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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.
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Henry Vance Clymer (1865-1934) —
also known as H. Vance Clymer —
of Yuma, Yuma
County, Ariz.; Fairfield, Solano
County, Calif.
Born in Marion
County, Ore., August
5, 1865.
Republican. Physician;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; American Medical
Association.
Died in Fairfield, Solano
County, Calif., October
4, 1934 (age 69 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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.
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Owen Thomas Rouse (1843-1919) —
also known as Owen T. Rouse —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.; Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Florence, Boone
County, Ky., January
4, 1843.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1881-84; U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1885-89.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy in his law
office, was found unconscious, and died a few hours later, in
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., September
9, 1919 (age 76 years, 248
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Rouse and Tulitha (Souther) Rouse; married to Louise
Mosely. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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.
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