# 24th Arizona State Legislature

The 24th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1959, to December 31, 1960, during the first of three terms of Paul Fannin's time as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at two per county, totaling 28, and the members of the house of representatives also held steady at 80. The Democrats picked up a seat in the upper house, increasing their edge to 27–1. In the House, the Republicans picked up three seats, however the Democrats still held a 55–25 edge.

## Sessions

The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 12, 1959, and adjourned on March 31; while the second convened on January 11, 1960, and adjourned on March 26. There were no Special Sessions.

## State Senate
### Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.$^{:xix}$
| County | Senator | Party |
| Apache | Lynn Lockhart* | Democrat |
| Apache | Melvin C. Greer* | Democrat |
| Cochise | Dan S. Kitchel* | Democrat |
| Cochise | A. R. Spikes* | Democrat |
| Coconino | Robert W. Prochnow* | Democrat |
| Coconino | Fred F. Udine* | Democrat |
| Gila | Clarence L. Carpenter* | Democrat |
| Gila | William A. Sullivan* | Democrat |
| Graham | Jim Smith | Democrat |
| Graham | John Mickelson | Democrat |
| Greenlee | M. L. Sims* | Democrat |
| Greenlee | Carl Gale* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Hilliard T. Brooke | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Frank G. Murphy* | Democrat |
| Mohave | C. Clyde Bollinger** | Democrat |
| Mohave | Thelma Bollinger** | Democrat |
| Mohave | Robert Morrow* | Democrat |
| Navajo | J. Morris Richards* | Democrat |
| Navajo | Glenn Blansett | Democrat |
| Pima | David S. Wine | Democrat |
| Pima | Hiram S. (Hi) Corbet* | Republican |
| Pinal | Charles S. Goff* | Democrat |
| Pinal | Ben Arnold* | Democrat |
| Santa Cruz | Neilson Brown* | Democrat |
| Santa Cruz | C. B. (Bert) Smith* | Democrat |
| Yavapai | David H. Palmer* | Democrat |
| Yavapai | Charles H. Orme Sr.* | Democrat |
| Yuma | Harold C. Giss* | Democrat |
| Yuma | R. H. Thompson* | Democrat |
The ** denotes that Thelma Bollinger was appointed to the seat vacated upon the death of C. Clyde Bollinger

## House of Representatives
### Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.$^{:xx–xxiv}$
| County | Representative | Party |
| Apache | James S. Shreeve* | Democrat |
| Cochise | Charles O. Bloomquist* | Democrat |
| Cochise | W. L. (Tay) Cook* | Democrat |
| Cochise | Clyde M. Dalton* | Democrat |
| Cochise | Andrew J. Gilbert | Democrat |
| Coconino | Thomas N. Knoles Jr.* | Democrat |
| Coconino | Harold J. Scudder* | Democrat |
| Gila | Nelson D. Breyton* | Democrat |
| Gila | R. E. (Arky) Burnham | Democrat |
| Gila | William G. Rosenbaum* | Democrat |
| Graham | Milton Lines* | Democrat |
| Graham | E. L. Tidwell* | Democrat |
| Greenlee | Tom W. Berry* | Democrat |
| Greenlee | G. O. Biles* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Carl Austin* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | W. B. Barkley* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Frank Bowman | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Lewis B. Bramkamp* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Robert Brewer* | Republican |
| Maricopa | Elmer T. Burson | Republican |
| Maricopa | David H. Campbell* | Republican |
| Maricopa | Conrad James Carreon* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Sherman R. Dent* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Laron Waldo DeWitt* | Republican |
| Maricopa | Marie S. Earl* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Geraldine F. Eliot* | Republican |
| Maricopa | Jack E. Gardner* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Chet Goldberg Jr. | Republican |
| Maricopa | J. O. Grimes* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Merle E. Hays | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Priscilla H. Hays | Republican |
| Maricopa | F. A. (Jake) Higgins* | Republican |
| Maricopa | Marshall Humphrey | Republican |
| Maricopa | Emogene M. Jennings* | Republican |
| Maricopa | Sidney Kartus | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Elmer G. King | Democrat |
| Maricopa | W. I. (Ike) Lowry* | Republican |
| Maricopa | Gene B. McClellan | Republican |
| Maricopa | Robert L. Myers | Republican |
| Maricopa | Charles H. Oatman | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Ruth Peck | Republican |
| Maricopa | William S. Porter | Republican |
| Maricopa | S. Earl Pugh* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Don Reese | Republican |
| Maricopa | T. C. Rhodes* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Arthur B. Schellenberg* | Republican |
| Maricopa | Carl Sims Sr.* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Bill Stephens* | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Bob Stump | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Martin P. Toscano | Democrat |
| Maricopa | Wm. F. (Pat) Vipperman Jr. | Democrat |
| Mohave | J. J. Glancy* | Democrat |
| Navajo | Lee F. Dover* | Democrat |
| Navajo | Augusta T. Larson* | Republican |
| Pima | W. G. "Bill" Bodell* | Republican |
| Pima | Emilio Carrillo | Democrat |
| Pima | Harold L. Cook* | Democrat |
| Pima | Arnold Elias | Democrat |
| Pima | Thomas D. Fridena* | Democrat |
| Pima | John H. Haugh* | Republican |
| Pima | David G. Hawkins | Republican |
| Pima | Douglas S. Holsclaw* | Republican |
| Pima | V. S. Hostetter* | Republican |
| Pima | Etta Mae Hutcheson* | Democrat |
| Pima | James L. Kennedy | Democrat |
| Pima | Ray Martin | Democrat |
| Pima | William I. Minor | Democrat |
| Pima | Emmett S. (Bud) Walker | Democrat |
| Pima | Thomas C. Webster | Republican |
| Pima | Alvin Wessler* | Republican |
| Pinal | Charles Moody | Democrat |
| Pinal | Frederick S. Smith* | Democrat |
| Pinal | E. Blodwen Thode* | Democrat |
| Santa Cruz | Robert R. Hathaway* | Democrat |
| Yavapai | Joseph L. Allen | Democrat |
| Yavapai | Mabel S. Ellis* | Democrat |
| Yavapai | M. A. Lindner* | Democrat |
| Yuma | Clara Osborne Botzum | Democrat |
| Yuma | Robert L. Klauer* | Democrat |
| Yuma | Cecil D. Miller | Democrat |