19th Oklahoma Legislature

February 2025 January 2025 19th Oklahoma Legislature File:Flag of Oklahoma (1941–1988).svg President of the Senate: James E. Berry (D) President Pro Tem of the Senate: Tom Anglin (D) Speaker of the House: Harold Freeman (D) Composition: Senate40 #0000FF darkgray 4 #FF0000 darkgrayHouse94 #0000FF darkgray 24 #FF0000 darkgray The Nineteenth 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 at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 5 to April 1, 1943, and in special session April 10–21, 1944, during the term of Governor Robert S. Kerr.A Century to Remember https://web.archive.org/web/20120910204833/http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf September 10, 2012 , Oklahoma House of Representatives https://web.archive.org/web/20130622043630/http://www.okhouse.gov/ June 22, 2013 (accessed June 16, 2013) The special session was called by the governor to ensure military men and women could participate in the 1944 elections. Dates of session Regular session: January 5-April 1, 1943 Special session: April 10–21, 1944 Previous: 18th Legislature • Next: 20th Legislature Party composition Senate AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 40 4 44Voting share90.9%9.1% House of Representatives AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 94 24 118Voting share79.7%20.3% Leadership Senate As Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, James E. Berry served as the President of the Senate, giving him a tie-breaking vote and allowing him to serve as the presiding officer in ceremonial instances or during joint session. Tom Anglin served as the primary presiding officer, or President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. He was a former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, during the term of Governor William H. Murray.2005 Oklahoma Almanac https://web.archive.org/web/20060218215829/http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf 2006-02-18 , Oklahoma Department of Libraries. (accessed July 1, 2013) House of Representatives The Oklahoma Democratic Party held 93 seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1943, allowing them to select the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Harold Freeman of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma served in the role during the regular session in 1943 and Merle Lansden, a Marine private from Beaver, Oklahoma, served in the role during the special session in 1944. Freeman was unable to serve because of being called to serve. R.M. Mountcastle of Muskogee, Oklahoma served as the second-in-command, or Speaker Pro Tempore. Members Senate District Name Party1 Dwight Leonard Dem2 E.F. Cornels Dem2 E.S. Collier Dem3 E.P. Williams Rep4 W.F. Hearne Dem5 Burr Speck Dem6 L.E. Wheeler Dem6 E.D. Walker Dem7 Bill Ginder Rep8 Floyd Carrier Rep9 Charles Duffy Dem10 John Sanford Dem11 Ray C. Jones Dem12 Louis Ritzhaupt Dem13 Mead Norton Dem13 Boyd Cowden Dem14 J.A. Rinehart Dem14 Robert Burns Dem15 Jack Neill Dem15 Theodore Pruett Dem16 George Bowman Dem17 Phil Lowery Dem17 Bill Logan Dem18 Fred Chapman Dem19 James C. Nance Dem19 Homer Paul Dem20 H.V. Posey Dem21 Clint Braden Dem22 Tom Anglin Dem23 Allen Nichols Dem24 Thomas Finney Dem25 M.O. Counts Dem26 Raymond D. Gary Dem27 Murrell Thornton Dem27 Guy Curry Dem28 Ray Fine Dem29 Craig Goodpaster Dem30 C.D. Wilson Dem31 Clyde Sears Rep32 S.E. Hammond Dem33 H. Tom Brown Dem34 Frank Mahan Dem35 Ferman Phillips Dem36 Joe Bailey Cobb Dem Table based on Oklahoma Almanac. House of Representatives Name Party CountyC.W. Waters Rep AdairW.E. Cordray Rep AlfalfaHarold Toaz Dem AtokaMerle Lansden Dem BeaverH.F. Carmichael Dem BeckhamE.B. Grennell Rep BlaineWilliam Parrish Dem BryanW.H. Underwood Dem BryanHarold Plummer Dem CaddoAmos Stovall Dem CaddoJ.L. Trevathan Rep CanadianRhys Evans Dem CarterErnest Tate Dem CarterH.I. Hinds Dem CherokeeBayless Irby Dem ChoctawC.R. Board Dem CimarronBen Huey Dem ClevelandHenry Binns Dem CoalW. J. Johnson Dem ComancheW. H. McKenzie Dem ComancheCharles Flanagan Dem CottonWalter W. Bailey Dem CraigFletcher Johnson Dem CreekStreeter Speakman Jr. Dem CreekOrange Starr Dem CreekW. R. Dunn Dem CusterW. Hendrix Wolf Dem DelawareT. J. Hussey Rep DeweyGeorge Davison Rep EllisJohn N. Camp Rep GarfieldEarl Coldiron Rep GarfieldRussell Farmer Dem GarvinHarold Freeman Dem GarvinCharles Van Dyck Dem GradyBill Wallace Dem GradyHenry W. Worthington Dem GreerJ. C. Hoffsommer Rep GrantT.N. Crow Dem HarmonElzie S. Spicer Dem HarperD. C. Cantrell Dem HaskellFrank Crane Dem HughesD. L. Jones Dem JacksonWoodie Snider Dem JacksonDick Coleman Dem JeffersonT Bone King Dem JohnstonJames Dorsett Rep KayW. E. Knapp Rep KayRobert L. Barr Dem KingfisherW. B. McDonald Dem KiowaJack Bradley Dem LatimerRaymond H. Lucas Dem LeFloreArthur Reed Dem LeFloreC. L. Mills Rep LincolnCarl Morgan Rep LoganJohn Steele Batson Dem LoveJoe Story Rep MajorJ. Horace Harbison Dem MarshallBill Gooldy Dem MayesPurman Wilson Dem McClainHerbert D. Flowers Dem McCurtainGuy B. Massey Dem McCurtainKirksey M. Nix Dem McIntoshJ. A. Arms Dem MurrayRobert P. Chandler Dem MuskogeeR. M. Mountcastle Dem MuskogeeJ.M. Wiley Dem MuskogeeLeon Hicks Dem NobleCharles A. Whitford Dem NowataW. O. Black Dem OkfuskeeRoger Standley Dem OkfuskeeBen Gullett Dem OklahomaIla Huff Dem OklahomaB. B. Kerr Dem OklahomaJ. D. McCarty Dem OklahomaRobert H. Sherman Dem OklahomaCreekmore Wallace Dem OklahomaPaul Washington Dem OklahomaF. C. Helm Dem OkmulgeeCannon McMahan Dem OkmulgeeBill Shipley Dem OkmulgeeCharles Bacon Dem OsageI. C. Sullivan Dem OsageC. A. Douthat Dem OttawaPercy M. Smith Dem OttawaWard Guffy Rep PawneeJ.H. Arrington Dem PayneElbert Weaver Dem PayneAiden Allen Dem PittsburgAndy Banks Dem PittsburgC. Plowboy Edwards Dem PittsburgJoe Tom McKinley Dem PontotocVirgil Medlock Dem PontotocScott Glen Dem PottawatomieBurke Larch-Miller Dem PottawatomieJohn Levergood Dem PottawatomieClaud Thompson Dem PushmatahaWesley B. Hunt Dem Roger MillsH. Tom Kight Dem RogersWalter Billingsley Dem SeminoleCon Long Dem SeminoleF.M. Streetman Dem SeminoleCarl Frix Dem SequoyahM. W. Pugh Dem StephensJames Bullard Dem StephensWallace Hughes Dem TexasE. H. Shelton Dem TillmanJoe Harshsbarger Rep TulsaJohnson D. Hill Dem TulsaD. M. Madrano Rep TulsaJoe Musgrave Rep TulsaHorace Newberry Rep TulsaArthur Price Rep TulsaA. E. Williams Rep TulsaW. B. Carr Rep WagonerJohn M. Holliman Dem WashingtonEd Hines Dem WashitaR.W. McNally Rep WoodsFrank Durant Rep Woodward Table based on government database.Historic Members https://web.archive.org/web/20130711202342/http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Historic.aspx 2013-07-11 , Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013) References Category:Oklahoma legislative sessions Category:1943 in Oklahoma Category:1944 in Oklahoma Category:1943 U.S. legislative sessions Category:1944 U.S. legislative sessions