James H. Kerby

James Haden Kerby (born April 30, 1881 in Huntsville , Missouri , † September 11, 1957 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American farmer, businessman and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

James Haden Kerby, youngest son of Cassie Rutherford and Clifton T. Kerby, was born in Randolph County in 1881 . His parents were among the most prominent and influential people in Missouri. Not much is known about his youth. Kerby lived briefly in St. Louis and then New Jersey before moving to Arizona in the early 1900s. He worked in a drugstore before becoming an accountant. From 1907 to 1911 he was Deputy County Assessor from Graham County under John J. Birdno. He then became the first assessor of Greenlee County , which was only created in 1909 when a part of Graham County was split off.

Kerby was Secretary of State of Arizona from 1923 to 1929 and from 1933 to 1939, holding the post for a total of 12 years. Only Wesley Bolin had a longer tenure and that 28 years, 9 months and 18 days. Kerby did not run again for re-election as Secretary of State in 1928 and 1938, as he ran for the Democratic nomination for the post of governor of Arizona. He lost both times in the primaries. Still, he ran in the 1938 gubernatorial elections as an independent, as his defeat in the Democratic primaries to winner Robert Taylor Jones was less than 3% of the vote. Kerby suffered a defeat in the gubernatorial elections. He got less than 5% of the vote. In 1942 he ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in the first constituency of Arizona for the US Congress . In his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State of Arizona in 1944, he suffered another defeat.

Kerby owned a farm and worked as a county contractor and real estate agent. He was a member of the Arizona County Assessors 'Association, the Elks in 1174 in' Lodge No.. Clifton and the Coronado Masonic Lodge No.. 8 in Clifton.

After his death in Phoenix in 1957, he was buried there in the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery , where his late wife Cora Gibson (1882-1953) was also buried.

literature

Goff, John S .: George WP Hunt and His Arizona , Socio Technical Publications, 1973, p. 276
Who's Who in Arizona , Volume 1, Jo Connors, 1913, p. 566

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Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Kerby, James H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kerby, James Haden (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American farmer, businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 30, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Huntsville , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH	September 11, 1957
Place of death	Phoenix , Arizona

[1] Jump up ↑ Results of the Democratic primary elections for the post of Governor of Arizona in 1938

[2] Results of the Arizona gubernatorial election in 1938

[3] Results of the Democratic primary elections in the 1st Congressional District of Arizona in 1942

[4] Results of the Democratic primary election for the post of Secretary of State of Arizona in 1944

[5] Cora Gibson Kerby in the Find a Grave database . Accessed May 1, 2016.