8th Arizona State Legislature

8th Arizona State Legislature
	Arizona State Capitol (2014)
Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 1927 – December 31, 1928
Senate
Members	19
President	Mulford Winsor (D)
Party control	Democratic (17–2)
House of Representatives
Members	52
Speaker	A. M. Crawford (D)
Party control	Democratic (43–9)
Sessions
1st	January 10 – April 20, 1927

The 8th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted from January 1, 1927 to December 31, 1928, during the first and second years of George W. P. Hunt's sixth tenure as Governor of Arizona, in Phoenix. The number of senators remained constant at 19, while the number of representatives increased from 47 to 52. The Democrats held large majorities in both houses.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 10, 1927; and adjourned on April 20.[1]^:iii

There was six special sessions of this legislature during 1927 and 1928. The first special session took place from January 3-January 8, 1927, before the regular session convened.[1]^:479 The second special lasted a single day, March 30, 1927, while the regular session was in recess.[1]^:495 The third session was convened on July 25, 1927 and adjourned on August 11, 1927.[2] The fourth special session convened almost immediately following the adjournment of the third special session, on August 11, and went into recess on August 12. It reconvened on October 24, and adjourned on November 5.[2]^:43 The fifth special session was convened on November 19, 1928 and adjourned on December 31, at 7:04 PM.[3]^:509 The sixth and final session was convened shortly thereafter at 8:30 PM, and adjourned at 3:10 AM on January 1, 1929.[3]^:537

State Senate

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.

County	Senator	Party
Apache	Fred Colter*	Democratic
Cochise	Fred Sutter	Democratic
Cochise	J. B. Wylie*	Democratic
Coconino	Walter Runke*	Republican
Gila	Alfred Kinney*	Democratic
Gila	John R. Lyons*	Democratic
Graham	T. S. Kimball	Democratic
Greenlee	Harry W. Hill	Democratic
Maricopa	Dan P. Jones	Democratic
Maricopa	Harlow Akers	Democratic
Mohave	Charles Waters	Democratic
Navajo	G. W. Nelson	Democratic
Pima	William C. Joyner	Democratic
Pima	T. W. Donnelly*	Democratic
Pinal	Thomas N. Wills	Democratic
Santa Cruz	Andrew Bettwy	Democratic
Yavapai	A. H. Favour*	Democratic
Yavapai	Wayne Thornburg*	Republican
Yuma	Mulford Winsor*	Democratic

Employees

Secretary: Dorothy Burton
Assistant Secretary: William J. Graham
Sergeant-at-Arms: Van A. Reichards
Chaplain: Reverend E. E. Williams
Doorkeeper: E. J. Fiock

House of Representatives

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. The House grew by five seats from the 7th Legislature: 2 in Maricopa County, and 1 each in Coconino, Navajo, and Pima counties.

County	Representative	Party
Apache	Jacob Hamblin*	Democratic
Cochise	W. E. Oxsheer	Democratic
	A. J. Morgan*	Democratic
	Thomas Cowperthwaite	Democratic
	W. E. Jones*	Democratic
	Harry E. Pickett*	Democratic
	Norman Abell*	Democratic
	William Coxon	Democratic
Coconino	Fred W. Perkins	Republican
Coconino	Earl C. Slipher	Democratic
Gila	John McCormick*	Democratic
	M. F. Murphy*	Democratic
	William G. Rosenbaum	Democratic
	J. Knox Kent*	Democratic
Graham	W. L. Nelson	Republican
Graham	S. O. Williams*	Democratic
Greenlee	M. J. Hannon*	Democratic
Greenlee	Clarence R. Lynch	Democratic
Maricopa	Elijah Allen	Republican
	M. V. Decker	Democratic
	Robt. L. Finch*	Republican
	M. J. Francis	Democratic
	B. H. Gibbs	Democratic
	Joseph M. Holub	Democratic
	Vernetie O. Ivy	Democratic
	Guy L. Jones	Democratic
	Homer C. Ludden*	Democratic
	R. T. Mahon	Democratic
	W. D. McBrayer*	Democratic
	C. A. McKee	Democratic
	C. Emmett Newton	Democratic
	Fred W. Norton	Democratic
	W. S. Norviel	Republican
	John P. Orme*	Democratic
Mohave	W. B. Carr	Democratic
Navajo	S. C. Rogers	Republican
Navajo	C. G. McQuillan	Republican
Pima	R.R. Kennedy	Democratic
	F. E. A. Kimball	Republican
	John M. Morgan *	Democratic
	G. T. Old	Democratic
	Thomas M. Peters	Republican
	Oliver B. Patton*	Democratic
Pinal	Fred A. Griffin	Democratic
Pinal	Charles F. Studley, Jr	Democratic
Santa Cruz	Gladys Walker	Democratic
Yavapai	Hilliard T. Brooke*	Democratic
	Frank W. Boville*	Democratic
	A. M. Crawford*	Democratic
	W. W. Rhodes*	Democratic
Yuma	Nellie T. Bush	Democratic
Yuma	William Wisener*	Democratic

Employees

Chief Clerk: F.R. Duffy
Assistant Chief Clerk: Ora Orme
Sergeant-at-Arms: O.J. Whiteside
Chaplain: Reverend Seaborn Crutchfield

References

"Session laws, State of Arizona, 1925, Seventh Legislature, Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
"Session laws, State of Arizona, 1927 Volume 2, Eighth Legislature, Third and Fourth Special Sessions". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
"Session laws, State of Arizona, 1928, Eighth Legislature, Fifth and Sixth Special Sessions, 1929, Ninth Legislature, First Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 30, 2017.

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[SL-1] "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1925, Seventh Legislature, Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 29, 2017.

[SL2-2] "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1927 Volume 2, Eighth Legislature, Third and Fourth Special Sessions". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 30, 2017.

[SL3-3] "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1928, Eighth Legislature, Fifth and Sixth Special Sessions, 1929, Ninth Legislature, First Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 30, 2017.