Richard Billups

Richard Billups was an American politician who served as a Democratic Party member of the Oklahoma Senate representing the 6th district from 1907 to 1910.

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He is remembered for chairing the 1st Oklahoma Legislature Senate Prohibition Committee and pushing through "Billups Booze Bill," a bill to prohibit the manufacture, transportation, and possession of liquor. William H. Murray pushed for the inclusion of an exception for medical and scientific purposes. He ran for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 1914.