district predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion party nationality term_end preceded office birth_date term_start image article_title state name
3rd paul daly bob stump rowle simmons 26 september 2012 new york city prescott , arizona judaism republican republican american january 3 , 1977 november 21 , 2001 george f. senner , jr. . mayor of prescott , arizona 10 march 1929 january 3 , 1967 november 23 , 1999 sam steiger.jpg sam steiger
 arizona sam steiger
sam steiger

samuel steiger -lrb- march 10 , 1929september 26 , 2012 -rrb- was an american politician , journalist , political pundit , and rancher .
he served five terms as a member of the u.s. house of representatives , two terms in the arizona state senate , and one term as mayor of prescott , arizona .
steiger also made an unsuccessful run for the u.s. senate , served as a special assistant to arizona governor evan mecham , and hosted political talk shows on both radio and television .
despite these accomplishments , steiger is best known for two incidents : the first , while he was a sitting congressman , was the 1975 killing of two burros .
the second was painting a crosswalk between prescott 's courthouse and nearby whiskey row .
