14th Arizona State Legislature
# 14th Arizona State Legislature

The 14th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1939, to December 31, 1940, during Robert Taylor Jones's first and only term as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at 19, while the House increased from 51 to 52 members. The Democrats maintained one hundred percent of the senate seats, while the Republicans continued to have a single seat in the House, one of the two from Navajo County.

## Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 9, 1939; and adjourned on March 13. There was a special session which was held from September 23–27, $1940.^{:521}$

## State Senate

### Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this $Legislature.^{:29}$

| County | Senator | Party | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Apache | John R. Coleman | Democratic | |
| Cochise | H. A. (Pete) Wimberly* | Democratic | |
| Cochise | Dan Angius* | Democratic | |
| Coconino | James E. Babbitt* | Democratic | |
| Gila | Daniel E. Rienhardt* | Democratic | |
| Gila | A. R. Edwards | Democratic | |
| Graham | Benjamin Blake | Democratic | |
| Greenlee | A. C. Stanton* | Democratic | |
| Maricopa | James Minotto | Democratic | |
| Maricopa | Charles M. Menderson | Democratic | |
| Mohave | Robert E. Morrow | Democratic | |
| Navajo | Robert L. Moore* | Democratic | |
| Pima | Henry A. Dalton* | Democratic | |
| Pima | V. Clare Dodd | Democratic | |
| Pinal | William Coxon | Democratic | |
| Santa Cruz | Harold C. Roesner | Democratic | resigned January 31, 1939 |
| Santa Cruz | E. F. Bohlinger | Democratic | appointed to replace Roesner, February 1, 1939 |
| Yavapai | Paul C. Keefe* | Democratic | |
| Yavapai | W. E. Patterson* | Democratic | |
| Yuma | H. H. Baker* | 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 increased by a single seat to 52 members, when Maricopa was given a 19th $seat.^{:29}$

| County | Representative | Party |
| - | - | - |
| Apache | G. Oscar Hamblin* | Democratic |
| Cochise | Ralph Cowan | Democratic |
| Cochise | Howard McKinney* | Democratic |
| Cochise | M. A. Gray* | Democratic |
| Cochise | Frank W. Sharpe Jr.* | Democratic |
| Cochise | E. B. McAleb | Democratic |
| Coconino | Clyde M. Stauffer* | Democratic |
| Coconino | Charles F. Wade | Democratic |
| Gila | James R. Heron* | Democratic |
| Gila | William G. Rosenbaum* | Democratic |
| Gila | Harold Copp | Democratic |
| Graham | J. W. Greenhalgh | Democratic |
| Graham | Warner B. Mattice | Democratic |
| Greenlee | Fred J. Fritz* | Democratic |
| Maricopa | George A. Batchelder* | Democratic |
| Maricopa | Cecil A. Bell | Democratic |
| Maricopa | Jack Cummard* | Democratic |
| Maricopa | M. E. Curry* | Democratic |
| Maricopa | Charles T. Francis | Democratic |
| Maricopa | J. Melvin Goodson* | Democratic |
| Maricopa | Raymond S. Hill | Democratic |
| Maricopa | Lorna E. Lockwood | Democratic |
| Maricopa | 0. L. McDaniel | Democratic |
| Maricopa | T. McGowan | Democratic |
| Maricopa | Laura McRae | Democratic |
| Maricopa | W. R. Palmer | Democratic |
| Maricopa | Walter J. Righetti | Democratic |
| Maricopa | Marvin E. Smith | Democratic |
| Maricopa | William E. Stanford | Democratic |
| Maricopa | C. T. Thompson* | Democratic |
| Maricopa | Raymond Wiggins | Democratic |
| Maricopa | Kirby L. Vidrine | Democratic |
| Maricopa | R. K. Wood* | Democratic |
| Mohave | E. L. Jameson | Democratic |
| Navajo | William Bourdon* | Democratic |
| Navajo | Oren L. Murray* | Democratic |
| Pima | C. J. (Jimmy) Carreon | Democratic |
| Pima | Robert H. Forbes | Democratic |
| Pima | D. M. Penny | Democratic |
| Pima | L. B. Wilson * | Democratic |
| Pima | F. K. (Kit) Carson* | Democratic |
| Pima | B. J. O'Neill* | Democratic |
| Pima | William Spaid* | Democratic |
| Pinal | C. S. Goff | Democratic |
| Pinal | W. E. Mullen* | Democratic |
| Santa Cruz | George F. MacDonald | Democratic |
| Yavapai | Robert E. Perkins | Democratic |
| Yavapai | V. A. Reichard* | Democratic |
| Yavapai | Leonard Klein* | Democratic |
| Yavapai | Harry J. Mader* | Democratic |
| Yuma | Ed V. Shaw | Democratic |
| Yuma | William Wisener* | Democratic |
