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Arizona: Governors


Governors of Arizona, 1911-2008 (May be incomplete!)
George W. P. Hunt 1912-17 Thomas E. Campbell 1917 George W. P. Hunt 1917-19 Thomas E. Campbell 1919-23 George W. P. Hunt 1923-29 John C. Phillips 1929-31 George W. P. Hunt 1931-33 Benjamin B. Moeur 1933-37 R. C. Stanford 1937-39 Robert T. Jones 1939-41 Sidney P. Osborn 1941-48 Dan E. Garvey 1948-51 Howard Pyle 1951-55 Ernest W. McFarland 1955-59 Paul J. Fannin 1959-65 Sam Goddard 1965-67 John R. Williams 1967-75 Raul H. Castro 1975-77 H. Wesley Bolin 1977-78 Bruce Babbitt 1978-87 Evan Mecham 1987-88 Rose Mofford 1988-91 Fife Symington III 1991-97 Jane Dee Hull 1997-2003 Janet Napolitano 2003-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1911 Dec 12: George W. P. Hunt, elected.
  • 1936: Thomas E. Campbell (Rep), defeated.
  • 1938: Sidney P. Osborn, defeated.
  • 1948: Richard F. Harless (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1948: Dan E. Garvey (Dem), elected.
  • 1948 May 25: Sidney P. Osborn, died in office.
  • 1950: Dan E. Garvey (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1958: Robert Morrison (Dem), defeated.
  • 1962: Sam Goddard (Dem), defeated.
  • 1964: Evan Mecham (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1964: Sam Goddard (Dem), elected; Richard G. Kleindienst, defeated.
  • 1966: Sam Goddard (Dem), defeated.
  • 1968: Sam Goddard (Dem), defeated.
  • 1974: Evan Mecham (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1977 Oct 20: Raul H. Castro, resigned.
  • 1978: Evan Mecham (Rep), defeated.
  • 1978 Mar 4: H. Wesley Bolin, died in office.
  • 1982: Evan Mecham (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1990: Terry Goddard (Dem), defeated.
  • 1994: Terry Goddard (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994: Eddie Basha (Dem), defeated.
  • 1997 Sep 5: Fife Symington III, resigned.

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