4th Oklahoma Legislature

The Fourth 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 the India White Temple in Oklahoma City, in regular session from January 7 to March 17, 1913, and in special session from March 18 to July 5, 1913, during the term of Governor Lee Cruce.
The 1913 session was marked by the passage of a municipal Sunday closing law, which was favored by Cruce. Lieutenant Governor James Jackson McAlester served as the President of the Senate and C.B. Kendrick served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. J. Harvey Maxey Jr. served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Dates of sessions

Regular session: January 7-March 17, 1913
Special session: March 18-July 5, 1913

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Major legislation

Sundays - Governor Lee Cruce supported municipal Sunday closing laws and the 1913 state legislature passed House Bill 50, which prohibited a number of Sunday activities.

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor James Jackson McAlester served as the President of the Senate, which gave him a tie-breaking vote and allowed him to serve as a presiding officer. C.B. Kendrick 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

J. Harvey Maxey Jr. of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1913 and Charles B. Emanuel served as Speaker Pro Tempore.

Members

Senate

District	Name	Party
Lt-Gov	J. J. McAlester	Dem
1	George Aycock	Dem
2	E. L. Mitchell	Dem
2	R. E. Echols	Dem
3	William Briggs	Rep
4	J. L. Carpenter	Dem
5	Guy Horton	Dem
6	James Austin	Dem
6	J. V. McClintic	Dem
7	J. W. McCully	Rep
8	Eugene Watrous	Rep
9	William Dutton	Rep
9	J. E. Curran	Rep
10	George Waters	Dem
11	Joseph Jones	Rep
12	John H. Burford	Rep
13	Charles F. Barrett	Dem
13	C. L. Edmonson	Dem
14	Tom McMechan	Dem
14	Ben Wilson	Dem
15	George Barefoot	Dem
15	John Pugh	Dem
16	E. J. Warner	Rep
17	F. W. Anderson	Dem
17	Elmer Thomas	Dem
18	C. B. Kendrick	Dem
18	Ben Franklin	Dem
19	J. T. McIntosh	Dem
19	Fred Tucker	Dem
20	Joseph Bryan Thompson	Dem
20	Thomas F. Memminger	Dem
21	Edwin Sorrells	Dem
22	C. W. Board	Dem
23	Reuben Roddie	Dem
24	W. C. McAlister	Dem
25	William Redwine	Rep
26	C. C. Shaw	Dem
27	Sid Garrett	Dem
27	Campbell Russell	Dem
28	M. S. Blassingame	Dem
29	E. C. Harlan	Dem
30	George W. Fields Jr.	Dem
31	A. F. Vandeventer	Dem
32	James H. Sutherlin	Rep
33	Gid Graham	Dem

Table based on state almanac.

House of Representatives

Table based on government database.