Career highlights of Ernest W. McFarland

by Adnan Alam

By Cronkite News Service

Here are career highlights of Ernest W. McFarland, honored with a memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza outside the State Capitol:

_ Arizona Assistant Attorney General, 1923-25

_ Pinal County Attorney, 1925-31

_ Pinal County Superior Court Judge, 1935-41

_ U.S. Senator, 1941-53

_ U.S. Senate Majority Leader, 1951-53

_ Founded KTVK-TV in Phoenix, 1953

_ Governor of Arizona, 1955-59

_ Founded Arizona State Park System, 1957

_ Arizona Supreme Court Justice, 1965-71

_ Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1968

Source: Ernest W. McFarland Memorial