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{{Short description|American politician and photographer}}
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|image         = AlbertBuehman.1918.jpg
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|office        = [[Arizona House of Representatives]]
|constituency  = [[Pima County]]
|term_start    = January 1917
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|birth_date   =  1886
|birth_place = [[Tucson, Arizona]]
|death_date  = December 23, 1967
|death_place = Tucson
|nationality = American
|party       = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse      = Ella Doyle
|children    = A. Harry, Fred Richard, Remick T., Lucy
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|alma_mater  = [[University of Arizona]], [[Michigan College of Mining and Technology]]
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'''Albert Rex Buehman''' (1886 – December 23, 1967) was an American photographer and politician from Arizona.  He served a single term in the [[Arizona House of Representatives]] during the [[3rd Arizona State Legislature]], followed by a single term in the [[Arizona State Senate]] during the [[4th Arizona State Legislature]], holding one of the two seats from [[Pima County]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/p17220coll18/id/44/rec/21 | publisher=State of Arizona | page=82 |title=History of the Arizona State Legislature 1912–1966 | access-date=March 3, 2022}}</ref>  He was unsuccessful in bids for the [[U. S. House of Representatives]] in 1948 and for the Mayor of [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] in 1955.  The photography business his father began in 1873 in Tucson was the oldest photography studio in Arizona when it closed in 1956.  His daily column in the ''[[Arizona Daily Star]]'' ran from 1950 through 1954.
==Early life==
Buehman was born in Tucson in 1886.<ref name=TC671227>{{cite news|title=Pioneer Tucson Photographer Dies; Private Rites Conducted |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106532449/obituary-for-albert-r-buehman-aged-81/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Citizen]] |date=December 27, 1967 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> His parents were [[Henry Buehman]] and Estelle Morehouse.  Henry was an immigrant photographer from Germany, and Estelle had been raised in Michigan.  The elder Buehman had immigrated to the United States in 1868, traveling throughout the nation and Mexico, before settling down in Tucson in 1874.  Estelle had come to [[Globe, Arizona]] in 1880, where she taught kindergarten.  In 1881, she moved to Tucson where she also taught kindergarten, prior to her marriage to Henry in 1882.<ref>{{cite news|title=Almost Everybody In Old Pueblo Sat For Lensman Henry Buehman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106532287/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=November 24, 1968 |page=9 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>  His father, began the family's photography business, and served as mayor of Tucson from 1895 to 1899.<ref name=AR681125>{{cite news|title=Historic Photographs Donated |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106531748/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Republic]] |date=November 25, 1968 |page=7 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>  He attended [[Tucson Unified School District|Tucson Public Schools]], as well as the [[University of Arizona]]'s preparatory academy, before going to the [[Michigan College of Mining and Technology]], where he obtained both [[B. S.]] and [[Master of Engineering|E. M.]] degrees in 1911.{{r|TC671227}}
In 1907 Buehman took a position as the assistant assayer for the Tombstone Mining Company, in [[Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106533585/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=June 8, 1907 |page=8 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>  After his graduation from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in June 1911, Buehman accepted a position with the [[Consolidated Mining and Smelting|Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company]] in [[British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tucson Boy Goes To Paulsen Canada |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106534946/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=September 26, 1911 |page=5 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=High Honors For Albert Buehman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106534994/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=February 20, 1912 |page=5 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Buehman married Ella Doyle of [[Glendale, California]] on August 15, 1912.<ref>{{cite news|title=Albert Buehman Will Be Married |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106535077/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=August 2, 1912 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>  Their first child, Albert Henry, was born on June 6, 1913, in Glendale, California.<ref>{{cite news|title=Albert Henry Junior! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106535547/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=June 13, 1913 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Personals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106535578/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Citizen]] |date=June 15, 1913 |page=12 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> The couple had four children, three sons, A. Harry, Fred Richard, and Remick T., and a daughter, Lucy.{{r|TC671227}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Will Be Soloist |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106658359/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=March 11, 1932 |page=11 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref>  Buehman began working in his father's photography business in 1912, taking it over in December, after his father's death.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mrs. Buehman Plans To Leave Old Home |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106535486/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Citizen]] |date=March 30, 1913 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Outstanding Tucsonans Met Death In '67 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106531748/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=January 2, 1968 |page=9 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>  In 1919 and 1930, he was elected president of the Arizona Associated Photographers.{{r|TC671227}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Bate Is Elected |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106658453/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=October 14, 1930 |page=3 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref>
==Political career==
In 1916 he ran on the Republican ticket for the [[Arizona House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Republican Ticket |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106595821/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Citizen]] |date=October 16, 1916 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>  Of the three Republicans, only Buehman was elected to the House in November.<ref>{{cite news|title=Democratic County Ticket Behind Awaits Vote At Ajo |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106595871/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=November 8, 1916 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Roster Of Next Legislature Of Arizona |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106595922/ |newspaper=[[The Copper Era and Morenci Leader]] |date=November 24, 1916 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>  In 1918 Buehman chose not to run for re-election, instead throwing his name in the ring for the Republican nomination for one of the two Senate seats from [[Pima County]].  Along with incumbent [[F. O. Goodell]], the two ran unopposed in the Republican primary.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lieut. Maddock Will Run For Congress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104211285/ |newspaper=[[The Coconino Sun]] |date=August 23, 1918 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The County Campaign |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106596547/ |newspaper=[[The Tucson Citizen]] |date=October 5, 1918 |page=5 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>  Both Buehman and Goodell were successful in the November general election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Political Complexion Of Next State Legislature Decided By Last Election |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106596609/ |newspaper=[[Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth]] |date=November 16, 1918 |page=8 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref>  He did not run for re-election in 1920.<ref>{{cite news|title=Precinct Bodies Are Named By Central Com. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103738818/ |newspaper=[[The Tucson Citizen]] |date=August 20, 1920 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 30, 2022}}</ref>
In 1933, Buehman decided to run for the Tucson school board, to unseat incumbent Dr. S. C. Davis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Candidate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106658668/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=September 17, 1933 |page=2 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref>  In what was termed a very bitter campaign, Davis easily defeated Buehman, to gain re-election.<ref>{{cite news|title=School Ballot Is Expected To Smash Records |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106658702/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=October 28, 1933 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Davis Takes School Election By 2 to 1 Count |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106658757/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=October 29, 1933 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref>  In 1948 Buehman announced his intention to run for the [[U. S. House of Representatives]] from Arizona's 2nd congressional district.<ref>{{cite news|title=Albert R. Buehman Enters District Two Congress Race |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106729992/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Republic]] |date=June 6, 1948 |page=12 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref>  He easily defeated his nearest opponent, A. M. Ward, in the Republican primary, 5,507 to 1,947,<ref>{{cite news|title=Auditor Top Vote-Getter In Primary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106730319/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Republic]] |date=September 28, 1948 |page=12 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref> but was easily defeated in turn by Democrat [[Harold Patten]] in November's general election, 54,066 to 30,140.<ref>{{cite news|title=184,323 Sets Record Vote In Arizona |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106730723/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Daily Citizen]] |date=November 22, 1948 |page=11 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref>  In December 1954, Buehman announced his intent to run for mayor of Tucson.<ref>{{cite news|title=Albert R. Buehman Announces Candidacy For Tucson Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106792852/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Daily Citizen]] |date=December 11, 1954 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 2, 2022}}</ref>  He won the Republican primary in February, but narrowly lost, by just over 300 votes, to Democrat [[Don Hummel]] in the general election in April 1955.<ref>{{cite news|title=Voters Will Elect Mayor, 3 Councilmen Tuesday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106792993/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=April 3, 1955 |page=6 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tucson Picks 4 Democrats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106793015/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Republic]] |date=April 6, 1955 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 2, 2022}}</ref>
==Later years==
In 1925 Buehman collaborated with [[Lone Wolf (artist)|Lone Wolf]] on the artist's portrait of Leighton Kramer, a Tucsonan rodeo sponsor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lone Wolf Starts Painting Of Rodeo Sponsor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106622698/ |newspaper=[[The Tucson Citizen]] |date=March 29, 1925 |page=5 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 30, 2022}}</ref>  In 1929, his photos received several national blue ribbons from the Photographers' Association of America.<ref>{{cite news|title=Buehman Home With Ribbons |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106623109/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=May 31, 1929 |page=16 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 30, 2022}}</ref>  In 1934, Buehman's photographs of the kidnapping scene of [[June Robles]] gained national attention.<ref>{{cite news|title=June Is Home With Mother |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106658822/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=May 15, 1934 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Buehman Receives Greenway Letter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106658881/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=May 21, 1934 |page=2 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref>  In August 1939, Buehman was chosen to be the president of the [[Photographer's Association of America]], serving in that capacity through 1940.{{r|TC671227}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106727470/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=August 25, 1939 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref>  Buehman was also an associate in the [[Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain]], being admitted in February 1941.{{r|TC671227}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Buehman Honored By British Unit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106727567/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Daily Citizen]] |date=February 14, 1941 |page=2 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref>  In August 1949, Buehman was elected president of the American Society of Photographers (ASP), after having served the prior two years as its vice-president.{{r|TC671227}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Tucson Topics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106729879/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=August 27, 1948 |page=18 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=National Unit Names Tucson Photographer To President's post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106730833/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=August 17, 1949 |page=8 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref> The ASP was a highly exclusive group of photographers, limiting their membership to 50 nationwide.<ref name=ADS501007>{{cite news|title=Buehman Decides To Retire Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106732272/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=October 7, 1950 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref>
In September 1949, Buehman stepped down from running the photographic studio his father had begun in 1873.  He passed the torch to his son, Remick, who had been working at the studio since 1946.<ref>{{cite news|title=A. R. Buehman Retiring Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106731152/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=September 11, 1949 |page=3 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref>  In December 1949, Buehman accepted the position of executive manager of the Photographers' Association of America (PAA), which entailed him moving to [[Cleveland, Ohio]].  The PAA was the largest photographers' association in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=A. R. Buehman To Leave City |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106731367/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Daily Citizen]] |date=December 21, 1949 |page=16 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref>  In October 1950, Buehman resigned as executive manager of the PAA and returned to Phoenix.{{r|ADS501007}}
On December 26, 1950, his featured column, "Arizona Album" premiered in the ''Tucson Daily Citizen''.  It was published daily, with the exception of Sundays.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arizona Album Takes A Bow On First Birthday Anniversary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106732611/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Daily Citizen]] |date=December 26, 1959 |page=9 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pioneer Tucson Shown In Album |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106732696/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Daily Citizen]] |date=December 26, 1950 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref>  He remained its editor through December 1964, his last column being published on December 30.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arizona Album |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106732772/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Daily Citizen]] |date=December 30, 1964 |page=12 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref>
His social activities included heavy participation in the [[Kiwanis Club]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Clarkson Is Head Of Kiwanis Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106658487/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=November 22, 1930 |page=12 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref> the [[Y. M. C. A.]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Y. M. C. A. Plans To Elect Directorate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106658532/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=January 3, 1932 |page=9 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref> and the Tucson Merchant's Association.<ref>{{cite news|title=Seaney Heads Retail Group |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106658628/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=January 20, 1932 |page=5 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref>  Buehman was heavily involved in the [[Order of DeMolay]], and was also greatly involved in [[Freemasonry|the Masons]], holding several state and national positions.{{r|TC671227}}  Buehman also served several terms as the president of the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society.<ref name=ADS671228>{{cite news|title=Old Pueblo Lensman Succumbs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106533318/obituary-for-albert-r-buehman-aged-81/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=December 28, 1967 |page=9 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 29, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Arizona Pioneers Name A. R. Buehman As Next President |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44782964/mary-virginia-as-member-of-arizona-pione/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=November 5, 1939 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 31, 2022}}</ref>
Buehman died on December 23, 1967, at his home in Tucson from a heart attack.{{r|TC671227}}
==Legacy==
Some of his more notable photographs include [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s arrival in Tucson in 1927, coverage of the [[Mexican Revolution]], and [[John Dillinger]]'s capture by Tucson police in 1934.{{r|AR681125}}
In 1968, shortly after Buehman's death, a collection of over 140,000 photographs taken by him and his father was donated to the [[Arizona Pioneers Historical Society]].  The pictures covered the time frame of the 1870s through the 1950s, and cover the growth of Tucson over that period, as well as life in pioneer Arizona.{{r|AR681125}}
Buehman's son Remick joined the [[U. S. Army|army]] in 1951 to serve in the [[Korean War]].  When he did he sold the family's photography business.  Five years later, in 1956, the business' new owners declared bankruptcy and closed the store.  At the time it was the oldest photography firm in Arizona.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oldest Photo Firm Files Bankruptcy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106793079/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=January 12, 1956 |page=13 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Owner Is Closing Buehman Studio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106793087/ |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=December 3, 1955 |page=2 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 2, 2022}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106622832/ 1928 news article from ''The Tucson Citizen'', highlighting Buehman's photos of Tucson's veteran's hospital]
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