38th Oklahoma Legislature

The Thirty-eighth 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 to July 20, 1981, from August 31 to September 4, 1981, and from January 5 to July 12, 1982, during the term of Governor George Nigh.^[1] After the legislative council was eliminated in 1980, the Oklahoma House of Representatives added research and fiscal divisions.^[1]

38th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate:	Spencer Bernard (D)
President Pro Tem of the Senate:	Marvin York (D)
Speaker of the House:	Daniel Draper (D)
Term:	January 6, 1981-January 4, 1983
Composition:	Senate 36   12   House 75   26

Marvin York served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Daniel Draper served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.^[1] Frank Keating served as the Minority leader of the Oklahoma Senate. Neal McCaleb served as the Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.^[1]

Dates of sessions

• First regular session: January 6-July 20, 1981
• Special session: August 31-September 4, 1981
• Second regular session: January 5-July 12, 1982

Previous: 37th Legislature • Next: 39th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
	36	12	48
Voting share	75%	25%

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
	75	26	101
Voting share	74.3%	25.7%

Leadership

Senate

Oklahoma City Democratic Senator Marvin York served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Frank Keating served as the Republican Minority leader.

House of Representatives

Democratic Representative Daniel Draper served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Mike Murphy served as Speaker Pro Tempore.^[1] Representative Neal McCaleb served as the Republican Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.^[1]

Members

Senate

District	Name	Party	Hometown
Lt-Gov	Spencer Bernard	Dem	President
1	William Schuelein	Dem	Miami
2	Bill Crutcher	Dem
3	Herb Rozell	Dem	Tahlequah
4	Joe Johnson	Dem
5	Gerald Dennis	Dem	Antlers
6	Roy Boatner	Dem	Durant
7	Gene Stipe	Dem	McAlester
8	Robert Miller	Dem
9	John Luton	Dem	Muskogee
10	John Dahl	Dem	Barnsdall
12	John Young	Dem	Sapulpa
13	James W. McDaniel	Dem
14	Ernest Martin	Dem	Ardmore
15	Bill Branch	Dem	Norman
16	Lee Cate	Dem	Norman
17	John Clifton	Dem	Shawnee
19	Norman Lamb	Rep	Enid
20	William O'Connor	Rep
21	Bernice Shedrick	Dem	Stillwater
22	Gideon Tinsley	Dem
23	Ray Giles	Dem	Pocasset
24	Kenneth Landis	Dem
24	Herschal Crow	Dem	Altus
26	Gilmer Capps	Dem	Sayre
27	Wayne Winn	Dem
29	Jerry Pierce	Rep
31	Paul Taliaferro	Dem	Lawton
32	Al Terrill	Dem	Lawton
33	Rodger Randle	Dem	Tulsa
34	Robert V. Cullison	Dem	Tulsa
35	Warren Green	Rep	Tulsa
36	Gene C. Howard	Dem	Tulsa
37	Finis Smith	Dem	Tulsa
38	Frank Keating	Rep	Tulsa
39	Jerry L. Smith	Rep	Tulsa
40	Mike Combs	Rep	Oklahoma City
41	Phil Watson	Rep	Oklahoma City
42	James Howell	Dem	Midwest City
43	Don Kilpatrick	Dem	Oklahoma City
44	Marvin York	Dem	Oklahoma City
45	Ed Moore	Rep	Oklahoma City
46	Bernest Cain	Dem	Oklahoma City
47	John R. McCune	Rep	Oklahoma City
48	E. Melvin Porter	Dem	Oklahoma City
49	Timothy D. Leonard	Rep	Oklahoma City
50	Jeff Johnston	Dem	Seminole
52	E. W. Keller	Rep	Bethany
54	Don Cummins	Dem	Oklahoma City

• Tabled based on state almanac.^[2]

House of Representatives

Name	District	Party	Counties
Mike Murphy	1	Dem	McCurtain
Don Mentzer	2	Dem	Sequoyah
Mick Thompson	3	Dem	LeFlore
William Willis	4	Dem	Cherokee
Wiley Sparkman	5	Dem	Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa
George Vaughn	6	Dem	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers
Joe Fitzgibbon	7	Dem	Ottawa
J. D. Whorton	8	Rep	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner
Stratton Taylor	9	Dem	Rogers
A.C. Holden	10	Dem	Osage, Washington
Don Koppel	11	Rep	Nowata, Washington
Bill Lancaster	12	Dem	Muskogee, Wagoner
Jim Barker	13	Dem	Muskogee
John Monks	14	Dem	Muskogee
Charles Peterson	15	Dem	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee
Frank Shurden	16	Dem	Okmulgee
"Red" Caldwell	17	Dem	Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg
Frank Harbin	18	Dem	Pittsburg
Gary Sherrer	19	Dem	Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha
Bob Trent	20	Dem	Atoka, Johnston, Pittsburg
Guy Gaylon Davis	21	Dem	Bryan
Jack F. Kelly	22	Dem	Carter, Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc
Twyla Mason Gray	23	Dem	Tulsa, Wagoner
Bill Robinson	24	Dem	Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
Lonnie Abbott	25	Dem	Pontotoc
Robert Harlan Henry	26	Dem	Pottawatomie
Steve C. Lewis	27	Dem	Cleveland, Pottawatomie
Enoch Kelly Haney	28	Dem	Okfuskee, Seminole
Oval Cunningham	29	Dem	Creek
Benny Vanatta	30	Dem	Creek
Frank W. Davis	31	Rep	Logan, Noble
Charlie Morgan	32	Dem	Lincoln, Logan
Joe Manning	33	Dem	Payne
Daniel Draper	34	Dem	Payne
Don Johnson	35	Dem	Noble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne
Don Anderson	36	Dem	Osage
James Holt	37	Rep	Kay
Robert Milacek	38	Rep	Alfalfa, Grant, Kay
Steven Boeckman	39	Rep	Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major
Homer Rieger	40	Rep	Garfield
Bruce Harvey	41	Rep	Garfield
Don Garrison	42	Dem	Garvin, Grady
Donald Feddersen	43	Dem	Canadian
Cleta Deatherage	44	Dem	Cleveland
Cal Hobson	45	Dem	Cleveland
Jerry F. Smith	46	Dem	Cleveland, McClain
Denver Talley	47	Dem	Grady
A Don Duke	48	Dem	Carter
Bill Brewster	49	Dem	Carter, Love, Marshall
JD Blodgett	50	Rep	Stephens
Vernon Dunn	51	Dem	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens
Howard Cotner	52	Dem	Jackson
Bob Harper	53	Dem	Comanche, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman
Helen Cole	54	Rep	Cleveland
Harvey Weichel	55	Dem	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita
Tom Manar	56	Dem	Caddo
Bill Widener	57	Dem	Blaine, Custer
Lewis Kamas	58	Rep	Woods, Woodward
Dr. Rollin D. Reimer	59	Dem	Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward
Willie Rogers	60	Dem	Beckham, Greer, Harmon
Walter Hill	61	Rep	Beaver, Cimarron, Texas
Ken Harris	62	Dem	Comanche
Marvin Baughman	63	Dem	Comanche, Tillman
Butch Hooper	64	Dem	Comanche
Jim Glover	65	Dem	Comanche
Pete Riggs	66	Dem	Tulsa
Joan Hastings	67	Rep	Tulsa
Robert Hopkins	68	Dem	Tulsa
Nelson Little	69	Rep	Tulsa
Penny Williams	70	Dem	Tulsa
Helen Arnold	71	Rep	Tulsa
Don McCorkle Jr.	72	Dem	Tulsa
Bernard McIntyre	73	Dem	Tulsa
Rodney Hargrave	74	Dem	Tulsa
Alene Baker	75	Dem	Rogers, Tulsa
James Allen Williamson	76	Rep	Tulsa
William Poulos	77	Dem	Tulsa
Frank Pitezel	78	Rep	Tulsa
Jim Henshaw	79	Rep	Tulsa
Charles Ford	80	Rep	Tulsa
Neal McCaleb	81	Rep	Oklahoma
George Osborne	82	Rep	Oklahoma
Gean Atkinson	83	Rep	Oklahoma
Bill Graves	84	Rep	Oklahoma
George Camp	85	Rep	Oklahoma
Rick Stahl	86	Dem	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes
Sandy Sanders	87	Dem	Oklahoma
Don Denman	88	Dem	Oklahoma
Rebecca Hamilton	89	Dem	Oklahoma
Mike J. Lawter	90	Dem	Oklahoma
Keith Leftwich	91	Dem	Oklahoma
Jim Fried	92	Dem	Oklahoma
Ben Brown	93	Dem	Oklahoma
Fred Joiner	94	Dem	Oklahoma
David Craighead	95	Dem	Oklahoma
Maxine Kincheloe	96	Rep	Oklahoma
Kevin Cox	97	Dem	Oklahoma
Thomas Duckett	98	Dem	Canadian, Grady, Oklahoma
Freddye Williams	99	Dem	Oklahoma
Mike Fair	100	Rep	Canadian, Oklahoma
Carl Twidwell Jr.	101	Dem	Oklahoma

• Table based on government database.^[3]

References

1. A Century to Remember September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 20, 2013)
2. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 10, 2013)
3. Historic Members 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 20, 2013)