Paul Fannin

Paul Jones Fannin (January 29, 1907 – January 13, 2002) was the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona from 1959 to 1965 and subsequently a U.S. Senator from Arizona. He was a Republican.

Biography

He was born in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky, but moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in October 1907. He attended the University of Arizona but graduated from Stanford University, and became a businessman involved in petroleum and equipment distribution in the Southwest and Mexico.

He was elected Governor of Arizona in 1958 and reelected in 1960 and 1962, becoming the chairman of the Western Governors Conference. He ran for the Senate in 1964 to replace Barry Goldwater, who had decided to run for President, and was elected. He served two terms, retiring in 1977. During his career, he was a hard-line conservative, often voting with Barry Goldwater on the issues, including his vote against the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972. During part of his tenure in the Senate, Fannin sat at the candy desk. He continued to live in Phoenix, Arizona, until he died of a stroke on January 13, 2002.

• Paul Fannin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress