The Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona served as the legislative body of the Arizona Territory. It was a bicameral legislature consisting of a lower house, the House of Representatives, and an upper house, the council. Created by the Arizona Organic Act, the legislature initially consisted of nine members in the council and eighteen members in the House, meeting once a year until 1869, when the U.S. Congress changed the meeting sessions to biannually. In 1881, the legislature expanded to twelve Council members and twenty-four Representatives.
The Arizona Territorial Legislature was replaced by the Arizona State Legislature after Arizona achieved statehood.
Legislative sessions SessionYearLocation1st Arizona Territorial Legislature1864Prescott2nd Arizona Territorial Legislature1865Prescott3rd Arizona Territorial Legislature1866Prescott4th Arizona Territorial Legislature1867Prescott5th Arizona Territorial Legislature1868Tucson6th Arizona Territorial Legislature1871Tucson7th Arizona Territorial Legislature1873Tucson8th Arizona Territorial Legislature1875Tucson9th Arizona Territorial Legislature1877Tucson10th Arizona Territorial Legislature1879Prescott11th Arizona Territorial Legislature1881Prescott12th Arizona Territorial Legislature1883Prescott13th Arizona Territorial Legislature1885Prescott14th Arizona Territorial Legislature1887Prescott15th Arizona Territorial Legislature1889Prescott–Phoenix16th Arizona Territorial Legislature1891Phoenix17th Arizona Territorial Legislature1893Phoenix18th Arizona Territorial Legislature1895Phoenix19th Arizona Territorial Legislature1897Phoenix20th Arizona Territorial Legislature1899Phoenix21st Arizona Territorial Legislature1901Phoenix22nd Arizona Territorial Legislature1903Phoenix23rd Arizona Territorial Legislature1905Phoenix24th Arizona Territorial Legislature1907Phoenix25th Arizona Territorial Legislature1909Phoenix
See also Members of the Arizona Territorial Legislature
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