Henry F. Ashurst
Henry F. Ashurst
Henry Fountain Ashurstwas an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial legislature before fulfilling his childhood ambition of joining the United States Senate. During his time in the Senate, Ashurst was chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Judiciary Committee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 September 1874
CountryUnited States of America
Politics is like roller skating. You go partly where you want to go, and partly where the damn things take you.
No man is fit to be a Senator... unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.