12th Arizona State Legislature
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| Jurisdiction | Arizona, United States | ||||
| Term | January 1, 1935 – December 31, 1936 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 19 | ||||
| President | Joe C. Haldiman (D) | ||||
| Party control | Democratic (18–1) | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 51 | ||||
| Speaker | Thomas D. Tway (D) | ||||
| Party control | Democratic (51–0) | ||||
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The 12th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted from January 1, 1935 to December 31, 1936, during Benjamin Baker Moeur's second term as Governor of Arizona, in Phoenix. The number of senators remained constant, while the number of representatives in the house decreased from 63 to 51. The Republicans broke the Democrats complete domination in the senate, managing to obtain a single seat, that of Apache County, however the house was entirely in Democratic hands.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 14, 1935; and adjourned on March 21.[1] There was a special session which ran from November 5 – November 24, 1936.[2]
State Senate
Members[1]:iii
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
| County | Senator | Party | Notes |
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| Apache | Bryant Whiting | Republican | |
| Cochise | Joe S. Hunt | Democratic | |
| Dan Angius* | Democratic | ||
| Coconino | Clyde Stauffer | Democratic | |
| Gila | Daniel E. Rienhardt | Democratic | |
| E,. H. McEachren* | Democratic | ||
| Graham | Aaron Nelson | Democratic | |
| Greenlee | Peter Riley | Democratic | |
| Maricopa | George A. Johnson | Democratic | |
| Joe C. Haldiman | Democratic | President | |
| Mohave | J. Hubert Smith | Democratic | |
| Navajo | G. W. Nelson | Democratic | |
| Pima | E. T. Houston* | Democratic | |
| Thomas Collins* | Democratic | ||
| Pinal | Peter H. Ethington | Democratic | |
| Santa Cruz | J. A. Harrison* | Democratic | |
| Yavapai | Paul C. Keefe | Democratic | |
| W. E. Patterson | Democratic | ||
| Yuma | Nellie T. Bush | Democratic | |
Employees[1]:iv
- Secretary: William J. Graham
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Frank J. Gillick
- Chaplain: Reverend T. T. Hughes
- Chaplain: Reverend Perry McArthur
House of Representatives
Members[1]:v
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. The House shrank by twelve seats from the 11th Legislature: 4 in Maricopa County, 2 each in Cochise and Gila counties, and 1 each in Greenlee, Pima, Yavapai and Yuma counties.
| County | Senator | Party | Notes |
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| Apache | Don R. Patterson | Democratic | |
| Cochise | David J. Marks | Democratic | |
| Frank Bowling | Democratic | ||
| M. A. Gray | Democratic | ||
| Frank W. Sharpe Jr. | Democratic | ||
| Vernon G. Davis* | Democratic | ||
| Coconino | James E. Babbitt* | Democratic | |
| L. S. Williams* | Democratic | ||
| Gila | James R. Heron* | Democratic | |
| William G. Rosenbaum* | Democratic | ||
| Ben H. Franklin | Democratic | ||
| Graham | Frank Skinner | Democratic | |
| Fred Webb* | Democratic | ||
| Greenlee | Matt Danenhauer | Democratic | |
| Maricopa | Bert C. Armstrong* | Democratic | |
| G. A. Batchelder | Democratic | ||
| Guy C. Chisum | Democratic | ||
| M. E. Curry | Democratic | ||
| William F. Gillett | Democratic | ||
| J. Melvin Goodson | Democratic | ||
| Raymond S. Hill | Democratic | ||
| Tom J. Imler | Democratic | ||
| Philip A. Isley | Democratic | ||
| J. E. Love | Democratic | ||
| W. R. Palmer* | Democratic | ||
| William Petersen | Democratic | ||
| Bridgie Porter* | Democratic | ||
| M. G. Pratt* | Democratic | ||
| L. Alton Riggs* | Democratic | ||
| Harry J. Sullivan | Democratic | ||
| C. T. Thompson | Democratic | ||
| J. C. Wilson* | Democratic | ||
| Mohave | Robert E. Morrow | Democratic | |
| Navajo | James Petersen | Democratic | |
| Oren L. Murray | Democratic | ||
| Pima | Justo A. Chavez | Democratic | |
| John H. Rapp* | Democratic | ||
| William Wisdom* | Democratic | ||
| C. W. Gardner | Democratic | ||
| D. M. Penny | Democratic | ||
| B. J. O'Neill* | Democratic | ||
| Thomas D. Tway* | Democratic | ||
| Pinal | R. W. Kenworthy | Democratic | |
| Thomas S. Richards* | Democratic | ||
| Santa Cruz | Edwin F. Bohlinger* | Democratic | |
| Yavapai | John H. Orthel | Democratic | |
| V. A. Reichard | Democratic | ||
| Philemon G. Steinel | Democratic | ||
| Harry J. Mader | Democratic | ||
| Yuma | Bernard T. Caine | Democratic | |
| William Wisener* | Democratic | ||
Employees[1]:v
- Chief Clerk: Lallah Ruth
- Assistant Chief Clerk: Ruby Coulter
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Henry Hilbers
- Chaplain: Reverend Cecil Harris
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1935, Twelfth Legislature, Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1936, Twelfth Legislature, First Special Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved February 6, 2017.