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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.
Son of Clyde William Akers and Norma Cecil (Plunkett) Akers.
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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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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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.
Son of James Backus (1764-1816) and Dorothy Church (Chandler) Backus
(1770-1847).
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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Richard L. Banta, Jr. (1912-1993) —
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 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.
Son of Alvin Morell Bentley and Helen (Patterson) Bentley.
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 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.
Son of A. N. Cherry and Mary (Banks) Cherry.
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
City Cemetery, Manti, Utah.
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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;
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:
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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John C. Gung'l (b. 1882) —
of Willcox, Cochise
County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Camp Supply, Indian Territory (now Fort Supply, Woodward
County, Okla.), September
19, 1882.
Son of Carl S. Gung'l and Annie (Gung'l) Gung'l.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1929-33.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Sallie Calvert (Davis) Hayden and Charles Trumbull Hayden
(1925-1900).
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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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.
Son of William B. Heidinger and Elizabeth (Vandaveer) Heidinger.
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 in primary
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.
Son of George Washington Hunt and Sarah Elizabeth (Yates) Hunt.
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; 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.
Son of Enock Jacobs and Hannah Kidder (Jones) Jacobs.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Arizona, 1923.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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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 (b. 1875) —
also known as Alfred C. Lockwood —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., July 20,
1875.
Son of Walter C. Lockwood and Elizabeth W. (Peers) Lockwood.
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.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Frederic
Hine Maughmer and Ruth (Hine) Maughmer.
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) —
Born in Ceres, McKean
County, Pa., November
26, 1840.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1873-74; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 9th District, 1889-91; 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
Cemetery, Merrill, Wis.
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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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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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John Jacob Rhodes (b. 1916) —
also known as John J. Rhodes —
of Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan., September
18, 1916.
Son of John Jacob Rhodes and Gladys Anne (Thomas) Rhodes.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1952
(alternate), 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.
Still living as of 1998.
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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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Relatives:
Married 1866
to Kate I. Turner (died 1886); married 1891 to Frances
S. Wood. |
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William Henry Sawtelle (1868-1934) —
of Arizona.
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.
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. (b. 1921) —
of Arizona.
Born in Miami, Gila
County, Ariz., November
24, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 3rd District, 1963-67; defeated, 1966.
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Still living as of 2004.
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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; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1880; 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 Armistead Watkins (b. 1903) —
also known as Ralph Watkins —
of Buckeye, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Fairmount, Grant
County, Ind., October
17, 1903.
Son of William Victor Watkins and Mae (Jones) Watkins.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona,
1948,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1952; treasurer of
Arizona Democratic Party, 1959-63; vice-president, Arizona Television
Company (KTVK), Phoenix; director and board chairman, Memorial Hospital,
Phoenix.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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;
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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