- Wesley Bolin
Infobox Officeholder
name = Wesley Bolin
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order = 19thGovernor of Arizona
term_start =October 20 ,1977
term_end =March 4 ,1978
predecessor =Raul Hector Castro
successor =Bruce Babbitt
order2 = Arizona Secretary of State
term_start2 =1949
term_end2 =1977
governor2 =Dan Edward Garvey John Howard Pyle Ernest McFarland Paul Fannin Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. Raul Hector Castro
predecessor2 =Curtis Williams
successor2 =Rosa Perica Mofford
birth_date =July 1 ,1909
birth_place = nearButler, Missouri
death_date =March 4 ,1978
death_place =
constituency =
party = Democratic
spouse = Marion Elizabeth Wallinder
children = 5
profession =Business
education =
religion =Congregationalist
footnotes =Wesley Bolin (
July 1 ,1909 -March 4 ,1978 ), was a Democratic Party politician who served as governor of theU.S. state ofArizona between 1977 and 1978.Born on a farm near
Butler, Missouri Bolin moved with his family toPhoenix, Arizona at age of 6. He worked with several business firms in the Salt River Valley before being elected constable of West Phoenix Precinct in 1938. From 1943 until 1948, Bolin was justice of the peace of the West Phoenix Precinct court.He served over 28 years as Arizona Secretary of State (13 consesutive terms).
He succeeded to the governorship after the previous governor,
Raul Hector Castro , was namedAmbassador toArgentina by PresidentJimmy Carter . Under Arizona law, the Secretary of State was first in line to fill a vacancy in the governor's office. Bolin was Secretary of State for Arizona from 1949 until he assumed the office of Governor, and remains the longest-serving Secretary of State in Arizona history. [ [http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/kids/sos_whos_who.htm Arizona Secretaries of State Since Statehood ] ]Bolin died in office at the age of 68 in 1978 and was succeeded by
Bruce Babbitt . TheWesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in Phoenix,Arizona was named after him, and has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride. [cite web|url=http://phoenix.gov/ARTS/pridepts.html|title=Phoenix Points of Pride|accessmonthday=October 18 |accessyear=2006]References
External links
* [http://www.nga.org/governors/1,1169,C_GOVERNOR_INFO%5ED_437,00.html National Governors Association]
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