Dan Edward Garvey

Daniel Edward Garvey ( born June 19, 1886 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, † February 5, 1974 in Tucson, Arizona ) was an American politician (Democratic Party) and 1948-1951 Governor of the State of Arizona. He was married to Tirzah Jannette Vail. The couple had three children together.

Early years and political rise

He attended parochial schools in Mississippi and graduated in 1901 at St. Aloysius College. When he later moved to Arizona, he began as an accountant at the time of the railway. He practiced this functions until 1930, when he was City Council Tucson. Garvey was elected in 1935 as Treasurer of Pima County and Tucson 1938. In 1940 he moved to Phoenix, where he served as Assistant to the Secretary of State, Harry M. Moore, works. Garvey was appointed after the death of Moore himself to the Secretary of State in 1942.

Governor of Arizona

On May 25, 1948 Governor Sidney Preston Osborn died in office. As Secretary of State was Garvey Acting Governor of Arizona. The most significant event during this period was the decision of the Arizona Supreme Court, which gave the Indians on the reservations the right to vote in the primaries.

On November 4, 1948 Garvey won the election for Governor of Arizona and was sworn in on January 3, 1949. During his tenure, a new Highway Code was adopted, created a children's settlement and higher education received more financial support. Garvey left office on January 1, 1951 after he was defeated in the primaries of 1950.

Further CV

He was then Arizona's administrator for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Then in 1955 he became appointed state auditor, an office which he held until his resignation in 1969. Garvey died on 5 February 1974 and was buried in Tucson.

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