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  Harless, Richard F.
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NameRichard F. Harless
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Phoenix, Arizona , United States
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Born August 06, 1905
DiedNovember 24, 1970 (65 years)
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InfoHARLESS, Richard Fielding, a Representative from Arizona; born in Kelsey, Upshur County, Tex., August 6, 1905; moved to Thatcher, Ariz., in 1917 and attended the grade and high schools; was graduated from University of Arizona at Tucson in 1928; taught school at Marana, Ariz., 1928-1930; was graduated from the law school of the University of Arizona in 1933; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Phoenix, Ariz.; assistant city attorney of Phoenix, Ariz., in 1935; assistant attorney general of Arizona in 1936; county attorney of Maricopa County, Ariz., 1938-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1949); did not seek renomination in 1948 but was unsuccessful for the gubernatorial nomination; unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination in 1954 for the Eighty-fourth Congress; Democratic nominee in 1960 for the Eighty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Phoenix, Ariz., November 24, 1970; interment in Greenwood Memorial Park.

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  11/12/1963 Mayor - Phoenix, AZ Lost 35.85% (-16.50%)
  11/08/1960 AZ District 1 Lost 40.77% (-18.46%)
  09/13/1960 AZ District 1 - D Primary Won 80.39% (+60.78%)
  09/09/1958 AZ District 1 - D Primary Lost 46.58% (-2.50%)
  09/07/1954 AZ District 1 - D Primary Lost 37.11% (-9.10%)
  09/12/1950 AZ Governor - D Primary Lost 21.59% (-7.65%)
  09/07/1948 AZ Governor - D Primary Lost 20.23% (-7.80%)
  11/05/1946 AZ At-Large Won 32.53% (+0.00%)
  07/16/1946 AZ At-Large - D Primary Won 39.09% (+0.00%)
  11/07/1944 AZ At-Large Won 34.53% (+0.00%)
  07/18/1944 AZ At-Large - D Primary Won 34.62% (+0.00%)
  11/03/1942 AZ At-Large Won 36.65% (+0.35%)
  09/08/1942 AZ At-Large - D Primary Won 13.64% (+0.00%)
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