23rd Arizona State Legislature

23rd Arizona State Legislature
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Arizona State Capitol (2014)
Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 1957 – December 31, 1958
Senate
Members	28
Party control	Democratic (26–2)
House of Representatives
Members	80
Party control	Democratic (57–23)
Sessions
1st January 14 – March 15, 1957 2nd January 13 – March 15, 1958
Special sessions
1st January 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. There was a single special session, which convened on March 19, 1958, and adjourned sine die on April 2.

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	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.

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