| 13th Arizona State Legislature | |||||||||
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| Legislative body | Arizona State Legislature | ||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Arizona, United States | ||||||||
| Term | January 1, 1937 – December 31, 1938 | ||||||||
| Senate | |||||||||
| Members | 19 | ||||||||
| President | Paul C. Keefe | ||||||||
| Party control | Democratic (19–0) | ||||||||
| House of Representatives | |||||||||
| Members | 51 | ||||||||
| Speaker | Vernon G. Davis | ||||||||
| Party control | Democratic (50–1) | ||||||||
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The13th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of theArizona State Senate and theArizona House of Representatives, was constituted inPhoenix from January 1, 1937, to December 31, 1938, duringRawghlie Clement Stanford'sfirst and only term asGovernor of Arizona. The number of senators and representatives remained constant, with 19 and 51 members respectively. While the Democrats regained one hundred percent of the senate seats, the Republicans broke the Democrats complete domination in the house, managing to obtain a single seat, one of the two fromNavajo County.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol inPhoenix on January 11, 1937; and adjourned on March 13.[1] There were four special sessions. The first ran from May 10 through May 29, 1937;[1]: 533 the second ran from June 2 through June 22, 1937;[1]: 585 the third special session was convened on July 22, 1937, and adjourned on August 4.[1]: 709 and the fourth and final special session ran from September 15 – October 4, 1938.[2]: 513
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]: 29
| County | Senator | Party | Notes |
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| Apache | W. E. Wiltbank | Democratic | |
| Cochise | Joe S. Hunt* | Democratic | |
| Dan Angius* | Democratic | ||
| Coconino | James E. Babbitt | Democratic | |
| Gila | Daniel E. Rienhardt* | Democratic | |
| E. H. McEachren* | Democratic | ||
| Graham | W. B. Kelly | Democratic | |
| Greenlee | A. C. Stanton | Democratic | |
| Maricopa | Frank T. Pomeroy | Democratic | |
| R. T. Jones | Democratic | ||
| Mohave | J. Hubert Smith* | Democratic | |
| Navajo | Robert L. Moore | Democratic | |
| Pima | Henry A. Dalton | Democratic | |
| August Wieden | Democratic | ||
| Pinal | W. C. Truman | Democratic | |
| Santa Cruz | J. A. Harrison* | Democratic | |
| Yavapai | Paul C. Keefe* | Democratic | President |
| W. E. Patterson* | Democratic | ||
| Yuma | H. H. Baker | Democratic |
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. The size of the House remained constant from the prior legislature: 51 seats.[1]: 29