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49th Oklahoma Legislature
The Forty-ninth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the Oklahoma Legislature, legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Oklahoma Senate, Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives, House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 7, 2003 to January 4, 2005, during the first two years of the first term of Governor Brad Henry. It was marked by the passage of a ballot proposal, the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act. Dates of sessions *Organizational day: January 7, 2003Publications – Senate Journals (accessed May 28, 2013) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant Governor Of Oklahoma
The lieutenant governor of Oklahoma is the second-highest executive official of the state government of Oklahoma. As first in the gubernatorial line of succession, the lieutenant governor becomes the new governor of Oklahoma upon the death, resignation, or removal of the governor. The lieutenant governor also serves as the president of the Oklahoma Senate, and may cast a vote to break ties in that chamber. The office of the lieutenant governor was created upon the adoption of the state constitution in 1907 and was preceded by a Secretary of Oklahoma Territory office. The 17th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma is Republican Matt Pinnell. His first term began on January 14, 2019. History Although there was no lieutenant governor in Oklahoma Territory prior to the creation of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, a territorial secretary served as the immediate successor to the governorship of Oklahoma Territory if the position became vacant. Two territorial secretaries succeeded territ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cal Hobson
Calvin Jackson Hobson III is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma Senate. He was the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate from 2003 to 2005. Early life, family, and education Hobson was born on March 30, 1945, in Tucson, Arizona as the eldest son of Wardena and Calvin Jackson Hobson II, his parents having met while attending the University of Oklahoma. Hobson's father served in the United States Army Air Corps training pilots during World War II. Returning to Oklahoma, the Hobson family settled on a family farm in Wayne, OK where his father entered the oil and gas industry. The family later moved to Lexington, OK where Hobson graduated high school. Cal Hobson graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree. He later went on to study political science in graduate school at the University of Oklahoma. He married Mary E. Jernigan and together they had one son, Jack. Military career Upon graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Stipe
Eugene Edward "Gene" Stipe (October 21, 1926 – July 21, 2012) was an American politician from Oklahoma who holds the record as the longest serving member of the Oklahoma Senate. His influence in the state senate earned him the nickname "the Prince of Darkness," and he had a reputation for filibustering. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and career Gene Stipe was born in Blanco, Oklahoma, the son of Jacob Irvin Stipe, a farmer and coal miner, and Eva Lou Stipe. He served in the United States Navy in the mid-1940s and became an ensign. In July 1946, he was an apprentice seaman aboard the destroyer USS Blue (DD-744) on a post World War II deployment. Oklahoma House of Representatives In 1948, Stipe was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives at the age of 21, and served as Assistant Floor Leader from 1949 to 1953.Stipe holds the record as being the longest serving elected official in Oklahoma history. He graduated from University of Oklahoma College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Paul Gumm
Jay Paul Gumm (born November 29, 1963) is an American economic development professional from Bryan County, Oklahoma who served eight years as a member of the Oklahoma State Senate. Education Born in Durant, Oklahoma, Gumm received his bachelor's degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was a realtor and consultant. Prior to being elected to the Oklahoma Senate, Gumm was executive director of the Durant Area Chamber of Commerce. Political career Gumm served as a Democratic member of the Oklahoma Senate representing District 6 (which includes all of Bryan, Johnston and Marshall counties and parts of Atoka and Coal Counties) from 2002 through 2010. In 2010, Gumm was defeated in a re-election bid to Josh Brecheen. Later career Gumm left Oklahoma to work as executive director of the Stone County Economic Development Partnership in Stone County, Mississippi Stone County is a county located in the U.S. sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Corn
Kenneth Corn (born October 8, 1976) is a former member of the Oklahoma Senate, representing an electoral district that includes Sequoyah and LeFlore counties. He served as caucus chair for the Democratic caucus in the Oklahoma Senate. He previously served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002 and served as the Democratic caucus secretary. He ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma losing to Republican Todd Lamb on November 2, 2010. He served as City Manager of Anadarko, Oklahoma, from 2015 to 2022 when he accepted an appointment to serve as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) State Director for Rural Development in Oklahoma by President Joe Biden. Early life Corn was born October 8, 1976, to Elester and Katy Corn in Poteau, Oklahoma. A Howe High School graduate, he earned his bachelor of arts in 2005 from the University of Oklahoma. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Rozell
Herbert J. Rozell (born November 30, 1931) is an American former politician in the state of Oklahoma. He was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate, where he served from 1977 to 2005, representing District 3. After leaving the senate, because of a term limitation law passed in 1990, he was appointed to the Oklahoma State Board of Education by Governor Brad Henry, serving until 2011, when he resigned, giving multiple reasons. Biography Rozell was born in 1931 in Welling, Oklahoma. His parents were Horace Berry and Myrtle Lee (Knight) Rozell."Senate Resolution 63, 2nd Session of the 49th Legislature (2004)." Oklahoma State Senate. June 12, 2015. Accessed July 6, 2018. He attended [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratton Taylor
Stratton Taylor (born 1956) is an American attorney and was the longest-serving President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Elected as President pro tempore on a unanimous, bipartisan vote in 1995, he served eight years. He is the founding member of the law firm Taylor, Burrage, Singhal, Mallett and Downs. Early life and education Taylor was born in 1956, the son of Owen and Velma Taylor.StrattonTaylor.com (accessed May 30, 2013) He was the only student in his 17-member Alluwe High School class to graduate from college. Oklahoma Senate (accessed May 30, 2013) He began his college education at Claremore Junior College, now |
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is a Centre-left politics, center-left political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Major party, major parties of the U.S., it was founded in 1828, making it the world's oldest active political party. Its main rival since the 1850s has been the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, and the two have since dominated American politics. The Democratic Party was founded in 1828 from remnants of the Democratic-Republican Party. Senator Martin Van Buren played the central role in building the coalition of state organizations which formed the new party as a vehicle to help elect Andrew Jackson as president that year. It initially supported Jacksonian democracy, agrarianism, and Manifest destiny, geographical expansionism, while opposing Bank War, a national bank and high Tariff, tariffs. Democrats won six of the eight presidential elections from 1828 to 1856, losing twice to the Whig Party (United States) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Littlefield
Rick Littlefield (born July 27, 1952) is an American politician. He was born to Jarvis and JoAnn Littlefield (née Bilbo), on July 27, 1952. A native of Vinita, Oklahoma, Littlefield attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and the Oklahoma Police Academy. He was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives from district 5, and served from 1983 to 1991. He was a member of the Oklahoma Senate The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma, the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The total number of senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution.Delaware County in November 2011, following the resignation of Jay Blackfox. References |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a Right-wing politics, right-wing political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Two-party system, two major parties, it emerged as the main rival of the then-dominant Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the 1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics since then. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists opposing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery in the United States, slavery into U.S. territories. It rapidly gained support in the Northern United States, North, drawing in former Whig Party (United States), Whigs and Free Soil Party, Free Soilers. Abraham Lincoln's 1860 United States presidential election, election in 1860 led to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the American Civil War. Under Lincoln and a Republican-controlled Congress, the party led efforts to preserve th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Hiett
Todd Hiett (born 1967) is an American rancher and politician who has served on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission since 2015. A rancher from Kellyville, Oklahoma, Hiett was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1994 and served until term limited in 2006. He was elected the Republican minority leader in 2002 and became Speaker of the House in 2005 when Republicans won control of the chamber. Hiett was the first Republican to hold that position in over eight decades. In 2006, he launched a campaign to succeed Mary Fallin as the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma. Hiett lost the 2006 race to the Democratic nominee Jari Askins. In 2014, Hiett was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and he was reelected in 2020. In April 2019 his fellow commissioners elected him chairman of the commission. He resigned the chairmanship in August 2024. Education and family Todd Hiett graduated from Oklahoma State University. He is married with three children and lives on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Hilliard
Danny Hilliard (born February 4, 1957) is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1990 to 2004. Biography Danny Hilliard was born on February 4, 1957, in Sulphur, Oklahoma. He graduated from the College of Mortuary Science in Dallas, Texas, and from East Central University in 2000. From 1990 to 2004, he represented the 22nd district of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In 2004, he was appointed as a vice president at the University of Oklahoma. In 2015, he was appointed as the Chickasaw Nation The Chickasaw Nation () is a federally recognized Indigenous nation with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States. The Chickasaw Nation descends from an Indigenous population historically located in the southeastern United States, in ...'s vice president of corporate development. In 2021, he was named the Chickasaw Nation's president of corporate development. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hilliard, Danny 1957 births 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
