- John Jacob Rhodes III
John Jacob Rhodes III is a former Republican Representative from
Arizona's 1st congressional district . He was born inMesa, Arizona onSeptember 8 1943 , and is currently a resident of Mesa.Youth and education
Rhodes' father and namesake also represented the 1st district. Rhodes graduated from the
Landon School inBethesda, Maryland (1961); graduated fromYale University inNew Haven, Connecticut (1965) with an A.B., and from theUniversity of Arizona College of Law inTucson, Arizona with a J.D. (1968).Rhodes joined the
United States Army in 1968, served inVietnam , and left as a captain in 1970. He was admitted to the Arizona State bar in 1968 and commenced practice in Mesa. Rhodes was a Republican district chairman (1972-1982), served on the Mesa Board of Education (1973-1976), and served with Central Arizona Water Conservation District (1983-1986).While in Congress
Rhodes was elected to the One Hundredth and to the two succeeding Congresses (
January 3 1987 -January 3 1993 ), and was unsuccessful as a candidate for re-election in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress.External links
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000189 Rep. Rhodes' Official Congressional Biography]
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