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Lewis Williams Douglas (1894-1974) —
also known as Lewis W. Douglas —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Sonoita, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.
Born in Bisbee, Cochise
County, Ariz., July 2,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1923-25; U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1927-33; director of the
U.S. Budget, 1933-34; vice-president and director, American Cyanamid
Co., 1934-38; president, Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York, 1940-47; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1947-50.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Philosophical Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 7,
1974 (age 79 years, 248
days).
Cremated.
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Bartlett S. Fleming (b. 1942) —
also known as Bart Fleming —
of Chandler, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in a hospital
at Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, November
16, 1942.
Republican. Arizona
state treasurer, 1973-78; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1976.
Anglican. Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Lions.
Still living as of 2006.
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Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) —
also known as Benjamin J. Franklin —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., 1839.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul
in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1896-97.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 18,
1898 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) —
also known as "The Pathfinder"; "The
Champion of Freedom" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
21, 1813.
Republican. Explorer;
Military
Governor of California, 1847; arrested
for mutiny,
1847; court-martialed;
found
guilty of mutiny,
disobedience,
and conduct
prejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres. James
K. Polk; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate for President
of the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1878-81; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Episcopalian. French
ancestry.
Died, of peritonitis,
in a hotel
room at New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1890 (age 77 years, 173
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 at Rockland
Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont; married, October
19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter of Thomas
Hart Benton). |
| | | Political families: Benton
family of Missouri and Tennessee; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Selah
Hill |
| | | Fremont County,
Colo., Fremont County,
Idaho, Fremont County,
Iowa and Fremont County,
Wyo. are named for him. |
| | | Fremont Peak,
in Monterey
County and San Benito
County, California, is named for
him. — Fremont Peak,
in Coconino
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
California, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
Ohio, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Fremont (built 1941 at Terminal
Island, California; mined and wrecked in Manila
Bay, Philippines, 1945) was named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: John
F. Hill
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| | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,
Free Men, Fremont." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by John C. Fremont: Memoirs
of My Life and Times |
| | | Books about John C. Fremont: Tom
Chaffin, Pathfinder:
John Charles Fremont and the Course of American
Empire — David Roberts, A
Newer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the
American West — Andrew Rolle, John
Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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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 |
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F. Paul Goodland (d. 2004) —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Episcopal
priest; mayor of
Ames, Iowa, 1980-89.
Episcopalian.
Died in Arizona, September
7, 2004.
Burial location unknown.
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John Harms Haugh (b. 1910) —
also known as John H. Haugh —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Iowa, 1910.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona,
1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964;
member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1960; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1969-70.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Edward Kersting (b. 1916) —
also known as Robert Kersting —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, August
26, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; test
pilot and executive, Howard Aircraft
Co.; president, Red Rock Ranches and
Arizona Aviation
Co.; secretary, treasurer, director, Savage Industries, Inc., Sun
States Land and
Development Co.; director, general counsel, Insurance
Corporation of America; president, general counsel, Yavapai Hotels
Corp.; director, Prescott Utilities
Corp.; member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951-70; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustus Henry Kersting and Eva (Schaub) Kersting; married, February
29, 1968, to Fracine Bassett. |
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Richard Gordon Kleindienst (1923-2000) —
also known as Richard G. Kleindienst —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Winslow, Navajo
County, Ariz., August
5, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1953-54; Arizona
Republican state chair, 1956-60, 1962-63; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1956-60, 1962-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1960,
1964;
candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1964; U.S.
Attorney General, 1972-73.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Pleaded
guilty in 1974 to failing to
testify fully in Senate investigation of favoritism toward ITT
Corporation; the sentence was suspended. Tried
and found not guilty of perjury
in 1981, but his license to practice law was suspended
for a year.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., February
3, 2000 (age 76 years, 182
days).
Interment somewhere
in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Joe Lane (b. 1935) —
of Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in New Mexico, 1935.
Republican. Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1987-88.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1988.
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William C. Marshall (1921-2000) —
also known as William Marshall; Bill
Marshall —
of Taylor, Wayne
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Tunica, Tunica
County, Miss., 1921.
Democrat. Bus
driver; president of
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1303 for ten years; exective vice-president,
secretary-treasurer,
and then president
Michigan AFL-CIO, 1971-83; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 21st Senatorial
District, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1973-81.
Episcopalian.
Died, of heart
failure, in Gilbert, Maricopa
County, Ariz., August
22, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic Hine Maughmer Jr. (1927-2003) —
also known as Fred H. Maughmer, Jr. —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., June 26,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1965-66.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died September
28, 2003 (age 76 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Sidney McCain III (1936-2018) —
also known as John S. McCain —
of Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Coco Solo, Canal Zone (now Cativá, Panama),
August
29, 1936.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1983-87; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1987-; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 2000;
candidate for President
of the United States, 2008.
Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry.
Died in Cornville, Yavapai
County, Ariz., August
25, 2018 (age 81 years, 361
days).
Interment at Naval
Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of John S. McCain, Jr. and Roberta (Wright) McCain; married, July 3,
1965, to Carol Shepp; married, May 17,
1980, to Cindy Lou Hensley. |
| | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Country
first." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by John McCain: Faith
of My Fathers (1999) — Worth
the Fighting for: A Memoir, with Mark Salter (2002) —
Why
Courage Matters : The Way to a Braver Life, with Mark Salter
(2004) — Hard
Call: The Art of Great Decisions, with Mark Salter
(2008) |
| | | Books about John McCain: Robert
Timberg, John
McCain : An American Odyssey — Paul Alexander, Man
of the People: The Life of John McCain — Scott Farris,
Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation |
| | | Critical books about John McCain: Cliff
Schecter, The
Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents
Shouldn't — David Brock and Paul Waldman, Free
Ride : John McCain and the Media — Matt Welch, McCain
: The Myth of a Maverick |
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Sandra Day O'Connor (b. 1930) —
also known as Sandra Day —
of Paradise Valley, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., March
26, 1930.
Republican. Member of Arizona
state senate, 1969-74; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1972;
superior court judge in Arizona, 1975-79; Judge,
Arizona Court of Appeals, 1979-81; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1981-2006.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Order of
the Coif.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1995.
Still living as of 2019.
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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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John B. Shadegg (b. 1949) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
22, 1949.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1995-2011 (4th District 1995-2003,
3rd District 2003-11).
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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John C. Smith Jr. (1918-1986) —
of Yuma
County, Ariz.
Born in Arizona, 1918.
Democrat. Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1953-54.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1986
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Fife Symington III (b. 1945) —
also known as Fife Symington III —
of Arizona.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
12, 1945.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; Governor of
Arizona, 1991-97; resigned 1997.
Episcopalian.
Convicted
on seven counts of bank
fraud in federal court, September 3, 1997; forced to
resign as governor; sentenced
to prison
and fined in
February 1998; his conviction was overturned on appeal in June 1999;
pardoned
by President Bill Clinton in 2001.
Still living as of 2017.
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Frederick Augustus Tritle (1833-1906) —
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., August
7, 1833.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1866; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1870; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1882-85; delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1891.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
18, 1906 (age 73 years, 103
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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John Richard Williams (1909-1998) —
also known as John R. Williams; Jack
Williams —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1909.
Republican. Program director, KOY radio
station; director, KetchikanUC radio
station; newspaper
columnist;
mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1956-60; Governor of
Arizona, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, Jaycees.
Died August
24, 1998 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Burial location unknown.
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