23rd Arizona State Legislature
22nd 24th
The facade of the Arizona Capitol building in bright daylight
Overview
Legislative bodyArizona State Legislature
JurisdictionArizona, United States
TermJanuary 1, 1957 – December 31, 1958
Senate
Members28
Party controlDemocratic (26–2)
House of Representatives
Members80
Party controlDemocratic (57–23)
Sessions
1stJanuary 14 – March 15, 1957
2ndJanuary 13 – March 15, 1958
Special sessions
1stJanuary 31 – February 2, 1991

The 23rd Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958, during the second of two terms of Ernest McFarland's time as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at two per county, totaling 28, while the number of members of the House of Representatives decreased from 81 to 80. The balance in the upper house continued at a 26–2 margin in favor of the Democrats. In the House, the Republicans picked up three seats, while Democrats lost four seats, however the Democrats still held a 57–23 edge.

Sessions

The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 14, 1957, and adjourned on March 15, while the second convened on January 13, 1958, and adjourned on March 15.[1][2] There was a single special session, which convened on March 19, 1958, and adjourned sine die on April 2.[2]:367

State Senate

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]:xxiii

County Senator Party Notes
Apache Lynn Lockhart* Democrat
Melvin C. Greer* Democrat
Cochise Dan S. Kitchel Democrat
A. R. Spikes* Democrat
Coconino Robert W. Prochnow* Democrat
Fred F. Udine* Democrat
Gila Clarence L. Carpenter* Democrat
William A. Sullivan* Democrat
Graham W. B. Mattice Democrat
Wilford R. Richardson* Democrat
Greenlee M. L. Sims* Democrat
Carl Gale Democrat
Maricopa Joe Haldiman Jr.* Democrat
Frank G. Murphy Democrat
Mohave Earl W. Cooke* Democrat
Robert Morrow* Democrat
Navajo J. Morris Richards Democrat
William R. Bourdon* Republican
Pima Harry Ackerman Democrat
H. S. Corbett* Republican
Pinal Charles S. Goff* Democrat
Ben Arnold* Democrat
Santa Cruz Neilson Brown* Democrat
C. B. Smith* Democrat
Yavapai David H. Palmer Democrat
Charles H. Orme Sr.* Democrat
Yuma Harold C. Giss* Democrat
R. 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]:xxiv–xxviii

County Representative Party Notes
Apache James S. Shreeve* Democrat
Cochise Charles O. Bloomquist* Democrat
W. L. Cook* Democrat
Clyde M. Dalton* Democrat
H. J. Lewis Democrat
Coconino Thomas N. Knoles Jr. Democrat
Harold J. Scudder* Democrat
Gila Nelson D. Breyton* Democrat
Louis B. Ellsworth Jr.* Democrat
William G. Rosenbaum* Democrat
Graham Milton Lines* Democrat
E. L. Tidwell* Democrat
Greenlee Tom W. Berry* Democrat
G. O. Biles* Democrat
Maricopa L. S. Adams Democrat
Carl C. Andersen* Republican
Carl Austin* Democrat
W. B. Barkley Democrat
Lewis B. Bramkamp Democrat
Robert Brewer Republican
Isabel Burgess Republican
David H. Campbell* Republican
Conrad James Carreon* Democrat
Sherman R. Dent Democrat
Laron Waldo DeWitt Republican
Marie S. Earl Democrat
Geraldine F. Eliot Republican
Ed Ellsworth* Democrat
Robert C. Forquer Republican
Jack E. Gardner Democrat
Arlo O. Gooch Democrat
J. O. Grimes* Democrat
William J. Harkness* Democrat
Vernon Hathcock Republican
John C. Hughes Democrat
Emogene M. Jennings Republican
J. R. Johnson Democrat
William Joseph Kamp Democrat
Malcom L. Lentz* Republican
W. I. (Ike) Lowry* Republican
W. W. Mitchell Sr.* Democrat
S. Earl Pugh* Democrat
Lillian Retzloff* Democrat
T. C. Rhodes* Democrat
Del Rogers* Democrat
Arthur B. Schellenberg* Republican
Carl Sims Sr.* Democrat
Bill Stephens Democrat
R. H. (Bob) Wallace Republican
Ruth Adams White* Republican
Robert E. Wilson* Democrat
Mohave J. J. Glancy Democrat
Navajo Lee F. Dover* Democrat
Augusta T. Larson* Republican
Pima W. G. "Bill" Bodell Republican
Keith S. Brown* Republican
Marvin L. Burton Democrat
James W. Carroll* Democrat
William M. Carson Democrat
Harold L. Cook Democrat
James N. Corbett Jr. Democrat
Thomas D. Fridena* Democrat
John H. Haugh* Republican
Douglas S. Holsclaw* Republican
V. S. Hostetter* Republican
Etta Mae Hutcheson* Democrat
Frank G. Robles Democrat
Eaner T. Seaburg Democrat
Alvin Wessler* Republican
Julliette C. Willis* Republican
Pinal Harry Bagnall* Democrat
Frederick S. Smith* Democrat
E. Blodwen Thode* Democrat
Santa Cruz Robert R. Hathaway* Democrat
Yavapai Mabel S. Ellis* Democrat
Dick W. Martin* Republican
M. A. Lindner* Democrat
Yuma Robert L. Klauer* Democrat
Al Lindsey Democrat
John C. Smith Jr. Democrat

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1957 Session laws, State of Arizona, Twenty-third Legislature, First Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "1958 Session laws, State of Arizona, Twenty-third Legislature, Second Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
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