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Congregationalist Politicians in Arizona
(including United Church of Christ;
Evangelical and Reformed Church;
Congregational Christian Churches)

Stanley William Akers (1922-1979) — also known as Stanley W. Akers — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Bayfield, La Plata County, Colo., December 12, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Arizona state house of representatives, 1967-78; Speaker of the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1973-76. Congregationalist or Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in July, 1979 (age 56 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Clyde William Akers and Norma Cecil (Plunkett) Akers; married, September 18, 1949, to Sharon Hogue.   Timothy Arthur Barrow (b. 1934) — also known as Timothy A. Barrow — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Pennsylvania, 1934. Republican. Banker; member of Arizona state house of representatives, 1967-72; Speaker of the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1971-72; mayor of Phoenix, Ariz., 1974-76. Congregationalist. Still living as of 1976. Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) — also known as Alvin M. Bentley — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 30, 1918. Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1953-61; defeated, 1962; wounded in an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the House of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 15th Senatorial District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan state board of education, 1964; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died in office 1969. Congregationalist. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Exchange Club; Theta Delta Chi; Optimist Club; Rotary; Kiwanis. Died in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., April 10, 1969 (age 50 years, 223 days). Entombed at Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Alvin Morell Bentley and Helen (Patterson) Bentley; married to Arvella Ann Duescher; father of Alvin M. Bentley Jr..   Cross-reference: Robert L. Richardson, Jr.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58   Harvey Wesley Bolin (1909-1978) — also known as H. Wesley Bolin — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Butler, Bates County, Mo., July 1, 1909. Democrat. Secretary of state of Arizona, 1949-77; Governor of Arizona, 1977-78; died in office 1978. Congregationalist. Member, Elks; Moose; Jaycees; Kiwanis. Died, from a heart attack, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., March 4, 1978 (age 68 years, 246 days). Interment at State Capitol Grounds, Phoenix, Ariz.   Relatives: Son of Doc Strother Bolin and Margaret (Combs) Bolin; married, February 18, 1940, to Julia Elizabeth Hentz.   The Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Albert Mercer Crawford (1894-1961) — of Yavapai County, Ariz. Born in California, 1894. Democrat. Speaker of the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1927-28. Congregationalist. Died in 1961 (age about 67 years). Burial location unknown.   Walter Walfred Johnson (1904-1987) — also known as Walter W. Johnson — of Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colo. Born in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colo., April 16, 1904. Democrat. Member of Colorado state senate, 1941-49, 1951-59; candidate for U.S. Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1946; Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 1949-50; Governor of Colorado, 1950-51. Congregationalist. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Elks. Died in Tempe, Maricopa County, Ariz., March 23, 1987 (age 82 years, 341 days). Interment somewhere in Pueblo, Colo.   Relatives: Married, April 6, 1922, to Neva Morrow.   See also National Governors Association biography   Alfred Collins Lockwood (1875-1951) — also known as Alfred C. Lockwood — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill., July 20, 1875. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; superior court judge in Arizona, 1913-24; justice of Arizona state supreme court, 1925-43; chief justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1929-31, 1935-37, 1941-43. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., October 29, 1951 (age 76 years, 101 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Walter Chichester Lockwood and Elizabeth Will (Peers) Lockwood; married, June 11, 1902, to Daisy Maude Lincoln; fourth great-grandnephew of Abraham Davenport (1715-1789); first cousin thrice removed of Thaddeus Betts; first cousin five times removed of John Davenport and James Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Hanford Nichols Lockwood; second cousin four times removed of Abraham Davenport (1767-1837) and Theodore Davenport; second cousin five times removed of John Hart; third cousin twice removed of James Lockwood Conger and Homer Nichols Lockwood; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Lockwood.   Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Franklin Parker (b. 1902) — of Prescott, Yavapai County, Ariz. Born in Albany, Gentry County, Mo., December 15, 1902. Republican. Minister; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1952; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1956. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Frank A. Parker and Kittie Clyde (Canaday) Parker; married, June 18, 1931, to Josephine McDaniel.   Togiola Talalelei A. Tulafono (b. 1947) — also known as Togiola T. A. Tulafono — of Pago Pago, American Samoa; Utulei Village, American Samoa. Born in Aunu'u Island, American Samoa, February 28, 1947. Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, South Pacific Airways, 1976-78; district judge in American Samoa, 1978-80; member of American Samoa senate, 1980-84, 1989-96; Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa, 1997-2003; Governor of American Samoa, 2003-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from American Samoa, 2004, 2008; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from American Samoa, 2014. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary. Still living as of 2014.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Thomas Dyer Tway (1894-1968) — of Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Ohio, 1894. Democrat. Speaker of the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1935. Congregationalist. Died in 1968 (age about 74 years). Burial location unknown.   Frances Brawner Weedon (1885-1963) — also known as Frances B. Weedon; Daisy Weedon; Frances Taylor Brawner; Mrs. Robert L. Weedon — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., October 9, 1885. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1952, 1956; member, Arizona State Parks Board, 1957-63. Female. Congregationalist. Member, Order of the Eastern Star. Died, of heart disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., April 12, 1963 (age 77 years, 185 days). Interment at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.   Relatives: Sister of Walter Franklin Brawner.

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