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{{Short description|Term of state legislature in Oklahoma, US}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name              = 5th Oklahoma Legislature 
| coa_pic           = File:Flag of Oklahoma (1911–1925).svg
| leader1_type      = [[Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma|President of the Senate]]:
| leader1           = [[Martin E. Trapp]] ([[Oklahoma Democratic Party|D]])
| leader2_type      = [[President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate|President Pro Tem of the Senate]]:
| leader2           = E. L. Mitchell ([[Oklahoma Democratic Party|D]])
| leader3_type      = [[Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]]:
| leader3           = A. A. McCrory ([[Oklahoma Democratic Party|D]])
| leader4_type      = Composition:
| leader4           = [[Oklahoma Senate|Senate]]<br> 37 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 6 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} 1<br>[[Oklahoma House of Representatives|House]]<br> 73 {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} 18 {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} 6
}}
The '''Fifth Oklahoma Legislature''' was a meeting of the [[Oklahoma Legislature|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 5 to March 23, 1915, and in special session from January 17 to February 22, 1916, during the first two years of the term of Governor [[Robert L. Williams]].<ref name="remember">[http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf A Century to Remember] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910204833/http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf |date=September 10, 2012 }}, Okhouse.gov. (accessed June 20, 2013)</ref> The legislature included six [[Socialist Party (United States)|Socialists]], who only served for a single term.<ref name="remember"/> The only bill sponsored by a Socialist that became Oklahoma law involved hunting.<ref name="remember"/> The 1916 special session was called after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Oklahoma's Jim Crow law.<ref name="remember"/>

Lieutenant Governor [[Martin E. Trapp]] served as the President of the Senate and E. L. Mitchell served as the [[President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate]]. A. A. McCrory served as [[Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives]].

==Dates of sessions==
*Regular session: January 5-March 23, 1915
*Special session: January 17-February 22, 1916
Previous: [[4th Oklahoma Legislature|4th Legislature]] • Next: [[6th Oklahoma Legislature|6th Legislature]]

==Party composition==

===Senate===
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
!rowspan=3|Affiliation
!colspan=3|Party <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div>
!rowspan=3|Total
|-style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party (United States)}}" |
|-
![[Oklahoma Democratic Party|Democratic]]
![[Oklahoma Republican Party|Republican]]
![[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]]
|-
|colspan=5|
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|
|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 37
|{{party shading/Republican}}| 6
|{{party shading/Socialist}} | 1
! 44
|-
!Voting share
!{{party shading/Democratic}}|84.1%<!--37/44-->
!{{party shading/Republican}}|13.6%<!--6/44-->
!{{party shading/Socialist}} |2.3%<!--1/44-->
!colspan=3|
|}

===House of Representatives===
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
!rowspan=3|Affiliation
!colspan=3|Party <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div>
!rowspan=3|Total
|-style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party (United States)}}" |
|-
![[Oklahoma Democratic Party|Democratic]]
![[Oklahoma Republican Party|Republican]]
![[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]]
|-
|colspan=5|
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|
|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 73
|{{party shading/Republican}}| 18
|{{party shading/Socialist}} | 6
! 97
|-
!Voting share
!{{party shading/Democratic}}|75.3%<!--73/97-->
!{{party shading/Republican}}|18.5%<!--18/97-->
!{{party shading/Socialist}} |6.2%<!--6/97-->
!colspan=3|
|}

==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. E. L. Mitchell was elected by state senators to serve as the [[President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate]], the primary presiding officer of the [[Oklahoma Senate]].<ref name="alm">[http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf Oklahoma Almanac, 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218215829/http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf |date=2006-02-18 }}, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 1, 2013)</ref>

===House===
A. A. McCrory of [[Ringling, Oklahoma]], served as [[Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives]] and [[William A. Durant]] served as Speaker Pro Tempore.<ref name="remember"/>

==Members==
<!-- Commented out: [[File:Martin Trapp.jpg|thumb|right|Martin Edwin Trapp served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, making him President of the Senate.]] -->

===Senate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! District !! Name !! Party
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Lt-Gov || [[Martin E. Trapp]] || [[United States Democratic Party|Dem]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1 || W. J. Risen || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|2 || E. L. Mitchell || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Socialist}}
|2 || [[G. E. Wilson]] || [[Socialist Party of America|Soc]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|3 || W. M. Bickel || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|4 || J. L. Carpenter || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|5 || Harry Cordell || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|6 || James Austin || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|6 || O. J. Logan || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|7 || A. C. Beeman || [[United States Republican Party|Rep]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|8 || Eugene Watrous || Rep
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|9 || William Cline || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|9 || J. E. Curran || Rep
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|10 || George Waters || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|11 || Clarence Davis || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|12 || [[John H. Burford]] || Rep
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|13 || [[Charles F. Barrett]] || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|13 || C. L. Edmonson || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|14 || Tom McMechan || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|14 || [[Benjamin Franklin Wilson (politician)|Ben Wilson]] || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|15 || Thomas O'Neill || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|15 || John Pugh || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|16 || S. W. Hogan|| Rep
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|17 || Frank Beauman || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|17 || [[Elmer Thomas]] || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|18 || R. A. Keller || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|18 || Fred Tucker || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|19 || Joe Edwards || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|19 || Ben Franklin || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|20 || J. T. McIntosh || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|20 || John Hickman || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|21 || M. M. Ryan|| Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|22 || C. W. Board || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|23 || R. H. Chase || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|24 || W. C. McAlister || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|25 || W. V. Buckner || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|26 || C. C. Shaw || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|27 || T. H. Davidson || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|27 || [[Campbell Russell]] || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|28 || M. S. Blassingame || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|29 || O. W. Killam || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|30 || George W. Fields Jr. || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|31 || R. L. Davidson || Dem
|- {{Party shading/Republican}} 
|32 || Jason Sutherlin || Rep
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|33 || W. A. Chase || Dem
|}
*Table based on state almanac.<ref name="alm"/>

===House of Representatives===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! Party !! County
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Thomas J. Welch || [[United States Democratic Party|Dem]] || Adair
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|J. C. Smith || [[United States Republican Party|Rep]] || Alfalfa
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|James Thurmond || Dem || Atoka
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Howard Drake || Rep || Beaver, Harper
|- {{Party shading/Socialist}}
|[[Thomas Henry McLemore|Thomas McLemore]] || [[Socialist Party of America|Soc]] || Beckham
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|L. A. Everhart || Rep || Blaine
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[William A. Durant]] || Dem || Bryan
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|G. A. Ramsey || Dem || Bryan
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Joseph Baker || Dem || Caddo
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Frank Carpenter || Dem || Caddo
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|T. F. Hensley || Dem || Canadian
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Kelly Brown || Dem || Carter
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J. D. Cox || Dem || Cherokee
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W. L. Garner || Dem || Choctaw
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Thomas W. Hunter || Dem || Choctaw
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Charles Williams || Dem || Cimarron, Texas
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|H. O. Miller || Dem || Cleveland
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Wilburn Cartwright]] || Dem || Coal
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Lewis Hunter || Dem || Comanche, Cotton
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|William Powell || Dem || Comanche, Cotton
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Bryant Cash || Dem || Craig
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|William J. Ladd || Rep || Creek
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|John Simpson || Dem || Custer
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Lee Howe || Dem || Delaware
|- {{Party shading/Socialist}}
|[[David C. Kirkpatrick]] || [[Socialist Party of America|Soc]] || Dewey
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|C. H. Holmes || Rep || Ellis
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Charles C. Childers]] || Dem || Garfield
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Marvin McCord || Rep || Garfield
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|L. B. Abney || Dem || Garvin
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Cicero Murray || Dem || Garvin
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|L. N. Barbee || Dem || Grady
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Bert Jackson || Dem || Grady
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J. E. Lemon || Dem || Grant 
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J. O. McCollister || Dem || Greer
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|H. Treadway || Dem || Harmon
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|A. H. Huggins || Dem || Haskell
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Ben F. Harrison || Dem || Hughes
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R. J. Morgan || Dem || Jackson
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|A. A. McCrory || Dem || Jefferson
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J. J. Clark || Dem || Johnston
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Henry Headley || Rep || Kay
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|C. L. Pinkham || Dem || Kay
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|J. A. Marsh || Rep || Kingfisher
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R. R. Fitzgerald || Dem || Kiowa
|- {{Party shading/Socialist}}
|[[N. D. Pritchett]] || [[Socialist Party of America|Soc]] || Kiowa
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Cliff Peery || Dem || Latimer
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|G. L. Council || Dem || LeFlore
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|T. G. McMahan || Dem || LeFlore
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Ed Keegan || Rep || Lincoln
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Jake Zabloudil || Rep || Lincoln
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|O. B. Acton || Rep || Logan
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Amos Ewing || Rep || Logan
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Asa Walden || Dem || Love
|- {{Party shading/Socialist}}
|[[Charles Henry Ingham]] || [[Socialist Party of America|Soc]] || Major
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|O. G. Rollins || Dem || Marshall
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Johnson Crawford || Dem || Mayes
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|E. E. Glasco || Dem || McClain
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Tom G. Taylor || Dem || McCurtain
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W. M. Duffy || Dem || McIntosh
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|George Pullen || Democrat || Murray
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R. L. Disney || Dem || Muskogee
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Napoleon Bonaparte Maxey]] || Dem || Muskogee
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|E. T. Testerman || Rep || Noble
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Eldon Sams || Rep || Nowata
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W. N. Berry || Dem || Okfuskee
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Joseph Dickerson]] || Rep || Oklahoma
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Jesse Norton || Rep || Oklahoma
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R. L. Peebly || Dem || Oklahoma
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|John H. Wright || Dem || Oklahoma
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|James Young || Dem || Oklahoma
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|S. L. Johnson || Dem || Okmulgee
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Louis Bryant || Dem || Osage
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|James Moore || Dem || Ottawa
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|G. W. Goodwin || Rep || Pawnee
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J. L. McKeown || Dem || Payne
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Tom Haile || Dem || Pittsburg
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Paul Nesbitt]] || Dem || Pittsburg
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|T. G. Wilkes || Dem || Pittsburg
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Sam Hargis || Dem || Pontotoc
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|W. K. Dunn || Dem || Pottawatomie
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|R. R. Hendon || Dem || Pottawatomie
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Tom Waldrep || Dem || Pottawatomie
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J. H. Reigner || Dem || Pushmataha
|- {{Party shading/Socialist}}
|[[Sydney W. Hill]] || [[Socialist Party of America|Soc]] || Roger Mills
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|A. E. Ball || Dem || Rogers
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Luther Harrison || Dem || Seminole
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|J. N. Davis || Dem || Sequoyah
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Henry Sitton || Dem || Stephens
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|A. North || Dem || Tillman
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Washington E. Hudson]] || Dem || Tulsa
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|James Sykes || Dem || Tulsa
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|William E. Long || Dem || Wagoner
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|M. W. Bovee || Dem || Washington
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|C. C. Hill || Dem || Washita
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|W. H. Olmstead || Rep || Woods
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|E. O. McCance || Dem || Woodward
|}
*Table based on government database.<ref>[http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Historic.aspx Historic Members] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711202342/http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Historic.aspx |date=2013-07-11 }}, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 23, 2013)</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130630115905/https://lsb.state.ok.us/ Oklahoma Legislature]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130622043630/http://www.okhouse.gov/ Oklahoma House of Representatives]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130709122943/http://www.oksenate.gov/ Oklahoma Senate]

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