William Morton Cox

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William Morton Cox (born January 21, 1880 in French Lick Springs , Indiana , † November 4, 1970 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American train driver and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

William Morton Cox, son of Margaret Jane Melbourne (1858–1941) and Charles Willem Cox (1854–1906), was born in Orange County in 1880 . His father was born in French Lick Springs and served as a minister in the Church of Christ , like his father before him, Christopher Cox (1827-1897). William Morton Cox graduated from high school in Paoli . In the following years he worked as a train driver for the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad in California and Utah . On July 17, 1905, he married Elise Anna Breitkreutz (1878-1954) from Omaha ( Nebraska ) in California. The couple had a daughter named Marian Roberta Cox (1907–1980). The family moved then in 1906 in the Arizona Territory and settled there in Bisbee ( Cochise County ) down. Cox worked in the mechanical department at C&A Mining Company and served on Bisbee City Council during those years.

From 1927 to 1930 he was a treasurer of Cochise County. Cox ran for the Democratic nomination for the post of Treasurer of State of Arizona in 1930 , but was defeated by his challenger Mit Simms in the primaries . In 1932 he was elected Treasurer of State of Arizona. Cox held the post from 1933 to 1935. He then sat on the Arizona Corporation Commission from 1935 to 1940 . In 1940 he became Secretary of the Arizona Colorado River Commission - a position he held until the commission was dissolved in 1945. Cox ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the post of Secretary of State of Arizona in 1948 , but was defeated in the primary by his challenger Wesley Bolin . After the creation of the Arizona Department of Real Estate in 1949, he became its first Real Estate Commissioner - a position he held until his retirement in 1960.

After his death in Phoenix in 1970 he was buried next to his wife in the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Margaret Jane Milburn Cox in the Find a Grave database . Accessed May 1, 2016.
  2. ^ Charles Willem Cox in the Find a Grave database . Accessed May 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ Christopher Cox in the Find a Grave database . Accessed May 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ Results of the Democratic primary election for the post of Treasurer of State of Arizona in 1930
  5. ↑ Results of the elections for the post of Treasurer of State of Arizona in 1932
  6. ↑ Results of the Democratic primary election for the post of Secretary of State of Arizona in 1948
personal data
SURNAME Cox, William Morton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American train driver and politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH near French Lick Springs , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH 4th November 1970
Place of death Phoenix , Arizona