Henry F. Ashurst

Henry Fountain Ashurst was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely selfeducated, 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.

Ashurst was born on September 13, 1874 in a covered wagon near Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada to William and Sarah Ashurst, the second of ten children. His family moved to a ranch near Williams, Arizona when he was two, and he attended school in Flagstaff. At the age of ten he showed his ambition to be a Senator by writing Henry Fountain Ashurst, U.S. Senator from Arizona into a speller. After dropping out of school at the age of thirteen, he worked as a cowboy on his fathers ranch.

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