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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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Guy Axline (1898-1975) —
of Arizona.
Born September
4, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1928.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of a coronary
infarction, in Navajo County Superior Court,
Holbrook, Navajo
County, Ariz., November
17, 1975 (age 77 years, 74
days).
Interment at Holbrook
Cemetery, Holbrook, Ariz.
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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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Robert Cameron Broomfield (b. 1933) —
also known as Robert C. Broomfield —
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 18,
1933.
Son of David Campbell Broomfield and Mabel (Van Deventer) Broomfield.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Arizona, 1971-85; U.S.
District Judge for Arizona, 1985-99; took senior status 1999.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Paul Jones Fannin (1907-2002) —
also known as Paul J. Fannin —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., January
29, 1907.
Son of Thomas Newton Fannin and Katherine (Davis) Fannin.
Republican. Chemical
and petroleum
business; Governor of
Arizona, 1959-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1965-77.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Rotary; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from a stroke, in
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
13, 2002 (age 94 years, 349
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. (1919-2006) —
also known as Sam Goddard —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., August 8,
1919.
Son of Samuel Pearson Goddard, Sr.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Arizona
Democratic state chair, 1960-62, 1979-89; Governor of
Arizona, 1965-67; defeated, 1962, 1966, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1972.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in Paradise Valley, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
1, 2006 (age 86 years, 177
days).
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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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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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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Rex E. Lee (1935-1996) —
of Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
27, 1935.
Son of Rex E. Lee and Mabel (Whiting) Lee.
Republican. Lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron
R. White, 1963-64; U.S.
Solicitor General, 1981-85; president,
Brigham Young University, 1989-95.
Mormon.
Member, Rotary.
Died March 11,
1996 (age 61 years, 13
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Kenneth Mangum (1914-2007) —
of Casa Grande, Pinal
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Payson, Gila
County, Ariz.
Born in Pima, Graham
County, Ariz., February
16, 1914.
Son of James Harvey Mangum and Charlotte (Kempe) Mangum.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of
Pinal County Democratic Party, 1948-50.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks;
Rotary.
Died April 29,
2007 (age 93 years, 72
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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John Jacob Rhodes III (b. 1943) —
also known as John J. Rhodes III —
of Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Safford, Graham
County, Ariz.
Born in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., September
8, 1943.
Son of John
Jacob Rhodes.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1987-93; defeated,
1992; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 2008.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Togiola Talalelei A. Tulafono (b. 1947) —
also known as Togiola T. A. Tulafono —
of Pago Pago, American
Samoa; Utulei Village, American
Samoa.
Born in Aunu'u Island, American
Samoa, February
28, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, South Pacific Airways,
1976-78; district judge in American Samoa, 1978-80; member of American
Samoa senate, 1980-84, 1989-96; Lieutenant
Governor of American Samoa, 1997-2003; Governor of
American Samoa, 2003-; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from American Samoa, 2004,
2008.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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