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at the age of 76.

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* http://www.azsos.gov/about-office/secretaries-since-statehood/james-h-kerby * http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=201730 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerby, James H. 1881 births 1957 deaths Secretaries of State of Arizona Arizona Democrats People from Huntsville, Missouri 20th-century American politicians