36th 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 1977-January 1979

Composition:

Senate
38   10
House
81   20

The Thirty-sixth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. State legislators met at the Oklahoma State Capitol in session from January 4 to June 8, 1977, from June 13 to June 17, 1977, and from January 3 to March 28, 1978, during the term of Governor David L. Boren.[1]

Lieutenant Governor George Nigh served as President of the Senate.[2] Gene C. Howard served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and William Willis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

The 1978 session was marked by a student protest over rumors that state legislators were planning to close Langston University.[1]

## Dates of sessions

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* Organizational day: January 4, 1977
* First regular session: January 4-June 8, 1977[1]
* Special session: June 13–17, 1977[1]
* Second regular session: January 3-March 28, 1978[1]

Previous: 35th Legislature • Next: 37th Legislature

## Major events

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On March 1, 1978, student protesters upset with rumors that the state legislature would attempt to close Langston University broke past security in the Oklahoma State Capitol and trapped state legislators in the building.[1] Although, the state legislators eventually escaped, the university was not close and received additional funding.[1]

## 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
| 81  | 20  | 101
Voting share  | 80.2%  | 19.8%  |

## Leadership

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### Democratic

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* President Pro Tempore: Gene C. Howard
* Speaker: William Willis
* Speaker Pro Tempore: Spencer Bernard[1]

### Republican

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* Minority leader of the Senate:
* Minority leader of the House: Kent Frates

## 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  | Joe Johnson  | 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  | Sapulpa
13  | James W. McDaniel  | Dem  | Ada, Atwood
14  | Ernest Martin  | Dem  | Ardmore
15  | Charles Vann  | Dem  | Norman
16  | Lee Cate  | Dem  | Norman, Purcell, Lexington
17  | John Clifton  | 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, Sayre, Mangum
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  | Warren Green | 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 Howell  | Dem  | Midwest City
43  | Don Kilpatrick  | 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.[3]

### 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
Mick Thompson | 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 | Delaware, Mayes, Rogers
Bill Crutcher | 9 | Dem | Nowata, Rogers
A. C. Holden | 10 | Dem | Osage, Washington
Robert Kane | 11 | Rep | Nowata, Washington
Bill Lancaster | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner
Jim Barker | 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
Bob Trent | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Johnston, Pittsburg
Guy Gaylon Davis | 21 | Dem | Bryan
Kenneth Converse | 22 | Dem | Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc
Harold Monlux | 23 | Dem | Tulsa, Wagoner
Bill Robinson | 24 | Dem | Coal, Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg
Lonnie Abbott | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc
Robert Harlan 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
Robert Milacek | 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
Cleta Deatherage | 44 | Dem | 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
Kenneth Craig | 54 | Dem | Cleveland
Harvey Weichel | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita
James Kardokus | 56 | Dem | Caddo, Comanche, Grady
Wayne Winn | 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
Marvin Baughman | 63 | Dem | Comanche
Butch Hooper | 64 | Dem | Comanche
Jim Glover | 65 | Dem | Comanche
David Riggs | 66 | Dem | Tulsa
Joan Hastings | 67 | Rep | Tulsa
Robert Hopkins | 68 | Dem | Tulsa
William Wiseman | 69 | Rep | Tulsa
Paul Brunton | 70 | Rep | Tulsa
Helen Arnold | 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
Robert S. Kerr III | 86 | Dem | Oklahoma
Sandy Sanders | 87 | Dem | Oklahoma
Don Denman | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma
L. Bengtson | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma
Mike J. Lawter | 90 | Dem | Oklahoma
Kenneth Nance | 91 | Dem | Oklahoma
Jim Fried | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma
Jerry Steward | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma
Fred Joiner | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma
David Craighead | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma
John MisKelly[4] | 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

* Table based on database.[5]

## 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, Oklahoma House. (accessed July 30, 2013)
2. ^ History of Lieutenant Governor (accessed July 10, 2013)
3. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 760-762, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed June 28, 2013)
4. ^ He died in 1977; James Briscoe was elected to the seat in August 1977.
5. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed July 10, 2013)

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