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Henry Fountain Ashurst (1874-1962) —
also known as Henry F. Ashurst; "The Cowboy
Senator"; "Fountain"; "Dean of
Inconsistency"; "Five-Syllable Henry";
"Silver-Tongued Sunbeam of the Painted
Desert" —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born near Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev., September
13, 1874.
Son of William Henry Ashurst and Sarah Elizabeth (Bogard) Ashurst.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arizona
territorial House of Representatives, 1896; member of Arizona
territorial senate, 1902; Coconino
County District Attorney, 1905-08; delegate to
Arizona state constitutional convention, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1912-41.
Catholic.
Famed for saying "No senator can change his mind quicker than I." Actor
in cameo role in the 1962 movie
Advise & Consent.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two weeks later, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1962 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Thomas Edward Campbell (1878-1944) —
also known as Thomas E. Campbell —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., January
18, 1878.
Son of Daniel Campbell and Eliza (O'Flynn) Campbell.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1914; Governor of
Arizona, 1917, 1919-23; defeated, 1936; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1924-28; member, U.S. Civil Service
Commission, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1940.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March 1,
1944 (age 66 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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John Frank Wilson (1846-1911) —
also known as John F. Wilson —
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., May 7,
1846.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1877; state court judge in
Arizona, 1893; Arizona
territory attorney general, 1896; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1899.
Died, probably from apoplexy,
in the Prescott Hotel,
Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., April 7,
1911 (age 64 years, 335
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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John Goulder Campbell (1827-1903) —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
June
25, 1827.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant;
hotel
owner; member of Arizona
territorial House of Representatives, 1868-74; Yavapai
County Supervisor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1879-81.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., December
22, 1903 (age 76 years, 180
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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