J. F. Hechtman
J. F. Hechtman | |
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Member of the Gila County district | |
In office March 1912 – January 1914 | |
Preceded by | First senator from Gila County |
Succeeded by | John E. Bacon |
Personal details | |
Born | August 5, 1854[1][2] |
Died | February 26, 1933[2] Globe, Arizona |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic |
Profession | Politician |
John F. Hechtman (1854-1933) was a politician from Arizona, who served as a senator in the
Life
Hechtman was a judge in Arizona.
He came to Arizona in 1878, and moved to Globe in 1899.[1][5] In 1903, he was one of the founders of the Globe Mining Company,[6] and served as their president.[7] While still president of the Globe Mining Company, in 1908 Hechtman also founded The Western Company, which would be engaged in the "manufacture, import, export, buy, sell, distribute, store, warehouse and generally deal in goods, wares and merchandise, meats and provisions, drugs and chemicals, heavy and shelf hardware and property of every class and description."[8] By 1920 he was a U.S. Commissioner for the district court.[9]
Hechtman died on February 26, 1933, in Globe, Arizona at the age of 79. He had been hospitalized for several months with an illness. At the time of his death, he had the distinction of being the oldest living former U.S. Senate page.[2]
Political career
In 1911, he was one of the first two state senators from Gila County elected to the 1st State Legislature.[10] He did not run for re-election in 1914.[11]
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- ^ "History of the Arizona State Legislature 1912-1966". State of Arizona. pp. 7–8. Retrieved March 1, 2022.