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Politician members in Arizona

  Smith Wildman Brookhart (1869-1944) — also known as Smith W. Brookhart — of Washington, Washington County, Iowa. Born near Arbela, Scotland County, Mo., February 2, 1869. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1922-26, 1927-33. Member, Farm Bureau; American Legion; National Rifle Association; Knights of Pythias. Died, from heart disease, in the Veterans Administration hospital in Whipple, Yavapai County, Ariz., November 15, 1944 (age 75 years, 287 days). Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery, Washington, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of Abram Colar Brookhart and Cynthia (Wildman) Brookhart; married, June 22, 1897, to Jennie Hearne.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Books about Smith Wildman Brookhart: George W. McDaniel, Smith Wildman Brookhart : Iowa's Renegade Republican
Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (1877-1972) — also known as Carl Hayden — of Tempe, Maricopa County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Hayden's Ferry (now Tempe), Maricopa County, Ariz., October 2, 1877. Democrat. Flour mill business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1904; Maricopa County Treasurer, 1905-06; Maricopa County Sheriff, 1907-12; U.S. Representative from Arizona at-large, 1912-27; U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1927-69. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Rotary; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Sons of the American Revolution. Served a record 56 consecutive years in Congress. Died in Mesa, Maricopa County, Ariz., January 25, 1972 (age 94 years, 115 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Ariz.
  Relatives: Son of Sallie Calvert (Davis) Hayden and Charles Trumbull Hayden; married, February 15, 1908, to Nan Downing; first cousin four times removed of Jonathan Trumbull; second cousin thrice removed of Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778), Jonathan Trumbull Jr., David Trumbull and Elisha Phelps; third cousin once removed of Charles Jenkins Hayden; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Trumbull, Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861), Jonathan G. W. Trumbull, Norman A. Phelps, George Smith Catlin and John Smith Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Josiah Meigs and Gaylord Griswold; fourth cousin once removed of Lyman Trumbull and William Walter Phelps.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Carl Hayden: Jack L. August, Jr., Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in the American Southwest
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Harold Everett Hughes (1922-1996) — also known as Harold E. Hughes — of Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa. Born near Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, February 10, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of Iowa, 1963-69; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1969-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1972. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Glendale, Maricopa County, Ariz., October 23, 1996 (age 74 years, 256 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Ida Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Iowa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Ernest William McFarland (1894-1984) — also known as Ernest W. McFarland — of Florence, Pinal County, Ariz. Born near Earlsboro, Pottawatomie County, Okla., October 9, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; superior court judge in Arizona, 1935-41; U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1941-53; defeated, 1952, 1958; Governor of Arizona, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1964; justice of Arizona state supreme court, 1965-71. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Jesters; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Odd Fellows; American Judicature Society. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., June 8, 1984 (age 89 years, 243 days). Interment at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  John Jacob Rhodes (1916-2003) — also known as John J. Rhodes — of Mesa, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Council Grove, Morris County, Kan., September 18, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1952 (alternate; speaker), 1964, 1972 (chair, Platform Committee); U.S. Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1953-83. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Rotary; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Beta Theta Pi. Died August 24, 2003 (age 86 years, 340 days). Interment at Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Ariz.
  Relatives: Son of John Jacob Rhodes and Gladys Anne (Thomas) Rhodes; married, May 24, 1942, to Mary Elizabeth Harvey; father of John Jacob Rhodes III.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
Carl W. Thompson Carl W. Thompson (1879-1958) — of Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne County, Ind. Born in Randolph County, Ind., October 10, 1879. School teacher; lawyer; Randolph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-08; mayor of Winchester, Ind., 1910-14; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1916 (Progressive, 8th District), 1946 (Prohibition, 10th District), 1947 (Prohibition, 10th District), 1950 (Prohibition, 10th District); Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1956. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; Sons of Veterans. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., July 12, 1958 (age 78 years, 275 days). Interment at Hollansburg Cemetery, Hollansburg, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob W. Thompson and Maria M. (Williams) Thompson; married to Olive H. Thompson.
  Epitaph: "Lawyer."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: Richmond (Ind.) Palladium-Item, November 5, 1944
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