Philip Drachman was an Arizona pioneer, businessman, and politician. Drachman was born in

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in 1833 and immigrated to the United States in 1852 with his family, including his brother Samuel. Drachman then moved to

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in 1866, where he partnered with Isaac Goldberg and started the Drachman-Goldberg general store. Drachman's other business interests included a saloon, a freight line between Tucson and Yuma, real estate and a cigar store. Drachman served in the Arizona Territory's 4th Arizona Territorial Legislature, in the House of Representatives, as one of the three representatives from

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. His brother,

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, who followed Philip to Tucson in 1867, also served in the territorial legislature, in the House of Representatives during the

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. He married Rosa Katzenstein from

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in 1868. They had 10 children, 6 daughters and 4 sons. His first child and eldest son was Harry Arizona Drachman, and was the first white male child born in Tucson. Another son, Mose Drachman was an influential Tucson businessman and served in the Arizona State Senate during the

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. His grandson, Roy Drachman, through another son, Emmanuel, was a very influential businessman and real estate developer in Tucson during the mid-1900s. Philip Drachman died of pneumonia in Tucson in 1889.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drachman, Philip 19th-century American Jews American people of Polish-Jewish descent Members of the Arizona House of Representatives Arizona pioneers American people of Polish descent Members of the Arizona Territorial Legislature 1833 births 1889 deaths