Rosa Meador Goodrich Boido was an American physician,suffragist,and temperance worker. She was the first woman to hold a medical license in Arizona.
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.
David Harmon Claridge was a politician from Arizona who served in the Arizona Senate for several terms. He was also a rancher,a farmer,and an Arizona pioneer. In the 1920s he stopped ranching and moved to Phoenix,where he became involved in the real estate business.
Sam F. Webb was a politician from Arizona who served in the Arizona legislature for several terms,both when it was a territory and after it became a state. He served in the state house of representatives during the 12th,14th,and 25th Arizona Territorial Legislatures,and in the upper house of the legislature,called the council,during the 15th Arizona Territorial Legislature. During the 14th and 25th legislatures he served as Speaker. He also served in the Arizona State Senate during the 2nd Arizona State Legislature. He held several other governmental positions over the years,including customs inspector for Arizona,Maricopa County treasurer,as well as serving in both the Maricopa County's assessor's and recorder's offices,and a short stint as a deputy U.S. Marshall. He also operated several successful mining operations in both Arizona and Sonora,Mexico,was both a rancher and farmer,and was the editor of several papers in Tucson and Phoenix.
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.
Harry Arizona Drachman was an Arizona pioneer,businessman and politician. He was born on February 3,1869,in Tucson,Arizona,the first white Anglo-American male child born in Tucson. Drachman was a 33rd degree mason,and served as a deputy on the Supreme Council of Arizona. He joined the Masons in 1900,and held numerous high positions at the local,state,and national levels. He was also very active in the Knights of Pythias,having also joined that organization in 1900. He eventually rose to hold the position of the Supreme Representative in the organization's Supreme Lodge.
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 drug store to become the largest drug store chain in Tucson,before selling in 1954. He was also called the father of the University of Arizona College of Pharmacology,having led the drive to establish 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.
Charles Hays Rutherford was an American lawyer and politician from Arizona who served in the Arizona State Senate from 1917 through 1918,during the 3rd Arizona State Legislature. He also served during the 6th Arizona State Legislature. He served in the Army Reserve,first in the JAG corps,then in the Specialist Reserve Corps,eventually attaining the rank of Colonel. From 1930 until his death in 1950 he served as a civilian aide to the Secretary of War. He practiced law,first in Indiana early in his career,and then in Arizona,until he was disbarred by the Arizona Supreme Court in 1949.
Harold A. Elliott was an American lawyer and politician from Arizona. He served several terms in the Arizona State Senate from the 4th Arizona State Legislature through the 7th Arizona State Legislature. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School,and became an attorney,eventually becoming Phelps Dodge's chief counsel.
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.
Anthony A. Johns was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 4th Arizona State Legislature,holding one of the two seats from Yavapai County,as well as serving as President of the Senate. He also held one of the seats from Yavapai County in the Arizona House of Representatives three times,in the 2nd,3rd and 13th Arizona State Legislatures,serving as the Speaker of the House during the 3rd Legislature. He was a long-time resident of Prescott,and one of the largest sheepherders in Yavapai County. Other business interests included mining and construction. Other offices held included a regent for the University of Arizona,chairman of the Arizona Highway Commission,chief of the Prescott Fire Department,president of the Arizona Wool Growers Association,and vice-president of the National Wool Growers Association.
Elias Hedrick 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.
David Morgan was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 5th Arizona State Legislature,holding one of the two seats from Yavapai County.
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.
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.
William C. Joyner was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 8th Arizona State Legislature,holding one of the two seats from Pima County. He also served as the state game warden,and was responsible for the construction of the Hunt Bass Hatchery House.
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.
