John Jacob Rhodes III

John Jacob Rhodes III ( born September 8, 1943 in Mesa, Arizona; † January 20, 2011 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician. Between 1987 and 1993 he represented the first electoral district of the State of Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

John Rhodes III is the son of John Jacob Rhodes, representing the first constituency of Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives 1953-1983. The younger Rhodes attended until 1961 the Landon School in Bethesda (Maryland). Then he studied until 1965 at Yale University. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Arizona, he was admitted in 1968 as a lawyer. Then he started in Mesa to work in his new profession. From 1968 to 1970 he was employed as a captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

Political career

John Rhodes was like his father, a member of the Republican Party. From 1972 to 1982 he was county chairman of his party. From 1973 to 1976 he was a member of the Education Committee of Mesa. Between 1983 and 1986 he worked for the water supply in the central Arizona ( Central Arizona Water Conservation District ).

In the congressional elections of 1986 he was elected to succeed John McCain in the U.S. House of Representatives. He took over the seat his father had held for 30 years until 1983. This mandate he was three legislatures exercise between January 1987 and January 3, 1993 3. In 1992 he was not re-elected and his seat fell to Sam Coppersmith, the candidate of the Democratic Party.