12th Oklahoma Legislature
# 12th Oklahoma Legislature

The Twelfth 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 Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 8 to March 30, 1929, and in one special session. State legislators successfully impeached Governor Henry S. Johnston during the legislative session.

## Dates of sessions

* Regular session: January 8-March 30, 1929

Previous: 11th Legislature • Next: 13th Legislature

## Major events

* When the state legislature met in regular session in 1929, members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives presented 13 charges against Governor Henry S. Johnston. On January 21, Johnston was suspended from office and Lieutenant Governor William J. Holloway became acting governor. Johnston’s impeachment trial began in February and ended in March with his impeachment on one charge. Holloway then succeeded Johnston to become the eighth governor of Oklahoma.
* Governor William J. Holloway called a special session on May 16, 1929. The state legislature adjourned on July 5, with the resolution of acquiring toll bridges along the border.

## Party composition

### Senate

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 34 | 10 | 44 |
| Voting share | 77.3% | 22.7% | |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 56 | 47 | 103 |
| Voting share | 54.4% | 45.6% | |

* House of Representatives table.

## Leadership

C.S. Storms served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate in 1929. James C. Nance served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

## Members

### Senate

| District | Name | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | W. H. Loofbourrow | Dem |
| 2 | Alvin Moore | Dem |
| 2 | E.M. Reed | Dem |
| 3 | D. H. Powers | Rep |
| 4 | H. D. Henry | Dem |
| 5 | W. C. Austin | Dem |
| 6 | Grover Thomas | Dem |
| 6 | A.E. Darnell | Dem |
| 7 | Ira Hill | Rep |
| 8 | W.J. Otjen | Rep |
| 9 | W. T. Clark | Rep |
| 10 | Jo Ferguson | Rep |
| 11 | Fletcher Johnson | Dem |
| 12 | Amos Ewing | Rep |
| 13 | Clarence Johnson | Dem |
| 13 | George Peck | Dem |
| 14 | John L. Rice | Dem |
| 14 | W.C. Fidler | Dem |
| 15 | Gordon Gray | Dem |
| 15 | Harry Jolly | Dem |
| 16 | W.P. Kimerer | Rep |
| 17 | C. S. Storms | Dem |
| 17 | Dave Boyer | Dem |
| 18 | Jess Pullen | Dem |
| 18 | U.T. Rexroat | Dem |
| 19 | E. V. George | Dem |
| 19 | Mac Q. Williamson | Dem |
| 20 | John A. MacDonald | Dem |
| 20 | J. N. Nesbitt | Dem |
| 21 | J. B. Harper | Dem |
| 22 | Tom Anglin | Dem |
| 23 | Lester E. Smith | Dem |
| 24 | Paul Stewart | Dem |
| 25 | Guy Andrews | Dem |
| 26 | W. O. Ray | Dem |
| 27 | W. M. Gulager | Dem |
| 27 | W.G. Stigler | Dem |
| 28 | G. J. Patton | Rep |
| 29 | R. L. Wheatley | Dem |
| 30 | A. L. Commons | Dem |
| 31 | C. H. Terwilleger | Rep |
| 32 | T. T. Blakely | Rep |
| 33 | Gid Graham | Dem |
| 34 | A. C. Easter | Dem |

* Table based on state almanac.

### House of Representatives

| Name | Party | County |
| - | - | - |
| John Bunch | Rep | Adair |
| E.D. Immell | Rep | Alfalfa |
| Ferman Phillips | Dem | Atoka |
| R.O. Allen | Dem | Beaver, Harper |
| Frank Carmichael | Dem | Beckham |
| Elmer Kenison | Rep | Blaine |
| A.N. Leecraft | Dem | Bryan |
| J.B. Smith | Dem | Bryan |
| W.L. Mauk | Dem | Caddo |
| Herman Dittmer | Rep | Canadian |
| Earl Brown | Dem | Carter |
| Louis Fischl | Dem | Carter |
| Bruce Keenan | Rep | Cherokee |
| R.H. Stanley | Dem | Choctaw |
| D.A. Stovall | Dem | Choctaw |
| Clifford Ferguson | Rep | Cimarron, Texas |
| Richard Cloyd | Dem | Cleveland |
| Walter Jacobs | Dem | Coal |
| Owen Black | Dem | Comanche |
| James C. Nance | Dem | Cotton |
| Clay Roper | Dem | Craig |
| B.E. Drake | Rep | Creek |
| Grady Lewis | Rep | Creek |
| H.G. Matherly | Rep | Creek |
| E.E. Fry | Rep | Custer |
| James Butler | Rep | Delaware |
| Fred Langley | Rep | Dewey |
| Harry Dunning | Rep | Ellis |
| J.B. Campbell | Rep | Garfield |
| George Hutchinson | Rep | Garfield |
| W.B. Gibson | Dem | Garvin |
| Homer Paul | Dem | Garvin |
| George W. Thomas | Rep | Grady |
| C.E. Herschberger | Rep | Grant |
| Will C. Jones | Dem | Greer |
| S.W. Carmack | Dem | Harmon |
| Ben Belew | Dem | Haskell |
| Ralph Busey | Dem | Hughes |
| Lloyd Lowry | Dem | Jackson |
| J.T. Daniel | Dem | Jefferson |
| Jackson Robert Cartwright | Dem | Johnston |
| Gilford Chappell | Rep | Kay |
| Robert B. McClintic | Rep | Kingfisher |
| Raymond Harvey | Dem | Kiowa |
| Claud Briggs | Dem | Latimer |
| James Babb | Dem | LeFlore |
| Burton Kidd | Dem | LeFlore |
| M.M. Watson | Rep | Lincoln |
| J.H. Farr | Rep | Logan |
| V.G. Houston | Rep | Logan |
| Woody Dixon | Dem | Love |
| Joe Sherman | Rep | Major |
| Babe Howard | Dem | Mayes |
| C.C. Hester | Dem | McClain |
| James Dyer | Dem | McCurtain |
| John Head | Dem | McCurtain |
| Joe Whitaker | Dem | McIntosh |
| Oscar Lowrance | Dem | Murray |
| Q.B. Boydstun | Dem | Muskogee |
| W.H. Harrower | Dem | Muskogee |
| Charles Moon | Dem | Muskogee |
| A. Duff Tillery | Dem | Noble |
| Eldon Sams | Rep | Nowata |
| W.N. Barry | Dem | Okfuskee |
| Elma Eylar | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Robert Graham | Dem | Oklahoma |
| William Hoover | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Jerry Marker | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Allen Street | Dem | Oklahoma |
| David Logan | Dem | Okmulgee |
| W.O. McAdoo | Rep | Okmulgee |
| Woodard Mitchell | Rep | Osage |
| A.S. Perryman | Rep | Osage |
| Ralph Chambers | Dem | Ottawa |
| R.W. Skinner | Dem | Ottawa |
| C.D. Webber | Rep | Pawnee |
| Frank Orner | Rep | Payne |
| B.H. Schlegel | Rep | Payne |
| Pres S. Lester | Dem | Pittsburg |
| D.L. Roe | Dem | Pittsburg |
| O.H. Whitt | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Otto Strickland | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Robert J. Wimbish | Dem | Pontotoc |
| J. Knox Bryum | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| George Noble | Rep | Pottawatomie |
| Clark Wasson | Rep | Pushmataha |
| W.R. Trent | Rep | Roger Mills |
| Tom Kight | Dem | Rogers |
| J.A. Patterson | Rep | Seminole |
| C.H. Orendorff | Dem | Sequoyah |
| Cham Jones | Dem | Stephens |
| H.R. King | Dem | Tillman |
| L.O. Maxwell | Rep | Tulsa |
| Horace Newberry | Rep | Tulsa |
| O.O. Owens | Rep | Tulsa |
| Charles Parker | Rep | Tulsa |
| Clyde Sears | Rep | Tulsa |
| D.A. Wilson | Rep | Tulsa |
| Bob Wagner | Dem | Wagoner |
| W.B. Allen | Rep | Washington |
| Ed Hines | Dem | Washita |
| E.W. Snoddy | Rep | Woods |
| Willis Odell | Rep | Woodward |

* Table based on government database.
