Richard Billups
{{Short description|American politician}}
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| image = Richard Billups (1912).png
| caption = Billups before 1912
| state_senate = Oklahoma
| district = 6th
| alongside = J. J. Williams
| term_start = November 16, 1907
| term_end = November 16, 1910
| predecessor = Position established
| successor = George A. Coffey
| party = Democratic Party
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Richard Billups was an American politician who served as a Democratic Party member of the Oklahoma Senate representing the 6th district from 1907 to 1910.{{cite web |title=State Senate Since Statehood |url=https://oksenate.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/state_senate_historical.PDF |website=oksenate.gov |publisher=Oklahoma Senate |access-date=10 March 2024}}
Billups law
He is remembered for chairing the 1st Oklahoma Legislature Senate Prohibition Committee and pushing through "Billups Booze Bill," a bill to prohibit the manufacture, transportation, and possession of liquor. William H. Murray pushed for the inclusion of an exception for medical and scientific purposes.{{cite web |title=Billups Law |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=BI009 |website=okhistory.org |publisher=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |access-date=10 March 2024}} He ran for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 1914.{{cite web |title=1914-1916 Elections Results |url=https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1914-1916-results.pdf |website=oklahoma.gov |access-date=19 February 2024}}
Electoral history
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| title= Oklahoma lieutenant gubernatorial Democratic primary (August 4, 1914)
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Martin E. Trapp
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 18,178
| percentage = 16.0%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ben F. Lafayette
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 17,192
| percentage = 15.1%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Pete P. Duffy
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 16,307
| percentage = 14.3%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank F. Davis
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 14,498
| percentage = 12.7%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Woodson Norvell
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 11,351
| percentage = 9.9%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = E. T. Sorrels
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 10,646
| percentage = 9.3%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Richard A. Billups
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 10,233
| percentage = 9.0%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John W. Barbour
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 8,704
| percentage = 7.6%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bert Van Leuven
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 3,312
| percentage = 2.9%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert H. Oury
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 3,123
| percentage = 2.7%
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{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 113,544
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Category:Democratic Party Oklahoma state senators
Category:21st-century members of the Oklahoma Legislature