Session of the Arizona Legislature
27th 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, 1965 – December 31, 1966 |
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Senate |
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Members | 28 |
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Party control | Democratic (26–2) |
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House of Representatives |
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Members | 80 |
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Party control | Democratic (45–35) |
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Sessions |
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1st | January 11 – April 20, 1965 |
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2nd | January 10 – April 23, 1966 |
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Special sessions |
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1st | April 21 – May 10, 1965 |
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2nd | May 11 – June 15, 1965 |
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3rd | June 16 – July 1, 1965 |
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4th | September 13 – October 9, 1965 |
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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.
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
County | Senator | Party | Notes |
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
County | Representative | Party | Notes |
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 | |
D. 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 | |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1965, Twenty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, First to Third Special Sessions". State of Arizona. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- ^ a b "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1966, Twenty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session, Fourth Special Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved September 19, 2018.