14th Arizona State Legislature

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Overview
Legislative body Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction Arizona, United States
TermJanuary 1, 1939 – December 31, 1940
Senate
Members19
Party controlDemocratic (19–0)
House of Representatives
Members52
Party controlDemocratic (51–1)
Sessions
1stJanuary 9 – March 13, 1939
Special sessions
1stSeptember 23 – September 27, 1940

The 14th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1939, to December 31, 1940, during Robert Taylor Jones's first and only term as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at 19, while the House increased from 51 to 52 members. The Democrats maintained one hundred percent of the senate seats, while the Republicans continued to have a single seat in the House, one of the two from Navajo County.

Contents

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 9, 1939; and adjourned on March 13. [1] There was a special session which was held from September 23–27, 1940. [2] :521

State Senate

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. [1] :29

CountySenatorPartyNotes
Apache John R. Coleman Democratic
Cochise H. A. (Pete) Wimberly*Democratic
Dan Angius*Democratic
Coconino James E. Babbitt*Democratic
Gila Daniel E. Rienhardt*Democratic
A. R. Edwards Democratic
Graham Benjamin Blake Democratic
Greenlee A. C. Stanton*Democratic
Maricopa James Minotto Democratic
Charles M. Menderson Democratic
Mohave Robert E. Morrow Democratic
Navajo Robert L. Moore*Democratic
Pima Henry A. Dalton*Democratic
V. Clare Dodd Democratic
Pinal William Coxon Democratic
Santa Cruz Harold C. Roesner [3] Democraticresigned January 31, 1939 [4]
E. F. Bohlinger Democraticappointed to replace Roesner, February 1, 1939
Yavapai Paul C. Keefe*Democratic
W. E. Patterson*Democratic
Yuma H. H. Baker*Democratic

House of Representatives

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. The size of the House increased by a single seat to 52 members, when Maricopa was given a 19th seat. [1] :29

CountyRepresentativePartyNotes
Apache G. Oscar Hamblin*Democratic
Cochise Ralph Cowan Democratic
Howard McKinney*Democratic
M. A. Gray*Democratic
Frank W. Sharpe Jr.*Democratic
E. B. McAleb Democratic
Coconino Clyde M. Stauffer*Democratic
Charles F. Wade Democratic
Gila James R. Heron*Democratic
William G. Rosenbaum*Democratic
Harold Copp Democratic
Graham J. W. Greenhalgh Democratic
Warner B. Mattice Democratic
Greenlee Fred J. Fritz*Democratic
Maricopa George A. Batchelder*Democratic
Cecil A. Bell Democratic
Jack Cummard*Democratic
M. E. Curry*Democratic
Charles T. Francis Democratic
J. Melvin Goodson*Democratic
Raymond S. Hill Democratic
Lorna E. Lockwood Democratic
0. L. McDaniel Democratic
T. McGowan Democratic
Laura McRae Democratic
W. R. Palmer Democratic
Walter J. Righetti Democratic
Marvin E. Smith Democratic
William E. Stanford Democratic
C. T. Thompson*Democratic
Raymond Wiggins Democratic
Kirby L. Vidrine Democratic
R. K. Wood*Democratic
Mohave E. L. Jameson Democratic
Navajo William Bourdon*Democratic
Oren L. Murray*Democratic
Pima C. J. (Jimmy) Carreon Democratic
Robert H. Forbes Democratic
D. M. Penny Democratic
L. B. Wilson *Democratic
F. K. (Kit) Carson*Democratic
B. J. O'Neill*Democratic
William Spaid*Democratic
Pinal C. S. Goff Democratic
W. E. Mullen*Democratic
Santa Cruz George F. MacDonald Democratic
Yavapai Robert E. Perkins Democratic
V. A. Reichard*Democratic
Leonard Klein*Democratic
Harry J. Mader*Democratic
Yuma Ed V. Shaw Democratic
William Wisener*Democratic

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