8th Oklahoma Legislature


The Eighth 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 Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 4 to April 2, 1921, and in special session from April 25 to May 21, 1921, during the third year of the term of Governor James B.A. Robertson. It was the first time, Republicans took control of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In 1920, Bessie McColgin, a Republican, became the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Lamar Looney, Oklahoma's first female state senator and a Democrat, was also elected in 1920.
Impeachment charges were brought against Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, but not sustained by the state senate.
T. C. Simpson served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Tom Waldrep served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

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Major events

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

T. C. Simpson of Thomas, Oklahoma, served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate in 1921. George B. Schwabe was Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Members

Senate

DistrictNameParty
Lt GovMartin E. TrappDem
1M. W. PughDem
2C. B. LeedyRep
2James SpurlockDem
3William BriggsRep
4Mrs. Lamar LooneyDem
5Harry CordellDem
6James LandRep
6T. C. SimpsonDem
7Joe ShermanRep
8Harry GlasserRep
9W. T. ClarkRep
10Roy HarveyRep
11M. F. IngrahamRep
12John GolobieRep
13Charles WellsRep
13M. W. LynchRep
14T. F. HensleyDem
14Ross LillardDem
15C. A. DearmonDem
15L. L. WestDem
16H. BrownRep
17L. A. MortonDem
17Jed JohnsonDem
18James DraughonDem
18John CarlockDem
19W. R. WallaceDem
19W. H. WoodsDem
20C. E. McPherrenDem
20W. CartwrightDem
21J. E. FlemingDem
22Tom AnglinDem
23Luther HarrisonDem
24William J. HollowayDem
25E. P. HillDem
26Joe RatliffDem
27Clark NicholsDem
27S. M. RutherfordDem
28E. M. FryeRep
29Pete CoyneDem
30Horace DurantRep
31R. L. DavidsonDem
32Glen HornerRep
33E. E. WoodsRep
34J. Corbett CornettRep

NamePartyCounty
W. A. ScofieldRepAdair
Leslie SalterRepAlfalfa
F. C. JohnsonDemAtoka
J. W. SteffenRepBeaver, Harper
W. A. HornbeckDemBeckham
L. A. EverhartRepBlaine
Porter NewmanDemBryan
J. B. SmithDemBryan
T. F. CummingsRepCaddo
T. C. OttingerRepCaddo
J. L. Trevathan ThompsonRepCanadian
D. S. HooverDemCarter
Bruce KeenanRepCherokee
D. A. StovallDemChoctaw
John Q. DennyRepCimarron, Texas
Ralph HardieRepCleveland
Austin RiceRepCoal
Thornton ClarkRepComanche
Leroy ElmoreDemCotton
P. Z. NewmanRepCraig
Eli AdmireRepCreek
W. D. CraneRepCuster
James ButlerRepDelaware
Otto SmithRepDewey
G. E. DavisonRepEllis
J. B. CampbellRepGarfield
L. G. GossettRepGarfield
J. S. GarrisonDemGarvin
A. L. DavisDemGrady
M. B. LouthanDemGrady
T. E. BeckRepGrant
Horace SimpsonDemGreer
L. A. PearsonDemHarmon
John OgleRepHaskell
Ben F. HarrisonDemHughes
Edwin DabneyDemJackson
J. M RobersonDemJefferson
Hugh JonesDemJohnston
F. A. HeberlingRepKay
W. P. KimererRepKingfisher
S. D. BaileyRepKiowa
George MitchellRepKiowa
Arthur SmallwoodRepLatimer
Sam NeelyDemLeFlore
J. T. WhiteRepLeFlore
B. TaylorRepLincoln
M. M. WatsonRepLincoln
William DoddRepLogan
E. G. SharpRepLogan
J. C. GrahamDemLove
Roy HarpRepMajor
Marvin ShillingDemMarshall
Will CrockettRepMayes
Murray GibbonsDemMcClain
James Dyer Jr.DemMcCurtain
Charles WhitakerDemMcIntosh
Jess PullenDemMurray
Wesley E. DisneyDemMuskogee
Perry MillerDemMuskogee
J. F. StrayhornDemMuskogee
H. E. KeimRepNoble
George B. SchwabeRepNowata
T. W. HarmanRepOkfuskee
Thomas GormanDemOklahoma
I. L. HarrisRepOklahoma
John JerkinsDemOklahoma
W. W. RobertsonDemOklahoma
Clarence TyleeRepOkmulgee
L. A. WismeyerRepOsage
James MillerRepOttawa
W. S. CaldwellRepPawnee
Charles PlattRepPayne
Charles BriceDemPittsburg
R. H. MatthewsRepPittsburg
W. O. PrattDemPittsburg
C. A. KnightDemPontotoc
W. S. PendletonDemPottawatomie
Victor Locke Jr.RepPushmataha
Bessie McColginRepRoger Mills
Harry JenningsRepRogers
D. O. JenningsRepSeminole
R. A. BalanceRepSequoyah
James C. NanceDemStephens
H. R. KingDemTillman
Bailey BellRepTulsa
Remington RogersRepTulsa
W. T. DrakeRepWagoner
A. E. CraverRepWashington
W. T. GravesDemWashita
E. A. HerodRepWoods
Jerry CooverRepWoodward