Cloves C. Campbell, Sr.

Legislative Resolution

View Legislative Resolution File for Cloves C. Campbell, Sr.

Biographical Information

Laws 1998, HCR 2030

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION HONORING CLOVES C. CAMPBELL, SR. FOR HIS OUTSTANDING RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

Whereas, Cloves C. Campbell, Sr. has achieved a tremendous record of public and educational service throughout more than fifty years of residence in the State of Arizona.  In recognition of his many accomplishments, the governing board of the Roosevelt Elementary School District has voted to name a new elementary school in his honor; and

Whereas, a graduate of Phoenix Technical High School, Cloves Campbell went on to attend Phoenix Community College and to graduate from Arizona State University with a degree in secondary education.  He established a successful career at Arizona Public Service that spanned thirty-three years, and he also served as a substitute teacher and youth coach; and

Whereas, elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 1962, Cloves Campbell served two terms in that capacity before becoming the first African-American elected to the Arizona Senate in 1966.  Among his many accomplishments, he sponsored the first bilingual education bill as well as the first bill to establish a Martin Luther King, Jr. state holiday.  Committed to bettering educational opportunities in the state, Cloves Campbell also supported legislation to increase cultural diversity in school textbooks and to establish South Mountain Community College and Gateway Community College.  After leaving the Arizona Legislature, he went on to become publisher and president of the Arizona Informant Newspaper; and

Whereas, in addition to his public service, Cloves Campbell has also given selflessly of his time and abilities to various worthwhile civic organizations.  He ably served as a board member of the South Phoenix Salvation Army Center, vice president of the Arizona Consumer Council and as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the West Coast Newspaper Publishing Association; and

Whereas, Cloves Campbell is indeed deserving of recognition for his many contributions to the community, and the naming of an elementary school in his honor is a fitting tribute to his outstanding record of achievement.

Therefore
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:

1.  That the members of the Legislature honor Cloves C. Campbell, Sr. for his outstanding service to the City of Phoenix and the State of Arizona.
2.  That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit a copy of this resolution to Cloves C. Campbell, Sr.

Military Experience

U.S. Army veteran

Additional Information

LEGISLATIVE FAMILY (Yellow Sheet Report (Arizona Capitol Times), May 25, 2011):  father of Rep. Cloves C. Campbell, Jr.

"first African-American elected to the Arizona Senate in 1966" (Laws 1998, HCR 2030)

Employment

Arizona Legislative Service

Sources

Birth: Arizona Legislative Biography sheet, parents:  John and L. D. Campbell (John and Levina Campbell were recorded in the 1930 federal census of Elizabeth, Allen Parish, Louisiana); Death: obituary:   Emily Bittner and Connie Cone Sexton.  "Advocate, Newsman Campbell Dies At 73."  The Arizona Republic, June 19, 2004, p. B 1; Occupation(s):   Arizona Legislative Biography sheet and obituary; Military:  clipping attached to Arizona Legislative Biography sheet