23rd Oklahoma Legislature

{{Infobox legislature

| name = 23rd Oklahoma Legislature

| coa_pic = File:Flag of Oklahoma (1941–1988).svg

| leader1_type = President of the Senate:

| leader1 = James E. Berry (D)

| leader2_type = President Pro Tem of the Senate:

| leader2 = Boyd Cowden (D)

| leader3_type = Speaker of the House:

| leader3 = James M. Bullard (D)

| leader4_type = Composition:

| leader4 = Senate
40 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 4 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}}
House
99 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 20 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}}

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The Twenty-third 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 2, 1951, to May 18, 1951, during the term of Governor Johnston Murray.[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=September 10, 2012 }}, [http://www.okhouse.gov/ Oklahoma House of Representatives] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622043630/http://www.okhouse.gov/ |date=June 22, 2013 }}. (accessed June 28, 2013)

Dates of session

Regular session: January 2-May 18, 1951

Previous: 22nd Legislature • Next: 24th Legislature

Party composition

=Senate=

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style="vertical-align:bottom;" !rowspan=3\|Affiliation !colspan=2\|Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) !rowspan=3\|Total
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Democratic !Republican
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nowrap style="font-size:80%"\| \|{{party shading/Democratic}}\| 40 \|{{party shading/Republican}}\| 4 ! 44
Voting share !{{party shading/Democratic}}\|90.9% !{{party shading/Republican}}\|9.1% !colspan=2\|

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style="vertical-align:bottom;"

!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}}| 40

|{{party shading/Republican}}| 4

! 44

Voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|90.9%

!{{party shading/Republican}}|9.1%

!colspan=2|

=House of Representatives=

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
style="vertical-align:bottom;" !rowspan=3\|Affiliation !colspan=2\|Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) !rowspan=3\|Total
style="height:5px" \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \|
Democratic !Republican
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nowrap style="font-size:80%"\| \|{{party shading/Democratic}}\| 99 \|{{party shading/Republican}}\| 20 ! 119
Voting share !{{party shading/Democratic}}\|83.2% !{{party shading/Republican}}\|16.8% !colspan=2\|

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

style="vertical-align:bottom;"

!rowspan=3|Affiliation

!colspan=2|Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

!rowspan=3|Total

style="height:5px"

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

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

Democratic

!Republican

colspan=5|

nowrap style="font-size:80%"|

|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 99

|{{party shading/Republican}}| 20

! 119

Voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|83.2%

!{{party shading/Republican}}|16.8%

!colspan=2|

Leadership

Senate President Pro Tem: Boyd Cowden[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 }} (accessed June 28, 2013)
House Speaker: James Bullard
Speaker Pro Tempore: James Williams
Majority Floor Leader: A. R. Larason

Members

=Senate=

class="wikitable sortable" ! District !! Name !! Party
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|1	Leon B. Field	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|2	A. E. Anderson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|2	Lawrence L. Irwin	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|3	Claude Seaman	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|4	Henry W. Worthington	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|5	D. L. Jones	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|6	Carl Max Cook	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|6	Byron Dacus	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|7	Stanley Coppock	Rep
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|8	Floyd Carrier	Rep
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|9	Roy Grantham	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|10	J. Val Connell	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|11	Everett Collins	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|12	Louis Ritzhaupt	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|13	Oliver Walker	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|13	Boyd Cowden	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|14	Jim A. Rinehart	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|14	George Miskovsky	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|15	Walt Allen	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|15	Don Baldwin	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|16	Roy C. Boecher	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|17	Harold Garvin	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|17	Bill Logan	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|18	Joe B. Thompson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|19	Joe Smalley	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|19	Herbert Hope	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|20	Keith Cartwright	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|21	Clem Hamilton	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|22	Paul Ballinger	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|23	Virgil Medlock	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|24	Leroy McClendon	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|25	Kirksey Nix	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|26	Raymond D. Gary	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|27	Harold Shoemake	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|27	Roy White	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|28	Ray Fine	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|29	Harold Morgan	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|30	Jess Fronterhouse	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|31	Arthur Price	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|32	James Nevins	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|33	Tom Kight	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|34	Frank Mahan	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|35	Henry Cooper	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|36	Joe Bailey Cobb	Dem

Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[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 }} (accessed July 3, 2013)

=House of Representatives=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Party !! County
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W. H. Langley	Dem	Adair
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Vernon Collins	Dem	Alfalfa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Floyd Mason	Dem	Atoka
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Floyd Sumrall	Dem	Beaver
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. L. Edgecomb	Dem	Beckham
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Charles Wilson	Dem	Beckham
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|H. G. Tolbert	Rep	Blaine
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Douglas	Dem	Bryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Joe Engler	Dem	Bryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Charley Long	Dem	Caddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|F. H. Moorehead	Dem	Caddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jean Pazoureck	Dem	Canadian
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Payne	Dem	Carter
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ernest Tate	Dem	Carter
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Richard Smith	Dem	Cherokee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lucien Spear	Dem	Choctaw
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Roy T. Nall	Dem	Cimarron
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Virgil Young	Dem	Cleveland
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|T. K. Kinglesmith	Dem	Coal
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Charles Ozmun	Dem	Comanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jim Taliaferro	Dem	Comanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Luther Boyd Eubanks	Dem	Cotton
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|George Pitcher	Dem	Craig
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lou Stockton Allard	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William Shibley	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Streeter Speakman	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Wayne Wallace	Dem	Custer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Wiley Sparkman	Dem	Delaware
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jack Wilcox	Dem	Dewey
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|A.R. Larason	Dem	Ellis
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|John Camp	Rep	Garfield
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Richard Romang	Rep	Garfield
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Glen Ham	Dem	Garvin
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ike Tolbert	Dem	Garvin
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jefferson Lee Davis	Dem	Grady
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Renegar	Dem	Grady
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William Card	Dem	Grant
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Basil Wilson	Dem	Greer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Valdhe Pitman	Dem	Harmon
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Boyce Stinson	Rep	Harper
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Howard Young	Dem	Haskell
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Frank Grayson	Dem	Hughes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William J. Ivester	Dem	Jackson
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jack Coleman	Dem	Jefferson
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jack Gillam	Dem	Johnston
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Guy Bailey	Dem	Kay
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Raymond Craig	Rep	Kay
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|William A. Burton Jr.	Rep	Kingfisher
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|C.L. Krieger	Dem	Kiowa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lloyd Reeder	Dem	Kiowa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|E.T. Dunlap	Dem	Latimer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Dual Autry	Dem	LeFlore
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ralph Vandiver	Dem	LeFlore
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Jesse Berry	Rep	Lincoln
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Richard James	Rep	Lincoln
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Lewis Wolfe	Rep	Logan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Clint Livingston	Dem	Love
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|J. Howard Lindley	Rep	Major
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Don Welch	Dem	Marshall
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|G.A. Sampsel	Dem	Mayes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James R. Williams	Dem	McClain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Paul Harkey	Dem	McCurtain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Mort Welch	Dem	McCurtain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Wilford Bohannon	Dem	McIntosh
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bruce Frazier	Dem	Murray
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bill Haworth	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Edwin Langley	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Louis Smith	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Robert S. Taylor	Rep	Noble
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Otis Munson	Dem	Nowata
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William L. Jones	Dem	Okfuskee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Cunningham	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bill Harkey	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Eddie Kessler	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.D. McCarty	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Norman Reynolds	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Sherman	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W.R. Wallace Jr.	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Manuel Furr	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John W. Russell Jr.	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W.A. Burkhart Jr.	Dem	Osage
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Shockley Shoemake	Dem	Osage
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.R. Hall Jr.	Dem	Ottawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|C.D. Wilson	Dem	Ottawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Reynolds Jr.	Dem	Ottawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ray D. Henry	Dem	Pawnee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert L. Hert	Dem	Payne
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|C. Plowboy Edwards	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|George Nigh	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Gene Stipe	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|George R. Collins	Dem	Pontotoc
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.W. Huff	Dem	Pontotoc
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|George Defenbaugh	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Levergood	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Thomas M. Stevens	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lee Welch	Dem	Pushmataha
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jodie Moad	Dem	Roger Mills
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Dave L. Smith	Dem	Rogers
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Glen Collins	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Haning	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Charles Sims	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|M. Shawnee Stewart	Dem	Sequoyah
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Bullard	Dem	Stephens
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Val Miller	Dem	Stephens
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Don Dale	Dem	Texas
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Arthur Kelly	Dem	Tillman
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Robert N. Alexander	Rep	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Wendell Barnes	Rep	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Dale Briggs	Rep	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Joe Musgrave	Rep	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|C.R. Nixon	Rep	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Russell Reynolds	Rep	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Dean H. Smith	Rep	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Carlisle Duke	Dem	Wagoner
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Laton Doty	Rep	Washington
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Dale Griffin	Dem	Washita
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ben Easterly	Dem	Woods
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Clarence Meigs	Rep	Woodward

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 30, 2013).

References

Category:Oklahoma legislative sessions

Category:1951 in Oklahoma

Category:1952 in Oklahoma

Category:1951 U.S. legislative sessions

Category:1952 U.S. legislative sessions