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See also
Bland
Ballard —
John
Banister —
Elaine
Bland Baxter —
George
Edward Bushnell —
A.
Bland Calder —
Paul
B. Davis —
Mary
Groves-Bland —
Richard
Bland Lee —
Bland
Massie —
Bland
A. Mitchell —
Bland
A. Pugh —
Glenn
Taylor |
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Bland, Bertram C. —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Bland, C. A. —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Republican. Chair of
Anson County Republican Party, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Bland, Charles A. —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1911-15.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bland, Craig —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Bland, Dorothy —
of Georgia.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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| | Bland,
Edward See Joseph Edward
Bland |
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Bland, Edward —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1944.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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| | Bland,
Elaine See Elaine
Bland Baxter |
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Bland, Fenton L., Jr. (b.
1962) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., March 7,
1962.
Democrat. Mortician;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates 63rd District, 2002-05; resigned 2005;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
2004;
pleaded
guilty, January 26, 2005 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank
fraud; sentenced
in April to 57 months in prison
and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution;
surrendered
his funeral director's license rather than contest charges of ethical
violations.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2006.
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Bland, Frank G. —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Druggist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bland, George W. —
of Lewis
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1911-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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| | Bland, J.
Edward See Joseph Edward
Bland |
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Bland, J. T. —
of Burgaw, Pender
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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| | Bland, J.
W. See Joseph Washington
Bland |
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Bland, Mrs. James L. —
of Walnut Ridge, Lawrence
County, Ark.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1936.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bland, James T. —
of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virgin Islands, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Bland, Jim —
of South Carolina.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1992.
Still living as of 1992.
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Bland, John —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Bland, Joseph Edward (b.
1866) —
also known as J. Edward Bland —
of Michigan.
Born in London, Ontario,
May 5,
1866.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1901-02, 1905-06; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1907-08.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bland, Joseph Washington
(1912-1991) —
also known as J. W. Bland —
of Alberta, Brunswick
County, Va.
Born in Crewe, Nottoway
County, Va., October
8, 1912.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Ruritan.
Died March 16,
1991 (age 78 years, 159
days).
Interment at Bethel
Methodist Church Cemetery, Alberta, Va.
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Bland, Karry —
of Fort Gratiot (now part of Port Huron), St. Clair
County, Mich.
Republican. Chair of
St. Clair County Republican Party, 2007; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Bland, Kenneth E. —
of Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1972;
candidate for Kentucky
superintendent of public instruction, 1983.
Still living as of 1983.
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Bland, Margaret —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
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Bland, Oscar Edward
(1877-1951) —
also known as Oscar E. Bland —
of Indiana.
Born in Greene
County, Ind., November
21, 1877.
Son of Joseph Bland and Arminda (Shipman) Bland.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1917-23; defeated,
1910, 1912, 1922; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1923-47.
Member, Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Sigma Nu.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 3,
1951 (age 73 years, 255
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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| | Bland, Otis
See Schuyler Otis Bland |
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Bland, Pattie M. —
of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virgin Islands, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Bland, Percival M. —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Mayor
of Summit, N.J., 1953-54.
Still living as of 1954.
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Bland, Richard
(1710-1776) —
of Virginia.
Born in Orange
County, Va., May 6,
1710.
Son of Richard Bland (1665-1720) and Elizabeth (Randolph) Bland
(1680-1720).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774.
Died in Williamsburg,
Va., October
26, 1776 (age 66 years, 173
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Bland, Richard Parks
(1835-1899) —
also known as Richard P. Bland; "Silver
Dick" —
of Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born near Hartford, Ohio
County, Ky., August
19, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1873-95, 1897-99 (5th District
1873-83, 11th District 1883-93, 8th District 1893-95, 1897-99); died
in office 1899; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1896.
Author of the Bland bill in 1878, for the coinage of silver.
Died in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., June 15,
1899 (age 63 years, 300
days).
Interment at Lebanon
Cemetery, Lebanon, Mo.
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Bland, Robert L. —
of West Virginia.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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| | Bland, S.
Otis See Schuyler Otis
Bland |
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Bland, Schuyler Otis
(1872-1950) —
also known as S. Otis Bland —
of Newport
News, Va.; Hampton,
Va.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., May 4,
1872.
Son of Schuyler Bland and Olivia James (Anderson) Bland.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1918-50 (1st District 1918-33,
at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-50); died in office 1950.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
16, 1950 (age 77 years, 288
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Newport News, Va.
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Bland, Steve —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Bland, Theodorick
(1742-1790) —
of Virginia.
Born in Cawsons, Prince
George County, Va., March 21,
1742.
Son of Frances (Bolling) Bland and Theodorick Bland (1719-1790).
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office
1790.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1790 (age 48 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Bland, Theodorick
(1776-1846) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., December
6, 1776.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1809; district judge in Maryland,
1812-17; U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1819-24; resigned 1824.
Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., November
16, 1846 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
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Bland, W. —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Mayor
of Champaign, Ill., 1975-78.
Still living as of 1978.
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Bland, William Thomas
(1861-1928) —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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