title: 24th Oklahoma Legislature
text: # 24th Oklahoma Legislature
  
  The Twenty-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 regular session at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 6 to May 6, 1953, during the term of Governor Johnston Murray. James C. Nance became the first two-term Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
  
  ## Dates of session
  
  * January 6 to May 6, 1953
  
  Previous: 23rd Legislature • Next: 25th Legislature
  
  ## Party composition
  
  ### Senate
  
  | Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
  | | 38 | 6 | 44 |
  | Voting share | 86.4% | 15.6% | |
  
  ## House of Representatives
  
  | Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
  | | 104 | 13 | 117 |
  | Voting share | 88.9% | 11.1% | |
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Senate
  
  Lieutenant Governor James E. Berry served as President of the Senate, giving him a tie-breaking vote. Raymond D. Gary, a future governor, served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  James C. Nance was elected by his fellow state representatives to serve as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and James E. Douglas was elected as Speaker Pro Tempore. Glen Ham served as the Majority Floor Leader and C. R. Nixon served as the Republican Minority leader.
  
  Eddie Higgins was the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  | District | Name | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Leon B. Field | Dem |
  | 2 | Charles M. Wilson | Dem |
  | 2 | Lawrence L. Irwin | Dem |
  | 3 | Claude Seaman | Rep |
  | 4 | Basil Wilson | Dem |
  | 5 | D. L. Jones | Dem |
  | 6 | Carl Max Cook | Dem |
  | 6 | Byron Dacus | Dem |
  | 7 | Stanley Coppock | Rep |
  | 8 | Floyd Carrier | Rep |
  | 9 | Roy Grantham | Rep |
  | 10 | J. L. Maltsberger | Rep |
  | 11 | Everett Collins | Dem |
  | 12 | Carl Morgan | Rep |
  | 13 | Oliver Walker | Dem |
  | 13 | Boyd Cowden | Dem |
  | 14 | Jim A. Rinehart | Dem |
  | 14 | George Miskovsky | Dem |
  | 15 | Walt Allen | Dem |
  | 15 | Don Baldwin | Dem |
  | 16 | Roy C. Boecher | Dem |
  | 17 | Harold Garvin | Dem |
  | 17 | Bill Logan | Dem |
  | 18 | Fred Chapman | Dem |
  | 19 | Joe Smalley | Dem |
  | 19 | Herbert Hope | Dem |
  | 20 | Keith Cartwright | Dem |
  | 21 | Clem Hamilton | Dem |
  | 22 | Paul Ballinger | Dem |
  | 23 | Virgil Medlock | Dem |
  | 24 | Leroy McClendon | Dem |
  | 25 | Kirksey Nix | Dem |
  | 26 | Raymond D. Gary | Dem |
  | 27 | Harold Shoemake | Dem |
  | 27 | Howard Young | Dem |
  | 28 | Ray Fine | Dem |
  | 29 | Harold Morgan | Dem |
  | 30 | Jess Fronterhouse | Dem |
  | 31 | Arthur Price | Rep |
  | 32 | James Nevins | Dem |
  | 33 | John W. Russell Jr. | Dem |
  | 34 | Frank Mahan | Dem |
  | 35 | Henry Cooper | Dem |
  | 36 | Joe Bailey Cobb | Dem |
  
  * Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  | Name | Party | County |
  | - | - | - |
  | W. H. Langley | Dem | Adair |
  | Tom Morford | Rep | Alfalfa |
  | Floyd Mason | Dem | Atoka |
  | Floyd Sumrall | Dem | Beaver |
  | H. F. Carmichael | Dem | Beckham |
  | H. G. Tolbert | Rep | Blaine |
  | Raney Arnold | Dem | Bryan |
  | James E. Douglas | Dem | Bryan |
  | Charley Long | Dem | Caddo |
  | F. H. Moorehead | Dem | Caddo |
  | Jean Pazoureck | Dem | Canadian |
  | James Payne | Dem | Carter |
  | Ernest Tate | Dem | Carter |
  | Richard Smith | Dem | Cherokee |
  | Lucien Spear | Dem | Choctaw |
  | Carl Etling | Rep | Cimarron |
  | Leland Wolf | Dem | Cleveland |
  | Virgil Young | Dem | Cleveland |
  | T. K. Kinglesmith | Dem | Coal |
  | Charles Ozmun | Dem | Comanche |
  | Githen Rhoads | Dem | Comanche |
  | Jim Taliaferro | Dem | Comanche |
  | W. B. Nelson | Dem | Cotton |
  | George Pitcher | Dem | Craig |
  | Lou Stockton Allard | Dem | Creek |
  | L. A. Hudgins | Dem | Creek |
  | William Shibley | Dem | Creek |
  | Clarence Sweeney | Dem | Custer |
  | Wiley Sparkman | Dem | Delaware |
  | J. B. Graybill | Dem | Dewey |
  | A. R. Larason | Dem | Ellis |
  | John Camp | Rep | Garfield |
  | Dan Mitchell | Rep | Garfield |
  | Richard Romang | Rep | Garfield |
  | Jesse Daniel | Dem | Garvin |
  | Glen Ham | Dem | Garvin |
  | Jefferson Lee Davis | Dem | Grady |
  | Ira Humphreys | Dem | Grady |
  | William Card | Dem | Grant |
  | Elmo Hurst | Dem | Greer |
  | Valdhe Pitman | Dem | Harmon |
  | J. E. Bouse | Dem | Harper |
  | Folsom Scott | Dem | Haskell |
  | Frank Grayson | Dem | Hughes |
  | Hugh Sandlin | Dem | Hughes |
  | William J. Ivester | Dem | Jackson |
  | Bill Bradley | Dem | Jefferson |
  | Jack Gillam | Dem | Johnston |
  | Raymond Craig | Rep | Kay |
  | T. D. Harris | Rep | Kay |
  | William A. Burton Jr. | Rep | Kingfisher |
  | C. L. Krieger | Dem | Kiowa |
  | Jim Cook | Dem | Latimer |
  | James Fesperman | Dem | LeFlore |
  | Ralph Vandiver | Dem | LeFlore |
  | Richard James | Rep | Lincoln |
  | Lewis Wolfe | Rep | Logan |
  | Clint G. Livingston | Dem | Love |
  | J. Howard Lindley | Rep | Major |
  | Jay Payne | Dem | Marshall |
  | G. A. Sampsel | Dem | Mayes |
  | James C. Nance | Dem | McClain |
  | Paul Harkey | Dem | McCurtain |
  | Mort Welch | Dem | McCurtain |
  | Lonnie McPeak | Dem | McIntosh |
  | Bruce Frazier | Dem | Murray |
  | Charles Hammers | Dem | Muskogee |
  | Bill Haworth | Dem | Muskogee |
  | Louis Smith | Dem | Muskogee |
  | Robert S. Taylor | Rep | Noble |
  | Otis Munson | Dem | Nowata |
  | Bennie Hill | Dem | Okfuskee |
  
  * Table based on government database.
  