| |  Duke:
See
Randall
Cunningham —
Lauren
D. Hobbs —
W.
P. Simons —
Courken
George Deukmejian |
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Duke, Albert L. —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Republican. Candidate for New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 6th
Ward, 1938.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Duke, Alva L. —
of Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Mayor
of Colton, Calif., 1955.
Still living as of 1955.
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Duke, Angier Biddle
(1915-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1915.
Son of Angier B. Duke (1884-1923) and Cordelia Drexel (Biddle) Duke.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1952-53; Spain, 1965-68; Denmark, 1968-69; Morocco, 1979-81.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Chancellor
of Southampton College.
Hit by a car
while rollerblading,
and died as a result, in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 29,
1995 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Duke, Basil W.
(1838-1916) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., 1838.
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives.
Died in 1916
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Duke, Bruce E. —
of Farmington, Oakland
County, Mich.
American Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,
1972;
American Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1974; American
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976.
Still living as of 1976.
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| |
Duke, C. J. —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1920
(alternate), 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Duke, Charles M. —
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1963-66.
Still living as of 1966.
|
| |
Duke, Charles T. —
of Monticello, Drew
County, Ark.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas,
1904
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1916
(alternate).
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Duke, David Ernest (b.
1950) —
also known as David Duke —
of Louisiana.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., July 1,
1950.
Republican. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1990; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1990, 1996.
Member, Ku
Klux Klan.
Still living as of 1996.
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| |
Duke, E. F. —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1953.
Still living as of 1953.
|
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Duke, Earl K. —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1950-51.
Still living as of 1951.
|
| |
Duke, Florimond DuS. —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Hanover; elected
1956.
Still living as of 1956.
|
| |
Duke, Fred A. —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Mayor
of Portsmouth, Va., 1952-56.
Still living as of 1956.
|
| |
Duke, Fred F. —
Republican. Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
|
| |
Duke, George —
of Hotchkiss, Delta
County, Colo.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Duke, Helen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1960.
Female.
Still living as of 1960.
|
| |
Duke, J. C. —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1884.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Duke, J. P. —
of New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La.
Republican. Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1937, 1945.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Duke, J. W. —
of Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Duke, James Buchanan
(1856-1925) —
also known as James B. Duke; "Buck";
"Tobacco King" —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born near Durham, Durham
County, N.C., December
23, 1856.
Son of Washington Duke (1820-1905).
Republican. Organizer and president, American Tobacco
Company, which monopolized the tobacco
industry until it was broken up in 1911; organizer of electric
power companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1904.
Left a large trust fund which supported Duke University.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1925 (age 68 years, 291
days).
Entombed at Duke
University Chapel, Durham, N.C.
|
| |
Duke, Joseph C. —
of Arizona.
Democrat. Sergeant-at-Arms, Democratic National Convention,
1964.
Still living as of 1964.
|
| |
Duke, Kenneth —
of Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1944.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Duke, Malcolm R. —
of Dresden, Weakley
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
|
| |
Duke, Maxie —
of Walhalla, Oconee
County, S.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Duke, Merlin —
of Bogalusa, Washington
Parish, La.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| | Duke of
Braintree, The: See
John
Adams |
| | Duke of
Surry: See
Joseph
Williams of Shallow Ford |
| |
Duke, Richard Thomas Walker
(1822-1898) —
of Virginia.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., June 6,
1822.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1870-73; member of
Virginia state legislature.
Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., July 2,
1898 (age 76 years, 26
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
|
| |
Duke, Robin Chandler (b.
1923) —
of New York.
Born in 1923.
U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 2000-01.
Still living as of 2001.
|
| |
Duke, S. A. —
of Baxter, Drew
County, Ark.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas,
1900.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Duke, Thomas A. —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,
1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Duke, Thomas Marshall —
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Matagorda, 1833.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Duke, W. R. —
of Colorado.
Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1930, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Duke, Walter Edwin —
also known as Walter E. Duke —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 54th District; elected 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
|
| |
Duke, William, Jr. —
of Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County, 1916-23; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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