46th Oklahoma Legislature

The Forty-sixth 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 7, 1997, to January 5, 1999, during the second two years of the first term of Governor Frank Keating.

46th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate:	Mary Fallin (R)
President Pro Tem of the Senate:	Stratton Taylor (D)
Speaker of the House:	Lloyd Benson (D)
Term:	January 7, 1997–January 5, 1999
Composition:	Senate 29   19   House 59   42

Dates of sessions

• Organizational day: January 7, 1997
• First session: February–May 1997
• Second session: February–May 1998

Previous: 45th Legislature • Next: 47th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
	29	19	48
Voting share	60.4%	39.6%

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
	59	42	101
Voting share	58.4%	41.6%

Major legislation

1998

• Tax cut - The state legislature passed the first cut in the state’s income tax in 50 years. It was combined with reductions in the sales tax, estate tax, and unemployment tax.

Leadership

Senate

• President Pro Tem of the Senate: Stratton Taylor

Democratic

• Speaker: Lloyd Benson
• Speaker Pro Tempore: Larry Adair

Republican

• Minority leader: Larry Ferguson

Members

Senate

District	Name	Party	Towns Represented
Lt-Gov	Mary Fallin	Rep	President of Senate
1	Rick Littlefield	Dem	Miami, Grove, Jay
2	Stratton Taylor	Dem	Claremore, Pryor
3	Herb Rozell	Dem	Tahlequah, Stillwell
4	Larry Dickerson	Dem	Sallisaw, Poteau
5	Jeff Rabon	Dem	Atoka, Hugo
6	Billy Mickle	Dem	Durant
7	Gene Stipe	Dem	McAlester, Wilburton
8	Frank Shurden	Dem	Okmulgee, Henryetta
9	Ben Robinson	Dem	Muskogee, Ft. Gibson
10	J. Berry Harrison	Dem	Pawhuska, Fairfax
11	Maxine Cissel-Horner	Dem	Tulsa
12	Ted Fisher	Dem	Sapulpa, Bristow
13	Dick Wilkerson	Dem	Ada, Atwood
14	Darryl Roberts	Dem	Ardmore
15	Trish Weedn	Dem	Norman, Purcell
16	Cal Hobson	Dem	Norman, Purcell, Lexington
17	Brad Henry	Dem	Shawnee
18	Kevin Easley	Dem	Wagoner, Tulsa
19	Robert Milacek	Rep	Enid
20	Paul Muegge	Rep	Ponca City, Tonkawa
21	Mike Morgan	Dem	Stillwater
22	Bill Gustafson	Rep	El Reno, Kingfisher
23	Bruce Price	Rep	Chickasha, Hinton
24	Carol Martin	Rep	Lawton
26	Gilmer Capps	Dem	Elk City, Sayre, Mangum
29	Jim Dunlap	Rep	Bartlesville
30	Glenn Coffee	Rep	Oklahoma City
31	Sam Helton	Rep	Lawton, Duncan
32	Jim Maddox	Dem	Lawton
33	Penny Williams	Dem	Tulsa
34	Grover Campbell	Rep	Owasso, Tulsa
35	James Williamson	Rep	Tulsa
37	Lewis Long Jr.	Dem	Tulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby, Glenpool
38	Robert M. Kerr	Dem	Altus, Weatherford
39	Jerry Smith	Rep	Tulsa
40	Brooks Douglass	Rep	Oklahoma City
41	Mark Snyder	Rep	Edmond
42	Dave Herbert	Dem	Midwest City
43	Ben Brown	Dem	Oklahoma City
44	Keith Leftwich	Dem	Oklahoma City
45	Kathleen Wilcoxson	Rep	Oklahoma City, Moore
46	Bernest Cain	Dem	Oklahoma City
47	Mike Fair	Rep	Edmond, Oklahoma City
48	Angela Monson	Dem	Oklahoma City
49	Owen Laughlin	Rep
50	Enoch Kelly Haney	Dem	Seminole
51	Charles Ford	Rep	Tulsa
52	Howard Hendrick	Rep	Bethany, Oklahoma City
54	Gerald Wright	Rep	Oklahoma City

• Table based on list of state senators. Districts 25, 27, 28, 36, and 53 did not exist in 1997.[1]

House of Representatives

Name	District	Party	Counties in District
Terry Matlock	1	Dem	LeFlore, McCurtain
J. T. Stites	2	Dem	Sequoyah
Kenneth Corn	3	Dem	LeFlore
Bob Culver	4	Dem	Cherokee, Sequoyah
Joe Hutchinson	5	Dem	Craig, Delaware, Mayes
Joe Eddins	6	Dem	Craig, Mayes, Rogers
Larry Roberts	7	Dem	Ottawa
Larry Rice	8	Dem	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner
Tad Jones	9	Rep	Rogers
Gary Taylor	10	Dem	Nowata, Osage, Washington
Mike Wilt	11	Rep	Osage, Washington
Jerry Hefner	12	Dem	Muskogee, Wagoner
Bill Settle	13	Dem	Muskogee, Wagoner
Barbara Staggs	14	Dem	Muskogee
Bobby Frame	15	Dem	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah
M. C. Leist	16	Dem	Muskogee, Okmulgee
Mike Mass	17	Dem	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg
Lloyd Fields	18	Dem	Pittsburg
Randall Erwin	19	Dem	Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha
Tommy Thomas	20	Dem	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston
James Dunegan	21	Dem	Bryan
Danny Hilliard	22	Dem	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc
Betty Boyd	23	Dem	Rogers, Tulsa
Dale Turner	24	Dem	Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
Bob Plunk	25	Dem	Pontotoc
Bob Weaver	26	Dem	Pottawatomie
Dale Smith	27	Dem	Cleveland, Lincoln, Pottawatomie
Mike Ervin	28	Dem	Okfuskee, Pottawatomie, Seminole
Todd Hiett	29	Rep	Creek, Tulsa
Mike Tyler	30	Rep	Creek, Tulsa
Frank Davis	31	Rep	Logan, Oklahoma
Don Kinnamon	32	Dem	Creek, Lincoln
Dale Wells	33	Dem	Logan, Payne
Terry Ingmire	34	Rep	Payne
Larry Ferguson	35	Rep	Noble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Tulsa
Joe Sweeden	36	Dem	Osage, Tulsa
Jim Newport	37	Dem	Kay, Osage
Jim Reese	38	Rep	Alfalfa, Grant, Kay
Wayne Pettigrew	39	Rep	Canadian, Kingfisher, Oklahoma
John Sellers	40	Dem	Garfield
Curt Roggow	41	Rep	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan
Bill Mitchell	42	Dem	Garvin, Grady, McClain
Tony Kouba	43	Rep	Canadian, Oklahoma
Bill Nations	44	Dem	Cleveland
Wallace Collins	45	Dem	Cleveland
Doug Miller	46	Rep	Cleveland, McClain
Susan Winchester	47	Rep	Canadian
Greg Piatt	48	Rep	Carter, Garvin, Murray
Fred Stanley	49	Dem	Carter, Love, Marshall
Jari Askins	50	Dem	Stephens
Ray McCarter	51	Dem	Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens
David Braddock	52	Dem	Harmon, Jackson
Carolyn Coleman	53	Rep	Cleveland
Joan Greenwood	54	Rep	Cleveland
Jack Bonny	55	Dem	Caddo, Canadian, Kiowa, Washita
Ron Langmacher	56	Dem	Caddo, Canadian, Grady
James Covey	57	Dem	Blaine, Custer, Dewey
Elmer Maddux	58	Rep	Major, Woods, Woodward
Clay Pope	59	Dem	Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher, Roger Mills, Woodward
Randy Beutler	60	Dem	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills
Jack Begley	61	Dem	Beaver, Cimarron, Harper, Texas, Woodward
Abe Deutschendorf	62	Dem	Comanche
Lloyd Benson	63	Dem	Comanche, Tillman
Ron Kirby	64	Dem	Comanche
Jim Glover	65	Dem	Comanche, Grady
Russ Roach	66	Dem	Tulsa
Hopper Smith	67	Rep	Tulsa
Chris Benge	68	Rep	Tulsa
Fred Perry	69	Rep	Tulsa
John Bryant	70	Rep	Tulsa
John Sullivan	71	Rep	Tulsa
Darrell Gilbert	72	Dem	Tulsa
Don Ross	73	Dem	Osage, Tulsa
Phil Ostrander	74	Dem	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa
Mike Thornbrugh	75	Rep	Tulsa, Wagoner
John Wright	76	Rep	Tulsa, Wagoner
Mark Liotta	77	Rep	Tulsa
Mary Easley	78	Dem	Tulsa
Chris Hastings	79	Rep	Tulsa
Scott Adkins	80	Rep	Tulsa
Ray Vaughn	81	Rep	Oklahoma
Leonard Sullivan	82	Rep	Oklahoma
Fred Morgan	83	Rep	Oklahoma
Bill Graves	84	Rep	Oklahoma
Odilia Dank	85	Rep	Oklahoma
Larry Adair	86	Dem	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes
Robert Worthen	87	Rep	Oklahoma
Debbie Blackburn	88	Dem	Oklahoma
Charles Gray	89	Dem	Oklahoma
John Nance	90	Rep	Oklahoma
Dan Webb	91	Rep	Oklahoma
Bill Paulk	92	Dem	Oklahoma
Al Lindley	93	Dem	Oklahoma
Kevin Calvey	94	Rep	Oklahoma
Bill Case	95	Rep	Oklahoma
Mark Seikel	96	Rep	Oklahoma
Kevin Cox	97	Dem	Oklahoma
Tim Pope	98	Rep	Canadian, Cleveland
Opio Toure	99	Dem	Oklahoma
Richard Phillips	100	Rep	Oklahoma
Forrest Claunch	101	Rep	Oklahoma

• Table based on government database.[2]

References

1. All Senate List Archived 2013-06-30 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 24, 2013)
2. Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 25, 2013)