27th Arizona State Legislature

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27th Arizona State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction Arizona, United States
TermJanuary 1, 1965 – December 31, 1966
Senate
Members28
Party controlDemocratic (26–2)
House of Representatives
Members80
Party controlDemocratic (45–35)
Sessions
1stJanuary 11 – April 20, 1965
2ndJanuary 10 – April 23, 1966
Special sessions
1stApril 21 – May 10, 1965
2ndMay 11 – June 15, 1965
3rdJune 16 – July 1, 1965
4thSeptember 13 – October 9, 1965

The 27th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1965, to December 31, 1966, during Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr.'s only term as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at two per county, totaling 28, and the members of the house of representatives also held steady at 80. The Democrats picked up two seats in the Senate, giving them a 26–2 edge in the upper house, while the Republicans gained three seats in the House, trimming the Democrats majority to 45–35.

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Sessions

The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 11, 1965, and adjourned on April 20; while the second convened on January 10, 1966, and adjourned on April 23. [1] [2] There were four Special Sessions, all in 1965. The first Special Session convened April 21, 1965, and adjourned sine die on May 10; [1] :311 the second convened on May 11, 1965, and adjourned sine die on June 15; [1] :337 the Third Special session convened on June 16, 1965, and adjourned sine die on July 1; [1] :375 with the final Special Session, the fourth, convened September 13, 1965 and adjourned sine die on October 9. [2] :351

State Senate

Members

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

CountySenatorPartyNotes
Apache Milford Hall Democrat
Walter Pulispher Democrat
Cochise Dan S. Kitchel*Democrat
A. R. Spikes*Democrat
Coconino Thomas N. Knoles Jr.*Democrat
Fred F. Udine*Democrat
Gila Clarence L. Carpenter*Democrat
William A. Sullivan*Democrat
Graham Darvil B. McBride*Democrat
John Mickelson*Democrat
Greenlee M. L. Sims*Democrat
John McLaughlin Democrat
Maricopa George Peck Democrat
John Conlan Republican
Mohave Earle W. Cook*Democrat
Robert Morrow*Democrat
Navajo William Huso*Democrat
Glenn Blansett*Democrat
Pima Sol Ahee*Democrat
Edward I. Kennedy Democrat
Pinal E. B. Thode Democrat
Ben Arnold*Democrat
Santa Cruz C. B. (Bert) Smith Democrat
Robert Hathaway Democrat
Yavapai David H. Palmer*Democrat
Boyd Tenney Republican
Yuma Harold C. Giss*Democrat
Ray H. Thompson*Democrat

House of Representatives

Members

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

CountyRepresentativePartyNotes
Apache Jack A. Brown*Democrat
Cochise W. L. (Tay) Cook Democrat
James A. Elliott*Democrat
Andrew J. Gilbert*Democrat
Coconino Charles W. Sechrist*Democrat
Harold J. Scudder*Democrat
Gila Charles R "Bert" Horne Democrat
Edwynne C. (Polly) Rosenbaum*Democrat
Graham Gordon L. Hoopes*Democrat
Greenlee G. O. (Sonny) Biles*Democrat
Maricopa Ruth Adams Republican
Harry Bandouveris Republican
Burton S. Barr Republican
Robert Brewer*Republican
M. J. (Buck) Brown *Democrat
Isabel Burgess*Republican
Leonard M. Calderon Jr. Democrat
Cloves C. Campbell*Democrat
Delos Ellsworth Republican
Sam Flake Republican
Al Franz*Democrat
Ray A. Goetze*Republican
Chet Goldberg Jr. Republican
Priscilla H. Hays*Republican
Jim Holley*Republican
Robert H. Hutto*Democrat
Davidson Jenks*Republican
Chris T. Johnson Republican
Frank J. Kelley Republican
A. E. Kluender Republican
David B. Kret*Republican
R. Larry Oldham*Republican
Ruth Peck*Republican
M. C. Plummer Democrat
William S. Porter*Republican
John C. Pritzlaff*Republican
T. C. Rhodes*Democrat
Elizabeth Adams Rockwell Republican
Archie C. Ryan*Democrat
James E. Shelley*Republican
Walter P. Sherrill*Republican
Harold W. Smith Democrat
Bob Stump*Democrat
Leon Thompson*Democrat
Stan Turley Republican
David M. Valenzuela Democrat
Wm. F. (Pat) Vipperman Jr.*Democrat
La Verne Welker Democrat
Robert C. Wilcox*Republican
Jim Young Democrat
Mohave Kent Smith Democrat
Navajo Frank L. Crosby*Democrat
Clay Simer*Democrat
Pima Scott Alexander Republican
Thomas G. Beaham Republican
Sandy P. Bowling*Democrat
William A. Buehl Republican
Tony Carrillo*Democrat
Thomas B. Fridena Democrat
John H. Haugh*Republican
Douglas S. Holsclaw*Republican
Etta Mae Hutcheson*Democrat
William C. Jacquin Republican
Neal Justin Democrat
Sam Lena Democrat
Ray Martin*Democrat
Forrest B. Pearce*Democrat
Doris Varn*Republican
Emmett S. (Bud) Walker*Democrat
Joe D. Ybarra*Democrat
Pinal John C. Felix Democrat
Frederick S. Smith*Democrat
Polly Getzwiller*Democrat
Santa Cruz Jesse W. Allen Republican
Yavapai Gladys Gardner Republican
William D. Lyman Republican
Leo Sullivan Democrat
Yuma M. G. (Pop) Miniken*Democrat
Charles A. Johnson*Democrat
C. L. (Charlie) Slane*Democrat

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