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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Melville Ackerman and Ruth (Corday) Ackerman; married, December
22, 1943, to Leslie Rogers. |
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William R. Bourdon (1894-1973) —
also known as Bill Bourdon —
of Navajo
County, Ariz.
Born November
14, 1894.
Republican. Rancher;
member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1937-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arizona, 1940
(alternate), 1948;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1948; member of Arizona
state senate, 1955-58; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arizona.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died August
15, 1973 (age 78 years, 274
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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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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Walter Francis Kane Jr. (1915-1978) —
also known as Walter F. Kane —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., October
14, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmaster at Leavenworth,
Kan., 1967, 1969-74 (acting, 1967, 1969-71).
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, in Boswell Hospital,
Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 22,
1978 (age 62 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Ann (Beyer) Kane and Walter Samuel Francis Kane; married to
Leah L. McKenna. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Edward Karth (1922-2005) —
also known as Joseph E. Karth —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in New Brighton, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
26, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; international
representative, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers union; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 41, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1959-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1960,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died May 29,
2005 (age 82 years, 276
days).
Interment at Green
Acres Cemetery, Scottsdale, Ariz.
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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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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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Esteban Edward Torres (b. 1930) —
also known as Esteban E. Torres —
of La Puente, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Miami, Gila
County, Ariz., January
27, 1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from California 34th District, 1983-99; defeated
in primary, 1974; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1984,
1988
(co-chair, Rules
Committee; speaker),
1996.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2014.
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