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Andrew Jackson Bettwy

February 13, 2024

Andrew Jackson Bettwy (September 24, 1894 – October 29, 1950[1]), an Arizona Democrat, served as Mayor[2] of Nogales, Arizona, from 1935 to 1937, was an Arizona delegate at the Democratic National Conventions of 1924 and 1928,[3][4][5] and 1928,[6] and was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in the 1930,[7] 1932,[8] 1934,[9][10] 1936,[11] and 1938 primary elections and in the 1932 general election.[12]

Andrew Jackson Bettwy
1938 gubernatorial campaign brochure
18th Mayor of Nogales, Arizona
In office
1935–1937
Arizona State Senator
In office
1926–1930
ConstituencySanta Cruz County
Personal details
BornSeptember 24, 1894
Altoona, Pennsylvania
DiedOctober 29, 1950(1950-10-29) (aged 56)
Little Rock, Arkansas
Alma materUniversity of Arizona
Arizona 1930 primary gubernatorial election candidates

Political life edit

Although affable, Bettwy was a controversial firebrand as mayor of Nogales,[13] and he is most remembered in Arizona folklore for flattening William Mathews, the publisher of the Arizona Daily Star, during Mathews' anti-Roosevelt New Deal speech at the 1936 Arizona State Democratic Convention in Tucson, Arizona.[14][15]

His wife Mary Bettwy was also a well-liked Arizona politician, which was a notable achievement for her during the 1930s when the effects of the Nineteenth Amendment were still only burgeoning. When Andrew was Mayor of Nogales from 1935 to 1937, his wife Mary was President of the Nogales Young Democrats Club, an affiliate of Young Democrats of America, which was founded in 1932 to further the election campaign of presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt.[16]

In the 1938 elections, he ran unsuccessfully for Arizona state governor, and she ran successfully for Santa Cruz County Recorder to become the first Hispanic female elected to public office in the State of Arizona.[17] After winning the seat in 1938, she surprised everyone, including political leaders, by immediately appointing her rival as her chief deputy. Her unprecedented political move was reported in newspapers nationwide, from California[18] to Texas[19] to Pennsylvania[20][21] to New York[22] to Florida.[23] As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported: "A political precedent unlikely to bring even a ripple of emulation despite its apparent benefit to the public is that set by Mrs. Mary Bettwy, Democratic recorder-elect of Nogales, Arizona, who has amazed the staunch partisans of her own and the Republican party there by appointing her Republican campaign opponent, Mrs. Ada Jones, as her deputy. . . That great wave of cheering that you do not hear is undoubtedly from the leaders of the Democratic organization in Nogales as the dazed Republican chiefs and the public pinch themselves to find out whether or not they are awake."

They divorced during their campaigns, however, and he later moved to Prescott to retire from politics.[24] Mary Bettwy stayed in Nogales and was reelected five times to serve as County Recorder for 21 years until her death in 1960.[25][26][27][28][29][30] As a popular candidate, she was "one of the top vote-getters each election year in the county."[31]

Family, education and military service edit

Bettwy was the son of André Bettwy (1867–1951) and Mary Billand (1863–1939), natives of Alsace who immigrated to the United States and settled in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Bettwy had two sons, Andrew Leo Bettwy (1920–2004), Arizona State Land Commissioner (1970–1978) and William Frederick Bettwy (1918–2005) of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the first commercial pilot to land at Washington Dulles Airport. His grandson was Andrew Wilson Bettwy, the second Chief Hearing Officer of the Arizona Corporation Commission (1975–1979) and renowned utility rate legal expert in Arizona, Nevada and California.

Bettwy was in the first class of the University of Arizona law school (the James E. Rogers College of Law) when it opened in 1915, but he interrupted his studies to join the U.S. Army. From 1916 to 1919, he participated in the Pancho Villa Expedition, including the Battle of Ambos Nogales, which was dedicated to the pursuit of Pancho Villa along the border. While stationed in Nogales, he met his bride-to-be, Mary Chenoweth Escalante, and they had their first son William in 1918. Bettwy served until the end of World War I after which he received an honorable discharge. He re-joined the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer during World War II and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1947.[32] Bettwy and his wife Mary divorced in 1938, and she was County Recorder of Santa Cruz County for 21 years, until 1960. Bettwy moved to Prescott, Arizona, and eventually settled in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was laid to rest.

References edit

  1. ^ "Find A Grave Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  2. ^ Mayors of Nogales, Arizona, http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/nogales.html
  3. ^ Barbara Basler, In the Tumult of '24, Exhaustion Won, N.Y. Times, Aug. 11, 1980
  4. ^ Our Campaigns (elected state senator from Santa Cruz Country in 1926), http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=209291
  5. ^ http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/histphotos/id/16586/rec/48 (photo 1927–28)
  6. ^ http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/histphotos/id/16587/rec/49 (photo 1929–30)
  7. ^ Five Candidates Run for Governorship in Arizona Primary, The Arizona Daily Star, Aug. 24, 1930
  8. ^ Runs for Governor, Casa Grande Dispatch, Apr. 15, 1932, http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=113318417
  9. ^ Convention to Settle Policy of Democrats, The Lodi Sentinel, Sept. 15, 1934, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2485&dat=19340915&id=hV8zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1u4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=5808,914394
  10. ^ Bettwy for Governor, Arizona Silver Belt (Miami), Sept. 28, 1934, https://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/miami/miami-arizona-silver-belt/1934/09-28/page-3
  11. ^ The Watch Tower, Casa Grande Dispatch, April 24, 1936, http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=113320243
  12. ^ Our Campaigns: Governor – History, http://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=200&ShowPrimaries=Y
  13. ^ Jane Eppinga, Nogales: life and times on the frontier 142–43 (2002) ("Bettwy started his mayoral term by firing 36 employees and replacing them with 70 men of his own choosing. Craig Pottinger started an "Oust Bettwy" campaign in the International.")
  14. ^ Star's longtime chief was feisty, arrogant, powerful, Arizona Daily Star, Feb. 24, 1991 ("Delivering an anti-New Deal speech to the delegates gathered for the Arizona Democratic Convention in Tucson in 1936, Mathews persevered through a chorus of hissing and booing. Finally, Andrew Bettwy, former mayor of Nogales, could stand it no longer. He leaped to the stage and knocked Mathews to the ground. Unfazed, the Star's editor-in-chief arose, then finished his address")
  15. ^ Publisher Attacked at Demo Confab (headline): Nogales Mayor Hits Matthews, Prescott Evening Courier, May 2, 1926, p. 1 ("Bettwy then swung once, the blow landing on Matthews' left jaw."), https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=897&dat=19360502&id=KiRTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7YEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5640,6302355&hl=en
  16. ^ Demos Opening Confab Friday, Prescott Evening Courier, May 14, 1936, pp. 1, 6, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=897&dat=19360514&id=cUhPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2E8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6076,132900&hl=en
  17. ^ Arizona Independent Republic, Sept. 14, 1938 (Mary Bettwy defeats Lucy T. Mitchell, 369 to 336, in the primaries), https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/4458908/
  18. ^ To The Victor, Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, CA), Jan. 8, 1939 ("An exception to the spoils system was reported from Nogales, Ariz., where Mrs. Mary Bettwy, Democratic recorder-elect, appointed her Republican opponent in November, Mrs. Ada Jones, as deputy recorder"), https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51846492/
  19. ^ Listen World!, San Antonio Light (editorial), Jan. 25, 1939 ("a round of cheers for Mrs. Mary Bettwy, Democratic recorder-elect of Santa Cruz county"), https://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/san-antonio/san-antonio-light/1939/01-25/page-14
  20. ^ Herald of Utopia, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 2, 1939, p. 6, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19390102&id=nLhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a2kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2078,2366951&hl=en
  21. ^ Notes on the New Year, Reading Eagle (Reading, PA), Jan. 8, 1939, p. 14, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19390108&id=cB4qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=84cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3904,1402509&hl=en
  22. ^ The Old Order Changeth!, New Times Record (Troy, NY), Jan. 16, 1939 ("To the ancient political adjuration, 'If you can't beat your enemy, join him,' must now be added 'After you beat your enemy, adopt him.'"), http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record%201939/Troy%20NY%20Times%20Record%201939%20-%200249.pdf
  23. ^ Notes on the New Year, St Petersburg Times, Jan. 8, 1039, p. 31, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19390108&id=ZRNPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UE0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3398,1125728&hl=en
  24. ^ Andy Bettwy Moves Here, Prescott Evening Courier, Dec. 29, 1939, p. 3, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=897&dat=19391229&id=jaRaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8U8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5762,2578439&hl=en
  25. ^ County's 1st Doctor Suddenly is Taken, Prescott Evening Courier, Aug. 21, 1941 ("Mrs. Mary Bettwy, Santa Cruz county recorder"), https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=897&dat=19410821&id=qzpPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Bk8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1980,3631656 |
  26. ^ Opinion Letter from the AZ Atty General Joe Conway to County Recorder Mary Bettwy, Op. 42-066, June 10, 1942, http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/agopinions/id/3107/rec/17
  27. ^ Opinion Letter from the AZ Atty General Joe Conway to County Recorder Mary Bettwy, Op. 44-075, Aug. 10, 1944, http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/agopinions/id/3499/rec/18
  28. ^ Andrew Bettwy Services Held, Tucson Daily Citizen, Oct. 30, 1950 ("Mrs. Mary Bettwy is county recorder of Santa Cruz county, Ariz."), https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/17603395/
  29. ^ Bill Turnbow's Political Almanac, 1951, p. 11 (Santa Cruz County Recorder Mary Bettwy); 1952, p. 15 (same); 1954, p. 19 (same); 1955, p. 13 (same); 1956, p. 11 (same); 1957, p. 21 (same); 1958, p. 21 (same, as Mary Bacelier (sic)); 1959, p. 21 (same, as Mary Bachelier), http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/statepubs/id/14959/rec/3
  30. ^ Arizona Educational Directory, 1957–1958, p. 10 (Santa Cruz County Recorder Mary Bettwy); 1958–1959, p. 10 (same, as Mary B. Bachelier); 1959-1960, p. 24 (same), http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/statepubs/id/5923/rec/4
  31. ^ County Recorder's Funeral Tomorrow, Arizona Republic (Phoenix), Mar. 27, 1960, Sec. 4, 19, col. 7–8, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/24631839/
  32. ^ Dep't of the Army, Official Army Register (1 Jan 1953)https://archive.org/stream/officialarmyregi19532unit/officialarmyregi19532unit_djvu.txt

External links edit

  • Official website: City of Nogales, AZ

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Andrew Jackson Bettwy September 24 1894 October 29 1950 1 an Arizona Democrat served as Mayor 2 of Nogales Arizona from 1935 to 1937 was an Arizona delegate at the Democratic National Conventions of 1924 and 1928 3 4 5 and 1928 6 and was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in the 1930 7 1932 8 1934 9 10 1936 11 and 1938 primary elections and in the 1932 general election 12 Andrew Jackson Bettwy1938 gubernatorial campaign brochure18th Mayor of Nogales ArizonaIn office 1935 1937Arizona State SenatorIn office 1926 1930ConstituencySanta Cruz CountyPersonal detailsBornSeptember 24 1894Altoona PennsylvaniaDiedOctober 29 1950 1950 10 29 aged 56 Little Rock ArkansasAlma materUniversity of Arizona Arizona 1930 primary gubernatorial election candidatesContents 1 Political life 2 Family education and military service 3 References 4 External linksPolitical life editAlthough affable Bettwy was a controversial firebrand as mayor of Nogales 13 and he is most remembered in Arizona folklore for flattening William Mathews the publisher of the Arizona Daily Star during Mathews anti Roosevelt New Deal speech at the 1936 Arizona State Democratic Convention in Tucson Arizona 14 15 His wife Mary Bettwy was also a well liked Arizona politician which was a notable achievement for her during the 1930s when the effects of the Nineteenth Amendment were still only burgeoning When Andrew was Mayor of Nogales from 1935 to 1937 his wife Mary was President of the Nogales Young Democrats Club an affiliate of Young Democrats of America which was founded in 1932 to further the election campaign of presidential nominee Franklin D Roosevelt 16 In the 1938 elections he ran unsuccessfully for Arizona state governor and she ran successfully for Santa Cruz County Recorder to become the first Hispanic female elected to public office in the State of Arizona 17 After winning the seat in 1938 she surprised everyone including political leaders by immediately appointing her rival as her chief deputy Her unprecedented political move was reported in newspapers nationwide from California 18 to Texas 19 to Pennsylvania 20 21 to New York 22 to Florida 23 As the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported A political precedent unlikely to bring even a ripple of emulation despite its apparent benefit to the public is that set by Mrs Mary Bettwy Democratic recorder elect of Nogales Arizona who has amazed the staunch partisans of her own and the Republican party there by appointing her Republican campaign opponent Mrs Ada Jones as her deputy That great wave of cheering that you do not hear is undoubtedly from the leaders of the Democratic organization in Nogales as the dazed Republican chiefs and the public pinch themselves to find out whether or not they are awake They divorced during their campaigns however and he later moved to Prescott to retire from politics 24 Mary Bettwy stayed in Nogales and was reelected five times to serve as County Recorder for 21 years until her death in 1960 25 26 27 28 29 30 As a popular candidate she was one of the top vote getters each election year in the county 31 Family education and military service editBettwy was the son of Andre Bettwy 1867 1951 and Mary Billand 1863 1939 natives of Alsace who immigrated to the United States and settled in Altoona Pennsylvania Bettwy had two sons Andrew Leo Bettwy 1920 2004 Arizona State Land Commissioner 1970 1978 and William Frederick Bettwy 1918 2005 of Pine Bluff Arkansas the first commercial pilot to land at Washington Dulles Airport His grandson was Andrew Wilson Bettwy the second Chief Hearing Officer of the Arizona Corporation Commission 1975 1979 and renowned utility rate legal expert in Arizona Nevada and California Bettwy was in the first class of the University of Arizona law school the James E Rogers College of Law when it opened in 1915 but he interrupted his studies to join the U S Army From 1916 to 1919 he participated in the Pancho Villa Expedition including the Battle of Ambos Nogales which was dedicated to the pursuit of Pancho Villa along the border While stationed in Nogales he met his bride to be Mary Chenoweth Escalante and they had their first son William in 1918 Bettwy served until the end of World War I after which he received an honorable discharge He re joined the U S Army as a commissioned officer during World War II and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1947 32 Bettwy and his wife Mary divorced in 1938 and she was County Recorder of Santa Cruz County for 21 years until 1960 Bettwy moved to Prescott Arizona and eventually settled in Little Rock Arkansas where he was laid to rest References edit Find A Grave Index FamilySearch Retrieved 20 February 2017 Mayors of Nogales Arizona http politicalgraveyard com geo AZ ofc nogales html Barbara Basler In the Tumult of 24 Exhaustion Won N Y Times Aug 11 1980 Our Campaigns elected state senator from Santa Cruz Country in 1926 http www ourcampaigns com CandidateDetail html CandidateID 209291 http azmemory azlibrary gov cdm singleitem collection histphotos id 16586 rec 48 photo 1927 28 http azmemory azlibrary gov cdm singleitem collection histphotos id 16587 rec 49 photo 1929 30 Five Candidates Run for Governorship in Arizona Primary The Arizona Daily Star Aug 24 1930 Runs for Governor Casa Grande Dispatch Apr 15 1932 http www newspaperarchive com SiteMap FreePdfPreview aspx img 113318417 Convention to Settle Policy of Democrats The Lodi Sentinel Sept 15 1934 https news google com newspapers nid 2485 amp dat 19340915 amp id hV8zAAAAIBAJ amp sjid 1u4HAAAAIBAJ amp pg 5808 914394 Bettwy for Governor Arizona Silver Belt Miami Sept 28 1934 https newspaperarchive com us arizona miami miami arizona silver belt 1934 09 28 page 3 The Watch Tower Casa Grande Dispatch April 24 1936 http www newspaperarchive com SiteMap FreePdfPreview aspx img 113320243 Our Campaigns Governor History http www ourcampaigns com ContainerHistory html ContainerID 200 amp ShowPrimaries Y Jane Eppinga Nogales life and times on the frontier 142 43 2002 Bettwy started his mayoral term by firing 36 employees and replacing them with 70 men of his own choosing Craig Pottinger started an Oust Bettwy campaign in the International Star s longtime chief was feisty arrogant powerful Arizona Daily Star Feb 24 1991 Delivering an anti New Deal speech to the delegates gathered for the Arizona Democratic Convention in Tucson in 1936 Mathews persevered through a chorus of hissing and booing Finally Andrew Bettwy former mayor of Nogales could stand it no longer He leaped to the stage and knocked Mathews to the ground Unfazed the Star s editor in chief arose then finished his address Publisher Attacked at Demo Confab headline Nogales Mayor Hits Matthews Prescott Evening Courier May 2 1926 p 1 Bettwy then swung once the blow landing on Matthews left jaw https news google com newspapers nid 897 amp dat 19360502 amp id KiRTAAAAIBAJ amp sjid 7YEDAAAAIBAJ amp pg 5640 6302355 amp hl en Demos Opening Confab Friday Prescott Evening Courier May 14 1936 pp 1 6 https news google com newspapers nid 897 amp dat 19360514 amp id cUhPAAAAIBAJ amp sjid 2E8DAAAAIBAJ amp pg 6076 132900 amp hl en Arizona Independent Republic Sept 14 1938 Mary Bettwy defeats Lucy T Mitchell 369 to 336 in the primaries https www newspapers com newspage 4458908 To The Victor Santa Cruz Sentinel Santa Cruz CA Jan 8 1939 An exception to the spoils system was reported from Nogales Ariz where Mrs Mary Bettwy Democratic recorder elect appointed her Republican opponent in November Mrs Ada Jones as deputy recorder https www newspapers com newspage 51846492 Listen World San Antonio Light editorial Jan 25 1939 a round of cheers for Mrs Mary Bettwy Democratic recorder elect of Santa Cruz county https newspaperarchive com us texas san antonio san antonio light 1939 01 25 page 14 Herald of Utopia Pittsburgh Post Gazette Jan 2 1939 p 6 https news google com newspapers nid 1129 amp dat 19390102 amp id nLhRAAAAIBAJ amp sjid a2kDAAAAIBAJ amp pg 2078 2366951 amp hl en Notes on the New Year Reading Eagle Reading PA Jan 8 1939 p 14 https news google com newspapers nid 1955 amp dat 19390108 amp id cB4qAAAAIBAJ amp sjid 84cFAAAAIBAJ amp pg 3904 1402509 amp hl en The Old Order Changeth New Times Record Troy NY Jan 16 1939 To the ancient political adjuration If you can t beat your enemy join him must now be added After you beat your enemy adopt him http fultonhistory com Newspaper 2018 Troy 20NY 20Times 20Record Troy 20NY 20Times 20Record 201939 Troy 20NY 20Times 20Record 201939 20 200249 pdf Notes on the New Year St Petersburg Times Jan 8 1039 p 31 https news google com newspapers nid 888 amp dat 19390108 amp id ZRNPAAAAIBAJ amp sjid UE0DAAAAIBAJ amp pg 3398 1125728 amp hl en Andy Bettwy Moves Here Prescott Evening Courier Dec 29 1939 p 3 https news google com newspapers nid 897 amp dat 19391229 amp id jaRaAAAAIBAJ amp sjid 8U8DAAAAIBAJ amp pg 5762 2578439 amp hl en County s 1st Doctor Suddenly is Taken Prescott Evening Courier Aug 21 1941 Mrs Mary Bettwy Santa Cruz county recorder https news google com newspapers nid 897 amp dat 19410821 amp id qzpPAAAAIBAJ amp sjid Bk8DAAAAIBAJ amp pg 1980 3631656 Opinion Letter from the AZ Atty General Joe Conway to County Recorder Mary Bettwy Op 42 066 June 10 1942 http azmemory azlibrary gov cdm singleitem collection agopinions id 3107 rec 17 Opinion Letter from the AZ Atty General Joe Conway to County Recorder Mary Bettwy Op 44 075 Aug 10 1944 http azmemory azlibrary gov cdm singleitem collection agopinions id 3499 rec 18 Andrew Bettwy Services Held Tucson Daily Citizen Oct 30 1950 Mrs Mary Bettwy is county recorder of Santa Cruz county Ariz https www newspapers com newspage 17603395 Bill Turnbow s Political Almanac 1951 p 11 Santa Cruz County Recorder Mary Bettwy 1952 p 15 same 1954 p 19 same 1955 p 13 same 1956 p 11 same 1957 p 21 same 1958 p 21 same as Mary Bacelier sic 1959 p 21 same as Mary Bachelier http azmemory azlibrary gov cdm compoundobject collection statepubs id 14959 rec 3 Arizona Educational Directory 1957 1958 p 10 Santa Cruz County Recorder Mary Bettwy 1958 1959 p 10 same as Mary B Bachelier 1959 1960 p 24 same http azmemory azlibrary gov cdm compoundobject collection statepubs id 5923 rec 4 County Recorder s Funeral Tomorrow Arizona Republic Phoenix Mar 27 1960 Sec 4 19 col 7 8 https www newspapers com newspage 24631839 Dep t of the Army Official Army Register 1 Jan 1953 https archive org stream officialarmyregi19532unit officialarmyregi19532unit djvu txtExternal links edit nbsp Biography portalOfficial website Recorder s Office Santa Cruz County AZ Official website City of Nogales AZ Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew Jackson Bettwy amp oldid 1052964260, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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