45th Oklahoma Legislature

45th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate:	Mary Fallin (R)
President Pro Tem of the Senate:	Stratton Taylor (D)
Speaker of the House:	Glen D. Johnson, Jr. (D)
Term:	January 3, 1995–January 7, 1997
Composition:	Senate 31      17      House 60      41

The Forty-fifth 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 3, 1995, to January 7, 1997, during the first two years of the first term of Governor Frank Keating. During the first session in 1995, the state legislature passed the first welfare reform law in the nation.^[1][2]

Dates of sessions

• Organizational day: January 3, 1995
• First session: February 4-May 26, 1995
• Second session: February 5-June 31, 1996

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Party composition

Major legislation

Leadership

Members

Senate

A portrait of Stratton Taylor is on display at the Oklahoma State Capitol.

District	Name	Party	Towns Represented
Lt-Gov	Mary Fallin	Rep	President of Senate
1	Rick Littlefield	Dem	Grove, Jay, Miami
2	Stratton Taylor	Dem	Claremore, Pryor
3	Herb Rozell	Dem	Tahlequah, Stillwell
4	Larry Dickerson	Dem	Sallisaw, Poteau
5	Jack Bell	Dem	Atoka, Hugo
6	Billy Mickle	Dem	Durant
7	Gene Stipe	Dem	McAlester, Wilburton
8	Frank Shurden	Dem	Henryetta, Okmulgee
9	Ben Robinson	Dem	Muskogee, Ft. Gibson
10	J. Berry Harrison	Dem	Fairfax, Pawhuska
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	Ed Long	Dem	Enid
20	Paul Muegge	Rep	Ponca City, Tonkawa
21	Bernice Shedrick	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	Jerry Pierce	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	Bixby, Glenpool, Sand Springs, Tulsa
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	Helen Cole	Rep	Oklahoma City, Moore
46	Bernest Cain	Dem	Oklahoma City
47	Mike Fair	Rep	Edmond, Oklahoma City
48	Angela Monson	Dem	Oklahoma City
49	Don Williams	Dem	Oklahoma City
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 all state senators and years served. Senate districts 25, 27, 28, 36, and 53 did not exist in 1995.^[5]

See also

• Oklahoma state elections, 1994

References