Biography
Akers was born on October 28,1898,in Phoenix,Arizona,son of Arizona pioneers Charles A. and Jennie Bryan Akers. [2] [3] Akers attended Phoenix Union High School, [4] and after graduating,he joined the U.S. Navy,and served throughout World War I. [5] After receiving his discharge from the Navy,he went on to receive his B.A. and LL.D. at the University of Michigan,graduating in 1924. While at university,he was a member of Delta Chi. [4] When he graduated from law school in 1924,he intended to become a lawyer. However,his father,owner of the Arizona Gazette ,died that year,and Akers returned to Phoenix to help run the paper. [5] He married Pearl Addams on January 25,1925,in Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix. [4] The couple had one son,Charles Harlow. [2]
In 1926,Akers ran for one of the two Arizona State Senate seats from Maricopa County. [5] Of the eight candidates in the Democrat primary,Akers obtained the most votes in the primary. [6] In the November general election,Akers and fellow Democrat Dan P. Jones,won. [7] In 1932,Akers ran in the primary for the Democrat nomination for the U. S. Senate. [8] There were four candidates in the race and Akers finished second behind incumbent Carl Hayden,38,705 to 30,632. The other two candidates finished a distant third and fourth place. [9] Akers died on December 1,1945,in Phoenix,after a six-week illness. [2]
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