Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Photography Collection

MITCHELL, Harry E., a Representative from Arizona; born in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., July 18, 1940; graduated from Tempe High School, Tempe, Ariz., 1958; B.A., Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., 1962; M.P.A., Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., 1980; teacher; professor; Tempe city council, 1970-1978; mayor of Tempe, 1978-1994; member of the Arizona senate, 1999-2006; Arizona Democratic Party chairman, 2006-2006; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and to the succeeeding Congress (January 3, 2007-January 3, 2011); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.