Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message Henry Fountain Ashurst papers, 1896-1963 (bulk 1920-1962)Ashurst (Henry Fountain) PapersAZ 002
Biographical NoteSenator from Arizona; born in Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nev., September 13, 1874; moved with his parents to Arizona in 1875 and settled near the present town of Flagstaff, Coconino County; attended the public schools of Flagstaff and was graduated from the Stockton (Calif.) Business College in 1896; studied law and political economy at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Williams, Ariz. Ashurst was a member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1897 and 1899, serving as speaker in 1899; served in the Territorial senate in 1903; district attorney of Coconino County 1905-1908; moved to Prescott, Ariz., in 1909 and continued the practice of law; upon the admission of Arizona as a State was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on March 27, 1912 and served to January 3, 1941. Senator Ashurst was chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Industrial Expositions (Sixty-third Congress), Committee to Investigate Trespassers on Indian Land (Sixty-sixth Congress), and the Committee on the Judiciary (Seventy-third through Seventy-sixth Congresses). Ashurst was appointed a member of the Board of Immigration Appeals in the Department of Justice on April 8, 1941, and served until February 28, 1943, when he retired. Senator Ashurst died in Washington, D.C., May 31, 1962. Scope and Content NoteCorrespondence, typescripts of speeches, and biographical materials, including clippings, photographs, diary, expense records, cartoons, and reprints relating to his career and studies of his career by George Fray Sparks and others. OrganizationThis collection is organized into three series:Series I: Correspondence,
1912-1963 Series II: Speeches, 1906-1962 Series III: Biographical Material, 1896-1962 RestrictionsRestrictionsNone. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Related MaterialGeroge Sparks's thesis on Ashurst is located under call number: AZ 123. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Ashurst, Henry Fountain, 1874-1962 --
Archives Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909- --
Correspondence Quezon, Manuel Luis, 1878-1944 Sparks, George Fray, 1912-1983 Geographic Name(s) Arizona -- Politics and government -- 20th century United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 Subject(s) Legislators -- United States Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 20th century --
Arizona Genre Form(s) Correspondence Diaries Diaries Photographs Administrative InformationCredit LineHenry Fountain Ashurst papers (AZ 002). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Container List
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