# 33rd Oklahoma Legislature

The Thirty-third 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 5, 1971, to January 2, 1973, during the term of Governor David Hall.
Finis Smith 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 5-June 11, 1971
* Special session: July 1, 1971
* Second regular session: January 4-March 31, 1972
Previous: 32nd Legislature • Next: 34th 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 | 81.25% | 18.75% | |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 77 | 22 | 99 |
| Voting share | 77.8% | 22.2% | |

## Major legislation
### Enacted

1971 legislative session
* Taxes - HB 1181 increased the taxes on the oil and gas industry by approximately $21 million.

## Leadership

* President of the senate: Lieutenant Governor George Nigh
* President pro tem: Finis Smith
* Speaker of the House: Rex Privett
* Speaker pro tempore: Joseph Mountford
* House majority floor leader: Leland Wolf
* House minority leader: Charles Ford

## Staff

Chief clerk of the House: Louise Stockton

## Membership
### Senate

| Name | District | Party | Towns |
| William Fred Phelps | 1 | Dem | Grove, Jay, Miami |
| Clem McSpadden | 2 | Dem | Claremore, Pryor |
| Robert Medearis | 3 | Dem | Stilwell, Tahlequah |
| James Hamilton | 4 | Dem | Poteau, Sallisaw |
| Jim Lane | 5 | Dem | Atoka, Hugo, Idabel |
| Bob Trent | 6 | Dem | Durant |
| Gene Stipe | 7 | Dem | McAlester |
| Tom Payne | 8 | Dem | Okmulgee, Henryetta |
| John Luton | 9 | Dem | Muskogee |
| John Dahl | 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 |
| Norman Lamb | 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 |
| Herschel Crow | 25 | Dem | Altus |
| Gilmer Capps | 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 |
| Jim Inhofe | 35 | Rep | 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 |
| James F. Howell | 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 |
| Cleeta John Rogers | 46 | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| John R. McCune | 40 | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| E. Melvin Porter | 48 | Dem | Oklahoma City |
* Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | Party | County |
| Mike Murphy | 1 | Dem | McCurtain |
| Ray Fine | 2 | Dem | LeFlore, Sequoyah |
| Mike Sullivan | 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. D. Whorton | 8 | Rep | Mayes, Rogers |
| Bill Briscoe | 9 | Dem | Nowata, Rogers |
| Jerry Pierce | 10 | Rep | Washington |
| Charles Doornbos | 11 | Rep | Washington |
| Vol Howard Odom | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner |
| Jan Eric Cartwright | 13 | Dem | Muskogee |
| John L. Monks | 14 | Dem | Muskogee |
| Leo Wynn | 15 | Dem | McIntosh, Okmulgee |
| Ed Cole | 16 | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Don Huddleston | 17 | Dem | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg |
| William Skeith | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Wayne Sanguin | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, Pushmataha |
| Gary Payne | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Bryan, Love, Marshall |
| Roy Boatner | 21 | Dem | Bryan |
| Arthur Carlton | 22 | Dem | Garvin, Johnston, Murray |
| Kenneth Converse | 23 | Dem | Garvin |
| Hugh Sandlin | 24 | Dem | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc |
| Lonnie Abbott | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Russell Wayland | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| James Townsend | 27 | Dem | Pottawatomi, Seminole |
| David Boren | 28 | Dem | Seminole |
| Harlon Avey | 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 |
| Daniel Draper | 34 | Dem | Payne |
| Rex Privett | 35 | Dem | Osage, Pawnee |
| Billy Kennedy | 36 | Rep | Osage |
| Fred Boettcher | 37 | Dem | Kay |
| Brian Conaghan | 38 | Rep | Kay |
| Lynn Thornhill | 39 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Major |
| Thomas Rogers Jr. | 40 | Dem | Garfield |
| Robert Anderson | 41 | Rep | Garfield |
| William Gooden | 42 | Rep | Kingfisher, Blaine |
| Anna Belle Wiedemann | 43 | Dem | Canadian |
| Lee Byron Cate | 44 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Leland Wolf | 45 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Charles Elder | 46 | Dem | Grady, McClain |
| Spencer Bernard | 47 | Dem | Grady, McClain |
| Don Duke | 48 | Dem | Carter |
| Bill Bradley | 49 | Dem | Carter, Jefferson |
| William Tarwater | 50 | Dem | Stephens |
| Don Duke | 51 | Dem | Cotton, Stephens |
| Howard Cotner | 52 | Dem | Jackson |
| Bob Harper | 53 | Dem | Jackson, Tillman |
| Victor Wickersham | 54 | Dem | Greer, Kiowa |
| Don Greenhaw | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Washita |
| James Kardokus | 56 | Dem | Caddo |
| David Stratton | 57 | Dem | Custer |
| Lewis Kamas | 58 | Rep | Woods, Woodward |
| Jack Harrison | 59 | Dem | Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills |
| Carl Robertson | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Harmon |
| Marvin McKee | 61 | Dem | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas |
| Don Davis | 62 | Dem | Comanche |
| Gordon Beznoska | 63 | Dem | Comanche |
| Jack Lindstrom | 64 | Dem | Comanche |
| Fred Ferrell Jr. | 65 | Dem | Comanche |
| David Riggs | 66 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Douglas Wixson | 67 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Robert Hopkins | 68 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Joe Musgrave | 69 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Richard Hancock | 70 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Warren Green | 71 | Rep | Tulsa |
| John W. McCune | 72 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Ben Hill | 73 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Jerry Hargrave | 74 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Rodger Randle | 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 |
| T. W. 'Bill' Holaday | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Kent Frates | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Texanna Hatchett | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| George Camp | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Thomas Taggart | 86 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Sandy Sanders | 87 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Red Andrews | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| L. Bengtson Jr. | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Thomas Bamberger | 90 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Kenneth R. Nance | 91 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Marvin York | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Don Kilpatrick | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ray Trent | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| A.J. Clemons | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| John Miskelly | 96 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Hannah Atkins | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Visanio John | 98 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Archibald Hill Jr. | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma |
* Table based on database of historic members.