| Number: | 23rd |
| Start: | January 1, 1957 |
| End: | December 31, 1958 |
| Senators: | 28 |
| Reps: | 80 |
| S-Majority: | Democratic (26–2) |
| H-Majority: | Democratic (57–23) |
| Sessionstart1: | January 14 |
| Sessionend1: | March 15, 1957 |
| Sessionstart2: | January 13 |
| Sessionend2: | March 15, 1958 |
| Special Session1 Start: | January 31 |
| Special Session1 End: | February 2, 1991 |
| Previous: | 22nd |
| Next: | 24th |
The 23rd Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958, during the second of two terms of Ernest McFarland's time as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at two per county, totaling 28, while the number of members of the House of Representatives decreased from 81 to 80. The balance in the upper house continued at a 26–2 margin in favor of the Democrats. In the House, the Republicans picked up three seats, while Democrats lost four seats, however the Democrats still held a 57–23 edge.
The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 14, 1957, and adjourned on March 15, while the second convened on January 13, 1958, and adjourned on March 15.[1] [2] There was a single special session, which convened on March 19, 1958, and adjourned sine die on April 2.
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
| County | Senator | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Lynn Lockhart | Democrat | ||
| Melvin C. Greer | Democrat | |||
| Cochise | Dan S. Kitchel | Democrat | ||
| A. R. Spikes | Democrat | |||
| Coconino | Robert W. Prochnow | Democrat | ||
| Fred F. Udine | Democrat | |||
| Gila | Clarence L. Carpenter | Democrat | ||
| William A. Sullivan | Democrat | |||
| Graham | W. B. Mattice | Democrat | ||
| Wilford R. Richardson | Democrat | |||
| Greenlee | M. L. Sims | Democrat | ||
| Carl Gale | Democrat | |||
| Maricopa | Joe Haldiman Jr. | Democrat | ||
| Frank G. Murphy | Democrat | |||
| Mohave | Earl W. Cooke | Democrat | ||
| Robert Morrow | Democrat | |||
| Navajo | J. Morris Richards | Democrat | ||
| William R. Bourdon | Republican | |||
| Pima | Harry Ackerman | Democrat | ||
| H. S. Corbett | Republican | |||
| Pinal | Charles S. Goff | Democrat | ||
| Ben Arnold | Democrat | |||
| Santa Cruz | Neilson Brown | Democrat | ||
| C. B. Smith | Democrat | |||
| Yavapai | David H. Palmer | Democrat | ||
| Charles H. Orme Sr. | Democrat | |||
| Yuma | Harold C. Giss | Democrat | ||
| R. H. Thompson | Democrat | |||
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
| County | Representative | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | James S. Shreeve | Democrat | ||
| Cochise | Charles O. Bloomquist | Democrat | ||
| W. L. Cook | Democrat | |||
| Clyde M. Dalton | Democrat | |||
| H. J. Lewis | Democrat | |||
| Coconino | Thomas N. Knoles Jr. | Democrat | ||
| Harold J. Scudder | Democrat | |||
| Gila | Nelson D. Breyton | Democrat | ||
| Louis B. Ellsworth Jr. | Democrat | |||
| William G. Rosenbaum | Democrat | |||
| Graham | Milton Lines | Democrat | ||
| E. L. Tidwell | Democrat | |||
| Greenlee | Tom W. Berry | Democrat | ||
| G. O. Biles | Democrat | |||
| Maricopa | L. S. Adams | Democrat | ||
| Carl C. Andersen | Republican | |||
| Carl Austin | Democrat | |||
| W. B. Barkley | Democrat | |||
| Lewis B. Bramkamp | Democrat | |||
| Robert Brewer | Republican | |||
| Isabel Burgess | Republican | |||
| David H. Campbell | Republican | |||
| Conrad James Carreon | Democrat | |||
| Sherman R. Dent | Democrat | |||
| Laron Waldo DeWitt | Republican | |||
| Marie S. Earl | Democrat | |||
| Geraldine F. Eliot | Republican | |||
| Ed Ellsworth | Democrat | |||
| Robert C. Forquer | Republican | |||
| Jack E. Gardner | Democrat | |||
| Arlo O. Gooch | Democrat | |||
| J. O. Grimes | Democrat | |||
| William J. Harkness | Democrat | |||
| Vernon Hathcock | Republican | |||
| John C. Hughes | Democrat | |||
| Emogene M. Jennings | Republican | |||
| J. R. Johnson | Democrat | |||
| William Joseph Kamp | Democrat | |||
| Malcom L. Lentz | Republican | |||
| W. I. (Ike) Lowry | Republican | |||
| W. W. Mitchell Sr. | Democrat | |||
| S. Earl Pugh | Democrat | |||
| Lillian Retzloff | Democrat | |||
| T. C. Rhodes | Democrat | |||
| Del Rogers | Democrat | |||
| Arthur B. Schellenberg | Republican | |||
| Carl Sims Sr. | Democrat | |||
| Bill Stephens | Democrat | |||
| R. H. (Bob) Wallace | Republican | |||
| Ruth Adams White | Republican | |||
| Robert E. Wilson | Democrat | |||
| Mohave | J. J. Glancy | Democrat | ||
| Navajo | Lee F. Dover | Democrat | ||
| Augusta T. Larson | Republican | |||
| Pima | W. G. "Bill" Bodell | Republican | ||
| Keith S. Brown | Republican | |||
| Marvin L. Burton | Democrat | |||
| James W. Carroll | Democrat | |||
| William M. Carson | Democrat | |||
| Harold L. Cook | Democrat | |||
| James N. Corbett Jr. | Democrat | |||
| Thomas D. Fridena | Democrat | |||
| John H. Haugh | Republican | |||
| Douglas S. Holsclaw | Republican | |||
| V. S. Hostetter | Republican | |||
| Etta Mae Hutcheson | Democrat | |||
| Frank G. Robles | Democrat | |||
| Eaner T. Seaburg | Democrat | |||
| Alvin Wessler | Republican | |||
| Julliette C. Willis | Republican | |||
| Pinal | Harry Bagnall | Democrat | ||
| Frederick S. Smith | Democrat | |||
| E. Blodwen Thode | Democrat | |||
| Santa Cruz | Robert R. Hathaway | Democrat | ||
| Yavapai | Mabel S. Ellis | Democrat | ||
| Dick W. Martin | Republican | |||
| M. A. Lindner | Democrat | |||
| Yuma | Robert L. Klauer | Democrat | ||
| Al Lindsey | Democrat | |||
| John C. Smith Jr. | Democrat | |||