Oury unsuccessfully ran as a Democrat for the United States House of Representatives in 1878 and was appointed district attorney for Pinal County in 1879 . He was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1880 , reelected in 1882 , serving from 1881 to 1885 , not running for reelection in 1884 . He served as a delegate to the 1884 Democratic National Convention in Chicago , returned to Florence in 1885 , and resumed practicing law . He once again served as district attorney for Pinal County in 1889 and 1890 . He died of throat cancer in Tucson on January 11 , 1891 and was interred in the Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery in Florence
1884 Democratic National Convention
1884 Democratic National Convention
Granville Henderson Oury