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Arizona: State House of Representatives

Members of the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1905-2014 (May be incomplete!)

Blank district: William Neville 1905 Don C. Babbitt 1912-13 James M. Ball 1912-13 Alexander Barker 1912-13 Sam B. Bradner 1912-14 William E. Brooks 1912-16 John W. Buchanan 1912-16 Thomas Maddock 1912 Guy D. Acuff 1915-16 Alepto G. Austin 1915-16 B. F. Baker 1915-16 Rachel E. Berry 1915-16 Samuel P. Briscoe 1915-16 Harold Baxter 1917-18 Jasper N. Brewer 1917-18 Albert R. Buehman 1917-18 Josephus R. Barnette 1919-32 George W. Barrows 1919-20 Wirt G. Bowman 1919-20 Hyrum P. Burk 1919-20 Frederick E. A. Kimball 1919-22 Robert L. Finch 1920 Howard Barkell 1921-26 William J. Barry 1921-22 W. D. Baxter 1921-22 Ova D. Betts 1921-22 C. Louise Boehringer 1921-22 J. Irvin Burk 1921-22 Nellie T. Bush 1921-24 Alepto G. Austin 1923-24 Allan C. Bernard 1923-24 John R. Bradshaw 1923-24 Benjamin E. Briscoe 1923-26 William J. Burns 1923-24 Lewis W. Douglas 1923-25 Norman Abell 1925-28 Anthony L. Boehmer 1925-26 Frank W. Boville 1925-28 Hilliard T. Brooke 1925-28 George P. Brown 1925-26 Elijah Allen 1927-28 Nellie T. Bush 1927-28 Fred J. Fritz 1927-46 Frederick E. A. Kimball 1927-30 William G. Rosenbaum 1927-49 James H. Barrett 1929-30 Frost L. Benham 1929-31 Ione L. Breinholt 1929-30 Cassius M. Brimhall 1929-30 David A. Adams 1931-32 Paris I. Ashcroft 1931-32 James W. Baker 1931-32 Jessie E. Bevan 1931-34 Edwin F. Bohlinger 1931-36 James T. Bone 1931-32 Nellie T. Bush 1931-34 Hugh Callahan 1931-33 Renz L. Jennings 1931-32 Jesse A. Udall 1931-38 Bert C. Armstrong 1933-36 Martin L. Armstrong 1933-34 James E. Babbitt 1933-36 Frank W. Beer 1933-34 Ray C. Bennett 1933-34 George A. Batchelder 1935-40 Frank Bowling 1935-36 Bernard T. Caine 1935-36 Harold D. Adamson 1937-38 William R. Bourdon 1937-40 Nelson D. Brayton 1937-39 J. Irvin Burk 1937-38 Cecil A. Bell 1939-46 Warner B. Mattice 1939-48 H. C. 'Cliff' Armstrong 1941-54 M. R. 'Bill' Baily 1941-42 Maxine P. Brubaker 1941-44 Nellie T. Bush 1941-42 Don Taylor Udall 1941-42 Adolph Berky 1942-45 William K. Caley 1942-44 Charles H. Abels 1943-46 John H. Ayraud 1943-48 George N. Baker 1943-50 Arthur J. Barnes 1943-44 Clara O. Botzum 1943-50 Robert O. Barber 1945-46 Jesse L. Boyce 1947-50 Henry D. Austin 1948 Anton H. Bisjak 1948-54 Charles H. Abels 1949-50 Wesley T. Allen 1949-52 Archie L. Bartlett 1949-54 Robert C. Bohannon, Jr. 1949-50 Neilson Brown 1949-54 Lewis R. Burch 1949-52 Marvin L. Burton 1949-52 James H. Callan 1949-50 E. C. 'Polly' Rosenbaum 1949-94 Lee Ackerman 1951-52 Lytle S. Adams 1951-54 Clinton S. Anderson 1951-54 Wilbur B. Barkley 1951-52 Charles O. Bloomquist 1951-60 Francis J. Byrnes 1951-52 Ruth Z. Adams-White 1953-58 Evelyn Anderson-Muheim 1953-55 Fitzgerald Benson 1953-54 Robert Brewer 1953-66 Isabel A. Burgess 1953-54 Marion H. Burton 1953-56 Richard G. Kleindienst 1953-54 Charles H. Abels 1955-56 Harry Ackerman 1955-56 Vicente Alfaro 1955-56 Carl C. Anderson 1955-58 Joseph Carl Austin 1955-62 David B. Babbitt 1955-56 Henry W. Bagnall 1955-58 Josephine Bailey 1955 Tom W. Berry 1955-62 Garvious O. Biles 1955-72 Nelson D. Brayton 1955-64 Keith S. Brown 1955-58 Lytle S. Adams 1957-58 Wilbur B. Barkley 1957-64 W. G. Bodell 1957-60 Lewis B. Brankamp 1957-60 Isabel A. Burgess 1957-58 Marvin L. Burton 1957-58 Joe L. Allen 1959-60 Clara O. Botzum 1959-62 Frank Bowman 1959-60 Hilliard T. Brooke 1959-60 Roy E. Burnham 1959-60 Elmer T. Burson 1959-64 Elmer G. King 1959-64 Bob Stump 1959-67 John H. Haugh 1960 Isabel A. Burgess 1961-66 William C. Attaway, Jr. 1963-64 Sandy P. Bowling 1963-66 Jack A. Brown 1963-64 Moscoe J. Brown 1963-66 Fred Burke 1963-64 Cloves C. Campbell 1963-66 Ruth Z. Adams-White 1965-72 Scott Alexander 1965-70 Jesse W. Allen 1965-66 Harry Bandouveris 1965-66 Barton S. Barr 1965-86 Thomas G. Beaham 1965-66 William A. Buehl 1965-76 Leonard M. Calderon, Jr. 1965-66 Anthony R. Abril, Jr. 1967-70 Stanley W. Akers 1967-78 Richard E. Bailey 1967-68 Timothy A. Barrow 1967-72 Walter E. Bloom 1967-70 Polly Getzwiller as of 1968 Edward C. Andrews 1969-70 Bernardo M. Cajero 1969-73 Renz D. Jennings 1969-70 Leon Thompson 1970 Howard Adams 1971-74 Elwood W. Bradford 1971-78 Richard Burgess 1971-74 H. Thomas Kincaid 1971-74 Charles W. King 1971-74 Anthony R. Abril, Jr. 1973-82 G. T. 'Tom' Alley 1973-76 Larry Bahill 1973-80 Carmen F. Cajero 1973-96 Bart Baker 1979-90 Karan English 1981-87 Donald R. Aldridge 1983-96 David C. Bartlett 1983-88 Jan Brewer 1983-86 John C. King 1985-88 Robert W. Broughton, Jr. 1987-88 Jack A. Brown 1987-95 Brenda A. Burns 1987-94 Stan Barnes 1989-92 Robert L. Burns 1989-96 J. Ernest Baird 1991-96 Keith A. Bee 1991-92 Linda Beezley 1991-94 Ben Benton 1991-92 Pat Blake 1991-94 George B. Brooks 1991-92 Linda G. Aguirre 1993-96 Russell W. Bowers 1993-96 Robert N. Blendu, Sr. 1995-96 R. Fulton Brock 1995-96 Scott A. Bundgaard 1995-96 Gabrielle Giffords 2001-03 Tom O'Halleran 2001-07 Steve May 2002 Ann Kirkpatrick 2005-08
2nd District: Sylvia Laughter 2003-
3rd District: Sylvia Laughter 1999-2002
8th District: Gus Arzberger 1985-88
9th District: Debbie Lesko 2009-12
13th District: Andy Nichols 1993-2000
15th District: Kenneth Clark 2003- Kyrsten Sinema 2005-10
16th District: Ruben Gallego 2011-14
18th District: Jane Dee Hull 1979-93 Mark R. Anderson 2005-08
20th District: Trent Franks 1985-87 Elise Salinger 1997-98
21st District: Debbie Lesko 2013-14
22nd District: Andy Biggs 2003-10
23rd District: David Armstead 1993-98
28th District: David Schweikert 1989-94 Carolyn S. Allen 1995-2002
29th District: Mark R. Anderson 1995-2002

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1945 May 17: Adolph Berky, died in office.

1949: William G. Rosenbaum, died in office.

1952: Evan Mecham (Rep), defeated.

1978: Jane Dee Hull, elected.

1988 Nov 8: Wynonia Burke (New Alliance), defeated.

1994: E. C. 'Polly' Rosenbaum (Dem), defeated.

1998 Nov 3: Linda Binder (Rep), elected; Barbara B. Blewster (Rep), elected; Kathy Fredricks (Dem), defeated. John Verkamp (Rep), elected; Joe Hart (Rep), elected; Richard Swanson (Dem), defeated. Sylvia Laughter (Dem), elected; Tom Gordon (Rep), elected; Dean Slavens (Rep), defeated; Leonard Chee, defeated; Beverly Becenti-Pigman, defeated. Jake Flake (Rep), elected; Debra Brimhall (Rep), elected; Janice Chilton (Dem), defeated; David Rodriguez (Dem), defeated. Robert J. McLendon (Dem), elected unopposed; Jim Carruthers (Rep), elected unopposed. Lori S. Daniels (Rep), elected; Richard Kyle (Rep), elected; Tom Kennedy (Dem), defeated; Floyd Shackelford (Libertarian), defeated. Rebecca Rios (Dem), elected unopposed; Harry R. Clark (Dem), elected unopposed. Gail Griffin (Rep), elected; Mark Maiorana (Dem), elected; Bobby Lugo (Dem), defeated; Bill Morrison (Rep), defeated. Lou-Ann M. Preble (Rep), elected unopposed; Bill McGibbon (Rep), elected unopposed. Sally Ann Gonzales (Dem), elected unopposed; Ramón O. Valadez (Dem), elected unopposed. Debora Norris (Dem), elected unopposed; Carmine Cardamone (Dem), elected unopposed. Steve Huffman (Rep), elected; Dan H. Schottel (Rep), elected; Mark Osterloh (Dem), defeated; Andy J. Morales (Dem), defeated. Andy Nichols (Dem), elected; Kathleen Dunbar (Rep), elected; Brian Fagin (Dem), defeated. Herschella Horton (Dem), elected; Marion L. Pickens (Dem), elected; Sam Ramirez (Rep), defeated; Ed Kahn (Libertarian), defeated. Jerry Overton (Rep), elected; Lowell Gleason (Rep), elected; Bunny Goldfarb (Dem), defeated. Linda Gray (Rep), elected; Jim Weiers (Rep), elected; Robin Schneider (Dem), defeated; Dorothy Hankins Schultz (Dem), defeated. Robert L. Burns (Rep), elected; Jean McGrath (Rep), elected; Kenneth J. Thomas (Dem), defeated; Leonard A. Clark (Dem), defeated. Susan Gerard (Rep), elected unopposed; Barry Wong (Rep), elected unopposed. Ted Carpenter (Rep), elected unopposed; Roberta Voss (Rep), elected unopposed.

1996: Elise Salinger (Dem), elected.

1998 Mar 16: Elise Salinger, died in office.

1998 Nov 3: Kathi Foster (Dem), elected unopposed; Bill Brotherton (Dem), elected unopposed. Dean Cooley (Rep), elected unopposed; Marilyn Jarrett (Rep), elected unopposed. Richard Miranda (Dem), elected; John A. Loredo (Dem), elected; John Atkins (Rep), defeated. Leah Landrum (Dem), elected; Carlos Avelar (Dem), elected; Mary Carr (Rep), defeated. Tom Horne (Rep), elected; Barbara Leff (Rep), elected; Jacqueline Gasser (Dem), defeated; Chris Klein (Dem), defeated. Ken Cheuvront (Dem), elected; Christine Weason (Dem), elected; Milton Wheat (Rep), defeated; John Buttrick (Libertarian), defeated. Jeff Hatch-Miller (Rep), elected; Steve May (Rep), elected; Karen Hofmeister (Dem), defeated; Billy Wrye (Dem), defeated; James E. Bourassa (Reform), defeated. Laura Knaperek (Rep), elected; Mike Gardner (Rep), elected; Tom Head (Dem), defeated; Paul Valach (Dem), defeated. Carolyn S. Allen (Rep), elected unopposed; Wes Marsh (Rep), elected unopposed. Mark R. Anderson (Rep), elected unopposed; Wayne Gardner (Rep), elected unopposed. Karen S. Johnson (Rep), elected; Jeff Groscost (Rep), elected; William Luck (Dem), defeated.

2002: Sylvia Laughter (Dem), elected.

2000: Sylvia Laughter (Dem), elected.

2002: Kenneth Clark, elected; Kyrsten Sinema (Ind), defeated.

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