Arizona political giants Carl Hayden, Barry Goldwater and John McCain faced scrutiny late in their careers over age and health.
is expected to return to the Senate MondayThe question about politician's ages — and the demand that older members of Congress retire to make way for younger blood — has come up frequently in U.S. political history, with Arizona's Sens. Carl Hayden, Barry Goldwater and John McCain all facing scrutiny about their health in their later years in office.
Sen. Carl Hayden, D-Ariz., was in Congress for 56 years, or 20,773 days, starting when he became Arizona's first U.S. representative in February 1912. He would serve in the House until ascending in 1927 to the Senate, where he would serve a then-unprecedented seven terms. He was 85 when he ran for reelection in 1962 and chose to not seek an eighth term in 1968. He retired in 1969 at age 91 and died in 1972 at age 94.
Hayden accumulated power through his years in office. He chaired the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and was essential to the creation of the Central Arizona Project, which had been the state's top priority for 20 years before Congress passed legislation in 1968. His importance on Capitol Hill also helped him overcome any doubts about his age and health, which were issues in his later Senate campaigns.Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb enters US Senate race for Sen.
Hayden's long Capitol Hill career peaked in 1968 with the approval of the Central Arizona Project, the 336-mile network of canals and pumping stations that delivers Colorado River water to Phoenix and Tucson. Signing the legislation, Johnson proclaimed Sept. 30, 1968, as"Carl Hayden Day." The CAP Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct is another landmark named for Hayden .
Elson, who died in 2010, sought the seat vacated by his boss but got trounced by Goldwater, R-Ariz., who had served two terms but had been out of the Senate since losing the 1964 presidential race against Johnson.Goldwater was 60 when he returned to the Senate in 1969. He effortlessly won again in 1974.
In his 1988 memoir, Goldwater lamented that his campaign initially underestimated Schulz, whose wealth allowed him to mount"the most professional campaign ever waged against me" while"I was still trying to regain my normal strength."
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