4th Oklahoma Legislature
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{{Infobox legislature
| name = 4th Oklahoma Legislature
| coa_pic = File:Flag of Oklahoma (1911–1925).svg
| leader1_type = President of the Senate:
| leader1 = J. J. McAlester (D)
| leader2_type = President Pro Tem of the Senate:
| leader2 = C. B. Kendrick (D)
| leader3_type = Speaker of the House:
| leader3 = J. Harvey Maxey Jr. (D)
| leader4_type = Composition:
| leader4 = Senate
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House
78 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 19 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}}
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The Fourth 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 the India White Temple in Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 7 to March 17, 1913, and in special session from March 18 to July 5, 1913, during the term of Governor Lee Cruce.[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)
The 1913 session was marked by the passage of a municipal Sunday closing law, which was favored by Cruce. Lieutenant Governor James Jackson McAlester served as the President of the Senate and C.B. Kendrick served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. J. Harvey Maxey Jr. served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Dates of sessions
- Regular session: January 7-March 17, 1913
- Special session: March 18-July 5, 1913
Previous: 3rd Legislature • Next: 5th 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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| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |
| Democratic |
|---|
| colspan=5| |
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|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 34 |{{party shading/Republican}}| 10 ! 44 |
| Voting share
!{{party shading/Democratic}}|77.3% !{{party shading/Republican}}|22.7% !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 |
|---|
| colspan=5| |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%"|
|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 78 |{{party shading/Republican}}| 19 ! 97 |
| Voting share
!{{party shading/Democratic}}|80.4% !{{party shading/Republican}}|26.4% !colspan=2| |
Major legislation
- Sundays - Governor Lee Cruce supported municipal Sunday closing laws and the 1913 state legislature passed House Bill 50, which prohibited a number of Sunday activities.Wilson, Linda D. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CR020.html CRUCE, LEE (1863-1933)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119125232/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CR020.html |date=November 19, 2012 }}, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma State University. (accessed July 2, 2013)
Leadership
=Senate=
Lieutenant Governor James Jackson McAlester served as the President of the Senate, which gave him a tie-breaking vote and allowed him to serve as a presiding officer. C.B. Kendrick was elected by state senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the primary presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate.[http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf Oklahoma Almanac, 2005] {{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)
=House=
J. Harvey Maxey Jr. of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1913 and Charles B. Emanuel served as Speaker Pro Tempore.
Members
=Senate=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! District !! Name !! Party | ||
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Lt-Gov | J. J. McAlester | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1 | George Aycock | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|2 | E. L. Mitchell | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|2 | R. E. Echols | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|3 | William Briggs | Rep |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|4 | J. L. Carpenter | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|5 | Guy Horton | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|6 | James Austin | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|6 | J. V. McClintic | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|7 | J. W. McCully | Rep |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|8 | Eugene Watrous | Rep |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|9 | William Dutton | Rep |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|9 | J. E. Curran | Rep |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|10 | George Waters | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|11 | Joseph Jones | Rep |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|12 | John H. Burford | Rep |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|13 | Charles F. Barrett | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|13 | C. L. Edmonson | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|14 | Tom McMechan | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|14 | Ben Wilson | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|15 | George Barefoot | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|15 | John Pugh | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|16 | E. J. Warner | Rep |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|17 | F. W. Anderson | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|17 | Elmer Thomas | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|18 | C. B. Kendrick | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|18 | Ben Franklin | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|19 | J. T. McIntosh | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|19 | Fred Tucker | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|20 | Joseph Bryan Thompson | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|20 | Thomas F. Memminger | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|21 | Edwin Sorrels | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|22 | C. W. Board | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|23 | Reuben Roddie | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|24 | W. C. McAlister | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|25 | William Redwine | Rep |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|26 | C. C. Shaw | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|27 | Sid Garrett | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|27 | Campbell Russell | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|28 | M. S. Blassingame | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|29 | E. C. Harlan | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|30 | George W. Fields Jr. | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|31 | A. F. Vandeventer | Dem |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|32 | James H. Sutherlin | Rep |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|33 | Gid Graham | Dem |
=House of Representatives=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! Party !! County | ||
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem | Adair |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Charles B. Parkhurst | Rep | Alfalfa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|I. L. Cook | Dem | Atoka |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R. B. Rutherford | Dem | Beaver, Harper |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|H. V. Joseph | Dem | Beckham |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|George Jamison | Rep | Blaine |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem | Bryan |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R. R. Halsell | Dem | Bryan |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|H. N. Christian | Dem | Caddo |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Theo Pruett | Dem | Caddo |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R. J. Thompson | Dem | Canadian |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|U. T. Rexroat | Dem | Carter |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem | Cherokee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Thomas W. Hunter | Dem | Choctaw |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W. L. Roberts | Dem | Cimarron, Texas |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|N. E. Sharp | Dem | Cleveland |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|George T. Searcy | Dem | Coal |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J. M. Haynes | Dem | Comanche, Cotton |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Roy J. Williams | Dem | Comanche, Cotton |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Peter Coyne | Dem | Craig |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|H. H. Herman | Rep | Creek |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W. S. Dearing | Dem | Custer |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Lee Howe | Dem | Delaware |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Howell Smith | Dem | Dewey |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Flavius Rose | Rep | Ellis |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem | Garfield |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|George Dizney | Rep | Garfield |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Joe A. Edwards | Dem | Garvin |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W B M Mitchell | Dem | Garvin |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|T. J. Brown | Dem | Grady |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|A. S. Riddle | Dem | Grady |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J. E. Lemon | Dem | Grant |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|O. L. Cummings | Dem | Greer |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|H. L. Russell | Dem | Harmon |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|H. M. Moore | Dem | Haskell |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J. B. Griggs | Dem | Hughes |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R. J. Morgan | Dem | Jackson |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem | Jefferson |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Andrew Veatch | Dem | Johnston |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|W. C. Baum | Rep | Kay |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem | Kay |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|George L. King | Rep | Kingfisher |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Leonard Lewis | Dem | Kiowa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Cliff Peery | Dem | Latimer |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|T.G. McMahan | Dem | LeFlore |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J.L. Spengler | Dem | LeFlore |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|John B. Charles | Rep | Lincoln |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Fred Hoyt | Rep | Lincoln |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Walter H. Matthews | Dem | Lincoln, Pottawatomie |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Frank McGuire | Rep | Logan |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W. H. Brooks | Dem | Love |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|W.T. Ruby | Rep | Major |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|C.H. Thomas | Dem | Marshall |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Gideon Morgan | Rep | Mayes |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|E.E. Glasco | Dem | McClain |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W.S. Davis | Dem | McCurtain |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Tom G. Taylor | Dem | McIntosh |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Charles B. Emanuel | Dem | Murray |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|William Carr | Dem | Muskogee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem | Muskogee |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|E.T. Testerman | Rep | Noble |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W.A. Chase | Dem | Nowata |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W.H. Case | Dem | Okfuskee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|George Harvison | Dem | Okfuskee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Hubert Bolen | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|C.H. DeFord | Rep | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Hugh Randall | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|D.B. Welty | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|John H. Wright | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J.M. Lenox | Dem | Okmulgee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Charles B. Peters | Dem | Osage |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|M.B. Prentiss | Rep | Osage |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|J.S. Mabon | Rep | Ottawa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Stanley Edmister | Rep | Pawnee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J.W. Reece | Dem | Payne |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R.I. Bond | Dem | Pittsburg |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|E.P. Hill | Dem | Pittsburg |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|S.F. Whitman | Dem | Pittsburg |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|John P. Crawford | Dem | Pontotoc |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|James Farrall | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Harvey H. Smith | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|H.O. Tener | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|H S P Ashby | Dem | Pushmataha |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Thomas Joyner | Dem | Roger Mills |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Archibald Bonds | Dem | Rogers |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W.A. Bishop | Dem | Seminole |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|William L. Curtis | Dem | Sequoyah |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|O.M. Morris | Dem | Stephens |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W.G. Woodard | Dem | Swanson |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Harry Cordell | Dem | Tillman |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Frank Curry | Dem | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W. B. Williams | Dem | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|John O. Baker | Dem | Wagoner |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R. F. Stilwell | Dem | Washington |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|C. C. Hill | Dem | Washita |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|W. H. Olmstead | Rep | Woods |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|E. G. Vosburgh | Rep | Woodward |
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630115905/https://lsb.state.ok.us/ Oklahoma Legislature]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130622043630/http://www.okhouse.gov/ Oklahoma House of Representatives]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130709122943/http://www.oksenate.gov/ Oklahoma Senate]
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