George Purdy Bullard (April 14, 1869 – July 25, 1924) was an American lawyer and

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politician. Bullard was the first Attorney General of Arizona after it gained statehood.

Life and career

George Purdy Bullard was born in 1869 in

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. His family moved to

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during his childhood. He studied law, was admitted to the

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in California and started practicing law at the age of 21. In 1899 he moved to the

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and settled there in

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, where he lived for the next 25 years. Bullard served as

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Attorney for five years. In 1911 he was elected Attorney General of Arizona . Bullard was the first person to hold this post after Arizona became a state. His term ended in 1915,
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'' Department of Law, 1971 after which he returned to practicing law. He was president of the first automobile club founded in Arizona and participated in car racing. After the death of

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(1859–1917), he was appointed Chief Counsel in Arizona by the railway company

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. He also worked as an attorney for the Arizona Power Company. At the time of his death in 1924, Bullard was in Los Angeles because of the planned merger between Southern Pacific Lines and El Paso and Southwestern Lines . Bullard was buried at the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona. He was married to Pearl S. McHenry (1879–1943).

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George Purdy Bullard Dies In Angel City
Prescott Evening Courier'', 25. July 1924, S. 1 *
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'' Chapman Publishing, , S. 357 * ''Bullard, George Purdy : Attorney General for the State of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona,'' Chicago : International News Service, 1913,

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