11th Arizona State Legislature

Session of the Arizona Legislature

11th Arizona State Legislature

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Arizona State Capitol (2014)

Overview
Legislative body| Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction| Arizona, United States
Term| January 1, 1933 – December 31, 1934
Senate
Members| 19
President| Harry W. Hill (D)
Party control| Democratic (19–0)
House of Representatives
Members| 63
Speaker| S. A. Spear (D)
Party control| Democratic (59–4)
Sessions
| 1st| January 9 – March 14, 1933

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Special sessions
| 1st| unknown – unknown

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2nd| unknown – unknown
3rd| November 26 – December 14, 1934

The 11th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted from January 1, 1933, to December 31, 1934, during Benjamin Baker Moeur's first term as Governor of Arizona, in Phoenix. The number in both houses remained constant, with 19 senators and 63 representatives. The Democrats held every seat in the Senate, and increased the large majority they held the house.

## Sessions

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The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 12, 1933; and adjourned on March 14.[1]: iii There were 3 special sessions of this legislature during 1933–34. The third special session ran from November 26 – December 14, 1934.[2]

## State Senate

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### Members

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

County  | Senator  | Party  | Notes

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Apache | Dodd L. Greer | Democratic  |
Cochise | John C. Riggs | Democratic  |
Dan Angius | Democratic  |
Coconino | Earl C. Slipher | Democratic  |
Gila | John P. Dougherty | Democratic  |
E. H. McEachren*  | Democratic  |
Graham | W. B. Kelley*  | Democratic  |
Greenlee | Harry W. Hill*  | Democratic  |
Maricopa | James Minotto | Democratic  |
Frank T. Pomeroy*  | Democratic  |
Mohave | Kean St. Charles | Democratic  |
Navajo | Frank M. Siegmund | Democratic  |
Pima | E. T. Houston | Democratic  |
Thomas Collins*  | Democratic  |
Pinal | R. T. (Bob) Jones*  | Democratic  |
Santa Cruz | J. A. Harrison | Democratic  |
Yavapai | John Francis Connor*  | Democratic  |
Perry McArthur | Democratic  |
Yuma | Hugo Farmer*  | Democratic  |

### Employees

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The following held unelected positions within the Legislature:[1]: iv

* Secretary: William J. Graham
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Frank J. Gillick
* Chaplain: Thomas C. Harris

## House of Representatives

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### Members

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

County  | Representative  | Party  | Notes

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Apache | Fred Colter | Democratic  |
Cochise | W. E. Oxsheer*  | Democratic  |
J. E. Bevan*  | Democratic  |
Martin L. Armstrong | Democratic  |
I. B. Ward | Democratic  |
E. F. Vickers | Democratic  |
E. P. A. Larrieu | Democratic  |
Vernon G. Davis | Democratic  |
Coconino | James E. Babbitt | Democratic  |
L. S. Williams | Democratic  |
Gila | James R. Heron | Democratic  |
Howard Sprouse | Democratic  |
William G. Rosenbaum*  | Democratic  |
Roy F. Kelly*  | Democratic  |
Walter J. Randall | Democratic  |
Graham | Jesse A. Udall*  | Republican  |
Fred Webb | Democratic  |
Greenlee | W. J. Williams | Democratic  |
W. T. Witt*  | Democratic  |
Maricopa | Bert C. Armstrong | Democratic  |
Frank W. Beer | Democratic  | Appointed after the resignation of J. Lee Loveless
Hugh Callahan*  | Democratic  |
G. L. Christian | Democratic  |
J. W. Combs | Democratic  |
M. V. Decker *  | Democratic  |
Nat M. Dysart | Democratic  | Died in office
Walter I. Ettleman | Democratic  | Died in office
Mary Francis*  | Democratic  |
Lewis Irvine | Democratic  |
Charles E. Jennings | Democratic  |
Conner Johnson*  | Democratic  |
George A. Johnson | Democratic  |
Hugh E. Laird | Democratic  |
Charles E. Mincks | Democratic  |
W. R. Palmer | Democratic  |
J. J. Phillips*  | Democratic  |
Bridgie Porter*  | Democratic  |
M. G. Pratt | Democratic  |
E. R. Pryor | Democratic  |
L. Alton Riggs*  | Democratic  |
James B. Sayers*  | Democratic  |
J. C. Wilson | Democratic  |
Mohave | Joseph M. Peggs*  | Democratic  |
Navajo | T. C. Hoyt | Republican  |
Charle G. McQuillan*  | Republican  |
Pima | Vern Priser | Democratic  |
John H. Rapp*  | Democratic  |
William Wisdom | Democratic  |
John M. Nugent | Democratic  |
August Wieden*  | Democratic  |
B. J. O'Neill | Democratic  |
Thomas D. Tway*  | Democratic  |
Kenneth K. Suber*  | Democratic  |
Pinal | George P. Sellers | Democratic  |
Thomas S. Richards*  | Democratic  |
Santa Cruz | Edwin F. Bohlinger*  | Democratic  |
Yavapai | C. Leo Guynn | Democratic  |
S. A. Spear*  | Democratic  |
Annie Campbell Jones | Democratic  |
V. C. Wiggins*  | Republican  |
Ralph A. Lyke | Democratic  |
Yuma | Nellie T. Bush*  | Democratic  |
William Wisener | Democratic  |
Ray C. Bennett*  | Democratic  |

### Employees

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The following held unelected positions within the Legislature:[1]: v

* Chief Clerk: Lallah Ruth
* Assistant Chief Clerk: Ruby Coulter
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Thomas Cowperthwaite
* Chaplain: Reverend Thomas C. Harris

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1933, Eleventh Legislature, Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
2. ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1934, Eleventh Legislature, Third Special Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved February 3, 2017.

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