Carl Hayden

Carl Trumbull Hayden was an American politician and the first United States Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as Arizonas first Representative for eight terms before entering the Senate, Hayden set the record for longestserving member of the United States Congress more than a decade before his retirement from politics. The longtime Dean of the United States Senate served as its president pro tempore and chairman of both its Rules and Administration and Appropriations committees. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Hayden was born to Charles Trumbull Hayden and Sallie Calvert Davis on October 2, 1877, in Haydens Ferry, Arizona Territory . Charles Hayden was a Connecticutborn merchant and freight operator who had moved west due to a lung ailment and homesteaded a claim on the south bank of the Salt River. Charles Hayden had also served as a probate judge and, following Grover Clevelands 1884 election, had been considered for the territorial governorship. Sallie Davis was an Arkansasborn schoolteacher who served as vice president of the Arizona Territorial Suffrage Association during the 1890s. Following the birth of their son, Charles and Sallie Hayden had three daughters Sarah , Anna, and Mary . Anna died unexpectedly at twoandonehalf years of age. The Hayden family operated a variety of business interests including a ferry service, a gristmill, a general store, and agricultural interests. While he was growing up, Haydens family took several trips including journeys to Washington D.C. and the 189

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