The 1914 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 3,1914,for the post of the Governor of Arizona. The Supreme Court of Arizona ruled that there would be no statewide elections in 1912,thus extending the terms to sync up with elections on even years. The Democratic nominee was incumbent governor George W. P. Hunt,his Republican opponent was the final Delegate to Congress from Arizona Territory,Ralph H. Cameron. Cameron was disadvantaged by the same reason the previous Republican nominee Wells was:he had opposed statehood with the present Constitution.
Fred Tuttle Colter was an Arizona rancher and farmer,as well as being the state senator for Apache County beginning with Arizona's second state legislature in 1915. Colter spent six terms in the Arizona Senate. He also led the fight on Arizona's behalf to maintain control over the water from the Colorado River,coining the slogan,"Save the Colorado for Arizona". He was a close ally of the state's first governor,George W. P. Hunt. Prior to his election to the state senate,Colter had served as the state's fair commissioner.
Fred Arthur Sutter Sr. was an Arizona attorney and politician. He ran several times,unsuccessfully,for governor of the state,and was elected several times to the state legislature.
W.P. 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.
Charles M. Roberts was an American politician who served in the first Arizona State Senate.
William Wilson Pace was an American politician and cattleman from Arizona. He was a member of three territorial legislatures prior to statehood,and was a member of the Arizona State Senate in the 1st Arizona State 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.
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.
William D. Whipple was an Arizona politician who served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 3rd Arizona State Legislature.
Ernest R. Hall (1880-1959) was an Arizona politician who served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 3rd Arizona State Legislature. He ran several other times for the state legislature,mostly for the State Senate,but once for the State House of Representatives. He also ran three times for Arizona Secretary of State,winning in the 1920 election. Other offices he held were justice of the peace and postmaster,both in the Salome,Arizona area. He was a combat veteran of World War I,and was a very successful farmer in Maricopa County for several decades.
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.
John Centennial Devine (1876-1940) was an Arizona politician who served two consecutive terms in the Arizona State Senate from 1917 through 1920. An Arizona pioneer,with an mining engineer background,he worked at several mines in Pinal County as either the supervisor or general manager. He worked as an undersheriff both early and late in his career,once killing a man who resisted arrest.
Ray Ferguson was an American physician and politician from Arizona who served in the Arizona State Senate from 1917 through 1918,during the 3rd Arizona State Legislature. In addition to his short political career,Ferguson was heavily involved in the mining industry in Arizona and Mexico. Twice he served as the superintendent of the Territorial and State Insane Asylum in Phoenix.
Thomas A. Hughes was an American politician and businessman from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State House of Representatives during the 3rd Arizona State Legislature,and a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 4th Arizona State Legislature. He owned an insurance agency in Bisbee,Arizona,and later served as an officer of the Hartford Indemnity and Insurance Company.
David C. O'Neil was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State House of Representatives during the 3rd Arizona State Legislature,and a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 4th Arizona State Legislature. He served 13 years on the Arizona State Tax Commission,6 of them as chairman. He was appointed in 1934 to serve the last year of an unexpired term,then was re-elected twice,in 1934 and 1940. Early in his career he worked in the hospitality and transportation industries.
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.
W. A. Parr was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 4th Arizona State Legislature,holding the seat from Navajo County. In addition,he served two terms in the Arizona Territorial Legislature,both in the lower house. He was a contractor and an undertaker.
John P. Cull was an American politician from Arizona. He served several terms in the Arizona State Legislature,beginning in Arizona House of Representatives during the 4th Arizona State Legislature,and then in the Arizona State Senate first in the 5th Arizona State Legislature,and again in the 10th Arizona State Legislature. In both of his re-election attempts to the State Senate he was defeated in the Democrat's primary. During his career he was involved in the banking and mercantile industries,and later on was one of the largest cattle ranchers in Cochise County. During the 1930s he also served on the Arizona State Livestock Sanitary Board.
Celora Martin Stoddard 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 Maricopa County. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor in 1928. A World War I veteran,he helped establish the first American Legion post in Arizona in 1919,and became its first commander. He would later be selected the Legion's state commander,and also served a term as the national vice-commander of the organization. He was well known in the mining industry in Arizona.
