# 25th Oklahoma Legislature

The Twenty-fifth 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 4 to May 27, 1955, during the term of Governor Raymond D. Gary. Gary had just served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate during the previous session. He was replaced by Ray Fine, who took over as presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate. Bill Harkey was elected Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and was the first speaker to serve two consecutive terms.
During the 1955 session, the state legislature approved a legislative referendum to end school segregation, in response to the 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education. It was approved by voters in 1956 by a 3-1 margin.

## Dates of session

* January 4 to May 27, 1955
Previous: 24th Legislature • Next: 26th Legislature

## Party composition
### Senate

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 39 | 5 | 44 |
| Voting share | 88.6% | 11.4% | |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 102 | 19 | 121 |
| Voting share | 84.3% | 15.7% | |

## Major legislation

* Desegregation - House Joint Resolution 504 created a legislative referendum to end school segregation, in response to the 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education. It was approved by voters in 1956 by a 3-1 margin.

## Leadership
### Democratic

* Senate President Pro Tem: Ray Fine
* Speaker of the House: B.E. Bill Harkey
* Speaker Pro Tempore: Floyd Sumrall
* Majority Floor Leader: James Bullard

### Republican

* Minority Leader: W.A. Burton Jr.

### Staff

* Carl Staas was the chief clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

## 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 | Carl Max Cook | Dem |
| 6 | Byron Dacus | Dem |
| 7 | Stanley Coppock | Rep |
| 8 | Floyd Carrier | Rep |
| 9 | Roy Grantham | Rep |
| 10 | J. L. Maltsberger | Rep |
| 11 | Everett Collins | Dem |
| 12 | Carl Morgan | Rep |
| 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 | Bill Logan | Dem |
| 18 | Fred Chapman | Dem |
| 19 | Virgil Young | Dem |
| 19 | Herbert Hope | Dem |
| 20 | Keith Cartwright | Dem |
| 21 | Clem Hamilton | Dem |
| 22 | Paul Ballinger | Dem |
| 23 | Glen Collins | Dem |
| 24 | Leroy McClendon | Dem |
| 25 | Kirksey Nix | Dem |
| 26 | Gene Herndon | Dem |
| 27 | Harold Shoemake | Dem |
| 27 | Howard Young | Dem |
| 28 | Ray Fine | Dem |
| 29 | Buck Dendy | Dem |
| 30 | Jess Fronterhouse | Dem |
| 31 | Arthur Price | Rep |
| 32 | John W. Russell 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 |
| Joseph Payton | Dem | Atoka |
| Floyd Sumrall | Dem | Beaver |
| H. F. Carmichael | Dem | Beckham |
| J. L. Edgecomb | Dem | Blaine |
| Raney Arnold | Dem | Bryan |
| Harry J. W. Belvin | Dem | Bryan |
| Robert Lawson Goodfellow | Dem | Caddo |
| Charley Long | Dem | Caddo |
| Jean Pazoureck | Dem | Canadian |
| John T. Tipps | Dem | Carter |
| Harley Venters | Dem | Carter |
| Jack Bliss | Dem | Cherokee |
| Lucien Spear | Dem | Choctaw |
| Carl Etling | Rep | Cimarron |
| Robert L. Bailey | Dem | Cleveland |
| Leland Wolf | Dem | Cleveland |
| Delbert Inman | Dem | Coal |
| Charles Ozmun | Dem | Comanche |
| Githen Rhoads | Dem | Comanche |
| Jim Taliaferro | Dem | Comanche |
| W. B. Nelson | Dem | Cotton |
| George Pitcher | Dem | Craig |
| Lou Stockton Allard | Dem | Creek |
| Heber Finch | Dem | Creek |
| William Shibley | Dem | Creek |
| Clarence Sweeney | Dem | Custer |
| Carl Thomas Mustain | Dem | Delaware |
| J. B. Graybill | Dem | Dewey |
| A.R. Larason | Dem | Ellis |
| John Camp | Rep | Garfield |
| Richard Romang | Rep | Garfield |
| Jesse 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 Kite | Dem | Harmon |
| J. E. Bouse | Dem | Harper |
| Edward Chunings | Dem | Haskell |
| Hugh Sandlin | Dem | Hughes |
| Guy Horton | Dem | Jackson |
| Bill Bradley | Dem | Jefferson |
| Charles Norris | Dem | Johnston |
| Guy Bailey | Dem | Kay |
| Raymond Craig | Rep | Kay |
| William Burton | Rep | Kingfisher |
| William Metcalf | Dem | Kiowa |
| Jim Cook | Dem | Latimer |
| James Fesperman | Dem | LeFlore |
| Ralph Vandiver | Dem | LeFlore |
| Jesse Berry | Rep | Lincoln |
| Barbour Cox | Dem | Lincoln |
| Joe Carey | Rep | Logan |
| Rudolph Folsom | Dem | Love |
| Howard Lindley | Rep | Major |
| Jay Payne | Dem | Marshall |
| G. A. Sampsel | Dem | Mayes |
* Table based on government database.