Word: professionless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lasting potency of Governor Hunt? Perhaps it is because he was as strong as an ox and is as bald as a turtle; more likely it is because he has grown with Arizona and shaped it. In 1881 he arrived in Globe, Ariz., at the age of 21, penniless, professionless. First he became a waiter, then a cowpuncher, then a successful businessman. For 14 years before Arizona became a state, he served in the legislature; put through bills forbidding women in the saloons and banning gambling, thereby striking at the social life of the territory. In 1910, as presiding officer...
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