Paul Jones Fannin

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Paul Jones Fannin

Paul Jones Fannin (born January 29, 1907 in Ashland , Kentucky , †  January 13, 2002 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American politician who held the office of governor of Arizona and who later represented this state in the US Senate .

Fannin was born in Ashland in 1907. In October of that year the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Fannin studied at the University of Arizona and graduated from Stanford University . He then embarked on a professional career as a businessman. He has worked in the petroleum trade in the Southwest United States and Mexico .

In 1958, Fannin was elected Governor of Arizona for the Republican Party . He prevailed with 55.1 percent of the vote against the Democratic Attorney General of the state, Robert Morrison , and exercised his office after two re-elections from 1959 to 1965. In 1964 he did not run for re-election, but ran for the US Senate to succeed Barry Goldwater . Fannin defeated the Democrat Roy Elson with a share of the vote of 51.4 percent and then represented Arizona from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1977 in Congress . He died of a stroke on January 13, 2002 in Phoenix .

biography

  • Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. US Congress.
  • Tributes to the Honorable Paul J. Fannin of Arizona. 94th Cong., 2d sess., 1976.
  • Washington: Government Printing Office, 1976.

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personal data
SURNAME Fannin, Paul Jones
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Ashland , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 2002
Place of death Phoenix , Arizona