19th Arizona State Legislature
# 19th Arizona State Legislature

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, $1950;^{:497}$ while the second convened on April 10, 1950, and adjourned sine die on April 15, $1950.^{:711}$

## State Senate

### Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this $Legislature.^{:3}$

| County | Senator | Party |
| - | - | - |
| Apache | Earl Platt* | Democrat |
| Cochise | Ralph Cowan* | Democrat |
| Cochise | John Pintek | Democrat |
| Coconino | F. L. Christensen | Democrat |
| Gila | Clarence L. Carpenter | Democrat |
| Gila | William A. Sullivan | Democrat |
| Graham | Warner B. Mattice | Democrat |
| Greenlee | Fred J. Fritz* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | John E. Hunt | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Roy D. Stone | Democrat |
| Mohave | Clyde Bollinger | Democrat |
| Navajo | Clay Simer | Democrat |
| Pima | J. B. Mead | Democrat |
| Pima | William Kimball* | Democrat |
| Pinal | James Herron Jr. | Democrat |
| Santa Cruz | Hubert 0. Merryweather | Democrat |
| Yavapai | Sam J. Head* | Democrat |
| Yavapai | 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 $Legislature.^{:4}$

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