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The 13th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the
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and the
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, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1937, to December 31, 1938, during
Rawghlie Clement Stanford Rawghlie Clement Stanford (August 2, 1879 – December 15, 1963) was an American judge and politician who served as the fifth governor of Arizona from 1937 to 1939. He later served on the Arizona Supreme Court from 1943 until 1955, including th ...
's first and only term as
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. 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 from
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.


Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 11, 1937; and adjourned on March 13. There were four special sessions. The first ran from May 10 through May 29, 1937; the second ran from June 2 through June 22, 1937; the third special session was convened on July 22, 1937, and adjourned on August 4. and the fourth and final special session ran from September 15 – October 4, 1938.


State Senate


Members

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


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 remained constant from the prior legislature: 51 seats.


References

{{Arizona State Legislatures Arizona legislative sessions 1937 in Arizona 1938 in Arizona 1937 U.S. legislative sessions 1938 U.S. legislative sessions