page_title: Jeff W. Hickman
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Jeff W. Hickman / Political career
caption_attribution_description: English: Oklahoma Speaker Jeff Hickman is sworn in on Feb. 10, 2014
context_page_description: Jeff W. Hickman is an American politician in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He is a former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, as of February 3, 2017.
  Hickman entered office in 2004 as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing a Northwest Oklahoma district. He served as Speaker Pro Tempore from 2011 to 2012. He lost a previous bid to become Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives to T.W. Shannon.
context_section_description: Hickman began his political career when he was first elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives on November 2, 2004. He became Speaker Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma House of Representatives on January 4, 2011.
  Because Speaker Kris Steele was term limited, Republican members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives had to elect new leadership. Hickman ran for Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, but was not selected to serve.
  As a regular member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2013, Hickman is the author of major education reform legislation.
  Hickman is term limited in the Oklahoma Legislature in 2016. Hickman was named a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow.
caption: Oklahoma Speaker Jeff Hickman is sworn in on Feb. 10, 2014
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