Gustav Anton "Gus" Hoff was a German-born American businessman and politician active in Arizona Territory. Beyond his varied business interests,he was a member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature and served one term as Mayor of Tucson.
Lawrence Oscar Cowan was an American judge,state legislator,city official,businessman,and miner in the Arizona Territory and state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Ethel Reed Maynard was an American politician,activist,and registered nurse who served in the Arizona House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first black woman to serve in the Arizona Legislature.
William Prescott Sims ) was a politician and dentist from Arizona. He served in Arizona State Senate in the 1st,2nd,and 5th - 7th State Legislatures. He served as the President of the Senate during the 2nd Legislature.
John T. Hughes was a politician from Arizona who served in the 1st Arizona State Legislature. He was also a newspaper man,editing and publishing his father's paper,the Arizona Daily Star,and an attorney,the first native-born Arizonan to be admitted to the Arizona bar. Additionally,he had several mining and real estate interests.
Colonel A. A. Worsley was a politician from Arizona who served in the 1st Arizona State Legislature. Worsley was also an attorney,who practiced in Tucson,Arizona. He was married to Alice J. Worsley.
Mose Drachman was a pioneer business and civic leader,as well as politician,in Tucson,Arizona,during the early 1900s. He was involved in numerous interests,including mercantile,real estate,banking,mining,and cattle. He served as the Senior Clerk for the U.S. District Court in Arizona during the term of William H. Sawtelle,served two terms on the Tucson City Council,and five consecutive terms on the Tucson Board of Education,as well as being on both the Tucson and Phoenix chambers of commerce. He also served a single term in the Arizona state senate during the 2nd Arizona State Legislature. Two books were written about his life,Ridin' the Rainbow,and Chicken Every Sunday,the latter being made into a Broadway play,as well as a motion picture of the same name.
Philip Drachman was an Arizona pioneer,businessman,and politician. Drachman was born in Poland in 1833 and immigrated to the United States in 1852 with his family,including his brother Samuel. Drachman then moved to Tucson,Arizona in 1866,where he partnered with Isaac Goldberg and started the Drachman-Goldberg general store. Drachman's other business interests included a saloon,a freight line between Tucson and Yuma,real estate and a cigar store. Drachman served in the Arizona Territory's 4th Arizona Territorial Legislature,in the House of Representatives,as one of the three representatives from Pima County. His brother,Samuel,who followed Philip to Tucson in 1867,also served in the territorial legislature,in the House of Representatives during the 8th Arizona Territorial Legislature.
Samuel Drachman was an Arizona pioneer,businessman,and politician. Drachman was born in Poland in about 1833 and immigrated to the United States in 1852 with his family,including his brother Philip. Drachman then moved to Tucson,Arizona in 1867,following his brother Philip,whom he worked for in his general store until 1873,until he established his own cartage business,carrying mail and supplies for the U. S. government. In the early 1880s,he opened his cigar store,which he continued to operate until his death in 1911. He served in the territorial legislature,in the House of Representatives during the 8th Arizona Territorial Legislature.
Rosemary Drachman Taylor was an american author whose works were made into plays,films,radio and television programs.
Chicken Every Sunday is a 1943 autobiographical book by Rosemary Drachman Taylor,written while Taylor was living in Ontario,Canada during World War II. It is a humorous look at her family's life in 1900s Tucson,Arizona,and was compared to Life With Father.
Andrew P. Martin was an Arizona politician who served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 2nd Arizona State Legislature. He was known as the father of the Arizona National Guard,having organized and led the first company in the territory in 1910. With no formal education in pharmacology,he became a registered pharmacist,and grew his father's single drugstore to become the largest drugstore chain in Tucson,before selling it in 1954. He was also called the father of the University of Arizona College of Pharmacology,having led the drive to establish the school. In addition,he saw combat as an artillery soldier during World War I.
John W. Buchanan (1871–1941) was an American politician from Arizona who served in the states first three legislatures,the first two in the House of Representatives,and the third in the State Senate. During his political career he also served as Pima County Treasurer and as Tucson's City Treasurer.
Fred Ormal Goodell (1876-1961) was an Arizona politician who served three consecutive terms in the Arizona State Senate from 1917 through 1922. Very active in the Masons,he served in all of their major posts in Arizona,including being the Grand Master of Masons in Arizona,the Grand Commander of Knights Templar in Arizona,the Grand Master of A. &S. M. of Arizona,and the High Priest of R. A. M. of Arizona. He served as the county comptroller for Pima County for 21 years,from 1935 to 1956.
Albert Rex Buehman was an American photographer and politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona House of Representatives during the 3rd Arizona State Legislature,followed by a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 4th Arizona State Legislature,holding one of the two seats from Pima County. He was unsuccessful in bids for the U. S. House of Representatives in 1948 and for the Mayor of Tucson in 1955. The photography business his father began in 1873 in Tucson was the oldest photography studio in Arizona when it closed in 1956. His daily column in the Arizona Daily Star ran from 1950 through 1954.
Elias Hedrick (1862-1949) was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 5th Arizona State Legislature,holding the seat from Pima County. Prior to his senate term,Hedrick served a single term in the Arizona House of Representatives during the 4th Arizona State Legislature. He was known as a philanthropist,particularly to the Methodist Episcopal Church in Tucson,Arizona. Outside of politics he was a highly successful real-estate man.
Pat Hayhurst was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 6th Arizona State Legislature,holding one of the two seats from Pima County.
Leslie C. Hardy was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 7th Arizona State Legislature,holding the seat from Pinal County. He also served as Arizona's first assistant attorney general after it became a state in 1912. During the 1950s he was also responsible for revising the Arizona statutory code.
Claude Smith was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 7th Arizona State Legislature,holding one of the two seats from Pima County. He was a veteran of World War I,and served as county attorney in Pima County.
Thomas Collins was an American politician from Arizona. He served several terms in the Arizona State Senate,his first stint lasting from the 10th through 12th Arizona State Legislatures,holding one of the two seats from Pima County. He also served from Pima County during the 20th and 22nd Arizona State Legislatures. He also served several terms on the Pima County Board of Supervisors.
