Robert Lee Stump was born to Jesse Patrick and Floy B. (Fields) Stump in Phoenix, Arizona on April 4, 1927. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946 and graduated from Tolleson High School in 1947. He went on to earn his B.S. at Arizona State University in 1951. Stump farmed before being elected to the Arizona State House of Representatives in 1959. He served in this capacity until 1967, when he was elected to the Arizona State Senate. In 1977, Stump was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was reelected to the two succeeding Congresses before being reelected as a Republican to the 98th Congress in 1983. During his time in the House, Stump chaired the Committee on Veterans' Affairs (104th-106th Congresses) and the Committee on Armed Services (107th Congress). He did not run for reelection to the 108th Congress in 2002. Bob Stump died on June 20, 2003 in Phoenix, Arizona and is buried in Greenwood Memorial Cemetery.
From the guide to the Preliminary Inventory of the Bob Stump Papers, 1950-2003, (Arizona State University Libraries Arizona Collection)
