Session of the Arizona Legislature
17th Arizona State Legislature |
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Overview |
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Legislative body | Arizona State Legislature |
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Jurisdiction | Arizona, United States |
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Term | January 1, 1945 – December 31, 1946 |
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Senate |
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Members | 19 |
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Party control | Democratic (19–0) |
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House of Representatives |
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Members | 58 |
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Party control | Democratic (57–1) |
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Sessions |
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1st | January 8 – March 9, 1945 |
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Special sessions |
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1st | September 10 – September 29, 1945 |
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2nd | April 23 – May 3, 1946 |
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3rd | September 9 – September 28, 1946 |
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The 17th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1945, to December 31, 1946, during the third of Sidney Preston Osborn's four consecutive terms as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators and house members remained constant at 19 and 58, respectively. The Democrats controlled one hundred percent of the senate. while the Republicans gained a single house seat.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 18, 1945; and adjourned on March 9.[1] There were three special sessions, the first of which was held from September 10 through September 29, 1945,[2]: 509 the second was held from April 23 – May 3, 1946,[2]: 611 and the third was held between September 9 – 28, 1946.[2]: 655
State Senate
Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]: 4
County | Senator | Party | Notes |
Apache | Bert J. Colter* | Democratic | |
Cochise | Ralph Cowan* | Democratic | |
Dan Angius* | Democratic | |
Coconino | James E. Babbitt* | Democratic | |
Gila | S. L. Bixby* | Democratic | |
James R. Heron* | Democratic | |
Graham | Wesley A. Townsend | Democratic | |
Greenlee | A. C. Stanton* | Democratic | |
Maricopa | David P. Kimball | Democratic | |
Walter J. Thalheimer* | Democratic | |
Mohave | Charles P. Elmer | Democratic | |
Navajo | Lloyd C. Henning* | Democratic | |
Pima | H. H. d'Autremont* | Democratic | |
William Kimball* | Democratic | |
Pinal | Charles S. Goff | Democratic | |
Santa Cruz | W. H. Hathaway* | Democratic | |
Yavapai | Paul C. Keefe* | Democratic | |
Norman Fain* | Democratic | |
Yuma | Hugo B. Farmer | Democratic | |
House of Representatives
Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]: 5
County | Representative | Party | Notes |
Apache | Don F. Riggs | Democratic | |
Cochise | I. A. Rosok | Democratic | |
M. F. Ryan | Democratic | |
H. J. Lewis* | Democratic | |
Frank W. Sharpe Jr.* | Democratic | |
A. R. Spikes* | Democratic | |
Coconino | Frank L. Christensen* | Democratic | |
W. C. Rittenhouse* | Democratic | |
Gila | Robert Fitzgerald* | Democratic | |
William G. Rosenbaum* | Democratic | |
Harold Copp* | Democratic | |
Graham | Loren L. Follett | Democratic | |
K. W. Lines | Democratic | |
Greenlee | Fred J. Fritz* | Democratic | |
Maricopa | Charles H. Abels* | Democratic | |
H. C. Armstrong* | Democratic | |
G. N. Baker* | Democratic | |
Cecil A. Bell* | Democratic | |
Jack Cummard* | Democratic | |
J. W. Estes | Democratic | |
J. H. Fairbanks* | Democratic | |
Carroll Hudson* | Democratic | |
O. A. Kane | Democratic | |
Sidney Kartus | Democratic | |
R. F. Kilpatrick* | Democratic | |
Alvin Lindsey* | Democratic | |
0. L. McDaniel* | Democratic | |
D. McDonald* | Democratic | |
T. McGowan* | Democratic | |
Laura McRae* | Democratic | |
M. Joe Murphy | Democratic | |
S. Norton* | Democratic | |
Claire Phelps* | Democratic | |
Kenneth K. Pound* | Democratic | |
Joe M. Rumsey* | Democratic | |
Roy A. Taylor | Democratic | |
Fletcher West Timmerman | Democratic | |
Mohave | E. L. Jameson* | Democratic | |
Navajo | John L. Westover* | Democratic | |
Clay B. Simer | Democratic | |
Pima | Bob Barber | Democratic | |
Robert H. Forbes* | Democratic | |
Joseph J. O'Neill* | Democratic | |
Roy Martin* | Democratic | |
John S. Hardwicke | Democratic | |
John H. Ayraud* | Democratic | |
James W. Ewing | Republican | |
D. M. Penny* | Democratic | |
A. Berky* | Democratic | |
Pinal | 0. W. Rugg | Democratic | |
George Ernst* | Democratic | |
Santa Cruz | Richard S. Stearns Jr.* | Democratic | |
Yavapai | Robert E. Perkins* | Democratic | |
Ralph C. Hooker | Democratic | |
Leonard Klein* | Democratic | |
Harry E. Metz* | Democratic | |
Yuma | Clara Osborne Botzum* | Democratic | |
N. S. McCallum | Democratic | |
References
- ^ a b c "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1944, Sixteenth Legislature, First Special Session, 1945, Seventeenth Legislature, Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1945, Seventeenth Legislature, First Special Session, 1946, Seventeenth Legislature, First and Third Special Sessions, 1947, Eighteenth Legislature, First Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved February 11, 2017.