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Former Representative Dr. Lloyd L. House, the first Native American elected to the Arizona State Legislature, passed away on January 2, 2015 at age 83.

Dr. House served in the Arizona House of Representatives for two years beginning in 1966, advocating for the Navajo Nation and American Indians.

He was a Navajo Code Talker who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1950-1954 during the Korean conflict and later in the Air Force Reserves, becoming National Deputy Chief of Staff of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1962.

Dr. House worked as a field representative for the Social Security Administration serving American Indian communities across Navajo and Hopi reservations and authored the first federal publication translated into an American Indian language.

The Legislature expresses its sincere regret at Dr. House's passing and extends deepest sympathies to his family, including his wife of 62 years Victoria M. House, three daughters, one son, five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.