porter Dem31 Clyde Sears Rep32 James Nevins Dem33 H. Tom Brown Dem34 Frank Mahan Dem35 Ferman Phillips Dem36 Joe Bailey Cobb Dem Table based on Oklahoma Almanac.
House of Representatives Name Party CountyW. H. Langley Dem AdairW. E. Cordray Rep AlfalfaHarold Toaz Dem AtokaMerle Lansden Dem BeaverH. F. Carmichael Dem BeckhamH. C. Hathcoat Dem BeckhamJack Dillon Rep BlaineWilliam Parrish Dem BryanW. H. Underwood Dem BryanDon Baldwin Dem CaddoWalter Morris Dem CaddoE. R. Barnhart Dem CanadianR. Rhys Evans Dem CarterWilson Wallace Dem CarterH. I. Hinds Dem CherokeeHal Welch Dem ChoctawC. R. Board Dem CimarronBen Huey Dem ClevelandT. K. Klinglesmith Dem CoalW. J. Johnson Dem ComancheLewis Oerke Dem ComancheCharles Flanagan Dem CottonWalter Bailey Dem CraigFletcher Johnson Dem CreekStreeter Speakman Jr. Dem CreekOrange Starr Dem CreekW. R. Dunn Dem CusterLeRoy Fields Dem DelawareT. J. Hussey Rep DeweyW. S. Sibley Rep EllisJohn Camp Rep GarfieldMartin Garber Rep GarfieldE. W. Foley Dem GarvinIke Tolbert Dem GarvinA. L. Davis Dem GradyC. D. Van Dyck Dem GradyJ. C. Hoffsommer Rep Grant Wade Shumate Dem GreerRaymond Barry Dem HarmonC. F. Miles Dem HarperD. C. Cantrell Dem HaskellFrank Crane Dem HughesFred Treadwell Dem HughesD. L. Jones Dem JacksonEwell Sam Singleton Dem JeffersonKarl Wright Dem JohnstonJ. R. Dorsett Rep KayFloyd Focht Dem KayRobert Barr Dem KingfisherW. B. McDonald Dem KiowaJack Bradley Dem LatimerEdd C. Hawthorne Dem LeFloreArthur Reed Dem LeFloreC. L. Mills Rep LincolnS. J. Thompson Rep LincolnCarl Morgan Rep LoganJohn Steele Batson Dem LoveJoe Story Rep MajorRoy Biles Dem MarshallEarl Ward Dem MayesPurman Wilson Dem McClainCarl Dees Dem McCurtainHerbert Flowers Dem McCurtainMilam King Dem McIntoshJ. A. Arms Dem MurrayCarl Frix Dem MuskogeeR. M. Mountcastle Dem MuskogeeJ. M. Wiley Dem MuskogeeRobert R. McCubbins Rep NobleCharles Whitford Dem NowataRoger Standley Dem OkfuskeeHarold Carey Dem OklahomaBen Gullett Dem OklahomaB. B. Kerr Dem OklahomaJ. D. McCarty Dem OklahomaRobert Sherman Dem OklahomaCreekmore Wallace Dem OklahomaPaul Washington Dem OklahomaQ. D. Gibbs Dem OkmulgeeBill Shipley Dem OkmulgeeB. L. Williams Dem OkmulgeeCharles Bacon Dem OsageBill Burkhart Dem OsageGrace Mitchelson Dem OttawaMona Jean Russell Dem OttawaPrentiss Rowe Dem PawneeJ. H. Arrington Dem PayneElbert Weaver Dem PayneBen Choate Dem PittsburgC. Plowboy Edwards Dem PittsburgHiram Impson Dem PittsburgThomas Holt Dem PontotocVirgil Medlock Dem PontotocJohn Levergood Dem PottawatomieA. J. Ownby Dem PottawatomieClarence Tankersley Dem PottawatomieClaud Thompson Dem PushmatahaWesley Hunt Dem Roger MillsE. W. Meads Dem RogersWalter Billingsley Dem SeminoleCon Long Dem SeminoleF. M. Streetman Dem SeminoleOwen Taylor Dem SequoyahJames Bullard Dem StephensD. A. Segrest Dem StephensWallace Hughes Dem TexasE. H. Shelton Dem TillmanHarmon Bellamy Rep TulsaJoe Harshbarger Rep TulsaJohnson Hill Dem TulsaDan Madrano Rep TulsaA. E. Montgomery Dem TulsaJoe Musgrave Rep TulsaArthur Price Rep TulsaW. B. Carr Rep WagonerLaton Doty Rep WashingtonA. R. Ash Dem WashitaEd Hines Dem WashitaR. W. McNally Rep WoodsFrank Durant Rep Woodward Table based on government database.Historic Members , Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).
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