6th Oklahoma Legislature

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| name = 6th Oklahoma Legislature

| coa_pic = File:Flag of Oklahoma (1911–1925).svg

| leader1_type = President of the Senate:

| leader1 = Martin Trapp (D)

| leader2_type = President Pro Tem of the Senate:

| leader2 = C. W. Board (D)

| leader3_type = Speaker of the House:

| leader3 = Paul Nesbitt (D)

| leader4_type = Composition:

| leader4 = Senate
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House
83 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 26 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}}

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The Sixth 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 Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 2 to March 16, 1917, during the third year of the term of Governor Robert L. Williams.[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)

Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp served as the President of the Senate and C. W. Board served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Paul Nesbitt served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

Regular session: January 2-March 16, 1917

Previous: 5th Legislature • Next: 7th Legislature

Major legislation

Senate Bill 55 prohibited alcohol and made the penalty $500 and six months imprisonment.Cunningham, Tobie. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BO010.html BONE-DRY Law], Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. (accessed July 27, 2013) After it was enacted, the bill was challenged because it failed to exempt liquor distribution for sacramental use in churches and the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on May 21, 1918, that the sacramental use of liquor would be exempt. A December ruling said individuals could possess liquor as long as it was not received form a common carrier.

Party composition

=Senate=

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Democratic !Republican !Socialist
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nowrap style="font-size:80%"\| \|{{party shading/Democratic}}\| 38 \|{{party shading/Republican}}\| 5 \|{{party shading/Socialist}} \| 1 ! 44
Voting share !{{party shading/Democratic}}\|86.4% !{{party shading/Republican}}\|11.3% !{{party shading/Socialist}} \|2.3% !colspan=3\|

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!rowspan=3|Affiliation

!colspan=3|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)}}" |

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

Democratic

!Republican

!Socialist

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|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 38

|{{party shading/Republican}}| 5

|{{party shading/Socialist}} | 1

! 44

Voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|86.4%

!{{party shading/Republican}}|11.3%

!{{party shading/Socialist}} |2.3%

!colspan=3|

=House of Representatives=

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Democratic !Republican
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nowrap style="font-size:80%"\| \|{{party shading/Democratic}}\| 83 \|{{party shading/Republican}}\| 26 ! 109
Voting share !{{party shading/Democratic}}\|76.1% !{{party shading/Republican}}\|23.9% !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

colspan=5|

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|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 83

|{{party shading/Republican}}| 26

! 109

Voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|76.1%

!{{party shading/Republican}}|23.9%

!colspan=2|

Leadership

=Senate=

Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp served as the President of the Senate, which gave him a tie-breaking vote and allowed him to serve as a presiding officer. C.W. Board 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=

Paul Nesbitt of McAlester, Oklahoma, served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Thomas C. Waldrep of Shawnee, Oklahoma, served as Speaker Pro Tempore.

Members

=Senate=

class="wikitable sortable" ! District !! Name !! Party
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lt-Gov	Martin E. Trapp	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|1	W. J. Risen	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|2	Arthur Leach	Dem
{{Party shading/Socialist}} \|2	G. E. Wilson	Soc
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|3	W. M. Bickel	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|4	G.L. Wilson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|5	Harry Cordell	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|6	R.L. Knie	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|6	O.J. Logan	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|7	Walter Ferguson	Rep
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|8	Eugene Watrous	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|9	William Cline	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|9	R.L. Hall	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|10	Tom Testerman	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|11	Clarence Davis	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|12	John Golobie	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|13	T.B. Hogg	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|13	C.L. Edmonson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|14	Robert Burns	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|14	W.K. Snyder	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|15	Thomas O'Neill	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|15	Frank Carpenter	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|16	H. Brown	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|17	Frank Beauman	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|17	J. Elmer Thomas	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|18	R.A. Keller	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|18	Fred Tucker	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|19	Joe Edwards	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|19	Jep Knight	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|20	J.T. McIntosh	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|20	John Hickman	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|21	M.M. Ryan	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|22	C.W. Board	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|23	R.H. Chase	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|24	W.C. McAlister	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|25	W.V. Buckner	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|26	John Vaughan	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|27	T.H. Davidson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|27	Eugene Kerr	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|28	Thomas LaFayette Rider	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|29	O.W. Killam	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|30	J.J. Smith	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|31	R.L. Davidson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|32	S.L. Johnson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|33	W.A. Chase	Dem

Table based on state almanac and list of all senators.[http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/ALLSENATE-LIST.pdf All Senate List] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328201442/http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/ALLSENATE-LIST.pdf |date=2013-03-28 }}, Okhouse.gov (accessed on June 28, 2013).

=House of Representatives=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Party !! County
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|D. B. Collums	Dem	Adair
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|J. C. Smith	Rep	Alfalfa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Thurmond	Dem	Atoka
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|E. L. Adams	Dem	Beaver, Harper
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Algernon Mansur	Dem	Beckham
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|L. A. Everhart	Rep	Blaine
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William A. Durant	Dem	Bryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Porter Newman	Dem	Bryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Newt Dickinson	Dem	Caddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|S. C. Kelly	Dem	Caddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jack Barker	Dem	Canadian
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|T. F. Hensley	Dem	Canadian
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Thad Baker	Dem	Carter
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Roy Shores	Dem	Carter
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Roy Hinds	Dem	Cherokee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|R. K. Warren	Dem	Choctaw
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|M. W. Pugh	Dem	Cimarron, Texas
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|H. O. Miller	Dem	Cleveland
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Wilburn Cartwright	Dem	Coal
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lewis Hunter	Dem	Comanche, Cotton
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William Powell	Dem	Comanche, Cotton
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Fletcher Riley	Dem	Comanche, Cotton
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|J. H. Butler	Rep	Craig
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|William Cheatham	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. M. Morgan	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Oscar Houston	Dem	Custer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|E. J. Meacham	Dem	Custer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Gibson	Dem	Delaware
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|M. L. Jones	Dem	Dewey
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Bert Hill	Rep	Ellis
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|J. B. Campbell	Rep	Garfield
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|J. A. Eakins	Rep	Garfield
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|E. O. Northcutt	Dem	Garvin
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Alfred Stevenson	Dem	Garvin
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bert Jackson	Dem	Grady
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ed Shegog	Dem	Grady
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|T. E. Beck	Rep	Grant
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. O. McCollister	Dem	Greer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|H. Treadway	Dem	Harmon
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. L. Hendrickson	Dem	Haskell
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|H. A. Hicks	Dem	Hughes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Silas Shirley	Dem	Hughes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Everett Petry	Dem	Jackson
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|G. M. Bond	Dem	Jefferson
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|B. N. Hultzman	Dem	Johnston
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Samuel Elder	Rep	Kay
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Henry Headley	Rep	Kay
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|J. A. Marsh	Rep	Kingfisher
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|R. R. Fitzgerald	Dem	Kiowa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|L. P. Bobo	Dem	Latimer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. B. Harper	Dem	LeFlore
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Tom Neal	Dem	LeFlore
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Ed Keegan	Rep	Lincoln
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|W. F. Pardoe	Rep	Lincoln
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|O. B. Acton	Rep	Logan
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Amos Ewing	Rep	Logan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Asa Walden	Dem	Love
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|S. J. Bardsley	Rep	Major
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Sid Wheeler	Dem	Marshall
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|D. C. Hughes	Dem	Mayes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|G.H.A. Thomas	Dem	McClain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|G. E. Rowland	Dem	McCurtain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|S. S. Mayfield	Dem	McIntosh
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|R. H. Berry	Dem	McIntosh
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Draughon	Dem	Murray
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|R. L. Disney	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|L. E. Neff	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert West	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Roy Harvey	Rep	Noble
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|A. R. Garrett	Rep	Nowata
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W. N. Berry	Dem	Okfuskee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|S. S. Butterfield	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Tom Dolan	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Rollin Gish	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|I. L. Harris	Rep	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W. W. Robertson	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|H. L. Christopher	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Bert Hodges	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|L. A. Wismeyer	Rep	Osage
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John N. Scott	Dem	Ottawa
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Millard Grubb	Rep	Pawnee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|A. J. Hartenbower	Dem	Payne
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Charles Platt	Rep	Payne
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|S. J. Fitzgerald	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Tom Haile	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Paul Nesbitt	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. W. Vaden	Dem	Pontotoc
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Robert Wimbish	Dem	Pontotoc
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W. L. Chapman	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|N. A. J. Ticer	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Thomas C. Waldrep	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|C. A. Welch	Dem	Pushmataha
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. T. Nicholson	Dem	Roger Mills
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|E. E. Woods	Rep	Rogers
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|A. S. Norvell	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|M. M. Turlington	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. Blackard Jr.	Dem	Sequoyah
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|C. B. Johnson	Dem	Sequoyah
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. P. Speer	Dem	Stephens
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W. G. Woodard	Dem	Swanson
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Squire Humble	Dem	Tillman
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Glenn Condon	Rep	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Harry Rogers	Rep	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|P. A. Fox	Dem	Wagoner
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J. C. Hamilton	Dem	Wagoner
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|A. E. Craver	Rep	Washington
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|I. B. Hurst	Dem	Washita
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|W. H. Olmstead	Rep	Woods
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|B. H. Beatte	Dem	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 23, 2013)

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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