# 13th Oklahoma Legislature

The Thirteenth 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 6 to April 11, 1931, during the term of Governor William H. Murray. Murray, a former House speaker, helped Wilburton editor Carlton Weaver become Speaker; both were members of the constitutional convention. Despite his political maneuvering, the governor found opposition to many of his proposals. The session marked the first instance that redistricting was done outside of constitutional requirements.

## Dates of sessions

* Regular session: January 6-April 11, 1931
Previous: 12th Legislature • Next: 14th Legislature

## Party composition
### Senate

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 32 | 12 | 44 |
| Voting share | 72.7% | 27.3% | |

### Oklahoma House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 87 | 10 | 97 |
| Voting share | 89.7% | 10.3% | |

## Major legislation

* Taxes - House Bill 1 created the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

## Leadership

With the governor's help, Wilburton editor and one of the youngest members of Oklahoma's constitutional convention Carlton Weaver was elected Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. House Majority Floor Leader J.T. Daniel was resistant to some of the governor's proposals. W.G. Stigler served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.

## Members
### Senate

| District | Name | Party |
| 1 | Ross Rizley | Rep |
| 2 | Alvin Moore | Dem |
| 2 | E.M. Reed | Dem |
| 3 | D.H. Powers | Rep |
| 4 | W.M. Williams | Dem |
| 5 | C.R. Chamberlin | Dem |
| 6 | Grover Thomas | Dem |
| 6 | Claude Liggett | Dem |
| 7 | Stanley Coppock | Rep |
| 8 | W.J. Otjen | Rep |
| 9 | W.T. Clark | Rep |
| 10 | Jo Ferguson | Rep |
| 11 | George Jennings | Dem |
| 12 | Amos Ewing | Rep |
| 13 | Clarence Johnson | Rep |
| 13 | Willard Sowards | Dem |
| 14 | W.P. Morrison | Dem |
| 14 | W.C. Fidler | Dem |
| 15 | William Stacey | Dem |
| 15 | Harry Jolly | Dem |
| 16 | W.P. Kimerer | Rep |
| 17 | Knox Garvin | Dem |
| 17 | Dave Boyer | Dem |
| 18 | J. Woody Dixon | Dem |
| 18 | U.T. Rexroat | Dem |
| 19 | Hardin Ballard | Dem |
| 19 | Mac Q. Williamson | Dem |
| 20 | John MacDonald | Dem |
| 20 | C.B. Memminger | Dem |
| 21 | Claud Briggs | Dem |
| 22 | Tom Anglin | Dem |
| 23 | Allen Nichols | Dem |
| 24 | Paul Stewart | Dem |
| 25 | Preston Lester | Dem |
| 26 | W.O. Ray | Dem |
| 27 | Charles Moon | Dem |
| 27 | W.G. Stigler | Dem |
| 28 | G.J. Patton | Rep |
| 29 | Babe Howard | Dem |
| 30 | A.L. Commons | Dem |
| 31 | Samuel Morton Rutherford Jr. | Dem |
| 32 | T.T. Blakely | Rep |
| 33 | H.P. Daugherty | Dem |
| 34 | A.C. Easter | Rep |
* Table based on state almanac and list of all senators.

### House of Representatives

| Name | Party | County |
| Frank Adair | Dem | Adair |
| E.D. Immell | Rep | Alfalfa |
| Ferman Phillips | Dem | Atoka |
| W.D. Batman | Dem | Beaver, Harper |
| A.D. Jones | Dem | Beckham |
| Elmer Kenison | Rep | Blaine |
| A.N. Leecraft | Dem | Bryan |
| E.O. White | Dem | Bryan |
| W.L. Mauk | Dem | Caddo |
| Herbert Palmer | Dem | Canadian |
| Louis Fischl | Dem | Carter |
| Charles P. Jones | Dem | Carter |
| Iredelle Hinds | Dem | Cherokee |
| R.H. Stanley | Dem | Choctaw |
| Charles Williams | Dem | Cimarron, Texas |
| Richard Cloyd | Dem | Cleveland |
| Ed King | Dem | Coal |
| A.M. Reinwand | Dem | Comanche |
| James C. Nance | Dem | Cotton |
| S.F. Parks | Dem | Craig |
| D.A. McDougal | Dem | Creek |
| Don Walker | Dem | Creek |
| Jimmie Wilson | Dem | Creek |
| Carl Remund | Dem | Custer |
| Claude Keith | Dem | Delaware |
| Orley Hart | Dem | Dewey |
| George Baldwin | Dem | Ellis |
| C.W. Burton | Rep | Garfield |
| George Hutchinson | Rep | Garfield |
| Homer Paul | Dem | Garvin |
| Sidney Chapman | Dem | Grady |
| W.A. Thornhill | Rep | Grant |
| W.W. Paxton | Dem | Greer |
| Oscar Abernethy | Dem | Harmon |
| Nat Henderson | Dem | Haskell |
| Robert Stillwell | Dem | Hughes |
| William E. Allen | Dem | Jackson |
| J.T. Daniel | Dem | Jefferson |
| Jackson Robert Cartwright | Dem | Johnston |
| L.A. Shaw | Rep | Kay |
| Robert McClintock | Rep | Kingfisher |
| R.L. Rickerd | Dem | Kiowa |
| Carlton Weaver | Dem | Latimer |
| James Babb | Dem | LeFlore |
| John J. Thomas | Dem | LeFlore |
| Robert Biles | Dem | Lincoln |
| Ralph Davis | Dem | Logan |
| John Steele Batson | Dem | Love |
| J.C. Major | Dem | Major |
| D.L. Faulk | Dem | Marshall |
| Ernest Brown | Dem | Mayes |
| Austin Beaver | Dem | McClain |
| R.C. Blocker | Dem | McCurtain |
| G.B. Massey | Dem | McCurtain |
| Joe Whitaker | Dem | McIntosh |
| Luther Green | Dem | Murray |
| J.M. Brooks | Dem | Muskogee |
| Benjamin Martin | Dem | Muskogee |
| Rex Robertson | Dem | Muskogee |
| Walter Sullins | Dem | Noble |
| F.D. Stevick | Rep | Nowata |
| W.N. Barry | Dem | Okfuskee |
| Sloan Childers | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ira Finley | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Bob Graham | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Clay Roper | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Allen Street | Dem | Oklahoma |
| David Logan | Dem | Okmulgee |
| W.J. Peterson | Dem | Okmulgee |
| H.M. Curnutt | Dem | Osage |
| Martin Fraley | Dem | Osage |
| C.A. Douthat | Dem | Ottawa |
| R.W. Skinner | Dem | Ottawa |
| J.D. Turner | Dem | Pawnee |
| J.T. Gray | Dem | Payne |
| W.E. Hailey | Dem | Pittsburg |
| C.M. Surry | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Otto Strickland | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Scott Glen | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| B.B. Wyatt | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Wayland Childers | Dem | Pushmataha |
| Nat Taylor | Dem | Roger Mills |
| Tom Kight | Dem | Rogers |
| W.D. Grisso | Dem | Seminole |
| Roy Cheek | Dem | Sequoyah |
| Cham Jones | Dem | Stephens |
| Harry Warhurst | Dem | Tillman |
| Mat X. Beard | Dem | Tulsa |
| Joe Chambers | Dem | Tulsa |
| Robert Galbreath | Dem | Tulsa |
| Ben Kirkpatrick | Dem | Tulsa |
| Henry Timmons | Dem | Tulsa |
| Bob Wagner | Dem | Wagoner |
| C.E. Bailey | Dem | Washington |
| B.W. Todd | Dem | Washita |
| E.W. Snoddy | Rep | Woods |
| L.A. Jessee | Rep | Woodward |
* Table based on government database.