Cameron, Ralph H. (Ralph Henry), 1863-1953

LC control no.	nr 96002600
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Cameron, Ralph H. (Ralph Henry), 1863-1953 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Cameron, Ralph H. (Ralph Henry), b. 1863 Cameron, Ralph Henry, 1863-1953
Birth date	1863-10-21
Death date	1953-02-12
Place of birth	Southport (Me.)
Place of death	Washington (D.C.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Sheriffs Miners Prospectors
Found in	Statehood for Arizona, 1910: t.p. (Hon. Ralph H. Cameron of Arizona) Biog. dir. of the Amer. Congress (Cameron, Ralph Henry, delegate and senator from Arizona; b. Southport, Me. 21 Oct. 1863; moved to Arizona Terr. 1883; delegate to Ho. of Rep. 1909-1912; senator from Arizona 1921-1927) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, viewed May 15, 2019 : (Cameron, Ralph Henry, a Delegate and a Senator from Arizona; born in Southport, Lincoln County, Maine, October 21, 1863; attended the common schools; emigrated to the West and became interested in mining and stock raising; locator and builder of the Bright Angel trail into the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona; moved to the Territory of Arizona in 1883; sheriff of Coconino County in 1891 and 1894-1898; member of the board of supervisors of Coconino County 1905-1907 and served as chairman; elected as a Republican Delegate to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, to February 18, 1912, when Arizona was admitted as a State into the Union; resumed mining pursuits at Phoenix, Ariz.; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1920 and served from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1927; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 and for election in 1928; engaged in mica mining in North Carolina and Georgia and in gold mining in California; resided in Los Angeles, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz., until his death in Washington, D.C., while on a business trip, February 12, 1953; interment in the American Legion Cemetery, Grand Canyon, Ariz.)