# 34th Oklahoma Legislature

The Thirty-fourth 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 2, 1973, to January 7, 1975, during the term of Governor David Hall.
Lieutenant Governor George Nigh served as President of the Senate, giving him a tie-breaking vote and the authority to serve as a presiding officer. James Hamilton served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and William Willis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

## Dates of sessions

* First regular session: January 2-May 17, 1973
* Second regular session: January 8-May 17, 1974
Previous: 33rd Legislature • Next: 35th Legislature

## Party composition
### Senate

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 38 | 10 | 48 |
| Voting share | 79.2% | 20.8% | |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 76 | 23 | 99 |
| Voting share | 76.8% | 23.2% | |

## Leadership

* President Pro Tempore: James E. Hamilton
* Speaker: William Willis
* Speaker Pro Tempore: Spencer Bernard
* Majority Floor Leader: James Townsend
* Minority leader of the House: Charles Ford

## Members
### Senate

| District | Name | Party | Towns Represented |
| Lt-Gov | George Nigh | Dem | President of Senate |
| 1 | William Schuelein | Dem | Grove, Jay, Miami |
| 2 | Robert Wadley | Dem | Claremore, Pryor |
| 3 | Herb Rozell | Dem | Stilwell, Tahlequah |
| 4 | James Hamilton | Dem | Poteau, Sallisaw |
| 5 | Jim Lane | Dem | Atoka, Hugo, Idabel |
| 6 | Bob Trent | Dem | Durant |
| 7 | Gene Stipe | Dem | McAlester, Wilburton |
| 8 | Tom Payne | Dem | Henryetta, Okmulgee |
| 9 | John Luton | Dem | Muskogee |
| 10 | John Dahl | Dem | Fairfax, Pawhuska |
| 12 | John Young | Dem | Sapulpa |
| 13 | George A. Miller | Dem | Ada |
| 14 | Ernest Martin | Dem | Ardmore |
| 15 | Glen Ham | Dem | Norman |
| 16 | Phil Smalley | Dem | Lexington, Norman, Pauls Valley |
| 17 | Ralph Graves | Dem | Shawnee |
| 19 | Norman Lamb | Rep | Enid |
| 20 | Roy Grantham | Dem | Ponca City, Tonkawa |
| 21 | Robert Murphy | Dem | Stillwater |
| 22 | Roy C. Boecher | Rep | Kingfisher |
| 23 | Don Baldwin | Dem | Chickasha, Hinton |
| 24 | Wayne Holden | Dem | Duncan |
| 25 | Herschal Crow | Dem | Altus |
| 26 | Gilmer Capps | Dem | Elk City, Mangum, Sayre |
| 27 | Ed Berrong | Dem | Weatherford |
| 29 | Jerry Pierce | Rep | Bartlesville |
| 31 | Paul Taliaferro | Dem | Lawton |
| 32 | Al Terrill | Dem | Lawton |
| 33 | Rodger Randle | Dem | Tulsa |
| 34 | George Hargrave Jr. | Dem | Tulsa |
| 35 | Jim Inhofe | Rep | Tulsa |
| 36 | Gene C. Howard | Dem | Tulsa |
| 37 | Finis Smith | Dem | Tulsa |
| 38 | Peyton Breckinridge | Rep | Tulsa |
| 39 | Stephen Wolfe | Rep | Tulsa |
| 40 | Richard Stansberry | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 41 | Phil Watson | Rep | Edmond |
| 42 | James F. Howell | Dem | Midwest City |
| 43 | John Garrett | Dem | Del City, Oklahoma City |
| 44 | J. Lee Keels | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 45 | Jimmy Birdsong | Dem | Moore, Oklahoma City |
| 46 | Cleeta John Rogers | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 47 | John R. McCune | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 48 | E. Melvin Porter | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 49 | Leon B. Field | Dem | Guymon |
| 50 | Donald Ferrell | Rep | Chandler, Seminole |
| 52 | E. W. Keller | Rep | Bethany, Oklahoma City |
| 54 | Bob Funston | Dem | Tulsa |
Table based on 2005 state almanac.

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | Party | Counties |
| Mike Murphy | 1 | Dem | McCurtain |
| Bob Parris | 2 | Dem | Adair, Sequoyah |
| Joe Johnson | 3 | Dem | Leflore, McCurtain |
| William Willis | 4 | Dem | Cherokee |
| Wiley Sparkman | 5 | Dem | Adair, Delaware |
| George Vaughn | 6 | Dem | Craig, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers |
| Joe Fitzgibbon | 7 | Dem | Ottawa |
| J. D. Whorton | 8 | Rep | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner |
| Bill Briscoe | 9 | Dem | Nowata, Rogers |
| A. C. Holden | 10 | Dem | Osage, Washington |
| Robert Kane | 11 | Rep | Nowata, Washington |
| Howard Odom | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner |
| Drew Edmondson | 13 | Dem | Muskogee |
| John Monks | 14 | Dem | Muskogee |
| Charles Peterson | 15 | Dem | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg |
| Joseph Bennett | 16 | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Red Caldwell | 17 | Dem | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg |
| William Ervin | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Hollis Roberts | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, Pittsburg, Pushmataha |
| Gary Payne | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Love, Marshall |
| Guy Gaylon Davis | 21 | Dem | Bryan |
| Kenneth Converse | 22 | Dem | Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc |
| Charles Prentice | 23 | Rep | Tulsa, Wagoner |
| Bill Robinson | 24 | Dem | Coal, Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg |
| Lonnie Abbott | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc |
| Charles T. Henry | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| James Townsend | 27 | Dem | Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie |
| Jeff Johnston | 28 | Dem | Seminole |
| Oval Cunningham | 29 | Dem | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee |
| Don Thompson | 30 | Dem | Creek |
| James Cummings | 31 | Rep | Kingfisher, Logan, Noble |
| Charlie Morgan | 32 | Dem | Lincoln, Logan, Okfuskee |
| Joe Manning | 33 | Dem | Payne |
| Daniel Draper | 34 | Dem | Payne |
| Don Johnson | 35 | Dem | Creek, Kay, Noble, Osage, Pawnee |
| Billy Kennedy | 36 | Dem | Kay, Osage |
| James Holt | 37 | Rep | Kay |
| Dorothy Conaghan | 38 | Rep | Grant, Kay |
| Lynn Thornhill | 39 | Rep | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Major |
| Thomas Rogers | 40 | Dem | Garfield |
| Robert Anderson | 41 | Rep | Garfield |
| Tom Stephenson | 42 | Dem | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Kingfisher |
| Mark Hammons | 43 | Dem | Canadian |
| Mina Hibdon | 44 | Rep | Cleveland |
| Glenn Floyd | 45 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Charles Elder | 46 | Dem | Garvin, Grady, McClain |
| Spencer Bernard | 47 | Dem | Grady, McClain |
| Don Duke | 48 | Dem | Carter |
| Bill Bradley | 49 | Dem | Carter, Cotton, Jefferson |
| Bob Wilson | 50 | Dem | Stephens |
| Vernon Dunn | 51 | Dem | Carter, Garvin, Stephens |
| Howard Cotner | 52 | Dem | Jackson, Kiowa |
| Bob Harper | 53 | Dem | Comanche, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman |
| Ron Shotts | 54 | Rep | Cleveland |
| Harvey Weichel | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita |
| James Kardokus | 56 | Dem | Caddo, Comanche, Grady |
| David Stratton | 57 | Dem | Beckham, Custer |
| Lewis Kamas | 58 | Dem | Major, Woods, Woodward |
| Mark Bradshaw | 59 | Dem | Beaver, Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward |
| Victor Wickersham | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Greer, Harmon |
| Marvin McKee | 61 | Rep | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas |
| Don Davis | 62 | Dem | Comanche |
| Gordon Beznoska | 63 | Dem | Comanche |
| Butch Hooper | 64 | Dem | Comanche |
| Fred Ferrell | 65 | Dem | Comanche |
| David Riggs | 66 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Joan Hastings | 67 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Robert Hopkins | 68 | Dem | Tulsa |
| William Wiseman | 69 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Frank Keating | 70 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Warren Green | 71 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Mandell Matheson | 72 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Bernard McIntyre | 73 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Robert V. Cullison | 74 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Jim Hardesty | 75 | Dem | Tulsa |
| James Allen Williamson | 76 | Rep | Tulsa |
| William Poulos | 77 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Charles Cleveland | 78 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Ted Cowan | 79 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Charles Ford | 80 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Neal McCaleb | 81 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Bill Holaday | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Kent Frates | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Judy Ann Swinton | 84 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| George Camp | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| David Hood | 86 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Sandy Sanders | 87 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Don Denman | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| L. Bengtson | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Thomas Bamberger | 90 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Kenneth Nance | 91 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Jim Fried | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Don Kilpatrick | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Fred Joiner | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| David Craighead | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| John MisKelly | 96 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Hannah Atkins | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Thomas Duckett | 98 | Dem | Canadian, Oklahoma |
| Visanio Johnson | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Terry Campbell | 100 | Rep | Canadian, Oklahoma |
| Carl Twidwell Jr. | 101 | Dem | Oklahoma |
* Table based on database of historic members.