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Paul Jones Fannin ( January 29 1907 – January 13 2002 ) was Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona from 1959 to 1965 and subsequently a U.S. Senator from Arizona. He was a Republican . He was born in Ashland , Boyd County , Kentucky , but moved to Phoenix, Arizona , in October 1907. He attended the University Of Arizona but graduated from Stanford University , and became a businessman involved in petroleum and equipment distribution in the Southwest and Mexico. He was elected Governor Of Arizona in 1958 and reelected in 1960 and 1962 , becoming the chairman of the Western Governors Conference . He ran for the Senate in 1964 to replace Barry Goldwater , who had resigned to run for President , and was elected. He served two terms, retiring in 1977 (after several incidents involving Drunk Driving .) During his career, he was a hard conservative, often voting with Barry Goldwater on the issues, including his vote against the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972 . He continued to live in Phoenix, Arizona, until his death due to a stroke on January 13, 2002 .
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