43rd Oklahoma Legislature
# 43rd Oklahoma Legislature

The Forty-third Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. State legislators met at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 8 to May 31, 1991, and from January 3 to May 29, 1992, during the second two years of the term of Governor David Walters.

Stratton Taylor served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Glen D. Johnson, Jr. served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

## Dates of sessions

* Organizational day: January 8, 1991
* Special session: January 14–18, 1991
* First regular session: February–May 31, 1991
* Second regular session: February 3-May 29, 1992

Previous: 42nd Legislature • Next: 44th Legislature

## Party composition

### Senate

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 36 | 12 | 48 |
| Voting share | 75% | 25% | |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 67 | 34 | 101 |
| Voting share | 66.3% | 33.7% | |

## Leadership

* President Pro Tempore: Robert V. Cullison
* Majority Leader of the Oklahoma Senate: Darryl F. Roberts
* Speaker: Glen D. Johnson, Jr.
* Speaker Pro Tempore: Jim Glover
* Majority Floor Leader: Lloyd Benson
* Caucus Chair: Gary Charles Bastin
* House Minority leader, first regular session: Joe Heaton
* House Minority leader, second regular session: Larry Ferguson

## Staff

* Chief Clerk of the House: Larry Warden

## Members

### Senate

| District | Name | Party | Towns Represented |
| - | - | - | - |
| Lt-Gov | Jack Mildren | Dem | President of Senate |
| 1 | William Schuelein | Dem | Grove, Jay, Miami |
| 2 | Stratton Taylor | Dem | Claremore, Pryor |
| 3 | Herb Rozell | Dem | Stilwell, Tahlequah |
| 4 | Larry Dickerson | Dem | Sallisaw, Poteau |
| 5 | Rex Chandler | Dem | Atoka, Hugo, Idabel |
| 6 | Billy Mickle | Dem | Durant |
| 7 | Gene Stipe | Dem | McAlester, Wilburton |
| 8 | Frank Shurden | Dem | Okmulgee, Henryetta |
| 9 | Ben Robinson | Dem | Muskogee, Ft. Gibson |
| 10 | J. Berry Harrison | Dem | Pawhuska, Fairfax |
| 11 | Maxine Cissel-Horner | Dem | Tulsa |
| 12 | Ted Fisher | Dem | Sapulpa, Bristow |
| 13 | Dick Wilkerson | Dem | Ada, Atwood |
| 14 | Darryl Roberts | Dem | Ardmore |
| 15 | Trish Weedn | Dem | Norman, Purcell |
| 16 | Cal Hobson | Dem | Norman, Purcell, Lexington |
| 17 | Carl Franklin | Dem | Shawnee |
| 18 | Kevin Easley | Dem | Wagoner, Tulsa |
| 19 | Ed Long | Dem | Enid |
| 20 | Paul Muegge | Rep | Ponca City, Tonkawa |
| 21 | Bernice Shedrick | Dem | Stillwater |
| 22 | Bill Gustafson | Rep | Kingfisher |
| 23 | Ray Giles | Dem | Amber, Chickasha, Hinton, Pocasset |
| 24 | Larry Lawler | Dem | Duncan, Kellyville |
| 26 | Gilmer Capps | Dem | Elk City, Sayre, Mangum |
| 29 | Jerry Pierce | Rep | Bartlesville |
| 31 | Sam Helton | Dem | Lawton |
| 32 | Roy Hooper | Dem | Lawton |
| 33 | Penny Williams | Dem | Tulsa |
| 34 | Robert V. Cullison | Dem | Tulsa |
| 35 | Don Rubottom | Rep | Tulsa |
| 37 | Lewis Long Jr. | Dem | Tulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby, Glenpool |
| 38 | Robert M. Kerr | Dem | Altus, Weatherford |
| 39 | Jerry Smith | Rep | Tulsa |
| 40 | Brooks Douglass | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 41 | Mark Snyder | Rep | Edmond |
| 42 | Dave Herbert | Dem | Midwest City |
| 43 | Ben Brown | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 44 | Keith Leftwich | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 45 | Helen Cole | Rep | Oklahoma City, Moore |
| 46 | Bernest Cain | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 47 | Mike Fair | Rep | Edmond, Oklahoma City |
| 48 | Vicki Miles-LaGrange | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 49 | Don Williams | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 50 | Enoch Kelly Haney | Dem | Seminole |
| 51 | Charles Ford | Rep | Tulsa |
| 52 | Howard Hendricks | Rep | Bethany, Oklahoma City |
| 54 | Gerald Wright | Rep | Oklahoma City |

* Table based on state almanac.

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | Party | Counties in District |
| - | - | - | - |
| Terry Matlock | 1 | Dem | LeFlore, McCurtain |
| J. T. Stites | 2 | Dem | Sequoyah |
| James Hamilton | 3 | Dem | LeFlore |
| Bob Culver | 4 | Dem | Cherokee, Sequoyah |
| Joe Hutchinson | 5 | Dem | Craig, Delaware, Mayes |
| George Vaughn Jr. | 6 | Dem | Craig, Mayes, Rogers |
| Larry Roberts | 7 | Dem | Ottawa |
| Larry Rice | 8 | Dem | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner |
| Dwayne Steidley | 9 | Dem | Rogers |
| Gary Taylor | 10 | Dem | Nowata, Osage, Washington |
| Jim Dunlap | 11 | Rep | Osage, Washington |
| Jerry Hefner | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner |
| Bill Settle | 13 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner |
| John Monks | 14 | Dem | Muskogee |
| Dusty Rhodes | 15 | Dem | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah |
| M. C. Leist | 16 | Dem | Muskogee, Okmulgee |
| Mike Mass | 17 | Dem | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg |
| Lloyd Fields | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Randall Erwin | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha |
| Tommy Thomas | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston |
| James Dunegan | 21 | Dem | Bryan |
| Danny Hilliard | 22 | Dem | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc |
| Betty Boyd | 23 | Dem | Rogers, Tulsa |
| Glen D. Johnson, Jr. | 24 | Dem | Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee |
| Karroll Rhoades | 25 | Rep | Pontotoc |
| Bob Weaver | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Dale Smith | 27 | Dem | Cleveland, Lincoln, Pottawatomie |
| Danny Williams | 28 | Dem | Okfuskee, Pottawatomie, Seminole |
| David Thompson | 29 | Dem | Creek, Tulsa |
| Mike Tyler | 30 | Rep | Creek, Tulsa |
| Frank Davis | 31 | Rep | Logan, Oklahoma |
| Don Kinnamon | 32 | Dem | Creek, Lincoln |
| Jessie Pilgrim | 33 | Dem | Logan, Payne |
| Calvin Anthony | 34 | Rep | Payne |
| Larry Ferguson | 35 | Rep | Noble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Tulsa |
| James Hager | 36 | Dem | Osage, Tulsa |
| James Holt | 37 | Dem | Kay, Osage |
| Jim Reese | 38 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Kay |
| John Bass | 39 | Dem | Canadian, Kingfisher, Oklahoma |
| James Bryant | 40 | Dem | Garfield |
| Sean Voskuhl | 41 | Rep | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan |
| Bill Mitchell | 42 | Dem | Garvin, Grady, McClain |
| Tony Kouba | 43 | Rep | Canadian, Oklahoma |
| Laura Boyd | 44 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Ed Crocker | 45 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Gary York | 46 | Dem | Cleveland, McClain |
| Todd Flake | 47 | Dem | Canadian |
| Al Sadler | 48 | Dem | Carter, Garvin, Murray |
| Fred Stanley | 49 | Dem | Carter, Love, Marshall |
| Ed Apple | 50 | Rep | Stephens |
| Bill Smith | 51 | Dem | Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens |
| Howard Cotner | 52 | Dem | Harmon, Jackson |
| Carolyn Coleman | 53 | Rep | Cleveland |
| Joan Greenwood | 54 | Rep | Cleveland |
| Jack Bonny | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Canadian, Kiowa, Washita |
| Ron Langmacher | 56 | Dem | Caddo, Canadian, Grady |
| Bill Widener | 57 | Dem | Blaine, Custer, Dewey |
| Elmer Maddux | 58 | Rep | Major, Woods, Woodward |
| Frank Lucas | 59 | Rep | Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher, Roger Mills, Woodward |
| Randy Beutler | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills |
| Jack Begley | 61 | Dem | Beaver, Cimarron, Harper, Texas, Woodward |
| Jim Maddox | 62 | Dem | Comanche |
| Lloyd Benson | 63 | Dem | Comanche, Tillman |
| Ron Kirby | 64 | Dem | Comanche |
| Jim Glover | 65 | Dem | Comanche, Grady |
| Russ Roach | 66 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Wayne Cozort | 67 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Shelby Satterfield | 68 | Dem | Tulsa |
| David Smith | 69 | Rep | Tulsa |
| John Bryant Jr. | 70 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Rob Johnson | 71 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Don McCorkle Jr. | 72 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Don Ross | 73 | Dem | Osage, Tulsa |
| Grover Campbell | 74 | Rep | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa |
| Mike Thornbrugh | 75 | Rep | Tulsa, Wagoner |
| Don Weese | 76 | Rep | Tulsa, Wagoner |
| Gary Stottlemyre | 77 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Flint Breckenridge | 78 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Jim Henshaw | 79 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Bob C. Gates | 80 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Ray Vaughn | 81 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Leonard Sullivan | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Tony Caldwell | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Bill Graves | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Mary Fallin | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Larry Adair | 86 | Dem | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes |
| Robert Worthen | 87 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Linda Larason | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Charles E. Gray | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Charles Key | 90 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Dan Webb | 91 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Bill Paulk | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Wanda Jo Peltier | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Gary Bastin | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Jim Isaac | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Mark Seikel | 96 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Kevin Cox | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Tim Pope | 98 | Rep | Canadian, Cleveland |
| Angela Monson | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Richard Phillips | 100 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Jeff Hamilton | 101 | Dem | Oklahoma |

* Table based on government database.
