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Oakman, Charles Gibb
(1903-1973) —
also known as Charles G. Oakman —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
4, 1903.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1953-55; defeated,
1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1973 (age 70 years, 54
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Oakman, Guy F. —
of Harrisonville, Fulton
County, Pa.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Oakman, Milton —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Member of the original ownership group of the Detroit
Cougars professional hockey
team (later the Red Wings), one of the original six teams of the
National Hockey League; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oakman, Robert —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1920;
member of the original ownership group of the Detroit Cougars
professional hockey
team (later the Red Wings), one of the original six teams of the
National Hockey League.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | OAKS:
See also
Oaks
Turner |
| |
Oaks, Dallin Harris —
Justice
of Utah state supreme court, 1980-98.
Still living as of 1998.
|
| |
Oaks, Dave —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1962.
Still living as of 1962.
|
| |
Oaks, David K. —
of Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1976;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1984.
Still living as of 2001.
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Oaks, L. H. —
of Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1887.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oaks, Marjorie —
of Redding, Shasta
County, Calif.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1940.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oaks, Nathaniel T. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 41, 1983-89; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Oates, Evelyn S. —
of Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
|
| |
Oates, Henry —
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Alpena District, 1958.
Still living as of 1958.
|
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Oates, Mrs. Henry M. —
of Wood
County, W.Va.
Republican. Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1956.
Female.
Still living as of 1956.
|
| |
Oates, Lynn —
of Decatur, Wise
County, Tex.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
|
| |
Oates, O. H. —
Secretary
of state of Arkansas, 1862-64.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oates, Samuel T. —
of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1856;
member of California
state assembly 21st District, 1869-71.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oates, William Calvin
(1833-1910) —
also known as William C. Oates —
of Abbeville, Henry
County, Ala.
Born in Alabama, November
30, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1868;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1881-94; defeated,
1878; Governor of
Alabama, 1894-96; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
9, 1910 (age 76 years, 283
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Oates, William J., Jr.
(1936-1980) —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Mineral
County, W.Va., February
8, 1936.
Son of William J. Oates and Irene (Welch) Oates.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1973-80; died in office 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Farm
Bureau; Ruritan;
Rotary;
Moose.
Died September
23, 1980 (age 44 years, 228
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oates, William R. (b.
1878) —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in 1878.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,
1909-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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Obama, Barack Hussein, Jr. (b.
1961) —
also known as Barack Obama; "The Messiah";
"Renegade" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August 4,
1961.
Son of Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. (1936-1982) and Stanley Ann (Dunham)
Obama (1942-1995).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 13th District, 1997-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 2004
(speaker),
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2005-08; resigned 2008; President
of the United States, 2009-; received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2009.
United
Church of Christ. Kenyan
ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
| |  |
Relatives:
Married, October
18, 1992, to Michelle LaVaughn
Robinson. |
| |  | Cross-reference: Joe
Wilson |
| |  | Campaign slogan (2008): "Yes We
Can!" |
| |  | Campaign slogan (2008): "Change We Can
Believe In." |
| |  | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| |  | Books by Barack Obama: Dreams
from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance
(2004) — The
Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaimig the American Dream
(2006) |
| |  | Books about Barack Obama: Steve
Dougherty, Hopes
and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama — David Mendell,
Obama:
From Promise to Power — John K. Wilson, Barack
Obama: This Improbable Quest — Shelby Steele, A
Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't
Win — Joseph Vogel, The
Obama Movement: Why Barack Obama Speaks to America's
Youth |
| |  | Critical books about Barack Obama:
Webster Griffin Tarpley, Obama
- The Postmodern Coup: Making of a Manchurian
Candidate — Gordon Heslop, The
Hope of Audacity: Barack Obama, A Bad Choice |
|
| |
Obama, Michelle (b. 1964) —
also known as Michelle LaVaughn Robinson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
17, 1964.
Daughter of Fraser Robinson III and Marian (Shields) Robinson.
Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 2008.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
|
| | OBANNON:
See also
Philip
Allen Bennett —
Malcolm
Emmett Lafargue |
| |
O'Bannon, Frank Lewis
(1930-2003) —
also known as Frank L. O'Bannon —
of Indiana.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., January
30, 1930.
Son of Faith (Dropsey) O'Bannon and Robert
Presley O'Bannon.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1971-89; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1989-97; Governor of
Indiana, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Suffered a major
stroke, and subsequently died, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 2003 (age 73 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.; statue at Old
Courthouse Square, Corydon, Ind.
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| |
O'Bannon, J. H. —
of Virginia.
Virginia
superintendent of public printing, 1899.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
O'Bannon, James P. —
of Missouri.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1884;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1912.
Interment somewhere
in Buffalo, Mo.
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| |
O'Bannon, John M. III —
of Henrico, Henrico
County, Va.
Republican. Elected Virginia
state house of delegates 73rd District 2011.
Still living as of 2011.
|
| |
O'Bannon, Lew —
of Indiana.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1908;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1932.
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.
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| |
O'Bannon, P. H. —
of Sperryville, Rappahannock
County, Va.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
O'Bannon, Presley Neville
(1776-1850) —
also known as "The Hero of Deme" —
of Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1776.
During the war against the Barbary pirates, as lieutenant, he led a
detachment of U.S. Marines and assorted mercenaries to Deme, in North
Africa, in 1805, to rescue an American crew held captive by the Pasha
of Tripoli; the words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymn
commemorate these events; member of Kentucky state legislature.
Two warships were named for
him.
Died September
12, 1850 (age about 74
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1919 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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| |
O'Bannon, Robert Presley —
also known as Robert P. O'Bannon —
of Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind.
Son of Lew O'Bannon.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1951-71.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.
|
| | OBENSHAIN:
See also
Claude
Albert Fuller —
Kathryn
Obenshain Griffin —
Kate
Obenshain Griffin |
| | Obenshain,
Kate See Kate
Obenshain Griffin |
| |
Obenshain, Mark (b. 1962) —
of Harrisonburg,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., June 11,
1962.
Son of Richard Dudley Obenshain.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate 26th District, 2004-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2011.
|
| |
Obenshain, Richard Dudley
(1935-1978) —
also known as Richard D. Obenshain —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., October
31, 1935.
Son of Samuel Shockley Obenshain (1904-2000; soil scientist) and
Josephine Mathews (Dudley) Obenshain.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1964; candidate for Virginia
state attorney general, 1969; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1972-73; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia 1978, but died before election.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons.
Killed when his small plane
crashed during a nighttime landing at Chesterfield County Airport,
Chesterfield
County, Va., August 2,
1978 (age 42 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ober, Abraham —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ober, B. Frank —
of Dauphin
County, Pa.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Dauphin County, 1903-06.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ober, Ben —
of Centralia, Marion
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1960.
Still living as of 1960.
|
| |
Ober, Clayton —
of Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Prohibition candidate for Ohio state
house of representatives from Cuyahoga County, 1897.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ober, E. W. —
of Salina, Saline
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Salina, Kan., 1883-84.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Ober, Frank
See B. Frank Ober |
| |
Ober, George A., Jr. —
American candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| |
Ober, Henry K. —
Dry candidate for delegate to
Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ober, Kevin —
of Fishers, Hamilton
County, Ind.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
|
| |
O'Brian, Brien —
of Buffalo, Wilson
County, Kan.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1936.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
O'Brian, J. Leo —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984,
1988.
Still living as of 1988.
|
| |
O'Brian, John Lord
(1874-1974) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1874.
Son of John O'Brian and Elizabeth (Lord) O'Brian.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1907-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1909-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1974
(age about
99 years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
|
| | O'Brian,
Leo See J. Leo O'Brian |
| |
O'Brian, Robert E. —
of Iowa.
Secretary
of state of Iowa, 1937-39.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
O'Brian, William J. —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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