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Walton H. Bachrach (1904-1989) —
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 December
17, 1989 (age 84 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Samuel G. Coppersmith (b. 1955) —
also known as Sam Coppersmith —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., May 22,
1955.
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1993-95; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1996
(delegation chair).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gabrielle Giffords (b. 1970) —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., June 8,
1970.
Democrat. Member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 2001-03; member of Arizona
state senate, 2003-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arizona, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Arizona 8th District, 2007-.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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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:
Grandson of Michael
Goldwater; married, September
22, 1934, to Margaret Johnson (died 1985); married, February
9, 1992, to Susan Shaffer Wechsler; father of Barry
Morris Goldwater, Jr.. See Goldwater
family of 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 |
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Michael Goldwater (1821-1903) —
also known as Michael Goldwasser; "Big
Mike" —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Konin, Poland,
1821.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; mayor
of Prescott, Ariz., 1885.
Jewish.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., 1903
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Morris Goldwater (1852-1939) —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in London, England,
January
16, 1852.
Son of Michael
Goldwater.
Mayor
of Prescott, Ariz., 1879; member
Arizona territorial council; delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1910.
Jewish.
Died April 11,
1939 (age 87 years, 85
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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Edwin Arthur Phillips (b. 1952) —
also known as Ed Phillips —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born, in Alton Memorial Hospital,
Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 30,
1952.
Son of Edwin Charles Phillips and Ada Mae (Russell) Phillips.
Republican. Meteorologist;
radio and
television broadcaster; airplane and
helicopter pilot; member of Arizona
state senate 28th District, 1991-94.
Episcopalian;
later Jewish. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Gerald Ellis Rosen (b. 1951) —
also known as Gerald Rosen —
of Michigan.
Born in Chandler, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
26, 1951.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1982; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1990-.
Jewish. Member, Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 1999.
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Sam Steiger (b. 1929) —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in New York, March 10,
1929.
Republican. Member of Arizona
state senate, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 3rd District, 1967-77; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1976.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2000.
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