title: 16th Arizona State Legislature
text: # 16th Arizona State Legislature
  
  The 16th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1943, to December 31, 1944, during the second of Sidney Preston Osborn's four consecutive terms as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at 19, while the house increased from 52 to 58 members. The Democrats controlled all the senate and house seats.
  
  ## Sessions
  
  The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 11, 1943; and adjourned on March 14. There were two special sessions, the first of which was held from February 15 through February 24, 1944, and the second of which was held from February 25 – March 16, $1944.^{:14}$
  
  ## State Senate
  
  ### Members
  
  The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this $Legislature.^{:4}$
  
  | County | Senator | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Apache | Bert J. Colter* | Democratic |
  | Cochise | Ralph Cowan* | Democratic |
  | Cochise | Dan Angius* | Democratic |
  | Coconino | James E. Babbitt* | Democratic |
  | Gila | S. L. Bixby* | Democratic |
  | Gila | James R. Heron | Democratic |
  | Graham | V. P. Richards | Democratic |
  | Greenlee | A. C. Stanton* | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | James Minotto | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Walter J. Thalheimer | Democratic |
  | Mohave | J. Hubert Smith* | Democratic |
  | Navajo | Lloyd C. Henning* | Democratic |
  | Pima | H. H. d'Autremont* | Democratic |
  | Pima | William Kimball* | Democratic |
  | Pinal | L. E. Canfil | Democratic |
  | Santa Cruz | W. H. Hathaway | Democratic |
  | Yavapai | Paul C. Keefe* | Democratic |
  | Yavapai | Norman Fain* | 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 to 58 members; 4 seats were added in Maricopa County and 2 in Pima $County.^{:5}$
  
  | County | Representative | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Apache | Walter Pulsipher* | Democratic |
  | Cochise | William K. Caley | Democratic |
  | Cochise | Howard McKinney* | Democratic |
  | Cochise | H. J. Lewis* | Democratic |
  | Cochise | Frank W. Sharpe Jr.* | Democratic |
  | Cochise | A. R. Spikes | Democratic |
  | Coconino | Frank L. Christensen* | Democratic |
  | Coconino | W. C. Rittenhouse | Democratic |
  | Gila | Robert Fitzgerald | Democratic |
  | Gila | William G. Rosenbaum* | Democratic |
  | Gila | Harold Copp* | Democratic |
  | Graham | Walter Foote | Democratic |
  | Graham | Warner B. Mattice* | Democratic |
  | Greenlee | Fred J. Fritz* | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Charles H. Abels | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | H. C. Armstrong* | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | G. N. Baker | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Arthur J. Barnes | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Cecil A. Bell* | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Maxine P. Brubaker* | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | William H. Chester | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Jack Cummard | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | J. H. Fairbanks | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Carroll Hudson | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Fred M. Jahn | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Frank E. Jordan | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | R. F. Kilpatrick* | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Alvin Lindsey | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | O. L. McDaniel* | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | D. McDonald | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | T. McGowan* | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Laura McRae | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | W. W. Mitchell* | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | S. Norton | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Claire Phelps* | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Kenneth K. Pound | Democratic |
  | Maricopa | Joe M. Rumsey | Democratic |
  | Mohave | E. L. Jameson* | Democratic |
  | Navajo | John L. Westover | Democratic |
  | Navajo | W. T. Willey | Democratic |
  | Pima | Frank G. Robles* | Democratic |
  | Pima | Robert H. Forbes* | Democratic |
  | Pima | Joseph J. O'Neill | Democratic |
  | Pima | Roy Martin* | Democratic |
  | Pima | Gaynor K. Stover* | Democratic |
  | Pima | John H. Ayraud | Democratic |
  | Pima | Jerome P. Martin | Democratic |
  | Pima | D. M. Penny | Democratic |
  | Pima | A. Berky | Democratic |
  | Pinal | C. S. Goff* | Democratic |
  | Pinal | George Ernst* | Democratic |
  | Santa Cruz | Richard S. Stearns Jr. | Democratic |
  | Yavapai | Robert E. Perkins* | Democratic |
  | Yavapai | A. L. Favour | Democratic |
  | Yavapai | Leonard Klein* | Democratic |
  | Yavapai | Harry E. Metz | Democratic |
  | Yuma | Clara Osborne Botzum | Democratic |
  | Yuma | Albert W. Dudley* | Democratic |
  