4th Arizona State Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Arizona State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | Arizona, United States | ||||
Term | January 1, 1919 – December 31, 1920 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 19 | ||||
President | A. A. Johns [1] | ||||
Party control | Democrat 14-5 | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 35 | ||||
Speaker | A. C. Peterson [2] | ||||
Party control | Democrat 26-9 | ||||
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Special sessions | |||||
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The 4th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted from January 1, 1919, to December 31, 1920, during the second term of Thomas Edward Campbell, as Governor of Arizona, in Phoenix. The Democrats maintained their 14-5 majority in the Senate, but the Republicans made gains in the house, reducing the Democrat lead to 26–9.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 13, 1919; and adjourned on March 13. [3]
A one-day special session was convened on February 12, 1920. [4] : 619
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. [5]
County | Senator | Party | Notes |
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Apache | E. I. Whiting | Republican | |
Cochise | T. A. Hughes | Democrat | |
D. C. O'Neil | Democrat | ||
Coconino | Hugh E. Campbell* | Democrat | |
Gila | W. D. Claypool* | Democrat | |
J. Warren Young | Democrat | ||
Graham | D. H. Claridge* | Democrat | |
Greenlee | H. A. Elliott | Democrat | |
Maricopa | C. C. Green | Republican | |
H. B. Wilkinson* | Republican | ||
Mohave | C. W. Herndon | Democrat | |
Navajo | W. A. Parr | Democrat | |
Pima | A. R. Buehman | Republican | |
F. O. Goodell* | Republican | ||
Pinal | John C. Devine* | Democrat | |
Santa Cruz | T. P. Thompson | Democrat | |
Yavapai | A. A. Johns | Democrat | |
C. P. Hicks | Democrat | ||
Yuma | Mulford Winsor* | Democrat | |
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. [5]
County | Representative | Party | Notes |
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Apache | H. Parley Burk | Republican | |
Cochise | Nellie Haywood | Democrat | |
John P. Cull | Democrat | ||
William Delbridge | Democrat | ||
Charles T. Francis* | Democrat | ||
Harry Jennings | Democrat | ||
Harry T. Sealey | Democrat | ||
J. B. Wylie | Democrat | ||
Coconino | H. M. Stark | Democrat | |
Gila | Rosa McKay | Democrat | |
T. P. Howard | Democrat | ||
John H. Lacy | Democrat | ||
Graham | J. H. Lines* | Democrat | |
A. C. Peterson* | Democrat | ||
Greenlee | Glen L. Coffee* | Democrat | |
M. M. Little | Democrat | ||
Maricopa | G. W. Barrows | Republican | |
W. W. Dobson | Republican | ||
W. J. Galbraith | Republican | ||
C. W. Lillywhite | Republican | ||
J. C. Phillips | Republican | ||
Pauline M. O'Neil* | Democrat | ||
Mohave | Charles R. Waters | Democrat | |
Navajo | J. W. Richards | Democrat | |
Pima | M. E. Gibson | Republican | |
Elias Hedrick | Republican | ||
F. E. A. Kimball | Republican | ||
Pinal | J. I. Coleman | Democrat | |
Santa Cruz | Wirt G. Bowman | Democrat | |
Yavapai | W. J. Flood | Democrat | |
M. A. Perkins* | Democrat | ||
J. W. Sullivan* | Democrat | ||
Nicholas J. Vyne | Democrat | ||
Yuma | J. H. Westover | Democrat | |
A. J. Eddy | Democrat | ||
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