page_title: 17th Arizona Territorial Legislature
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: 17th Arizona Territorial Legislature / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: The Apache Kid (Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl), before 1890 date QS:P,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9.
context_page_description: The 17th Arizona Territorial Legislative Assembly was a session of the Arizona Territorial Legislature which convened in Phoenix, Arizona. The session ran from February 13 through April 13, 1893.
context_section_description: Expectations were that Arizona would soon achieve statehood.
  Following the constitutional convention authorized by the previous session, Territorial Delegate Marcus A. Smith had submitted an Arizona statehood bill that had passed the United States House of Representatives but was blocked in the Senate by Republicans who did not wish to grant the predominantly Democratic territory two new senators.  The Democratic party won control of the Senate during the 1892 elections, removing the ability of Republicans to block the legislation, and Smith would submit a new statehood bill in the next Congressional session.
  Oakes Murphy had been promoted from Territorial Secretary to Governor following the resignation of Governor Irwin  With the inauguration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland imminent, candidates were vying to replace Murphy as the legislative session began.  L. C. Hughes would be sworn in as territorial Governor on April 12, 1893.
  Of concern to the citizens of Arizona Territory was the Apache Kid, who had become one of the most feared outlaws of the prior decade.
caption: The Apache Kid
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