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Encyclopedia > Oklahoma House of Representatives
The Oklahoma House of Representatives meets in the State Capitol of Oklahoma
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives meets in the State Capitol of Oklahoma

The Oklahoma House of Representatives is the larger body of the two houses of the Oklahoma Legislature, the other being the Oklahoma Senate. Originally, each county in Oklahoma was represented in the House proportional to its population, but after a court case in the early 1960's, the state has been divided into 101 House districts of equal population. Representatives serve two-year terms and each House member represents approximately 35,000 constituents. The presiding officer of the House is known as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 214 KB)Oklahoma state capitol Caption: oklahoma capitol by newspaper: This is a short series of pics I took of the Oklahoma state capitol Source: Stock. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 214 KB)Oklahoma state capitol Caption: oklahoma capitol by newspaper: This is a short series of pics I took of the Oklahoma state capitol Source: Stock. ... The Oklahoma Senate meets in the State Capitol of Oklahoma The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses, the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives, of the Legislature of Oklahoma. ... List of Oklahoma counties and county seats: Adair County : Stilwell Alfalfa County : Cherokee Atoka County : Atoka Beaver County : Beaver Beckham County : Sayre Blaine County : Watonga Bryan County : Durant Caddo County : Anadarko Canadian County : El Reno Carter County : Ardmore Cherokee County : Tahlequah Choctaw County : Hugo Cimarron County : Boise City Cleveland County... In mathematics, two quantities are called proportional if they vary in such a way that one of the quantities is a constant multiple of the other, or equivalently if they have a constant ratio. ... The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (ie: the House of Commons or House of Representatives). ...


The House meets in session at the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City, from early February to the last Friday in May. Special sessions may be called by the Governor, or by supermajority vote of the Legislature.

Contents


Qualifications

Topics in Oklahoma government
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Flag
Oklahoma Constitution
State Government:
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
Federal Government:

In order to file for election to the House of Representatives, candidates must be twenty-one years of age at the time of their election. The candidate must also be a qualified elector in their respective counties or districts and shall reside in their respective counties or districts during their term of office. Regardless of qualifications meet, no person shall is eligible to serve as a member of the Legislature who is an officer of the United States or State government. Also, any person who has been adjudged guilty of a felony is not eligible to election to the Legislature. If a member of the Legislature expelled for corruption, they shall not be eligible to regain their membership in the Legislature. Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma The Constitution of the State of Oklahoma is the governing document of the state of Oklahoma, superseded only by the Federal Constitution. ... The State Capitol of Oklahoma From The South The Legislature of the State of Oklahoma is the biennial meeting of the legislative branch of the Government of Oklahoma. ... The Oklahoma Senate meets in the State Capitol of Oklahoma The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses, the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives, of the Legislature of Oklahoma. ... This is a list of Governors of Oklahoma: Charles N. Haskell Democratic 1907-1911 Lee Cruce Democratic 1911-1915 R. L. Williams Democratic 1915-1919 James B. A. Robertson Democratic 1919-1923 John C. Walton Democratic 1923-1923 Martin E. Trapp Democratic 1923-1927 Henry S. Johnston Democratic 1927-1929... Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma Mary Fallin, the 13th and current Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma is the second-highest executive official of the state government of Oklahoma. ... Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma Susan Savage, the 29th and current Secretary of State of Oklahoma The Secretary of State of Oklahoma is Oklahoma’s chief elections officer and the only appointed core member of the executive branch of the Oklahoma state government. ... Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma Drew Edmondson, the 16th and current Attorney General of Oklahoma The Attorney General of Oklahoma is the chief legal and law enforcement officer of the State of Oklahoma. ... Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma Scott Meacham, the 17th and current State Treasurer of Oklahoma The State Treasurer of Oklahoma is the chief custodian of Oklahoma’s cash deposits, monies from bond sales, and other securities and collateral and directs the investments of those assets. ... The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is one of the highest judicial body in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and leads the judicial branch of the Oklahoma state government. ... Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma The Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary is one of the two independent courts in the Oklahoma judiciary and has exclusive jurisdiction over hearing cases involving the removal of any judge of any court, excluding the Oklahoma Supreme Court, exercising judicial power under the... The U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1789 by a constitutional convention, sets down the basic framework of American government in its seven articles. ... Oklahoma was admitted to the Union on November 16, 1907. ... James Mountain Inhofe, usually known as Jim Inhofe (born November 17, 1934) is an American politician from Oklahoma. ... Thomas Allen Coburn, M.D. (March 14, 1948) is a medical doctor and U.S. Senator from the state of Oklahoma. ... These are tables of congressional delegations from Oklahoma to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. ... John A. Sullivan (born January 1, 1965) is an American politician. ... Dan Boren (August 2, 1973 - ) is a Democratic U.S. politician from the state of Oklahoma. ... Frank D. Lucas (b. ... Rep. ... Rep. ...


Any member of the Legislature who is elected to office after the effective date of this amendment shall be eligible to serve no more than 12 years in the Oklahoma State Legislature. Years in Legislative office need not be consecutive and years of service in both the Senate and the House of Representatives shall be added together and included in determining the total number of Legislative years in office. The years served by any member elected or appointed to serve less than a full Legislative term to fill a vacancy in office shall not be included in the 12-year limitation set forth herein; but no member who has completed 12 years in office shall thereafter be eligible to serve a partial term.


Membership

Representation

(The following is no longer correct, after a voting rights case in the 1960's threw this method out as being unconstitutional.)


Representation in the House is determined by taking the total population of the state, according to the most recent Federal Decennial Census, and that number is divided by one hundred, with the quotient equaling one ratio. Counties having a population less than one full ratio shall be assigned one Representative; every county containing an entire ratio but less than two ratios shall be assigned two Representatives; every county containing a population of two entire ratios but less than three ratios shall be assigned three Representatives; and every county containing a population of three entire ratios but less than four ratios shall be assigned four Representatives. After the first four Representatives, a county shall qualify for additional representation on the basis of two whole ratios of population for each additional Representative.


Current Composition

Affiliation Members
Republican Party 57
Democratic Party 44
Seat Vacant 0
 Total 101
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This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...

Leadership

Majority Leadership

  • Speaker of the House: Todd Hiett
  • Speaker Pro Tempore: Susan Winchester
  • Majority Floor Leader: Daniel Sullivan
  • Assistant Majority Floor Leaders: Mark Liotta, Tad Jones, Jim Newport, Curt Roggow, John Smaligo, and John Trebilcock
  • Majority Whips: Don Armes, Gus Blackwell, Dale DeWitt, and Pam Peterson
  • Majority Caucus Chairman: Thad Balkman
  • Majority Caucus Vice Chairman: Fred Perry
  • Majority Caucus Secretary: Ron Peterson

The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ...

Minority Leadership

  • Democratic Leader: Jari Askins
  • Democratic Floor Leader: Opio Toure
  • Deputy Democratic Floor Leaders: David Braddock and Dale Turner
  • Assistant Democratic Floor Leaders: James Covey, Darrell Gilbert, Ray Miller, Joe Dorman, Terry Harrison, Wes Hilliard, and Ben Sherrer
  • Democratic Whip: Joe Sweeden
  • Democratic Caucus Chairman: Danny Morgan
  • Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman: Terry Harrison
  • Democratic Caucus Secretary: Neil Brannon

Members

Name District Party
Jerry Ellis 1 D
Glen Bud Smithson 2 D
Neil Brannon 3 D
Mike Brown 4 D
Doug Cox 5 R
Joe Eddins 6 D
Larry Glenn 7 D
Ben Sherrer 8 D
Tad Jones 9 R
Steve Martin 10 R
Mike Wilt 11 R
Wade Rousselot 12 D
Jerry McPeak 13 D
Barbara Staggs 14 D
Ray Miller 15 D
Jerry Shoemake 16 D
Mike Mass 17 D
Terry Harrison 18 D
R. C. Pruett 19 D
Paul D. Roan 20 D
John Carey 21 D
Wes Hilliard 22 D
Sue Tibbs 23 R
Dale Turner 24 D
Bob Plunk 25 D
Kris Steele 26 R
Shane Jett 27 R
Ryan Kiesel 28 D
Todd Hiett 29 R
Brian Bingman 30 R
Dale DePue 31 R
Danny Morgan 32 D
Lee Denney 33 R
Terry Ingmire 34 R
Rex Duncan 35 R
Joe Sweeden 36 D
Jim Newport 37 R
Dale DeWitt 38 R
Marian Cooksey 39 R
Mike Jackson 40 R
Curt Roggow 41 R
Lisa J. Billy 42 R
Ray Young 43 R
Bill Nations 44 D
Thad Balkman 45 R
Doug Miller 46 R
Susan Winchester 47 R
Greg Piatt 48 R
Terry Hyman 49 D
Jari Askins 50 D
Ray McCarter 51 D
David Braddock 52 D
Randy Terrill 53 R
Paul Wesselhoft 54 R
Ryan McMullen 55 D
Phil Richardson 56 R
James Covey 57 D
Jeffrey W. Hickman 58 R
Rob Johnson 59 R
Purcy D. Walker 60 D
Gus Blackwell 61 R
Abe Deutschendorf 62 D
Don Armes 63 R
Ann Coody 64 R
Joe Dorman 65 D
Lucky Lamons 66 D
Pam Peterson 67 R
Chris Benge 68 R
Fred Perry 69 R
Ron Peters 70 R
Daniel Sullivan 71 R
Darrell Gilbert 72 D
Jabar Shumate 73 D
John Smaligo 74 R
Dennis Adkins 75 R
John Wright 76 R
Mark Liotta 77 R
Jeannie McDaniel 78 D
Chris Hastings 79 R
Ron Peterson 80 R
Ken Miller 81 R
Guy Liebmann 82 R
Fred Morgan 83 R
Sally Kern 84 R
Odilia dank 85 R
John Auffet 86 D
Trebor Worthen 87 R
Debbie Blackburn 88 D
Rebecca Hamilton 89 D
John Nance 90 R
Mike Reynolds 91 R
Richard Morrissette 92 D
Al Lindley 93 D
Kevin Calve 94 R
Bill Case 95 R
Lance Cargill 96 R
Mike Shelton 97 D
John Trebilcock 98 R
Opio Toure 99 D
Mike Thompson 100 R
Gary Banz 101 R

Committees

The Oklahoma House has twenty-five standing committees:

  • Aerospace and Technology
  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Appropriations and Budget
  • Banking and Finance
  • Business and Economic Development
  • Career and Technology Education
  • Commerce, Industry and Labor
  • Common Education
  • Corrections and Criminal Justice
  • County and Municipal Government
  • Energy and Utility Regulation
  • Environment and Natural Resources
  • Government Reform, Agency Oversight and Administrative Rules
  • Health and Human Services
  • High Education
  • Insurance
  • Judiciary
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security
  • Retirement Laws
  • Revenue and Taxation
  • Rules
  • Tourism and Recreation
  • Transportation
  • Veterans and Military Affairs
  • Wildlife

See also

Legislatures in the United States
United States Congress: United States House of Representatives • United States Senate
State Legislatures: Alabama • Alaska (H, S) • Arizona (H, S) • Arkansas (H, S) • California (A, S) • Colorado • Connecticut (H, S) • Delaware (H, S) • Florida (H, S) • Georgia (H, S) • Hawaii (H, S) • Idaho • Illinois (H, S) • Indiana (H, S) • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky (H, S) • Louisiana • Maine (H, S) • Maryland (H, S) • Massachusetts (H, S) • Michigan (H, S) • Minnesota (H, S) • Mississippi (H, S) • Missouri (H, S) • Montana (H, S) • Nebraska • Nevada (A, S) • New Hampshire • New Jersey (GA, S) • New Mexico (H, S) • New York (A, S) • North Carolina • North Dakota (H, S) • Ohio (H, S) • Oklahoma (H, S) • Oregon • Pennsylvania (H, S) • Rhode Island (H, S) • South Carolina (H, S) • South Dakota • Tennessee (H, S) • Texas • Utah • Vermont (H) (S) • Virginia (H, S) • Washington • West Virginia (H, S) • Wisconsin (A, S) • Wyoming
Territorial Legislatures:  American Samoa (H, S) • District of Columbia • Guam • Northern Mariana Islands • Puerto Rico (H, S) • U.S. Virgin Islands
Local governments

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Dan Boren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (240 words)
Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Boren received a B.S. from Texas Christian University in 1997, and a MBA from the University of Oklahoma in 2000.
Boren served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004.
In the 2004 elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, Boren ran as the Democratic candidate for Oklahoma's second congressional district, succeeding Rep. Brad Carson, who was retiring for an unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate.
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