10th Oklahoma Legislature

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| name = 10th Oklahoma Legislature

| coa_pic = File:Flag of Oklahoma (1925–1941).svg

| leader1_type = President Pro Tem of the Senate:

| leader1 = William J. Holloway (D)

| leader2_type = Speaker of the House:

| leader2 = J.B. Harper (D)

| leader3_type = Composition:

| leader3 = Senate
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House
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The Tenth 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 Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 6 to March 28, 1925, during the term of Governor Martin Trapp.[http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf A Century to Remember] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910204833/http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf |date=2012-09-10 }}, Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 20, 2013)

The 1925 session was marked by the creation of the state's top investigative law enforcement agency, which is today known as the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

Dates of sessions

  • Regular session: January 6-March 28, 1925

Previous: 9th Legislature • Next: 11th Legislature

Major legislation

  • The Oklahoma Legislature passed legislation to create the Bureau of Criminal Identification in 1925, which today is known as the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.[http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/governors/bios/trapp.pdf Biographical Note Martin Trapp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194046/http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/governors/bios/trapp.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} (accessed July 14, 2013)

Party composition

=Senate=

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!rowspan=3|Affiliation

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(Shading indicates majority caucus)

!rowspan=3|Total

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| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

Democratic

!Republican

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|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 38

|{{party shading/Republican}}| 6

! 44

Voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|86.4%

!{{party shading/Republican}}|13.6%

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=House of Representatives=

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!rowspan=3|Affiliation

!colspan=2|Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

!rowspan=3|Total

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| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

Democratic

!Republican

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|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 83

|{{party shading/Republican}}| 24

! 107

Voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|77.6%

!{{party shading/Republican}}|22.4%

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Leadership

William J. Holloway served as president pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate in 1925.[http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf 2005 Oklahoma Almanac] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218215829/http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf |date=2006-02-18 }}, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 1, 2013) J.B. Harper served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Members

=Senate=

File:Governor William Holloway.jpg

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! District !! Name !! Party

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Lt Gov

William J. HollowayDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|1

Wallace HughesDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|2

Stanley ShepherdDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|2

E.M. ReedDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|3

L.R. HugheyDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|4

Mrs. Lamar LooneyDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|5

Harry CordellDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|6

S.G. ThomasDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|6

A.E. DarnellDem
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|7

Ira HillRep
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|8

W.J. OtjenRep
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|9

William ClineDem
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|10

Jo FergusonRep
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|11

Harry JonesDem
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|12

Joe ShearerRep
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|13

Thomas C. WaldrepDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|13

C.M. FeuquayDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|14

Jack BarkerDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|14

W.C. FidlerDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|15

Ed JohnsDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|15

Jed JohnsonDem
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|16

W.P. KimererRep
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|17

W.C. LewisDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|17

Dave BoyerDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|18

Earl BrownDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|18

U.T. RexroatDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|19

John LuttrellDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|19

Mac Q. WilliamsonDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|20

J.H. McCurleyDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|20

Thomas F. MemmingerDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|21

L.P. BoboDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|22

Tom AnglinDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|23

Joseph LooneyDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|24

William J. HollowayDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|25

Carl MonkDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|26

J.R. McClendonDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|27

W.M. GulagerDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|27

W.G. StiglerDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|28

John GoodallDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|29

Harve LangleyDem
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|30

H.L. MarshallRep
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|31

Washington E. HudsonDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|32

Amos Holland CulpDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|33

Floyd CalvertDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|34

G.I. Van DallDem

  • Table based on state almanac and list of all senators.[http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/ALLSENATE-LIST.pdf All Senate List], Okhouse.gov (accessed on June 28, 2013). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130328201442/http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/ALLSENATE-LIST.pdf Archived] 2013-06-30.

=House of Representatives=

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! Name !! Party !! County

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|J.D. Beauyear

DemAdair
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|O.W.T. Henderson

DemAlfalfa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|P.R. Crowley

DemAtoka
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Roy Coppock

RepBeaver, Harper
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Ira Finley

DemBeckham
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Elias Smith

DemBlaine
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|O.E. Thornley

DemBryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|E.P. White

DemBryan
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Roy Hangar

RepCaddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Harry Jolly

DemCaddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Price Thompson

DemCanadian
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|J.W. Murphy

DemCarter
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Lloyd Noble

RepCarter
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|J.A. Morgan

RepCherokee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|D.A. Stovall

DemChoctaw
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|William Strong

DemCimarron, Texas
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|E.V. George

DemCleveland
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|J.R. Hickman

DemCoal
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|E.M. Reinwand

DemComanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|H.P. Wettengel

DemComanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Joseph Hooper

DemCotton
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|O.E. Odell

DemCraig
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|W.I. Cunningham

DemCreek
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Ida Robertson

DemCreek
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Edward F. White

RepCreek
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Thomas P. Stone

DemCuster
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Isaiah Long

RepDelaware
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|C.R. Flint

RepDewey
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|G.E. Davison

RepEllis
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|O.R. Miller

RepGarfield
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|William H. Ryan

DemGarfield
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|James M. Thompson

DemGarvin
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|A.L. Davis

DemGrady
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|David C. Roberts Jr.

DemGrady
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|William M. Thornhill

RepGrant
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|J.G.H. Windle

DemGreer
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|E.C. Abernathy

DemHarmon
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Newt Sanders

DemHaskell
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|N.J. Johnson

DemHughes
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|A.E. Bilbrey

DemJackson
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Guy Green

DemJefferson
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|John Garner

DemJohnston
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|G.A. Chappell

RepKay
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Joseph Wilson Morris

RepKay
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Robert B. McClintic

RepKingfisher
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Charles F. Fawks Jr.

DemKiowa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|E.M. Cooper

DemLatimer
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|J.B. Harper

DemLeFlore
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Burton Kidd

DemLeFlore
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|B. Taylor

RepLincoln
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|M.M. Watson

RepLincoln
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|O.B. Acton

RepLogan
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Woody Dixon

DemLove
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|John Voorhees

RepMajor
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|David L. Faulk

DemMarshall
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Fred S. Lee

DemMayes
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|C.C. Hester

DemMcClain
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Paul Stewart

DemMcCurtain
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Paul Thorn

DemMcCurtain
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|L.D. Ogden

DemMcIntosh
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|H.W. Broadbent

DemMurray
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Tom B. O'Bryan

DemMuskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|J.F. Strayhorn

DemMuskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|F.L. Walton

DemMuskogee
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|R.F. Howe

RepNoble
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|W.T. Bluejacket

DemNowata
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|T.H. Wren

DemOkfuskee
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|H.L. Caldwell

RepOklahoma
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Henry L. Cloud

RepOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Robert C. Graham

DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Anna Laskey

DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|R.A. Singletary

DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Allen Street

DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|S.M. Hufstedler

DemOkmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Charles Lewis

DemOkmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|David Logan

DemOkmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|H.N. Cornutt

DemOsage
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Frank Shaw

DemOsage
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Perry Porter

DemOttawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|R.W. Skinner

DemOttawa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|W.S. Caldwell

RepPawnee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|George Hoke

DemPayne
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Fletcher Davis

DemPittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|E.P. Hill

DemPittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Otto Strickland

DemPontotoc
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Sam Bailey

DemPottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|M.M. Henderson

DemPottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|L.W. Weaver

DemPushmataha
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|John Simpler

DemRoger Mills
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|E.H. Lightner

DemRogers
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Bart Aldridge

DemSeminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|W.A. Carlisle

DemSequoyah
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|T.M. McCombs

DemSequoyah
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|P.D. Sullivan

DemStephens
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Henry R. King

DemTillman
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Frank Boyer

DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Phillip Kramer

DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|John Miller

DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Thomas Munroe

DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|O.H. Terwilleger

DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Horace Foster

DemWagoner
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|A.C. Easter

RepWashington
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|William Rupard

DemWashington
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Ed Hines

DemWashita
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Marion Clothier

RepWoods
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Jerry Coover

RepWoodward

  • Table based on government database.[http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Historic.aspx Historic Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711202342/http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Historic.aspx |date=2013-07-11 }}, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 23, 2013). 2013-06-22.

References

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