title: 23rd Oklahoma Legislature
text: # 23rd Oklahoma Legislature
  
  The Twenty-third 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 2, 1951, to May 18, 1951, during the term of Governor Johnston Murray.
  
  ## Dates of session
  
  * Regular session: January 2-May 18, 1951
  
  Previous: 22nd Legislature • Next: 24th Legislature
  
  ## Party composition
  
  ### Senate
  
  | Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
  | | 40 | 4 | 44 |
  | Voting share | 90.9% | 9.1% | |
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  | Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
  | | 99 | 20 | 119 |
  | Voting share | 83.2% | 16.8% | |
  
  ## Leadership
  
  * Senate President Pro Tem: Boyd Cowden
  * House Speaker: James Bullard
  * Speaker Pro Tempore: James Williams
  * Majority Floor Leader: A. R. Larason
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  | District | Name | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Leon B. Field | Dem |
  | 2 | A. E. Anderson | Dem |
  | 2 | Lawrence L. Irwin | Dem |
  | 3 | Claude Seaman | Rep |
  | 4 | Henry W. Worthington | 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. Val Connell | Dem |
  | 11 | Everett Collins | Dem |
  | 12 | Louis Ritzhaupt | Dem |
  | 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 | Joe B. Thompson | 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 | Roy White | Dem |
  | 28 | Ray Fine | Dem |
  | 29 | Harold Morgan | Dem |
  | 30 | Jess Fronterhouse | Dem |
  | 31 | Arthur Price | Rep |
  | 32 | James Nevins | Dem |
  | 33 | Tom Kight | 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 |
  | Vernon Collins | Dem | Alfalfa |
  | Floyd Mason | Dem | Atoka |
  | Floyd Sumrall | Dem | Beaver |
  | J. L. Edgecomb | Dem | Beckham |
  | Charles Wilson | Dem | Beckham |
  | H. G. Tolbert | Rep | Blaine |
  | James Douglas | Dem | Bryan |
  | Joe Engler | 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 |
  | Roy T. Nall | Dem | Cimarron |
  | Virgil Young | Dem | Cleveland |
  | T. K. Kinglesmith | Dem | Coal |
  | Charles Ozmun | Dem | Comanche |
  | Jim Taliaferro | Dem | Comanche |
  | Luther Boyd Eubanks | Dem | Cotton |
  | George Pitcher | Dem | Craig |
  | Lou Stockton Allard | Dem | Creek |
  | William Shibley | Dem | Creek |
  | Streeter Speakman | Dem | Creek |
  | Wayne Wallace | Dem | Custer |
  | Wiley Sparkman | Dem | Delaware |
  | Jack Wilcox | Dem | Dewey |
  | A.R. Larason | Dem | Ellis |
  | John Camp | Rep | Garfield |
  | Richard Romang | Rep | Garfield |
  | Glen Ham | Dem | Garvin |
  | Ike Tolbert | Dem | Garvin |
  | Jefferson Lee Davis | Dem | Grady |
  | James Renegar | Dem | Grady |
  | William Card | Dem | Grant |
  | Basil Wilson | Dem | Greer |
  | Valdhe Pitman | Dem | Harmon |
  | Boyce Stinson | Rep | Harper |
  | Howard Young | Dem | Haskell |
  | Frank Grayson | Dem | Hughes |
  | William J. Ivester | Dem | Jackson |
  | Jack Coleman | Dem | Jefferson |
  | Jack Gillam | Dem | Johnston |
  | Guy Bailey | Dem | Kay |
  | Raymond Craig | Rep | Kay |
  | William A. Burton Jr. | Rep | Kingfisher |
  | C.L. Krieger | Dem | Kiowa |
  | Lloyd Reeder | Dem | Kiowa |
  | E.T. Dunlap | Dem | Latimer |
  | Dual Autry | Dem | LeFlore |
  | Ralph Vandiver | Dem | LeFlore |
  | Jesse Berry | Rep | Lincoln |
  | Richard James | Rep | Lincoln |
  | Lewis Wolfe | Rep | Logan |
  | Clint G. Livingston | Dem | Love |
  | J. Howard Lindley | Rep | Major |
  | Don Welch | Dem | Marshall |
  | G.A. Sampsel | Dem | Mayes |
  | James R. Williams | Dem | McClain |
  | Paul Harkey | Dem | McCurtain |
  | Mort Welch | Dem | McCurtain |
  | Wilford Bohannon | Dem | McIntosh |
  | Bruce Frazier | Dem | Murray |
  | Bill Haworth | Dem | Muskogee |
  | Edwin Langley | Dem | Muskogee |
  | Louis Smith | Dem | Muskogee |
  | Robert S. Taylor | Rep | Noble |
  | Otis Munson | Dem | Nowata |
  | William L. Jones | Dem | Okfuskee |
  | Robert Cunningham | Dem | Oklahoma |
  | Bill Harkey | Dem | Oklahoma |
  | Eddie Kessler | Dem | Oklahoma |
  | J.D. McCarty | Dem | Oklahoma |
  | Norman Reynolds | Dem | Oklahoma |
  | Robert Sherman | Dem | Oklahoma |
  | W.R. Wallace Jr. | Dem | Oklahoma |
  | Manuel Furr | Dem | Okmulgee |
  | John W. Russell Jr. | Dem | Okmulgee |
  | W.A. Burkhart Jr. | Dem | Osage |
  | Shockley Shoemake | Dem | Osage |
  | J.R. Hall Jr. | Dem | Ottawa |
  | C.D. Wilson | Dem | Ottawa |
  | Robert Reynolds Jr. | Dem | Ottawa |
  | Ray D. Henry | Dem | Pawnee |
  | Robert L. Hert | Dem | Payne |
  | C. Plowboy Edwards | Dem | Pittsburg |
  | George Nigh | Dem | Pittsburg |
  | Gene Stipe | Dem | Pittsburg |
  | George R. Collins | Dem | Pontotoc |
  | J.W. Huff | Dem | Pontotoc |
  | George Defenbaugh | Dem | Pottawatomie |
  | John Levergood | Dem | Pottawatomie |
  | Thomas M. Stevens | Dem | Pottawatomie |
  | Lee Welch | Dem | Pushmataha |
  | Jodie Moad | Dem | Roger Mills |
  | Dave L. Smith | Dem | Rogers |
  | Glen Collins | Dem | Seminole |
  | James Haning | Dem | Seminole |
  | Charles Sims | Dem | Seminole |
  | M. Shawnee Stewart | Dem | Sequoyah |
  | James Bullard | Dem | Stephens |
  | Val Miller | Dem | Stephens |
  | Don Dale | Dem | Texas |
  | Arthur Kelly | Dem | Tillman |
  | Robert N. Alexander | Rep | Tulsa |
  | Wendell Barnes | Rep | Tulsa |
  | Dale Briggs | Rep | Tulsa |
  | Joe Musgrave | Rep | Tulsa |
  | C.R. Nixon | Rep | Tulsa |
  | Russell Reynolds | Rep | Tulsa |
  | Dean H. Smith | Rep | Tulsa |
  | Carlisle Duke | Dem | Wagoner |
  | Laton Doty | Rep | Washington |
  | Dale Griffin | Dem | Washita |
  | Ben Easterly | Dem | Woods |
  | Clarence Meigs | Rep | Woodward |
  
  * Table based on government database.
  