33rd Oklahoma Legislature

Leadership

President of the Senate:

George Nigh (D)

President Pro Tem of the Senate:

Finis Smith (D)

Speaker of the House:

Rex Privett (D)

Term:

January 1971-January 1973

Composition:

Senate
39  9
House
77  22

The Thirty-third 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 5, 1971, to January 2, 1973, during the term of Governor David Hall.[1]

Finis Smith 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 5-June 11, 1971[1]
* Special session: July 1, 1971[1]
* Second regular session: January 4-March 31, 1972[1]

Previous: 32nd Legislature • Next: 34th 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  | 81.25%  | 18.75%  |

### House of Representatives

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Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total

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Democratic | Republican
| 77  | 22  | 99
Voting share  | 77.8%  | 22.2%  |

## Major legislation

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### Enacted

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1971 legislative session

* Taxes - HB 1181 increased the taxes on the oil and gas industry by approximately $21 million.[1]

## Leadership

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* President of the senate: Lieutenant Governor George Nigh[2]
* President pro tem: Finis Smith[3]
* Speaker of the House: Rex Privett[1]
* Speaker pro tempore: Joseph Mountford[1]
* House majority floor leader: Leland Wolf[1]
* House minority leader: Charles Ford[1]

## Staff

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Chief clerk of the House: Louise Stockton[1]

## Membership

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### Senate

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the 33rd Oklahoma Legislature included future U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe Name | District | Party | Towns

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William Fred Phelps | 1 | Dem | Grove, Jay, Miami
Clem McSpadden | 2 | Dem | Claremore, Pryor
Robert Medearis | 3 | Dem | Stilwell, Tahlequah
James Hamilton | 4 | Dem | Poteau, Sallisaw
Jim Lane | 5 | Dem | Atoka, Hugo, Idabel
Bob Trent | 6 | Dem | Durant
Gene Stipe | 7 | Dem | McAlester
Tom Payne | 8 | Dem | Okmulgee, Henryetta
John Luton | 9 | Dem | Muskogee
John Dahl | 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
Norman Lamb | 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
Herschel Crow | 25 | Dem | Altus
Gilmer Capps | 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
Jim Inhofe | 35 | Rep | 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
James F. Howell | 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
Cleeta John Rogers | 46 | Dem | Oklahoma City
John R. McCune | 40 | Rep | Oklahoma City
E. Melvin Porter | 48 | Dem | Oklahoma City

* Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.[4]

### House of Representatives

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The 33rd Oklahoma Legislature included future President Pro Tem of the Oklahoma Senate Rodger Randle Name | District | Party | County

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Mike Murphy | 1 | Dem | McCurtain
Ray Fine | 2 | Dem | LeFlore, Sequoyah
Mike Sullivan | 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. D. Whorton | 8 | Rep | Mayes, Rogers
Bill Briscoe | 9 | Dem | Nowata, Rogers
Jerry Pierce | 10 | Rep | Washington
Charles Doornbos | 11 | Rep | Washington
Vol Howard Odom | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner
Jan Eric Cartwright | 13 | Dem | Muskogee
John L. Monks | 14 | Dem | Muskogee
Leo Wynn | 15 | Dem | McIntosh, Okmulgee
Ed Cole | 16 | Dem | Okmulgee
Don Huddleston | 17 | Dem | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg
William Skeith | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg
Wayne Sanguin | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, Pushmataha
Gary Payne | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Bryan, Love, Marshall
Roy Boatner | 21 | Dem | Bryan
Arthur Carlton | 22 | Dem | Garvin, Johnston, Murray
Kenneth Converse | 23 | Dem | Garvin
Hugh Sandlin | 24 | Dem | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc
Lonnie Abbott | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc
Russell Wayland | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie
James Townsend | 27 | Dem | Pottawatomi, Seminole
David Boren | 28 | Dem | Seminole
Harlon Avey | 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
Daniel Draper | 34 | Dem | Payne
Rex Privett | 35 | Dem | Osage, Pawnee
Billy Kennedy | 36 | Rep | Osage
Fred Boettcher | 37 | Dem | Kay
Brian Conaghan | 38 | Rep | Kay
Lynn Thornhill | 39 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Major
Thomas Rogers Jr. | 40 | Dem | Garfield
Robert Anderson | 41 | Rep | Garfield
William Gooden | 42 | Rep | Kingfisher, Blaine
Anna Belle Wiedemann | 43 | Dem | Canadian
Lee Byron Cate | 44 | Dem | Cleveland
Leland Wolf | 45 | Dem | Cleveland
Charles Elder | 46 | Dem | Grady, McClain
Spencer Bernard | 47 | Dem | Grady, McClain
Don Duke | 48 | Dem | Carter
Bill Bradley | 49 | Dem | Carter, Jefferson
William Tarwater | 50 | Dem | Stephens
Don Duke | 51 | Dem | Cotton, Stephens
Howard Cotner | 52 | Dem | Jackson
Bob Harper | 53 | Dem | Jackson, Tillman
Victor Wickersham | 54 | Dem | Greer, Kiowa
Don Greenhaw | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Washita
James Kardokus | 56 | Dem | Caddo
David Stratton | 57 | Dem | Custer
Lewis Kamas | 58 | Rep | Woods, Woodward
Jack Harrison | 59 | Dem | Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills
Carl Robertson | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Harmon
Marvin McKee | 61 | Dem | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas
Don Davis | 62 | Dem | Comanche
Gordon Beznoska | 63 | Dem | Comanche
Jack Lindstrom | 64 | Dem | Comanche
Fred Ferrell Jr. | 65 | Dem | Comanche
David Riggs | 66 | Dem | Tulsa
Douglas Wixson | 67 | Rep | Tulsa
Robert Hopkins | 68 | Dem | Tulsa
Joe Musgrave | 69 | Rep | Tulsa
Richard Hancock | 70 | Rep | Tulsa
Warren Green | 71 | Rep | Tulsa
John W. McCune | 72 | Dem | Tulsa
Ben Hill | 73 | Dem | Tulsa
Jerry Hargrave | 74 | Dem | Tulsa
Rodger Randle | 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
T. W. 'Bill' Holaday | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma
Kent Frates | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma
Texanna Hatchett | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma
George Camp | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma
Thomas Taggart | 86 | Rep | Oklahoma
Sandy Sanders | 87 | Dem | Oklahoma
Red Andrews | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma
L. Bengtson Jr. | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma
Thomas Bamberger | 90 | Dem | Oklahoma
Kenneth R. Nance | 91 | Dem | Oklahoma
Marvin York | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma
Don Kilpatrick | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma
Ray Trent | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma
A.J. Clemons | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma
John Miskelly | 96 | Dem | Oklahoma
Hannah Atkins | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma
Visanio John | 98 | Dem | Oklahoma
Archibald Hill Jr. | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma

* Table based on database of historic members.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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. ^ President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate
4. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (accessed June 28, 2013)
5. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 10, 2013)

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