John Hunt Udall (August 23, 1889 – March 3, 1959) was

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from 1936 to 1938. He was a member of the Udall political family.

Biography

The son of

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and Ida Frances (Hunt) Udall, he was born and raised in Arizona. He was a member of

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. He was a cattleman and farmer. He married Ruth Kimball, sister of Spencer W. Kimball in 1912. They had a son, Nick. Ruth died in 1915. In 1916, he remarried to Leah Smith, daughter of Jesse Nathaniel Smith. He and Leah had several more children. In 1922 he was elected as clerk of the

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, defeating his younger brother Levi Stewart Udall. From 1936 to 1938 he served as mayor of Phoenix. He also served in the

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. He sought, but was defeated for the Republican nomination for Governor of Arizona. In 1948 he was narrowly defeated as the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from the Arizona 1st District. He died in Mesa, Arizona in 1959.

Legacy

His son, Nick Udall served as Mayor of Phoenix from 1948 to 1952.

References

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*http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11111.html 1889 births 1959 deaths People from Snowflake, Arizona Mayors of Phoenix, Arizona Udall family Republican Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives American Latter Day Saints 20th-century members of the Arizona State Legislature {{PhoenixAZ-stub