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Drey to Drips

Drey, Roland — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1948. Still living as of 1948.

	DREYER: See also William Henry Bates
	Dreyer, Kris — of Waterford Township, Oakland County, Mich. Republican. Candidate for supervisor of Waterford Township, Michigan, 2004. Still living as of 2004.
	Dreyer, William — of Wayne County, Mich. Candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1905. Burial location unknown.

	DREYFUS: See also Velma Marjorie Dreyfus Jeter
	Dreyfus, Charles H. — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for New York state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1932. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
	Dreyfus, Lee Sherman (1926-2008) — also known as Lee S. Dreyfus — of Wisconsin. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., June 20, 1926. Governor of Wisconsin, 1979-83. Died in Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wis., January 2, 2008 (age 81 years, 196 days). Burial location unknown.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
	Dreyfus, Louis Goethe, Jr. (1889-1973) — also known as Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr. — of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., November 23, 1889. U.S. Consul in Budapest, 1914; Paris, 1919; Palermo, 1920-21; Dresden, 1925; U.S. Vice Consul in Budapest, 1916; U.S. Consul General in Copenhagen, 1932; U.S. Minister to Iran, 1939-44; Afghanistan, 1940-42; Iceland, 1944-46; Sweden, 1946-47; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1949-51. Episcopalian. Died in 1973 (age about 83 years). Burial location unknown.
	Dreyfus, Ray — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1972. Still living as of 1972.
	Dreyfus, Velma Marjorie See Velma Marjorie Dreyfus Jeter

Dreyfuss, Ferdinand — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for New York state senate 22nd District, 1942. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

Dribben, Samuel E. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1921, 1922. Burial location unknown.

DRIEBORG: See also Joseph Francis Deeb

Drier, A. P. — of Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pa. Mayor of Nanticoke, Pa., 1953. Still living as of 1953.

	Driesbach, C. H. — of Frankfort, Spink County, S.Dak. Member of South Dakota state house of representatives 33rd District, 1889-90. Burial location unknown.
	Driesbach, J. Monroe — of Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900. Burial location unknown.
	Driesbach, Monroe See J. Monroe Driesbach

Driffle, William — of Colleton County, S.C. Delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Colleton County, 1868. African ancestry. Burial location unknown.

Drifter, The High Plains: See Steve Camberling Cowper

Driggers, Archie E. — Dry candidate for delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

	Driggs, Amos W. — of New Hartford, Litchfield County, Conn. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Hartford; elected 1926. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
	Driggs, Charles M. — of Pennsylvania. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1924, 1926. Burial location unknown.
	Driggs, D. C. — of Driggs, Teton County, Idaho. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1916. Burial location unknown.
	Driggs, Edmund — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860. Burial location unknown.
	Driggs, Edmund Hope (1865-1946) — also known as Edmund H. Driggs — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 2, 1865. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897-1901; defeated, 1900; candidate for borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1901. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 27, 1946 (age 81 years, 148 days). Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Driggs, George W. — U.S. Consul in Turks Island, 1874. Burial location unknown.
	Driggs, John D. — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Mayor of Phoenix, Ariz., 1970-74. Still living as of 1974.
	Driggs, John Fletcher (1813-1877) — also known as John F. Driggs — of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., March 8, 1813. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Saginaw County, 1859-60; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1863-69; defeated, 1870. Injured by a fall on the ice in the winter of 1875-76, as a result of which he died, in East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw County, Mich., December 17, 1877 (age 64 years, 284 days). Original interment at Brady Hill Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.; reinterment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Driggs, Laurence L. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1908. Burial location unknown.

Drill, Lewis L. (b. 1877) — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Browerville, Todd County, Minn., May 9, 1877. Son of Charles Warren Drill and Saphrona Ellen (Sheets) Drill. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, 1928-33. Protestant. Burial location unknown.

Drilling, T. E. — of Tulare, Tulare County, Calif. Mayor of Tulare, Calif., 1952. Still living as of 1952.

DRIMMON: See also Jacob Nathaniel Bailey

Drinan, Robert Frederick (1920-2007) — also known as Robert F. Drinan; "Our Father Who Art In Congress" — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Washington, D.C. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 15, 1920. Son of James J. Drinan and Ann (Flanigan) Drinan. Democrat. Catholic priest; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1971-81 (3rd District 1971-73, 4th District 1973-81); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972; law professor. Catholic. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Died, from pneumonia and congestive heart failure, in Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, D.C., January 28, 2007 (age 86 years, 74 days). Burial location unknown.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

Drinker, Georgie W. — of Moylan, Delaware County, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

Drinkle, Charles H. — of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

	DRIPS: See also James Boyd Utt
	Drips, Margaret — of Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1940 (alternate), 1944, 1948 (co-chair, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1952 (alternate), 1956 (alternate). Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

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