# 15th Oklahoma Legislature

The Fifteenth 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 from January 8 to April 30, 1935, during the term of Governor E.W. Marland. Marland influenced the selection of Leon C. Phillips for Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Phillips had been an opponent of Governor William H. Murray's proposals. Phillips also opposed many of Marland's proposals.

## Dates of session

* Regular session: January 8-April 30, 1935
Previous: 14th Legislature • Next: 16th Legislature

## Major events

* Three state questions related to old age pensions were presented to voters in September 1935. Only State Question 214, which authorized pensions, social security, and a welfare commission, were approved by voters. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled State Question 214 was illegal in February 1936.
* On July 7, 1936, State Question 225, which established a welfare program, and State Question 226, which created assistance for the aged, blind, crippled children, and dependent children, were approved by voters.
* In August 1936 the Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare was established, which administered the old age assistance program and other welfare programs.

## Party composition
### Senate

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 43 | 1 | 44 |
| Voting share | 97.7% | 2.3% | |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Independent | Total |
| | 112 | 7 | 1 | 120 |
| Voting share | 93.3% | 5.8% | 0.9% | |

## Leadership
### Senate

As Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, James E. Berry served as the President of the Senate, serving as the presiding officer in ceremonial instances. President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate Claud Briggs served as the member-elected leader of the state senate.

### House of Representatives

The Oklahoma Democratic Party held 112 of the 120 seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1935, allowing them to select the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Leon C. Phillips served in the role in 1935 and Merton Munson served as Speaker Pro Tempore.

## Members
### Senate

| District | Name | Party |
| 1 | R. L. Howsley | Dem |
| 2 | Nat Taylor | Dem |
| 2 | H. C. Ivester | Dem |
| 3 | Charles Albright | Dem |
| 4 | S. W. Carmack | Dem |
| 5 | C. R. Chamberlin | Dem |
| 6 | Grover Thomas | Dem |
| 6 | DeRoy Burns | Dem |
| 7 | H. W. Wright | Dem |
| 8 | George Hutchinson | Rep |
| 9 | Charles Duffy | Dem |
| 10 | Henry S. Johnston | Dem |
| 11 | Ray C. Jones | Dem |
| 12 | Louis Ritzhaupt | Dem |
| 13 | Tom Waldrep | Dem |
| 13 | Willard Sowards | Dem |
| 14 | J. A. Rinehart | Dem |
| 14 | W. C. Fidler | Dem |
| 15 | Gerald Spencer | Dem |
| 15 | John Pugh | Dem |
| 16 | Bert Willis | Dem |
| 17 | Knox Garvin | Dem |
| 17 | Jim Nance | Dem |
| 18 | Oscar Lowrance | Dem |
| 18 | Louis Fischl | Dem |
| 19 | E. V. George | Dem |
| 19 | Homer Paul | Dem |
| 20 | John A. MacDonald | Dem |
| 20 | Ed King | Dem |
| 21 | Claud Briggs | Dem |
| 22 | Don Wilbanks | Dem |
| 23 | Allen G. Nichols | Dem |
| 24 | Paul Stewart | Dem |
| 25 | E. P. Hill | Dem |
| 26 | W. O. Ray | Dem |
| 27 | Bower Broaddus | Dem |
| 27 | Joe M. Whitaker | Dem |
| 28 | W. A. Carlile | Dem |
| 29 | Jack L. Rorschach | Dem |
| 30 | A. L. Commons | Dem |
| 31 | Henry C. Timmons | Dem |
| 32 | David Logan | Dem |
| 33 | Dennis Bushyhead | Dem |
| 34 | H. M. Curnutt | Dem |
* Table based on state almanac.

### House of Representatives

| Name | Party | County |
| Howard Morton | Rep | Adair |
| Webster Wilder | Rep | Alfalfa |
| Rowe Cook | Dem | Atoka |
| Thomas Z. Wright | Rep | Beaver |
| R. W. Brewer | Dem | Beckham |
| Cecil Myers | Dem | Beckham |
| John Hankla | Dem | Blaine |
| Olen Campbell | Dem | Bryan |
| Sam Sullivan | Dem | Bryan |
| W. L. Mauk | Dem | Caddo |
| George H. Wingo | Dem | Caddo |
| Ellis Gregory | Dem | Canadian |
| Alvin Bruce | Dem | Carter |
| Arleigh Davis | Dem | Carter |
| Percy Wyly | Dem | Cherokee |
| Lucien Spear | Dem | Choctaw |
| Julius Cox | Dem | Cimarron |
| Ben Huey | Dem | Cleveland |
| Dale Brown | Dem | Coal |
| J. A. Johnson | Dem | Comanche |
| Merton Munson | Dem | Comanche |
| Bob Mooney | Dem | Cotton |
| Frank Bailey | Dem | Craig |
| Joe Brewster | Dem | Creek |
| Henry Clay King | Dem | Creek |
| Homer O'Dell | Dem | Creek |
| W. R. Dunn | Dem | Custer |
| L. V. Beaman | Dem | Delaware |
| Tupper Jones | Dem | Dewey |
| Bert Larason | Dem | Ellis |
| T. W. Eason | Dem | Garfield |
| F. B. O'Neill | Rep | Garfield |
| Harold Freeman | Dem | Garvin |
| Sam J. Goodwin | Dem | Garvin |
| J. D. Carmichael | Dem | Grady |
| David C. Roberts | Dem | Grady |
| J. W. McCollom | Dem | Grant |
| Marvin Byrom | Dem | Greer |
| Oscar Abernethy | Dem | Harmon |
| George Pauls | Dem | Harper |
| D. C. Cantrell | Dem | Haskell |
| O. S. Huser | Dem | Hughes |
| Burr Speck | Dem | Jackson |
| G. J. Williams | Dem | Jefferson |
| Clarence Rawls | Dem | Johnson |
| Walter M. Doggett | Dem | Kay |
| Ralph C. Haynes | Dem | Kay |
| Arthur Ulmark | Dem | Kingfisher |
| Ed Corson | Dem | Kiowa |
| H. O. Boggs | Dem | Latimer |
| Roy Coleman | Dem | LeFlore |
| B. J. Traw | Dem | LeFlore |
| Darwin Frayer | Dem | Lincoln |
| Lester Hoyt | Dem | Lincoln |
| Charles W. Allen | Dem | Logan |
| Virgil Stokes | Dem | Love |
| Luther Armstrong | Independent | Major |
| Don Welch | Dem | Marshall |
| D. E. Martin | Dem | Mayes |
| Louie Beck | Dem | McClain |
| Ira Rone | Dem | McCurtain |
| J. A. Standridge | Dem | McCurtain |
| Carl Twidwell | Dem | McIntosh |
| Ewing Sadler | Dem | Murray |
| Herbert Branan | Dem | Muskogee |
| F. N. Shoemake | Dem | Muskogee |
| Murrell Thornton | Dem | Muskogee |
| Thomas Munger | Dem | Noble |
| Penn Couch | Dem | Nowata |
| Leon C. Phillips | Dem | Okfuskee |
| Bryan Billings | Dem | Oklahoma |
| LaVerne Carleton | Dem | Oklahoma |
| William O. Coe | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ben F. Ellis | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Murray Gibbons | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Chester A. Keyes | Dem | Oklahoma |
| C. W. Schwoerke | Dem | Oklahoma |
| W. A. Barnett | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Wilbur Morse | Dem | Okmulgee |
| W. J. Peterson | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Harry G. Hunt | Dem | Osage |
| Walter Johnson | Dem | Osage |
| William E. Poteet | Dem | Ottawa |
| R. W. Skinner | Dem | Ottawa |
| Emerson Phillips | Rep | Pawnee |
| George H. Davis | Rep | Payne |
| V. A. Doty | Rep | Payne |
| George H. Hunt | Dem | Pittsburg |
| W. B. McAlester | Dem | Pittsburg |
| O. H. Whitt | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Austin Deaton | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Aubrey Kerr | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Kenneth Abernathy | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Leonard Carey | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Ralph Spencer | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| R. W. Frazier | Dem | Pushmataha |
| T. J. Hogg | Dem | Roger Mills |
| W. P. Johnston | Dem | Rogers |
| Robert N. Chase | Dem | Seminole |
| V. L. Kiker | Dem | Seminole |
| Con Long | Dem | Seminole |
| Marvin Wooten | Dem | Seminole |
| J. A. Morrow | Dem | Sequoyah |
| Sandy Singleton | Dem | Stephens |
| Samuel G. Whitaker | Dem | Stephens |
| Vernon Howell | Dem | Texas |
| Monty C. Worthington | Dem | Tillman |
| Joe Chambers | Dem | Tulsa |
| Seth G. Eby Jr. | Dem | Tulsa |
| Glade Kirkpatrick | Dem | Tulsa |
| Ed Moffett | Dem | Tulsa |
| A. E. Montgomery | Dem | Tulsa |
| Edward P. O'Brien | Dem | Tulsa |
| Lewis Poe | Dem | Tulsa |
| Jean R. Reed | Dem | Wagoner |
| John M. Holliman | Dem | Washington |
| F. E. Raasch | Dem | Washita |
| J. Carl Wright | Dem | Washita |
| M. T. Pugh | Dem | Woods |
| Jesse E. Taylor | Dem | Woodward |
* Table based on government database.