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

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Party composition

Senate

House of Representatives

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

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

NamePartyCounty
W. H. LangleyDemAdair
Tom MorfordRepAlfalfa
Floyd MasonDemAtoka
Floyd SumrallDemBeaver
H. F. CarmichaelDemBeckham
H. G. TolbertRepBlaine
Raney ArnoldDemBryan
James E. DouglasDemBryan
Charley LongDemCaddo
F. H. MooreheadDemCaddo
Jean PazoureckDemCanadian
James PayneDemCarter
Ernest TateDemCarter
Richard SmithDemCherokee
Lucien SpearDemChoctaw
Carl EtlingRepCimarron
Leland WolfDemCleveland
Virgil YoungDemCleveland
T. K. KinglesmithDemCoal
Charles OzmunDemComanche
Githen RhoadsDemComanche
Jim TaliaferroDemComanche
W. B. NelsonDemCotton
George PitcherDemCraig
Lou Stockton AllardDemCreek
L. A. HudginsDemCreek
William ShibleyDemCreek
Clarence SweeneyDemCuster
Wiley SparkmanDemDelaware
J. B. GraybillDemDewey
A. R. LarasonDemEllis
John CampRepGarfield
Dan MitchellRepGarfield
Richard RomangRepGarfield
Jesse DanielDemGarvin
Glen HamDemGarvin
Jefferson Lee DavisDemGrady
Ira HumphreysDemGrady
William CardDemGrant
Elmo HurstDemGreer
Valdhe PitmanDemHarmon
J. E. BouseDemHarper
Folsom ScottDemHaskell
Frank GraysonDemHughes
Hugh SandlinDemHughes
William J. IvesterDemJackson
Bill BradleyDemJefferson
Jack GillamDemJohnston
Raymond CraigRepKay
T. D. HarrisRepKay
William A. Burton Jr.RepKingfisher
C. L. KriegerDemKiowa
Jim CookDemLatimer
James FespermanDemLeFlore
Ralph VandiverDemLeFlore
Richard JamesRepLincoln
Lewis WolfeRepLogan
Clint G. LivingstonDemLove
J. Howard LindleyRepMajor
Jay PayneDemMarshall
G. A. SampselDemMayes
James C. NanceDemMcClain
Paul HarkeyDemMcCurtain
Mort WelchDemMcCurtain
Lonnie McPeakDemMcIntosh
Bruce FrazierDemMurray
Charles HammersDemMuskogee
Bill HaworthDemMuskogee
Louis SmithDemMuskogee
Robert S. TaylorRepNoble
Otis MunsonDemNowata
Bennie HillDemOkfuskee