The Twentieth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the

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of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Oklahoma Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The state legislature met in regular session from January 2 to April 26, 1945,A Century to Remember

Oklahoma House of Representatives
(accessed June 18, 2013) during the term of Governor

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. Although the session began with John Davis Hill as

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, he was replaced with H.I. Hinds in February. Homer Paul served as

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Dates of session

*Session: January 2, 1945 – April 26, 1945 Previous: 19th Legislature • Next: 21st Legislature

Leadership and staff

Homer Paul served as

.2005 Oklahoma Almanac
p. 760, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed June 28, 2013) John Davis Hill of

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was selected as

with the support of Governor

. In February 1945, he was replaced by session, he was replaced by H. I. Hinds of

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, for the remainder of the 1945 session. H. R. Christopher served as the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Party composition

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

*Table based on Oklahoma Almanac.

House of Representatives

*Table based on government database.Historic Members
, Okhouse.gov (accessed July 9, 2013).

References

{{Oklahoma Legislatures Oklahoma legislative sessions 1945 in Oklahoma 1946 in Oklahoma 1945 U.S. legislative sessions 1946 U.S. legislative sessions