28th Oklahoma Legislature
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Leadership
Everett Boecher (D)
J. D. McCarty (D)
Composition:
Senate
40   4  
House
104   13  

The Twenty-eighth 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 regular session at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 3 to July 28, 1961, during the term of Governor J. Howard Edmondson.[1]

J. D. McCarty was elected as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, breaking the tradition of governor-backed speakers.[1] McCarty would go on to become Oklahoma's first three-term speaker.[1]

Dates of session

  • January 3 to July 28, 1961[1]

Previous: 27th Legislature • Next: 29th Legislature

Leadership

Democratic leadership

Republican leadership

Members

Senate

DistrictNameParty
1Leon B. FieldDem
2Charles M. WilsonDem
2S. S. McColginDem
3Ben EasterlyDem
4Basil WilsonDem
5Ryan KerrDem
6Ed BerrongDem
6Byron DacusDem
7Tom MorfordRep
8Richard RomangRep
9Roy GranthamRep
10Robert BreedenRep
11Everett CollinsDem
12Louis RitzhauptDem
13Ralph GravesDem
13Boyd CowdenDem
14Jean PazoureckDem
14Cleeta John RogersDem
15Walt AllenDem
15Don BaldwinDem
16Roy C. BoecherDem
17Harold GarvinDem
17Fred HarrisDem
18Tom TippsDem
19Robert L. BaileyDem
19Glen HamDem
20Harry J. W. BelvinDem
21Clem HamiltonDem
22Alfred StevensonDem
23Buck CartwrightDem
24Leroy McClendonDem
25Gene StipeDem
26Charles ColstonDem
27Harold ShoemakeDem
27Wilford BohannonDem
28Ray FineDem
29George PitcherDem
30Robert LollarDem
31Yates LandDem
32Tom Payne Jr.Dem
33Clem McSpaddenDem
34Denzil GarrisonRep
35Bob TrentDem
36Joe Bailey CobbDem
  • Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]

House of Representatives

NamePartyCounty
Bill HarperDemAdair
Frank ReneauDemAlfalfa
Harold ThomasDemAtoka
George KarnesDemBeaver
Homer HolcombDemBeckham
O. R. WilhelmDemBeckham
James BurnhamDemBlaine
John MasseyDemBryan
Sam SullivanDemBryan
Robert GoodfellowDemCaddo
James KardokusDemCaddo
Ralph WatkinsDemCanadian
Martin DyerDemCarter
James W. WilliamsDemCarter
William WillisDemCherokee
Wayne SanguinDemChoctaw
Carl EtlingRepCimarron
Kenneth PoynorDemCleveland
Leland WolfDemCleveland
Delbert InmanDemCoal
Manville RedmanDemComanche
Jim TaliaferroDemComanche
James WittDemCotton
Harold MorganDemCraig
Heber Finch Jr.DemCreek
William ShibleyDemCreek
Lou Stockton AllardDemCreek
M. A. DielDemCuster
Wiley SparkmanDemDelaware
E. D. NicholsDemDewey
A. R. LarasonDemEllis
John CampRepGarfield
Bert PageRepGarfield
Sam RichardsonDemGarvin
Tom StricklandDemGarvin
Spencer BernardDemGrady
Robert ClarkDemGrady
John A. LanceDemGrady
A. E. GreenDemGrant
Elmo HurstDemGreer
James FowlerDemHarmon
Clayton LauerRepHarper
Earl BilyeuDemHaskell
Stona FitchDemHughes
Maurice WillisDemJackson
Bill BradleyDemJefferson
Kenneth ConverseDemJohnston
John HoweDemKay
Raymond CraigRepKay
Milton PriebeRepKingfisher
Joyce HolderDemKiowa
William MetcalfDemKiowa
Jim CookDemLatimer
Tom TrawDemLeFlore
Ralph VandiverDemLeFlore
Barbour CoxDemLincoln
Milton CraigDemLincoln
Dick FogartyDemLogan
John Steele BatsonDemLove
Art BowerRepMajor
Delmas NorthcuttDemMarshall
J. W. BynumDemMayes
Norman A. SmithDemMcClain
Garfield SettlesDemMcCurtain
Kelsie JonesDemMcCurtain
Martin OdomDemMcIntosh
Carl WilliamsDemMurray
Bill HaworthDemMuskogee
Russell RubyDemMuskogee
George SprakerDemMuskogee
Henry DolezalRepNoble
Bill ShipleyDemNowata
Harlon AveyDemOkfuskee
Red AndrewsDemOklahoma
Bryce BaggettDemOklahoma
G. T. BlankenshipRepOklahoma
George KeyesDemOklahoma
J. D. McCartyDemOklahoma
Jack SkaggsDemOklahoma
Thomas TaggartRepOklahoma
Ed ColeDemOkmulgee
O.E. RichesonDemOkmulgee
Tom TateDemOsage
Virgil TinkerDemOsage
Pat MsCueDemOttawa
Joseph MountfordDemOttawa
Rex PrivettDemPawnee
Jake E. HesserDemPayne
H. L. SparksDemPayne
Tom McChristianDemPittsburg
William SkeithDemPittsburg
Ray Van HooserDemPittsburg
Lonnie AbbottDemPontotoc
Robert FordDemPontotoc
Charles HenryDemPottawatomie
John LevergoodDemPottawatomie
Tom StevensDemPottawatomie
Ray TuckerDemPushmataha
Jodie MoadDemRoger Mills
Bill BriscoeDemRogers
Laurence HowzeDemSeminole
A. F. EdisonDemSeminole
Allen NicholsDemSeminole
Maynard BlackardDemSequoyah
Edward BondDemStephens
James BullardDemStephens
Frank OgdenDemTexas
Frank PattersonDemTillman
David AtkinsonDemTulsa
Ed BradleyDemTulsa
John McCuneDemTulsa
Grant ForsytheDemTulsa
Robert HopkinsDemTulsa
Gene HowardDemTulsa
Alex JohnstonDemTulsa
Vol Howard OdomDemWagoner
Clyde SareDemWashington
Charles DoornbosRepWashington
Don GreenhawDemWashita
A. L. MurrowRepWoods
William BurkettRepWoodward
  • Table based on database of historic members.[4]

Staff

  • Louise Stockton[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (accessed June 16, 2013)
  2. History of the Lieutenant Governor's Office (accessed June 16, 2013)
  3. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 763-764. (accessed July 9, 2013)
  4. Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)
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