Don Taylor Udall was a member of the Arizona State Legislature from the Udall political family

Udall family

The Udall family is a U.S. political family rooted in the American West. Its role in politics spans over 100 years and four generations. Udall politicians have been elected from four different states: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oregon...

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Born and raised in Arizona, he was the son of David King Udall

David King Udall

David King Udall, Sr. was a representative to the Arizona Territorial Legislature and the founder of the Udall political family. His great-grandsons Mark and Tom currently represent the Colorado and New Mexico in the United States Senate, respectively.-Childhood years:David King Udall was born in...

 and Ida Frances (Hunt) Udall.

He graduated from Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

 with a law degree, and was admitted to the Arizona Bar in 1923. From 1941-1942 he was a member of the Arizona State Legislature. During World War II, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate Generals Corps, with duty in the South Pacific. Later he was elected as a Judge of the Arizona Superior Court.

He died in Mesa, Arizona, in 1976. He is buried in the Holbrook Cemetery in Holbrook, Arizona

Holbrook, Arizona

-Historical events:*During 1881 & 1882, railroad tracks were laid down and a railroad station was built. The community was then named Holbrook after the first engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad...

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