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John Littleton Ahearn (b. 1914) —
also known as John Ahearn —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1914.
Son of John Patrick Ahearn and Loretta Frances (Conway) Ahearn.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1964; candidate for Arizona
state attorney general, 1968; member of Arizona
Democratic State Committee, 1970-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arizona, 1972,
1976,
1984.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1989.
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Jon Amores (b. 1964) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., September
16, 1964.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 30th District, 1995-97.
Catholic. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Rotary.
Still living as of 1997.
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Henry Fountain Ashurst (1874-1962) —
also known as Henry F. Ashurst; "The Cowboy
Senator"; "Fountain"; "Dean of
Inconsistency"; "Five-Syllable Henry";
"Silver-Tongued Sunbeam of the Painted
Desert" —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born near Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev., September
13, 1874.
Son of William Henry Ashurst and Sarah Elizabeth (Bogard) Ashurst.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arizona
territorial House of Representatives, 1896; member of Arizona
territorial senate, 1902; Coconino
County District Attorney, 1905-08; delegate to
Arizona state constitutional convention, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1912-41.
Catholic.
Famed for saying "No senator can change his mind quicker than I." Actor
in cameo role in the 1962 movie
Advise & Consent.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two weeks later, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1962 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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Bruce Edward Babbitt (b. 1938) —
also known as Bruce Babbitt —
of Arizona.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 27,
1938.
Son of Paul J. Babbitt (1898-1988).
Democrat. Lawyer; Arizona
state attorney general, 1975-78; Governor of
Arizona, 1978-87; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1993-2001.
Catholic. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2011.
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Raul Hector Castro (b. 1916) —
also known as Raul H. Castro —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Nogales, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.
Born in Cananea, Sonora,
June
12, 1916.
Democrat. Superior court judge in Arizona, 1959-60; U.S. Ambassador
to El Salvador, 1964; Bolivia, 1968-69; Argentina, 1977-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arizona, 1972;
Governor
of Arizona, 1975-77; resigned 1977; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Arizona, 2008.
Catholic. Mexican
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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William Cronin (c.1863-1963) —
also known as Will Cronin —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Waterford, Ireland,
about 1863.
Democrat. Chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, of cancer, in
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 10,
1963 (age about 100
years).
Interment at Holy
Hope Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
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Dennis Webster DeConcini (b. 1937) —
also known as Dennis DeConcini —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 8,
1937.
Son of Evo
DeConcini.
Democrat. Lawyer;
administrative aide to Gov. Samuel
P. Goddard, 1965-67; Pima
County Attorney, 1973-76; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1977-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 2000,
2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank Earl Flynn (1883-1965) —
also known as Frank E. Flynn —
of Forsyth, Rosebud
County, Mont.; White Salmon, Klickitat
County, Wash.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Lake City, Wabasha
County, Minn., June 24,
1883.
Son of Robert Flynn and Joan (Fitzgerald) Flynn.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Yavapai
County Attorney, 1931-32; U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1935-53.
Catholic. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in September, 1965
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Floyd R. Gibson (b. 1910) —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., March 3,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1941-46; member of Missouri
state senate 8th District, 1947-52; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1956,
1960.
Catholic. Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1935
to Gertrude Lee Walker. |
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Raúl M. Grijalva (b. 1948) —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., February
19, 1948.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Arizona 7th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 2004,
2008.
Catholic. Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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M. J. Hannon (1868-1936) —
of Clifton, Greenlee
County, Ariz.; Morenci, Greenlee
County, Ariz.
Born in Ireland,
1868.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1928;
Speaker
of the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1929-32; delegate to
Arizona convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Catholic.
Died in 1936
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jane Dee Hull (b. 1935) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August 8,
1935.
Republican. Member of Arizona
state house of representatives 18th District, 1979-93; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1989-92; secretary of
state of Arizona, 1995-97; Governor of
Arizona, 1997-2003.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2011.
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James Francis McNulty, Jr. (b. 1925) —
also known as James McNulty, Jr. —
of Arizona.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
18, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Arizona
state senate, 1969-75; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1980; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 5th District, 1983-85.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1998.
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Rose Mofford (b. 1922) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Globe, Gila
County, Ariz., June 10,
1922.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Arizona, 1977-88; Governor of
Arizona, 1988-91; Presidential Elector for Arizona, 1996;
defeated, 2008.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2011.
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Edward Lopez Pastor (b. 1943) —
also known as Ed Pastor —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Claypool, Gila
County, Ariz., June 28,
1943.
Democrat. Assistant to Arizona Gov. Raul
H. Castro, 1971-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arizona, 1972,
1984,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1991-2009 (2nd District 1991-2003,
4th District 2003-09).
Catholic. Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Rick Renzi (b. 1958) —
of Flagstaff, Coconino
County, Ariz.
Born in Fort Monmouth, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 11,
1958.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 2003-09.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Skip Rimsza (b. 1955) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 31,
1955.
Mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1994-2003.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2003.
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Eldon Dean Rudd (1920-2002) —
also known as Eldon D. Rudd —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Camp Verde, Yavapai
County, Ariz., July 15,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 4th District, 1977-87.
Catholic.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
8, 2002 (age 81 years, 208
days).
Interment at Arizona
Veterans Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Frank W. Sharpe, Jr. (b. 1897) —
of Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in Nebraska, 1897.
Democrat. Banker; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1938.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Aloysius Sullivan (b. 1890) —
also known as William A. Sullivan —
of Globe, Gila
County, Ariz.
Born in Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich., August
28, 1890.
Son of Sylvester J. Sullivan and Mary Ann (Murphy) Sullivan.
Democrat. Organizer, owner, Mine Supply
and Hardware
Co.; mayor of
Globe, Ariz., 1934-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arizona, 1936,
1944
(alternate); secretary of
Arizona Democratic Party, 1936-38; member of Arizona
state senate, 1947-62.
Catholic. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary; Toastmasters.
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,
1996.
Catholic. Hispanic
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2009.
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Mary Rose Wilcox (b. 1949) —
also known as Mary Rose Garrido —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Superior, Pinal
County, Ariz., November
21, 1949.
Daughter of John Garrido and Betty (Nunez) Garrido.
Democrat. Special assistant to U.S. Sen. Dennis
DeConcini, 1977-83; member Phoenix City Council, 1983-93; Maricopa
County Commissioner, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1996,
2000,
2004
(alternate), 2008;
shot
and wounded on August 13, 1997, by Larry Marvin Naman, who was
angry over her support for a quarter-cent sales tax to fund a sports
stadium; newspaper
publisher; restaurant
owner.
Female.
Catholic. Mexican
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives:
Married 1971
to Earl V. Wilcox. |
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Harold Francis Youngblood (1907-1983) —
also known as Harold F. Youngblood —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 7,
1907.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1934, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1956; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1958.
Catholic. Member, Elks; Lions.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 10,
1983 (age 75 years, 276
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
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