Paul J. Fannin

A Senator from Arizona. Born in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. , January 29, 1907. Moved to Phoenix, Ariz. , in October 1907. Attended the University of Arizona. Graduated from Stanford University. Businessman involved in petroleum and equipment distribution in the Southwest and Mexico. Elected Governor of Arizona in 1958 and reelected in 1960 and 1962. Chairman, Western Governors Conference. Member, Executive Committee of Council of State Governors, National Civil Defense Advisory Council. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1964. Reelected in 1970 and served from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1977. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1976. Was a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, until his death due to a stroke on January 13, 2002. Interment in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz.