The border vidette., 1926-05-08
FRANK J. DUFFY FOR CONGRESS
Pioneer Citizen Of Arizona Well Quail
e flied to Fill High Position.

ATIZOuH, anu Tue uTSC u Juuk0 Vi
the Superior Court of Santa Cruz
county, is a candidate for Con.
gress, subject to the will of the
voters in the Democratic prima
ries on September z, says the
International, dated May 2.
In formally announcing his
candidacy yesterday Judge Duffy
sid:
It is only after the most care
full and serious consideration and
up n the advice of my Democra.
tic friends that | have decided
to seek the nomination for Rep
reese ntative in Congress.
The Importance of the Office,
the serious duty and the i'm
mense responsibility devolving
upon him who would worthily
represent his State in the Ma
tional Congress, together with
the sense of my own limited
powers. might we'll have made
me hesitate but the opportunity
to be of service to the people of
my State in q broader and more
extended field of usefulness, and
the generous and tiattering as
surance of confidence and sup
port which l have received on
all sides have combined to deter
mine me in my course.
If the voters of my party
shall, on September 7th next,
make me their nominate, I shall
if elected continue in the future,
as I have in the past, to give the
best that I possess by way of
ability and of steadfast adher
ence to duty that l may protect
and advance the rights and in
terests of the Stlte of A. iona
and her people.
II shall, as the campaign pro
crosses, definitely outline and
make known my views on all
questions affecting the future
welfare of our State"
Frank J. Duffy was Lorn in
St Lawrence county, N. Y, on
April 3, 1866.
Educated primarily in the pub
lie schools, be entered St. Law
renee University at Canton, N.
Y, where be graduated in 1888
with the degree OF Bachelor of
Science. The same year he came
to Arizona. locating in the Salt
River Valley and for the next
five years was engaged in educa.
tional work in Phoenix, Tempe
and Globe. In 1893 be came to
Noeales where he has since re
sided.
Having decided to devote his
life efforts to the practice of law.
be was admitted to practice in
the courts of the then territory
of Arizona in 1899. In the same
year upon the creation of Santa
Cruz county by the Twentieth
Territory Legislature. he was
appointed County Assessor, a
position he held for two years.
In the general election of 1900
he was elected District Attorney
on the Democratic ticket and
was re elected in 1902.
In 1909, MIR. Duffy represented
bis county in the Territorial LIE
gislature.
Upon the admission of Arizona
to statehood be was elected in
1911 the first Judge of the Su
perior Court of Santa Cruz coun,
ty without opposition in either
the primaries or the election.
He took his Office in February,
1912 but resigned in October,
1913 to resume the practice of
his profession.
In the campaign of 1914, Mr..
Duffy was chosen Chairman Of
the Democratic State Central
Committee and conducted the
campaign with such marked sue
cess that every Democratic on
the State ticket was elected with
but one exception.
He was for four years City At
torney of Ncgales and has been
g. member of the Board of Re.
gents of the University of Ari,
zona and a member of the State
Fair Commission.
The judicial history of Arizona
would be incomplete were there
failure to make prominent men.
ton of Judge Duffy. For TWEEN.
tytive years member of the bar
of this county and of the state,
he has ever been known as an
able, conscientious, capable,
ethical lawyer, who never for,
gets the respect and courtesy