38th Oklahoma Legislature

Leadership

President of the Senate:

Spencer Bernard (D)

President Pro Tem of the Senate:

Marvin York (D)

Speaker of the House:

Daniel Draper (D)

Term:

January 6, 1981-January 4, 1983

Composition:

Senate
36  12
House
75  26

The Thirty-eighth 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 6 to July 20, 1981, from August 31 to September 4, 1981, and from January 5 to July 12, 1982, during the term of Governor George Nigh.[1] After the legislative council was eliminated in 1980, the Oklahoma House of Representatives added research and fiscal divisions.[1]

Marvin York served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Daniel Draper served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1] Frank Keating served as the Minority leader of the Oklahoma Senate. Neal McCaleb served as the Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

## Dates of sessions

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* First regular session: January 6-July 20, 1981
* Special session: August 31-September 4, 1981
* Second regular session: January 5-July 12, 1982

Previous: 37th Legislature • Next: 39th 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
| 36  | 12  | 48
Voting share  | 75%  | 25%  |

### House of Representatives

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Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total

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Democratic | Republican
| 75  | 26  | 101
Voting share  | 74.3%  | 25.7%  |

## Leadership

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### Senate

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Oklahoma City Democratic Senator Marvin York served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Frank Keating served as the Republican Minority leader.

### House of Representatives

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Democratic Representative Daniel Draper served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Mike Murphy served as Speaker Pro Tempore.[1] Representative Neal McCaleb served as the Republican Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

## Members

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### Senate

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District | Name | Party | Hometown

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Lt-Gov | Spencer Bernard | Dem | President
1 | William Schuelein | Dem | Miami
2 | Bill Crutcher | Dem |
3 | Herb Rozell | Dem | Tahlequah
4 | Joe Johnson | Dem |
5 | Gerald Dennis | Dem | Antlers
6 | Roy Boatner | Dem | Durant
7 | Gene Stipe | Dem | McAlester
8 | Robert Miller | Dem |
9 | John Luton | Dem | Muskogee
10 | John Dahl | Dem | Barnsdall
12 | John Young | Dem | Sapulpa
13 | James W. McDaniel | Dem |
14 | Ernest Martin | Dem | Ardmore
15 | Bill Branch | Dem | Norman
16 | Lee Cate | Dem | Norman
17 | John Clifton | Dem | Shawnee
19 | Norman Lamb | Rep | Enid
20 | William O'Connor | Rep |
21 | Bernice Shedrick | Dem | Stillwater
22 | Gideon Tinsley | Dem |
23 | Ray Giles | Dem | Pocasset
24 | Kenneth Landis | Dem |
24 | Herschal Crow | Dem | Altus
26 | Gilmer Capps | Dem | Sayre
27 | Wayne Winn | Dem |
29 | Jerry Pierce | Rep |
31 | Paul Taliaferro | Dem | Lawton
32 | Al Terrill | Dem | Lawton
33 | Rodger Randle | Dem | Tulsa
34 | Robert V. Cullison | Dem | Tulsa
35 | Warren Green | Rep | Tulsa
36 | Gene C. Howard | Dem | Tulsa
37 | Finis Smith | Dem | Tulsa
38 | Frank Keating | Rep | Tulsa
39 | Jerry L. Smith | Rep | Tulsa
40 | Mike Combs | Rep | Oklahoma City
41 | Phil Watson | Rep | Oklahoma City
42 | James Howell | Dem | Midwest City
43 | Don Kilpatrick | Dem | Oklahoma City
44 | Marvin York | Dem | Oklahoma City
45 | Ed Moore | Rep | Oklahoma City
46 | Bernest Cain | Dem | Oklahoma City
47 | John R. McCune | Rep | Oklahoma City
48 | E. Melvin Porter | Dem | Oklahoma City
49 | Timothy D. Leonard | Rep | Oklahoma City
50 | Jeff Johnston | Dem | Seminole
52 | E. W. Keller | Rep | Bethany
54 | Don Cummins | Dem | Oklahoma City

* Tabled based on state almanac.[2]

### House of Representatives

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Name | District | Party | Counties

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Mike Murphy | 1 | Dem | McCurtain
Don Mentzer | 2 | Dem | Sequoyah
Mick Thompson | 3 | Dem | LeFlore
William Willis | 4 | Dem | Cherokee
Wiley Sparkman | 5 | Dem | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa
George Vaughn | 6 | Dem | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers
Joe Fitzgibbon | 7 | Dem | Ottawa
J. D. Whorton | 8 | Rep | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner
Stratton Taylor | 9 | Dem | Rogers
A.C. Holden | 10 | Dem | Osage, Washington
Don Koppel | 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
Frank Shurden | 16 | Dem | Okmulgee
"Red" Caldwell | 17 | Dem | Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg
Frank Harbin | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg
Gary Sherrer | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha
Bob Trent | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Johnston, Pittsburg
Guy Gaylon Davis | 21 | Dem | Bryan
Jack F. Kelly | 22 | Dem | Carter, Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc
Twyla Mason Gray | 23 | Dem | Tulsa, Wagoner
Bill Robinson | 24 | Dem | Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
Lonnie Abbott | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc
Robert Harlan Henry | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie
Steve C. Lewis | 27 | Dem | Cleveland, Pottawatomie
Enoch Kelly Haney | 28 | Dem | Okfuskee, Seminole
Oval Cunningham | 29 | Dem | Creek
Benny Vanatta | 30 | Dem | Creek
Frank W. Davis | 31 | Rep | Logan, Noble
Charlie Morgan | 32 | Dem | Lincoln, Logan
Joe Manning | 33 | Dem | Payne
Daniel Draper | 34 | Dem | Payne
Don Johnson | 35 | Dem | Noble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne
Don Anderson | 36 | Dem | Osage
James Holt | 37 | Rep | Kay
Robert Milacek | 38 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Kay
Steven Boeckman | 39 | Rep | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major
Homer Rieger | 40 | Rep | Garfield
Bruce Harvey | 41 | Rep | Garfield
Don Garrison | 42 | Dem | Garvin, Grady
Donald Feddersen | 43 | Dem | Canadian
Cleta Deatherage | 44 | Dem | Cleveland
Cal Hobson | 45 | Dem | Cleveland
Jerry F. Smith | 46 | Dem | Cleveland, McClain
Denver Talley | 47 | Dem | Grady
A Don Duke | 48 | Dem | Carter
Bill Brewster | 49 | Dem | Carter, Love, Marshall
JD Blodgett | 50 | Rep | Stephens
Vernon Dunn | 51 | Dem | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens
Howard Cotner | 52 | Dem | Jackson
Bob Harper | 53 | Dem | Comanche, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman
Helen Cole | 54 | Rep | Cleveland
Harvey Weichel | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita
Tom Manar | 56 | Dem | Caddo
Bill Widener | 57 | Dem | Blaine, Custer
Lewis Kamas | 58 | Rep | Woods, Woodward
Dr. Rollin D. Reimer | 59 | Dem | Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward
Willie Rogers | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Greer, Harmon
Walter Hill | 61 | Rep | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas
Ken Harris | 62 | Dem | Comanche
Marvin Baughman | 63 | Dem | Comanche, Tillman
Butch Hooper | 64 | Dem | Comanche
Jim Glover | 65 | Dem | Comanche
Pete Riggs | 66 | Dem | Tulsa
Joan Hastings | 67 | Rep | Tulsa
Robert Hopkins | 68 | Dem | Tulsa
Nelson Little | 69 | Rep | Tulsa
Penny Williams | 70 | Dem | Tulsa
Helen Arnold | 71 | Rep | Tulsa
Don McCorkle Jr. | 72 | Dem | Tulsa
Bernard McIntyre | 73 | Dem | Tulsa
Rodney Hargrave | 74 | Dem | Tulsa
Alene Baker | 75 | Dem | Rogers, Tulsa
James Allen Williamson | 76 | Rep | Tulsa
William Poulos | 77 | Dem | Tulsa
Frank Pitezel | 78 | Rep | Tulsa
Jim Henshaw | 79 | Rep | Tulsa
Charles Ford | 80 | Rep | Tulsa
Neal McCaleb | 81 | Rep | Oklahoma
George Osborne | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma
Gean Atkinson | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma
Bill Graves | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma
George Camp | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma
Rick Stahl | 86 | Dem | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes
Sandy Sanders | 87 | Dem | Oklahoma
Don Denman | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma
Rebecca Hamilton | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma
Mike J. Lawter | 90 | Dem | Oklahoma
Keith Leftwich | 91 | Dem | Oklahoma
Jim Fried | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma
Ben Brown | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma
Fred Joiner | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma
David Craighead | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma
Maxine Kincheloe | 96 | Rep | Oklahoma
Kevin Cox | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma
Thomas Duckett | 98 | Dem | Canadian, Grady, Oklahoma
Freddye Williams | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma
Mike Fair | 100 | Rep | Canadian, Oklahoma
Carl Twidwell Jr. | 101 | Dem | Oklahoma

* Table based on government database.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 20, 2013)
2. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 10, 2013)
3. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 20, 2013)

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