9th Oklahoma Legislature

{{Infobox legislature

| name = 9th 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 = Tom Anglin (D)

| leader3_type = Speaker of the House:

| leader3 = Murray Gibbons (D)

| leader4_type = Composition:

| leader4 = Senate
32 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 12 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}}
House
93 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 14 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}}

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The Ninth 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 31, 1923,[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) during the short term of Governor Jack C. Walton, and in two special sessions after his impeachment.

Tom Anglin served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Murray Gibbons served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

Regular session: January 2-March 31, 1923
First special session: October 11, 1923 – January 14, 1924
Second special session: January 15, 1924 – March 15, 1924

Previous: 8th Legislature • Next: 10th Legislature

Major events

The state legislature successfully impeached Governor Jack C. Walton, who was suspended on October 23, 1923, and convicted and removed from office of November 19, 1923. Lieutenant Governor Martin Trapp became acting governor upon his suspension and the sixth Governor of Oklahoma upon his conviction.O'Dell, Larry. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/W/WA014.html WALTON, JOHN CALLOWAY (1881-1949)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216062212/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/w/wa014.html |date=2014-12-16 }}, [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105083521/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BO019.html |date=2009-01-05 }}. (accessed July 2, 2013)
Soon after taking office, Trapp called the Oklahoma Legislature into special session to investigate state officials and agencies.[http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/governors/bios/trapp.pdf Biographical Note Martin Trapp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194046/http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/governors/bios/trapp.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} (accessed July 14, 2013)

Party composition

=Senate=

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Democratic !Republican
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nowrap style="font-size:80%"\| \|{{party shading/Democratic}}\| 32 \|{{party shading/Republican}}\| 12 ! 44
Voting share !{{party shading/Democratic}}\|72.8% !{{party shading/Republican}}\|27.2% !colspan=2\|

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!rowspan=3|Affiliation

!colspan=2|Party

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!rowspan=3|Total

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Democratic

!Republican

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|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 32

|{{party shading/Republican}}| 12

! 44

Voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|72.8%

!{{party shading/Republican}}|27.2%

!colspan=2|

=House of Representatives=

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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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Democratic !Republican
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nowrap style="font-size:80%"\| \|{{party shading/Democratic}}\| 93 \|{{party shading/Republican}}\| 14 ! 107
Voting share !{{party shading/Democratic}}\|82.6% !{{party shading/Republican}}\|26.4% !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}}| 93

|{{party shading/Republican}}| 14

! 107

Voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|82.6%

!{{party shading/Republican}}|26.4%

!colspan=2|

Leadership

Lieutenant Governor Martin Trapp served as President of the Senate until the suspension of the governor on October 23, 1923, and his conviction on November 19, 1923. Tom Anglin served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.[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 1, 2013) Murray Gibbons was Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Members

=Senate=

class="wikitable sortable" ! District !! Name !! Party
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|1	Wallace Hughes	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|2	C.B. Leedy	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|2	E.M. Reed	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|3	L.R. Hughey	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|4	Mrs. Lamar Looney	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|5	Harry Cordell	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|6	James Land	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|6	A.E. Darnell	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|7	Ira Hill	Rep
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|8	W.J. Otjen	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|9	William Cline	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|10	Roy Harvey	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|11	Harry Jones	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|12	John Golobie	Rep
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|13	Charles Wells	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|13	C.M. Feuquay	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|14	Jack Barker	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|14	Ross Lillard	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|15	Ed Johns	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|15	L.L. West	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|16	H. Brown	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|17	W.C. Lewis	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|17	Jed Johnson	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|18	Earl Brown	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|18	John Carlock	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|19	John Luttrell	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|19	W.H. Woods	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|20	C.E. McPherren	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|20	Thomas F. Memminger	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|21	L.P. Bobo	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|22	Tom Anglin	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|23	Joseph Looney	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|24	William J. Holloway	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|25	Carl Monk	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|26	Joe Ratliff	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|27	W.M. Gulager	Dem
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|27	Clark Nichols	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|28	E.M. Frye	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|29	Harve Langley	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|30	Horace Durant	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|31	Washington E. Hudson	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|32	Glen Horner	Rep
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|33	Floyd Calvert	Dem
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|34	J. Corbett Cornett	Rep

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}} \|K.G. Comfort	Dem	Adair
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Leslie Salter	Rep	Alfalfa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|H.G. Eastridge	Dem	Atoka
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Leslie Ray	Rep	Beaver, Harper
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Ira Finley	Dem	Beckham
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|L.A. Everhart	Rep	Blaine
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|C.E. Thornley	Dem	Bryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|E.P. White	Dem	Bryan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|F.B. Jones	Dem	Caddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.L. Montgomery	Dem	Caddo
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Price Thompson	Dem	Canadian
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|T.J. Pollock	Dem	Carter
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Guy Sigler	Dem	Carter
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Gulager	Dem	Cherokee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|D.A. Stovall	Dem	Choctaw
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|I.M. Lightner	Dem	Cimarron, Texas
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.B. Phillips	Dem	Cleveland
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W.H. Thornsbrough	Dem	Coal
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|L.E. Goodrich	Dem	Comanche
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Fred Hansen	Dem	Cotton
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Joe L. Williams	Dem	Craig
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lulu Anderson	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W.I. Cunningham	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Charles Hutson	Dem	Creek
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.W. Bremer	Dem	Custer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W.D. Gibson	Dem	Delaware
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|M.R. Payne	Dem	Dewey
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|E.M. Beum	Dem	Ellis
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|V.L. Headrick	Rep	Garfield
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|William Otjen	Rep	Garfield
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James M. Thompson	Dem	Garvin
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|A.L. Davis	Dem	Grady
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Gordon Gray	Dem	Grady
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Lewis Watkins	Dem	Grant
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.G.H. Windle	Dem	Greer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|H. Treadway	Dem	Harmon
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Newt Sanders	Dem	Haskell
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|C.T. Edwards	Dem	Hughes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|C.W. Miller	Dem	Hughes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|L.R. Lowry	Dem	Jackson
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|A.C. Burger	Dem	Jefferson
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Garner	Dem	Johnston
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Bell	Dem	Kay
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Walter Franks	Dem	Kay
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Henry Cloud	Rep	Kingfisher
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Tolbert	Dem	Kiowa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.W. Callahan	Dem	Latimer
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.B. Harper	Dem	LeFlore
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Burton Kidd	Dem	LeFlore
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|B. Taylor	Rep	Lincoln
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|M.M. Watson	Rep	Lincoln
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|O.B. Acton	Rep	Logan
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Woody Dixon	Dem	Love
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|John Voorhees	Rep	Major
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|D.T. Wooten	Dem	Marshall
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.C. Lindsey	Dem	Mayes
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Murray Gibbons	Dem	McClain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James Dyer	Dem	McCurtain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Paul Stewart	Dem	McCurtain
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|D.A. Brumley	Dem	McIntosh
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|E.F. Saltsman	Dem	McIntosh
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Jesse Pullen	Dem	Murray
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|A.K. Berry	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Wesley E. Disney	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Perry Miller	Dem	Muskogee
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|R.F. Howe	Rep	Noble
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Charles Baskin	Dem	Nowata
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|T.W. Harman	Dem	Okfuskee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|T.H. Wren	Dem	Okfuskee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W.S. Burleson	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Anna Laskey	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Joe O'Brien	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W.W. Robertson	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|R.A. Singletary	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Allen Street	Dem	Oklahoma
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Amos Holland Culp	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Charles Lewis	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Joseph Rossiter	Dem	Okmulgee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Richard Elam	Dem	Osage
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Marshall Smith	Dem	Osage
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|J.S. Mabon	Rep	Ottawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|George Moothart	Dem	Ottawa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|E.M. Funkhouser	Dem	Pawnee
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Edith Mitchell	Dem	Payne
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Charles Brice	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|T.D. Taylor	Dem	Pittsburg
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Fred Brydia	Dem	Pontotoc
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|N.A.J. Ticer	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|L.C. Watson	Dem	Pottawatomie
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|G.T. Johnson	Dem	Pushmataha
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W.A. Adams	Dem	Roger Mills
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Wayne Bayless	Dem	Rogers
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Wilbur Varnum	Dem	Seminole
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.L. Watson	Dem	Sequoyah
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W.D. McBee	Dem	Stephens
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|James C. Nance	Dem	Stephens
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Henry R. King	Dem	Tillman
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Frank Boyer	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Warren Ferrell	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|George S. Long	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|John Miller	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|J.W. Simpson	Dem	Tulsa
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|W.S. Vernon	Dem	Wagoner
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|G.I Vandall	Dem	Washington
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \|Edward Hines	Dem	Washita
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Marion Clothier	Rep	Woods
{{Party shading/Republican}} \|Jerry Coover	Rep	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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