Richard Alphonzo Billups (April 24, 1878 – August 6, 1948) was an American politician who served as a Democratic Party member of the Oklahoma Senate representing the 6th district from 1907 to 1910.
Biography Born in Mississippi on April 24, 1878, Billups attended Cumberland Law School in Lebanon, Tennessee.
On Easter Sunday, March 30, 1902, Billups married Lelia Beatrice Tyler at her parents' home in Duck Hill, Mississippi.
Billups died on April 24, 1948, aged 67, at his home in Oklahoma City, two days after suffering a heat attack. He was survived by his wife and their five children.
Billups law He is remembered for chairing the 1st Oklahoma Legislature Senate Prohibition Committee and pushing through "Billups Booze Bill," a bill to prohibit the manufacture, transportation, and possession of liquor. William H. Murray pushed for the inclusion of an exception for medical and scientific purposes. He ran for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 1914.
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