31st Oklahoma Legislature

Leadership

President of the Senate:

George Nigh (D)

President Pro Tem of the Senate:

Clem McSpadden (D)

Speaker of the House:

Rex Privett (D)

Term:

January 7, 1967 – January 7, 1969

Composition:

Senate
39  9
House
76  23

The Thirty-first Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 7, 1967, to January 7, 1969, during the term of Governor Dewey Bartlett.[1] This was the first Oklahoma state legislature that met under new requirements approved by voters in 1966 that the legislature hold annual, 90-day legislative sessions.[1]

Clem McSpadden served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Rex Privett served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

## Dates of sessions

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* First regular session: January 7-May 11, 1967[1]
* Second regular session: January 6-May 5, 1968[1]

Previous: 30th Legislature • Next: 32nd Legislature

## Party composition

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### Senate

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Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total

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Democratic | Republican
| 39  | 9  | 48
Voting share  | 81.3%  | 18.7%  |

### House of Representatives

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Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total

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Democratic | Republican
| 76  | 23  | 99
Voting share  | 76.8%  | 23.2%  |

## Leadership

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* President of the Senate: Lieutenant Governor George Nigh[2]
* President Pro Tem of the Senate: Clem McSpadden
* Speaker of the House: Rex Privett[1]
* Speaker Pro Tempore: Joseph Mountford[1]
* Majority Floor Leader: Leland Wolf[1]
* Minority Leader of the House: James W. Connor[1]

## Staff

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* Louise Stockton[1]

## Members

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### Senate

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Name | District | Party | Towns

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Robert Gee | 1 | Dem | Grove, Jay, Miami
Clem McSpadden | 2 | Dem | Claremore, Pryor
Claude Berry | 3 | Dem | Stilwell, Tahlequah
Clem Hamilton | 4 | Dem | Poteau, Sallisaw
Leroy McClendon | 5 | Dem | Atoka, Hugo, Idabel
John Massey | 6 | Dem | Durant
Gene Stipe | 7 | Dem | McAlester
Tom Payne | 8 | Dem | Okmulgee, Henryetta
John Luton | 9 | Dem | Muskogee
Raymond Horn | 10 | Dem | Barnsdall, Fairfax, Pawhuskee
Allen Nichols | 10 | Dem | Wewoka
John Young | 12 | Dem | Bristow, Sapulpa
George Miller | 13 | Dem | Ada
Ernest Martin | 14 | Dem | Ardmore
Glen Ham | 15 | Dem | Norman
Phil Smalley | 16 | Dem | Lexington, Norman
Ralph Graves | 17 | Dem | Shawnee
Donald Ferrell | 18 | Rep | Chandler, Seminole
Richard Romang | 19 | Rep | Enid
Roy Grantham | 20 | Dem | Ponca City, Tonkawa
Robert Murphy | 21 | Dem | Stillwater
Roy C. Boecher | 22 | Rep | Stillwater
Don Baldwin | 23 | Dem | Chickasha
Wayne Holden | 24 | Dem | Duncan
Anthony M. Massad | 25 | Dem | Altus
Byron Dacus | 26 | Dem | Elk City
Ed Berrong | 27 | Dem | Weatherford
G. O. Williams | 28 | Rep | Woodward, Oklahoma
Denzil Garrison | 29 | Rep | Bartlesville
Leon B. Field | 30 | Dem | Guymon, Texhoma
Paul Taliaferro | 31 | Dem | Lawton
Al Terrill | 32 | Dem | Lawton
Ed Bradley | 33 | Dem | Tulsa
George Hargrave Jr. | 34 | Dem | Tulsa
Beauchamp Selman | 35 | Dem | Tulsa
Gene C. Howard | 36 | Dem | Tulsa
Finis Smith | 37 | Dem | Tulsa
Peyton Breckinridge | 38 | Rep | Tulsa
Joseph McGraw | 39 | Rep | Tulsa
Richard Stansberry | 40 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Bryce Baggett | 41 | Dem | Edmond, Oklahoma City
H. B. Atkinson | 42 | Dem | Midwest City
John Garrett | 43 | Dem | Del City, Oklahoma City
J. Lee Keels | 44 | Dem | Oklahoma City
Jimmy Birdson | 45 | Dem | Oklahoma City
Jack Short | 46 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Ted Findeiss | 40 | Rep | Oklahoma City
E. Melvin Porter | 48 | Dem | Oklahoma City

* Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[3]

### House of Representatives

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Name | District | Party | County

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Jimmie Lane | 1 | Dem | McCurtain
Ray Fine | 2 | Dem | LeFlore, Sequoyah
Rucker Blankenship | 3 | Dem | LeFlore
William Willis | 4 | Dem | Adair, Cherokee
Wiley Sparkman | 5 | Dem | Adair, Delaware
J. D. Witt | 6 | Dem | Craig, Ottawa
Joseph Mountford | 7 | Dem | Ottawa
J. W. Bynum | 8 | Dem | Mayes, Rogers
Bill Briscoe | 9 | Dem | Nowata, Rogers
James Connor | 10 | Rep | Washington
Charles Doornbos | 11 | Rep | Washington
Vol Howard Odom | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner
Mike Frix | 13 | Dem | Muskogee
William Nigh | 14 | Dem | Muskogee
Martin Odom | 15 | Dem | McIntosh, Okmulgee
Ed Cole | 16 | Dem | Okmulgee
William G. Jones | 17 | Dem | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg
William Skeith | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg
Wayne Sanguin | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, Pushmataha
John Rushing | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Bryan, Love, Marshall
Pauline Tabor | 21 | Dem | Bryan
Kenneth Converse | 22 | Dem | Garvin, Johnston, Murray
Charles Vann | 23 | Dem | Garvin
Hugh Sandlin | 24 | Dem | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc
Lonnie Abbott | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc
John Levergood | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie
James Townsend | 27 | Dem | Pottawatomi, Seminole
David L. Boren | 28 | Dem | Seminole
Lou Stockton Allard | 29 | Dem | Okfuskee, Creek
Heber Finch Jr. | 30 | Dem | Creek
Donald Coffin | 31 | Dem | Noble, Logan
Barbour Cox | 32 | Dem | Lincoln, Logan
Allen Williamson | 33 | Dem | Payne
Jake Hesser | 34 | Dem | Payne
Rex Privett | 35 | Dem | Osage, Pawnee
Lewis Bean | 36 | Dem | Osage
Jerry Peterson | 37 | Dem | Kay
Brian Conaghan | 38 | Rep | Kay
Lynn Thornhill | 39 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Major
Bert Page | 40 | Rep | Garfield
Harold Hunter | 41 | Rep | Garfield
Robert Barr | 42 | Dem | Blaine, Kingfisher
Ralph Watkins | 43 | Dem | Canadian
Lee Byron Cate | 44 | Dem | Cleveland
Leland Wolf | 45 | Dem | Cleveland
Norman A. Smith | 46 | Dem | Grady, McClain
Spencer Bernard | 47 | Dem | Grady
Harry Bickford | 48 | Dem | Carter
Bill Bradley | 49 | Dem | Carter, Jefferson
William Tarwater | 50 | Dem | Stephens
Vernon Dunn | 51 | Dem | Cotton, Stephens
Larry Derryberry | 52 | Dem | Jackson
Frank Patterson | 53 | Dem | Jackson, Tillman
David Hutchens | 54 | Dem | Greer, Kiowa
Don Greenhaw | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Washita
Robert Goodfellow | 56 | Dem | Caddo
J. Dickey Jr. | 57 | Dem | Custer
Lewis Kamas | 58 | Rep | Woods, Woodward
Jack Harrison | 59 | Dem | Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills
James Fowler | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Harmon
Mike Grey | 61 | Dem | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas
Donald Beauchamp | 62 | Dem | Comanche
D. D. Raibourn | 63 | Dem | Comanche
Walter Hutchins | 64 | Dem | Comanche
Fred Ferrell Jr. | 65 | Dem | Comanche
Tot Brown | 66 | Dem | Tulsa
Douglas Wixson | 67 | Rep | Tulsa
Robert Hopkins | 68 | Dem | Tulsa
Joe Musgrave | 69 | Rep | Tulsa
Jim Inhofe | 70 | Rep | Tulsa
Warren Green | 71 | Rep | Tulsa
John W. McCune | 72 | Dem | Tulsa
Curtis Lawson | 73 | Dem | Tulsa
Jerry Hargrave | 74 | Dem | Tulsa
Roger Smithey | 75 | Dem | Tulsa
Stephen Wolfe | 76 | Rep | Tulsa
William Poulos | 77 | Dem | Tulsa
Howard Williams | 78 | Rep | Tulsa
Leslie Guy Ferguson | 79 | Rep | Tulsa
Charles Ford | 80 | Rep | Tulsa
C. Spearman Jr. | 81 | Dem | Oklahoma
Bill Holaday | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma
Ralph Thompson | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma
Texanna Hatchett | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma
George Camp | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma
Thomas Taggart | 86 | Rep | Oklahoma
Denton Howard | 87 | Rep | Oklahoma
Red Andrews | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma
L. Bengtson Jr. | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma
Thomas Bamberger | 90 | Dem | Oklahoma
Mike Fair | 91 | Rep | Oklahoma
Vondel Smith | 92 | Rep | Oklahoma
E. W. Smith | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma
Ray Trent | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma
A. J. Clemons | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma
John Miskelly | 96 | Dem | Oklahoma
Jerry Sokolosky | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma
Visanio John | 98 | Dem | Oklahoma
Archibald Hill Jr. | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma

* Table based on database of historic members.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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 (accessed June 28, 2013)
4. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)

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