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.
H. A. Davis (1879-1946) was an American politician from Arizona,who served as a senator in the 1st Arizona State Legislature. He was also a newspaperman and owned a printing business.
C. B. Wood was a politician from Arizona who served in the 1st Arizona State Legislature. He was also heavily involved in the Arizona State Fair,was a Maricopa County under-sheriff,had a real estate company,and was postmaster of Phoenix.
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.
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.
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.
Ernest R. Hall 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.
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.
Joseph H. Lines was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 5th Arizona State Legislature,holding the single seat from Graham County.
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.
Thomas W. Donnelly (1874-1963) was an American politician from Arizona. He served four consecutive terms in the Arizona State Senate from the 7th through the 10th 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.
Merton Martensen was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 9th Arizona State Legislature,holding one of the two seats from Pima County.
Joe C. Haldiman was an American politician from Arizona. He served three terms in the Arizona State Senate during the 10th,12th,and 15th Arizona State Legislatures,holding one of the two seats from Maricopa County.
Frank T. Pomeroy was an American politician from Arizona. He served three terms in the Arizona State Senate during the 10th,11th,and 13th Arizona State Legislatures,holding one of the two seats from Maricopa County. Prior to that,he had served a single term in the Arizona House of Representatives,during the 7th Arizona State Legislature. He was one of the original settlers of Mesa,Arizona.
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.
