Oklahoma Senate
Oklahoma Supreme Court Joseph M. Watt administers the oath of office to 24 new and reelected senators on Statehood Day 2006
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Showing: November, 2006
Twenty-four members of the Oklahoma State Senate took the oath of office on Statehood Day, Thursday, November 16, 2006, in the Senate chamber. The oath was administered by the Honorable Joseph M. Watt, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Newly elected members sworn in were Sean Burrage, D-Claremore; Roger Ballenger, D-Okmulgee; Joe Sweeden, D-Pawhuska; Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa; John Sparks, D-Norman; Anthony Sykes, R-Moore; Tom Ivester, D-Sayre; Bill Brown, R-Broken Arrow; and Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City.
read more. With groundbreaking for a permanent memorial for the USS Oklahoma slated for next month in Hawaii, the fundraising effort is now in full swing. As he pledged last May, Gov. Brad Henry presented a check from the Centennial Commission for $100,000 for the memorial at a State Capitol ceremony on Tuesday. The USS Oklahoma had the second-highest casualty rate of any American ship in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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USS Oklahoma Press Conference. Speakers include in order Senator Jim Reynolds, Gov. Henry, USS survivor Pual Goodyear, Gov. Henry, First Lady Kim Henry, and Lisa Ridge.
