# 41st Oklahoma Legislature

The Forty-first 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 6, 1987, to January 3, 1989, during the term of Governor Henry Bellmon.
The 41st Oklahoma Legislature merged the last remaining community junior college, Sayre Junior College, with Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
Rodger Randle served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Jim Barker served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

## Dates of sessions

* First regular session: January 6, 1987-May 1987
* Second regular session: January–May 1988
Previous: 40th Legislature • Next: 42nd Legislature

## Party composition
### Senate

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 31 | 17 | 48 |
| Voting share | 64.6% | 35.4% | |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 70 | 31 | 101 |
| Voting share | 69.3% | 30.7% | |

## Leadership
### Democratic leadership

* President Pro Tempore: Rodger Randle
* Speaker: Jim Barker

### Republican leadership

* House Minority Leader: Walter Hill

## Members
### Senate

| District | Name | Party | Towns Represented |
| Lt-Gov | Robert S. Kerr III | Dem | President of Senate |
| 1 | William Schuelein | Dem | Grove, Jay, Miami |
| 2 | Stratton Taylor | Dem | Claremore, Pryor |
| 3 | Herb Rozell | Dem | Stilwell, Tahlequah |
| 4 | Larry Dickerson | Dem | Poteau, Sallisaw |
| 5 | Gerald Dennis | Dem | Atoka, Hugo |
| 6 | Roy Boatner | Dem | Durant |
| 7 | Gene Stipe | Dem | McAlester, Wilburton |
| 8 | Frank Shurden | Dem | Henryetta, Okmulgee |
| 9 | John Luton | Dem | Muskogee |
| 10 | John Dahl | Dem | Barnsdall, Fairfax, Pawhuska |
| 11 | Maxine Cissel-Horner | Dem | Tulsa |
| 12 | Ted Fisher | Dem | Bristow, Sapulpa |
| 13 | Billie Floyd | Dem | Ada, Atwood |
| 14 | Darryl Roberts | Dem | Ardmore |
| 15 | Bill Branch | Dem | Lexington, Oklahoma, Norman, Purcell |
| 16 | Gary Gardenhire | Rep | Norman |
| 17 | Roy Sadler | Dem | Shawnee |
| 19 | Norman Lamb | Rep | Enid |
| 20 | Olin Branstetter | Rep | Ponca City, Tonkawa |
| 21 | Bernice Shedrick | Dem | Stillwater |
| 22 | Ralph J. Choate | Rep | Hennessey, Kingfisher |
| 23 | Ray Giles | Dem | Amber, Chickasha, Hinton, Pocasset |
| 24 | Cliff Marshall | Dem | Duncan |
| 26 | Gilmer Capps | Dem | Elk City, Mangum, Sayre |
| 29 | Jerry Pierce | Rep | Bartlesville |
| 31 | Paul Taliaferro | Dem | Lawton |
| 32 | Roy Hooper | Dem | Lawton |
| 33 | Rodger Randle | Dem | Tulsa |
| 34 | Robert Cullison | Dem | Tulsa |
| 35 | Warren Green | Rep | Tulsa |
| 36 | Frank Rhodes | Rep | Broken Arrow, Tulsa |
| 37 | David Riggs | Dem | Glenpool, Sand Springs, Tulsa |
| 38 | Robert M. Kerr | Dem | Altus, Weatherford |
| 39 | Jerry Smith | Rep | Tulsa |
| 40 | Leo Kingston | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 41 | Phil Watson | Rep | Edmond |
| 42 | Dave Herbert | Dem | Midwest City |
| 43 | Ben Brown | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 44 | Kay Dudley | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 45 | Helen Cole | Rep | Moore, Oklahoma City |
| 46 | Bernest Cain | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 47 | John R. McCune | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 48 | Vicki Miles-LaGrange | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 49 | Timothy D. Leonard | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 50 | Enoch Kelly Haney | Dem | Seminole |
| 51 | Charles Ford | Rep | Tulsa |
| 52 | Howard Hendrick | Rep | Bethany, Oklahoma City |
| 54 | Gerald Wright | Rep | Oklahoma City |
* Table based on state almanac.

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | Party | Counties |
| Mike Murphy | 1 | Dem | McCurtain |
| Don Mentzer | 2 | Dem | Sequoyah |
| James Hamilton | 3 | Dem | LeFlore |
| Robert Medearis | 4 | Dem | Cherokee |
| Rick Littlefield | 5 | Dem | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa |
| George Vaughn Jr. | 6 | Dem | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers |
| Larry Roberts | 7 | Dem | Ottawa |
| Larry Rice | 8 | Dem | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner |
| Dwayne Steidley | 9 | Dem | Rogers |
| A. C. Holden | 10 | Dem | Osage, Washington |
| Don Koppel | 11 | Rep | Nowata, Washington |
| Bob T. Harris | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner |
| Jim Barker | 13 | Dem | Muskogee |
| John L. Monks | 14 | Dem | Muskogee |
| Dusty Rhodes | 15 | Dem | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee |
| M. C. Leist | 16 | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Ronald Glenn | 17 | Dem | Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg |
| Walter L. Roberts | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Gary Sherrer | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha |
| Kenneth E. Converse | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Johnston, Pittsburg |
| Guy Gaylon Davis | 21 | Dem | Bryan |
| Gary Coffee | 22 | Dem | Carter, Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc |
| Kevin Easley | 23 | Dem | Tulsa, Wagoner |
| Glen D. Johnson, Jr. | 24 | Dem | Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee |
| Lonnie Abbott | 25 | Dem | Pontotoc |
| George Snider | 26 | Dem | Pottawatomie |
| Steve C. Lewis | 27 | Dem | Cleveland, Pottawatomie |
| Jim Morgan | 28 | Dem | Okfuskee, Seminole |
| Bill Gurley | 29 | Rep | Creek |
| Benny Vanatta | 30 | Dem | Creek |
| Frank Davis | 31 | Rep | Logan, Noble |
| Charlie Morgan | 32 | Dem | Lincoln, Logan |
| Michael Don Morris | 33 | Rep | Payne |
| Larry Gish | 34 | Dem | Payne |
| Larry Ferguson | 35 | Rep | Noble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne |
| Don Anderson | 36 | Dem | Osage |
| James Holt | 37 | Rep | Kay |
| Jim Reese | 38 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Kay |
| Steven Boeckman | 39 | Rep | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major |
| Homer Rieger | 40 | Rep | Garfield |
| John McMillen | 41 | Rep | Garfield |
| Bill Mitchell | 42 | Dem | Garvin, Grady |
| Harold Hale | 43 | Dem | Canadian |
| Carolyn Thompson | 44 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Cal Hobson | 45 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Vickie White | 46 | Dem | Cleveland, McClain |
| Denver Talley | 47 | Dem | Grady |
| Don Duke | 48 | Dem | Carter |
| Bill Brewster | 49 | Dem | Carter, Love, Marshall |
| Ed Apple | 50 | Rep | Stephens |
| Bill Smith | 51 | Dem | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens |
| Howard Cotner | 52 | Dem | Jackson |
| John Lassiter | 53 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Ken McKenna | 54 | Rep | Cleveland |
| Emil Lee Grieser | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita |
| Tom Manar | 56 | Dem | Caddo |
| Bill Widener | 57 | Dem | Blaine, Custer |
| Lewis Kamas | 58 | Rep | Woods, Woodward |
| Bert Russell | 59 | Dem | Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher, Roger Mills |
| Danny George | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Greer, Harmon |
| Walter Hill | 61 | Rep | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas |
| Ken Harris | 62 | Dem | Comanche |
| Lloyd Benson | 63 | Dem | Comanche, Tillman |
| Sid Hudson | 64 | Dem | Comanche |
| Jim Glover | 65 | Dem | Comanche |
| Russ Roach | 66 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Wayne Cozort | 67 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Jay Logan | 68 | Dem | Tulsa |
| William Veitch | 69 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Penny Williams | 70 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Bill Clark | 71 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Don McCorkle Jr. | 72 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Donald Ross | 73 | Dem | Osage, Tulsa |
| Gene Combs | 74 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Grover Campbell | 75 | Rep | Rogers, Tulsa |
| Rick Williamson | 76 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Gary Stottlemyre | 77 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Frank Pitezel | 78 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Jim Henshaw | 79 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Joe Gordon | 80 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Gaylon Stacey | 81 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Leonard Sullivan | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Joe Heaton | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| John Bumpus | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Michael James Hunter | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Larry Adair | 86 | Dem | Adair, Delaware, Mayes |
| Robert Worthen | 87 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Linda Larason | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Kevin Hutchcroft | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Charles Key | 90 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Keith Leftwich | 91 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Claudette Henry | 92 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Elna Jan Collins | 93 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Gary Bastin | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| David Craighead | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Jim Zimmerman | 96 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Kevin Cox | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Thomas Duckett | 98 | Dem | Canadian, Grady, Oklahoma |
| Freddye Williams | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ernest Istook | 100 | Rep | Canadian, Oklahoma |
| Jeff Hamilton | 101 | Dem | Oklahoma |
* Table based on government database of historic members.

## References and notes

* ↑ State system overview Part 2: History of the State System, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. (accessed July 10, 2013)
* ↑ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed June 27, 2013)
* ↑ He died in 1988 and replaced by Victor Wickersham.
* ↑ Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 27, 2013)
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