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Politicians in Real Estate and Development in Arizona

Paula Aboud — of Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Democrat. School teacher; athletic coach; real estate agent; property manager; member of Arizona state senate 28th District, 2006-; appointed 2006. Female. Lesbian. Still living as of 2006.   See also Wikipedia article   Leonard Ackerman II (b. 1921) — also known as Lee Ackerman — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz.; Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Clayton, St. Louis County, Mo., October 29, 1921. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; airplane pilot; newspaper reporter; advertising business; real estate investor; member of Arizona state house of representatives, 1951-52. Presbyterian. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Melville Ackerman and Ruth (Corday) Ackerman; married, December 22, 1943, to Leslie Rogers.   Adolph Berky (1897-1945) — also known as Al Berky; Adolph Berkowitz — of Bangor, Northampton County, Pa.; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 19, 1897. Democrat. Real estate agent; member of Arizona state house of representatives, 1942-45; died in office 1945. Jewish. Died, from meningitis and tuberculosis, in St. Mary's Hospital, Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., May 17, 1945 (age 48 years, 28 days). Burial location unknown.   LeGrand Alexander Copley (1844-1926) — also known as LeGrand A. Copley — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Harrisonville, Cass County, Mo., September 29, 1844. Real estate agent; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1904, 1908. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., December 29, 1926 (age 82 years, 91 days). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Almon G. Copley and Lydia Ann (Anderson) Copley; brother of William C. Copley; married to Ellen Amelia 'Nellie' James.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Otto Glen Fifield (1885-1963) — also known as Otto G. Fifield — of Crown Point, Lake County, Ind. Born near Hebron, Lake County, Ind., November 9, 1885. Republican. Farmer; real estate business; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1919-21; secretary of state of Indiana, 1928-30; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1944; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1956, 1960. Died in Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Ariz., January 7, 1963 (age 77 years, 59 days). Interment at Maplewood Memorial Cemetery, Crown Point, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Zacheus Henry Fifield and Harrietta (Spencer) Fifield; married, September 15, 1910, to Mary Eva Brown.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Augustus Henry Kersting and Eva (Schaub) Kersting; married, February 29, 1968, to Fracine Bassett.   Livingston A. Lydiard (1867-1954) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Minnesota, March 1, 1867. Republican. Real estate business; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1911-16 (District 43 1911-14, District 34 1915-16). Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., May 22, 1954 (age 87 years, 82 days). Cremated.   Relatives: Son of David Archibald Lydiard and Janet (Dunback) Lydiard; married to Caroline Baldwin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record   David S. Schweikert (b. 1962) — also known as David Schweikert — of Fountain Hills, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 3, 1962. Republican. Realtor; member of Arizona state house of representatives 28th District, 1989-94; Maricopa County Treasurer, 2004-07; U.S. Representative from Arizona, 2011-18 (5th District 2011-13, 6th District 2013-18); defeated in primary, 1994. Still living as of 2018.   See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article

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