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.[1] It was the first time, Republicans took control of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[2] In 1920, Bessie McColgin, a Republican, became the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[3] Lamar Looney, Oklahoma's first female state senator and a Democrat, was also elected in 1920.[4]

8th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate:	Martin Trapp (D)
President Pro Tem of the Senate:	T. C. Simpson (D)
Speaker of the House:	George B. Schwabe (R)
Composition:	Senate 27   17   House 73   36

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

• Regular session: January 4-April 2, 1921
• Special session: April 25-May 21, 1921

Previous: 7th Legislature • Next: 9th Legislature

Major events

• Republicans held the majority of seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives for the first time in state history, allowing them to select the chamber's leaders.[2]
• The first female state legislators in Oklahoma served in the 1921 session.[3]
• The Republican-dominated House brought impeachment charges against Lieutenant Governor Martin Trapp and narrowly failed to approve impeachment charges against both the state treasurer and Oklahoma Governor James Roberts. The Democratic-dominated Senate did not sustain the impeachment charges against Trapp.[5]

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
	27	17	44
Voting share	61.4%	38.6%

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Republican	Democratic
	73	36	109
Voting share	67%	33%

Leadership

T. C. Simpson of Thomas, Oklahoma, served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate in 1921.[6] George B. Schwabe was Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]

Members

Senate

State Senator William J. Holloway would go on to become an Oklahoma governor.

District	Name	Party
Lt Gov	Martin E. Trapp	Dem
1	M. W. Pugh	Dem
2	C. B. Leedy	Rep
2	James Spurlock	Dem
3	William Briggs	Rep
4	Mrs. Lamar Looney	Dem
5	Harry Cordell	Dem
6	James Land	Rep
6	T. C. Simpson	Dem
7	Joe Sherman	Rep
8	Harry Glasser	Rep
9	W. T. Clark	Rep
10	Roy Harvey	Rep
11	M. F. Ingraham	Rep
12	John Golobie	Rep
13	Charles Wells	Rep
13	M. W. Lynch	Rep
14	T. F. Hensley	Dem
14	Ross Lillard	Dem
15	C. A. Dearmon	Dem
15	L. L. West	Dem
16	H. Brown	Rep
17	L. A. Morton	Dem
17	Jed Johnson	Dem
18	James Draughon	Dem
18	John Carlock	Dem
19	W. R. Wallace	Dem
19	W. H. Woods	Dem
20	C. E. McPherren	Dem
20	W. Cartwright	Dem
21	J. E. Fleming	Dem
22	Tom Anglin	Dem
23	Luther Harrison	Dem
24	William J. Holloway	Dem
25	E. P. Hill	Dem
26	Joe Ratliff	Dem
27	Clark Nichols	Dem
27	S. M. Rutherford	Dem
28	E. M. Frye	Rep
29	Pete Coyne	Dem
30	Horace Durant	Rep
31	R. L. Davidson	Dem
32	Glen Horner	Rep
33	E. E. Woods	Rep
34	J. Corbett Cornett	Rep

• Table based on state almanac.[6]

House of Representatives

George B. Schwabe was Oklahoma's first Republican Speaker of the House.

Name	Party	County
W. A. Scofield	Rep	Adair
Leslie Salter	Rep	Alfalfa
F. C. Johnson	Dem	Atoka
J. W. Steffen	Rep	Beaver, Harper
W. A. Hornbeck	Dem	Beckham
L. A. Everhart	Rep	Blaine
Porter Newman	Dem	Bryan
J. B. Smith	Dem	Bryan
T. F. Cummings	Rep	Caddo
T. C. Ottinger	Rep	Caddo
J. L. Trevathan Thompson	Rep	Canadian
D. S. Hoover	Dem	Carter
Bruce Keenan	Rep	Cherokee
D. A. Stovall	Dem	Choctaw
John Q. Denny	Rep	Cimarron, Texas
Ralph Hardie	Rep	Cleveland
Austin Rice	Rep	Coal
Thornton Clark	Rep	Comanche
Leroy Elmore	Dem	Cotton
P. Z. Newman	Rep	Craig
Eli Admire	Rep	Creek
W. D. Crane	Rep	Custer
James Butler	Rep	Delaware
Otto Smith	Rep	Dewey
G. E. Davison	Rep	Ellis
J. B. Campbell	Rep	Garfield
L. G. Gossett	Rep	Garfield
J. S. Garrison	Dem	Garvin
A. L. Davis	Dem	Grady
M. B. Louthan	Dem	Grady
T. E. Beck	Rep	Grant
Horace Simpson	Dem	Greer
L. A. Pearson	Dem	Harmon
John Ogle	Rep	Haskell
Ben F. Harrison	Dem	Hughes
Edwin Dabney	Dem	Jackson
J. M Roberson	Dem	Jefferson
Hugh Jones	Dem	Johnston
F. A. Heberling	Rep	Kay
W. P. Kimerer	Rep	Kingfisher
S. D. Bailey	Rep	Kiowa
George Mitchell	Rep	Kiowa
Arthur Smallwood	Rep	Latimer
Sam Neely	Dem	LeFlore
J. T. White	Rep	LeFlore
B. Taylor	Rep	Lincoln
M. M. Watson	Rep	Lincoln
William Dodd	Rep	Logan
E. G. Sharp	Rep	Logan
J. C. Graham	Dem	Love
Roy Harp	Rep	Major
Marvin Shilling	Dem	Marshall
Will Crockett	Rep	Mayes
Murray Gibbons	Dem	McClain
James Dyer Jr.	Dem	McCurtain
Charles Whitaker	Dem	McIntosh
Jess Pullen	Dem	Murray
Wesley E. Disney	Dem	Muskogee
Perry Miller	Dem	Muskogee
J. F. Strayhorn	Dem	Muskogee
H. E. Keim	Rep	Noble
George B. Schwabe	Rep	Nowata
T. W. Harman	Rep	Okfuskee
Thomas Gorman	Dem	Oklahoma
I. L. Harris	Rep	Oklahoma
John Jerkins	Dem	Oklahoma
W. W. Robertson	Dem	Oklahoma
Clarence Tylee	Rep	Okmulgee
L. A. Wismeyer	Rep	Osage
James Miller	Rep	Ottawa
W. S. Caldwell	Rep	Pawnee
Charles Platt	Rep	Payne
Charles Brice	Dem	Pittsburg
R. H. Matthews	Rep	Pittsburg
W. O. Pratt	Dem	Pittsburg
C. A. Knight	Dem	Pontotoc
W. S. Pendleton	Dem	Pottawatomie
Victor Locke Jr.	Rep	Pushmataha
Bessie McColgin	Rep	Roger Mills
Harry Jennings	Rep	Rogers
D. O. Jennings	Rep	Seminole
R. A. Balance	Rep	Sequoyah
James C. Nance	Dem	Stephens
H. R. King	Dem	Tillman
Bailey Bell	Rep	Tulsa
Remington Rogers	Rep	Tulsa
W. T. Drake	Rep	Wagoner
A. E. Craver	Rep	Washington
W. T. Graves	Dem	Washita
E. A. Herod	Rep	Woods
Jerry Coover	Rep	Woodward

• Table based on government database.[7]

References

1. A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 20, 2013)
2. Hannemann, Carolyn G. Schwabe, George Blaine (1886-1952) Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. (accessed April 29, 2013)
3. Pappas, Christine. McColgin, Amelia Elizabeth Simison (1875-1972 Archived 2014-12-07 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture] (accessed May 9, 2013)
4. Pappas, Christine. Looney, Lamar (1871-1935), Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 9, 2013)
5. O'Dell, Larry. Robertson, James Brooks Ayers (1871-1938) Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine (accessed May 11, 2013)
6. Oklahoma Almanac, 2005, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 1, 2013)
7. Historic Members Archived 2013-06-22 at WebCite, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 21, 2013)

External links

• Oklahoma Legislature
• Oklahoma House of Representatives
• Oklahoma Senate