28th Oklahoma Legislature

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| name = 28th 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 = Everett Boecher (D)

| leader3_type = Speaker of the House:

| leader3 = J. D. McCarty (D)

| leader4_type = Composition:

| leader4 = Senate
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House
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The Twenty-eighth 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 3 to July 28, 1961, 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)

J. D. McCarty was elected as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, breaking the tradition of governor-backed speakers. McCarty would go on to become Oklahoma's first three-term speaker.

Dates of session

January 3 to July 28, 1961

Previous: 27th Legislature • Next: 29th Legislature

Leadership

=Democratic leadership=

President of the Senate: Lieutenant Governor Cowboy Pink Williams[http://www.ok.gov/ltgovernor/Office_of_Lieutenant_Governor/History_of_Lieutenant_Governor/ History of the Lieutenant Governor's Office] (accessed June 16, 2013)
President Pro Tem of the Senate: Everett Boecher
Speaker of the House: J. D. McCarty
Speaker Pro Tempore: Delbert Inman
Majority Floor Leader: Leland Wolf

=Republican leadership=

Minority Leader: Carl Etling

Members

=Senate=

class="wikitable sortable" ! District !! Name !! Party
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|1	Leon B. Field	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|2	Charles M. Wilson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|2	S. S. McColgin	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|3	Ben Easterly	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|4	Basil Wilson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|5	Ryan Kerr	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|6	Ed Berrong	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|6	Byron Dacus	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|7	Tom Morford	Rep
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|8	Richard Romang	Rep
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|9	Roy Grantham	Rep
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|10	Robert Breeden	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|11	Everett Collins	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|12	Louis Ritzhaupt	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|13	Ralph Graves	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|13	Boyd Cowden	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|14	Jean Pazoureck	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|14	Cleeta John Rogers	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	Fred Harris	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|18	Tom Tipps	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|19	Robert L. Bailey	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|19	Glen Ham	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|20	Harry J. W. Belvin	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|21	Clem Hamilton	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|22	Alfred Stevenson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|23	Buck Cartwright	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|24	Leroy McClendon	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|25	Gene Stipe	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|26	Charles Colston	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|27	Harold Shoemake	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|27	Wilford Bohannon	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|28	Ray Fine	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|29	George Pitcher	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|30	Robert Lollar	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|31	Yates Land	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|32	Tom Payne Jr.	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|33	Clem McSpadden	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|34	Denzil Garrison	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|35	Bob Trent	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 }}, p. 763-764. (accessed July 9, 2013)

=House of Representatives=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Party !! County
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bill Harper	Dem	Adair
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Frank Reneau	Dem	Alfalfa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Harold Thomas	Dem	Atoka
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|George Karnes	Dem	Beaver
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Homer Holcomb	Dem	Beckham
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|O. R. Wilhelm	Dem	Beckham
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Burnham	Dem	Blaine
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Massey	Dem	Bryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Sam Sullivan	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}} \|James W. Williams	Dem	Carter
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William Willis	Dem	Cherokee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Wayne Sanguin	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}} \|Manville Redman	Dem	Comanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jim Taliaferro	Dem	Comanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Witt	Dem	Cotton
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Harold Morgan	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}} \|M. A. Diel	Dem	Custer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Wiley Sparkman	Dem	Delaware
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|E. D. Nichols	Dem	Dewey
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|A. R. Larason	Dem	Ellis
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|John Camp	Rep	Garfield
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Bert Page	Rep	Garfield
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Sam Richardson	Dem	Garvin
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Tom Strickland	Dem	Garvin
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Spencer Bernard	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}} \|James Fowler	Dem	Harmon
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Clayton Lauer	Rep	Harper
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Earl Bilyeu	Dem	Haskell
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Stona Fitch	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}} \|Joyce Holder	Dem	Kiowa
{{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}} \|Milton Craig	Dem	Lincoln
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Dick Fogarty	Dem	Logan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Steele Batson	Dem	Love
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Art Bower	Rep	Major
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Delmas Northcutt	Dem	Marshall
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. W. Bynum	Dem	Mayes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Norman A. Smith	Dem	McClain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Garfield Settles	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/Republican}} \|G. T. Blankenship	Rep	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|George Keyes	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. D. McCarty	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jack Skaggs	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Thomas Taggart	Rep	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ed Cole	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|O.E. Richeson	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Tom Tate	Dem	Osage
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Virgil Tinker	Dem	Osage
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Pat MsCue	Dem	Ottawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Joseph Mountford	Dem	Ottawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Rex Privett	Dem	Pawnee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jake E. Hesser	Dem	Payne
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|H. L. Sparks	Dem	Payne
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Tom McChristian	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}} \|Charles Henry	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Levergood	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Tom Stevens	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ray Tucker	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}} \|A. F. Edison	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Allen Nichols	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Maynard Blackard	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}} \|David Atkinson	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ed Bradley	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John W. McCune	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}} \|Vol Howard Odom	Dem	Wagoner
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Clyde Sare	Dem	Washington
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Charles Doornbos	Rep	Washington
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Don Greenhaw	Dem	Washita
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|A. L. Murrow	Rep	Woods
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|William Burkett	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 17, 2013)

Staff

Louise Stockton

References

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