Tahrohon Wayne Shannon is an American banker and politician who served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for the 62nd district from 2007 to 2015. In 2013, he became Oklahoma's first African-American speaker of the House.
T. W. Shannon
Shannon is sworn in as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Shannon speaks to the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Oklahoma House of Representatives
The Oklahoma House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its members introduce and vote on bills and resolutions, provide legislative oversight for state agencies, and help to craft the state's budget. The upper house of the Oklahoma Legislature is the Oklahoma Senate.
Oklahoma State Capitol
A.C. Hamlin, the first black member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
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