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38th Oklahoma Legislature

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{{Infobox legislature

| name = 38th Oklahoma Legislature

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

| leader1_type = President of the Senate:

| leader1 = Spencer Bernard (D)

| leader2_type = President Pro Tem of the Senate:

| leader2 = Marvin York (D)

| leader3_type = Speaker of the House:

| leader3 = Daniel Draper (D)

| leader4_type = Term:

| leader4 = January 6, 1981-January 4, 1983

| leader5_type = Composition:

| leader5 = Senate
36 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 12 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}}
House
75 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 26 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}}

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The Thirty-eighth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 6 to July 20, 1981, from August 31 to September 4, 1981, and from January 5 to July 12, 1982, during the term of Governor George Nigh.[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 }}, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 20, 2013) After the legislative council was eliminated in 1980, the Oklahoma House of Representatives added research and fiscal divisions.

Marvin York served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Daniel Draper served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Frank Keating served as the Minority leader of the Oklahoma Senate. Neal McCaleb served as the Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

  • First regular session: January 6-July 20, 1981
  • Special session: August 31-September 4, 1981
  • Second regular session: January 5-July 12, 1982

Previous: 37th Legislature • Next: 39th Legislature

Party composition

=Senate=

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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}}| 36

|{{party shading/Republican}}| 12

! 48

Voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|75%

!{{party shading/Republican}}|25%

!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

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| 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}}| 75

|{{party shading/Republican}}| 26

! 101

Voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|74.3%

!{{party shading/Republican}}|25.7%

!colspan=2|

Leadership

=Senate=

Oklahoma City Democratic Senator Marvin York served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Frank Keating served as the Republican Minority leader.

=House of Representatives=

Democratic Representative Daniel Draper served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Mike Murphy served as Speaker Pro Tempore. Representative Neal McCaleb served as the Republican Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Members

=Senate=

class="wikitable sortable"

! District !! Name !! Party !! Hometown

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Lt-Gov

Spencer BernardDemPresident
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1

William SchueleinDemMiami
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 2

Bill CrutcherDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 3

Herb RozellDemTahlequah
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 4

Joe JohnsonDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 5

Gerald DennisDemAntlers
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 6

Roy BoatnerDemDurant
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 7

Gene StipeDemMcAlester
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 8

Robert MillerDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 9

John LutonDemMuskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 10

John DahlDemBarnsdall
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 12

John YoungDemSapulpa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 13

James W. McDanielDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 14

Ernest MartinDemArdmore
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 15

Bill BranchDemNorman
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 16

Lee CateDemNorman
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 17

John CliftonDemShawnee
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 19

Norman LambRepEnid
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 20

William O'ConnorRep
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 21

Bernice ShedrickDemStillwater
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 22

Gideon TinsleyDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 23

Ray GilesDemPocasset
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 24

Kenneth LandisDem
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 24

Herschal CrowDemAltus
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 26

Gilmer CappsDemSayre
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 27

Wayne WinnDem
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 29

Jerry PierceRep
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 31

Paul TaliaferroDemLawton
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 32

Al TerrillDemLawton
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 33

Rodger RandleDemTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 34

Robert V. CullisonDemTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 35

Warren GreenRepTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 36

Gene C. HowardDemTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 37

Finis SmithDemTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 38

Frank KeatingRepTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 39

Jerry L. SmithRepTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 40

Mike CombsRepOklahoma City
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 41

Phil WatsonRepOklahoma City
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 42

James HowellDemMidwest City
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 43

Don KilpatrickDemOklahoma City
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 44

Marvin YorkDemOklahoma City
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 45

Ed MooreRepOklahoma City
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 46

Bernest CainDemOklahoma City
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 47

John R. McCuneRepOklahoma City
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 48

E. Melvin PorterDemOklahoma City
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 49

Timothy D. LeonardRepOklahoma City
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 50

Jeff JohnstonDemSeminole
{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 52

E. W. KellerRepBethany
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 54

Don CumminsDemOklahoma City

  • Tabled based on state 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 }}, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 10, 2013)

=House of Representatives=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! District !! Party !! Counties

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Mike Murphy

1DemMcCurtain
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Don Mentzer

2DemSequoyah
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Mick Thompson

3DemLeFlore
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|William Willis

4DemCherokee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Wiley Sparkman

5DemDelaware, Mayes, Ottawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|George Vaughn

6DemCraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Joe Fitzgibbon

7DemOttawa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|J. D. Whorton

8RepMayes, Rogers, Wagoner
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Stratton Taylor

9DemRogers
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|A.C. Holden

10DemOsage, Washington
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Don Koppel

11RepNowata, Washington
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Bill Lancaster

12DemMuskogee, Wagoner
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Jim Barker

13DemMuskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|John Monks

14DemMuskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Charles Peterson

15DemHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Frank Shurden

16DemOkmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|"Red" Caldwell

17DemLatimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Frank Harbin

18DemPittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Gary Sherrer

19DemChoctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Bob Trent

20DemAtoka, Johnston, Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Guy Gaylon Davis

21DemBryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Jack F. Kelly

22DemCarter, Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Twyla Mason Gray

23DemTulsa, Wagoner
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Bill Robinson

24DemHughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Lonnie Abbott

25DemPontotoc
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Robert Harlan Henry

26DemPottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Steve C. Lewis

27DemCleveland, Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Enoch Kelly Haney

28DemOkfuskee, Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Oval Cunningham

29DemCreek
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Benny Vanatta

30DemCreek
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Frank W. Davis

31RepLogan, Noble
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Charlie Morgan

32DemLincoln, Logan
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Joe Manning

33DemPayne
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Daniel Draper

34DemPayne
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Don Johnson

35DemNoble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Don Anderson

36DemOsage
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|James Holt

37RepKay
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Robert Milacek

38RepAlfalfa, Grant, Kay
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Steven Boeckman

39RepAlfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Homer Rieger

40RepGarfield
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Bruce Harvey

41RepGarfield
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Don Garrison

42DemGarvin, Grady
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Donald Feddersen

43DemCanadian
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Cleta Deatherage

44DemCleveland
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Cal Hobson

45DemCleveland
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Jerry F. Smith

46DemCleveland, McClain
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Denver Talley

47DemGrady
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|A Don Duke

48DemCarter
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Bill Brewster

49DemCarter, Love, Marshall
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|JD Blodgett

50RepStephens
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Vernon Dunn

51DemCotton, Jefferson, Stephens
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Howard Cotner

52DemJackson
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Bob Harper

53DemComanche, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Helen Cole

54RepCleveland
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Harvey Weichel

55DemCaddo, Kiowa, Washita
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Tom Manar

56DemCaddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Bill Widener

57DemBlaine, Custer
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Lewis Kamas

58RepWoods, Woodward
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Dr. Rollin D. Reimer

59DemBlaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Willie Rogers

60DemBeckham, Greer, Harmon
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Walter Hill

61RepBeaver, Cimarron, Texas
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Ken Harris

62DemComanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Marvin Baughman

63DemComanche, Tillman
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Butch Hooper

64DemComanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Jim Glover

65DemComanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|David Riggs

66DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Joan Hastings

67RepTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Robert Hopkins

68DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Nelson Little

69RepTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Penny Williams

70DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Helen Arnold

71RepTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Don McCorkle Jr.

72DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Bernard McIntyre

73DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Rodney Hargrave

74DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Alene Baker

75DemRogers, Tulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|James Allen Williamson

76RepTulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|William Poulos

77DemTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Frank Pitezel

78RepTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Jim Henshaw

79RepTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Charles Ford

80RepTulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Neal McCaleb

81RepOklahoma
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|George Osborne

82RepOklahoma
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Gean Atkinson

83RepOklahoma
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Bill Graves

84RepOklahoma
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|George Camp

85RepOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Rick Stahl

86DemAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Sandy Sanders

87DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Don Denman

88DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Rebecca Hamilton

89DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Mike J. Lawter

90DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Keith Leftwich

91DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Jim Fried

92DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Ben Brown

93DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Fred Joiner

94DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|David Craighead

95DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Maxine Kincheloe

96RepOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Kevin Cox

97DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Thomas Duckett

98DemCanadian, Grady, Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Freddye Williams

99DemOklahoma
{{Party shading/Republican}}

|Mike Fair

100RepCanadian, Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|Carl Twidwell Jr.

101DemOklahoma

  • 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 20, 2013)

References

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