Ralph Lawrence Carr

Colorado's Republican governor was almost alone among Western officials in 1942 in saying publicly that Japanese Americans were citizens with the same rights as anyone else. While other governors refused to accept evacuees, Carr told his own voters and party that Colorado would take them and that "if you harm them, you must harm me". He complied with the federal camp at Amache but argued against detaining loyal citizens. The stance was widely blamed for his narrow defeat in that year's Senate race, and it ended his elected career. Colorado has since named its state judicial centre after him.