# 6th Oklahoma Legislature

The 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 Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 2 to March 16, 1917, during the third year of the term of Governor Robert L. Williams.
Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp served as the President of the Senate and C. W. Board served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Paul Nesbitt served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

## Dates of sessions

* Regular session: January 2-March 16, 1917
Previous: 5th Legislature • Next: 7th Legislature

## Major legislation

* Senate Bill 55 prohibited alcohol and made the penalty $500 and six months imprisonment. After it was enacted, the bill was challenged because it failed to exempt liquor distribution for sacramental use in churches and the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on May 21, 1918, that the sacramental use of liquor would be exempt. A December ruling said individuals could possess liquor as long as it was not received form a common carrier.

## Party composition
### Senate

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Socialist | Total |
| | 38 | 5 | 1 | 44 |
| Voting share | 86.4% | 11.3% | 2.3% | |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 83 | 26 | 109 |
| Voting share | 76.1% | 23.9% | |

## Leadership
### Senate

Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp served as the President of the Senate, which gave him a tie-breaking vote and allowed him to serve as a presiding officer. C.W. Board was elected by state senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the primary presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate.

### House

Paul Nesbitt of McAlester, Oklahoma, served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Tom L. Waldrep of Shawnee, Oklahoma, served as Speaker Pro Tempore.

## Members
### Senate

| District | Name | Party |
| Lt-Gov | Martin E. Trapp | Dem |
| 1 | W. J. Risen | Dem |
| 2 | Arthur Leach | Dem |
| 2 | G. E. Wilson | Soc |
| 3 | W. M. Bickel | Dem |
| 4 | G.L. Wilson | Dem |
| 5 | Harry Cordell | Dem |
| 6 | R.L. Knie | Dem |
| 6 | O.J. Logan | Dem |
| 7 | Walter Ferguson | Rep |
| 8 | Eugene Watrous | Rep |
| 9 | William Cline | Dem |
| 9 | R.L. Hall | Dem |
| 10 | Tom Testerman | Rep |
| 11 | Clarence Davis | Dem |
| 12 | John Golobie | Rep |
| 13 | T.B. Hogg | Dem |
| 13 | C.L. Edmonson | Dem |
| 14 | Robert Burns | Dem |
| 14 | W.K. Snyder | Dem |
| 15 | Thomas O'Neill | Dem |
| 15 | Frank Carpenter | Dem |
| 16 | H. Brown | Rep |
| 17 | Frank Beauman | Dem |
| 17 | J. Elmer Thomas | Dem |
| 18 | R.A. Keller | Dem |
| 18 | Fred Tucker | Dem |
| 19 | Joe Edwards | Dem |
| 19 | Jep Knight | Dem |
| 20 | J.T. McIntosh | Dem |
| 20 | John Hickman | Dem |
| 21 | M.M. Ryan | Dem |
| 22 | C.W. Board | Dem |
| 23 | R.H. Chase | Dem |
| 24 | W.C. McAlister | Dem |
| 25 | W.V. Buckner | Dem |
| 26 | John Vaughan | Dem |
| 27 | T.H. Davidson | Dem |
| 27 | Eugene Kerr | Dem |
| 28 | Thomas LaFayette Rider | Dem |
| 29 | O.W. Killam | Dem |
| 30 | J.J. Smith | Dem |
| 31 | R.L. Davidson | Dem |
| 32 | S.L. Johnson | Dem |
| 33 | W.A. Chase | Dem |
* Table based on state almanac and list of all senators.

### House of Representatives

| Name | Party | County |
| D. B. Collums | Dem | Adair |
| J. C. Smith | Rep | Alfalfa |
| James Thurmond | Dem | Atoka |
| E. L. Adams | Dem | Beaver, Harper |
| Algernon Mansur | Dem | Beckham |
| L. A. Everhart | Rep | Blaine |
| William A. Durant | Dem | Bryan |
| Porter Newman | Dem | Bryan |
| Newt Dickinson | Dem | Caddo |
| S. C. Kelly | Dem | Caddo |
| Jack Barker | Dem | Canadian |
| T. F. Hensley | Dem | Canadian |
| Thad Baker | Dem | Carter |
| Roy Shores | Dem | Carter |
| Roy Hinds | Dem | Cherokee |
| R. K. Warren | Dem | Choctaw |
| M. W. Pugh | Dem | Cimarron, Texas |
| H. O. Miller | Dem | Cleveland |
| Wilburn Cartwright | Dem | Coal |
| Lewis Hunter | Dem | Comanche, Cotton |
| William Powell | Dem | Comanche, Cotton |
| Fletcher Riley | Dem | Comanche, Cotton |
| J. H. Butler | Rep | Craig |
| William Cheatham | Dem | Creek |
| J. M. Morgan | Dem | Creek |
| Oscar Houston | Dem | Custer |
| E. J. Meacham | Dem | Custer |
| John Gibson | Dem | Delaware |
| M. L. Jones | Dem | Dewey |
| Bert Hill | Rep | Ellis |
| J. B. Campbell | Rep | Garfield |
| J. A. Eakins | Rep | Garfield |
| E. O. Northcutt | Dem | Garvin |
| Alfred Stevenson | Dem | Garvin |
| Bert Jackson | Dem | Grady |
| Ed Shegog | Dem | Grady |
| T. E. Beck | Rep | Grant |
| J. O. McCollister | Dem | Greer |
| H. Treadway | Dem | Harmon |
| J. L. Hendrickson | Dem | Haskell |
| H. A. Hicks | Dem | Hughes |
| Silas Shirley | Dem | Hughes |
| Everett Petry | Dem | Jackson |
| G. M. Bond | Dem | Jefferson |
| B. N. Hultzman | Dem | Johnston |
| Samuel Elder | Rep | Kay |
| Henry Headley | Rep | Kay |
| J. A. Marsh | Rep | Kingfisher |
| R. R. Fitzgerald | Dem | Kiowa |
| L. P. Bobo | Dem | Latimer |
| J. B. Harper | Dem | LeFlore |
| Tom Neal | Dem | LeFlore |
| Ed Keegan | Rep | Lincoln |
| W. F. Pardoe | Rep | Lincoln |
| O. B. Acton | Rep | Logan |
| Amos Ewing | Rep | Logan |
| Asa Walden | Dem | Love |
| S. J. Bardsley | Rep | Major |
| Sid Wheeler | Dem | Marshall |
| D. C. Hughes | Dem | Mayes |
| G.H.A. Thomas | Dem | McClain |
| G. E. Rowland | Dem | McCurtain |
| S. S. Mayfield | Dem | McIntosh |
| R. H. Berry | Dem | McIntosh |
| James Draughon | Dem | Murray |
| R. L. Disney | Dem | Muskogee |
| L. E. Neff | Dem | Muskogee |
| Robert West | Dem | Muskogee |
| Roy Harvey | Rep | Noble |
| A. R. Garrett | Rep | Nowata |
| W. N. Berry | Dem | Okfuskee |
| S. S. Butterfield | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Tom Dolan | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Rollin Gish | Dem | Oklahoma |
| I. L. Harris | Rep | Oklahoma |
| W. W. Robertson | Dem | Oklahoma |
| H. L. Christopher | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Bert Hodges | Dem | Okmulgee |
| L. A. Wismeyer | Rep | Osage |
| John N. Scott | Dem | Ottawa |
| Millard Grubb | Rep | Pawnee |
| A. J. Hartenbower | Dem | Payne |
| Charles Platt | Rep | Payne |
| S. J. Fitzgerald | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Tom Haile | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Paul Nesbitt | Dem | Pittsburg |
| J. W. Vaden | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Robert Wimbish | Dem | Pontotoc |
| W. L. Chapman | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| N. A. J. Ticer | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Tom Waldrep | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| C. A. Welch | Dem | Pushmataha |
| J. T. Nicholson | Dem | Roger Mills |
| E. E. Woods | Rep | Rogers |
| A. S. Norvell | Dem | Seminole |
| M. M. Turlington | Dem | Seminole |
| J. Blackard Jr. | Dem | Sequoyah |
| C. B. Johnson | Dem | Sequoyah |
| J. P. Speer | Dem | Stephens |
| W. G. Woodard | Dem | Swanson |
| Squire Humble | Dem | Tillman |
| Glenn Condon | Rep | Tulsa |
| Harry Rogers | Rep | Tulsa |
| P. A. Fox | Dem | Wagoner |
| J. C. Hamilton | Dem | Wagoner |
| A. E. Craver | Rep | Washington |
| I. B. Hurst | Dem | Washita |
| W. H. Olmstead | Rep | Woods |
| B. H. Beatte | Dem | Woodward |
* Table based on government database.