4th Oklahoma Legislature

Leadership

President of the Senate:

J. J. McAlester (D)

President Pro Tem of the Senate:

C. B. Kendrick (D)

Speaker of the House:

J. Harvey Maxey Jr. (D)

Composition:

Senate
34   10
House
78   19

The Fourth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Oklahoma Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The state legislature met in the India White Temple in Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 7 to March 17, 1913, and in special session from March 18 to July 5, 1913, during the term of Governor Lee Cruce.[1]

The 1913 session was marked by the passage of a municipal Sunday closing law, which was favored by Cruce. Lieutenant Governor James Jackson McAlester served as the President of the Senate and C.B. Kendrick served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. J. Harvey Maxey Jr. served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

## Dates of sessions

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* Regular session: January 7-March 17, 1913
* Special session: March 18-July 5, 1913

Previous: 3rd Legislature • Next: 5th 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
| 34  | 10  | 44
Voting share  | 77.3%  | 22.7%  |

### House of Representatives

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Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total

|
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Democratic | Republican
| 78  | 19  | 97
Voting share  | 80.4%  | 26.4%  |

## Major legislation

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* Sundays \- Governor Lee Cruce supported municipal Sunday closing laws and the 1913 state legislature passed House Bill 50, which prohibited a number of Sunday activities.[2]

## Leadership

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### Senate

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Lieutenant Governor James Jackson McAlester served as the President of the Senate, which gave him a tie-breaking vote and allowed him to serve as a presiding officer. C.B. Kendrick was elected by state senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the primary presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate.[3]

### House

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J. Harvey Maxey Jr. of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1913 and Charles B. Emanuel served as Speaker Pro Tempore.[1]

## Members

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### Senate

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State Senator Elmer Thomas would go on to serve as a United States Senator. District | Name | Party

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Lt-Gov | J. J. McAlester | Dem
1 | George Aycock | Dem
2 | E. L. Mitchell | Dem
2 | R. E. Echols | Dem
3 | William Briggs | Rep
4 | J. L. Carpenter | Dem
5 | Guy Horton | Dem
6 | James Austin | Dem
6 | J. V. McClintic | Dem
7 | J. W. McCully | Rep
8 | Eugene Watrous | Rep
9 | William Dutton | Rep
9 | J. E. Curran | Rep
10 | George Waters | Dem
11 | Joseph Jones | Rep
12 | John H. Burford | Rep
13 | Charles F. Barrett | Dem
13 | C. L. Edmonson | Dem
14 | Tom McMechan | Dem
14 | Ben Wilson | Dem
15 | George Barefoot | Dem
15 | John Pugh | Dem
16 | E. J. Warner | Rep
17 | F. W. Anderson | Dem
17 | Elmer Thomas | Dem
18 | C. B. Kendrick | Dem
18 | Ben Franklin | Dem
19 | J. T. McIntosh | Dem
19 | Fred Tucker | Dem
20 | Joseph Bryan Thompson | Dem
20 | Thomas F. Memminger | Dem
21 | Edwin Sorrels | Dem
22 | C. W. Board | Dem
23 | Reuben Roddie | Dem
24 | W. C. McAlister | Dem
25 | William Redwine | Rep
26 | C. C. Shaw | Dem
27 | Sid Garrett | Dem
27 | Campbell Russell | Dem
28 | M. S. Blassingame | Dem
29 | E. C. Harlan | Dem
30 | George W. Fields Jr. | Dem
31 | A. F. Vandeventer | Dem
32 | James H. Sutherlin | Rep
33 | Gid Graham | Dem

* Table based on state almanac.[3]

### House of Representatives

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Name | Party | County

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Thomas LaFayette Rider | Dem | Adair
Charles B. Parkhurst | Rep | Alfalfa
I. L. Cook | Dem | Atoka
R. B. Rutherford | Dem | Beaver, Harper
H. V. Joseph | Dem | Beckham
George Jamison | Rep | Blaine
William A. Durant | Dem | Bryan
R. R. Halsell | Dem | Bryan
H. N. Christian | Dem | Caddo
Theo Pruett | Dem | Caddo
R. J. Thompson | Dem | Canadian
U. T. Rexroat | Dem | Carter
Houston B. Teehee | Dem | Cherokee
Thomas W. Hunter | Dem | Choctaw
W. L. Roberts | Dem | Cimarron, Texas
N. E. Sharp | Dem | Cleveland
George T. Searcy | Dem | Coal
J. M. Haynes | Dem | Comanche, Cotton
Roy J. Williams | Dem | Comanche, Cotton
Peter Coyne | Dem | Craig
H. H. Herman | Rep | Creek
W. S. Dearing | Dem | Custer
Lee Howe | Dem | Delaware
Howell Smith | Dem | Dewey
Flavius Rose | Rep | Ellis
Charles C. Childers | Dem | Garfield
George Dizney | Rep | Garfield
Joe A. Edwards | Dem | Garvin
W B M Mitchell | Dem | Garvin
T. J. Brown | Dem | Grady
A. S. Riddle | Dem | Grady
J. E. Lemon | Dem | Grant
O. L. Cummings | Dem | Greer
H. L. Russell | Dem | Harmon
H. M. Moore | Dem | Haskell
J. B. Griggs | Dem | Hughes
R. J. Morgan | Dem | Jackson
Alonzo McCrory | Dem | Jefferson
Andrew Veatch | Dem | Johnston
W. C. Baum | Rep | Kay
C. L. Pinkham | Dem | Kay
George L. King | Rep | Kingfisher
Leonard Lewis | Dem | Kiowa
Cliff Peery | Dem | Latimer
T.G. McMahan | Dem | LeFlore
J.L. Spengler | Dem | LeFlore
John B. Charles | Rep | Lincoln
Fred Hoyt | Rep | Lincoln
Walter H. Matthews | Dem | Lincoln, Pottawatomie
Frank McGuire | Rep | Logan
W. H. Brooks | Dem | Love
W.T. Ruby | Rep | Major
C.H. Thomas | Dem | Marshall
Gideon Morgan | Rep | Mayes
E.E. Glasco | Dem | McClain
W.S. Davis | Dem | McCurtain
Tom G. Taylor | Dem | McIntosh
Charles B. Emanuel | Dem | Murray
William Carr | Dem | Muskogee
J. Harvey Maxey Jr. | Dem | Muskogee
E.T. Testerman | Rep | Noble
W.A. Chase | Dem | Nowata
W.H. Case | Dem | Okfuskee
George Harvison | Dem | Okfuskee
Hubert Bolen | Dem | Oklahoma
C.H. DeFord | Rep | Oklahoma
Hugh Randall | Dem | Oklahoma
D.B. Welty | Dem | Oklahoma
John H. Wright | Dem | Oklahoma
J.M. Lenox | Dem | Okmulgee
Charles B. Peters | Dem | Osage
M.B. Prentiss | Rep | Osage
J.S. Mabon | Rep | Ottawa
Stanley Edmister | Rep | Pawnee
J.W. Reece | Dem | Payne
R.I. Bond | Dem | Pittsburg
E.P. Hill | Dem | Pittsburg
S.F. Whitman | Dem | Pittsburg
John P. Crawford | Dem | Pontotoc
James Farrall | Dem | Pottawatomie
Harvey H. Smith | Dem | Pottawatomie
H.O. Tener | Dem | Pottawatomie
H S P Ashby | Dem | Pushmataha
Thomas Joyner | Dem | Roger Mills
Archibald Bonds | Dem | Rogers
W.A. Bishop | Dem | Seminole
William L. Curtis | Dem | Sequoyah
O.M. Morris | Dem | Stephens
W.G. Woodard | Dem | Swanson
Harry Cordell | Dem | Tillman
Frank Curry | Dem | Tulsa
W. B. Williams | Dem | Tulsa
John O. Baker | Dem | Wagoner
R. F. Stilwell | Dem | Washington
C. C. Hill | Dem | Washita
W. H. Olmstead | Rep | Woods
E. G. Vosburgh | Rep | Woodward

* Table based on government database.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 20, 2013)
2. ^ Wilson, Linda D. CRUCE, LEE (1863-1933) Archived November 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma State University. (accessed July 2, 2013)
3. ^ a b Oklahoma Almanac, 2005 Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 1, 2013)
4. ^ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 21, 2013)

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