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The Twenty-eighth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma composed of the Oklahoma Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The state legislature met in regular session at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 3 to July 28 1961 during the term of Governor J. Howard Edmondson.J. D. McCarty was elected as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives breaking the tradition of governor-backed speakers.