This engraving depicts the Golden Age of the Senate in the Old Senate Chamber, site of many of the institution's most memorable events. Here, Henry Clay, "the Great Compromiser," introduces the Compromise of 1850 in his last significant act as a senator. In a desperate attempt to prevent war from erupting, the "Great Triumvirate," of Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, and Clay of Kentucky struggled to balance the interests of the North, South, and West. This image shows all three men, with Clay at center stage, presenting his compromise to the Senate.Today, The United States Senate, A.D. 1850, is recognized as one of the finest examples of 19th century American engraving. Originally published in limited numbers, the engraving remains a popular and very collectable work.


US Senators and US House Represenatives
Representing Oklahoma

Senator Thomas Pryor Gore

University of Oklahoma Library

Was blind-but excelled as a Senator
1907-1921; 1931-1937
Senator Robert Latham Owen

Source of image unknown
Died in Washington D.C., buried
in his home state.
Represenative Bird Segle McGuire

Image courtesy of Western History
Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries
Represenative Elmer L. Fulton  

Image courtesy of Western History
Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries
 
Represenative James S. Davenport 
 
 
Image, Members of the House of
Representatives, 62nd
Represenative Charles D. Carter
  
 
Image courtesy of Western History Collections,
University of Oklahoma Libraries
Represenative Scott Ferris
 
Image courtesy of Western History Collections,
University of Oklahoma Libraries
Senators of Oklahoma Biographies
Represenatives of Oklahoma Biographies (coming soon)

1st Congress Session
1st: March 4, 1789 – September 29, 1789
2nd: January 4, 1790 – August 12, 1790
3rd: December 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791

Oklahoma was not represenated as it was not a state yet.


Federal Hall, site of the first two sessions of the 1st Congress (1789)

2nd Congress Session

1st: October 24, 1791 – May 8, 1792
2nd: November 5, 1792 – March 2, 1793 (
lame duck)
Special: March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1791

Oklahoma was not represenated as it was not a state yet.

3rd Session
1st: December 2, 1793 – June 9, 1794
2nd: November 3, 1794 – March 3, 1795
4th Session
1st: December 7, 1795 – June 1, 1796
2nd: December 5, 1796 – March 3, 1797
5th Session
1st: May 15, 1797 – July 10, 1797
2nd: November 13, 1797 – July 16, 1798
3rd: December 3, 1798 – March 3, 1799
6th Session
December 2, 1799 – May 14, 1800 (Philadelphia)
November 17, 1800 – March 3, 1801 Washington, D.C.a lame duck session
7th Session
1st: December 7, 1801 – May 3, 1802
2nd: December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803
Special: March 4, 1801 – March 5, 1801
8th Session
1st: October 17, 1803 – March 27, 1804
2nd: November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805
9th Session
1st: December 2, 1805 – April 21, 1806
2nd: December 1, 1806 – March 4, 1807
10th Session
1st: October 26, 1807 – April 25, 1808
2nd: November 7, 1808 – March 3, 1809
11th Session
1st: May 22, 1809 – June 28, 1809
2nd: November 27, 1809 – May 1, 1810
3rd: December 3, 1810 – March 3, 1811
12th Session
1st: November 4, 1811 – July 6, 1812
2nd: November 2, 1812 – March 3, 1813
13th Session
1st: May 24, 1813 – August 2, 1813
2nd: December 6, 1813 – April 18, 1814
3rd: September 19, 1814 – March 3, 1815
14th Session
1st: December 4, 1815 – April 30, 1816
2nd: December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817
15th Session
1st: December 1, 1817 – April 20, 1818
2nd: November 16, 1818 – March 3, 1819
Special: March 4, 1817 – March 6, 1817
16th Session
1st: December 6, 1819 – May 15, 1820
2nd: November 13, 1820 – March 3, 1821
17th Session
1st: December 3, 1821 – May 8, 1822
2nd: December 2, 1822 – March 3, 1823
18th Session
1st: December 1, 1823 – May 27, 1824
2nd: December 6, 1824 – March 3, 1825
19th Session
1st: December 5, 1825 – May 22, 1826
2nd: December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1827
Special: March 4, 1825 – March 9, 1825
20th Session
1st: December 3, 1827 – May 26, 1828
2nd: December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829
21st Session
1st: December 7, 1829 – May 31, 1830
2nd: December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1831
22th Session
1st: December 5, 1831 – July 16, 1832
2nd: December 3, 1832 – March 2, 1833
23rd Session
1st: December 2, 1833 – June 30, 1834
2nd: December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1835
24th Session
1st session: December 7, 1835 - July 4, 1836
2nd session: December 5, 1836 - March 3, 1837
25th Session
1st: September 4, 1837 – October 16, 1837
2nd: December 4, 1837 – July 9, 1838
3rd: December 3, 1838 – March 3, 1839
26th Session
1st: December 2, 1839 – July 21, 1840
2nd: December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1841
27th Session
1st: May 31, 1841 – September 13, 1841
2nd: December 6, 1841 – August 31, 1842
3rd: December 5, 1842 – March 3, 1843
Special: March 4, 1841 – March 15, 1841
28th Session
1st: December 4, 1843 – June 17, 1844
2nd: December 2, 1844 – March 3, 1845
29th Session
1st: December 1, 1845 – August 10, 1846
2nd: December 7, 1846 – March 3, 1847
30th Session
1st: December 6, 1847 – August 14, 1848
2nd: December 4, 1848 – March 3, 1849
31st Session
1st: December 3, 1849 – September 30, 1850
2nd: December 2, 1850 – March 3, 1851
32nd Session
1st: December 1, 1851 – August 31, 1852
2nd: December 6, 1852 – March 3, 1853
33rd Session
1st: December 5, 1853 – August 7, 1854
2nd: December 4, 1854 – March 3, 1855
Special: March 4, 1853 – April 11, 1853
34th Session
1st: December 3, 1855 – August 18, 1856
2nd: August 21, 1856 – August 30, 1856
3rd: December 1, 1856 – March 3, 1857
35th Session
1st: December 7, 1857 – June 14, 1858
2nd: December 6, 1858 – March 3, 1859
36th Session
1st: December 5, 1859 – June 26, 1860
2nd: December 3, 1860 – March 3, 1861
37th Session
1st: July 4, 1861 – August 6, 1861
2nd: December 2, 1861 – July 17, 1862
3rd: December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1863
Special: March 4, 1861 – March 28, 1861
38th Session
1st: December 7, 1863 – July 4, 1864
2nd: December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865
Special: March 4, 1863 – March 14, 1863
39th Session
1st: December 4, 1865 – July 28, 1866
2nd: December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867
40th Session
1st: March 4, 1867 – December 1, 1867
2nd: December 2, 1867 – November 10, 1868
3rd: December 7, 1868 – March 3, 1869
41st Session
1st: March 4, 1869 – April 10, 1869
2nd: December 6, 1869 – July 15, 1870
3rd: December 5, 1870 – March 3, 1871
42nd Session
1st: March 4, 1871 – April 20, 1871
2nd: December 4, 1871 – June 10, 1872
3rd: December 2, 1872 – March 3, 1873
43rd Session
1st: December 1, 1873 – June 23, 1874
2nd: December 7, 1874 – March 3, 1875
Special: March 4, 1873 – March 26, 1873
44th Session
1st: December 6, 1875 – August 15, 1876
2nd: December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1877
45th Session
1st: October 15, 1877 – December 3, 1877
2nd: December 3, 1877 – June 20, 1878
3rd: December 2, 1878 – March 3, 1879
Special: March 5, 1877 – March 17, 1877
46th Session
1st: March 18, 1879 – July 1, 1879
2nd: December 1, 1879 – June 16, 1880
3rd: December 6, 1880 – March 3, 1881
47th Session
1st: December 5, 1881 – August 8, 1882
2nd: December 4, 1882 – March 3, 1883
Special: March 4, 1881 – May 20, 1881
Special: October 10, 1881 – October 29, 1881
48th Session
1st: December 3, 1883 – July 7, 1884
2nd: December 1, 1884 – March 3, 1885
49th Session
1st: December 7, 1885 – August 5, 1886
2nd: December 6, 1886 – March 3, 1887
50th Session
1st: December 7, 1887 – October 20, 1888
2nd: December 3, 1888 – March 3, 1889
51st Session
1st: December 2, 1889 – October 1, 1890
2nd: December 1, 1890 – March 3, 1891
Special: March 4, 1889 – April 2, 1889
May 2, 1890 — Oklahoma Territory was organized.
52nd Session
1st: December 7, 1891 – August 5, 1892
2nd: December 5, 1892 – March 3, 1893
53rd Session
1st: August 7, 1893 – November 3, 1893
2nd: December 4, 1893 – August 28, 1894
3rd: December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1895
54th Session
1st: December 2, 1895 – June 11, 1896
2nd: December 7, 1896 – March 3, 1897
55th Session
1st: March 15, 1897 – July 24, 1897
2nd: December 6, 1897 – July 8, 1898
3rd: December 5, 1898 – March 3, 1899
56th Session
1st: December 4, 1899 – June 7, 1900
2nd: December 3, 1900 – March 3, 1901
57th Session
1st: December 2, 1901 – July 1, 1902
2nd: December 1, 1902 – March 3, 1903
Special: March 4, 1901 – March 9, 1901
58th Session
1st: November 9, 1903 – December 7, 1903
2nd: December 7, 1903 – April 28, 1904
3rd: December 5, 1904 – March 3, 1905
59th Session
1st: December 4, 1905 – June 30, 1905
2nd: December 3, 1906 – March 3, 1907
60th Session
1st: December 2, 1907 – May 30, 1908
2nd: December 7, 1908 – March 3, 1909

Senators
Thomas P. Gore (D 
Robert L. Owen (D),

Represenatives
Bird Segle McGuire (R)
Elmer L. Fulton (D)
James S. Davenport (D)
Charles D. Carter (D)
Scott Ferris (D)

 

61st Session
1st: March 15, 1909 – August 5, 1909
2nd: December 6, 1909 – June 25, 1910
3rd: December 5, 1910 – March 3, 1911
Special: March 4, 1909 – March 6, 1909

Senators
Thomas P. Gore (D),
Robert L. Owen (D), 

Represenatives
Bird Segle McGuire (R)
Dick Thompson Morgan (R)
Charles E. Creager (R)
Charles D. Carter (D)
Scott Ferris (D)

62nd Session
1st: April 4, 1911 – August 22, 1911
2nd: December 4, 1911 – August 26, 1912
3rd: December 2, 1912 – March 3, 1913

Senators
Thomas P. Gore (D),
Robert L. Owen (D), 

Represenatives
Bird Segle McGuire (Rep.)
Dick Thompson Morgan (Rep.)
James S. Davenport (Dem.)
Charles D. Carter (Dem.)
Scott Ferris (Dem.)
63rd Session
1st: April 7, 1913 – December 1, 1913
2nd: December 1, 1913 – October 24, 1914
3rd: December 7, 1914 – March 3, 1915

Senators
Thomas P. Gore (D),
Robert L. Owen (D), 

Represenatives
Bird Segle McGuire (Rep.)
Dick Thompson Morgan (Rep.)
James S. Davenport (Dem.)
Charles D. Carter (Dem.)
Scott Ferris (Dem.)
A/L: William H. Murray (Dem.)
A/L: Joseph Bryan Thompson (Dem.) A/L:Claude Weaver (Dem.)
64th Session
1st: December 6, 1915 – September 8, 1916
2nd: December 4, 1916 – March 3, 1917

Senators
Thomas P. Gore (D),
Robert L. Owen (D), 

Represenatives
James S. Davenport (D)
William W. Hastings (D)
Charles D. Carter (D)
William H. Murray (D)
Joseph Bryan Thompson (D)
Scott Ferris (D)
James V. McClintic (D)
Dick Thompson Morgan (R)

65th Session
1st: April 2, 1917 – October 6, 1917
2nd: December 3, 1917 – November 21, 1918
3rd: December 2, 1918 – March 3, 1919
Special: March 5, 1917 – March 16, 1917

Senators
Thomas P. Gore (D),
Robert L. Owen (D),

Represenatives
Thomas Alberter Chandler (R)
William W. Hastings (D)
Charles D. Carter (D)
Tom D. McKeown (D)
Joseph Bryan Thompson (D)
Scott Ferris (D)
James V. McClintic (D)
Dick Thompson Morgan (R)

66th Session
1st: May 19, 1919 – November 19, 1919
2nd: December 1, 1919 – June 5, 1920
3rd: December 6, 1920 – March 3, 1921

Senators
Thomas P. Gore (D),
Robert L. Owen (D), 

Represenatives
Everette B. Howard (Dem.)
William W. Hastings (Dem.)
Charles D. Carter (Dem.)
Tom D. McKeown (Dem.)
Joseph Bryan Thompson (Dem.), died September 18, 1919  John W. Harreld (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy
Scott Ferris (Dem.)
James V. McClintic (Dem.)
Dick Thompson Morgan (Rep.), died July 4, 1920  Charles Swindall (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

67th Session
1st: April 11, 1921 – November 23, 1921
2nd: December 5, 1921 – September 22, 1922
3rd: November 20, 1922 – December 4, 1922
4th: December 4, 1922 – March 3, 1923
Special: March 4, 1921 – March 15, 1921

Senators
Robert L. Owen (D)
John W. Harreld (R)

Represenatives
Thomas A. Chandler (R)
Alice M. Robertson (R)
Charles D. Carter (D)
Joseph C. Pringey (R)
Fletcher B. Swank (D)
Lorraine M. Gensman (R)
James V. McClintic (D)
Manuel Herrick (R)
68th Session
1st: December 3, 1923 – June 7, 1924
2nd: December 1, 1924 – March 3, 1925

Senators
Robert L. Owen (D)
John W. Harreld (R)

Represenatives
Everette B. Howard (D)
William W. Hastings (D)
Charles D. Carter (D)
Thomas D. McKeown (D)
Fletcher B. Swank (D)
J. W. Elmer Thomas (D)
James V. McClintic (D)
Milton C. Garber (R)
69th Session
1st: December 7, 1925 – July 3, 1926
2nd: December 6, 1926 – March 3, 1927

Senators
John W. Harreld (R)
William B. Pine (R)

Represenatives
Samuel J. Montgomery (R)
William W. Hastings (D)
Charles D. Carter (D)
Thomas D. McKeown (D)
Fletcher B. Swank (D)
J. W. Elmer Thomas (D)
James V. McClintic (D)
Milton C. Garber (R)
70th Session
1st: December 5, 1927 – May 29, 1928
2nd: December 3, 1928 – March 3, 1929

Senators
William B. Pine (R)
J. W. Elmer Thomas (D)

Represenatives
Everette B. Howard (D)
William W. Hastings (D)
Wilburn Cartwright (D)
Thomas D. McKeown (D)
Fletcher B. Swank (D)
Jed J. Johnson (D)
James V. McClintic (D)
Milton C. Garber (R)
71st Session
1st: April 15, 1929 – November 22, 1929
2nd: December 2, 1929 – July 3, 1930
3rd: December 1, 1930 – March 3, 1930

Senators
William B. Pine (R)
J. W. Elmer Thomas (D)

Represenatives
Charles O'Connor (R)
William W. Hastings (D)
Wilburn Cartwright (D)
Thomas D. McKeown (D)
Ulysses S. Stone (R)
Jed J. Johnson (D)
James V. McClintic (D)
Milton C. Garber (R)

72nd Session
Senators
Represenatives
73rd Session
Senators
Represenatives
74th Session
Senators
Represenatives
75th Session
1st session: Jan 5, 1937 – Aug 21, 1937
2nd session: Nov 15, 1937 - Dec 21, 1937 
3rd session: Jan 3, 1938 - June 16, 1938
Senators
Joshua B. Lee (Dem.)
Elmer Thomas (Dem.)
Represenatives
A/L: Will Rogers (Dem.)
Wesley E. Disney (Dem.)
John Conover Nichols (Dem.)
Wilburn Cartwright (Dem.)
Lyle Boren (Dem.)
Robert Potter Hill (Dem.), died Oct 29, 1937 Gomer Griffith Smith (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy
Jed Johnson (Dem.)
Sam C. Massingale (Dem.)
Phil Ferguson (Dem.) 
76th Session

1st session: Jan 3, 1939 – Aug 5, 1939
2nd session: Sept 21, 1939 - Nov 3, 1939
3rd session: Jan 3, 1940 - Jan 3, 19

Senators
Joshua B. Lee (Dem.)
Elmer Thomas (Dem.)

Represenatives
A/L: Will Rogers (Dem.)
Wesley E. Disney (Dem.)
John Conover Nichols (Dem.)
Wilburn Cartwright (Dem.)
Lyle Boren (Dem.)
A. S. Mike Monroney (Dem.)
Jed Johnson (Dem.)
Sam C. Massingale (Dem.)
Phil Ferguson (Dem.)
77th Sesstion

1st Session: Jan 3, 1941 to Jan 2, 1942
2nd Session: Jan 5, 1942 to Dec 16, 1942.

Senators
Joshua B. Lee (D)
Elmer Thomas (D)

Represenatives
A/L. Will Rogers (D)
Wesley E. Disney (D)
John Conover Nichols (D)
Wilburn Cartwright (D)
Lyle Boren (D)
A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
Jed Johnson (D)
Sam C. Massingale (D), died January 17, 1941
Victor Wickersham (D), elected to fill vacancy
Ross Rizley (R)

78th Session
1st: January 6, 1943 – December 21, 1943
2nd: January 10, 1944 – December 19, 1944

Senators
Edward H. Moore (R)
Elmer Thomas (D)

Represenatives
Wesley E. Disney (D)
William G. Stigler (D)
Paul Stewart (D)
Lyle Boren (D)
A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
Jed Johnson (D)
Victor Wickersham (D)
Ross Rizley (R)
79th Session
1st: January 3, 1945 – December 21, 1945
2nd: January 14, 1946 – August 2, 1946

Senators
Edward H. Moore (R)
Elmer Thomas (D)

Represenatives
George B. Schwabe (R)
William G. Stigler (D)
Paul Stewart (D)
Lyle Boren (D)
A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
Jed Johnson (D)
Victor Wickersham (D)
Ross Rizley (R)

80th Session
1st: January 3, 1947 – December 19, 1947
2nd: January 6, 1948 – December 31, 1948
Special: Nov 17, 1947 – December 19, 1947
Special: July 26, 1948 – August 7, 1948

Senators
Wayne L. Morse (R)
Guy Cordon (R)

Represenatives
George B. Schwabe (R)
William G. Stigler (D)
Carl Albert (D)
Glen D. Johnson (D)
A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
Toby Morris (D)
Preston E. Peden (D)
Ross Rizley (R)

81st Session 82nd Session 83rd
84th Session 85th Session 86th Session
87th Session 88th Session 89th Session
90th Session 91st Session 92nd Session
93rd Session 94th Session 95th Session
96th Session 97th Session 98th Session
99th Session 100th Session 101st Session
102nd Session 103rd Session 104th Session
105th Session 106th Session 107th Session
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111th Session 112th Session 113th Session






 

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