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LRL Home - Legislators and Leaders - Political party statistics - Political affiliation, 45th Legislature

Party affiliation - 45th Legislature

Totals based on membership as of first day of the regular session, January 12, 1937

House of Representatives

Democrats in the House of Representatives[ 147 of 148 99%]
W. Herbert Adkins Robert H. Alexander Lon E. Alsup Alvin Eden Amos Henry Cecil Baker Harold Bates Lindley Garrison Beckworth John Junior Bell Dallas A. Blankenship Paul Carl Boethel Bowlen Bond Max Wayne Boyer Bryan Bradbury Clyde Bradford William Wade Bridgers Albert Sidney Broadfoot Henry Turner Brown Grover Cleveland Burton Alvah Penn Cagle Robert P. Callan Robert Wilburn Calvert William Benton Carssow Benjamin Franklin Cathey Augustine Celaya Epp Jackson Cleveland Rawlins Murrell Colquitt J.C. Davis Minet M. Davis Howard C. Davison George Allen Davisson	Travis Bunyan Dean Albert Deglandon Albert Leldon Derden Prentis Edward Dickison John Terhune Dollins Byron England Clarence Edwin Farmer Fred Cumming Felty Virgil A. Fielden Wilson Harold Fox Robert A. Fuchs Merritt Hamilton Gibson Harry Newton Graves Edgar Bert Hamilton Harold Monroe Hankamer Sam C. Hanna Thurman Ellis Harbin Ross Hardin George Henry Harper Eugene Flowers Harrell Cloris Leo Harris Dave M. Harris Fred R. Harris Howard Gallemore Hartzog James McDonald Heflin Gus Herzik Arthur Lawson Holland Conde Raguet Hoskins George Francis Howard Earl Huddleston	Henry Anton Hull Tom Bullock Hyder Harvey Paul Jackson Jesse James B.T. Johnson Leland Monte Johnson Herman Jones Raglin Jones Samuel Aubrey Jones Joseph Arthur Keith Jules Julian Kelt Lee Miller Kenyon Troy Edward Kern Delmar Lee King Fred Edward Knetsch Jack M. Langdon Louis Lankford Royston Conrad Lanning Robert Milner Leath Boniface Juvenal Leyendecker George H. Little Edgar Loggins Marvin Flynt London Jap Lucas Frank E. Mann Fred Mauritz Abe Mulkey Mays, Sr. Joseph Carroll McConnell Oscar Augustus McCracken William Thomas McDonald	Charles Milford McFarland Harry Lee McKee Andrew Todd McKinney, Jr. Penrose Blakely Metcalfe George Clarence Moffett Joseph Robert Monkhouse George C. Morris Robert Emmett Morse George Mayo Newton Carl Edmund Nicholson Joseph Jackson Oliver Gaston Palmer John Bicknell Patterson Tolbert Patterson Stanford S. Payne Alfred P.C. Petsch Walter Elmer Pope Robert Alfred Powell Ross Knight Prescott Benjamin Edmund Quinn Bailey Bertrawn Ragsdale Robert Lee Reader Jasper Newton Reed William Otey Reed Cecil Taylor Rhodes Arthur Columbus Riddle Alfred Weldon Roark Tipton Smith Ross John Keough Russell Charles Dominic Rutta	Helmuth H. Schuenemann John Doyle Settle William Noll W. Sewell Benjamin Homer Sharpe Harvey Shell James Marshall Simpson A.G. Skaggs Howard Sterling Smith Lonnie Hodges Smith Paris Smith Coke Robert Stevenson Jefferson Davis Stinson Clarence LaFayette Stocks Eugene Talbert Arthur Bosworth Tarwater Roy Irving Tennant Charles Higgens Tennyson Homer Thornberry Eli Henry Thornton Arnold J. Vale James H. Waggoner Albert Green Walker Odis Allan Weldon Mainor Nelson Westbrook Joseph Edwin Winfree Robert H. Wood Eugene Worley

Other parties in the House of Representatives[ 1 of 148 1%]
Homer LaKirby Leonard

Senate

Democrats in the Senate[ 31 of 31 100%]
A.M. Aikin, Jr. E. Harold Beck Houghton Brownlee Gordon Milton Burns Wilbourne Bailey Collie Clay Cotten Ephraim McDaniel Davis	James Manley Head Joe Lafayette Hill Thomas Jefferson Holbrook Claude M. Isbell Vernon Lemens Weaver Moore James Emery Neal	Garrett Hobert Nelson William Rowland Newton Benjamin Grady Oneal William Dent Pace Frank Hill Rawlings John Sayers Redditt Morris Roberts	Allan Shivers Charles Clinton Small J. Franklin Spears Albert Stone Louis J. Sulak Olan Rogers Van Zandt Rudolph Adolph Weinert	Claud Caldwell Westerfeld Henry Logan Winfield Grady Woodruff

Districts represented by more than one person
H District 12	Samuel Aubrey Jones	Democrat	01/12/1937 - 12/02/1937
H District 12	Ottis Elmer Lock	Democrat	07/23/1938 - 01/10/1939	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 25	Charles Dominic Rutta	Democrat	01/12/1937 - 12/01/1937
H District 25	Marvin Sowel Sprain	Democrat	07/23/1938 - 01/10/1939	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 49	Tom Bullock Hyder	Democrat	01/12/1937 - 02/01/1938
H District 49	Joe Henry Skiles	Democrat	07/28/1938 - 01/10/1939	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 65	Jesse James	Democrat	01/12/1937 - 09/01/1937
H District 65	Henry Grady Lehman	Democrat	09/27/1937 - 01/10/1939	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 78-1	Oscar Augustus McCracken	Democrat	01/12/1937 - 06/25/1937
H District 78-1	Preston Louis Anderson	Democrat	09/27/1937 - 01/10/1939	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 83	Harry Newton Graves	Democrat	01/12/1937 - 10/28/1937
H District 83	Robert Gottfried Stoll	Democrat	07/23/1938 - 01/10/1939	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 87	Stanford S. Payne	Democrat	01/12/1937 - 01/12/1937
H District 87	Albert Russell Cauthorn	Democrat	02/10/1937 - 01/10/1939	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 112	Albert Green Walker	Democrat	01/12/1937 - 06/28/1937
H District 112	Raymond Ruskin Donaghey	Democrat	09/27/1937 - 01/10/1939	Not included in the statistics above.
S District 13	William Rowland Newton	Democrat	01/12/1937 - 05/21/1938
S District 13	Doss Hardin	Democrat	07/23/1938 - 09/13/1940	Not included in the statistics above.

Members not listed above
H District 76	Walter E. Jones	Democrat	01/14/1937 - 01/10/1939	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 55	Edgar S. Keefe	Democrat	01/18/1937 - 01/10/1939	Not included in the statistics above.