John J. Rhodes

(Father of John Jacob Rhodes III), a Representative from Arizona. Born in Council Grove, Morris County, Kans. , September 18, 1916. Attended the public schools. Graduated from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans. , 1938. Graduated from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. , 1941. Lawyer, private practice. United States Army Air Corps, 1941-1946. Staff judge advocate of Arizona National Guard, 1947-1952. Vice chairman, Arizona Board of Public Welfare, 1951-1952. Delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1952, 1964, and 1968. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1983). Minority leader (Ninety-third through Ninety-sixth Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1982. Died on August 24, 2003, in Mesa, Ariz. Interment at City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Ariz.