Members must be 21 years of age at the time of election and a qualified elector and a resident of the legislative district to serve in the House.

[2] A weakening of the Democratic coalition leading up to the 1908 election allowed Republicans to make gains in the Oklahoma House.

[4] The Democratic Party also pushed to make Oklahoma City the capital over Guthrie, a Republican and African-American voting stronghold.

A Republican, McColgin and her female colleague in the Oklahoma Senate, focused on the passage of public health bills, but failed in many of their efforts.

[7] After eight Democratic-controlled Legislatures, Republicans took the majority from 1921 to 1922 and elected George B. Schwabe as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

[9] Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted eleven articles of impeachment against Governor Henry S. Johnston, which led to his expulsion from office.

[11] Legislatures of the 1930s battled with governors William H. Murray and Ernest W. Marland, targeting Murray's efforts to generate relief for farmers and Marland's proposals to create a state public works program, reform the tax code and create unemployment insurance.

[11] Lawmakers did enact an old age pension system funded by a dedicated sales tax.

[11] In 1941, Governor Leon C. Phillips pushed the state legislature to send a constitutional amendment to voters to force the Oklahoma House of Representatives to approve a balanced budget each year.

[14] An initiative petition championed by Governor Henry Bellmon in 1989 further required the legislative sessions to end by 5 p.m. on the last Friday in May.

As partisan debate became more polarizing, southern states including Oklahoma abandoned old voting patterns of supporting the Democratic party.

[18] Following the 2018 general election, Republicans gained the largest majority in state history with 76 of the 101 seats.

The governor must sign these bills into law, or a statewide panel convenes to draw the disputed lines.

The staff ensure bills have proper legal language and meet constitutional requirements.

Lawmakers also vote on whether or not to make the bill effective upon signature of the governor, which requires a two-thirds majority.

[1] Party caucuses play a major role in this process by nominating candidates for key leadership positions.

The Speaker Pro Tempore, minority leader and appropriations chair receive $59,864 in annual pay.

[35] Pay is set by a nine-member state board appointed by the governor, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.

They have access to benefits, including health and life insurance and retirement savings plans.

[36] Originally, the House was apportioned according to a method spelled out in the state constitution, in which each county formed a legislative district.

Representation was determined by taking the total population of the state, according to the most recent federal census, and that number was divided by one hundred, with the quotient equaling one ratio.

In 1964, the United States Supreme Court ruled that this method violated the federal constitution, as it resulted in districts having wildly different populations.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives must draw new district boundaries within 90 days of the latest Federal Decennial Census.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives draws its own maps of its district lines, which are subject to the approval of both the state senate and the governor.

Should the redistricting not occur in the time limits prescribed by law, the lines are determined by a panel of five statewide elected officials.