47th Oklahoma Legislature

Leadership

President of the Senate:

Mary Fallin (R)

President Pro Tem of the Senate:

Stratton Taylor (D)

Speaker of the House:

Lloyd Benson (D)

Term:

January 5, 1999–January 2, 2001

Composition:

Senate
29  19
House
59  42

The Forty-seventh 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, 1999, to January 2, 2001, during the first two years of the second term of Governor Frank Keating.[1]

## Dates of sessions

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* Organizational day: January 5, 1999[1]
* Special session: January 20–28, 1999[1]
* First regular session: February 1-May 28, 1999[1]
* Special session: May 28, June 14–18, June 30, 1999[1]
* Second regular session: February 7-May 26, 2000[1]
* Special session: June 28, 2000[1]

Previous: 46th Legislature • Next: 48th 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
| 29  | 19  | 48
Voting share  | 60.4%  | 39.6%  |

### House of Representatives

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Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total

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Democratic | Republican
| 59  | 42  | 101
Voting share  | 58.4%  | 41.6%  |

## Major legislation

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### Enacted

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#### 1999

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* Tax cut \- The state legislature passed an income tax break.
* Tax exemption \- The state legislature passed an earned income tax credit for the poor.
* Criminal justice reform \- The state legislature enacted a Truth in Sentencing law.

#### 2000

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* Teacher pay raise \- The state legislature raised teacher pay by more than $3,000 annually.

## Leadership

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In Oklahoma, the lieutenant governor serves as a tie-breaking and ceremonial presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate. Republican Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin served as President of the Oklahoma Senate.

The Democratic Party held the majority of the seats on both the Oklahoma Senate and Oklahoma House of Representatives, giving them control of key leadership positions. Stratton Taylor served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Lloyd Benson served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1] He was aided by Speaker Pro Tempore Larry Adair, Majority Floor Leader Tommy Thomas, Executive Majority Leader Don Kinnamon, Majority Whip Randy Beutler and Appropriations and Budget Chair Bill Settle.[1]

Fred Stanley served as the House Democratic caucus chair and Darrell Gilbert served as the caucus secretary.[1]

Fred Morgan served as the Republican Minority leader.[1] Forrest Claunch served as the Republican caucus chair and Bill Case served as caucus secretary.[1]

## Members

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### Senate

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26th Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry served as a state senator. District  | Name  | Party  | Towns Represented

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Lt-Gov  | Mary Fallin | Rep | President of Senate
1  | Rick Littlefield | Dem | Miami, Grove, Jay
2  | Stratton Taylor | Dem  | Claremore, Pryor
3  | Herb Rozell  | Dem | Stilwell, Tahlequah
4  | Larry Dickerson | Dem | Sallisaw, Poteau
5  | Jeff Rabon  | Dem | Atoka, Hugo
6  | Billy Mickle  | Dem | Durant
7  | Gene Stipe | Dem | McAlester, Wilburton
8  | Frank Shurden  | Dem | Okmulgee, Henryetta
9  | Ben Robinson  | Dem | Muskogee, Ft. Gibson
10  | J. Berry Harrison  | Dem | Pawhuska, Fairfax
11  | Maxine Horner | Dem | Tulsa
12  | Ted Fisher  | Dem | Sapulpa, Bristow
13  | Dick Wilkerson  | Dem | Ada, Atwood
14  | Johnnie Crutchfield | Dem | Ardmore
15  | Trish Weedn | Dem | Norman, Purcell
16  | Cal Hobson | Dem | Norman, Purcell, Lexington
17  | Brad Henry | Dem | Shawnee
18  | Kevin Easley  | Dem | Tulsa
19  | Robert Milacek  | Rep | Enid
20  | Paul Muegge  | Rep | Ponca City, Tonkawa
21  | Mike Morgan | Dem | Stillwater
22  | Mike Johnson | Rep | Kingfisher
23  | Bruce Price  | Rep | Chickasha, Hinton
24  | Carol Martin  | Rep | Lawton
26  | Gilmer Capps  | Dem | Elk City, Sayre, Mangum
29  | Jim Dunlap  | Rep | Bartlesville
30  | Glenn Coffee | Rep | Oklahoma City
31  | Sam Helton  | Rep | Lawton, Duncan
32  | Jim Maddox  | Dem | Lawton
33  | Penny Williams | Dem | Tulsa
34  | Grover Campbell  | Rep | Owasso, Tulsa
35  | James Williamson | Rep | Tulsa
37  | Lewis Long Jr.  | Dem | Tulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby, Glenpool
38  | Robert M. Kerr  | Dem | Altus, Weatherford
39  | Jerry Smith  | Rep | Tulsa
40  | Brooks Douglass | Rep | Oklahoma City
41  | Mark Snyder | Rep | Edmond
42  | Dave Herbert  | Dem | Midwest City
43  | Ben Brown  | Dem | Oklahoma City
44  | Keith Leftwich  | Dem | Oklahoma City
45  | Kathleen Wilcoxson | Rep | Oklahoma City, Moore
46  | Bernest Cain  | Dem | Oklahoma City
47  | Mike Fair  | Rep | Edmond, Oklahoma City
48  | Angela Monson | Dem | Oklahoma City
49  | Owen Laughlin  | Rep | Woodward
50  | Enoch Kelly Haney | Dem | Seminole
51  | Charles Ford | Rep | Tulsa
52  | Glenn Coffee | Rep | Oklahoma City
54  | Scott Pruitt | Rep | Oklahoma City

* Table based on list of Oklahoma state senators and years served. Districts 25, 27, 28, 36, and 53 did not exist.[2]

### House of Representatives

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Name | District | Party | Counties

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Terry Matlock | 1 | Dem | LeFlore, McCurtain
J. T. Stites | 2 | Dem | Sequoyah
Kenneth Corn | 3 | Dem | LeFlore
Bob Culver | 4 | Dem | Cherokee, Sequoyah
Joe Hutchinson | 5 | Dem | Craig, Delaware, Mayes
Joe Eddins | 6 | Dem | Craig, Mayes, Rogers
Larry Roberts | 7 | Dem | Ottawa
Larry Rice | 8 | Dem | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner
Tad Jones | 9 | Rep | Rogers
Gary Taylor | 10 | Dem | Nowata, Osage, Washington
Mike Wilt | 11 | Rep | Osage, Washington
Jerry Hefner | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner
Bill Settle | 13 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner
Barbara Staggs | 14 | Dem | Muskogee
Bobby Frame | 15 | Dem | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah
M. C. Leist | 16 | Dem | Muskogee, Okmulgee
Mike Mass | 17 | Dem | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg
Lloyd Fields | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg
Randall Erwin | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha
Tommy Thomas | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston
James Dunegan | 21 | Dem | Bryan
Danny Hilliard | 22 | Dem | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc
Betty Boyd | 23 | Dem | Rogers, Tulsa
Dale Turner | 24 | Dem | Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
Bob Plunk | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc
Bob Weaver | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie
Dale Smith | 27 | Dem | Cleveland, Lincoln, Pottawatomie
Mike Ervin | 28 | Dem | Okfuskee, Pottawatomie, Seminole
Todd Hiett | 29 | Rep | Creek, Tulsa
Mike Tyler | 30 | Rep | Creek, Tulsa
Frank Davis | 31 | Rep | Logan, Oklahoma
Don Kinnamon | 32 | Dem | Creek, Lincoln
Dale Wells | 33 | Dem | Logan, Payne
Terry Ingmire | 34 | Rep | Payne
Larry Ferguson | 35 | Rep | Noble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Tulsa
Joe Sweeden | 36 | Dem | Osage, Tulsa
Jim Newport | 37 | Dem | Kay, Osage
Jim Reese | 38 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Kay
Wayne Pettigrew | 39 | Rep | Canadian, Kingfisher, Oklahoma
John Sellers | 40 | Dem | Garfield
Curt Roggow | 41 | Rep | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan
Bill Mitchell | 42 | Dem | Garvin, Grady, McClain
Tony Kouba | 43 | Rep | Canadian, Oklahoma
Bill Nations | 44 | Dem | Cleveland
Wallace Collins | 45 | Dem | Cleveland
Doug Miller | 46 | Rep | Cleveland, McClain
Susan Winchester | 47 | Rep | Canadian
Greg Piatt | 48 | Rep | Carter, Garvin, Murray
Fred Stanley | 49 | Dem | Carter, Love, Marshall
Jari Askins | 50 | Dem | Stephens
Ray McCarter | 51 | Dem | Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens
David Braddock | 52 | Dem | Harmon, Jackson
Carolyn Coleman | 53 | Rep | Cleveland
Joan Greenwood | 54 | Rep | Cleveland
Jack Bonny | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Canadian, Kiowa, Washita
Ron Langmacher | 56 | Dem | Caddo, Canadian, Grady
James Covey | 57 | Dem | Blaine, Custer, Dewey
Elmer Maddux | 58 | Rep | Major, Woods, Woodward
Clay Pope | 59 | Dem | Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher, Roger Mills, Woodward
Randy Beutler | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills
Jack Begley | 61 | Dem | Beaver, Cimarron, Harper, Texas, Woodward
Abe Deutschendorf | 62 | Dem | Comanche
Lloyd Benson | 63 | Dem | Comanche, Tillman
Ron Kirby | 64 | Dem | Comanche
Jim Glover | 65 | Dem | Comanche, Grady
Russ Roach | 66 | Dem | Tulsa
Hopper Smith | 67 | Rep | Tulsa
Chris Benge | 68 | Rep | Tulsa
Fred Perry | 69 | Rep | Tulsa
John Bryant | 70 | Rep | Tulsa
John Sullivan | 71 | Rep | Tulsa
Darrell Gilbert | 72 | Dem | Tulsa
Donald Ross | 73 | Dem | Osage, Tulsa
Phil Ostrander | 74 | Dem | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa
Mike Thornbrugh | 75 | Rep | Tulsa, Wagoner
John A. Wright | 76 | Rep | Tulsa, Wagoner
Mark Liotta | 77 | Rep | Tulsa
Mary Easley | 78 | Dem | Tulsa
Chris Hastings | 79 | Rep | Tulsa
Scott Adkins | 80 | Rep | Tulsa
Ray Vaughn | 81 | Rep | Oklahoma
Leonard Sullivan | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma
Fred Morgan | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma
William D. Graves | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma
Odilia Dank | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma
Larry Adair | 86 | Dem | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes
Robert Worthen | 87 | Rep | Oklahoma
Debbie Blackburn | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma
Charles Gray | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma
John Nance | 90 | Rep | Oklahoma
Dan Webb | 91 | Rep | Oklahoma
Bill Paulk | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma
Al Lindley | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma
Kevin Calvey | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma
Bill Case | 95 | Rep | Oklahoma
Mark Seikel | 96 | Rep | Oklahoma
Kevin Cox | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma
Tim Pope | 98 | Rep | Canadian, Cleveland
Opio Toure | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma
Richard Phillips | 100 | Rep | Oklahoma
Forrest Claunch | 101 | Rep | Oklahoma

* Table based on database.[3]

## See also

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* Oklahoma state elections, 1998

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l House Journals Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (accessed June 3, 2013)
2. ^ All Senate List Archived 2013-03-28 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 24, 2013)
3. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 30, 2013)

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* 1 (1907)
* 2 (1909)
* 3 (1911)
* 4 (1913)
* 5 (1915)
* 6 (1917)
* 7 (1919)
* 8 (1921)
* 9 (1923)
* 10 (1925)

* 11 (1927)
* 12 (1929)
* 13 (1931)
* 14 (1933)
* 15 (1935)
* 16 (1937)
* 17 (1939)
* 18 (1941)
* 19 (1943)
* 20 (1945)

* 21 (1947)
* 22 (1949)
* 23 (1951)
* 24 (1953)
* 25 (1955)
* 26 (1957)
* 27 (1959)
* 28 (1961)
* 29 (1963)
* 30 (1965)

* 31 (1967)
* 32 (1969)
* 33 (1971)
* 34 (1973)
* 35 (1975)
* 36 (1977)
* 37 (1979)
* 38 (1981)
* 39 (1983)
* 40 (1985)

* 41 (1987)
* 42 (1989)
* 43 (1991)
* 44 (1993)
* 45 (1995)
* 46 (1997)
* 47 (1999)
* 48 (2001)
* 49 (2003)
* 50 (2005)

* 51 (2007)
* 52 (2009)
* 53 (2011)
* 54 (2013)
* 55 (2015)
* 56 (2017)
* 57 (2019)
* 58 (2021)
* 59 (2023)
* 60 (2025)

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