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Carl Hayden

Carl Hayden
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United States Senator
from Arizona
In office
March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by Ralph Henry Cameron
Succeeded by Barry Goldwater
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by Walter F. George
Succeeded by Richard B. Russell, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arizona's at-large district
In office
February 19, 1912 – March 4, 1927
Preceded by Ralph Henry Cameron (Territorial delegate)
Succeeded by Lewis W. Douglas
Personal details
Born Carl Trumbull Hayden
(1877-10-02)October 2, 1877
Hayden's Ferry, Arizona Territory
Died January 25, 1972(1972-01-25) (aged 94)
Mesa, Arizona
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Nan Downing (d.1961)
Alma mater Arizona Territorial Normal School
Stanford University
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  United States of America
Service/branch  United States Army
United States National Guard
Rank US-O4 insignia.svg Major of Infantry
Unit 9th battalion, 166th Depot Brigade
Battles/wars World War I

Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician and the first United States Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as Arizona's first Representative for eight terms before entering the Senate, Hayden set the record for longest-serving 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.

Having earned a reputation as a reclamation expert early in his congressional career, Hayden consistently backed legislation dealing with public lands, mining, reclamation, and other projects affecting the Western United States. In addition, he played a key role in creating the funding formula for the federal highway system. President John F. Kennedy said of Hayden, "Every Federal program which has contributed to the development of the West—irrigation, power, reclamation—bears his mark, and the great Federal highway program which binds this country, together, which permits this State to be competitive east and west, north and south, this in large measure is his creation."


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