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Stanley William Akers (1922-1979) —
also known as Stanley W. Akers —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Bayfield, La Plata
County, Colo., December
12, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1967-78; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1973-76.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in July, 1979
(age 56
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clyde William Akers and Norma Cecil (Plunkett) Akers; married, September
18, 1949, to Sharon Hogue. |
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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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Henry Titus Backus (1809-1877) —
also known as Henry T. Backus; Harry T.
Backus —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., April 4,
1809.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1840; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1861-62; justice of
Arizona territorial supreme court, 1865-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Greenwood, Mohave
County, Ariz., July 13,
1877 (age 68 years, 100
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Greenwood, Ariz.; reinterment in 1885 at Yantic
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of James Backus and Dorothy Church (Chandler) Backus; married, December
7, 1835, to Julianna Trumbull Woodbridge (daughter of William
Woodbridge (1780-1861); fourth great-granddaughter of William
Leete); grandnephew of Roger
Griswold; great-grandson of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin of William
Woodbridge (1780-1861); first cousin once removed of James
Hillhouse; first cousin twice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr. and Frederick
Wolcott; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Isaac
Backus, John
William Allen and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); second cousin once removed of Zina
Hyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Huntington, Joshua
Coit, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, George
Frederick Stone and Selden
Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin and Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; third cousin of Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Charles
Wentworth Upham, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Thomas
Worcester Hyde and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Samuel
H. Huntington, Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Abel
Huntington, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, George
Griswold Sill, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott, Charles
Edward Hyde, Alfred
Wolcott, John
Sedgwick Hyde and Edward
Warden Hyde; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Daniel
Pitkin, Erastus
Clark Scranton, Sereno
Hamilton Scranton, Samuel
Lord (1831-1880) and James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Augustine Scranton, Samuel
Lord (1859-1925), John
Lee Saltonstall, Joseph
Buell Ely, John
Foster Dulles, Allen
Welsh Dulles and James
Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Henry
Meigs, Thomas
Hale Sill, Bela
Edgerton, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Heman
Ticknor, Nathaniel
Huntington, William
Whiting Boardman, James
Huntington, Martin
Olds, Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Frederick
William Lord, Charles
Phelps Huntington, Elisha
Hunt Allen, Elisha
Mills Huntington, Theodore
Sill, George
Washington Wolcott, Robert
Coit Jr. and Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Nathaniel
Merriam, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Peter
B. Garnsey, Samuel
Lathrop, Peter
Buell Porter, James
Doolittle Wooster, Theodore
Davenport, Edmund
Holcomb, Henry
Meigs Jr., John
Forsyth Jr., Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, Alfred
Peck Edgerton, Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton, Alexander
Hamilton Waterman, Augustus
Frank, Collins
Dwight Huntington, William
Fessenden Allen, George
Milo Huntington, Judson
B. Phelps, William
Clark Huntington, Henry
Stark Culver, Frederick
Hobbes Allen, Herman
Arod Gager, William
Brainard Coit, Hiram
Bingham, John
Leffingwell Randolph and George
Leffingwell Reed. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Richard Leroy Banta Jr. (1912-1993) —
also known as Richard L. Banta, Jr. —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Oxford, Furnas
County, Neb., September
24, 1912.
Republican. FBI
special agent; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
2, 1993 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Ralph Henry Cameron (1863-1953) —
also known as Ralph H. Cameron —
of Grand Canyon, Coconino
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Southport, Lincoln
County, Maine, October
21, 1863.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona
Territory, 1896;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1909-12; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1912; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1921-27; defeated, 1911, 1926, 1928, 1932.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1953 (age 89 years, 114
days).
Interment at American
Legion Cemetery, Grand Canyon, Ariz.
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James William Cherry (1872-1949) —
also known as James W. Cherry —
of Utah; Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Hancock
County, Ill., April 5,
1872.
Republican. Justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1923-33; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1929-33.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cardiac asthma,
in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
23, 1949 (age 76 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Manti
Cemetery, Manti, Utah.
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Relatives: Son
of A. N. Cherry and Mary (Banks) Cherry. |
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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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Chester A. Crago (1908-1994) —
of Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich., June 23,
1908.
Grocer; mayor
of Petoskey, Mich., 1955-59.
United
Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Lions.
Died, in Sun Grove Care
Center, Peoria, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 16,
1994 (age 85 years, 327
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Petoskey, Mich.
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Joseph Jacob Foss (1915-2003) —
also known as Joe Foss; "The American Ace of
Aces" —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April
17, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
received the Medal
of Honor for action over Guadalcanal in 1942-43; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
speaker, 1952,
1956;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1949-50,
1953-54; Governor of
South Dakota, 1955-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1958; Commissioner, American Football
League, 1960; elected to National Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1984; president, National Rifle Association, 1988-90.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from the effects of a stroke,
in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
1, 2003 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Fred O. Goodell —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Republican. Railroad
executive; member of Arizona
state senate, 1910; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for
Arizona, 1927-32.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John Charles Gung'l (1882-1976) —
also known as John C. Gung'l —
of Willcox, Cochise
County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Fort Supply, Woodward
County, Indian Territory (now Okla.), September
19, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1929-33; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Arizona, October
17, 1976 (age 94 years, 28
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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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.
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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 |
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James Vandaveer Heidinger (1882-1945) —
also known as James V. Heidinger —
of Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill.
Born near Mt. Erie, Wayne
County, Ill., July 17,
1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1915-26; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1930, 1934; died in office 1945.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, from pulmonary
fibrosis, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
22, 1945 (age 62 years, 248
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Ill.
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Richard F. Hensley (b. 1941) —
also known as Dick Hensley —
of Peoria, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Albany, Gentry
County, Mo., February
23, 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 2000 (3rd District), 2004 (2nd
District).
Protestant.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Elks; Moose.
Still living as of 2005.
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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.
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George Wylie Paul Hunt (1859-1934) —
also known as George W. P. Hunt —
of Globe, Gila
County, Ariz.
Born in Huntsville, Randolph
County, Mo., November
1, 1859.
Democrat. Rancher; merchant;
member of Arizona
territorial legislature, 1892-1900, 1904-10; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1900;
delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1910; Governor of
Arizona, 1912-17, 1917-19, 1923-29, 1931-33; defeated in primary,
1932, 1934; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1920-21.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
24, 1934 (age 75 years, 53
days).
Interment at Papago
Park, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Fred Clinton Jacobs (b. 1865) —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
13, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Arizona, 1923.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Enock Jacobs and Hannah Kidder (Jones) Jacobs; married, November
11, 1923, to Elizabeth Ferrell. |
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Walter Walfred Johnson (1904-1987) —
also known as Walter W. Johnson —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., April
16, 1904.
Democrat. Member of Colorado
state senate, 1941-49, 1951-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1946; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1949-50; Governor of
Colorado, 1950-51.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
23, 1987 (age 82 years, 341
days).
Interment somewhere
in Pueblo, Colo.
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Alfred Collins Lockwood (1875-1951) —
also known as Alfred C. Lockwood —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., July 20,
1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
superior court judge in Arizona, 1913-24; justice of
Arizona state supreme court, 1925-43; chief
justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1929-31, 1935-37, 1941-43.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
29, 1951 (age 76 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Rodney Marvin Love (1908-1996) —
of Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 18,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Probate Judge, 1945-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1965-67; Montgomery
County Common Pleas Judge, 1969-80.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Sertoma.
Died in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 5,
1996 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Moraine, Ohio.
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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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Archibald Gilbert McAlister (b. 1873) —
also known as Archibald G. McAlister —
of Arizona.
Born in Tatum, Marlboro
County, S.C., September
23, 1873.
Superior court judge in Arizona, 1912-21; justice of
Arizona state supreme court, 1921-45; chief
justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1923-27, 1931-33, 1937-39,
1943-45.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Myron Hawley McCord (1840-1908) —
also known as Myron H. McCord —
of Shawano, Shawano
County, Wis.; Merrill, Lincoln
County, Wis.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ceres, McKean
County, Pa., November
26, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lumberman;
farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1873-74; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1876;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 9th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1896;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1897-98; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of Bright's
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
27, 1908 (age 67 years, 153
days).
Interment at Merrill
Memorial Park Cemetery, Merrill, Wis.
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John McFadzean (1867-1965) —
of Del Norte, Rio Grande
County, Colo.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Ontario,
September
20, 1867.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
surgeon;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1910; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1924.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Geronimo Hotel,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 21,
1965 (age 97 years, 243
days).
Interment at Del Norte Cemetery, Del Norte, Colo.
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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.
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Samuel Roy McKelvie (1881-1956) —
also known as Sam R. McKelvie —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Fairfield, Clay
County, Neb., April
15, 1881.
Republican. Publisher, The Nebraska Farmer magazine;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1911-13; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1913-15; Governor of
Nebraska, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1928
(speaker),
1932,
1936,
1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Arizona, October
6, 1956 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Roy McKittrick (1888-1961) —
of Salisbury, Chariton
County, Mo.
Born in Guthridge Mills, Chariton
County, Mo., August
24, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 6th District, 1931-32; Missouri
state attorney general, 1933-45; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1944; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Missouri, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital
at Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
22, 1961 (age 72 years, 151
days).
Interment at Salisbury
City Cemetery, Salisbury, Mo.
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Eugene Collins Pulliam (1889-1975) —
also known as Eugene C. Pulliam —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born, in a sod
dugout, in Grant
County, Kan., May 3,
1889.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; director, New York Central Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1952
(speaker),
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., June 23,
1975 (age 86 years, 51
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Ind.
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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. |
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Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839-1921) —
also known as Archibald J. Sampson; A. J.
Sampson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Colorado; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, June 21,
1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Colorado
state attorney general, 1877-79; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1897-1905.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, from acute
nephritis and pneumonia,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
24, 1921 (age 82 years, 186
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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William Henry Sawtelle (1868-1934) —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala., August
27, 1868.
U.S.
District Judge for Arizona, 1913-31; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1931-34; died in
office 1934.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
17, 1934 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry E. Schrey (1890-1967) —
of Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., November
16, 1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; mayor
of Glendale, Ariz., 1950-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Lions.
Died in Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., August
8, 1967 (age 76 years, 265
days).
Interment at Glendale Memorial Park, Glendale, Ariz.
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George Frederick Senner Jr. (1921-2007) —
of Miami, Gila
County, Ariz.
Born in Miami, Gila
County, Ariz., November
24, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; Gila
County Attorney, 1954-57; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 3rd District, 1963-67; defeated, 1966.
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Died in Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
6, 2007 (age 85 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Ralph Armstead Watkins (1903-1968) —
also known as Ralph Watkins —
of Buckeye, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Fairmount, Grant
County, Ind., October
17, 1903.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona,
1948,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1950; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1952, 1966 (primary), 1968; treasurer of
Arizona Democratic Party, 1959-63; vice-president, Arizona Television
Company (KetchikanVK), Phoenix; director and board chairman, Memorial
Hospital,
Phoenix.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Buckeye, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
25, 1968 (age 65 years, 69
days).
Interment at Louis B. Hazelton Memorial Cemetery, Buckeye, Ariz.
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Robert Elmer Woodside (1904-1998) —
also known as Robert E. Woodside —
of Millersburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Millersburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., June 4,
1904.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1932-42; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1951-53; resigned 1953; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee); superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1953-65;
defeated, 1964; candidate for justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1958.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Redmen;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
18, 1998 (age 93 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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