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21st Oklahoma Legislature

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President of the Senate:
  
James E. Berry (D)

Speaker of the House:
  
C. R. Board (D)

President Pro Tem of the Senate:
  
James C. Nance (D)

21st Oklahoma Legislature

Composition:
  
Senate 38      6      House 95      22

The Twenty-first Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Oklahoma Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The state legislature met in regular session from January 7 to May 8, 1947, during the term of Governor Roy J. Turner. The session was marked by a gunfight on the Senate floor, in which a state representative shot Tom Anglin, a state senator and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, in the hip, on May 7, 1947.

Contents

James C. Nance served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and C. R. Board served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of session

  • Session: January 7, 1947 – May 8, 1947
  • Previous: 20th Legislature • Next: 22nd Legislature

    Senate

    James C. Nance served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.

    House of Representatives

    C. R. Board served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Claud Thompson served as Speaker Pro Tempore. R. Rhys Evans served as the House Majority Floor Leader. Bob Barr served as the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

    Senate

  • Table based on 2005 Oklahoma Almanac.
  • House of Representatives

  • Table based on government database.
  • References

    21st Oklahoma Legislature Wikipedia