26th Oklahoma Legislature
# 26th Oklahoma Legislature

The Twenty-sixth 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 8 to May 29, 1957, during the term of Governor Raymond D. Gary.

## Dates of session

* January 8 to May 29, 1957

Previous: 25th Legislature • Next: 27th Legislature

## Leadership

### House of Representatives

**Democratic**

* Speaker of the House: Bill Harkey
* Speaker Pro Tempore: Arthur Kelly
* Majority Floor Leader: James Bullard

**Republican**

* Minority Leader: Robert Alexander

## Members

### Senate

| District | Name | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Leon B. Field | Dem |
| 2 | Charles M. Wilson | Dem |
| 2 | S. S. McColgin | Dem |
| 3 | Ben Easterly | Dem |
| 4 | Basil Wilson | Dem |
| 5 | D. L. Jones | Dem |
| 6 | K. C. Perryman | Dem |
| 6 | Byron Dacus | Dem |
| 7 | Stanley Coppock | Rep |
| 8 | Floyd Carrier | Rep |
| 9 | Roy Grantham | Rep |
| 10 | Robert Breeden | Rep |
| 11 | Everett Collins | Dem |
| 12 | Louis H. 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 | Fred Harris | Dem |
| 18 | Tom Tipps | Dem |
| 19 | Virgil Young | Dem |
| 19 | Herbert Hope | Dem |
| 20 | Keith Cartwright | Dem |
| 21 | Clem Hamilton | Dem |
| 22 | Hugh Sandlin | Dem |
| 23 | Glen Collins | Dem |
| 24 | Leroy McClendon | Dem |
| 25 | Gene Stipe | Dem |
| 26 | Gene Herndon | Dem |
| 27 | Harold Shoemake | Dem |
| 27 | Howard Young | Dem |
| 28 | Ray Fine | Dem |
| 29 | Buck Dendy | Dem |
| 30 | J. R. Hall Jr. | Dem |
| 31 | Arthur Price | Rep |
| 32 | Tom Payne Jr. | Dem |
| 33 | Clem McSpadden | Dem |
| 34 | Frank Mahan | Dem |
| 35 | Bob Trent | Dem |
| 36 | Bruce Frazier | Dem |

* Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.

### House of Representatives

| Name | Party | County |
| - | - | - |
| W. H. Langley | Dem | Adair |
| Tom Morford | Rep | Alfalfa |
| Otto Strickland | Dem | Atoka |
| Floyd Sumrall | Dem | Beaver |
| H. F. Carmichael | Dem | Beckham |
| Lewis Bohr | Rep | Blaine |
| Harry J. W. Belvin | Dem | Bryan |
| Earl Cartwright | Dem | Bryan |
| Robert Lawson Goodfellow | Dem | Caddo |
| Charley Long | Dem | Caddo |
| Jean Pazoureck | Dem | Canadian |
| Robert Price | Dem | Carter |
| Rex Sparger | Dem | Carter |
| Jack Bliss | Dem | Cherokee |
| Lucien Spear | Dem | Choctaw |
| Carl Etling | Rep | Cimarron |
| Robert Bailey | Dem | Cleveland |
| Leland Wolf | Dem | Cleveland |
| Delbert Inman | Dem | Coal |
| Charles Ozmun | Dem | Comanche |
| Earl Simmons | Dem | Comanche |
| Jim Taliaferro | Dem | Comanche |
| Tracy Daugherty | Dem | Cotton |
| George Pitcher | Dem | Craig |
| Lou Stockton Allard | Dem | Creek |
| Heber Finch Jr. | 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 N. Camp | Rep | Garfield |
| Richard Romang | Rep | Garfield |
| Jesse C. Daniel | Dem | Garvin |
| Glen Ham | Dem | Garvin |
| Jefferson Lee Davis | Dem | Grady |
| John A. Lance | Dem | Grady |
| A. E. Green | Dem | Grant |
| Elmo Hurst | Dem | Greer |
| Dale L. Kite | Dem | Harmon |
| J.E. Bouse | Dem | Harper |
| Samuel Mitchell | Dem | Haskell |
| Stanley Huser Jr. | Dem | Hughes |
| Bob Rives | Dem | Hughes |
| Guy Horton | Dem | Jackson |
| Bob Scarbrough | Dem | Jackson |
| Bill Bradley | Dem | Jefferson |
| Charles Norris | Dem | Johnston |
| Guy Bailey | Dem | Kay |
| Raymond Craig | Rep | Kay |
| Milton Priebe | Rep | Kingfisher |
| William Metcalf | Dem | Kiowa |
| Jim Cook | Dem | Latimer |
| Tom Traw | Dem | LeFlore |
| Ralph Vandiver | Dem | LeFlore |
| Barbour Cox | Dem | Lincoln |
| Joe Carey | Rep | Logan |
| Clint Livingston | Dem | Love |
| Art Bower | Rep | Major |
| William Bond | Dem | Marshall |
| G. A. Sampsel | Dem | Mayes |
| James C. Nance | Dem | McClain |
| Virgil Jumper | Dem | McCurtain |
| Mort Welch | Dem | McCurtain |
| Milam King | Dem | McIntosh |
| Carl Williams | Dem | Murray |
| Russell Ruby | Dem | Muskogee |
| Harold D. Smith | Dem | Muskogee |
| Charles Hammers | Dem | Muskogee |
| Henry Dolezal | Rep | Noble |
| Otis Munson | Dem | Nowata |
| Benny Hill | Dem | Okfuskee |
| Red Andrews | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Robert Cunningham | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Earl Foster Jr. | Dem | Oklahoma |
| G. M. Fuller | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Bill Harkey | Dem | Oklahoma |
| J. D. McCarty | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Cleta John Rogers | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ed Cole | Dem | Okmulgee |
| James Nevins | Dem | Okmulgee |
| O. E. Richeson | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Shockley Shoemake | Dem | Osage |
| Virgil Tinker | Dem | Osage |
| Robert Lollar | Dem | Ottawa |
| C. D. Wilson | Dem | Ottawa |
| Rex Privett | Dem | Pawnee |
| J. H. Arrington | Dem | Payne |
| H. L. Sparks | Dem | Payne |
| Willard Gotcher | Dem | Pittsburg |
| George Nigh | Dem | Pittsburg |
| William Skeitch | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Martin Clark | Dem | Pontotoc |
| J. W. Hutch | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Ralph Graves | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| John Levergood | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Tom Stevens | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Bob Hargrave | Dem | Pushmataha |
| Jodie Moad | Dem | Roger Mills |
| Bill Briscoe | Dem | Rogers |
| Bucky Buckler | Dem | Seminole |
| Buck Cartwright | Dem | Seminole |
| Con Long | Dem | Seminole |
| Noble Stewart | Dem | Sequoyah |
| Edward Bond | Dem | Stephens |
| James Bullard | Dem | Stephens |
| Frank Ogden | Dem | Texas |
| Arthur Kelly | Dem | Tillman |
| Robert Alexander | Rep | Tulsa |
| Bernard Calkins | Rep | Tulsa |
| H. E. Chambers | Rep | Tulsa |
| Joe Musgrave | Rep | Tulsa |
| C. R. Nixon | Rep | Tulsa |
| Gordon Patten | Rep | Tulsa |
| John M. Slater | Rep | Tulsa |
| Vol Howard Odom | Dem | Wagoner |
| Denzil Garrison | Rep | Washington |
| Lloyd Reudy | Rep | Washington |
| Don Greenhaw | Dem | Washita |
| A. L. Murrow | Rep | Woods |
| Don J. Williams | Dem | Woodward |

* Table based on government database.

## Staff

* Chief Clerk of House: Ellen Wilson
