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  Goldwater, Barry M.
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AffiliationRepublican  
<-  1986-10-01  
 
NameBarry M. Goldwater
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Phoenix, Arizona , United States
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Born January 02, 1909
DiedMay 29, 1998 (89 years)
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Tags Caucasian - Jewish - Married - Army - Freemason - NAACP - Christian - Episcopalian - Straight -
InfoGOLDWATER, Barry Morris, (father of Barry Morris Goldwater, Jr.), a Senator from Arizona; born in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., January 1, 1909; attended the Phoenix public schools, Staunton Military Academy, and one year at the University of Arizona at Tuscon in 1928; began business career in 1929 in family mercantile business; during the Second World War entered active service in August 1941 in the United States Army Air Corps, serving in the Asiatic Theater in India, and was discharged in November 1945 as a lieutenant colonel with rating as pilot; organized the Arizona National Guard 1945-1952; brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve in 1959 and promoted to major general in 1962; retired in 1967 after thirty-seven years service; member of advisory committee, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior 1948-1950; member of the city council of Phoenix 1949-1952; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1952; reelected in 1958, and served from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1965; did not seek reelection to the Senate in 1964; unsuccessful Republican nominee for President in 1964; elected to the United States Senate in 1968; reelected in 1974 and again in 1980, and served from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1987; did not seek reelection in 1986; chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-seventh and Ninety-eighth Congresses), Committee on Armed Services (Ninety-ninth Congress); died May 29, 1998 at Paradise Valley, AZ; remains were cremated.


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Why Not Victory: A Fresh Look at American Foreign Policy  Purchase Thomas Walker 
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EVENTS
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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 06, 2006 02:00pm Obituary Goldwater brother Bob dies; led Open  Article Thomas Walker 
Aug 31, 2006 03:00pm Interview Goldwater Girl  Article Thomas Walker 

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FAMILY
Wife Margaret Peggy Johnson Goldwater Sep 22, 1934-Dec 11, 1985
Wife Susan Shaffer Wechsler Goldwater Levine Feb 09, 1992-May 29, 1998
Daughter Joanne Goldwater 1936-
Granddaughter C. C. Goldwater 0000-
Granddaughter Carolyn Ross 0000-
Grandson Ty Ross 1962-
Son Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. 1938-
Son Michael Goldwater 1940-
Daughter Peggy Goldwater Clay 1944-
Father Baron Goldwater 1866-1929
Brother Robert "Bob" Goldwater 1910-2006
Nephew Don Goldwater 1955-
Mother Josephine Hattie Williams Goldwater 1875-1966

INFORMATION LINKS
1964 Republican National Convention Address - Barry M. Goldwater  Discuss
Barry Goldwater Addresses the 1984 Republican Convention  Discuss
Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Barry Goldwater  Discuss
Timeline of 'Mr. Conservative'  Discuss
RACES
  02/11/2015 Statuary Hall - Arizona Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1980 AZ US Senate Won 49.46% (+1.08%)
  07/01/1976 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.00% (-53.29%)
  11/05/1974 AZ US Senate Won 58.26% (+16.52%)
  11/05/1968 AZ US Senate Won 57.22% (+14.43%)
  06/11/1968 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.01% (-37.91%)
  12/14/1964 US President Lost 9.67% (-80.67%)
  11/03/1964 US President National Vote Lost 38.47% (-22.58%)
  07/16/1964 US President - R Convention Won 67.51% (+51.15%)
  07/01/1964 US President - R Primaries Won 38.28% (+16.26%)
  11/08/1960 US Vice President Lost 0.19% (-56.24%)
  07/28/1960 US President - R Convention Lost 0.75% (-98.50%)
  07/01/1960 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.05% (-86.58%)
  11/04/1958 AZ US Senate Won 56.06% (+12.11%)
  11/04/1952 AZ US Senate Won 51.31% (+2.61%)
  09/09/1952 AZ US Senate - R Primary Won 91.03% (+82.06%)
  11/08/1951 City Council - At Large Phoenix, AZ Won 16.67% (+0.00%)
  11/08/1949 City Council - At Large Phoenix, AZ Won 17.33% (+1.60%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  08/08/1968 US President - R Convention Lost 0.00% (-65.89%)
ENDORSEMENTS
AZ-1996-Proposition 102 (jurisdiction over juveniles) - Nov 05, 1996 NO No
US President - R Primaries - Jul 07, 1996 R Robert J. "Bob" Dole
AZ US President - R Primary - Feb 27, 1996 R Robert J. "Bob" Dole
AZ-1994-Proposition 200 (Increase state taxes on tobacco products) - Nov 08, 1994 YES Yes
AZ US Senate - Nov 08, 1994 R Jon Kyl
AZ-1992-Proposition 110 (Prohibit abortion except to save the mother’s life or in cases of reported rape or incest) - Nov 03, 1992 NO No
AZ District 6 - Nov 03, 1992 D Karan English
AZ District 2 - Nov 06, 1990 D Morris K. "Mo" Udall
AZ-1990-Proposition 302 (Restore Columbus Day as a state holiday, and create a state holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/Civil Rights Day) - Nov 06, 1990 YES Yes
AZ-1990-Proposition 200 (Allow funding from the Lottery for State Parks) - Nov 06, 1990 YES Yes
AZ-1988-Proposition 106 (Arizonans for Official English) - Nov 08, 1988 YES Yes
CA District 40 - R Primary - Jun 07, 1988 R Nathan Rosenberg
AZ Governor - Recall - May 17, 1988 R John Jacob Rhodes, Jr.
US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 1988 R George H. W. Bush
US Ambassador to Germany - Jul 18, 1985 NPA Reject
Majority Leader - Nov 28, 1984 R James A. McClure
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 R Sandra Day O'Connor
NY US Senate - R Primary - Sep 09, 1980 R Jacob K. Javits
AZ US Senate - R Primary - Sep 07, 1976 R Sam Steiger
US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 1976 R Gerald R. Ford
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 R G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 R Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr.
TX Governor - D Primary - May 05, 1962 D Edwin A. Walker
US Ambassador to the USSR - Mar 27, 1953 NPA Reject