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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.
Son of Melville Ackerman and Ruth (Corday) Ackerman.
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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Jesse Samuel Cottrell (1878-1944) —
also known as Jesse S. Cottrell —
of Tennessee; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., October
23, 1878.
Son of Samuel Houston Cottrell and Telitha Anne (Simpson) Cottrell.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1907-09; secretary to U.S. Sen.
Newell
Sanders, 1910-11; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1921-28.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Died November
24, 1944 (age 66 years, 32
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Houston Cottrell and Telitha Anne (Simpson) Cottrell;
married, January
14, 1918, to Lucile A. Wilcox (divorced 1929); married, October
15, 1938, to Mary Elizabeth James. |
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Frank Harris Hitchcock (1867-1935) —
also known as Frank H. Hitchcock —
of Massachusetts; Arizona.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
5, 1867.
Son of Henry Chapman Hitchcock and Mary Laurette (Harris) Hitchcock.
Republican. Lawyer; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1908-09; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1909-13; newspaper publisher; member
of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1932-33.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
25, 1935 (age 67 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Evan Mecham (1924-2008) —
of Ajo, Pima
County, Ariz.; Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Duchesne, Duchesne
County, Utah, May 12,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
dealer; newspaper publisher; candidate for Arizona
state house of representatives, 1952; member of Arizona
state senate, 1960-62; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1962 (Republican), 1992 (Independent); Governor of
Arizona, 1987-88; defeated, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, John
Birch Society.
Indicted
in 1988 on six felony counts of perjury
and filing a false
campaign report, specifically of failing
to report a $350,000 loan to his campaign by Barry Wolfson, a
real estate developer; later acquitted of these charges. Impeached
by the Arizona House of Representatives on February 5, 1988, on charges
of obstructing
justice and illegally lending
state money to his business; convicted and
removed from office by the Arizona Senate on April 4, 1988. A recall
election was scheduled against him, but it was cancelled by the
Arizona Supreme Court.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
22, 2008 (age 83 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Charles Moley (1886-1975) —
also known as Raymond Moley; Ray Moley —
Born in Berea, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
27, 1886.
Son of Felix James Moley and Agnes (Fairchild) Moley.
Mayor of Olmsted Falls, Ohio; university
professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, 1933; broke with
Roosevelt in 1936, and later became senior advisor to Republicans Wendell
Willkie, Barry
Goldwater, and Richard
Nixon; columnist
for Newsweek magazine; received the Medal
of Freedom in 1970.
Irish
and French
ancestry.
Died February
18, 1975 (age 88 years, 144
days).
Interment somewhere
in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Relatives: Son
of Felix James Moley and Agnes (Fairchild) Moley; married 1916 to Eva
Dall (divorced 1948); married 1949 to Frances
Hebard. |
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Sidney Preston Osborn (1884-1948) —
also known as Sidney P. Osborn —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 17,
1884.
Son of Neri Ficklin Osborn and Marilla (Murray) Osborn.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1910; secretary of
state of Arizona, 1912-18; newspaper editor; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Arizona, 1933-34; Governor of
Arizona, 1941-48; defeated, 1938; died in office 1948.
Died, from Lou
Gehrig's disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 25,
1948 (age 64 years, 8
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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John O. Patten (d. 1899) —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Newspaper publisher; mayor of
Bath, Maine, 1851-52; member of Maine state legislature.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., 1899.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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John Richard Williams (1909-1998) —
also known as John R. Williams; Jack
Williams —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1909.
Son of James Maurice Williams and Laura (LaCossitt) Williams.
Republican. Program director, KOY radio
station; director, KTUC radio
station; newspaper columnist;
mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1956-60; Governor of
Arizona, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees.
Died August
24, 1998 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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