27th Oklahoma Legislature

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| name = 27th Oklahoma Legislature

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

| leader1_type = President of the Senate:

| leader1 = George Nigh (D)

| leader2_type = President Pro Tem of the Senate:

| leader2 = Harold Garvin (D)

| leader3_type = Speaker of the House:

| leader3 = Clint Livingston (D)

| leader4_type = Composition:

| leader4 = Senate
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House
111 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 10 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}}

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The Twenty-seventh 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 6 to July 3, 1959, during the term of Governor J. Howard Edmondson.[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 16, 2013)

Dates of session

January 6 to July 3, 1959

Previous: 26th Legislature • Next: 28th Legislature

Leadership

=Democratic leadership=

President Pro Tem of the Senate: Everett Boecher
Speaker of the House: Clint Livingston
Speaker Pro Tempore: Noble Stewart
Majority Floor Leader: Frank Ogden

=Republican leadership=

Minority Leader: Denzil Garrison

Members

=Senate=

class="wikitable sortable" ! District !! Name !! Party
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|1	Leon B. Field	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|2	Charles M. Wilson	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|2	S. S. McColgin	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|3	Ben Easterly	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|4	Basil Wilson	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|5	Ryan Kerr	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|6	Ed Berrong	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|6	Byron Dacus	Democrat
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|7	Tom Morford	Rep
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|8	Floyd Carrier	Republican
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|9	Roy Grantham	Republican
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|10	Robert Breeden	Republican
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|11	Everett Collins	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|12	Louis H. Ritzhaupt	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|13	Oliver Walker	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|13	Boyd Cowden	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|14	Jean Pazoureck	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|14	George Miskovsky	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|15	Walt Allen	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|15	Don Baldwin	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|16	Roy C. Boecher	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|17	Harold Garvin	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|17	Fred Harris	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|18	Tom Tipps	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|19	Robert L. Bailey	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|19	Herbert Hope	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|20	Keith Cartwright	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|21	Clem Hamilton	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|22	Hugh Sandlin	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|23	Buck Cartwright	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|24	Leroy McClendon	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|25	Gene Stipe	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|26	Gene Herndon	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|27	Harold Shoemake	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|27	Milam King	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|28	Ray Fine	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|29	George Pitcher	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|30	J. R. Hall Jr.	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|31	Yates Land	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|32	Tom Payne Jr.	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|33	Clem McSpadden	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|34	Frank Mahan	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|35	Bob Trent	Democrat
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|36	Joe Bailey Cobb	Democrat

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 }}, p. 763-764. (accessed July 9, 2013)

=House of Representatives=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Party !! County
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W. H. Langley	Dem	Adair
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Frank Reneau	Dem	Alfalfa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Cooksey	Dem	Atoka
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|George Karnes	Dem	Beaver
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Holland Meacham	Dem	Beckham
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Burnham	Dem	Blaine
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Harry J. W. Belvin	Dem	Bryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Earl Cartwright	Dem	Bryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Goodfellow	Dem	Caddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Kardokus	Dem	Caddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ralph Watkins	Dem	Canadian
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Martin Dyer	Dem	Carter
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Rex Sparger	Dem	Carter
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William Willis	Dem	Cherokee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lucien Spear	Dem	Choctaw
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Carl Etling	Rep	Cimarron
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Kenneth Poynor	Dem	Cleveland
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Leland Wolf	Dem	Cleveland
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Delbert Inman	Dem	Coal
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Charles Ozmun	Dem	Comanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jim Taliaferro	Dem	Comanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Witt	Dem	Cotton
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Richard Wheatley Jr.	Dem	Craig
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Heber Finch Jr.	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William Shibley	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lou Stockton Allard	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Richardson	Dem	Custer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Wiley Sparkman	Dem	Delaware
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Roger Wilcox	Dem	Dewey
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|A. R. Larason	Dem	Ellis
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|John N. Camp	Rep	Garfield
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Richard Romang	Rep	Garfield
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jesse Daniel	Dem	Garvin
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Glen Ham	Dem	Garvin
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jefferson Lee Davis	Dem	Grady
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Clark	Dem	Grady
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John A. Lance	Dem	Grady
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|A. E. Green	Dem	Grant
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Elmo Hurst	Dem	Greer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|R.H. Lynch	Dem	Harmon
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. E. Bouse	Dem	Harper
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Samuel Mitchell	Dem	Haskell
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Stanley Huser Jr.	Dem	Hughes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Maurice Willis	Dem	Jackson
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bill Bradley	Dem	Jefferson
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Kenneth Converse	Dem	Johnston
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Howe	Dem	Kay
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Raymond Craig	Rep	Kay
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Milton Priebe	Rep	Kingfisher
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William Metcalf	Dem	Kiowa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jim Cook	Dem	Latimer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Tom Traw	Dem	LeFlore
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ralph Vandiver	Dem	LeFlore
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Barbour Cox	Dem	Lincoln
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Clarence Hall	Dem	Lincoln
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Dick Fogarty	Dem	Logan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Clint Livingston	Dem	Love
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Art Bower	Rep	Major
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William Bond	Dem	Marshall
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Wilkerson Jr.	Dem	Mayes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James C. Nance	Dem	McClain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Virgil Jumper	Dem	McCurtain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Kelsie Jones	Dem	McCurtain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Martin Odom	Dem	McIntosh
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Carl Williams	Dem	Murray
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bill Haworth	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Russell Ruby	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|George Spraker	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Henry Dolezal	Rep	Noble
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bill Shipley	Dem	Nowata
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Harlon Avey	Dem	Okfuskee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Red Andrews	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bryce Baggett	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Earl Foster Jr.	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|G. M. Fuller	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. D. McCarty	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jack Skaggs	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Cleeta John Rogers	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ed Cole	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|O.E. Richeson	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Shockley Shoemake	Dem	Osage
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Virgil Tinker	Dem	Osage
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Lollar	Dem	Ottawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Joseph Mountford	Dem	Ottawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Rex Privett	Dem	Pawnee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. H. Arrington	Dem	Payne
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|H. L. Sparks	Dem	Payne
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Willard Gotcher	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William Skeith	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ray Van Hooser	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lonnie Abbott	Dem	Pontotoc
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Ford	Dem	Pontotoc
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Henry Roberts	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Levergood	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Tom Stevens	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bob Hargrave	Dem	Pushmataha
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jodie Moad	Dem	Roger Mills
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bill Briscoe	Dem	Rogers
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Laurence Howze	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bucky Buckler	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Allen G. Nichols	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Noble Stewart	Dem	Sequoyah
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Edward Bond	Dem	Stephens
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Bullard	Dem	Stephens
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Frank Ogden	Dem	Texas
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Frank Patterson	Dem	Tillman
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ed Bradley	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Grant Forsythe	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Hopkins	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Gene Howard	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Alex Johnston	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John W. McCune	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jack McGahey	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Vol Howard Odom	Dem	Wagoner
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Clyde Sare	Dem	Washington
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Denzil Garrison	Rep	Washington
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Don Greenhaw	Dem	Washita
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|A. L. Murrow	Rep	Woods
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Don J. Williams	Rep	Woodward

Table based on database of historic members.[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 18, 2013)

Staff

Louise Stockton

References

Category:Oklahoma legislative sessions

Category:1959 in Oklahoma

Category:1960 in Oklahoma

Category:1959 U.S. legislative sessions

Category:1960 U.S. legislative sessions