Ralph H. Cameron

Ralph H. Cameron

Ralph Henry Cameron (born October 21, 1863 in Southport , Lincoln County , Maine , †  February 12, 1953 in Washington DC ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Arizona in the US Senate .

Originally from New England , Cameron moved early to the western United States, where he worked in mining and ranching. He was also involved in creating the Bright Angel Trail , a hiking trail in Grand Canyon National Park . In 1883 he moved to the Arizona Territory , where he served as sheriff of Coconino County in 1891 ; from 1894 to 1898 he held this post again. From 1905 to 1907 he was on the Board of Supervisors , the government of the county.

As a Territory Delegate , Cameron was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1908 , where he remained until 1912 when Arizona became a state. As a result, he returned to the mining industry for eight years before applying for one of the two Senate seats in Arizona. He prevailed against the Democratic incumbent Marcus A. Smith and remained in the Senate until 1927 before he was defeated by the Democrat Carl Hayden .

After an unsuccessful attempt to return to the Senate, Ralph Cameron focused on his business interests. He died in 1953 while on a business trip in Washington and was buried in the American Legion cemetery in Grand Canyon National Park.

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• Ralph H. Cameron in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ralph H. Cameron in the database of Find a Grave (English)