Arizona – Political All Stars

Ernest McFarland

Governor | Democrat | MCFARLAND, ERNEST WILLIAM, a Senator from Arizona; born on a farm near Earlsboro, Pottawatomie County, Okla., October 9, 1894; attended the rural schools; graduated from East Central State Teachers’ College, Ada, Okla., in 1914, and from the University of Oklahoma at Norman in 1917; during the First World War served in… Continue reading Ernest McFarland

Barry Goldwater

Senator | Republican | GOLDWATER, BARRY MORRIS, (Father of Barry Morris Goldwater, Jr.), a Senator from Arizona; born in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., January 1, 1909; attended the Phoenix public schools, Staunton Military Academy, and one year at the University of Arizona at Tucson in 1928; began business career in 1929 in family mercantile business;… Continue reading Barry Goldwater

Henry Ashurst

Senator | Democrat | ASHURST, HENRY FOUNTAIN, a Senator from Arizona; born in Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nev., September 13, 1874; moved with his parents to Arizona in 1875 and settled near the present town of Flagstaff, Coconino County; attended the public schools of Flagstaff and graduated from the Stockton (Calif.) Business College in 1896; studied… Continue reading Henry Ashurst

John McCain

Representative | Republican | MCCAIN, JOHN SIDNEY, III, a Senator and a Representative from Arizona; born in Panama Canal Zone, August 29, 1936; attended schools in Alexandria, Va.; graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1958, and the National War College, Washington, D.C. 1973; pilot, United States Navy 1958-1981, prisoner of war in Vietnam 1967-1973;… Continue reading John McCain

Carl Hayden

Representative | Democrat | HAYDEN, CARL TRUMBULL, a Representative and a Senator from Arizona; born in Hayden’s Ferry (now Tempe), Maricopa County, Ariz., October 2, 1877; attended the public schools; graduated from the Normal School of Arizona at Tempe in 1896; attended Leland Stanford Junior University, California 1896-1900; engaged in mercantile pursuits and in the… Continue reading Carl Hayden

John Jacob Rhodes

Representative | Republican | RHODES, JOHN JACOB, III, (Son of John Jacob Rhodes), a Representative from Arizona; born in Mesa, Ariz., September 8, 1943; graduated from Landon School, Bethesda, Md., 1961; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1965; J.D., University of Arizona College of Law, Tucson, Ariz. 1968; admitted to the Arizona State bar in… Continue reading John Jacob Rhodes

Mo Udall

Representative | Democrat | UDALL, MORRIS KING, (Brother of Stewart Lee Udall; father of Mark Udall; uncle of Thomas Udall; cousin of Gordon H. Smith), a Representative from Arizona; born in St. Johns, Apache County, Ariz., June 15, 1922; attended the public schools; graduated from high school, 1940; attended the University of Arizona; J.D., University… Continue reading Mo Udall

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