Alfred C. Lockwood (July 20, 1875 – October 29, 1951) was an American jurist and politician. Before his election to the

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, he served as a judge for the Superior Court of

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. Lockwood was born in

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. His father, W. C. Lockwood, was a native of Ohio, but for many years practiced law in Illinois, and became a prominent attorneys of that state. Lockwood's mother, Elizabeth Peers Lockwood, was also native of Illinois, and a descendant of Jonathan Edwards and

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. Lockwood graduated from high school in

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, in 1891. He moved to Arizona in 1893 and for five years was employed as a teacher at the seminal school in Cave Creek. Lockwood was admitted to the Arizona Bar in 1902. After he was admitted, he practiced in Nogales before moving to

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, where he entered private practice until he was appointed Judge of Cochise County by Governor

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, in July, 1913, to succeed Judge Fred Sutter. At the time, Lockwood was one of the youngest judges in Arizona. Lockwood was elected three times as City Attorney in Douglas. Lockwood married to Miss Daisy M. Lincoln in Douglas on June 15, 1902, and they had 3 children. Lockwood's daughter, Lorna E. Lockwood, went on to serve as the first woman on the Arizona Supreme Court.

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