Ramon Gallego Michelena

Legislative Resolution

View Legislative Resolution File for Ramon Gallego Michelena

Biographical Information

The following is from the Legislative death resolution:

The Honorable Ramon G. Michelena passed away on September 24, 1978 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of eighty-two years.

A native son of Arizona, Mr. Michelena was born on February 10, 1896 in Solomon, Arizona.

Mr. Michelena, a successful rancher, also ably served in the Arizona Highway Patrol.  A World War I veteran and member of the American Legion in Nogales, he also served as Justice of the Peace in Graham County.

Mr. Michelena was first elected to the Arizona Senate to serve in the Twenty-fifth Legislative Session and also served in the Twenty-sixth Legislative Session as a member of the Arizona Senate.  He served competently on the Education, Finance and Revenue, Labor and Management, and Suffrage and Elections Committees in the Twenty-fifth Legislative Session.  In the Twenty-sixth Legislative Session he served with distinction on several legislative committees including the Constitutional Amendments and Referendums Committee, of which he was Chairman.

Military Experience

World War I veteran

Employment

Arizona Legislative Service

Sources

Birth: Arizona Legislative Biography sheet, parents:  Manuel and Pomposa Michelena, note: WWI draft registration – Ramon Michelena, DOB 2/10/1895 (sic), Solomonville AZ, he does not appear to have been listed with the family in the 1900 federal census of Solomonville, Graham Co., Arizona Territory:  Manuel Michelena, Pomposa Michelena 33, Sarah Michelena 16, Manuel Michelena 14, Migul Michelena 9, Eliza Michelena 5, Louis Michelena 6, Juanita Michelena 1; Death: Legislative death resolution; Occupation: Arizona Legislative Biography sheet and Legislative death resolution; Military:  Legislative death resolution