19th Arizona State Legislature

19th Arizona State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 1949 – December 31, 1950
Senate
Members	19
Party control	Democratic (19–0)
House of Representatives
Members	58
Party control	Democratic (51–7)
Sessions
1st January 10 – March 19, 1949
Special sessions
1st February 20 – March 19, 1950 2nd April 10 – April 15, 1950

The 19th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1949, to December 31, 1950, during the first year of Dan Edward Garvey's first full term as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators and house members remained constant at 19 and 58, respectively. The Democrats controlled one hundred percent of the senate, while the Republicans gained two house seats, to a total of seven.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 10, 1949; and adjourned on March 19. There were two special sessions: the first convened on February 20, 1950, and adjourned sine die on March 19, 1950; while the second convened on April 10, 1950, and adjourned sine die on April 15, 1950.

State Senate

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.

County	Senator	Party	Notes
Apache	Earl Platt*	Democrat
Cochise	Ralph Cowan*	Democrat
	John Pintek	Democrat
Coconino	F. L. Christensen	Democrat
Gila	Clarence L. Carpenter	Democrat
	William A. Sullivan	Democrat
Graham	Warner B. Mattice	Democrat
Greenlee	Fred J. Fritz*	Democrat
Maricopa	John E. Hunt	Democrat
	Roy D. Stone	Democrat
Mohave	Clyde Bollinger	Democrat
Navajo	Clay Simer	Democrat
Pima	J. B. Mead	Democrat
	William Kimball*	Democrat
Pinal	James Herron Jr.	Democrat
Santa Cruz	Hubert 0. Merryweather	Democrat
Yavapai	Sam J. Head*	Democrat
	John R. Franks	Democrat
Yuma	Joseph D. Mansfield	Democrat

House of Representatives

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.

County	Representative	Party	Notes
Apache	George E. Crosby	Democrat
Cochise	Wesley T. Allen	Democrat
	Carl W. Morris*	Democrat
	Alfred Paul Jr.	Democrat
	James A. Elliott	Democrat
	W. L. Cook	Democrat
Coconino	Charles W. Dryden	Democrat
	Jesse L. Boyce*	Democrat
Gila	Raymond G. Langham*	Democrat
	Mrs. William G. Rosenbaum	Democrat
	Harold Copp*	Democrat
Graham	W. A. McBride*	Democrat
	Milton Lines*	Democrat
Greenlee	M. L. Simms	Democrat
Maricopa	R.S. Hart*	Democrat
	Wing F. Ong*	Democrat
	Fletcher W. Timmerman*	Democrat
	G. N. Baker*	Democrat
	Jack Cummard*	Democrat
	William B. O'Malley	Democrat
	Ed Ellsworth	Democrat
	L. Max Connolly*	Democrat
	John H. Wilson	Democrat
	Sidney Kartus*	Democrat
	J. M. Combs*	Democrat
	J. H. Callan	Democrat
	W. E. Craig*	Democrat
	Ronald Webster	Republican
	R. H. Wallace*	Republican
	Laura McRae*	Democrat
	J. W. Estes	Democrat
	Harry Wimberly*	Democrat
	Charles H. Abels	Democrat
	Robert C. Bohannan Jr.	Republican
	Lewis R. Burch	Democrat
	H. C. Armstrong*	Democrat
	W. W. Franklin*	Democrat
Mohave	Robert E. Morrow	Democrat
Navajo	Eva O. Decker*	Republican
	L. E. Stone	Democrat
Pima	Oscar C. Cole*	Democrat
	Oliver M. Heflin	Democrat
	Frank G. Robles*	Democrat
	Roy Martin*	Democrat
	John S. Hardwicke*	Democrat
	Marvin L. Burton	Democrat
	Robert H. Forbes*	Democrat
	James W. Ewing*	Republican
	V. S. Hostetter*	Republican
Pinal	A. L. Bartlett	Democrat
	George Ernst*	Democrat
Santa Cruz	Neilson Brown	Democrat
Yavapai	Henry Rush	Democrat
	Dick W. Martin*	Republican
	Kel M. Fox*	Democrat
	A. H. Bisjak	Democrat
Yuma	Clara Osborne Botzum*	Democrat
	Harold C. Giss	Democrat