Ernest McFarland
Politician and lawyer
Died when: 89 years 243 days (1075 months)Star Sign: Libra
Ernest William McFarland (October 9, 1894 – June 8, 1984) was an American politician, jurist and, with Warren Atherton, one of the "Fathers of the G.I.
Bill." He is the only Arizonan to serve in the highest office in all three branches of Arizona government, two at the state level, one at the federal level.
He was a Democratic U.S.Senator from Arizona from 1941 to 1953 (Majority Leader from 1951 to 1953) before he was the tenth governor of Arizona from 1955 to 1959.
Finally, McFarland sat as chief justice on the Arizona Supreme Court in 1968.
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