Samuel F. Webb

Webb was born in Grass Valley, California on October 13, 1853. He married his wife, Mary Jane, in San Diego in 1875,{{cite news|title=County Treasurer Sam F. Webb Dies At His Home Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119222283/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=November 8, 1920 |page=20 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 7, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Webb Will Filed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119222595/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=November 10, 1920 |page=6 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 7, 2022}} {{Open access}} before moving to Arizona in either 1876 or 1877,{{cite news|title=Sam Webb Appointed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/39781137/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Weekly Citizen |date=May 20, 1893 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} where he became a farmer and cattle rancher in Maricopa County.{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/162914739/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=November 20, 1888 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Local Lines |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/175608096/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Phoenix Herald |date=October 11, 1879 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} The couple had twelve children, nine boys and three girls. Webb's young son, Grover Adlai, died at the age of 18 months in March 1894 due to bronchitis.{{cite news|title=Thursday's Daily |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/39804107/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Weekly Journal-Miner |date=March 21, 1894 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} In 1895 another son of Webb's, Albert, died of diphtheria at the age of 6.{{cite news|title=Home News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/611640177/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Weekly Star |date=July 4, 1895 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}} His father, George Webb, committed suicide in 1896, by shooting himself in the head.{{cite news|title=Home News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/611640177/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=April 2, 1896 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}} Another child of the Webb's, a 10-month old infant, died suddenly at their home in Phoenix on Central Avenue in November 1898.{{cite news|title=Territorial News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/162916881/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=November 30, 1898 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}}

In 1889, he purchased the Tasker Ranch from Dr. L. H. Goodrich, comprising 160 acres northwest of Phoenix for $16,000.{{cite news|title=Territorial |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/162996422/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=April 27, 1889 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} In early 1898 he briefly worked as a deputy U. S. Marshall, and participated in the posse which tracked down the outlaw known as "Black Jack".{{cite news|title=Nogales Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/171973729/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Oasis |date=January 22, 1898 |page=5 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=All Over Arizona |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168488330/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=February 3, 1898 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}}

In 1889 he purchased the Phoenix Gazette.{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/39802134/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Weekly Journal-Miner |date=August 14, 1889 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} In May 1893 Webb sold his interests in the Gazette.{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/16638714/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=May 1, 1893 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} In April 1898, Webb took a position at The Phoenix Gazette, the paper he used to own. He and his family left Nogales and returned to live in Phoenix.{{cite news|title=Personal Mention |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168511444/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=April 13, 1898 |page=5 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}} In October of that year, Webb and his partner, John O. Dunbar, purchased a 50 percent interest in the paper, making Dunbar the editor and Webb the business manager.{{cite news|title=He's In Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168718795/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=October 12, 1899 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}} In 1899, Myron H. McCord, former territorial governor of Arizona, purchased a controlling interest in the paper, and ousted Webb and Dunbar.{{cite news|title=Newspaper Change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42166050/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=February 18, 1902 |page=6 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2022}} {{Open access}} In 1902, Webb purchased The Arizona Democrat, a small bi-weekly paper in Phoenix, promising to make it into a daily morning paper.{{cite news|title=A Newspaper Change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42165557/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=February 13, 1902 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=New Corporations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168562368/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=March 5, 1902 |page=5 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2022}} {{Open access}} At the same time, Webb also attempted to regain control of The Phoenix Gazette. Taken over several years earlier by Myron H. McCord. Webb exercised an option to invest $7,555 into the paper, and after McCord left Phoenix to go to Washington D.C., Webb called meetings of the board of directors of the paper and ousted McCord as managing editor, much like McCord had ousted him three years earlier.{{cite news|title=Arizona News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/171877848/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Oasis |date=January 4, 1902 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2022}} {{Open access}} The paper, which had been slanted towards Democrats, had shifted to slant to the Republicans under McCord. With a return to Webb, a staunch Democrat, it was expected that the paper would return to a Democrat's slant.{{cite news|title=Phoenix Gazette Changes Management |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580437734/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Tucson Citizen |date=February 19, 1902 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2022}} {{Open access}} After several contentious months, Webb lost control of the Gazette, when the Creighton Brothers purchased Webb's in the paper in April 1902.{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/39802653/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Weekly Journal-Miner |date=April 16, 1902 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42315878/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Coconino Sun |date=April 19, 1902 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2022}} {{Open access}} In February 1903, Webb also departed from the Phoenix Democrat.{{cite news|title=Editorial Department|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580455536/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Tucson Citizen |date=February 6, 1903|page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2022}} {{Open access}}

In 1892, he became the primary investor in a mine, the "Relief Mine", north of Phoenix, between New River and Agua Fria, which became quite lucrative.{{cite news|title=Rich Find Of Gold |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42162268/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=January 8, 1892 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Bonanza Journalist |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/162997147/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=January 10, 1892 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} He sold the Relief Mine to George Hamlin in 1901 for $10,000.{{cite news|title=Relief Mine Sold |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119189795/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=August 5, 1901 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}} In May 1896, Webb became the owner of the "Favorite Mine", about 60 miles south of Nogales in Sonora, Mexico.{{cite news|title=Mining Intelligence |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/39780841/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Weekly Journal-Miner |date=February 24, 1897 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=City And County In Brief |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119134193/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=April 2, 1897 |page=5 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}} The mine was very lucrative.{{cite news|title=Nuggets From The Hills |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119135088/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=April 21, 1897 |page=7 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}} Tragedy struck at the mine in June 1897 when Webb's 19-year-old son, George W., was killed in a mining accident. Around noon on June 28 around noon, miners had loaded five holes in preparation for blasting, and George had begun to light the fuses to set them off in order, when one blasts went off prematurely, causing George to be struck in the face and chest with rock shrapnel. He did not die immediately, but lingered on for much of the remainder of the day, finally dying around 9:30 that night.{{cite news|title=A Tragic Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/174859028/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Border Vidette |date=July 3, 1897 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}} George's brother, Morgan, rode to Nogales to inform their parents of the accident, and the elder Webb and his wife rode down to the mine, but were met on the way with the news of their son's death. They brought the young man's body back to Nogales, where he was buried.{{cite news|title=Nogales Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/171985966/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Oasis |date=July 3, 1897 |page=5 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Blown to Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/162638811/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=July 3, 1897 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}} Webb sold the mine for a significant amount the following month.{{cite news|title=The Webb Mine Sold |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/174860212/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Border Vidette |date=August 28, 1897 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 1, 2022}} {{Open access}}

After a long illness, Webb died unexpectedly in his home in Phoenix on November 7, 1920.

In 1893, Webb was appointed as the Customs Collector of Arizona by President Grover Cleveland.{{cite news|title=Beyond County Lines |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42270642/?terms=%22Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Sentinel |date=December 15, 1894 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Sam Webb Is The Man |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/163029126/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=May 14, 1893 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} His appointment was confirmed unanimously in the U.S. Senate by a 54–0 margin, in September.{{cite news|title=Now It's War! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168496035/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=October 21, 1893 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} His appointment caused him to move, along with his family down to Nogales, although he retained his residence in Phoenix.{{cite news|title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580446816/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Tucson Citizen |date=May 20, 1893 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Late Locals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/163048173/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=June 6, 1893 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} With the departure of Grover Cleveland from office in March 1897 and the beginning of a Republican administration in Washington D.C., Webb tendered his resignation as customs collector, which President McKinley accepted.

Webb served in the Arizona Territory's 12th territorial legislature.{{cite book | last = Wagoner | first = Jay J. | title = Arizona Territory 1863–1912: A Political history | publisher = University of Arizona Press | location = Tucson | year = 1970 | isbn = 0816501769 | url-access = registration | page=516 |url = https://archive.org/details/arizonaterritory00wago }} He did not run for the 13th legislature in 1884, but in 1886 he ran once again for the House of Representatives in the 14th legislature.{{cite news|title=House Of Representatives |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/41071018/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Champion |date=Jan 15, 1887 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} He won, and was selected as Speaker of the House.{{cite news|title=Arizona Legislature |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42262639/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Sentinel |date=Jan 15, 1887 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} In 1888, Webb ran for the territorial legislature again, this time for the upper house, called the council.{{cite news|title=Our Territory |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/78214414/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Weekly Journal-Miner |date=September 12, 1888 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} He easily won in the general election, garnering over 1200 more votes than his opponent.{{cite news|title=The Contest Ended |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/611917864/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Weekly Star |date=November 22, 1888 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} He decided not to run for re-election in 1890,{{cite news|title=Phoenix News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/163184790/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=March 4, 1890 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} However, he did run for sheriff of Maricopa County, winning the Democrat nomination in a field of four.{{cite news|title=Maricopa Democrats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/87257358/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=August 27, 1890 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Political News Items |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/39781024/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Weekly Journal-Miner |date=September 3, 1890 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}} He narrowly lost in the general election of November to Republican J. B. Montgomery.{{cite news|title=Official Returns Of Maricopa County --- 1890 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42165207/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=November 18, 1890 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 30, 2022}} {{Open access}}

In 1904 he was nominated by the Democrats to run for the state house of representatives for one of the seats from Maricopa County.{{cite news|title=Maricopa County Ticket |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/40685468/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Bisbee Daily Review |date=September 30, 1904 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 3, 2022}} {{Open access}} The Republicans, however, swept the elections in Maricopa.{{cite news|title=Maricopa Is Republican |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/78438724/?terms=Webb&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=November 9, 1904 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 3, 2022}} {{Open access}} In 1908 Webb was once again nominated by the Democrats as their choice for one of the lower house seats in the state legislature from Maricopa County.{{cite news|title=Democratic Candidates |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42296007/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=October 10, 1908 |page=11 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 3, 2022}} {{Open access}} Webb, along with his two Democrat colleagues, Frank DeSouza and J. W. Woolf, along with Republican J. C. Reed, won the four house seats from Maricopa in November's general election.{{cite news|title=Officials Who Will Conduct Different Arizona Counties |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580431958/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Tucson Citizen |date=November 11, 1908 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 3, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Last Count Of Ballots |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42301785/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=November 17, 1908 |page=11 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 3, 2022}} {{Open access}} Very shortly after the general election, the fight for the speakership of the house began, with Webb squaring off against Fred Sutter.{{cite news|title=If You Want Clerkship You've Got To Hurry |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42301102/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=November 13, 1908 |page=14 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 3, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Warm Battle For Speaker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580432831/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Tucson Citizen |date=November 17, 1908 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 3, 2022}} {{Open access}} By January 1909 two more members of the House, W. W. Pace and J. W. Woolf, announced their intention to run for the speakership.{{cite news|title=Four Seaking Speakership |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580440132/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Tucson Citizen |date=January 7, 1909 |page=6 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 4, 2022}} {{Open access}} However, shortly before the legislature convened, both Pace and Woolf withdrew from the race. On the first ballot, the vote was split evenly between Webb and Sutter, each man receiving 8 votes. However, the 17th Democrat in the house, Joseph Patterson of Navajo County, arrived late and cast the deciding vote for Webb. On the second ballot Webb was elected unanimously.{{cite news|title=Speakerships Are Won By Hunt And Webb |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580121537/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Tucson Citizen |date=January 18, 1909 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 4, 2022}} {{Open access}}

In 1911, he was one of several prominent Democrats who protested the proposed Constitution of Arizona.{{cite news|title=Prominent Democrats Repudiate The Proposed State Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/163463084/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=January 31, 1911 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 5, 2022}} {{Open access}}

In August 1914, Webb announced his intention to run for the Maricopa seat in the state senate.{{cite news|title=Sam F. Webb |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/118848011/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=August 20, 1914 |page=6 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 6, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Sam Webb Announces For The State Senate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/118844534/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=August 8, 1914 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 6, 2022}} {{Open access}} Both of the incumbents were Democrats, C. B. Wood and H. A. Davis, but Wood was not running for re-election, due to his appointment by Woodrow Wilson to be the U. S. Postmaster for Phoenix.{{cite news|title=Dr. Hughes As Announced For Governorship |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/169029690/?terms=%22C.%20B.%20Wood%22&match=1 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=January 13, 1914 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 6, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=C. B. Wood Nominated Phoenix Postmaster By President Wilson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/118849738/?terms=%22C.%20B.%20Wood%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=August 28, 1914 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 6, 2022}} {{Open access}} Davis did run, and along with Webb, there were three other Democrats seeking the 2 nominations: Harry Johnson, J. A. R. Irvine, and O. S. Stapley.{{cite news|title=The Candidates Of All Parties |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168492885/?terms=%22O.%20S.%20Stapley%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=August 19, 1914 |page=9 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 6, 2022}} {{Open access}} Stapley garnered the most number of votes in the Democrat's primary, while Webb eked out a victory over the incumbent, Davis.{{cite news|title=News And Views From The Capitol Of Arizona |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/174768834/?terms=%22H.%20A.%20Davis%22 |newspaper=The Holbrook News |date=September 25, 1914 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 6, 2022}} {{Open access}} Webb and Stapley were elected in the November general election.{{cite news|title=Two Women One Republican In Legislature |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/174467881/?terms=%22O.%20S.%20Stapley%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Copper Era and Morenci Leader |date=November 20, 1914 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 6, 2022}} {{Open access}} In 1916, he did not run for re-election to the state senate, instead he ran for, and won the position of Maricopa County Treasurer.{{cite news|title=Sam F. Webb |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119027762/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=September 4, 1916 |page=5 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 7, 2022}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=No Balm For The Rescue Club In The Appointments |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119184186/?terms=%22Sam%20Webb%22&match=1 |newspaper=The Arizona Republican |date=December 25, 1916 |page=7 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 7, 2022}} {{Open access}}

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