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Stanley Paul Abrams (1932-2018) —
also known as Stan Abrams —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 4,
1932.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arizona, 1968.
Jewish.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
20, 2018 (age 86 years, 230
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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Walton Howard Bachrach (1904-1989) —
also known as Walton H. Bachrach —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
22, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1960-67.
Jewish. Member, Moose; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from a stroke,
in a nursing
home at Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
17, 1989 (age 84 years, 360
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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Adolph Berky (1897-1945) —
also known as Al Berky; Adolph Berkowitz —
of Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
19, 1897.
Democrat. Real estate
agent; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Died, from meningitis
and tuberculosis,
in St. Mary's Hospital,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 17,
1945 (age 48 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel G. Coppersmith (b. 1955) —
also known as Sam Coppersmith —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., May 22,
1955.
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1993-95; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1996
(delegation chair).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Gabrielle Giffords (b. 1970) —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., June 8,
1970.
Democrat. Member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 2001-03; member of Arizona
state senate, 2003-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arizona, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Arizona 8th District, 2007-12; resigned 2012;
Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona, 2016
(on behalf of Hillary
Clinton and Tim
Kaine).
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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Barry Morris Goldwater (1909-1998) —
also known as Barry M. Goldwater; "Mr.
Conservative" —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
1, 1909.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87; received one electoral
vote for Vice-President, 1960;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Chi.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died in Paradise Valley, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 29,
1998 (age 89 years, 148
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Christ
Church of the Ascension Memorial Garden, Paradise Valley, Ariz.;
statue at Goldwater
Memorial Park, Paradise Valley, Ariz.
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Relatives:
Married, September
22, 1934, to Margaret Johnson; married, February
9, 1992, to Susan Shaffer Wechsler; father of Barry
Morris Goldwater Jr.; grandson of Michael
Goldwater. |
|  | Political family: Goldwater
family of Prescott, Arizona. |
|  | Cross-reference: L.
Brent Bozell — Raymond
Moley |
|  | Campaign slogan: "In your heart, you
know he's right." |
|  | Opposition slogan: "In your guts, you
know he's nuts." |
|  | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
|  | Books by Barry M. Goldwater: Goldwater
(1988) — With
no apologies: The personal and political memoirs of United States
Senator Barry Goldwater (1979) |
|  | Books about Barry M. Goldwater: Rick
Perlstein, Before
the Storm : Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American
Consensus — Robert Alan Goldberg, Barry
Goldwater — Lee Edwards, Goldwater:
The Man Who Made a Revolution — Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate
Presidents [anthology] |
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Michael Goldwater (1821-1903) —
also known as Michael Goldwasser; "Big
Mike" —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Konin, Poland,
1821.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; mayor
of Prescott, Ariz., 1885.
Jewish.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., 1903
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Morris Goldwater (1852-1939) —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in London, England,
January
16, 1852.
Mayor
of Prescott, Ariz., 1879; member
Arizona territorial council, 1890; delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1910.
Jewish.
Died April
11, 1939 (age 87 years, 85
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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Edwin Arthur Phillips (b. 1952) —
also known as Ed Phillips —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born, in Alton Memorial Hospital,
Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 30,
1952.
Republican. Meteorologist;
radio and
television broadcaster; airplane and
helicopter pilot; member of Arizona
state senate 28th District, 1991-94.
Episcopalian;
later Jewish. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Charles Phillips and Ada Mae (Russell)
Phillips. |
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Gerald Ellis Rosen (b. 1951) —
also known as Gerald Rosen —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chandler, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
26, 1951.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1982; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1990-.
Jewish. Member, Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 1999.
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Sam Steiger (1929-2012) —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March
10, 1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of Arizona
state senate, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 3rd District, 1967-77; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1976.
Jewish.
Died in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., September
26, 2012 (age 83 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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