35th Oklahoma Legislature

Leadership

President of the Senate:

George Nigh (D)

President Pro Tem of the Senate:

Gene C. Howard (D)

Speaker of the House:

William Willis (D)

Term:

January 1975-January 1977

Composition:

Senate
38  10
House
78  23

The Thirty-fifth 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, 1975, to January 4, 1977,[1] during the governorship of David L. Boren.

Lieutenant Governor George Nigh served as President of the Senate, giving him a tie-breaking vote and the authority to serve as a presiding officer. Gene C. Howard served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and William Willis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

## Dates of sessions

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* First regular session: January 7-June 6, 1975[1]
* Second regular session: January 6-June 9, 1976[1]
* Special session: July 19–23, 1976[1]

Previous: 34th Legislature • Next: 36th 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
| 38  | 10  | 48
Voting share  | 79.2%  | 20.8%  |

### House of Representatives

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Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total

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Democratic | Republican
| 78  | 23  | 101
Voting share  | 77.2%  | 22.8%  |

## Leadership

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### Democratic leadership

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* President Pro Tempore: Gene C. Howard
* Speaker: William Willis[1]
* Speaker Pro Tempore: Spencer Bernard[1]
* Majority Floor Leader: James Townsend[1]

### Republican leadership

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* Minority leader of the Senate:
* Minority leader of the House: Charles Ford[1]

## Members

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### Senate

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District  | Name  | Party  | Towns Represented

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Lt-Gov  | George Nigh | Dem | President of Senate
1  | William Schuelein | Dem  | Grove, Jay, Miami
2  | Robert Wadley | Dem  | Claremore, Pryor
3  | Herb Rozell  | Dem  | Stilwell, Tahlequah
4  | James Hamilton  | Dem  | Poteau, Sallisaw
5  | Jim Lane  | Dem  | Atoka, Hugo
6  | Roy Boatner  | Dem  | Durant
7  | Gene Stipe | Dem  | McAlester, Wilburton
8  | Kenneth Butler  | Dem  | Henryetta, Okmulgee
9  | John Luton | Dem  | Muskogee
10  | John Dahl  | Dem  | Fairfax, Pawhuska
12  | John Young  | Dem  | Bristow, Sapulpa
13  | Wes Watkins | Dem  | Ada
14  | Ernest Martin  | Dem  | Ardmore
15  | Glen Ham  | Dem  | Norman
16  | Lee Cate  | Dem  | Lexington, Norman, Purcell
17  | Ralph Graves  | Dem  | Shawnee
19  | Norman Lamb | Rep | Enid
20  | Roy Grantham  | Dem  | Ponca City, Tonkawa
21  | Robert Murphy  | Dem  | Stillwater
22  | Gideon Tinsley  | Rep  | Kingfisher
23  | Ray Giles  | Dem  | Chickasha, Hinton
24  | Wayne Holden  | Dem  | Duncan
25  | Herschal Crow  | Dem  | Altus
26  | Gilmer Capps  | Dem  | Elk City, Mangum, Sayre
27  | Ed Berrong  | Dem  | Weatherford
29  | Jerry Pierce  | Rep  | Bartlesville
31  | Paul Taliaferro  | Dem  | Lawton
32  | Al Terrill | Dem  | Lawton
33  | Rodger Randle | Dem  | Tulsa
34  | Bob Shatwell  | Dem  | Tulsa
35  | Jim Inhofe | Rep  | Tulsa
36  | Gene C. Howard  | Dem  | Tulsa
37  | Finis Smith  | Dem  | Tulsa
38  | Frank Keating | Rep  | Tulsa
39  | Stephen Wolfe | Rep  | Tulsa
40  | Phillip Lambert  | Dem  | Oklahoma City
41  | Phil Watson | Rep  | Edmond
42  | James F. Howell | Dem  | Midwest City
43  | John Garrett  | Dem  | Del City, Oklahoma City
44  | Marvin York  | Dem  | Oklahoma City
45  | Jimmy Birdsong | Dem  | Moore, Oklahoma City
46  | Mary Helm  | Rep  | Oklahoma City
47  | John R. McCune  | Rep  | Oklahoma City
48  | E. Melvin Porter  | Dem  | Oklahoma City
49  | Leon B. Field  | Dem  | Guymon
50  | Bill Dawson  | Dem  | Seminole
52  | E.W. Keller  | Rep  | Bethany, Oklahoma City
54  | Bob Funston  | Dem  | Tulsa

Table based on 2005 state almanac.[2]

### House of Representatives

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Name | District | Party | Counties

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Mike Murphy | 1 | Dem | McCurtain
Bob Parris | 2 | Dem | Adair, Sequoyah
Joe Johnson | 3 | Dem | Leflore, McCurtain
William Willis | 4 | Dem | Cherokee
Wiley Sparkman | 5 | Dem | Adair, Delaware
George Vaughn | 6 | Dem | Craig, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers
Joe Fitzgibbon | 7 | Dem | Ottawa
J. D. Whorton | 8 | Rep | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner
Bill Briscoe | 9 | Dem | Nowata, Rogers
A. C. Holden | 10 | Dem | Osage, Washington
Robert Kane | 11 | Rep | Nowata, Washington
Howard Odom[3] | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner
Drew Edmondson | 13 | Dem | Muskogee
John Monks | 14 | Dem | Muskogee
Charles Peterson | 15 | Dem | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg
Joseph Bennett | 16 | Dem | Okmulgee
"Red" Caldwell | 17 | Dem | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg
William Ervin | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg
Hollis Roberts | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, Pittsburg, Pushmataha
Gary Payne | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Love, Marshall
Guy Gaylon Davis | 21 | Dem | Bryan
Kenneth Converse | 22 | Dem | Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc
Charles Prentice | 23 | Rep | Tulsa, Wagoner
Bill Robinson | 24 | Dem | Coal, Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg
Lonnie Abbott | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc
Charles T. Henry | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie
James Townsend | 27 | Dem | Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie
Jeff Johnston | 28 | Dem | Seminole
Oval Cunningham | 29 | Dem | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
Don Thompson | 30 | Dem | Creek
James Cummings | 31 | Rep | Kingfisher, Logan, Noble
Charlie Morgan | 32 | Dem | Lincoln, Logan, Okfuskee
Joe Manning | 33 | Dem | Payne
Daniel Draper | 34 | Dem | Payne
Don Johnson | 35 | Dem | Creek, Kay, Noble, Osage, Pawnee
Billy Kennedy | 36 | Dem | Kay, Osage
James Holt | 37 | Rep | Kay
Dorothy Conaghan | 38 | Rep | Grant, Kay
Lynn Thornhill | 39 | Rep | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Major
Thomas Rogers | 40 | Dem | Garfield
Robert Anderson | 41 | Rep | Garfield
Tom Stephenson | 42 | Dem | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Kingfisher
Mark Hammons | 43 | Dem | Canadian
Mina Hibdon | 44 | Rep | Cleveland
Glenn Floyd | 45 | Dem | Cleveland
Charles Elder | 46 | Dem | Garvin, Grady, McClain
Spencer Bernard | 47 | Dem | Grady, McClain
Don Duke | 48 | Dem | Carter
Bill Bradley | 49 | Dem | Carter, Cotton, Jefferson
Bob Wilson | 50 | Dem | Stephens
Vernon Dunn | 51 | Dem | Carter, Garvin, Stephens
Howard Cotner | 52 | Dem | Jackson, Kiowa
Bob Harper | 53 | Dem | Comanche, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman
Ron Shotts | 54 | Rep | Cleveland
Harvey Weichel | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita
James Kardokus | 56 | Dem | Caddo, Comanche, Grady
David Stratton | 57 | Dem | Beckham, Custer
Lewis Kamas | 58 | Dem | Major, Woods, Woodward
Mark Bradshaw | 59 | Dem | Beaver, Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward
Victor Wickersham | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Greer, Harmon
Marvin McKee | 61 | Rep | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas
Don Davis | 62 | Dem | Comanche
Gordon Beznoska | 63 | Dem | Comanche
Butch Hooper | 64 | Dem | Comanche
Fred Ferrell | 65 | Dem | Comanche
Pete Riggs | 66 | Dem | Tulsa
Joan Hastings | 67 | Rep | Tulsa
Robert Hopkins | 68 | Dem | Tulsa
William Wiseman | 69 | Rep | Tulsa
Paul Brunton | 70 | Rep | Tulsa
Warren Green | 71 | Rep | Tulsa
Mandell Matheson | 72 | Dem | Tulsa
Bernard McIntyre | 73 | Dem | Tulsa
Robert V. Cullison | 74 | Dem | Tulsa
Jim Hardesty | 75 | Dem | Tulsa
James Allen Williamson | 76 | Rep | Tulsa
William Poulos | 77 | Dem | Tulsa
Charles Cleveland | 78 | Dem | Tulsa
Ted Cowan | 79 | Rep | Tulsa
Charles Ford | 80 | Rep | Tulsa
Neal McCaleb | 81 | Rep | Oklahoma
Bill Holaday | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma
Kent Frates | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma
Judy Ann Swinton | 84 | Dem | Oklahoma
George Camp | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma
David Hood | 86 | Dem | Oklahoma
Sandy Sanders | 87 | Dem | Oklahoma
Don Denman | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma
L. Bengtson | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma
Thomas Bamberger | 90 | Dem | Oklahoma
Kenneth Nance | 91 | Dem | Oklahoma
Jim Fried | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma
Don Kilpatrick | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma
Fred Joiner | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma
David Craighead | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma
John MisKelly | 96 | Dem | Oklahoma
Hannah Atkins | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma
Thomas Duckett | 98 | Dem | Canadian, Oklahoma
Visanio Johnson | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma
Terry Campbell | 100 | Rep | Canadian, Oklahoma
Carl Twidwell Jr. | 101 | Dem | Oklahoma

* Membership data based on database of historic members.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 16, 2013)
2. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 760-762, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed June 28, 2013)
3. ^ Bill Lancaster was elected in 1975 after Odom's death.
4. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 10, 2013)

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