27th Oklahoma Legislature

Leadership

President of the Senate:

George Nigh (D)

President Pro Tem of the Senate:

Harold Garvin (D)

Speaker of the House:

Clint Livingston (D)

Composition:

Senate
41  3
House
111  10

The Twenty-seventh 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 6 to July 3, 1959, during the term of Governor J. Howard Edmondson.[1]

## Dates of session

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* January 6 to July 3, 1959[1]

Previous: 26th Legislature • Next: 28th Legislature

## Leadership

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### Democratic leadership

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* President Pro Tem of the Senate: Everett Boecher
* Speaker of the House: Clint Livingston[1]
* Speaker Pro Tempore: Noble Stewart[1]
* Majority Floor Leader: Frank Ogden[1]

### Republican leadership

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* Minority Leader: Denzil Garrison[1]

## Members

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### Senate

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District | Name | Party

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1 | Leon B. Field | Democrat
2 | Charles M. Wilson | Democrat
2 | S. S. McColgin | Democrat
3 | Ben Easterly | Democrat
4 | Basil Wilson | Democrat
5 | Ryan Kerr | Democrat
6 | Ed Berrong | Democrat
6 | Byron Dacus | Democrat
7 | Tom Morford | Rep
8 | Floyd Carrier | Republican
9 | Roy Grantham | Republican
10 | Robert Breeden | Republican
11 | Everett Collins | Democrat
12 | Louis H. Ritzhaupt | Democrat
13 | Oliver Walker | Democrat
13 | Boyd Cowden | Democrat
14 | Jean Pazoureck | Democrat
14 | George Miskovsky | Democrat
15 | Walt Allen | Democrat
15 | Don Baldwin | Democrat
16 | Roy C. Boecher | Democrat
17 | Harold Garvin | Democrat
17 | Fred Harris | Democrat
18 | Tom Tipps | Democrat
19 | Robert L. Bailey | Democrat
19 | Herbert Hope | Democrat
20 | Keith Cartwright | Democrat
21 | Clem Hamilton | Democrat
22 | Hugh Sandlin | Democrat
23 | Buck Cartwright | Democrat
24 | Leroy McClendon | Democrat
25 | Gene Stipe | Democrat
26 | Gene Herndon | Democrat
27 | Harold Shoemake | Democrat
27 | Milam King | Democrat
28 | Ray Fine | Democrat
29 | George Pitcher | Democrat
30 | J. R. Hall Jr. | Democrat
31 | Yates Land | Democrat
32 | Tom Payne Jr. | Democrat
33 | Clem McSpadden | Democrat
34 | Frank Mahan | Democrat
35 | Bob Trent | Democrat
36 | Joe Bailey Cobb | Democrat

* Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[2]

### House of Representatives

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Name | Party | County

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W. H. Langley | Dem | Adair
Frank Reneau | Dem | Alfalfa
Robert Cooksey | Dem | Atoka
George Karnes | Dem | Beaver
Holland Meacham | Dem | Beckham
James Burnham | Dem | Blaine
Harry J. W. Belvin | Dem | Bryan
Earl Cartwright | Dem | Bryan
Robert Goodfellow | Dem | Caddo
James Kardokus | Dem | Caddo
Ralph Watkins | Dem | Canadian
Martin Dyer | Dem | Carter
Rex Sparger | Dem | Carter
William Willis | Dem | Cherokee
Lucien Spear | Dem | Choctaw
Carl Etling | Rep | Cimarron
Kenneth Poynor | Dem | Cleveland
Leland Wolf | Dem | Cleveland
Delbert Inman | Dem | Coal
Charles Ozmun | Dem | Comanche
Jim Taliaferro | Dem | Comanche
James Witt | Dem | Cotton
Richard Wheatley Jr. | Dem | Craig
Heber Finch Jr. | Dem | Creek
William Shibley | Dem | Creek
Lou Stockton Allard | Dem | Creek
Robert Richardson | Dem | Custer
Wiley Sparkman | Dem | Delaware
Roger Wilcox | Dem | Dewey
A. R. Larason | Dem | Ellis
John N. Camp | Rep | Garfield
Richard Romang | Rep | Garfield
Jesse Daniel | Dem | Garvin
Glen Ham | Dem | Garvin
Jefferson Lee Davis | Dem | Grady
Robert Clark | Dem | Grady
John A. Lance | Dem | Grady
A. E. Green | Dem | Grant
Elmo Hurst | Dem | Greer
R.H. Lynch | Dem | Harmon
J. E. Bouse | Dem | Harper
Samuel Mitchell | Dem | Haskell
Stanley Huser Jr. | Dem | Hughes
Maurice Willis | Dem | Jackson
Bill Bradley | Dem | Jefferson
Kenneth Converse | Dem | Johnston
John Howe | Dem | Kay
Raymond Craig | Rep | Kay
Milton Priebe | Rep | Kingfisher
William Metcalf | Dem | Kiowa
Jim Cook | Dem | Latimer
Tom Traw | Dem | LeFlore
Ralph Vandiver | Dem | LeFlore
Barbour Cox | Dem | Lincoln
Clarence Hall | Dem | Lincoln
Dick Fogarty | Dem | Logan
Clint Livingston | Dem | Love
Art Bower | Rep | Major
William Bond | Dem | Marshall
John Wilkerson Jr. | Dem | Mayes
James C. Nance | Dem | McClain
Virgil Jumper | Dem | McCurtain
Kelsie Jones | Dem | McCurtain
Martin Odom | Dem | McIntosh
Carl Williams | Dem | Murray
Bill Haworth | Dem | Muskogee
Russell Ruby | Dem | Muskogee
George Spraker | Dem | Muskogee
Henry Dolezal | Rep | Noble
Bill Shipley | Dem | Nowata
Harlon Avey | Dem | Okfuskee
Red Andrews | Dem | Oklahoma
Bryce Baggett | Dem | Oklahoma
Earl Foster Jr. | Dem | Oklahoma
G. M. Fuller | Dem | Oklahoma
J. D. McCarty | Dem | Oklahoma
Jack Skaggs | Dem | Oklahoma
Cleeta John Rogers | Dem | Oklahoma
Ed Cole | Dem | Okmulgee
O.E. Richeson | Dem | Okmulgee
Shockley Shoemake | Dem | Osage
Virgil Tinker | Dem | Osage
Robert Lollar | Dem | Ottawa
Joseph Mountford | Dem | Ottawa
Rex Privett | Dem | Pawnee
J. H. Arrington | Dem | Payne
H. L. Sparks | Dem | Payne
Willard Gotcher | Dem | Pittsburg
William Skeith | Dem | Pittsburg
Ray Van Hooser | Dem | Pittsburg
Lonnie Abbott | Dem | Pontotoc
Robert Ford | Dem | Pontotoc
Henry Roberts | Dem | Pottawatomie
John Levergood | Dem | Pottawatomie
Tom Stevens | Dem | Pottawatomie
Bob Hargrave | Dem | Pushmataha
Jodie Moad | Dem | Roger Mills
Bill Briscoe | Dem | Rogers
Laurence Howze | Dem | Seminole
Bucky Buckler | Dem | Seminole
Allen G. Nichols | Dem | Seminole
Noble Stewart | Dem | Sequoyah
Edward Bond | Dem | Stephens
James Bullard | Dem | Stephens
Frank Ogden | Dem | Texas
Frank Patterson | Dem | Tillman
Ed Bradley | Dem | Tulsa
Grant Forsythe | Dem | Tulsa
Robert Hopkins | Dem | Tulsa
Gene Howard | Dem | Tulsa
Alex Johnston | Dem | Tulsa
John W. McCune | Dem | Tulsa
Jack McGahey | Dem | Tulsa
Vol Howard Odom | Dem | Wagoner
Clyde Sare | Dem | Washington
Denzil Garrison | Rep | Washington
Don Greenhaw | Dem | Washita
A. L. Murrow | Rep | Woods
Don J. Williams | Rep | Woodward

* Table based on database of historic members.[3]

## Staff

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* Louise Stockton[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g 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. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 763-764. (accessed July 9, 2013)
3. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 18, 2013)

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