15th Oklahoma Legislature


The Fifteenth 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 from January 8 to April 30, 1935, during the term of Governor E.W. Marland. Marland influenced the selection of Leon C. Phillips for Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Phillips had been an opponent of Governor William H. Murray's proposals. Phillips also opposed many of Marland's proposals.

Dates of session

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Major events

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

As Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, James E. Berry served as the President of the Senate, serving as the presiding officer in ceremonial instances. President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate Claud Briggs served as the member-elected leader of the state senate.

House of Representatives

The Oklahoma Democratic Party held 112 of the 120 seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1935, allowing them to select the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Leon C. Phillips served in the role in 1935 and Merton Munson served as Speaker Pro Tempore.

Members

Senate

NamePartyCounty
Howard MortonRepAdair
Webster WilderRepAlfalfa
Rowe CookDemAtoka
Thomas Z. WrightRepBeaver
R. W. BrewerDemBeckham
Cecil MyersDemBeckham
John HanklaDemBlaine
Olen CampbellDemBryan
Sam SullivanDemBryan
W. L. MaukDemCaddo
George H. WingoDemCaddo
Ellis GregoryDemCanadian
Alvin BruceDemCarter
Arleigh DavisDemCarter
Percy WylyDemCherokee
Lucien SpearDemChoctaw
Julius CoxDemCimarron
Ben HueyDemCleveland
Dale BrownDemCoal
J. A. JohnsonDemComanche
Merton MunsonDemComanche
Bob MooneyDemCotton
Frank BaileyDemCraig
Joe BrewsterDemCreek
Henry Clay KingDemCreek
Homer O'DellDemCreek
W. R. DunnDemCuster
L. V. BeamanDemDelaware
Tupper JonesDemDewey
Bert LarasonDemEllis
T. W. EasonDemGarfield
F. B. O'NeillRepGarfield
Harold FreemanDemGarvin
Sam J. GoodwinDemGarvin
J. D. CarmichaelDemGrady
David C. RobertsDemGrady
J. W. McCollomDemGrant
Marvin ByromDemGreer
Oscar AbernethyDemHarmon
George PaulsDemHarper
D. C. CantrellDemHaskell
O. S. HuserDemHughes
Burr SpeckDemJackson
G. J. WilliamsDemJefferson
Clarence RawlsDemJohnson
Walter M. DoggettDemKay
Ralph C. HaynesDemKay
Arthur UlmarkDemKingfisher
Ed CorsonDemKiowa
H. O. BoggsDemLatimer
Roy ColemanDemLeFlore
B. J. TrawDemLeFlore
Darwin FrayerDemLincoln
Lester HoytDemLincoln
Charles W. AllenDemLogan
Virgil StokesDemLove
Luther ArmstrongIndependentMajor
Don WelchDemMarshall
D. E. MartinDemMayes
Louie BeckDemMcClain
Ira RoneDemMcCurtain
J. A. StandridgeDemMcCurtain
Carl TwidwellDemMcIntosh
Ewing SadlerDemMurray
Herbert BrananDemMuskogee
F. N. ShoemakeDemMuskogee
Murrell ThorntonDemMuskogee
Thomas MungerDemNoble
Penn CouchDemNowata
Leon C. PhillipsDemOkfuskee
Bryan BillingsDemOklahoma
LaVerne CarletonDemOklahoma
William O. CoeDemOklahoma
Ben F. EllisDemOklahoma
Murray GibbonsDemOklahoma
Chester A. KeyesDemOklahoma
C. W. SchwoerkeDemOklahoma
W. A. BarnettDemOkmulgee
Wilbur MorseDemOkmulgee
W. J. PetersonDemOkmulgee
Harry G. HuntDemOsage
Walter JohnsonDemOsage
William E. PoteetDemOttawa
R. W. SkinnerDemOttawa
Emerson PhillipsRepPawnee
George H. DavisRepPayne
V. A. DotyRepPayne
George H. HuntDemPittsburg
W. B. McAlesterDemPittsburg
O. H. WhittDemPittsburg
Austin DeatonDemPontotoc
Aubrey KerrDemPontotoc
Kenneth AbernathyDemPottawatomie
Leonard CareyDemPottawatomie
Ralph SpencerDemPottawatomie
R. W. FrazierDemPushmataha
T. J. HoggDemRoger Mills
W. P. JohnstonDemRogers
Robert N. ChaseDemSeminole
V. L. KikerDemSeminole
Con LongDemSeminole
Marvin WootenDemSeminole
J. A. MorrowDemSequoyah
Sandy SingletonDemStephens
Samuel G. WhitakerDemStephens
Vernon HowellDemTexas
Monty C. WorthingtonDemTillman
Joe ChambersDemTulsa
Seth G. Eby Jr.DemTulsa
Glade KirkpatrickDemTulsa
Ed MoffettDemTulsa
A. E. MontgomeryDemTulsa
Edward P. O'BrienDemTulsa
L. M. PoeDemTulsa
Jean R. ReedDemWagoner
John M. HollimanDemWashington
F. E. RaaschDemWashita
J. Carl WrightDemWashita
M. T. PughDemWoods
Jesse E. TaylorDemWoodward