Legislative Leadership Roles
In his public service career beginning in 1920 and lasting until 1962, Nance was twice elected Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1929 and 1953, and once President Pro Tem of the Oklahoma Senate in 1947-49.
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