20th Oklahoma Legislature
The Twentieth 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 regular session from January 2 to April 26, 1945,[1] during the term of Governor Robert S. Kerr.
20th Oklahoma Legislature  | |
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| Leadership | |
Homer Paul (D)    | |
Johnson Davis Hill (D)    | |
Composition:  | |
Although the session began with John Davis Hill as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, he was replaced with H.I. Hinds in February.[1] Homer Paul served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.
Dates of session
    
- Session: January 2, 1945 – April 26, 1945[1]
 
Previous: 19th Legislature • Next: 21st Legislature
Leadership and staff
    
Homer Paul served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.[2] John Davis Hill of Tulsa, Oklahoma was selected as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives with the support of Governor Robert S. Kerr.[1] In February 1945, he was replaced by session, he was replaced by H. I. Hinds of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for the remainder of the 1945 session.[1] H. R. Christopher served as the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]
Party composition
    
    Senate
    
| Affiliation | Party  (Shading indicates majority caucus)  | 
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 38 | 6 | 44 | ||
| Voting share | 86.4% | 13.6% | ||
House of Representatives
    
| Affiliation | Party  (Shading indicates majority caucus)  | 
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| 98 | 22 | 120 | ||
| Voting share | 81.7% | 18.3% | ||
Members
    
    Senate
    
| District | Name | Party | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwight Leonard | Dem | 
| 2 | A. E. Anderson | Dem | 
| 2 | E. S. Collier | Dem | 
| 3 | E. P. Williams | Rep | 
| 4 | Henry W. Worthington | Dem | 
| 5 | Burr Speck | Dem | 
| 6 | L. E. Wheeler | Dem | 
| 6 | Byron Dacus | Dem | 
| 7 | Bill Ginder | Rep | 
| 8 | Floyd Carrier | Rep | 
| 9 | Charles Duffy | Dem | 
| 10 | Sherman Trussel | Rep | 
| 11 | Ray Jones | Dem | 
| 12 | Louis Ritzhaupt | Dem | 
| 13 | Mead Norton | Dem | 
| 13 | Boyd Cowden | Dem | 
| 14 | Jim A. Rinehart | Dem | 
| 14 | Robert Burns | Dem | 
| 15 | Jack Neill | Dem | 
| 15 | Theodore Pruett | Dem | 
| 16 | E. B. Grennell | Rep | 
| 17 | Phil Lowery | Dem | 
| 17 | Bill Logan | Dem | 
| 18 | Fred Chapman | Dem | 
| 19 | James C. Nance | Dem | 
| 19 | Homer Paul | Dem | 
| 20 | Bayless Irby | Dem | 
| 21 | Clint Braden | Dem | 
| 22 | Tom Anglin | Dem | 
| 23 | Allen G. Nichols | Dem | 
| 24 | Thomas Finney | Dem | 
| 25 | M. O. Counts | Dem | 
| 26 | Raymond D. Gary | Dem | 
| 27 | Murrell Thornton | Dem | 
| 27 | Roy White | Dem | 
| 28 | Ray Fine | Dem | 
| 29 | Craig Goodpaster | Dem | 
| 30 | Perry Porter | Dem | 
| 31 | Clyde Sears | Rep | 
| 32 | James Nevins | Dem | 
| 33 | H. Tom Brown | Dem | 
| 34 | Frank Mahan | Dem | 
| 35 | Ferman Phillips | Dem | 
| 36 | Joe Bailey Cobb | Dem | 
- Table based on Oklahoma Almanac.[2]
 
House of Representatives
    
| Name | Party | County | 
|---|---|---|
| W. H. Langley | Dem | Adair | 
| W. E. Cordray | Rep | Alfalfa | 
| Harold Toaz | Dem | Atoka | 
| Merle Lansden | Dem | Beaver | 
| H. F. Carmichael | Dem | Beckham | 
| H. C. Hathcoat | Dem | Beckham | 
| Jack Dillon | Rep | Blaine | 
| William Parrish | Dem | Bryan | 
| W. H. Underwood | Dem | Bryan | 
| Don Baldwin | Dem | Caddo | 
| Walter Morris | Dem | Caddo | 
| E. R. Barnhart | Dem | Canadian | 
| R. Rhys Evans | Dem | Carter | 
| Wilson Wallace | Dem | Carter | 
| H. I. Hinds | Dem | Cherokee | 
| Hal Welch | Dem | Choctaw | 
| C. R. Board | Dem | Cimarron | 
| Ben Huey | Dem | Cleveland | 
| T. K. Klinglesmith | Dem | Coal | 
| W. J. Johnson | Dem | Comanche | 
| Lewis Oerke | Dem | Comanche | 
| Charles Flanagan | Dem | Cotton | 
| Walter Bailey | Dem | Craig | 
| Fletcher Johnson | Dem | Creek | 
| Streeter Speakman Jr. | Dem | Creek | 
| Orange Starr | Dem | Creek | 
| W. R. Dunn | Dem | Custer | 
| LeRoy Fields | Dem | Delaware | 
| T. J. Hussey | Rep | Dewey | 
| W. S. Sibley | Rep | Ellis | 
| John Camp | Rep | Garfield | 
| Martin Garber | Rep | Garfield | 
| E. W. Foley | Dem | Garvin | 
| Ike Tolbert | Dem | Garvin | 
| A. L. Davis | Dem | Grady | 
| C. D. Van Dyck | Dem | Grady | 
| J. C. Hoffsommer | Rep | Grant | 
| Wade Shumate | Dem | Greer | 
| Raymond Barry | Dem | Harmon | 
| C. F. Miles | Dem | Harper | 
| D. C. Cantrell | Dem | Haskell | 
| Frank Crane | Dem | Hughes | 
| Fred Treadwell | Dem | Hughes | 
| D. L. Jones | Dem | Jackson | 
| Ewell Sam Singleton | Dem | Jefferson | 
| Karl Wright | Dem | Johnston | 
| J. R. Dorsett | Rep | Kay | 
| Floyd Focht | Dem | Kay | 
| Robert Barr | Dem | Kingfisher | 
| W. B. McDonald | Dem | Kiowa | 
| Jack Bradley | Dem | Latimer | 
| Edd C. Hawthorne | Dem | LeFlore | 
| Arthur Reed | Dem | LeFlore | 
| C. L. Mills | Rep | Lincoln | 
| S. J. Thompson | Rep | Lincoln | 
| Carl Morgan | Rep | Logan | 
| John Steele Batson | Dem | Love | 
| Joe Story | Rep | Major | 
| Roy Biles | Dem | Marshall | 
| Earl Ward | Dem | Mayes | 
| Purman Wilson | Dem | McClain | 
| Carl Dees | Dem | McCurtain | 
| Herbert Flowers | Dem | McCurtain | 
| Milam King | Dem | McIntosh | 
| J. A. Arms | Dem | Murray | 
| Carl Frix | Dem | Muskogee | 
| R. M. Mountcastle | Dem | Muskogee | 
| J. M. Wiley | Dem | Muskogee | 
| Robert R. McCubbins | Rep | Noble | 
| Charles Whitford | Dem | Nowata | 
| Roger Standley | Dem | Okfuskee | 
| Harold Carey | Dem | Oklahoma | 
| Ben Gullett | Dem | Oklahoma | 
| B. B. Kerr | Dem | Oklahoma | 
| J. D. McCarty | Dem | Oklahoma | 
| Robert Sherman | Dem | Oklahoma | 
| Creekmore Wallace | Dem | Oklahoma | 
| Paul Washington | Dem | Oklahoma | 
| Q. D. Gibbs | Dem | Okmulgee | 
| Bill Shipley | Dem | Okmulgee | 
| B. L. Williams | Dem | Okmulgee | 
| Charles Bacon | Dem | Osage | 
| Bill Burkhart | Dem | Osage | 
| Grace Mitchelson | Dem | Ottawa | 
| Mona Jean Russell | Dem | Ottawa | 
| Prentiss Rowe | Dem | Pawnee | 
| J. H. Arrington | Dem | Payne | 
| Elbert Weaver | Dem | Payne | 
| Ben Choate | Dem | Pittsburg | 
| C. Plowboy Edwards | Dem | Pittsburg | 
| Hiram Impson | Dem | Pittsburg | 
| Thomas Holt | Dem | Pontotoc | 
| Virgil Medlock | Dem | Pontotoc | 
| John Levergood | Dem | Pottawatomie | 
| A. J. Ownby | Dem | Pottawatomie | 
| Clarence Tankersley | Dem | Pottawatomie | 
| Claud Thompson | Dem | Pushmataha | 
| Wesley Hunt | Dem | Roger Mills | 
| E. W. Meads | Dem | Rogers | 
| Walter Billingsley | Dem | Seminole | 
| Con Long | Dem | Seminole | 
| F. M. Streetman | Dem | Seminole | 
| Owen Taylor | Dem | Sequoyah | 
| James Bullard | Dem | Stephens | 
| D. A. Segrest | Dem | Stephens | 
| Wallace Hughes | Dem | Texas | 
| E. H. Shelton | Dem | Tillman | 
| Harmon Bellamy | Rep | Tulsa | 
| Joe Harshbarger | Rep | Tulsa | 
| Johnson Hill | Dem | Tulsa | 
| Dan Madrano | Rep | Tulsa | 
| A. E. Montgomery | Dem | Tulsa | 
| Joe Musgrave | Rep | Tulsa | 
| Arthur Price | Rep | Tulsa | 
| W. B. Carr | Rep | Wagoner | 
| Laton Doty | Rep | Washington | 
| A. R. Ash | Dem | Washita | 
| Ed Hines | Dem | Washita | 
| R. W. McNally | Rep | Woods | 
| Frank Durant | Rep | Woodward | 
- Table based on government database.[3]
 
References
    
- A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (accessed June 18, 2013)
 - 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 760, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed June 28, 2013)
 - Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).
 
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