25th Oklahoma Legislature
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Leadership
Ray Fine (D)
Bill Harkey (D)
Composition:
Senate
39   5  
House
102   19  

The Twenty-fifth 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 4 to May 27, 1955, during the term of Governor Raymond D. Gary.[1] Gary had just served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate during the previous session. He was replaced by Ray Fine, who took over as presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate. Bill Harkey was elected Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and was the first speaker to serve two consecutive terms.[1]

During the 1955 session, the state legislature approved a legislative referendum to end school segregation, in response to the 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education.[1] It was approved by voters in 1956 by a 3-1 margin.[1]

Dates of session

Previous: 24th Legislature • Next: 26th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Republican
39 5 44
Voting share 88.6% 11.4%

House of Representatives

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Republican
102 19 121
Voting share 84.3% 15.7%

Major legislation

Leadership

Democratic

Republican

Staff

Members

Senate

District Name Party
1 Leon B. Field Dem
2 Charles M. Wilson Dem
2 S. S. McColgin Dem
3 Ben Easterly Dem
4 Basil Wilson Dem
5 D. L. Jones Dem
6 Carl Max Cook Dem
6 Byron Dacus Dem
7 Stanley Coppock Rep
8 Floyd Carrier Rep
9 Roy Grantham Rep
10 J. L. Maltsberger Rep
11 Everett Collins Dem
12 Carl Morgan Rep
13 Oliver Walker Dem
13 Boyd Cowden Dem
14 Jim A. Rinehart Dem
14 George Miskovsky Dem
15 Walt Allen Dem
15 Don Baldwin Dem
16 Roy C. Boecher Dem
17 Harold Garvin Dem
17 Bill Logan Dem
18 Fred Chapman Dem
19 Virgil Young Dem
19 Herbert Hope Dem
20 Keith Cartwright Dem
21 Clem Hamilton Dem
22 Paul Ballinger Dem
23 Glen Collins Dem
24 Leroy McClendon Dem
25 Kirksey Nix Dem
26 Gene Herndon Dem
27 Harold Shoemake Dem
27 Howard Young Dem
28 Ray Fine Dem
29 Buck Dendy Dem
30 Jess Fronterhouse Dem
31 Arthur Price Rep
32 John W. Russell Jr. Dem
33 Clem McSpadden Dem
34 Frank Mahan Dem
35 Bob Trent Dem
36 Bruce Frazier Dem

House of Representatives

Name Party County
W. H. Langley Dem Adair
Tom Morford Rep Alfalfa
Joseph Payton Dem Atoka
Floyd Sumrall Dem Beaver
H. F. Carmichael Dem Beckham
J. L. Edgecomb Dem Blaine
Raney Arnold Dem Bryan
Harry J. W. Belvin Dem Bryan
Robert Lawson Goodfellow Dem Caddo
Charley Long Dem Caddo
Jean Pazoureck Dem Canadian
John T. Tipps Dem Carter
Harley Venters Dem Carter
Jack Bliss Dem Cherokee
Lucien Spear Dem Choctaw
Carl Etling Rep Cimarron
Robert L. Bailey Dem Cleveland
Leland Wolf Dem Cleveland
Delbert Inman Dem Coal
Charles Ozmun Dem Comanche
Githen Rhoads Dem Comanche
Jim Taliaferro Dem Comanche
W. B. Nelson Dem Cotton
George Pitcher Dem Craig
Lou Stockton Allard Dem Creek
Heber Finch Dem Creek
William Shibley Dem Creek
Clarence Sweeney Dem Custer
Carl Thomas Mustain Dem Delaware
J. B. Graybill Dem Dewey
A.R. Larason Dem Ellis
John Camp Rep Garfield
Richard Romang Rep Garfield
Jesse Daniel Dem Garvin
Glen Ham Dem Garvin
Jefferson Lee Davis Dem Grady
John A. Lance Dem Grady
A. E. Green Dem Grant
Elmo Hurst Dem Greer
Dale Kite Dem Harmon
J. E. Bouse Dem Harper
Edward Chunings Dem Haskell
Hugh Sandlin Dem Hughes
Guy Horton Dem Jackson
Bill Bradley Dem Jefferson
Charles Norris Dem Johnston
Guy Bailey Dem Kay
Raymond Craig Rep Kay
William Burton Rep Kingfisher
William Metcalf Dem Kiowa
Jim Cook Dem Latimer
James Fesperman Dem LeFlore
Ralph Vandiver Dem LeFlore
Jesse Berry Rep Lincoln
Barbour Cox Dem Lincoln
Joe Carey Rep Logan
Rudolph Folsom Dem Love
Howard Lindley Rep Major
Jay Payne Dem Marshall
G. A. Sampsel Dem Mayes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (accessed June 16, 2013)
  2. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 763-764. (accessed July 9, 2013)
  3. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 3, 2013).
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