{{Short description|American politician from Arizona, United States}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Henry Lovin | image = | caption = | office = | term_start = | term_end = | preceded = | succeeded = | state_senate1 = Arizona | district1 = Mohave County | term_start1 = March 1912 | term_end1 = January 1917 | predecessor1 = First Senator from Mohave County | successor1 = W. P. Mahoney | state_senate2 = | district2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | state_senate3 = | district3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | state_senate4 = | district4 = | term_start4 = | term_end4 = | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | state_senate5 = | district5 = | term_start5 = | term_end5 = | predecessor5 = | successor5 = | birth_date = June 22, 1866 | birth_place = Rockingham, North Carolina, U.S. | death_date = December 29, 1931 | death_place = Kingman, Arizona | party = Democrat | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | website = }}
'''Henry Lovin''' was a politician from Arizona who served in the 1st and 2nd Arizona State Legislatures.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/p17220coll18/id/17/rec/2 | pages=7–8 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=History of the Arizona State Legislature 1912-1966 | accessdate=March 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/p17220coll18/id/98/rec/16 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=History of the Arizona State Legislature 1912-1966 | accessdate=March 2, 2022}}</ref> He ran several large mercantile businesses, was heavily into the mining industry, and owned both cattle ranches in Arizona and an alfalfa ranch in California.
==Life==
Lovin was originally from Richmond County, North Carolina, being born in Rockingham on June 22, 1866.<ref name=ADS010727>{{cite news|title=Arizona In Brief |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403434/ |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=July 27, 1901 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name=WN320101>{{cite news|title=Death Overtakes Henry Lovin Arizona Pioneer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403452/ |newspaper=Williams News |date=January 1, 1932 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> He moved to Arizona in 1887, settling in Phoenix, where he planted the first orange grove in the Salt River Valley. After two years he moved to Prescott, and moved again in 1891 to Kingman, where he remained for the remainder of his life.<ref name=ADS311231>{{cite news|title=Henry Lovin Is Taken By Death|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403473/ |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=December 31, 1931 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In addition to his main residence in Kingman, Arizona, Lovin also owned an alfalfa ranch in southern California.<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403488/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=December 7, 1912 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> He married Miss Ruby Roe on March 21, 1897.<ref>{{cite news|title=Local And Personal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403515/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=March 20, 1897 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> They had two daughters. His wife died unexpectedly in January 1911, after a brief illness. The illness was not considered major, but she developed auto-toxemia, where your body develops poisons within your system, which led to her death.<ref name="Death Of Mrs. Henry Lovin">{{cite news|title=Death Of Mrs. Henry Lovin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403553/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=January 7, 1911 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In December 1922, Lovin remarried. The bride's name was Ora R. Thompson, who had arrived from Louisiana five years earlier, and was working as a clerk of the county board of supervisors.<ref name="Death Of Mrs. Henry Lovin"/>
In 1896 he began to become involved in the mining industry, having several different partners and properties.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mines And Mining |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403607/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=May 30, 1896 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Local And Personal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403628/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=July 4, 1896 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Local And Personal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403651/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=August 8, 1896 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403673/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=February 13, 1897 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> One of his projects, in which he was partners with Judge Redman, was sold for $80,000 in 1898, Redman and Lovin owned 3/8 of the property.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kingman & Arizona Sampling Works |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403701/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=February 26, 1898 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In 1900, he sold two of his mining properties, both of which he was half-owner of, his share of both sales was $25,000 each.<ref>{{cite news|title=Territorial News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403728/ |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=June 29, 1900 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Mining Field |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403757/ |newspaper=Arizona Silver Belt |date=July 26, 1900 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> The one mine, "The Gold Road", turned into one of the biggest gold mines in Arizona after the sale.<ref name=ADS010727 /> Also in 1900 he was one of the founding members of the Kingman Volunteer Fire Company.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kingman Hook And Ladder Company |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403807/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=January 13, 1900 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In late 1901, he and two partners, Judge Redman and H. L. Harris, discovered another rich load of gold ore, in Secret Pass on Blue Ridge Mountain, on the other side of the mountain from The Gold Road mine. With easier access than The Gold Road, it was expected to be quite a large enterprise.<ref>{{cite news|title=Big Find In Secret Pass |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403841/ |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=December 29, 1901 |page=7 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> During the 1900s Lovin continued to be involved in many mining projects throughout the area, such as the Hillside and Rico mines.<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403857/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=August 11, 1900 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mines Of The County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403885/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=February 10, 1906 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In 1906, Lovin, with another group of investors, incorporated the Scott's Lucky Boy Consolidated Mining Company. The company was formed to further develop the Lucky Boy Group of mines, which had been being worked for several years, and was expected to be one of the best in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Articles Of Incorporation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403933/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=May 12, 1906 |page=6 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403959/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=June 2, 1906 |page=6 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In 1906, Lovin partnered with the Clack Brothers and brought a lead mine which had been worked for several years, and developed it into a highly productive lead producer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mohave County Mines|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106403990/ |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=December 30, 1906 |page=9 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mines Of The County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106404008/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=February 9, 1907 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>
In 1905 he opened a brewery and ice factory in Kingman, which became one of the largest in the territory.<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106404034/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=May 6, 1905 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Territorial News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106404052/ |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=June 5, 1906 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> He would run the ice company until his death.<ref name=WN320101 /> In 1906 he entered into an agreement with the Hercules Mercantile Company to open stores in Kelvin and Ray, Arizona.<ref>{{cite news|title=Social Occupations Of Kelvin And Ray |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106404079/ |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=March 5, 1908 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106404094/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=December 19, 1908 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mines Of The County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106404117/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=March 27, 1909 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>
In addition to his mining and mercantile interests, Lovin was also into cattle ranching, where he had a large spread in the Big Sandy area.<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106404150/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=April 24, 1918 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 28, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In 1917, Lovin expanded his cattle holdings with the purchase of the Round Valley Cattle company. The purchase for $100,000 of the property was the largest of its kind in Mohave County at that time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cash Deal On Round Valley Ranch Closed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106404170/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=March 3, 1917 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 28, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> He followed this up with the purchase of R. A. McKaskle ranch, another large ranch also in the Big Sandy area, in 1917.<ref>{{cite news|title=Henry Lovin And Ora R. Thompson Wed At Kingman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106404194/ |newspaper=The Coconino Sun |date=December 29, 1922 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 28, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Lovin died in his home in Kingman on December 29, 1931.<ref name=WN320101 />
==Political career==
In 1894, Lovin ran on the Democratic ticket for constable of Mohave County.<ref>{{cite news|title=Local And Personal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486130/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=January 13, 1914 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> He also worked as a salesman for Taggart Mercantile Company,<ref>{{cite news|title=Local And Personal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486168/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=March 7, 1896 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> and was a stagecoach driver.<ref>{{cite news|title=Local And Personal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486223/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=March 28, 1896 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In September 1898 he attempted to get the Democratic nomination for the Mohave County Treasurer position.<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486259/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=September 10, 1898 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In either late 1898 or early 1899 he was named deputy sheriff of Mohave County.<ref>{{cite news|title=Local And Personal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486309/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=December 17, 1898 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Amateur Mail Carrier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486383/ |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=September 16, 1899 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>
In 1900, he announced his intention to run for Mohave County Sheriff.<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486448/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=June 9, 1900 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> He selected to represent the Democrats in the primary that year,<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486483/ |newspaper=The St. Johns Herald |date=September 15, 1900 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> and won by a large margin over his Republican opponent in the November general election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Official Returns, As Canvassed By The Hon. Board For Territorial And County Officers, Nov. 6, 1900 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486526/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=December 1, 1900 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In 1902, he announced his intention to run for re-election as Mohave County Sheriff,<ref>{{cite news|title=For Sheriff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486560/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=July 19, 1902 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> he received the nomination from the Democrats and was re-elected in the November election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Unofficial Vote Of Mohave County, Held Tuesday, November 4, 1902 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486606/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=November 15, 1902 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 25, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>
At the state Democratic convention in 1910, Lovin was nominated as their delegate to the Arizona constitutional convention. Since the Republicans did not nominate anyone from Mohave County, it was expected that Lovin would be the delegate, even though there were two other nominees, one each from Labor and Socialist parties.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mohave Delegate Visits Prescott |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486691/ |newspaper=Weekly Journal-Miner |date=September 7, 1910 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486744/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=September 10, 1910 |page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> When the election was held in September 1910, Lovin was selected as the sole delegate from Mohave County,<ref>{{cite news|title=Democrats In Control |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486830/ |newspaper=Graham Guardian |date=September 16, 1910 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> and while a member he served on the following committees: Suffrage and Elections; Mines and Mining; Public Debt; and Revenue and Taxation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Constitutional Convention |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486877/ |newspaper=Graham Guardian |date=October 15, 1910 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> In September 1911, Lovin announced his intention to run for the state senate, as the sole senator from Mohave County.<ref>{{cite news|title=Henry Lovin For State Senator |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486936/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=September 23, 1911 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> He won the Democratic primary in October,<ref>{{cite news|title=Primary Election In Mohave County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106487017/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=October 28, 1911 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> and won the general election in December, becoming he first state senator in Arizona from Mohave County.<ref>{{cite news|title=Members Of The First Legislature |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103135887/ |newspaper=The Coconino Sun |date=December 22, 1911 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 27, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> During the first session, Lovin authored a bill which provided the ability to Mohave County to raise $80,000 through a bond issuance in order to build a county courthouse in Mohave.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mohave County Courthouse |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106487132/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=March 11, 1912 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 28, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>
In June 1914, Lovin announced that he would be seeking re-election to the state senate.<ref>{{cite news|title=For State Senator |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106487293/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=July 18, 1914 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 28, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> Lovin beat his Democratic opponent, Dan Angius, in the September primary 629–420,<ref>{{cite news|title=Democratic Primaries |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103081759/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=September 19, 1914 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 28, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> and he won in November's general election, besting the Republican candidate, W. H. Bucher, by a count of 905 to 473. The Socialist candidate, Paul E. White, received 154 votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Names Of Candidates And Offices Voted For |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106273439/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=November 21, 1914 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 28, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> Lovin chose not to run for a third term in 1916.<ref>{{cite news|title=Party Nominations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106487532/ |newspaper=Mohave County Miner |date=September 2, 1916 |page=6 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 28, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>
In 1924 he was elected to the Mohave County Board of Supervisors, where he remained a supervisor until his death in 1931.<ref name=ADS311231 />
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