Jeff W. Hickman (born November 28, 1973) is an American politician in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He is a former

Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Oklahoma Legislature, the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The speaker exercises administrative and procedural functions, but remains a ...

, as of February 3, 2017. Hickman entered office in 2004 as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing a Northwest Oklahoma district. He served as Speaker Pro Tempore from 2011 to 2012. He lost a previous bid to become Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives to

T.W. Shannon Tahrohon Wayne Shannon (born February 24, 1978) is an American banker and politician who served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for the 62nd district from 2007 to 2015. In a ceremony on January 8, 2013, Shannon took the oat ...

.McNutt, Michael
House Republicans make their choice for next Oklahoma House speaker
''The Oklahoman'' October 18, 2011 (accessed March 29, 2013)

Early life and family

Jeff Hickman was born in

Alva, Oklahoma Alva is a city in and the county seat of Woods County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 4,945 at the 2010 census. Northwestern Oklahoma State University is located in Alva. History Alva was estab ...

on November 28, 1973, to Steve and Cathy (Leamon) Hickman. He was raised in and around

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and Dacoma.Official Biography on Oklahoma House of Representatives Website
(accessed March 29, 2013) A graduate of the

University of Oklahoma , mottoeng = "For the benefit of the Citizen and the State" , type = Public research university , established = , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.7billion (2021) , pr ...

, Hickman worked as the press secretary of the president of the University of Oklahoma.

Political career

Swearing in of Oklahoma Speaker Jeff Hickman

Hickman began his political career when he was first elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives on November 2, 2004. He became

Speaker Pro Tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...

of the Oklahoma House of Representatives on January 4, 2011. Because Speaker

Kris Steele Kris Steele (born July 11, 1973) is a United States politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who served as state representative. Steele served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the Speaker of the House, a position he took over after ...

was term limited, Republican members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives had to elect new leadership. Hickman ran for Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, but was not selected to serve. As a regular member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2013, Hickman is the author of major education reform legislation. Hickman is term limited in the Oklahoma Legislature in 2016. Hickman was named a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow.

District

House District 58 represents Alfalfa, Grant, Major, Woods, and Woodward counties.

Election history

References

1973 births Living people Republican Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives People from Alfalfa County, Oklahoma People from Alva, Oklahoma People from Woods County, Oklahoma 21st-century American legislators Speakers of the Oklahoma House of Representatives 21st-century Oklahoma politicians {{Oklahoma-politician-stub