# 31st Oklahoma Legislature

The Thirty-first Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 7, 1967, to January 7, 1969, during the term of Governor Dewey Bartlett. This was the first Oklahoma state legislature that met under new requirements approved by voters in 1966 that the legislature hold annual, 90-day legislative sessions.
Clem McSpadden served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Rex Privett served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

## Dates of sessions

* First regular session: January 7-May 11, 1967
* Second regular session: January 6-May 5, 1968
Previous: 30th Legislature • Next: 32nd Legislature

## Party composition
### Senate

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 39 | 9 | 48 |
| Voting share | 81.3% | 18.7% | |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 76 | 23 | 99 |
| Voting share | 76.8% | 23.2% | |

## Leadership

* President of the Senate: Lieutenant Governor George Nigh
* President Pro Tem of the Senate: Clem McSpadden
* Speaker of the House: Rex Privett
* Speaker Pro Tempore: Joseph Mountford
* Majority Floor Leader: Leland Wolf
* Minority Leader of the House: James W. Connor

## Staff

* Louise Stockton

## Members
### Senate

| Name | District | Party | Towns |
| Robert Gee | 1 | Dem | Grove, Jay, Miami |
| Clem McSpadden | 2 | Dem | Claremore, Pryor |
| Claude Berry | 3 | Dem | Stilwell, Tahlequah |
| Clem Hamilton | 4 | Dem | Poteau, Sallisaw |
| Leroy McClendon | 5 | Dem | Atoka, Hugo, Idabel |
| John Massey | 6 | Dem | Durant |
| Gene Stipe | 7 | Dem | McAlester |
| Tom Payne | 8 | Dem | Okmulgee, Henryetta |
| John Luton | 9 | Dem | Muskogee |
| Raymond Horn | 10 | Dem | Barnsdall, Fairfax, Pawhuskee |
| Allen Nichols | 10 | Dem | Wewoka |
| John Young | 12 | Dem | Bristow, Sapulpa |
| George Miller | 13 | Dem | Ada |
| Ernest Martin | 14 | Dem | Ardmore |
| Glen Ham | 15 | Dem | Norman |
| Phil Smalley | 16 | Dem | Lexington, Norman |
| Ralph Graves | 17 | Dem | Shawnee |
| Donald Ferrell | 18 | Rep | Chandler, Seminole |
| Richard Romang | 19 | Rep | Enid |
| Roy Grantham | 20 | Dem | Ponca City, Tonkawa |
| Robert Murphy | 21 | Dem | Stillwater |
| Roy C. Boecher | 22 | Rep | Stillwater |
| Don Baldwin | 23 | Dem | Chickasha |
| Wayne Holden | 24 | Dem | Duncan |
| Anthony M. Massad | 25 | Dem | Altus |
| Byron Dacus | 26 | Dem | Elk City |
| Ed Berrong | 27 | Dem | Weatherford |
| G. O. Williams | 28 | Rep | Woodward, Oklahoma |
| Denzil Garrison | 29 | Rep | Bartlesville |
| Leon B. Field | 30 | Dem | Guymon, Texhoma |
| Paul Taliaferro | 31 | Dem | Lawton |
| Al Terrill | 32 | Dem | Lawton |
| Ed Bradley | 33 | Dem | Tulsa |
| George Hargrave Jr. | 34 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Beauchamp Selman | 35 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Gene C. Howard | 36 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Finis Smith | 37 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Peyton Breckinridge | 38 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Joseph McGraw | 39 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Richard Stansberry | 40 | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| Bryce Baggett | 41 | Dem | Edmond, Oklahoma City |
| H. B. Atkinson | 42 | Dem | Midwest City |
| John Garrett | 43 | Dem | Del City, Oklahoma City |
| J. Lee Keels | 44 | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| Jimmy Birdson | 45 | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| Jack Short | 46 | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| Ted Findeiss | 40 | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| E. Melvin Porter | 48 | Dem | Oklahoma City |
* Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | Party | County |
| Jimmie Lane | 1 | Dem | McCurtain |
| Ray Fine | 2 | Dem | LeFlore, Sequoyah |
| Rucker Blankenship | 3 | Dem | LeFlore |
| William Willis | 4 | Dem | Adair, Cherokee |
| Wiley Sparkman | 5 | Dem | Adair, Delaware |
| J. D. Witt | 6 | Dem | Craig, Ottawa |
| Joseph Mountford | 7 | Dem | Ottawa |
| J. W. Bynum | 8 | Dem | Mayes, Rogers |
| Bill Briscoe | 9 | Dem | Nowata, Rogers |
| James Connor | 10 | Rep | Washington |
| Charles Doornbos | 11 | Rep | Washington |
| Vol Howard Odom | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner |
| Mike Frix | 13 | Dem | Muskogee |
| William Nigh | 14 | Dem | Muskogee |
| Martin Odom | 15 | Dem | McIntosh, Okmulgee |
| Ed Cole | 16 | Dem | Okmulgee |
| William G. Jones | 17 | Dem | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg |
| William Skeith | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Wayne Sanguin | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, Pushmataha |
| John Rushing | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Bryan, Love, Marshall |
| Pauline Tabor | 21 | Dem | Bryan |
| Kenneth Converse | 22 | Dem | Garvin, Johnston, Murray |
| Charles Vann | 23 | Dem | Garvin |
| Hugh Sandlin | 24 | Dem | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc |
| Lonnie Abbott | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc |
| John Levergood | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| James Townsend | 27 | Dem | Pottawatomi, Seminole |
| David L. Boren | 28 | Dem | Seminole |
| Lou Stockton Allard | 29 | Dem | Okfuskee, Creek |
| Heber Finch Jr. | 30 | Dem | Creek |
| Donald Coffin | 31 | Dem | Noble, Logan |
| Barbour Cox | 32 | Dem | Lincoln, Logan |
| Allen Williamson | 33 | Dem | Payne |
| Jake Hesser | 34 | Dem | Payne |
| Rex Privett | 35 | Dem | Osage, Pawnee |
| Lewis Bean | 36 | Dem | Osage |
| Jerry Peterson | 37 | Dem | Kay |
| Brian Conaghan | 38 | Rep | Kay |
| Lynn Thornhill | 39 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Major |
| Bert Page | 40 | Rep | Garfield |
| Harold Hunter | 41 | Rep | Garfield |
| Robert Barr | 42 | Dem | Blaine, Kingfisher |
| Ralph Watkins | 43 | Dem | Canadian |
| Lee Byron Cate | 44 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Leland Wolf | 45 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Norman A. Smith | 46 | Dem | Grady, McClain |
| Spencer Bernard | 47 | Dem | Grady |
| Harry Bickford | 48 | Dem | Carter |
| Bill Bradley | 49 | Dem | Carter, Jefferson |
| William Tarwater | 50 | Dem | Stephens |
| Vernon Dunn | 51 | Dem | Cotton, Stephens |
| Larry Derryberry | 52 | Dem | Jackson |
| Frank Patterson | 53 | Dem | Jackson, Tillman |
| David Hutchens | 54 | Dem | Greer, Kiowa |
| Don Greenhaw | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Washita |
| Robert Goodfellow | 56 | Dem | Caddo |
| J. Dickey Jr. | 57 | Dem | Custer |
| Lewis Kamas | 58 | Rep | Woods, Woodward |
| Jack Harrison | 59 | Dem | Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills |
| James Fowler | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Harmon |
| Mike Grey | 61 | Dem | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas |
| Donald Beauchamp | 62 | Dem | Comanche |
| D. D. Raibourn | 63 | Dem | Comanche |
| Walter Hutchins | 64 | Dem | Comanche |
| Fred Ferrell Jr. | 65 | Dem | Comanche |
| Tot Brown | 66 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Douglas Wixson | 67 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Robert Hopkins | 68 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Joe Musgrave | 69 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Jim Inhofe | 70 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Warren Green | 71 | Rep | Tulsa |
| John W. McCune | 72 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Curtis Lawson | 73 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Jerry Hargrave | 74 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Roger Smithey | 75 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Stephen Wolfe | 76 | Rep | Tulsa |
| William Poulos | 77 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Howard Williams | 78 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Leslie Guy Ferguson | 79 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Charles Ford | 80 | Rep | Tulsa |
| C. Spearman Jr. | 81 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Bill Holaday | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Ralph Thompson | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Texanna Hatchett | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| George Camp | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Thomas Taggart | 86 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Denton Howard | 87 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Red Andrews | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| L. Bengtson Jr. | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Thomas Bamberger | 90 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Mike Fair | 91 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Vondel Smith | 92 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| E. W. Smith | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ray Trent | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| A. J. Clemons | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| John Miskelly | 96 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Jerry Sokolosky | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Visanio John | 98 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Archibald Hill Jr. | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma |
* Table based on database of historic members.