13th Arizona State Legislature

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13th Arizona State Legislature
12th 14th
The facade of the Arizona Capitol building in bright daylight
Overview
Legislative bodyArizona State Legislature
JurisdictionArizona, United States
TermJanuary 1, 1937 – December 31, 1938
Senate
Members19
President
Party controlDemocratic (19–0)
House of Representatives
Members51
Speaker
Party controlDemocratic (50–1)
Sessions
1stJanuary 11 – March 13, 1937
Special sessions
1stMay 10 – May 29, 1937
2ndJune 2 – June 22, 1937
3rdJuly 22 – August 4, 1937
4thSeptember 15 – October 4, 1938

The 13th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1937 to December 31, 1938, during Rawghlie Clement Stanford's first and only term as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators and representatives remained constant, with 19 and 51 members respectively. While the Democrats regained one hundred percent of the senate seats, the Republicans broke the Democrats complete domination in the house, managing to obtain a single seat, one of the two from Navajo County.

Sessions[]

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 11, 1937; and adjourned on March 13.[1] There were four special sessions. The first ran from May 10 through May 29, 1937;[1]: 533  the second ran from June 2 through June 22, 1937;[1]: 585  the third special session was convened on July 22, 1937 and adjourned on August 4.[1]: 709  and the fourth and final special session ran from September 15 – October 4, 1938.[2]: 513 

State Senate[]

Members[]

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]: 29 

County Senator Party Notes
Apache Democratic
Cochise * Democratic
* Democratic
Coconino Democratic
Gila * Democratic
* Democratic
Graham Democratic
Greenlee Democratic
Maricopa Democratic
R. T. Jones Democratic
Mohave * Democratic
Navajo Democratic
Pima * Democratic
* Democratic
Pinal Democratic
Santa Cruz * Democratic
Yavapai * Democratic President
* Democratic
Yuma 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 remained constant from the prior legislature: 51 seats.[1]: 29 

County Representative Party Notes
Apache Democratic
Cochise * Democratic
Democratic
* Democratic
* Democratic
* Democratic
Coconino * Democratic
* Democratic
Gila * Democratic
* Democratic
Democratic
Graham Democratic
Democratic
Greenlee Democratic
Maricopa George A. Batchelder* Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
* Democratic
* Democratic
* Democratic
* Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
* Democratic
* Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
* Democratic
* Democratic
Mohave * Democratic
Navajo Democratic
* Democratic
Pima Democratic
Democratic
* Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
* Democratic
Democratic
Pinal * Democratic
* Democratic
Santa Cruz Democratic
Yavapai Democratic
* Democratic
Democratic
* Democratic
Yuma Democratic
* Democratic

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1937, Thirteenth Legislature, Regular Session, First and Second Special Sessions". State of Arizona. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1938, Thirteenth Legislature, Fourth Special Session, 1939, Fourteenth Legislature, Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
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