6th Arizona State Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Arizona State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | Arizona, United States | ||||
Term | January 1, 1923 – December 31, 1924 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 19 | ||||
President | Mulford Winsor (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic (18–1) | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 46 | ||||
Speaker | Dan P. Jones (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic (40–6) | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The 6th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted from January 1, 1923, to December 31, 1924, during the last two years of George W. P. Hunt's fourth tenure as Governor of Arizona, in Phoenix.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 7, 1923; and adjourned on March 10. [1]
There was no special session, which would have met during 1924, during this legislature.
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. [2]
County | Senator | Party | Notes |
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Apache | Fred Colter | Democratic | |
Cochise | W. P. Sims* | Democratic | |
C. M. Roberts | Democratic | ||
Coconino | Hugh E. Campbell | Democratic | Died July 13, 1923 |
Fred S. Breen | Republican | Elected in September 1923 in special election to replace Campbell [3] | |
Gila | W. D. Claypool* | Democratic | |
Alfred Kinney | Democratic | ||
Graham | T. S. Kimball | Democratic | |
Greenlee | H. A. Elliott* | Democratic | |
Maricopa | H. C. Gilbert | Democratic | |
J. C. Phillips | Republican | ||
Mohave | Kean St. Charles | Democratic | |
Navajo | Robert L. Moore | Democratic | |
Pima | Pat Hayhurst | Democratic | |
Harry A. Drachman | Democratic | ||
Pinal | Charles E. MacMillin* | Democratic | |
Santa Cruz | C. A. Pierce | Democratic | |
Yavapai | Charles H. Rutherford | Democratic | |
Howard Cornick | Democratic | ||
Yuma | Mulford Winsor | Democratic | |
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. [2]
County | Representative | Party | Notes |
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Apache | John H. Udall | Republican | |
Cochise | Howard Barkell | Republican | |
B. E. Briscoe | Democratic | ||
Arthur Curlee | Democratic | ||
0. S. French | Democratic | ||
A. H. Gardner | Republican | ||
E. A. Watkins | Republican | ||
J. B. Wylie | Democratic | ||
Coconino | George W. Copeland | Democratic | |
Gila | Rosa McKay | Democratic | |
J. Tom Lewis | Democratic | ||
M. F. Murphy | Democratic | ||
John McCormick | Democratic | ||
Graham | John F. Weber | Democratic | |
J. M. Smith | Democratic | ||
Greenlee | J. F. McGrath | Democratic | |
M. J. Hannon | Democratic | ||
Maricopa | M. J. Austin | Democratic | |
John R. Bradshaw | Democratic | replaced R. E. Payton, who retired due to ill health | |
W. J. Burns | Democratic | ||
Robert L. Finch | Republican | ||
E. J. Fiock | Democratic | ||
William Gleason | Democratic | ||
E. B. Goodwin | Democratic | ||
Vernettie 0. Ivy | Democratic | ||
H. C. Ludden | Democratic | ||
0. C. Ludwig | Democratic | ||
Freeda Marks | Republican | ||
Charles Miller | Democratic | ||
John P. Orme | Democratic | ||
Dan P. Jones | Democratic | Speaker of the House | |
R. E. Payton | Democratic | retired due to ill health, replaced by John R. Bradshaw | |
Mohave | E. Ross Housholder | Democratic | |
Navajo | Frank Ellsworth | Democratic | |
Pima | A. C. Bernard | Democratic | |
Howard Griffin | Democratic | ||
Ralph Gunst | Democratic | ||
John W. Mayes | Democratic | ||
Pinal | A. T. Kilcrease | Democratic | |
I. D. Rickerson | Democratic | ||
Santa Cruz | Phil Herold | Democratic | |
Yavapai | A. M. Crawford | Democratic | |
L. W. Douglas | Democratic | ||
Albert M. Jones | Democratic | ||
C. Earl Rogers | Democratic | ||
Yuma | Nellie T. Bush | Democratic | |
William Wisener | Democratic | ||
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