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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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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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Joseph Edward Karth (1922-2005) —
also known as Joseph E. Karth —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in New Brighton, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
26, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; international
representative, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers union; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1950-58; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1959-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1960,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died May 29,
2005 (age 82 years, 276
days).
Interment at Green
Acres Cemetery, Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Richard Gordon Kleindienst (1923-2000) —
also known as Richard G. Kleindienst —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Winslow, Navajo
County, Ariz., August 5,
1923.
Son of Alfred Kleindienst (postmaster, Winslow, Arizona).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1953-54; Arizona
Republican state chair, 1956-60, 1962-63; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1956-60, 1962-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1960,
1964;
candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1964; U.S.
Attorney General, 1972-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Pleaded
guilty in 1974 to failing to
testify fully in Senate investigation of favoritism toward ITT
Corporation; the sentence was suspended. Tried and
found not guilty of perjury
in 1981, but his license to practice law was suspended
for a year.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., February
3, 2000 (age 76 years, 182
days).
Interment somewhere
in Phoenix, 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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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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