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9th Oklahoma Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate:	Martin Trapp (D)
President Pro Tem of the Senate:	Tom Anglin (D)
Speaker of the House:	Murray Gibbons (D)
Composition:	Senate 32   12   House 93   14

The Ninth 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 31, 1923, during the short term of Governor Jack C. Walton, and in two special sessions after his impeachment.

Tom Anglin served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Murray Gibbons served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

• Regular session: January 2-March 31, 1923
• First special session: October 11, 1923 – January 14, 1924
• Second special session: January 15, 1924 – March 15, 1924

Previous: 8th Legislature • Next: 10th Legislature

Major events

• The state legislature successfully impeached Governor Jack C. Walton, who was suspended on October 23, 1923, and convicted and removed from office of November 19, 1923. Lieutenant Governor Martin Trapp became acting governor upon his suspension and the sixth Governor of Oklahoma upon his conviction.
• Soon after taking office, Trapp called the Oklahoma Legislature into special session to investigate state officials and agencies.

Party composition

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Lieutenant Governor Martin Trapp served as President of the Senate until the suspension of the governor on October 23, 1923, and his conviction on November 19, 1923. Tom Anglin served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Murray Gibbons was Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

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. ^ O'Dell, Larry. WALTON, JOHN CALLOWAY (1881-1949) Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine. (accessed July 2, 2013)
3. Biographical Note Martin Trapp Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (accessed July 14, 2013)
4. ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 1, 2013)
5. All Senate List Archived 2013-03-28 at the Wayback Machine, Okhouse.gov (accessed on June 28, 2013).
6. 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
• 1923 in Oklahoma
• 1924 in Oklahoma
• 1923 U.S. legislative sessions
• 1924 U.S. legislative sessions