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6th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate:	Martin Trapp (D)
President Pro Tem of the Senate:	C. W. Board (D)
Speaker of the House:	Paul Nesbitt (D)
Composition:	Senate 38   5   1 House 83   26

The Sixth 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 2 to March 16, 1917, during the third year of the term of Governor Robert L. Williams.

Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp served as the President of the Senate and C. W. Board served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Paul Nesbitt served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

• Regular session: January 2-March 16, 1917

Previous: 5th Legislature • Next: 7th Legislature

Major legislation

• Senate Bill 55 prohibited alcohol and made the penalty $500 and six months imprisonment. After it was enacted, the bill was challenged because it failed to exempt liquor distribution for sacramental use in churches and the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on May 21, 1918, that the sacramental use of liquor would be exempt. A December ruling said individuals could possess liquor as long as it was not received form a common carrier.

Party composition

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor Martin E. Trapp served as the President of the Senate, which gave him a tie-breaking vote and allowed him to serve as a presiding officer. C.W. Board was elected by state senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the primary presiding officer of the Oklahoma Senate.

House

Paul Nesbitt of McAlester, Oklahoma, served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Tom L. Waldrep of Shawnee, Oklahoma, served as Speaker Pro Tempore.

Members

Senate

• Table based on state almanac and list of all senators.

House of Representatives

• Table based on government database.

References

1. ^ A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 20, 2013)
2. ^ Cunningham, Tobie. BONE-DRY Law, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. (accessed July 27, 2013)
3. ^ Oklahoma Almanac, 2005 Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 1, 2013)
4. All Senate List Archived 2013-03-28 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed on June 28, 2013).
5. Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 23, 2013)

External links

• Oklahoma Legislature
• Oklahoma House of Representatives
• Oklahoma Senate

• Oklahoma legislative sessions
• 1917 in Oklahoma
• 1918 in Oklahoma
• 1917 U.S. legislative sessions
• 1918 U.S. legislative sessions