| 16th Arizona State Legislature | |||||
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 Arizona State Capitol (2014) | |||||
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| Legislative body | Arizona State Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Arizona, United States | ||||
| Term | January 1, 1943 – December 31, 1944 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 19 | ||||
| Party control | Democratic (19–0) | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 58 | ||||
| Party control | Democratic (58–0) | ||||
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| Special sessions | |||||
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The 16th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1943, to December 31, 1944, during the second of Sidney Preston Osborn's four consecutive terms as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at 19, while the house increased from 52 to 58 members. The Democrats controlled all the senate and house seats.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 11, 1943; and adjourned on March 14.[1] There were two special sessions, the first of which was held from February 15 through February 24, 1944,[2] and the second of which was held from February 25 – March 16, 1944.[2]: 14
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 | V. P. Richards | Democratic | |
| Greenlee | A. C. Stanton* | Democratic | |
| Maricopa | James Minotto | Democratic | |
| Walter J. Thalheimer | Democratic | ||
| Mohave | J. Hubert Smith* | Democratic | |
| Navajo | Lloyd C. Henning* | Democratic | |
| Pima | H. H. d'Autremont* | Democratic | |
| William Kimball* | Democratic | ||
| Pinal | L. E. Canfil | Democratic | |
| Santa Cruz | W. H. Hathaway | Democratic | |
| Yavapai | Paul C. Keefe* | Democratic | |
| Norman Fain* | Democratic | ||
| Yuma | H. H. Baker* | Democratic | |
House of Representatives
Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. The size of the House increased to 58 members; 4 seats were added in Maricopa County and 2 in Pima County.[1]: 5
| County | Representative | Party | Notes |
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| Apache | Walter Pulsipher* | Democratic | |
| Cochise | William K. Caley | Democratic | |
| Howard McKinney* | 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 | Walter Foote | Democratic | |
| Warner B. Mattice* | Democratic | ||
| Greenlee | Fred J. Fritz* | Democratic | |
| Maricopa | Charles H. Abels | Democratic | |
| H. C. Armstrong* | Democratic | ||
| G. N. Baker | Democratic | ||
| Arthur J. Barnes | Democratic | ||
| Cecil A. Bell* | Democratic | ||
| Maxine P. Brubaker* | Democratic | ||
| William H. Chester | Democratic | ||
| Jack Cummard | Democratic | ||
| J. H. Fairbanks | Democratic | ||
| Carroll Hudson | Democratic | ||
| Fred M. Jahn | Democratic | ||
| Frank E. Jordan | Democratic | ||
| R. F. Kilpatrick* | Democratic | ||
| Alvin Lindsey | Democratic | ||
| O. L. McDaniel* | Democratic | ||
| D. McDonald | Democratic | ||
| T. McGowan* | Democratic | ||
| Laura McRae | Democratic | ||
| W. W. Mitchell* | Democratic | ||
| S. Norton | Democratic | ||
| Claire Phelps* | Democratic | ||
| Kenneth K. Pound | Democratic | ||
| Joe M. Rumsey | Democratic | ||
| Mohave | E. L. Jameson* | Democratic | |
| Navajo | John L. Westover | Democratic | |
| W. T. Willey | Democratic | ||
| Pima | Frank G. Robles* | Democratic | |
| Robert H. Forbes* | Democratic | ||
| Joseph J. O'Neill | Democratic | ||
| Roy Martin* | Democratic | ||
| Gaynor K. Stover* | Democratic | ||
| John H. Ayraud | Democratic | ||
| Jerome P. Martin | Democratic | ||
| D. M. Penny | Democratic | ||
| A. Berky | Democratic | ||
| Pinal | C. S. Goff* | Democratic | |
| George Ernst* | Democratic | ||
| Santa Cruz | Richard S. Stearns Jr. | Democratic | |
| Yavapai | Robert E. Perkins* | Democratic | |
| A. L. Favour | Democratic | ||
| Leonard Klein* | Democratic | ||
| Harry E. Metz | Democratic | ||
| Yuma | Clara Osborne Botzum | Democratic | |
| Albert W. Dudley* | Democratic | ||
References
- 1 2 3 "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1942, Fifteenth Legislature, First Special Session, 1943, Sixteenth Legislature, First Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- 1 2 "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1944, Sixteenth Legislature, First and Second Special Sessions". State of Arizona. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
