Profile
Jim Hensley
Businessman + Bombardier + Authority
Male
Born
Apr 12, 1920
Died
Jun 21, 2000
Nationality
American
James Willis "Jim" Hensley was an American businessman in the beer industry. Hensley was born in Texas and moved to Arizona during his youth. He was a bombardier on B-17 Flying Fortresses during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.… Read More
Family
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Jim Hensley
d.2000
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News + Updates
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Election Slates Set For Union County Races Palladium ItemGoogle News - Aug 04, 2011
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All Stars Step Up To The Plate Asheville Citizen TimesGoogle News - Jun 30, 2011
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Redistricting Forum Draws Plenty Of Opinions In Oxnard Ventura County StarGoogle News - Jun 23, 2011
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Jail Squeeze Frees Crook County Crooks KtvzGoogle News - Jun 16, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1920
Birth
Born on April 12, 1920.
TEENAGE
1936
16 Years Old
Hensley was born in San Antonio, Texas to Jessie and James L. Hensley. The family was poor and the father an alcoholic. They lived in the South until moving to Arizona; Hensley graduated from Phoenix Union High School in 1936.
1937
17 Years Old
He married Mary Jeanne Parks, his high school sweetheart, around 1937, and worked as a paper salesman.
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TWENTIES
1943
23 Years Old
On his thirteenth mission, his plane was shot down over the English Channel; around the same time, his wife gave birth to their daughter, Kathleen Anne Hensley, in February 1943.
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Hensley divorced his wife, and shortly thereafter married Marguerite on March 29, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee while on leave from the USAAF.
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THIRTIES
1952
32 Years Old
In December 1952, the Hensley brothers bought into the Ruidoso Downs racetrack in New Mexico, with Eugene running it and Jim returning to Phoenix.
In a May 1953 hearing before the New Mexico State Racing Commission, the Hensley brothers concealed the existence an equal partner, Clarence "Teak" Baldwin, who had been banned from any ownership role due to illegal bookmaking activities.
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Jim Hensley would sell his interest in Ruidoso Downs to his brother Eugene in 1955 (who would in turn sell it to a Marley-connected company in 1969).
LATE ADULTHOOD
1980
60 Years Old
By 1980 the business had become quite successful and Jim Hensley was a multi-millionaire.
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1981
61 Years Old
In 1981, Hensley hired his new son-in-law John McCain, recently married to his daughter Cindy, as Vice President of Public Relations for Hensley & Co.
1982
62 Years Old
McCain soon left to begin his Congressional career with a victory in the 1982 election for U.S. House of Representatives.
1986
66 Years Old
Jim Hensley's past record with the law, as well as his past connection to Marley (who was suspected by the police in the 1976 car-bomb murder of Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles), were raised by McCain's opponent in the 1986 general election campaign for the U.S. Senate.
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As his business continued to grow, Hensley became one of Arizona's richest men, although he never sought publicity. He held most of the controlling stock in Hensley & Co., although by 2000 his health was poor and he had withdrawn from daily operational control.
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