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Henry Laurens (1724-1792) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 6,
1724.
Son of Jean Samuel Laurens and Esther (Grasset) Laurens.
Merchant;
planter;
Vice-President
of South Carolina, 1776-77; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1777-80.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Berkeley
County, S.C., December
8, 1792 (age 68 years, 277
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mepkin
Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
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David Crockett (1786-1836) —
also known as Davey Crockett —
of Tennessee.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., August
17, 1786.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1821; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1827-31, 1833-35 (9th District
1827-31, 12th District 1833-35); served in the Texas Army during the
Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 6,
1836 (age 49 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
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William Barret Travis (1809-1836) —
also known as William B. Travis —
of Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala.; Anahuac, Chambers
County, Tex.
Born in Red Bank, Edgefield District (now Saluda
County), S.C., August 9,
1809.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Austin, 1835;
colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 6,
1836 (age 26 years, 210
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
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Ira J. Westover (d. 1836) —
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Goliad, 1835;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Following the Battle of Coleto, during the Texas
War of Independence, he was among those taken prisoner by the
Mexican Army; a few days later, he and almost 400 other prisoners
were shot to
death, an incident now known as the Goliad Massacre, in Goliad, Goliad
County, Tex., March 27,
1836.
Cremated.
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Thomas Treadwell Davis (1810-1872) —
also known as Thomas T. Davis —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., August
22, 1810.
U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1863-67.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1872 (age 61 years, 254
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Daniel Rose Tilden (1804-1890) —
of Ohio.
Born in Connecticut, 1804.
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1843-47; state court
judge in Ohio, 1855.
Died in 1890
(age about
86 years).
Cremated.
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John Russell Kelso (1831-1891) —
also known as John R. Kelso —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March 23,
1831.
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1865-67.
Died January
26, 1891 (age 59 years, 309
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Charles Daniel Drake (1811-1892) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 11,
1811.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1859-60; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1865; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1867-70; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1870.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1892 (age 80 years, 356
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Ozora Pierson Stearns (1831-1896) —
also known as Ozora P. Stearns —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in DeKalb, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., January
15, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; Olmsted
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1866-68; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1871; district judge in Minnesota 11th
District, 1874-95.
Died in Pacific Beach, San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 2,
1896 (age 65 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) —
also known as Robert G. Ingersoll; "The Great
Agnostic"; "American Infidel";
"Impious Pope Bob" —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Dresden, Yates
County, N.Y., August
11, 1833.
Son of Rev. John Ingersoll (1792-1759) and Mary (Livingston)
Ingersoll (died 1835).
Lawyer;
Democratic candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1860; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; charged
about 1864 with assault and
battery against the Peoria County Sheriff; tried;
the jury was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict; the case was
dismissed before a new trial could be held; Illinois
state attorney general, 1867-69; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1876;
made the nominating speech which dubbed James
G. Blaine as "The Plumed Knight".
Agnostic.
Died in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 21,
1899 (age 65 years, 344
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Glen
Oak Park, Peoria, Ill.
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Henry Baldwin Harshaw (1842-1900) —
also known as Henry B. Harshaw —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Argyle, Washington
County, N.Y., June 14,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin
state treasurer, 1887-91.
Member, Elks; Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill, Va., 1864, and lost his
left arm as a result.
Died, of tongue
cancer, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
25, 1900 (age 58 years, 194
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Carman Adam Newcomb (1830-1902) —
of Missouri.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1830.
Republican. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1867-69.
Died in 1902
(age about
72 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Missouri
Crematory Columbarium, St. Louis, Mo.
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Samuel Lewis Casey (1821-1902) —
also known as Samuel L. Casey —
of Caseyville, Union
County, Ky.
Born in Caseyville, Union
County, Ky., February
12, 1821.
Republican. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1862-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1868,
1872.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., August
25, 1902 (age 81 years, 194
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Caseyville
Cemetery, Caseyville, Ky.
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William Darius Bishop (1827-1904) —
also known as William D. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., September
14, 1827.
Son of Alfred Bishop and Mary (Ferris) Bishop.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1857-59; defeated,
1858, 1902; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1859-60; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860;
member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1866, 1877-78; president, New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
1867-69; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1871.
Died, of chronic
endocarditis, in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
4, 1904 (age 76 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Gideon Curtis Moody (1832-1904) —
also known as Gideon C. Moody —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
16, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1867-69, 1874-75; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1868-69,
1874-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Dakota
Territory Territory, 1868;
justice
of Dakota territorial supreme court, 1878-83; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1889-91.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 17,
1904 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Cremated.
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Edward Oliver Wolcott (1848-1905) —
also known as Edward O. Wolcott —
of Denver,
Colo.; Wolhurst, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass., March 26,
1848.
Republican. Member of Colorado state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1889-1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1904.
Died in Monte Carlo, Monaco,
March
1, 1905 (age 56 years, 340
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Son of Louisa Emma (Winegar) Tourgee and Valentine Tourgee
(1814-1889).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Horace Austin (1831-1905) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Mound, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., October
15, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 6th District, 1865-69; Governor of
Minnesota, 1870-74; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1887; appointed 1887.
Died, in St. Barnabas Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
2, 1905 (age 74 years, 18
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Lewis Cass Carpenter (1836-1908) —
of South Carolina; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., February
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Sen. William
H. Buckingham, 1868-73; member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1874-75; newspaper
editor.
Died in Denver,
Colo., March 6,
1908 (age 72 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Eugene Semple (1840-1908) —
of Washington.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
of American parents, June 12,
1840.
Son of James
Semple.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; Oregon
state printer, 1870-73; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1887-89; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1889.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a rest
home at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wright
Crematory and Columbarium, Seattle, Wash.
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Eugene Francis Loud (1847-1908) —
also known as Eugene F. Loud —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 12,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
California
state assembly, 1884; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1891-1903; defeated,
1902.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
19, 1908 (age 61 years, 282
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Samuel June Barrows (1845-1909) —
also known as Samuel J. Barrows —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1845.
Republican. Secretary to William
H. Seward, 1867-69; pastor; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1897-99;
defeated, 1898.
Unitarian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 21,
1909 (age 63 years, 330
days).
Cremated.
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William Morris Stewart (1827-1909) —
also known as William M. Stewart —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Galen, Wayne
County, N.Y., August 9,
1827.
Republican. California
state attorney general, 1854-56; delegate to
Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1864-75, 1887-1905.
Died April 23,
1909 (age 81 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Joseph Weeks Babcock (1850-1909) —
also known as Joseph W. Babcock —
of Necedah, Juneau
County, Wis.
Born in Swanton, Franklin
County, Vt., March 6,
1850.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1889-92; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1893-1907.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 27,
1909 (age 59 years, 52
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Francis Wellington Cushman (1867-1909) —
also known as Francis W. Cushman; "Abe Lincoln of the
Pacific Coast" —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Brighton, Washington
County, Iowa, May 8,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1899-1909 (at-large 1899-1909,
2nd District 1909); died in office 1909.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1909 (age 42 years, 59
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Simon Wing (1826-1910) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in St. Albans, Somerset
County, Maine, August
29, 1826.
Son of Joshua Wing and Anna (Osborn) Wing.
Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1892.
Died in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
17, 1910 (age 84 years, 110
days).
Cremated.
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Charles Brown Lore (1831-1911) —
of Delaware.
Born in Odessa, New Castle
County, Del., March 16,
1831.
Democrat. Delaware
state attorney general, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1883-87; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1893-1909.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 6,
1911 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Methodist
Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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George Wycliffe McBride (1854-1911) —
also known as George W. McBride —
of St. Helens, Columbia
County, Ore.
Born near Lafayette, Yamhill
County, Ore., March 13,
1854.
Son of James
McBride.
Republican. Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1882; secretary of
state of Oregon, 1887-95; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1895-1901.
Died June 18,
1911 (age 57 years, 97
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic
Cemetery, St. Helens, Ore.
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Frank Swett Black (1853-1913) —
also known as Frank S. Black —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born near Limington, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1853.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1895-97; resigned
1897; Governor of
New York, 1897-99; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1900,
1904.
Died in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March 22,
1913 (age 60 years, 14
days).
Cremated.
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Son of John A. Ainslie.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid
Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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Barclay Henley (1843-1914) —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Charlestown, Clark
County, Ind., March 17,
1843.
Son of Thomas
Jefferson Henley.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1869-71; Presidential Elector for
California, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1883-87 (3rd District 1883-85,
1st District 1885-87).
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
15, 1914 (age 70 years, 335
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Santa
Rosa Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Calif.
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Rufus Mallory (1831-1914) —
of Oregon.
Born in Coventry, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
10, 1831.
Son of Samuel Mallory and Lucretia (Davis) Mallory.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1862, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Oregon at-large, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1888;
U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1873-82.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April 30,
1914 (age 83 years, 110
days).
Cremated.
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Samuel Swinfin Burdett (1836-1914) —
also known as Samuel S. Burdett —
of Missouri; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Leicestershire, England,
February
21, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1869-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in England,
September
24, 1914 (age 78 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Albert Francis Appleton (1850-1914) —
also known as Albert F. Appleton —
of Crystal, Pembina
County, N.Dak.
Born in Yorkshire, England,
January
14, 1850.
Son of Thomas Joseph Appleton (1809-1869) and Jane Ann (Horner)
Appleton (1809-1883).
Farmer;
banker;
delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Pembina
County, 1889; member of North
Dakota state senate.
Catholic.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
1, 1914 (age 64 years, 260
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wright
Crematory and Columbarium, Seattle, Wash.
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William Russell Ellis (1850-1915) —
also known as William R. Ellis —
of Heppner, Morrow
County, Ore.
Born near Waveland, Montgomery
County, Ind., April 23,
1850.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1893-99, 1907-11;
defeated, 1898, 1910; circuit judge in Oregon, 1900-06.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
18, 1915 (age 64 years, 270
days).
Cremated.
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Harvey Butler Fergusson (1848-1915) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born near Pickensville, Pickens
County, Ala., September
9, 1848.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from New Mexico Territory, 1894-1908; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1897-99; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1912-15.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., June 10,
1915 (age 66 years, 274
days).
Cremated.
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Samuel Davis Woods (1845-1915) —
also known as Samuel D. Woods —
of Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Maury
County, Tenn., September
19, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1900-03.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
24, 1915 (age 70 years, 96
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Olivet
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John Mellen Thurston (1847-1916) —
also known as John M. Thurston —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Vermont, 1847.
Republican. Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1875; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1888;
Temporary Chair, 1888;
Permanent Chair, 1896;
speaker, 1896;
chair, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, chair, 1896;
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1895-1901; member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1896.
Died August 9,
1916 (age about 69
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Smith (1838-1916) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 22,
1838.
Architect;
builder;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1878; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1887-89.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
16, 1916 (age 78 years, 56
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Union
Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828-1917) —
of Lorain
County, Ohio; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Worcester, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
30, 1828.
Son of Allen Sheldon and Anna Maria (de les Dernier) Sheldon.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Ohio, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1869-75; Presidential
Elector for Louisiana, 1876;
Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1917 (age 88 years, 140
days).
Cremated.
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Emmett Tompkins (1853-1917) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, September
1, 1853.
Son of Cydnor
Bailey Tompkins.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1878-79; resigned 1879; member of Ohio state
legislature, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1901-03.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
18, 1917 (age 64 years, 108
days).
Cremated.
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James Henry Brady (1862-1918) —
also known as James H. Brady —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Indiana
County, Pa., June 12,
1862.
Son of John Brady and Katherine (Lee) Brady.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1900,
1908,
1916;
Idaho
Republican state chair, 1904-08; Governor of
Idaho, 1909-11; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1913-18; died in office 1918.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
13, 1918 (age 55 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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John Gill, Jr. (1850-1918) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 9,
1850.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1874-76; member of Maryland
state senate, 1882-84, 1904; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1905-11; state court
judge in Maryland, 1912-18.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., January
27, 1918 (age 67 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Henry Gold Danforth (1854-1918) —
also known as Henry G. Danforth —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Gates town (part now in Rochester), Monroe
County, N.Y., June 14,
1854.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-17 (32nd District 1911-13,
39th District 1913-17).
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., April 8,
1918 (age 63 years, 298
days).
Cremated.
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Edward Charles Kehr (1837-1918) —
of Missouri.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
5, 1837.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1875-77.
Died April 20,
1918 (age 80 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Missouri
Crematory Columbarium, St. Louis, Mo.
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William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919) —
also known as "Viscount Astor" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 31,
1848.
Son of John Jacob Astor III (1822-1896) and Charlotte Augusta
(Gibbes) Astor.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1878; member
of New
York state senate 10th District, 1880-81; U.S. Minister to Italy, 1882-85; renounced his American citizenship and became a
British subject in 1899; became a Baron in 1916 and a Viscount in
1917; member of the British House of Lords.
Heir to Astor family fortune of about $100 million; moved to England
in 1890 and became a British subject.
Died, of heart
disease, in Brighton, England,
October
18, 1919 (age 71 years, 201
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831-1920) —
also known as T. Jefferson Coolidge —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
26, 1831.
Son of Joseph Coolidge and Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge.
Republican. Manufacturer;
cotton mill
business; president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,
and other companies; U.S. Minister to France, 1892-93.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
17, 1920 (age 89 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Ezra L. Smith (1837-1921) —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Vermont, 1837.
Member of California
state assembly 15th District, 1865-67.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
22, 1921 (age about 83
years).
Cremated.
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Charles Frederick Joy (1849-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Joy —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., December
11, 1849.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1893-1903.
Died April 13,
1921 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) —
also known as Franklin K. Lane —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, July 15,
1864.
Son of Dr. C. S. Lane and C. W. H. Lane.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1902; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1906-13; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20.
Died, of a heart
attack 12 days after appendicitis
surgery, at the Mayo Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 18,
1921 (age 56 years, 307
days).
Cremated.
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John Arthur Elston (1874-1921) —
also known as John A. Elston —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Woodland, Yolo
County, Calif., February
10, 1874.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1915-21; died in
office 1921.
Committed
suicide in Washington,
D.C., December
15, 1921 (age 47 years, 308
days).
Cremated.
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Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839-1921) —
also known as Archibald J. Sampson; A. J.
Sampson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Colorado; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, June 21,
1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Colorado
state attorney general, 1877-79; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1897-1905.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, from acute
nephritis and pneumonia,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
24, 1921 (age 82 years, 186
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives:
Married 1866
to Kate I. Turner (died 1886); married 1891 to Frances
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Lucius Eugene Pinkham (1850-1922) —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Chicopee Falls, Chicopee, Hampden
County, Mass., September
19, 1850.
Son of Lucius Moulton Pinkham and Caroline Smith (Fiske) Pinkham.
Democrat. Governor of
Hawaii Territory, 1913-18.
Member, Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
2, 1922 (age 72 years, 44
days).
Cremated.
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Clifton Nesmith McArthur (1879-1923) —
also known as Clifton N. McArthur —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore., June 10,
1879.
Son of Lewis
Linn McArthur and Harriet (Nesmith) McArthur.
Republican. Lawyer; cattle
breeder; secretary of
Oregon Republican Party, 1908; private secretary to Gov. Frank
W. Benson, 1909-11; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1913; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1915-23; defeated, 1922.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in 1923
(age about
44 years).
Cremated.
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William Worth Dickerson (1851-1923) —
also known as William W. Dickerson; W. W.
Dickerson —
of Williamstown, Grant
County, Ky.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Sherman, Grant
County, Ky., November
29, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; Grant
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1872-76; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1885-87; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1890-93.
Died January
31, 1923 (age 71 years, 63
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at City
Cemetery, Williamstown, Ky.
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Joseph Ralph Burton (1852-1923) —
also known as Joseph R. Burton —
of Abilene, Dickinson
County, Kan.
Born near Mitchell, Lawrence
County, Ind., November
16, 1852.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1882-86; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1901-06; resigned 1906.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
27, 1923 (age 70 years, 103
days).
Cremated.
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Nathan Bay Scott (1842-1924) —
also known as Nathan B. Scott —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born near Quaker City, Guernsey
County, Ohio, December
18, 1842.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1883-90; member of Republican
National Committee from West Virginia, 1888-1914; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1899-1911.
Died January
2, 1924 (age 81 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Albert R. Day (c.1861-1924) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dixmont, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1861.
Republican. U.S. Collector
of Customs, 1909; mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1922-23.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
21, 1924 (age about 63
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Andrew J. Sawyer (1844-1924) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1844.
Mayor
of Lincoln, Neb., 1887-89; U.S.
Attorney for Nebraska, 1894-98.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., March 5,
1924 (age 79 years, 152
days).
Cremated.
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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1859-1924) —
also known as Charles A. Lindbergh —
of Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn.
Born in Stockholm, Sweden,
January
20, 1859.
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1907-17; defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1916 (Republican primary), 1923
(Farmer-Labor primary); candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1918.
Died in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., May 24,
1924 (age 65 years, 125
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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James William Husted (1870-1925) —
also known as James W. Husted —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 16,
1870.
Son of James
William Husted (1833-1892).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1895-97; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1915-23; defeated,
1912.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
2, 1925 (age 54 years, 292
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Son of John E. Parsons (c.1830-1915) and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lenox
Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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William Farrington Aldrich (1853-1925) —
also known as William F. Aldrich —
of Aldrich, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., March 11,
1853.
Son of William F. Aldrich and Louisa Maria (Klapp) Aldrich.
Republican. Civil
engineer; mining
business; manufacturer;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99,
1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1904.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
30, 1925 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Sanford Ballard Dole (1844-1926) —
also known as Sanford B. Dole —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Punahou, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, April 23,
1844.
Son of Daniel Dole and Emily (Ballard) Dole.
Lawyer;
President
of the Hawaii Republic, 1893-98; Governor of
Hawaii Territory, 1900-03; U.S.
District Judge for Hawaii, 1903-15.
Congregationalist.
Died, after a series of strokes,
in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, June 9,
1926 (age 82 years, 47
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Kawaiaho
Church Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926) —
also known as John W. Weeks —
of West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born near Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., April 11,
1860.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;
mayor
of Newton, Mass., 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1905-13;
resigned 1913; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1913-19; defeated, 1918; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916;
member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1920; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1921-25.
Died in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., July 12,
1926 (age 66 years, 92
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Carey Jones (1855-1927) —
also known as William C. Jones —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Remsen, Oneida
County, N.Y., April 5,
1855.
Washington
state attorney general, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1897-99; defeated
(People's), 1898.
Died June 14,
1927 (age 72 years, 70
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Henry White (1850-1927) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 29,
1850.
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1905-07; France, 1906-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 15,
1927 (age 77 years, 108
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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William James Purman (1840-1928) —
of Jackson
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1840.
Republican. Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Jackson County,
1868; member of Florida state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1873-77 (at-large 1873-75, 1st
District 1875-77).
Died in 1928
(age about
88 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Kent (1864-1928) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kentfield, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 29,
1864.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California, 1911-17 (2nd District 1911-13,
1st District 1913-17); delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1912.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Died in Kentfield, Marin
County, Calif., March 13,
1928 (age 63 years, 350
days).
Cremated.
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John Downey Works (1847-1928) —
also known as John D. Works —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Rising Sun, Ohio
County, Ind., March 29,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1879; state court judge in
California, 1886-87; justice of
California state supreme court, 1888-91; U.S.
Senator from California, 1911-17; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar
Association; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 6,
1928 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Inglewood
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Charles Rufus Skinner (1844-1928) —
also known as Charles R. Skinner —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Union Square, Oswego
County, N.Y., August 4,
1844.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1877-81; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1881-85.
Died June 30,
1928 (age 83 years, 331
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Curtis Harvey Castle (1848-1928) —
also known as Curtis H. Castle —
of Merced, Merced
County, Calif.
Born near Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., October
4, 1848.
U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1897-99.
Died July 21,
1928 (age 79 years, 291
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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John Franklin Alexander Strong (1856-1929) —
also known as J. F. A. Strong —
of Iditarod, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska.
Born in Salmon Center, New
Brunswick, October
15, 1856.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska
Territory, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1913-18.
Died of a heart
attack, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 27,
1929 (age 72 years, 285
days).
Cremated.
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Henry Vollmer (1867-1930) —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Iowa, July 28,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Davenport, Iowa, 1894-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1914-15; defeated, 1914.
Died in Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif., August
25, 1930 (age 63 years, 28
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
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John Lind (1854-1930) —
of New Ulm, Brown
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Kanna, Smaland, Sweden,
March
25, 1854.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1887-93, 1903-05 (2nd District
1887-93, 5th District 1903-05); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1899-1901; defeated (Democratic), 1896, 1900;
Prohibition candidate for Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1916.
Unitarian.
Swedish
ancestry.
Lost
his left hand in a boyhood accident.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
18, 1930 (age 76 years, 177
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) —
also known as T. Coleman du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
11, 1863.
Son of Antoine Bidermann du Pont (1837-1923) and Ellen Susan
(Coleman) du Pont.
Republican. Engineer;
president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder
Co., 1902-15; president, Central Coal and Iron Co., and
other mining firms; director, Union National Bank; owner
of hotels;
Delaware
Republican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1916;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921;
defeated, 1922; resigned 1928.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, from cancer
of the larynx, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
11, 1930 (age 66 years, 335
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at du
Pont Cemetery, Christiana, Del.
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Richard Bartholdt (1855-1932) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Schleiz, Germany,
November
2, 1855.
Son of Gottlob Bartholdt and Caroline (Wagner) Bartholdt.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1893-1915.
German
ancestry.
Died, from broncho-pneumonia,
in St.
Louis, Mo., March 19,
1932 (age 76 years, 138
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Concordia
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Henry Leland Bowles (1866-1932) —
also known as Henry L. Bowles —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Athens, Windham
County, Vt., January
6, 1866.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1925-29.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 7,
1932 (age 66 years, 122
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Clarence Emir Allen (1852-1932) —
also known as Clarence E. Allen —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Girard Township, Erie
County, Pa., September
8, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; mining
business; member of Utah
territorial House of Representatives, 1888-96; Salt
Lake County Clerk, 1890-93; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1892; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1892,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1896-97.
Died in Escondido, San Diego
County, Calif., July 9,
1932 (age 79 years, 305
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Charles Winfield Waterman (1861-1932) —
also known as Charles W. Waterman —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., November
2, 1861.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1916,
1924,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1927-32; died in office 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
27, 1932 (age 70 years, 299
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Wesley Livsey Jones (1863-1932) —
also known as Wesley L. Jones —
of North Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Bethany, Moultrie
County, Ill., October
9, 1863.
Son of Wesley Jones and Phoebe (McKay) Jones.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1899-1909; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1909-32; died in office 1932.
Died, of heart and
kidney
trouble, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., November
19, 1932 (age 69 years, 41
days).
Cremated.
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Robert Jacob Lewis (1864-1933) —
also known as Robert J. Lewis —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Dover, York
County, Pa., December
30, 1864.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1901-03.
Died in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., July 24,
1933 (age 68 years, 206
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Iris
Columbarium Mausoleum, St. Louis, Mo.
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Elias Finley Johnson (1860-1933) —
also known as E. Finley Johnson —
of Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manila, Philippines.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, June 24,
1860.
Son of Abel J. Johnson.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1885-87; law
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1898-1901; appointed 1898; resigned
1901; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1901-.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., July 31,
1933 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif.
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Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) —
also known as Henry C. Hansbrough —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Baraboo, Sauk
County, Wis.; Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born near Prairie du Rocher, Randolph
County, Ill., January
30, 1848.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1889-91; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1891-1909.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1933 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Frederick S. Eaton (1855-1934) —
also known as Fred Eaton —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
23, 1855.
Son of Benjamin S. Eaton.
Republican. Engineer;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1898-1900.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons.
Died in Bishop, Inyo
County, Calif., March 12,
1934 (age 78 years, 170
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Big
Pine Cemetery, Big Pine, Calif.
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Clara Annis Smith Johnson (d. 1934) —
also known as Clara Annis Smith; Mrs. E. Finley
Johnson —
of Manila, Philippines.
Republican. Member of Republican National Committee from the
Philippine Islands, 1924.
Female.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., April 22,
1934.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif.
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Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) —
also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J.
Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 16,
1863.
Son of Waldo Abbot and Julia (Holmes) Abbot.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; chairman of Henry
George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of
the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and
spokesman of William
Jennings Bryan; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science
Monitor, 1922-27.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1934 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Charles Spalding Thomas (1849-1934) —
also known as Charles S. Thomas —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Darien, McIntosh
County, Ga., December
6, 1849.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1884; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1884-96; Governor of
Colorado, 1899-1901; defeated, 1894; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1913-21; defeated (National), 1920.
Died in Denver,
Colo., June 24,
1934 (age 84 years, 200
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Frank Eugene Wilson (1857-1935) —
also known as Frank E. Wilson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Roxbury, Delaware
County, N.Y., December
22, 1857.
Democrat. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1905, 1911-15 (5th District
1899-1903, 4th District 1903-05, 1911-13, 3rd District 1913-15);
defeated, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died in 1935
(age about
77 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Roxbury
Cemetery, Roxbury, N.Y.
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Henry Mahlon Kimball (1878-1935) —
also known as Henry M. Kimball —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Orland, Steuben
County, Ind., August
27, 1878.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1935; died in office
1935.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., October
19, 1935 (age 57 years, 53
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Orland, Ind.
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Harry Howard Dale (1868-1935) —
also known as Harry H. Dale —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
3, 1868.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1898, 1902-05; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1913-19.
Died in Bellmore, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
17, 1935 (age 66 years, 349
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fresh
Pond Road Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Abram Piatt Andrew, Jr. (1873-1936) —
also known as A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. —
of Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., February
12, 1873.
Son of Abram Piatt Andrew and Helen (Merrell) Andrew.
Republican. Director, U.S. Mint, 1909; U.S. Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, 1910-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1921-36; died in
office 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Economic Association.
Died, from influenza
and arteriosclerosis,
in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 3,
1936 (age 63 years, 112
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck (1882-1936) —
also known as Winnifred Mason Huck —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
14, 1882.
Daughter of William
Ernest Mason.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1922-23.
Female.
Died August
24, 1936 (age 53 years, 345
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakwood
Cemetery, Waukegan, Ill.
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John Stafford McMillin (1855-1936) —
also known as John S. McMillin —
of Roche Harbor, San Juan
County, Wash.
Born near Sugar Grove, Harrison
County, Ind., October
28, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1924,
1932.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died November
3, 1936 (age 81 years, 6
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Afterglow
Vista Mausoleum, Roche Harbor, Wash.
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Nathan Edward Kendall (1868-1936) —
also known as Nathan E. Kendall —
of Albia, Monroe
County, Iowa.
Born near Greenville, Lucas
County, Iowa, March 17,
1868.
Son of Elijah L. Kendall and Lucinda (Stephens) Kendall.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1900-08; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1909-13; Governor of
Iowa, 1921-25.
Congregationalist.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
5, 1936 (age 68 years, 233
days).
Cremated.
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William Henry Wilson (1877-1937) —
also known as William H. Wilson —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1877.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1935-37.
Died in 1937
(age about
60 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Jay Johnson Morrow (1870-1937) —
also known as Jay J. Morrow —
Born in Fairview, Scott
County, Va., February
20, 1870.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1907-08; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1921-24.
Died April 16,
1937 (age 67 years, 55
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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James Norris Gillett (1860-1937) —
also known as James N. Gillett —
of Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Viroqua, Vernon
County, Wis., September
20, 1860.
Son of Cyrus L. Gillett and Sarah J. Gillett.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1897-1901; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1903-06; Governor of
California, 1907-11.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., April 20,
1937 (age 76 years, 212
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.; cenotaph at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Norman Hapgood (1868-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 28,
1868.
Son of Charles H. Hapgood and Fanny Louise (Powers) Hapgood.
Lawyer;
editor, Collier's Weekly magazine,
1903-12; Harper's Weekly, 1913-16; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1919.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 29,
1937 (age 69 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James Henry MacLafferty (1871-1937) —
also known as James H. MacLafferty —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., February
27, 1871.
Son of Rev. B. S. MacLafferty and Antha (Taylor) MacLafferty.
Republican. Lumber
business; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1922-25.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Lions.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 9,
1937 (age 66 years, 102
days).
Cremated.
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James C. Cropsey (1873-1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., 1873.
Son of William Cropsey and Mary Voorhies (Church) Cropsey.
Republican. New York City Police
Commissioner, 1910-11; Kings
County District Attorney, 1912-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1917-37; died in office
1937; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1937; died in office 1937.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died, from a glandular
ailment, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 16,
1937 (age about 63
years).
Cremated.
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Morton Denison Hull (1867-1937) —
also known as Morton D. Hull —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1906-14; member of Illinois
state senate, 1915-21; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1916;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 5th District,
1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1923-33.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., August
20, 1937 (age 70 years, 219
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at First
Unitarian Church, Chicago, Ill.
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William Johnson Graham (1872-1937) —
also known as William J. Graham —
of Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill.
Born near New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., February
7, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Mercer
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-09; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1912;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1915-16; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1917-24; resigned
1924; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1924-37; died in office 1937.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
10, 1937 (age 65 years, 276
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Aledo
Cemetery, Aledo, Ill.
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Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937) —
also known as Frank B. Kellogg —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., December
22, 1856.
Son of Asa F. Kellogg and Abigail (Billings) Kellogg.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Cushman
K. Davis; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1904,
1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1904-12; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; U.S. Ambassador
to Great Britain, 1923-25; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1925-29.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1929.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
21, 1937 (age 80 years, 364
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Milford Wriarson Howard (1862-1937) —
also known as Milford W. Howard —
of Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., February
18, 1862.
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1895-99; novelist;
appeared as an actor
in a silent
movie based on one of his novels; one of the editors of the
conservative magazine
The Awakener in the 1930s.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
28, 1937 (age 75 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sallie
Howard Memorial Chapel, Mentone, Ala.
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George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) —
also known as George W. Anderson —
of Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Acworth, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
1, 1861.
Son of David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1917-18; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took senior
status 1931.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., February
14, 1938 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Montague Lessler (1869-1938) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
1, 1869.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1902-03.
Jewish.
Died February
17, 1938 (age 69 years, 47
days).
Cremated.
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Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) —
also known as Clarence S. Darrow —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kinsman, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 18,
1857.
Son of Amirus Darrow and Emily (Eddy) Darrow.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1896; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-05; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1924.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Defense attorney for, among many others, Patrick Eugene Prendergast,
who murdered Chicago mayor Carter
H. Harrison. In 1911, he was charged
with bribing
jurors in a California case; tried and
acquitted; a second trial
resulted in a hung jury. Famously cross-examined William
Jennings Bryan during the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial.".
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 13,
1938 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Henry Richard Gibson (1837-1938) —
also known as Henry R. Gibson —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Kent Island, Queen Anne's
County, Md., December
24, 1837.
Son of Woolman Gibson and Catherine (Carter) Gibson.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1871-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1872,
1880;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1875-76; law partner of Leonidas
C. Houk, 1876-79; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1895-1905; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1900.
Died May 25,
1938 (age 100 years,
152 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Edward James Livernash (1866-1938) —
also known as Edward James de Nivernais —
of California.
Born in Lower Calveritas, Calaveras
County, Calif., February
14, 1866.
U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1903-05.
Died in Agnew, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 1,
1938 (age 72 years, 107
days).
Cremated.
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Spencer Penrose (1865-1939) —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
2, 1865.
Son of Sarah Hannah (Boies) Penrose (1834-1881) and Richard A. F.
Penrose (c.1827-1908).
Republican. Copper mining
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1904
(alternate), 1916;
promoter and developer of the Pikes Peak region; builder of the
Broadmoor Hotel and
Resort; philanthropist; delegate to
Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., 1939
(age about
73 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Will
Rogers Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) —
of Verona, Essex
County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex
County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., September
5, 1855.
Grocer; invented
and manufactured
the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex
County Freeholder; real estate
business; New York representative for Union Oil Company
of California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital
1924; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27.
Methodist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
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Dan Voorhees Stephens (1868-1939) —
also known as Dan V. Stephens —
of Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb.
Born in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., November
4, 1868.
Son of Richard Lewis Stephens and Martha (Lamkins) Stephens.
Democrat. Farmer; Dodge
County Superintendent of Schools, 1890-94; president, Hammond &
Stephens, educational publishers;
director, Fremont Trust and Savings Bank;
director, Goose Lake Grain and Lumber Co.;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1904,
1908
(delegation chair), 1920,
1924,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1911-19.
Died in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., January
13, 1939 (age 70 years, 70
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas Gedney Patten (1861-1939) —
also known as Thomas G. Patten —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1861.
Son of Thomas Patten and Maria L. (Gedney) Patten.
Democrat. Real estate
business; president, New York and Long Branch Steamboat
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-17 (15th District 1911-13,
18th District 1913-17).
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
23, 1939 (age 77 years, 164
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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William Barker Lymer (1882-1939) —
of Hawaii.
Born in Clarinda, Page
County, Iowa, August
22, 1882.
Hawaii
territory attorney general, 1925-28; U.S.
District Judge for Hawaii, 1928.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died April 13,
1939 (age 56 years, 234
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Samuel Davis Wilson (1881-1939) —
also known as S. Davis Wilson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
31, 1881.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1936-39; died in office 1939; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; twice indicted
by a grand jury in 1938-39 on charges
related to vice and
gambling in Philadelphia; never tried.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis and hypertension,
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
19, 1939 (age 57 years, 353
days).
Cremated.
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Rowland Louis Johnston (1872-1939) —
also known as Rowland L. Johnston —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., April 23,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1892; St.
Louis County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1929-31; defeated,
1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died September
22, 1939 (age 67 years, 152
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Rolla, Mo.
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Elmer Lincoln Fulton (1865-1939) —
also known as Elmer L. Fulton —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Magnolia, Harrison
County, Iowa, April 22,
1865.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1907-09.
Died October
4, 1939 (age 74 years, 165
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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James Wickersham (1857-1939) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.; Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Patoka, Marion
County, Ill., August
24, 1857.
Republican. Probate judge in Washington, 1884-88; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1898; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1900; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1909-17, 1919, 1921,
1931-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska
Territory, 1928.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, October
24, 1939 (age 82 years, 61
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Samuel Ellsworth Winslow (1862-1940) —
also known as Samuel E. Winslow —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 11,
1862.
Son of Samuel
Winslow and Mary Weeks (Robbins) Winslow.
Republican. President, Samuel Winslow Skate
Manufacturing Co.; director, U.S. Envelope Co., State Mutual Life
Assurance Co. of Worcester, Mass., and Mechanics National Bank;
trustee, Worcester City Hospital;
chairman, U.S. Board of Railway Labor Mediation; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1893-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1913-25.
Unitarian.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 11,
1940 (age 78 years, 91
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hope
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Charles Pope Caldwell (1875-1940) —
also known as C. Pope Caldwell —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., June 18,
1875.
Son of Charles G. Caldwell and Mary (Hill) Caldwell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate in
primary for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sunnyside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1940 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Lincoln Loy McCandless (1859-1940) —
also known as Lincoln L. McCandless —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., September
18, 1859.
Mining
business; real estate
business; member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1902-06; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1904;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory, 1933-35; defeated, 1934.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, October
5, 1940 (age 81 years, 17
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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George Arthur Mathews (1852-1941) —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., June 4,
1852.
Mayor
of Brookings, Dakota Territory, 1883-84, 1887-89; member
Dakota territorial council, 1887-88; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1887-88; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1889; mayor
of Brookings, S.Dak., 1897-1903.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 19,
1941 (age 88 years, 319
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.
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Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) —
also known as Louis D. Brandeis —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
13, 1856.
Son of Adolph Brandeis (1822-1906) and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis
(1829-1901).
Lawyer;
law clerk to Justice Horace
Gray, 1879-80; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-39; took senior status 1939.
Jewish.
Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., and the Louis D. Brandeis
School of Law, in Louisville, Ky., are named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
5, 1941 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at University
of Louisville Law School, Louisville, Ky.
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Omer Madison Kem (1855-1942) —
also known as Omer M. Kem —
of Broken Bow, Custer
County, Neb.
Born in Hagerstown, Wayne
County, Ind., November
13, 1855.
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1891-97 (3rd District 1891-93, 6th
District 1893-97); member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1907.
Died February
13, 1942 (age 86 years, 92
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Thomas M. Balliet (1852-1942) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, March 1,
1852.
Son of Nathan Balliet and Sarah Balliet.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; dean, School of Education, New York University,
1904-19; Law Preservation candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1932; Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1942 (age 89 years, 354
days).
Cremated.
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George Ernest Waldo (1851-1942) —
also known as George E. Waldo —
of Ulysses, Butler
County, Neb.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
11, 1851.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1896; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1905-09.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 16,
1942 (age 91 years, 156
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at New
Cemetery, Scotland, Conn.
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Politte Elvins (1878-1943) —
of Elvins, St.
Francois County, Mo.; Bonne Terre, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in French Village, St. Francois
County, Mo., March 16,
1878.
Son of Jesse Mahogan Elvins (1841-1925) and Zelma (Politte) Elvins.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1909-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922-23; member of
Missouri
state house of representatives, 1929-30; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1940.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex., January
14, 1943 (age 64 years, 304
days).
Cremated.
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Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943) —
also known as "Pierrepontifex Maximus" —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1896.
Son of R. Burnham Moffat (1861-1916) and Ellen Low (Pierrepont)
Moffat.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, 1935-37; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1940-43, died in office 1943; Luxembourg, 1941-43, died in office 1943.
Died, following surgery for phlebitis,
in Ottawa, Ontario,
January
24, 1943 (age 46 years, 190
days).
Cremated.
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William Charles Manchester (1873-1943) —
also known as William C. Manchester —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
25, 1873.
Son of Hugh A. Manchester and Rosannah (Aquires) Manchester.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 4th District,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 17,
1943 (age 69 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Caroline Clyde Holt Holly (d. 1943) —
also known as Carrie Holly —
of Colorado.
Member of Colorado state legislature, 1894.
Female.
One of the first
three women state legislators in the U.S.
Died in Castle Rock, Cowlitz
County, Wash., July 16,
1943.
Cremated.
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James Herbert Sinclair (1871-1943) —
also known as James H. Sinclair —
of Kenmare, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Canada,
October
9, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; farmer; real estate
business; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1915; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota, 1919-35 (3rd District 1919-33,
at-large 1933-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died September
5, 1943 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Cremated.
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Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) —
also known as Friend W. Richardson; William
Richardson —
of California.
Born in Michigan, December
1, 1865.
Son of William Richardson and Rhoda (Dye) Richardson.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; California
state treasurer, 1915-23; Governor of
California, 1923-27.
Quaker.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
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Owen C. McAleer (1858-1944) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Liscard, Canada,
1858.
Republican. Mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1904-06.
Member, Elks.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 7,
1944 (age about 85
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Thomas Barbour Crawford (1871-1944) —
also known as Thomas Crawford —
of Centralia, Lewis
County, Wash.; Turlock, Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Born in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland,
September
7, 1871.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif., April 2,
1944 (age 72 years, 208
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Allison De France Gibbs (1868-1945) —
also known as Allison D. Gibbs —
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., April 3,
1868.
Son of Charles W. Gibbs (1840-1915) and Albina Stanhope (De France)
Gibbs (1847-1887).
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine
Islands, 1920.
While a prisoner
of the Japanese during World War II, was killed
by Allied bombing of
the hospital
where he was held, in Baguio, Benguet Province, Philippines,
March
15, 1945 (age 76 years, 346
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif.
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Sebastian Harrison White (1864-1945) —
also known as S. Harrison White —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Maries
County, Mo., December
24, 1864.
Son of Jonah W. White and Cloa Ann (Reader) White.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
District Attorney, 10th District, 1904-08; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1909-19; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1927-29; defeated,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., December
21, 1945 (age 80 years, 362
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John R. MacDonald (1857-1946) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Moretown, Washington
County, Vt., March 30,
1857.
Progressive. Mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1914-15.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Injured in a fall at his
home, and died at Hurley Hospital,
Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., January, 1946
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Avondale
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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William Hickman Moore (1861-1946) —
also known as William H. Moore —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Washington, 1897-1901; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1906-08; defeated, 1910; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1914.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 13,
1946 (age about 84
years).
Cremated.
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Robert Luce (1862-1946) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
2, 1862.
Son of Enos Thompson Luce and Phebe (Learned) Luce.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Boston Mutual Life
Insurance Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1899, 1901-08; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1912-13; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1919-35, 1937-41 (13th
District 1919-33, 9th District 1933-35, 1937-41); defeated, 1934,
1940.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Exchange
Club.
Died April 7,
1946 (age 83 years, 126
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Bross Lloyd (1875-1946) —
also known as William B. Lloyd; "The Millionaire
Socialist" —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
27, 1875.
Son of Henry Demarest Lloyd (social reformer, author) and Jessie
(Bross) Lloyd.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1918; arrested
in downtown Chicago, 1918, for refusing to remove a red
flag from his limo; co-founder of Communist Labor Party, 1919; indicted
for sedition,
1920; represented at trial by
Clarence
Darrow; convicted,
sentenced
to 1-5 years in prison;
his sentence was commuted in 1922.
Died, of cancer, in
the Ritz-Carlton Hotel,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 30,
1946 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Relatives:
Grandson of William
Bross; son of Henry Demarest Lloyd (social reformer, author) and
Jessie (Bross) Lloyd; married to Lola Maverick (divorced 1916) and
Madge Bird. |
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Clarence Dunn Van Duzer (1866-1947) —
also known as Clarence D. Van Duzer —
of Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Nevada, 1866.
Democrat. Member of Nevada state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1903-07.
Died in 1947
(age about
81 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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H. Allen Barton (1893-1947) —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
28, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 27th District, 1931-32; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1932; editor of
Connecticut Bar Journal, 1943-44.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Greenwich Hospital,
Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
5, 1947 (age 53 years, 342
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Union
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Frank Graham Finlayson (1864-1947) —
also known as Frank G. Finlayson —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia,
March
24, 1864.
Son of James Ross Finlayson and Elizabeth (Goodsir) Finlayson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1893-94; superior court judge in California,
1911-19; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1919-26; justice of
California state supreme court, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
9, 1947 (age 82 years, 322
days).
Cremated.
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Edgar Clarence Ellis (1854-1947) —
also known as Edgar C. Ellis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich., October
2, 1854.
Son of Elmer Eugene Ellis and Jane Maria (Halstead) Ellis.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1905-09, 1921-23,
1925-27, 1929-31; defeated, 1922, 1930.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 15,
1947 (age 92 years, 164
days).
Cremated.
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Frederick Augustus Sims (1867-1947) —
also known as Fred A. Sims —
of Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind., October
8, 1867.
Son of James
Noble Sims and Margaret (Allen) Sims (1830-1912).
Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor
of Frankfort, Ind., 1894-98; member of Indiana
Republican State Committee, 1896-1906; secretary of
Indiana Republican Party, 1904-06; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1906-10; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1916.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 20,
1947 (age 79 years, 194
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Son of Smith Nicholas Hawes and Susan Elizabeth (Simrall) Hawes.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1917; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Charles Browne (1875-1947) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1875.
Son of William Hardcastle Browne and Alice (Beaver) Browne.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Princeton, N.J., 1916-23; president, board of trustees,
Princeton Hospital,
1919-23; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1920, 1924; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1936-39; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1940;
director, First National Bank of
Princeton; director, Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
17, 1947 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Cremated.
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Eva McCall Hamilton (1871-1948) —
also known as Eva M. Hamilton —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, St. Clair
County, Mich., December
13, 1871.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1921-22; defeated in primary, 1922.
Female.
First
woman elected to Michigan Senate.
Died, of heart
failure, in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
28, 1948 (age 76 years, 46
days).
Cremated.
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Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948) —
also known as Gertrude Franklin Horn —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., October
30, 1857.
Daughter of Thomas L. Horn and Gertrude (Franklin) Horn.
Democrat. Author;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928.
Female.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 14,
1948 (age 90 years, 228
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) —
also known as Walter G. Andrews —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1889.
Son of William Henry Andrews and Kate (Gresham) Andrews.
Republican. Athletic
coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales
manager; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,
42nd District 1945-49).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hotel at
Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 5,
1949 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
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James William Cherry (1872-1949) —
also known as James W. Cherry —
of Utah; Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Hancock
County, Ill., April 5,
1872.
Son of A. N. Cherry and Mary (Banks) Cherry.
Republican. Justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1923-33; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1929-33.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cardiac asthma, in
Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March 23,
1949 (age 76 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Manti
City Cemetery, Manti, Utah.
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Robert Buech (c.1870-1949) —
also known as Bob Buech —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
about 1870.
Socialist. Tavern
keeper; Milwaukee
County Sheriff; delegate to Socialist National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1920.
German
ancestry.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., May 18,
1949 (age about 79
years).
Cremated.
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Frederick Charles Loofbourow (1874-1949) —
also known as Frederick C. Loofbourow —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa, February
8, 1874.
Republican. State court judge in Utah, 1911; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Utah, 1920
(alternate), 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1930-33.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, July 8,
1949 (age 75 years, 150
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Charles Dewey Hilles (1867-1949) —
also known as Charles D. Hilles —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, June 23,
1867.
Son of Samuel Hilles and Elizabeth (Lee) Hilles.
Republican. Secretary to President William
Howard Taft, 1911-12; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1912-16; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1916
(member, Arrangements
Committee; speaker),
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1924-38; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1925; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Speonk, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
27, 1949 (age 82 years, 65
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Dollie Bell Whiley (died 1949). |
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Thomas Chasteene Townsend (1877-1949) —
also known as T. C. Townsend —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in a log
cabin overlooking the New River, in Mountain Cove, Fayette
County, W.Va., August
14, 1877.
Son of Benjamin Mason Townsend and Julia (Rule) Townsend.
Republican. Lawyer; West
Virginia state tax commissioner, 1908-11, 1929-35; Kanawha
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-17; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention
from West Virginia, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
5, 1949 (age 72 years, 83
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married 1901
to Annie Burdette. |
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William J. McCracken (1878-1949) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., January
31, 1878.
Dentist;
mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1933-41.
Died December
3, 1949 (age 71 years, 306
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of Memories, Oakland, Calif.
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Thomas Ray Hamer (1864-1950) —
also known as Thomas R. Hamer —
of St. Anthony, Fremont
County, Idaho.
Born in Vermont, Fulton
County, Ill., May 4,
1864.
Son of Thomas Hamer.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1896; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Idaho at-large, 1909-11; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Died, from heart
disease, in Butler Rest
Home in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
22, 1950 (age 86 years, 232
days).
Cremated.
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Herbert Seely Bigelow (1870-1951) —
of Mt. Washington, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind., January
4, 1870.
Son of Alpheus A. Bigelow and Emma M. Bigelow.
Democrat. Pastor;
candidate for secretary of
state of Ohio, 1902; delegate to
Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1913-14; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1937-39.
Congregationalist.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
11, 1951 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Harvey Gordon Starkweather (1868-1951) —
also known as Harvey G. Starkweather —
of Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born June 20,
1868.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1928.
Died, from coronary
seclusion and arterial
sclerosis, at Portland General Hospital,
Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., November
13, 1951 (age 83 years, 146
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice M. Risley (died 1920). |
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William Lincoln Higgins (1867-1951) —
also known as William L. Higgins —
of Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Chesterfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1867.
Republican. Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1905; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-12; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1933-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., November
19, 1951 (age 84 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chesterfield
Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Mass.
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W. Wayne Hindman (d. 1952) —
of Clarion
County, Pa.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 26th District, 1915-18; Honorary Vice-President, Democratic National
Convention, 1916.
Died in February, 1952.
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Manuel Herrick (1876-1952) —
Born in Ohio, 1876.
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1918 (Independent), 1922 (Republican primary), 1924 (Republican
primary), 1926 (Republican primary), 1928 (Republican primary), 1930
(Republican primary); candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from California, 1948.
Disappeared
during a Sierra blizzard,
January
11, 1952 (age about 75
years), while on a trip to his mining claim; his body was found
six weeks later, in a snowbank near Quincy, Plumas
County, Calif.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Quincy
Cemetery, Quincy, Calif.
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Ben Wilson Olcott (1872-1952) —
also known as Ben W. Olcott; B. W. Olcott —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Keithsburg, Mercer
County, Ill., October
15, 1872.
Son of Hiram Wallace Olcott and Mary Jane (Wilson) Olcott.
Republican. Miner; secretary of
state of Oregon, 1911-20; appointed 1911; resigned 1920; Governor of
Oregon, 1919-23; president, American Savings Bank, Long
Beach, 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 21,
1952 (age 79 years, 280
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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Irvin Elmer Rockwell (1862-1952) —
also known as Irvin E. Rockwell;
"Rock" —
of Bellevue, Blaine
County, Idaho.
Born in Sun Prairie, Dane
County, Wis., December
25, 1862.
Republican. Member of Idaho
state senate, 1915-19, 1929-30; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho, 1916
(alternate), 1932,
1936
(alternate).
Christian
Scientist. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Successfully advocated for the American Falls dam project on the
Snake River.
Died in Bellevue, Blaine
County, Idaho, September
22, 1952 (age 89 years, 272
days).
Cremated.
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Walter Marcus Pierce (1861-1954) —
also known as Walter M. Pierce —
of La Grande, Union
County, Ore.
Born near Morris, Grundy
County, Ill., May 30,
1861.
Democrat. Member of Oregon
state senate, 1903; Governor of
Oregon, 1923-27; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1933-43; defeated, 1928;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1940.
Member, Grange.
Died March 27,
1954 (age 92 years, 301
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) —
also known as Ruth Bryan; Ruth Bryan Rohde; Mrs.
Borge Rohde —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
2, 1885.
Daughter of William
Jennings Bryan and Mary Elizabeth (Baird) Bryan (1861-1930).
Democrat. Lecturer;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1929-33; U.S. Minister
to Denmark, 1933-36.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Delta
Gamma.
first
woman to be elected to Congress from the South; inducted 1992 into
the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame.
Died in Copenhagen, Denmark,
July
26, 1954 (age 68 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Ordrup
Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Daniel Alexander Sutherland (1869-1955) —
also known as Dan A. Sutherland —
of Ruby, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Pleasant Bay, Nova
Scotia, April 17,
1869.
Republican. Member of Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1913-22; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1921-31.
Died in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., March 24,
1955 (age 85 years, 341
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Paul's Church Cemetery, Elkins Park, Pa.
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Harold Sumner Tolley (1894-1956) —
also known as Harold S. Tolley —
of New York.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1894.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1925-27.
Died in 1956
(age about
62 years).
Cremated.
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Paul Linton Patterson (1900-1956) —
also known as Paul L. Patterson —
of Washington
County, Ore.
Born July 18,
1900.
Republican. Governor of
Oregon, 1952-56; died in office 1956.
Died January
31, 1956 (age 55 years, 197
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Helen Douglas Mankin (1896-1956) —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
11, 1896.
Member of Georgia state legislature, 1937; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1946-47; defeated
(Independent), 1946.
Female.
Died, as the result of an automobile
accident, near College Park, Fulton
County, Ga., July 25,
1956 (age 59 years, 318
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas Millet Hand (1902-1956) —
also known as T. Millet Hand —
of Cape May, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Cape May, Cape May
County, N.J., July 7,
1902.
Son of Albert Reeves Hand and Sarah (Millet) Hand.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; vice-chair of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1941-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1945-56; died in
office 1956.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died in Cold Spring, Cape May
County, N.J., December
26, 1956 (age 54 years, 172
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cold
Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cold Spring, N.J.
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John H. Muyskens (1887-1957) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, September
3, 1887.
Son of Henry H. Muyskens and Tietje (Cupido) Muyskens.
Democrat. University
professor; candidate in primary for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1935; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936.
Died, from uremia, in
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
10, 1957 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary G. Groen. |
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Harry Emerson Pratt (1884-1957) —
also known as Harry E. Pratt —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Norton, Norton
County, Kan., January
26, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1925-28; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1935-57.
Died December
14, 1957 (age 73 years, 322
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fairbanks
Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878-1958) —
also known as Alvan T. Fuller —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
27, 1878.
Son of Alvan Bond Fuller and Flora A. (Tufts) Fuller.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1917-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 30,
1958 (age 80 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at East
Cemetery, Rye Beach, Rye, N.H.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Son of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English,
German,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope (1872-1957;
president of General Electric, 1922-39); married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell (1890-1967). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Lathrop Brown (1883-1959) —
of St. James, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Montauk, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1883.
Son of Charles S. Brown and Lucy Nevins (Barnes) Brown.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1913-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., November
28, 1959 (age 76 years, 275
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Manasota
Memorial Park, Sarasota, Fla.
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Ralph Ashley Horr (1884-1960) —
also known as Ralph A. Horr —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Saybrook, McLean
County, Ill., August
12, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1931-33; candidate
in primary for U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1934; candidate in primary for Governor of
Washington, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Washington, 1940;
candidate in primary for mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1948.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., January
26, 1960 (age 75 years, 167
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest
Burial Park, Kent, Wash.
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Leigh Jarvis Young (1883-1960) —
also known as Leigh J. Young —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born March 31,
1883.
Son of David Whitcomb Young and Mary (Jarvis) Young.
Republican. University
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1941-45.
Died, of heart
disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
24, 1960 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances Speed Graham. |
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James Albert Rodman (died c.1961) —
also known as James A. Rodman —
of Kimball, Kimball
County, Neb.; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
developer; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1948.
Died about 1961.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helen Lawrence. |
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Justin Leroy Johnson (1888-1961) —
also known as J. Leroy Johnson —
of Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., April 8,
1888.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1936,
1948
(alternate), 1952;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1943-57 (3rd District 1943-53,
11th District 1953-57).
Died in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., March 26,
1961 (age 72 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Casa
Bonita Mausoleum, Stockton, Calif.
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Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. (1884-1961) —
also known as Herbert C. Pell, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
16, 1884.
Son of Herbert Claiborne Pell and Katherine Lorillard (Kernochan)
Pell.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920; New
York Democratic state chair, 1921-26; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1924;
U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1937-41; Hungary, 1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Phi.
Died in Munich (München), Germany,
July
17, 1961 (age 77 years, 151
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962) —
also known as J. Leighton Stuart —
of New York.
Born in Hangchow (Hangzhou), China of
American parents, June 24,
1876.
U.S. Ambassador to China, 1946-49.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in 1962
(age about
86 years).
Cremated.
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Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August 5,
1875.
Son of William
Henry Bliss and Annie Louise (Woods) Bliss.
U.S. Consul in Venice, 1903; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1923-27; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1927-33.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service. Donated his Georgetown
estate, Dumbarton Oaks, to Harvard University in 1940; after the war,
it was the scene of the conference that led to the creation of the
United Nations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 19,
1962 (age 86 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Dumbarton
Oaks Rose Garden, Washington, D.C.
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James Taliaferro Garrett (1865-1962) —
also known as J. T. Garrett —
of Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va.
Born in Putnam
County, W.Va., October
9, 1865.
Son of John H. Garrett and Martha (Hill) Garrett.
School
teacher; insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1933-36.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., May 24,
1962 (age 96 years, 227
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hurricane Cemetery, Hurricane, W.Va.
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Charles Pembroke Nelson (1907-1962) —
also known as Charles P. Nelson —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, July 2,
1907.
Son of John
Edward Nelson.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of
Augusta, Maine, 1947-48; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1949-57.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 8,
1962 (age 54 years, 341
days).
Cremated.
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Stanley Myer Isaacs (1882-1962) —
also known as Stanley M. Isaacs —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
27, 1882.
Son of Myer S. Isaacs and Maria (Solomon) Isaacs.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
investor; builder;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1938-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1962 (age 79 years, 288
days).
Cremated.
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William Stiles Bennet (1870-1962) —
also known as William S. Bennet —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Port Jervis, Orange
County, N.Y., November
9, 1870.
Son of James Bennet and Alice Leonora (Stiles) Bennet.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1901-02;
municipal judge in New York, 1903; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1905-11, 1915-17 (17th District
1905-11, 23rd District 1915-17); defeated, 1910, 1916, 1936, 1944;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Moose;
Delta
Chi.
Died in Falkirk Hospital,
Central Valley, Orange
County, N.Y., December
1, 1962 (age 92 years, 22
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Ulysses Stevens Stone (1878-1962) —
also known as Ulysses S. Stone —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born near Weldon, DeWitt
County, Ill., December
17, 1878.
Republican. Candidate in primary for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1918; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1929-31; defeated,
1922.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., December
8, 1962 (age 83 years, 356
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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John Stanley Webster (1877-1962) —
also known as J. Stanley Webster —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., February
22, 1877.
Republican. Superior court judge in Washington, 1909-16; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1916-18; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1919-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1923-39.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., December
24, 1962 (age 85 years, 305
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakesdale
Cemetery, Oakesdale, Wash.
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Jessica McCullough Weis (1901-1963) —
also known as Jessica McCullough; Mrs. Charles W. Weis,
Jr. —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1901.
Daughter of Charles H. McCullough, Jr. and Jessie (Martin)
McCullough.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1944-63; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1959-63.
Female.
Member, Junior
League.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 1,
1963 (age 61 years, 297
days).
Cremated.
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Roy William Wier (1888-1963) —
also known as Roy W. Wier —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., February
25, 1888.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1933-39; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1949-61; defeated,
1946, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1960.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 27,
1963 (age 75 years, 122
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Abbot Augustus Low (1889-1963) —
also known as A. Augustus Low; Gus Low —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Sabattis, Hamilton
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August 1,
1889.
Son of Abbot Augustus Low (died 1912) and Marian (Ward) Low.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,
Old Forge Electric
Company, 1928-37; president, Utica Gas and
Electric Company, 1934-36; executive vice-president, Brooklyn
Edison, and vice-president of its successor, Consolidated Edison
Company of New York, electric
utilities; chair of
Hamilton County Republican Party, 1930-42, 1955; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 35th District, 1938;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1963 (age 74 years, 115
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Hamilton County, N.Y.
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Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
November
15, 1882.
Son of Leopold Frankfurter and Emma (Winter) Frankfurter.
Law
professor; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-62.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died the next day, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1965 (age 82 years, 99
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Zachariah Joshua Loussac (1883-1965) —
also known as Z. J. Loussac —
of Anchorage,
Alaska; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Pokrov, Russia,
July
13, 1883.
Democrat. Druggist;
philanthropist; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
The Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage is named for
him.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 15,
1965 (age 81 years, 245
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Angelus
Memorial Park, Anchorage, Alaska.
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William Casey Marland (1918-1965) —
also known as William C. Marland —
of Glen Rogers, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Johnston City, Williamson
County, Ill., March 26,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1948-52; Governor of
West Virginia, 1953-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Lambda
Chi Alpha; United
Mine Workers; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Barrington, Cook
County, Ill., November
26, 1965 (age 47 years, 245
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Lester D. Summerfield (d. 1966) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Republican
National Committee from Nevada, 1937.
Died in 1966.
Cremated.
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Joseph Russell Knowland (1873-1966) —
also known as Joseph R. Knowland —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., August 5,
1873.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of California
state assembly, 1899-1903; member of California
state senate, 1903-04; U.S.
Representative from California, 1904-15 (3rd District 1904-13,
6th District 1913-15); candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1914; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1916
(alternate), 1920,
1928,
1932,
1944.
Died of pneumonia
in Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif., February
1, 1966 (age 92 years, 180
days).
Cremated.
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Newbold Morris (1902-1966) —
also known as Augustus Newbold Morris —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1902.
Son of Col. Newbold Morris and Helen Schermerhorn (Kingsland) Morris.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1945, 1949 (Republican); New York City
Parks Commissioner, 1960-66.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 31,
1966 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Charles Alvin Jones (1887-1966) —
also known as Charles A. Jones —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Newport, Perry
County, Pa., August
27, 1887.
Son of Alvin Jones and Mary (Sheats) Jones.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1938; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1939-44; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1945-61; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1956-61.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from a brain
tumor, May 22,
1966 (age 78 years, 268
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Relatives: Son
of Alvin Jones and Mary (Sheats) Jones; married to Isabella Arrott;
father of Charles Jones (World War II flyer; missing in action in the
Philippines, 1945). |
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Arthur G. McDowell (d. 1966) —
of Illinois.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1936; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1940; Director of
Government, Education, and Civic Affairs for the Upholsterers' Union
of North America.
Died in a one-car
accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, near York, York
County, Pa., October
6, 1966.
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Carl R. Henry (1887-1966) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich., November
17, 1887.
Son of Charles
Roswell Henry.
Democrat. Lawyer; Alpena
County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Alpena County, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1928; candidate for
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1930.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
13, 1966 (age 79 years, 26
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) —
also known as Walt Disney; "Uncle
Walt" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
5, 1901.
Son of Elias Disney (1859-1941) and Flora (Call) Disney (1868-1938).
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1944.
Irish
ancestry.
Producer
or director
of several hundred films
from 1922 until the 1960s; creator and first voice of Mickey Mouse;
founder of Disney entertainment company and of Disneyland, the
world's first
theme park; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964. In honor of his
invention of the multiplane camera, he is an inductee to the National
Inventors Hall of
Fame.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
15, 1966 (age 65 years, 10
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue erected 1993 at Disneyland,
Anaheim, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married, July 13,
1925, to Lillian Marie Bounds (1899-1997). |
| | | Cross-reference: George
J. Mitchell |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Walt Disney: Richard
Schickel, The
Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt
Disney — Leonard Mosley, Disney's
World: A Biography — Katherine Greene & Richard
Greene, The
Man Behind the Magic: The Story of Walt Disney — Bob
Thomas, Walt
Disney: An American Original — Jean-Pierre Isbouts, Discovering
Walt: The Magical Life of Walt Disney (for young
readers) |
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Robert Lee Davis (1893-1967) —
also known as Robert L. Davis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
29, 1893.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1928,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1932-33; Pinellas
County Commissioner, 1962-67.
Died in Timonium, Baltimore
County, Md., May 5,
1967 (age 73 years, 188
days).
Cremated.
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George Lincoln Rockwell (1918-1967) —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 9,
1918.
Son of George Lovejoy 'Doc' Rockwell (vaudeville and radio comedian)
and Claire (Schade) Rockwell.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean conflict; founder, in 1959, of the National
Committee to Free America from Jewish
Domination (later known as the American Nazi
Party); arrested
at various demonstrations
during the 1960s; American Nazi candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1965.
Shot
and killed by
a sniper, later identified as John Patler, while driving his
car in the parking lot of Dominion Hills Shopping
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., August
25, 1967 (age 49 years, 169
days); Patler was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 20
years in prison. Rockwell's funeral procession was not allowed into
Culpeper National Cemetery because of Nazi emblems worn by his
supporters.
Cremated.
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Hanford MacNider (1889-1968) —
also known as Jack MacNider —
of Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa.
Born in Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa, October
2, 1889.
Son of Charles Henry MacNider and May (Hanford) MacNider.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1924,
1948;
U.S. Minister to Canada, 1930-32; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1932;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940;
general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., February
18, 1968 (age 78 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Frank Thomas Starkey (1892-1968) —
also known as Frank T. Starkey —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
18, 1892.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 38th District, 1922-33; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1945-47; defeated
(Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1946; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1952.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 14,
1968 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Jouett Shouse (1879-1968) —
of Kinsley, Edwards
County, Kan.
Born in Midway, Woodford
County, Ky., December
10, 1879.
Democrat. Member of Kansas
state senate, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1915-19; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1920,
1924.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 2,
1968 (age 88 years, 175
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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John Ker Davis (1882-1969) —
also known as John K. Davis —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born, in Soochow (Suzhou), China,
of American parents, March 5,
1882.
Son of John Wright Davis and Alice Irene (Schmucker) Davis.
Interpreter;
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1910-13; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Canton, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Chefoo, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Antung, 1915-19; Nanking, 1919-27; U.S. Consul General in London, 1928-30; Seoul, 1930-34; Vancouver, 1934-38.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in July, 1969
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) —
also known as Charles A. Sprague —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., November
12, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; Governor of
Oregon, 1939-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Rotary.
Died March 13,
1969 (age 81 years, 121
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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Percival Proctor Baxter (1876-1969) —
also known as Percival P. Baxter —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
22, 1876.
Son of James
Phinney Baxter and Mehetabel Cummings (Proctor) Baxter.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1905-06,
1917-20; member of Maine
state senate, 1909-10; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1920,
1924,
1928;
Governor
of Maine, 1921-25.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 12,
1969 (age 92 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Ralph Edward Flanders (1880-1970) —
also known as Ralph E. Flanders —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., September
28, 1880.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1946-59.
Congregationalist.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Died in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., February
19, 1970 (age 89 years, 144
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Summer
Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.
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Homer Truett Bone (1883-1970) —
also known as Homer T. Bone —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., January
25, 1883.
Lawyer;
Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1920; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1923-24; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1940;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1944-56; took
senior status 1956.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., March 11,
1970 (age 87 years, 45
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Ellsworth Brewer Buck (1892-1970) —
also known as Ellsworth B. Buck —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 3,
1892.
Son of Orlando Jacob Buck and Lillian Louisa (Brewer) Buck.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; business
executive; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1944-49 (11th District 1944-45,
16th District 1945-49); shot
and seriously wounded, by Charles Van Newkirk, at the Richmond
Borough Hall, April 5, 1949; chair of
Richmond County Republican Party, 1951-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1952.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Elks; American
Legion.
Died in Stephenson town, Marinette
County, Wis., August
14, 1970 (age 78 years, 42
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Thunder
Mountain Ranch Cemetery, Stephenson town, Marinette County, Wis.
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Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970) —
also known as Edgar W. Hiestand —
of Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1888.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1953-63; defeated,
1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1960.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary; John
Birch Society.
Died, of a kidney
infection and pneumonia,
at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1970 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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George Austin Welsh (1878-1970) —
also known as George A. Welsh —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born near Bay View, Cecil
County, Md., August 9,
1878.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1923-32; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1932-57;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1934.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Media, Delaware
County, Pa., October
22, 1970 (age 92 years, 74
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) —
also known as William L. Dawson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., April 26,
1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died in
office 1970.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1970 (age 84 years, 197
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Griffin
Funeral Home Columbarium, Chicago, Ill.
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John Parnell Thomas (1895-1970) —
also known as J. Parnell Thomas —
of Allendale, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
16, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1935-37; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1937-50; defeated,
1954.
Pleaded no
contest to embezzlement;
resigned
from Congress and sentenced
to prison.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
19, 1970 (age 75 years, 307
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Stonington, Conn.
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Nan Wood Honeyman (1881-1970) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., July 15,
1881.
Democrat. Delegate to
Oregon state constitutional convention, 1933; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1935-37; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1937-39; defeated, 1938;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1940;
member of Oregon
state senate, 1941-42; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1946-51.
Female.
Died in Woodacre, Marin
County, Calif., December
10, 1970 (age 89 years, 148
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Fritz Norby (1892-1971) —
of Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont.
Born in Ada, Norman
County, Minn., October
15, 1892.
Mayor
of Great Falls, Mont., 1945-47; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1951-59.
Died in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., July 4,
1971 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Cremated.
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Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) —
also known as Dick Donovan —
of California.
Born in New Rochelle Hospital,
New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
24, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;
died in office 1971.
Catholic;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis.
A California state prison was named for
him.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, at Chula Vista Community Hospital,
Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., November
21, 1971 (age 45 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Carl Trumbull Hayden (1877-1972) —
also known as Carl Hayden —
of Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Hayden's Ferry (now Tempe), Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
2, 1877.
Son of Sallie Calvert (Davis) Hayden and Charles Trumbull Hayden
(1925-1900).
Democrat. Flour mill
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona
Territory, 1904;
Maricopa
County Treasurer, 1905-06; Maricopa
County Sheriff, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1912-27; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1927-69.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Served a record 56 consecutive years in Congress.
Died in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
25, 1972 (age 94 years, 115
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Double
Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Ariz.
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Son of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington (divorced 1945); married, August 1,
1945, to Hazel Scott (divorced 1960); married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
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Edward Wheeler Goss (1893-1972) —
also known as Edward W. Goss —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., April 27,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; manufacturer;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1926-28; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1928,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1930-35; defeated,
1934.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., December
27, 1972 (age 79 years, 244
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Charles Robert Howell (1904-1973) —
also known as Charles R. Howell —
of Pennington, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1904.
Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1949-55; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in 1973
(age about
69 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Bernard Anthony Gufler (1903-1973) —
also known as Bernard Gufler —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., June 1,
1903.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Riga, 1930-32; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1959-61; Finland, 1961-63.
Died in 1973
(age about
70 years).
Cremated.
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Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973) —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1912.
Son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) and Abby (Aldrich)
Rockefeller.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1961; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1964
(delegation chair), 1972
(delegation co-chair); Governor of
Arkansas, 1967-71; Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Urban
League; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died of lung
cancer or pancreatic
cancer, Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., February
22, 1973 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) —
also known as William Benton —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 1,
1900.
Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton.
Democrat. Advertising
business; introduced sound effects into television commercials;
popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,
University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,
1945-47; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is
named
for him.
Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1973 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Dalip Singh Saund (1899-1973) —
also known as D. S. Saund —
of Westmorland, Imperial
County, Calif.
Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India,
September
20, 1899.
Son of Natha Singh Saund and Jeoni (Kaur) Saund.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer; fertilizer
dealer; state court judge in California, 1952-57; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960;
U.S.
Representative from California 29th District, 1957-63.
Indian
subcontinent ancestry. Member, Lions; Toastmasters.
First
native of India to be elected to a U.S. public office.
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 22,
1973 (age 73 years, 214
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Thomas Woodnutt Miller (1886-1973) —
also known as Thomas W. Miller —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 26,
1886.
Son of Charles
Robert Miller and Abigail Morgan (Woodnutt) Miller.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Delaware, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1915-17; defeated, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Phi.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., May 5,
1973 (age 86 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Thomas Ryum Amlie (1897-1973) —
also known as Thomas R. Amlie —
of Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis.
Born in Griggs
County, N.Dak., April 17,
1897.
Son of Paul William Amlie and Julia (Ryum) Amlie.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1931-33, 1935-39.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., August
22, 1973 (age 76 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sunset
Memory Gardens, Madison, Wis.
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Clarence James Henry (1902-1973) —
also known as Clarence J. Henry; Cass
Henry —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
15, 1902.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1961-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in a hospital
at Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
23, 1973 (age 71 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Roy Harrison McVicker (1924-1973) —
also known as Roy H. McVicker —
of Colorado.
Born in Edgewater, Jefferson
County, Colo., February
20, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Colorado
state senate, 1956-64; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1965-67.
Methodist.
Died, of amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's
disease), in Westminster, Adams
County, Colo., September
15, 1973 (age 49 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Charles McKevett Teague (1909-1974) —
also known as Charles M. Teague —
of Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif., September
18, 1909.
Son of Charles C. Teague and Harriet (McKevett) Teague.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 13th District, 1955-74; died in
office 1974; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1956.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died of a heart
attack in Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif., January
1, 1974 (age 64 years, 105
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Santa
Paula Cemetery, Santa Paula, Calif.
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Charles Grosvenor Bond (1877-1974) —
also known as Charles G. Bond —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 29,
1877.
Son of William W. Bond and Frances (Currier) Bond.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., January
10, 1974 (age 96 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at West
Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
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William Fife Knowland (1908-1974) —
also known as William F. Knowland —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., June 26,
1908.
Son of Joseph
Russell Knowland.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1933-35; member of California
state senate, 1935-39; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1964
(delegation chair); member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1938-42; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from California, 1945-59; candidate for Governor of
California, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound at his summer home near Guerneville, Sonoma
County, Calif., February
23, 1974 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Lewis Williams Douglas (1894-1974) —
also known as Lewis W. Douglas —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Sonoita, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.
Born in Bisbee, Cochise
County, Ariz., July 2,
1894.
Son of James Stuart Douglas and Josephine Leah (Williams) Douglas.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1923-25; U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1927-33; director of the
U.S. Budget, 1933-34; vice-president and director, American Cyanamid
Co., 1934-38; president, Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York, 1940-47; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1947-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 7,
1974 (age 79 years, 248
days).
Cremated.
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Ernest Henry Gruening (1887-1974) —
also known as Ernest Gruening; "Mr.
Alaska" —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1887.
Son of Emil Gruening and Phebe (Fridenberg) Gruening.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; writer; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1939-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1959-69; defeated, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska, 1972.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Leader in drive to gain statehood for Alaska. One of only two
Senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave
President Johnson authority to escalate the Vietnam War.
Died of cancer in
Washington,
D.C., June 26,
1974 (age 87 years, 140
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Charles Marion LaFollette (1898-1974) —
also known as Charles M. LaFollette —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., February
27, 1898.
Son of Harry C. LaFollette and Marian (Allis) LaFollette.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927; general
counsel, Central Labor Union (AFL) of Evansville, 1934-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1943-47.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 27,
1974 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Locust
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Francis Eugene Worley (1908-1974) —
also known as Eugene Worley —
of Shamrock, Wheeler
County, Tex.
Born in Lone Wolf, Kiowa
County, Okla., October
10, 1908.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1935-40; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1941-50; resigned 1950;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1950-59.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., December
17, 1974 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jesse Ormondroyd (1897-1975) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
7, 1897.
Son of Herbert Ormondroyd and Jeannette (Wrighton) Ormondroyd.
Democrat. Professor
of mechanical
engineering, University of Michigan; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1953.
Died, following a stroke, at
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
6, 1975 (age 77 years, 364
days).
Cremated.
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Clarence Evans Kilburn (1893-1975) —
also known as Clarence E. Kilburn —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., April 13,
1893.
Son of Frederick
D. Kilburn and Clara (Berry) Kilburn.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940-65 (31st District 1940-45,
34th District 1945-53, 33rd District 1953-63, 31st District 1963-65).
Methodist.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Elks; Freemasons.
Died May 20,
1975 (age 82 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Morningside
Cemetery, Malone, N.Y.
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John Henry Ray (1886-1975) —
also known as John H. Ray —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., September
27, 1886.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1953-63; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1964.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 21,
1975 (age 88 years, 236
days).
Cremated.
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Walter Stephan Baring, Jr. (1911-1975) —
also known as Walter S. Baring, Jr. —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Goldfield, Esmeralda
County, Nev., September
9, 1911.
Son of Walter Stephen Baring and Emilie Louise (Froelich) Baring.
Democrat. Furniture
business; chair of
Washoe County Democratic Party, 1936; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1936-42; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1949-53, 1957-73; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1952,
1956.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions; Eagles; Sertoma.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
1975 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Paul A. Rothfuss (c.1894-1975) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born about 1894.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940.
Died August
13, 1975 (age about 81
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Montoursville
Cemetery, Montoursville, Pa.
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Donald Holman McLean (1884-1975) —
also known as Donald H. McLean —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 18,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1933-45; Judge, New Jersey Court of
Errors and Appeals, 1945-48; superior court judge in New Jersey,
1948-54.
Episcopalian.
Died, in Fanny Allen Hospital,
Winooski, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
19, 1975 (age 91 years, 154
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Vail
Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
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Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) —
also known as Irving C. Velson; Irving Charles
Shavelson; Charles Wilson; "Nick";
"Shavey" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 3,
1913.
Son of Clara
Shavelson.
Machinist;
boilermaker;
shipfitter;
president,
Local 13, Shipbuilders
Union; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify before
Congressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities,
including efforts to infiltrate
the U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answer
questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination;
as a result, he was "barred for
life" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served as international
representative for the (West Coast) International Longshoreman's
and Warehousemen's Union.
Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the World
War II era), released in 1995, show that he was an agent
for Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick".
Died in 1976
(age about
63 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay.
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Daniel Scofield Earhart (1907-1976) —
also known as Daniel S. Earhart —
of Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 28,
1907.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio at-large, 1935-37; Presidential Elector
for Ohio, 1940.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
2, 1976 (age 68 years, 219
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Thomas Byron Miller (1896-1976) —
of Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., August
11, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1942-45;
defeated, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 20,
1976 (age 79 years, 222
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Robert Likens Condon (1912-1976) —
also known as Robert Condon —
of Walnut Creek, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., November
10, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1948-52; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1952;
U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1953-55; defeated,
1954.
Died in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa
County, Calif., June 3,
1976 (age 63 years, 206
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Oliver Jesse Carter (1911-1976) —
also known as Oliver Carter —
of Redding, Shasta
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April 7,
1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1941-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1948;
California
Democratic state chair, 1949; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1950.
Died June 14,
1976 (age 65 years, 68
days).
Cremated.
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Ralph Julian Rivers (1903-1976) —
also known as Ralph J. Rivers —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 23,
1903.
Son of Julian Guy Rivers and Louisa (Lavoy) Rivers.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1933-44; Alaska
territory attorney general, 1945-49; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1952-54; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952;
member of Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1955-56; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1959-67; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960.
Member, Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Chehalis, Lewis
County, Wash., August
14, 1976 (age 73 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Chehalis, Wash.
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Frederick Henry Mueller (1893-1976) —
also known as Frederick H. Mueller —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
22, 1893.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1945-57; appointed 1945; defeated,
1957; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1959-61; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died August
31, 1976 (age 82 years, 283
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Graceland
Mausoleum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) —
also known as Paul H. Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March 26,
1892.
Son of James Howard Douglas and Annie (Smith) Douglas.
Democrat. University
professor; economist;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1966.
Unitarian
or Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1976 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Ned Romeyn Healy (1905-1977) —
also known as Ned R. Healy —
of California.
Born in Wisconsin, 1905.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 13th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946, 1948.
Died in 1977
(age about
72 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Carleton James King (1904-1977) —
of New York.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 15,
1904.
Republican. State court judge in New York, 1936-41; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1961-75 (31st District 1961-63,
30th District 1963-73, 29th District 1973-75).
Died November
19, 1977 (age 73 years, 157
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John William Chapman (1894-1978) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Crete, Saline
County, Neb., September
8, 1894.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1953-61; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1978
(age about
83 years).
Cremated.
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Karl E. Pauli (1891-1978) —
also known as "Bumpa" —
of Ohio.
Born August
26, 1891.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1920.
Died in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich., January
1, 1978 (age 86 years, 128
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Brigham
Cemetery, Erie, Mich.
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Lee Warren Metcalf (1911-1978) —
also known as Lee Metcalf —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Stevensville, Ravalli
County, Mont., January
28, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1946-52; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1953-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1961-78; died in office 1978.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., January
12, 1978 (age 66 years, 349
days).
Cremated.
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William Henry Stevenson (1891-1978) —
also known as William H. Stevenson —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis., September
23, 1891.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1941-49; defeated,
1948.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., March 19,
1978 (age 86 years, 177
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Onalaska
Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis.
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George John Urban (1906-1978) —
also known as George J. Urban —
of South Euclid, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 14,
1906.
Republican. Mayor
of South Euclid, Ohio, 1948-72.
Methodist.
German
and Czech
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died, of cancer, in
a nursing
home at Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., March 25,
1978 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Knollwood
Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
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Errett Power Scrivner (1898-1978) —
also known as Errett P. Scrivner —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., March 20,
1898.
Son of Rev. William Henry Scrivner and Nancy Etta (West) Scrivner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1943-59.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., May 5,
1978 (age 80 years, 46
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Florida
Memorial Gardens, Rockledge, Fla.
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Herman Carl Andersen (1897-1978) —
also known as H. Carl Andersen —
of Tyler, Lincoln
County, Minn.
Born in Newcastle, King
County, Wash., January
27, 1897.
Son of C. C. Andersen and Lorena (Nielsen) Andersen.
Republican. Farmer; civil
engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1939-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1960.
Lutheran.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., July 26,
1978 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Danebod
Lutheran Cemetery, Tyler, Minn.
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Phillip Colgan Ferguson (1903-1978) —
also known as Phil Ferguson —
of Woodward, Woodward
County, Okla.
Born in Wellington, Sumner
County, Kan., August
15, 1903.
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1935-41; served in the
U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1948;
Republican candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1960.
Died in Tijuana, Baja
California, August 8,
1978 (age 74 years, 358
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Talbot Smith (1899-1978) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., October
11, 1899.
Son of Franklin Campbell Smith and Mary (Majors) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1955-61; defeated, 1953; appointed
1955; resigned 1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of heart
disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
21, 1978 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Cremated.
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John Baker Hollister (1890-1979) —
also known as John B. Hollister —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1931-37; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1979
(age about
89 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Malcolm R. Arnold (1909-1979) —
also known as Mack Arnold —
of Bloomingrose, Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Racine, Boone
County, W.Va., April 7,
1909.
Son of John Arnold and Evaline (McCutcheon) Arnold.
Democrat. School
principal; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Boone County, 1941; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1941.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Redmen;
United
Mine Workers.
Died in October, 1979
(age 70
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) —
also known as Nelson A. Rockefeller;
"Rocky" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bar Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine, July 8,
1908.
Son of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) and Abby (Aldrich)
Rockefeller (1874-1948).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); Governor of
New York, 1959-73; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964,
1968;
Vice
President of the United States, 1974-77.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Pythias.
Participated in the founding of the United Nations; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1977.
Died, of a massive heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1979 (age 70 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Pocantico
Hills Estate, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Harry Pulliam Cain (1906-1979) —
also known as Harry P. Cain —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
10, 1906.
Republican. Mayor of
Tacoma, Wash., 1940; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1946-53; defeated, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Phi
Delta Theta; Eagles; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March 3,
1979 (age 73 years, 52
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Corinne Boyd Riley (1893-1979) —
also known as Corinne Anderson Boyd —
of South Carolina.
Born in Piedmont, Greenville
County, S.C., July 4,
1893.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1962-63.
Female.
Died in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., April 12,
1979 (age 85 years, 282
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sumter
Cemetery, Sumter, S.C.
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Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) —
also known as A. Philip Randolph —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., April 15,
1889.
Son of James William Randolph and Elizabeth (Robinson) Randolph.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924; organizer,
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; vice-president,
AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Civil
Liberties Union; United
World Federalists.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.
Died May 16,
1979 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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John Bayne Breckinridge (1913-1979) —
also known as John B. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
29, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 49th District, 1956-59; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1960-64, 1968-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1971; defeated, 1963; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1973-79; defeated in
primary, 1978.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 29,
1979 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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George Evan Howell (1905-1980) —
also known as Evan Howell —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Illinois, 1905.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1941-49; defeated in
primary, 1938.
Died in 1980
(age about
75 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Mary J. Starcevic (c.1886-1980) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; California.
Born about 1886.
Socialist Labor candidate for University
of Illinois trustee, 1936; Socialist Labor candidate for
Presidential Elector for California, 1972.
Female.
Died in Paramount, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1980
(age about
94 years).
Cremated.
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Harold Hinsdill Smedley (1893-1980) —
also known as Harold H. Smedley; Dike
Smedley —
of Michigan.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., September
29, 1893.
Son of Charles Osmer Smedley (1856-1926) and Lillian M. (Hinsdill)
Smedley.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1925-26; defeated in primary, 1926.
Four time national flyrod accuracy champion; considered to be one of
the best flyrod fishermen in the country.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November, 1980
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney (1902-1980) —
also known as A. S. Mike Monroney —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., March 2,
1902.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1939-51; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1951-69; defeated, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1952,
1956.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., February
13, 1980 (age 77 years, 348
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) —
also known as Alice Roosevelt Longworth; Alice Lee
Roosevelt; "Princess Alice" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1884.
Daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt (1861-1884).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936,
1940;
newspaper
columnist.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
emphysema,
and cardiac
arrest, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1980 (age 96 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; great-grandniece of James
I. Roosevelt; grandniece of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt (1861-1884);
married, February
17, 1906, to Nicholas
Longworth; first cousin of Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt, Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles; half-sister of Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.; first cousin once removed of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alice Roosevelt Longworth:
Carol Felsenthal, Princess
Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt
Longworth |
| | | Image source: Time magazine, February
7, 1927 |
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Samuel Harrison Coon (1903-1980) —
also known as Sam Coon —
of Baker
County, Ore.
Born in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, April 15,
1903.
Republican. Member of Oregon state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1953-57; defeated, 1956.
Died in Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif., May 8,
1980 (age 77 years, 23
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Thomas Augustus Pickett (1906-1980) —
also known as Tom Pickett —
of Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex.
Born in Travis, Falls
County, Tex., August
14, 1906.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1945-52; resigned 1952.
Died in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla., June 7,
1980 (age 73 years, 298
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
James Episcopal Church, Leesburg, Fla.
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Waldemar John Gallman (1899-1980) —
also known as Waldemar J. Gallman —
of Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y., April 27,
1899.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Danzig, 1938; London, 1943; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1948-50; South Africa, 1951-54; Iraq, 1954; Director General of the U.S. Foreign Service,
1958-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 28,
1980 (age 81 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Owen Joseph Christoffer Norem (1902-1981) —
also known as Owen J. C. Norem —
of Montana.
Born in 1902.
U.S. Minister to Lithuania, 1937-40.
Died in Costa Mesa, Orange
County, Calif., 1981
(age about
79 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Durnford Jernegan (1911-1981) —
also known as John D. Jernegan —
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 12,
1911.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mexico City, 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, 1958-62; Algeria, 1965-67.
Died in 1981
(age about
70 years).
Cremated.
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John Zuinglius Anderson (1904-1981) —
also known as Jack Z. Anderson; "Airplane
Ears" —
of San Juan Bautista, San Benito
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March 22,
1904.
Son of George Howard Anderson and Susan (Brown) Anderson.
Republican. Orchardist;
U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1939-53.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Hollister, San Benito
County, Calif., February
9, 1981 (age 76 years, 324
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John D. Brattin (1939-1981) —
of Michigan.
Born November
25, 1939.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1974.
Killed in an automobile
accident in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., February
28, 1981 (age 41 years, 95
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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George Elmer Outland (1906-1981) —
also known as George E. Outland —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.; San Fernando, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif., October
8, 1906.
Son of Elmer Garfield Outland and Stella Martha (Faulkner) Outland.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 1943-47; defeated,
1946, 1948; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons.
Died in Anacortes, Skagit
County, Wash., March 2,
1981 (age 74 years, 145
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Santa
Paula Cemetery, Santa Paula, Calif.
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Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) —
also known as Phelps von Rottenburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bonn, Germany,
May 4,
1897.
Son of Franz von Rottenburg (1845-1907) and Marian (Phelps) von
Rottenburg (1868-1922).
Member of New York
state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District
1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948
(alternate); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate); delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Psi
Upsilon; Urban
League; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J., June 10,
1981 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Irwin Delmore Davidson (1906-1981) —
also known as Irwin D. Davidson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
2, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1937, 1939-48 (New York County 7th District 1937,
1939-44, New York County 5th District 1945-48); resigned 1948; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1955-56; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1968.
Jewish.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., August 1,
1981 (age 75 years, 211
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Son of Edouard G. Hesselberg and Lena (Shackelford) Hesselberg.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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Berry Nelson Beaman (1890-1981) —
also known as Berry N. Beaman —
of Parma, Jackson
County, Mich.; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
15, 1890.
Son of Fred Beaman and Grace (Berry) Beaman.
Republican. Manufacturer;
treasurer
of Michigan Republican Party, 1956-61; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 10th Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Elks.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., December
25, 1981 (age 91 years, 132
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucretia Comstock. |
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John H. Jarman, Jr. (1915-1982) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Sallisaw, Sequoyah
County, Okla., July 17,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1947-48; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1949-50; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1951-77.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., January
15, 1982 (age 66 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Edwin Benedict Dooley (1905-1982) —
also known as Edwin B. Dooley —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 13,
1905.
Republican. Mayor
of Mamaroneck, N.Y., 1950-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1957-63.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
25, 1982 (age 76 years, 287
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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William Franklin Devin (1898-1982) —
also known as William F. Devin —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, March 28,
1898.
Son of Oliver Peyton Devin and Mina Marie (Kern) Devin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
municipal judge in Washington, 1939-42; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1942-52; defeated, 1941, 1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
2, 1982 (age 83 years, 311
days).
Cremated.
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Abe Fortas (1910-1982) —
also known as "Fiddlin' Abe Fortas" —
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 19,
1910.
Lawyer;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1965-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Federal
Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1982 (age 71 years, 290
days).
Cremated.
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John Milan Ashbrook (1928-1982) —
also known as John M. Ashbrook; "The Small Paul
Revere" —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, September
21, 1928.
Son of William
Albert Ashbrook and Marie Swank Ashbrook.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1957-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1961-82; died in office
1982; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Elks; Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a massive
gastrointestinal bleed, and died soon after, in Licking Memorial
Hospital,
Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April 24,
1982 (age 53 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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C. Norris Poulson (1895-1982) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Haines, Baker
County, Ore., July 23,
1895.
Republican. Accountant;
member of California
state assembly, 1938-42; U.S.
Representative from California, 1943-45, 1947-53 (13th District
1943-45, 1947-53, 24th District 1953); defeated, 1944; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1953-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Orange, Orange
County, Calif., September
25, 1982 (age 87 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.
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John Anson Ford (1883-1983) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
business; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1937-38; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California, 1956.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1983
(age about
100 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois Goldsmith (1884-1975). |
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Humanitarian." |
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memorial |
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Phillip Burton (1926-1983) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 1,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1957-64; defeated, 1954; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1964-83 (5th District 1964-75,
6th District 1975-83, 5th District 1983); died in office 1983.
Died, from a ruptured
aneurysm, in St. Francis Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., April 10,
1983 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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John Main Coffee (1897-1983) —
also known as John M. Coffee —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
23, 1897.
Son of William B. Coffee and Anne (Rae) Coffee.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Sen. C.
C. Dill, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1937-47; defeated,
1946; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Washington, 1940.
Unitarian.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Grange; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Sigma
Upsilon.
Died June 3,
1983 (age 86 years, 131
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Puget Sound.
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Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) —
also known as Augustus W. Bennet —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1897.
Son of William
Stiles Bennet and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Grange; Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 5,
1983 (age 85 years, 241
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hills Mausoleum, Newburgh, N.Y.
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Townsend F. Beaman (1906-1983) —
also known as Towny Beaman —
of Summit Township, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Vandercook Lake, Jackson
County, Mich., May 12,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1974.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack while golfing at
the Country Club of Jackson, and died soon after, at Foote Hospital
West, Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., June 12,
1983 (age 77 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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William Frederick Theodore Mollenhauer, Jr.
(1897-1983) —
also known as William Mollenhauer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1897.
Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1926, 1928.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Pitman, Gloucester
County, N.J., June 15,
1983 (age 85 years, 242
days). Body donated
to science.
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Herbert Birchby Warburton (1916-1983) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., September
21, 1916.
Son of William Herbert Warburton and Lela Z. (Wingate) Warburton.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
Delaware Republican Party, 1950; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1953-55; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1954.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Optimist
Club.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., July 30,
1983 (age 66 years, 312
days).
Cremated.
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Will Rogers (1898-1983) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Bessie, Washita
County, Okla., December
12, 1898.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma at-large, 1933-43; candidate for secretary of
state of Oklahoma, 1943.
Died in Falls
Church, Va., August 3,
1983 (age 84 years, 234
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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Wayne Norviel Aspinall (1896-1983) —
also known as Wayne N. Aspinall —
of Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Middleburg, Logan
County, Ohio, April 3,
1896.
Son of Mack Aspinall and Jessie Edna (Norviel) Aspinall.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1937-38; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1939-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 4th District, 1949-73.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo., October
9, 1983 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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Georgia Cozzini (1915-1983) —
also known as Georgia O. Purvis —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., February
14, 1915.
Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1970, 1974; Socialist Labor
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1946, 1957; Socialist Labor candidate for
Vice
President of the United States, 1956, 1960.
Female.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
10, 1983 (age 68 years, 238
days); she had arranged to donate her
body to science, but the Medical College of Wisconsin lost the
paperwork.
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bayfield County, Wis.
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William Henry Meyer (1914-1983) —
also known as William H. Meyer —
of West Rupert, Rupert, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
29, 1914.
U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1959-61; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1962 (Democratic primary), 1964 (Democratic
primary), 1970 (Liberty Union).
Died in West Rupert, Rupert, Bennington
County, Vt., December
16, 1983 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Cremated.
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Cornelius Wagenvoord (1911-1984) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Okemos, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born October
28, 1911.
Mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1951-53.
Died in 1984
(age about
72 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Russell H. Bengel (1898-1984) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., September
4, 1898.
Son of Henry Bengel and Margaret (Roth) Bengel.
Republican. Accountant;
treasurer, General Products Corp.; mayor of
Jackson, Mich., 1936-39.
Episcopalian.
He and his wife donated $1 million to the Michigan Wildlife Habitat
Foundation.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., February
15, 1984 (age 85 years, 164
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Ingram (died 1986). |
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Edwin Bell Forsythe (1916-1984) —
also known as Edwin B. Forsythe —
of Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Westtown, Chester
County, Pa., January
17, 1916.
Republican. Member of New Jersey
state senate from Burlington County, 1964-70; delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1970-84 (6th District 1970-83,
13th District 1983-84); died in office 1984.
Quaker.
Died in Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J., March 29,
1984 (age 68 years, 72
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Union
Street Friends Cemetery, Medford, N.J.
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John Walford Bannasch (1906-1984) —
also known as John W. Bannasch —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Clarklake, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., November
28, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1943-50; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1950.
Methodist;
later Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Columbia Township, Jackson
County, Mich., June 12,
1984 (age 77 years, 197
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married 1931
to Dorothy H. Miller. |
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Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (1898-1984) —
also known as Elizabeth P. Farrington; Mary Elizabeth
Pruett; Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Tokyo, Japan,
May
30, 1898.
Daughter of Robert Lee Pruett and Josephine (Baugh) Pruett.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory, 1954-57; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1956.
Female.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Junior
League; American
Association of University Women; Theta
Sigma Phi; Alpha
Omicron Pi.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, July 21,
1984 (age 86 years, 52
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Abe McGregor Goff (1899-1984) —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho.
Born in Colfax, Whitman
County, Wash., December
21, 1899.
Son of Herbert William Goff (1868-1940) and Mary (Dorsey) Goff
(1868-1935).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Latah
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1926-34; member of Idaho
state senate, 1941-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1958-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho, November
23, 1984 (age 84 years, 338
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Chase Going Woodhouse (1890-1984) —
also known as Chase Going; Mrs. E. J.
Woodhouse —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.; Baltic, Sprague, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Victoria, British
Columbia, of American parents, March 3,
1890.
Daughter of Seymour Going and Harriet (Jackson) Going.
Democrat. Economist;
college
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1940,
1944;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1941-43; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1945-47, 1949-51;
defeated, 1946, 1950; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Female.
Member, League
of Women Voters; American
Association of University Women; Altrusa;
Pi
Lambda Theta; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died in New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
12, 1984 (age 94 years, 284
days).
Cremated.
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John G. Zevely (d. 1985) —
also known as Jack Zevely —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Republican. Mayor
of Morgantown, W.Va., 1935.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., 1985.
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Mark Warren Hannaford (1925-1985) —
of Lakewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Woodrow, Lincoln
County, Colo., February
7, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Lakewood, Calif., 1968-70, 1972-74; U.S.
Representative from California 34th District, 1975-79; defeated,
1978, 1980.
Died of mesothelioma (lung
cancer) in a hospital
at Lakewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 2,
1985 (age 60 years, 115
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Elmore Browne (1905-1985) —
also known as Jack Browne —
of Corrales, Sandoval
County, N.M.
Born in Gibsonton, Westmoreland
County, Pa., September
3, 1905.
Son of William Fred Brown (1877-1965) and Carmie (Forsythe) Brown
(1883-1963).
School
teacher; chemist;
Corrales municipal judge, 1971-76.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Corrales, Sandoval
County, N.M., July 17,
1985 (age 79 years, 317
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Harold Himmel Velde (1910-1985) —
also known as Harold H. Velde —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born near Parkland, Tazewell
County, Ill., April 1,
1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; county judge
in Illinois, 1946-49; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1949-57.
Died in Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz., September
1, 1985 (age 75 years, 153
days).
Cremated.
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Charles Kimball Fletcher (1902-1985) —
also known as Charles K. Fletcher —
of Del Mar, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
15, 1902.
Son of Ed Fletcher and Mary C. Fletcher.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 23rd District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956,
1964.
Congregationalist.
Founder in 1934 of Home Federal Savings & Loan.
Died, of cancer, at
Mercy Hospital,
San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., September
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 288
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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John Wesley Snyder (1895-1985) —
Born in Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark., June 21,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53.
Episcopalian.
Died in Seabrook Island, Charleston
County, S.C., October
8, 1985 (age 90 years, 109
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Curtis Daniel MacDougall (1903-1985) —
also known as Curtis D. MacDougall —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., February
11, 1903.
Son of Gilbert Thomas MacDougall and Isabella (McCollum) MacDougall.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Pi
Kappa Delta; Acacia.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., November
10, 1985 (age 82 years, 272
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Genevieve Rockwood. |
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Henry Carl Schadeberg (1913-1985) —
also known as Henry C. Schadeberg —
of Burlington, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis., October
12, 1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1961-65, 1967-71;
defeated, 1964, 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1964.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Rotary; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died in Rockbridge Baths, Rockbridge
County, Va., December
11, 1985 (age 72 years, 60
days).
Cremated.
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Ella Demmink Koeze (1905-1986) —
also known as Ella D. Koeze; Ella Demmink; Mrs.
Albert S. Koeze; Ella Koeze Weed —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., July 25,
1905.
Daughter of Henry Demmink and Alieda (Hesselink) Demmink.
Republican. Member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1947-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960
(alternate), 1964;
vice-chair
of Michigan Republican Party, 1957-60; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1961-69; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kent County 2nd
District, 1961-62.
Female.
Christian
Reformed.
Died in 1986
(age about
80 years).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Albert S. Koeze. |
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Hayes Ganiard (c.1918-1986) —
of Clarklake, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born about 1918.
American Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,
1972.
Died June 2,
1986 (age about 68
years).
Cremated.
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Artemio Cozzini (1910-1986) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born April 11,
1910.
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1950.
Died November
9, 1986 (age 76 years, 212
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Lake Michigan.
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Alvin Udell (1906-1987) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born May 15,
1906.
Son of Max Udell (1867-1930) and Jane (Walcoff) Udell (1870-1949).
Clothing
manufacturer; member of New York American Labor Party Executive
Committee, 1945; treasurer of New York American Labor Party, 1948;
American Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1948.
Jewish.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., February
9, 1987 (age 80 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Acacia
Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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Sarah Goddard Power (1935-1987) —
also known as Sarah Goddard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 19,
1935.
Daughter of Wendell Converse Goddard and Katherine Shearer Russel
Goddard.
Democrat. Member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1975-87; died in office 1987;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1976.
Female.
Protestant.
Committed
suicide by jumping to
her death from the eighth floor of Burton Tower, on the University of
Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March 24,
1987 (age 51 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Albert Lee Reeves, Jr. (1906-1987) —
also known as Albert L. Reeves, Jr. —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo., May 31,
1906.
Son of Albert
L. Reeves and Martha (Ferguson) Reeves.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Pi
Kappa Delta; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., April 15,
1987 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Francis Church, Pauma Valley, Calif.
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LeRoy Webster Preston (1915-1987) —
also known as Roy Preston —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., July 15,
1915.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1948-52; member of Maryland
state senate, 1952-56.
Methodist.
Died, at Union Memorial Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April 19,
1987 (age 71 years, 278
days).
Cremated.
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Donald Edgar Koster (1937-1987) —
also known as Donald E. Koster —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born November
11, 1937.
Son of Willis Koster and Frances (Eck) Koster.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1970.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the garage of his home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 26,
1987 (age 49 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Marilyn Axelrod. |
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Warner E. Mills, Jr. (1922-1987) —
of Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., 1922.
Democrat. Chair of
Rock County Democratic Party, 1964; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., October
1, 1987 (age about 65
years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Philleo Nash (1909-1987) —
of Wisconsin Rapids, Wood
County, Wis.
Born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood
County, Wis., October
25, 1909.
Son of Guy Nash and Florence (Philleo) Nash.
Democrat. Anthropologist;
cranberry
grower; Wisconsin
Democratic state chair, 1955-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1959-61; Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of
Indian Affairs, 1961-66.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Theta
Delta Chi.
Died October
12, 1987 (age 77 years, 352
days).
Cremated.
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Richard Buell Ogilvie (1923-1988) —
also known as Richard B. Ogilvie —
of Northfield, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
22, 1923.
Son of Kenneth S. Ogilvie and Edna Mae (Buell) Ogilvie.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Cook
County Sheriff, 1962-68; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Illinois, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Moose.
Died May 10,
1988 (age 65 years, 78
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Eugene S. Daniell, Jr. (d. 1988) —
of Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Franklin
2nd Ward, 1948; elected (Republican) New
Hampshire state senate 7th District 1948; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1952,
1956,
1980
(alternate); Democratic candidate for New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1956; Democratic
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1970.
Died in Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
26, 1988.
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Forrest Howard Anderson (1913-1989) —
also known as Forrest Anderson —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., January
30, 1913.
Son of Oscar A. Anderson and Nora (O'Keefe) Anderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1943-45; Lewis
and Clark County Attorney, 1945-47; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1953-57; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1956;
Montana
state attorney general, 1957-68; Governor of
Montana, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Moose; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., July 20,
1989 (age 76 years, 171
days).
Cremated.
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Robert Woodrow Levering (1914-1989) —
also known as Robert W. Levering —
of Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio.
Born near Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, October
3, 1914.
Democrat. Librarian;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1959-61; defeated, 1948,
1950, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1964.
Died in Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, August
11, 1989 (age 74 years, 312
days).
Cremated.
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Charles Hinton Russell (1903-1989) —
also known as Charles H. Russell —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.
Born in Lovelock, Pershing
County, Nev., December
27, 1903.
Republican. Member of Nevada state legislature, 1935-40; member of Nevada
state senate, 1935-40; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1947-49; Governor of
Nevada, 1951-59; defeated, 1958.
Died in Carson
City, Nev., September
13, 1989 (age 85 years, 260
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Dayton
Cemetery, Dayton, Nev.
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Marshall G. West (1923-1990) —
of Oceana, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Guyan, Wyoming
County, W.Va., July 17,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wyoming County, 1959-62.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
10, 1990 (age 66 years, 177
days).
Cremated.
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Joseph Sill Clark, Jr. (1901-1990) —
also known as Joseph S. Clark, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
21, 1901.
Son of Joseph S. Clark and Kate Richardson (Avery) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; served in
the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1952-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1957-69; defeated, 1968.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; American Bar
Association; United
World Federalists; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
12, 1990 (age 88 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1919-1990) —
also known as Malcolm S. Forbes —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., August
19, 1919.
Republican. Member of New Jersey
state senate from Somerset County, 1952-58; resigned 1958;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1957; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1960.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Gay.
Founder and publisher of Forbes magazine.
Died in Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J., February
24, 1990 (age 70 years, 189
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forbes
Monument, Laucala, Fiji.
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Graham Anderson Martin (1912-1990) —
of Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Mars Hill, Madison
County, N.C., September
22, 1912.
Son of Gustav Alexander Martin and H. Hildreth (Marshbanks) Martin.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Consul General in Geneva, 1960-61; U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1963-67; Italy, 1969-73; Vietnam, 1973-75.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Forsythe Hospital,
Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., March 13,
1990 (age 77 years, 172
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (1916-1990) —
also known as Spark M. Matsunaga —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Kukuiula, Island of Kauai, Kauai
County, Hawaii, October
8, 1916.
Son of Kingoro Matsunaga and Chiyono (Fukushima) Matsunaga.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1954-59; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii, 1959; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii, 1963-77 (at-large 1963-71, 1st
District 1971-77); U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1977-90; died in office 1990; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Lions; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Toronto, Ontario,
April
15, 1990 (age 73 years, 189
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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Robert Baumle Meyner (1908-1990) —
also known as Robert B. Meyner —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., July 3,
1908.
Son of Gustave Herman Meyner and Mary Sophia (Baumle) Meyner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New Jersey
state senate from Warren County, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1954-62.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Chi Rho; Elks; Eagles; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Rotary; Grange.
Died May 27,
1990 (age 81 years, 328
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Phillipsburg
Cemetery, Phillipsburg, N.J.
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Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (1907-1990) —
also known as Charles P. Farnsley; Charlie
Farnsley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 28,
1907.
Son of Burrel Hopson Farnsley and Anna May (Peaslee) Farnsley.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1936-40; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated in
primary, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (3rd District).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Upsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at Brownsboro Hills Nursing
Home, Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 19,
1990 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; statue at West
Main Street, Louisville, Ky.
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Julian Orlando Asbjornson (1911-1990) —
also known as J. O. Boots Asbjornson —
of Winifred, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Minneota, Lyon
County, Minn., January
18, 1911.
Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1960-74.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont., August 6,
1990 (age 79 years, 200
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Winifred
Cemetery, Winifred, Mont.
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Vernon Ensign Bradley (1912-1990) —
also known as Vernon E. Bradley; Brad
Bradley —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., September
27, 1912.
Republican. Accountant;
realtor;
real
estate developer; candidate for mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1949; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1954.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Civitan.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
7, 1990 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Arthur H. Schwartz (d. 1990) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952; appointed 1952.
Died October
8, 1990.
Cremated.
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Robert Thaddeus McLoskey (1907-1990) —
also known as Robert T. McLoskey —
of Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill.
Born in Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., June 26,
1907.
Republican. Funeral
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1944;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1951-62; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1963-65.
Died in Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., November
2, 1990 (age 83 years, 129
days).
Cremated.
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Robert Earl Dingwell (1922-1990) —
also known as Robert E. Dingwell —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., January
13, 1922.
Democrat. Education representative,
AFL-CIO; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 58th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1954 (Ingham County 1st District), 1956 (Ingham County 1st District),
1958 (Ingham County 1st District), 1966 (58th District), 1968 (58th
District).
Methodist.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
2, 1990 (age 68 years, 293
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Karl Lott Rankin (1898-1991) —
also known as Karl L. Rankin —
of South Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis., September
4, 1898.
Son of Emmett Woollen Rankin and Alberta (Lott) Rankin.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Belgrade, 1940; U.S. Consul General in Canton, 1949; Hong Kong, 1949-50; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to China, 1950-53; U.S. Ambassador to China (Taiwan), 1953-57; Yugoslavia, 1957-61.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died January
15, 1991 (age 92 years, 133
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmett Woollen Rankin and Alberta (Lott) Rankin; married, October
3, 1925, to Pauline Jordan (died 1976); married 1978 to Ruth
Thompson Garcelon. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Frank J. Forshee (1896-1991) —
of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 10,
1896.
Son of John Forshee and Virginia (Cowen) Forshee.
Democrat. Farmer;
candidate for supervisor
of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died, of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
15, 1991 (age 94 years, 219
days).
Cremated.
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Maurice Gwinn Burnside (1902-1991) —
also known as M. G. 'Burnie' Burnside —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
23, 1902.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1949-53, 1955-57;
defeated, 1946, 1952, 1956; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Moose; Rotary.
Died in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., February
2, 1991 (age 88 years, 163
days).
Cremated.
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Richard Paul Gilbert (1924-1991) —
also known as Richard P. Gilbert; Dick
Gilbert —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
5, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for Maryland
state senate, 1954; Traffic Court Magistrate, 1956-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1960;
Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1971-90.
Lutheran.
Member, Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died, of cancer, in
Baltimore
County, Md., March 11,
1991 (age 67 years, 34
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Baltimore
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Marietta Peabody Tree (1917-1991) —
also known as Marietta Tree; Mary Endicott
Peabody —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., April 17,
1917.
Daughter of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman)
Peabody.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1956;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Female.
She was walking with Adlai
Stevenson in London in 1965, when he suffered a fatal heart
attack.
Died August
15, 1991 (age 74 years, 120
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman)
Peabody; married, September
2, 1939, to Desmond FitzGerald (divorced 1947); married, July 26,
1947, to Ronald Tree (1897-1976; journalist, member of British
Parliament); mother of Frances FitzGerald (born 1940; writer,
journalist, won Pulitzer Prize for Fire in the
Lake). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
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Delbert W. Cox (1912-1991) —
of Huntington Park, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born July 3,
1912.
Son of Elmer E.
Cox.
Mayor
of Huntington Park, Calif., 1953, 1956.
Died August
28, 1991 (age 79 years, 56
days).
Cremated.
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Maynard C. Krueger (d. 1991) —
of Illinois.
Socialist candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1940; Independent candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1948.
Died December
20, 1991.
Cremated.
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Archille J. Angeli (d. 1992) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 11th
Ward, 1938.
Died in Millersville, Anne Arundel
County, Md., January
13, 1992.
Cremated.
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Edmund Forsman Mansure (1901-1992) —
also known as Edmund F. Mansure; Ned
Mansure —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 14,
1901.
Son of E. L. Mansure.
Republican. Textile
manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1940;
head of the U.S. General Services Administration, 1953-56.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in a convalescent
hospital at Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif., January
25, 1992 (age 90 years, 317
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Relatives:
Married to Julia Carroll. |
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George Lloyd Murphy (1902-1992) —
also known as George L. Murphy —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 4,
1902.
Republican. Professional actor
and dancer
in 1934-52; appeared in films
such as For Me And My Gal, Battleground; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1944-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from California, 1965-71; defeated, 1970.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, of leukemia,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 3,
1992 (age 89 years, 304
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Judson Hoy (d. 1993) —
of Ohio.
Member of Ohio state
house of representatives; municipal judge in Ohio.
Died April 17,
1993.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Montgomery, Ohio.
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Vroman James Dorman (c.1909-1994) —
also known as Vroman J. Dorman —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Lemon Grove, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Parlier, Fresno
County, Calif., about 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1944,
1952.
Member, Lions.
Died, of cancer, in
Lemon Grove, San Diego
County, Calif., January
14, 1994 (age about 85
years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Murat Willis Williams (1914-1994) —
also known as Murat W. Williams —
Born in Richmond,
Va., June 11,
1914.
Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1961.
Died March 31,
1994 (age 79 years, 293
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church, Orange, Va.
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Albert H. Wheeler (1915-1994) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in 1915.
Democrat. University
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1975-78; defeated, 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Wheeler Park in Ann Arbor is named for
him.
Died April 4,
1994 (age about 78
years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963; a mountain in Antarctica is
named
for him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Milton Jerrold Shapp (1912-1994) —
also known as Milton Shapp —
of Merion, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 25,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964,
1972;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1971-79; defeated, 1966; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Jewish.
Died November
24, 1994 (age 82 years, 152
days).
Cremated.
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Frank Bradford Morse (1921-1994) —
also known as F. Bradford Morse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August 7,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1961-72; resigned
1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died, of heart
failure, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., December
18, 1994 (age 73 years, 133
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Joseph Allen, Jr. (1899-1995) —
also known as John J. Allen, Jr. —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; McCall, Valley
County, Idaho.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
27, 1899.
Son of John Joseph Allen, Sr. and Cathryn (Liston) Allen.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1947-59; defeated,
1958; mayor of McCall, Idaho, 1989-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Eagles; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Kiwanis;
Native
Sons of the Golden West; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died March 7,
1995 (age 95 years, 100
days).
Cremated.
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Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) —
also known as Margaret Chase —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, December
14, 1897.
Daughter of George Emery Chase and Carrie (Murray) Chase.
Republican. School
teacher; business executive for Maine Telephone
& Telegraph
Co., for a country newspaper,
and for the Cummings Woolen Co.;
member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1930-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1940-49; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1949-73; defeated, 1972; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1964.
Female.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died May 29,
1995 (age 97 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Margaret
Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine.
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Willard Sevier Curtin (1905-1996) —
also known as Willard S. Curtin —
of Morrisville, Bucks
County, Pa.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
28, 1905.
Son of William S. Curtin and Edna G. (Mountford) Curtin.
Republican. Lawyer; Bucks
County District Attorney, 1949-53; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1957-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary.
Died February
4, 1996 (age 90 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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William Dwight (1903-1996) —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., August
10, 1903.
Son of Minnie
Ryan Dwight.
Republican. Hampden
County Commissioner, 1946-48; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1948,
1964.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., June 4,
1996 (age 92 years, 299
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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Hugh Burnton Mitchell (1907-1996) —
also known as Hugh B. Mitchell —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., March 22,
1907.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1945-46; defeated, 1946; U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1949-53; candidate
for Governor of
Washington, 1952.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in a nursing
home in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 10,
1996 (age 89 years, 80
days).
Cremated.
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Mary Hansen Mead (1935-1996) —
of near Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo.
Born in Teton
County, Wyo., June 21,
1935.
Daughter of Clifford
Peter Hansen.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1990.
Female.
Thrown
by a horse while
herding cattle, and died as a result, in Teton
County, Wyo., June 21,
1996 (age 61 years, 0
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. John's Episcopal Church, Jackson, Wyo.
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Treat Clark Hull (1921-1996) —
also known as T. Clark Hull —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born June 14,
1921.
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1971-73; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1973.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 25,
1996 (age 75 years, 41
days).
Cremated.
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Ilus Winfield Davis (1917-1996) —
also known as Ilus W. Davis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., April 22,
1917.
Son of Dean Davis and Emma Josephine (Severs) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1963-71; director of several banks.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
4, 1996 (age 79 years, 135
days).
Cremated.
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Herman Dermont Hedrick (1913-1996) —
also known as H. Dermont Hedrick —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born February
26, 1913.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Died in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., September
16, 1996 (age 83 years, 203
days).
Cremated.
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James Franklin Battin (1925-1996) —
of Montana.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., February
13, 1925.
Son of William Russell Battin and Hannah (McBroom) Battin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1961-69; U.S.
District Judge for Montana, 1969-90; took senior status 1990.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died, of cancer, in
Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., September
27, 1996 (age 71 years, 227
days).
Cremated.
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Wymberley DeRenne Coerr (1913-1996) —
also known as Wymberley DeR. Coerr —
of Connecticut.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
2, 1913.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay, 1962-65; Ecuador, 1965-67.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in a hospital
at Ajijic, Jalisco,
October
5, 1996 (age 83 years, 3
days).
Cremated.
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Harold Everett Hughes (1922-1996) —
also known as Harold E. Hughes —
of Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa.
Born near Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa, February
10, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of
Iowa, 1963-69; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1969-75; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
23, 1996 (age 74 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Ida
Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Iowa.
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Chester Merle Blaylock (1924-1996) —
also known as Chet Blaylock —
of Laurel, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Born in Joliet, Carbon
County, Mont., November
13, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Montana state constitutional convention, 1972; member of Montana
state senate, 1975; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1984; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1996
(delegation chair).
As a candidate
for Governor, en route to a debate with his opponent, died of a heart
attack at Deer Lodge, Powell
County, Mont., October
23, 1996 (age 71 years, 345
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Joliet
Cemetery, Joliet, Mont.
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Charles Mervin Campbell (1921-1996) —
also known as Chuck Campbell —
of Illinois.
Born in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., October
11, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1962-80.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Professional baseball
player, 1946.
Died November
11, 1996 (age 75 years, 31
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Cecil F. Poole (1914-1997) —
of California.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 25,
1914.
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1961-69; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1976-79; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1979-96.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Died, of complications of pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif., 1997
(age about
82 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Sonoma County, Calif.
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Robert R. Rose, Jr. (1915-1997) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., November
1, 1915.
Son of Robert
R. Rose and Eleanor B. Rose.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1949-51; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1950-52; Assistant Secretary of the Interior,
1951-52; justice of
Wyoming state supreme court, 1975-80; chief
justice of Wyoming state supreme court, 1978-80.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1997
(age about
81 years).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married 1948
to Kathryn Lorraine Warner. |
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John H. Stahlin (1914-1997) —
of Belding, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Belding, Ionia
County, Mich., April 6,
1914.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1959-62; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1962; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1964.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Port Richey, Pasco
County, Fla., April 14,
1997 (age 83 years, 8
days).
Cremated.
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Richard M. Matsuura (c.1933-1997) —
also known as Dickie Matsuura —
of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii.
Born in Waialua, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, about 1933.
Democrat. Member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1983-84; member of Hawaii
state senate, 1985-97; resigned 1997.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
and liver
cancer, in Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, May 2,
1997 (age about 64
years).
Cremated.
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Edward Cole Bryan (1919-1997) —
also known as Edward C. Bryan; Ed Bryan —
of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
22, 1919.
Son of Kenneth Cole Bryan and Mary (Hayes) Bryan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; surveyor;
electrical
engineer;
business
executive; delegate to
Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950, 1968; Hawaii
Territory Republican Party chair, 1957-58; housing director, Ewa
Sugar
Company; board member, St. Francis Hospital.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., May 27,
1997 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean.
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Relatives:
Married to Shada I. Pflueger (1923-1973). |
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Lolita Hilliard (1908-1997) —
also known as Lolita Ruth Collett; Mrs. M. E.
Hilliard —
of Front Royal, Warren
County, Va.; Parsons, Tucker
County, W.Va.; St. Peters, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in West Virginia, September
15, 1908.
Daughter of Maurie Jay Collett (1884-1935) and Hazel (Ferguson)
Collett (1890-1979).
Democrat. Nurse; chair of
Tucker County Democratic Party, 1949-62.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died, in Claywest House nursing
home, St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., May 29,
1997 (age 88 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Parsons Cemetery, Parsons, W.Va.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Milliard Earl Hilliard (1902-1991). |
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Mary Louise Smith (1914-1997) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Eddyville, Wapello
County, Iowa, October
6, 1914.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1964-84; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1974-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1964
(alternate), 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Died of lung
cancer, at Iowa Methodist Medical
Center, Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
22, 1997 (age 82 years, 320
days).
Cremated.
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George William Crockett, Jr. (1909-1997) —
also known as George W. Crockett, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; National
Lawyers Guild.
Served four months in federal prison
for contempt
of court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader on
trial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Among the founders of the nation's first
interracial law firm.
Ill with bone
cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke and
died five days later, in Washington Home and Hospice,
Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1997 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Walter W. Kingham (1908-1997) —
of Wyoming.
Born in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., October
4, 1908.
Member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1953-55.
Died in a nursing
home in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., October
11, 1997 (age 89 years, 7
days).
Cremated.
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Gilbert E. Bursley (1913-1998) —
also known as "Mr. Education" —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
28, 1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1961-64; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1965-78; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1978; president,
Cleary College, Ypsilanti, Mich., 1978-84.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks.
Died in 1998
(age about
85 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Hugh Gardner Ackley (1915-1998) —
also known as H. Gardner Ackley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 30,
1915.
Son of Hugh M. Ackley and Margaret (McKenzie) Ackley.
University
professor; economist;
chair, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, 1964-68; U.S. Ambassador to
Italy, 1968-69.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Delta Pi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Trilateral
Commission; American
Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Huron Woods nursing
home, Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
12, 1998 (age 82 years, 227
days).
Cremated.
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Penny Lee Severns (1952-1998) —
also known as Penny L. Severns —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., January
21, 1952.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972
(alternate), 1996;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1980; member of Illinois
state senate, 1987-98; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1994.
Female.
Died of cancer, in
Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., February
21, 1998 (age 46 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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Donald Clayton Bergus (1920-1998) —
also known as Donald C. Bergus —
of New Jersey.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., February
26, 1920.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sudan, 1977-80.
Died April 12,
1998 (age 78 years, 45
days).
Cremated.
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Tom Felix Bolack (1918-1998) —
of Farmington, San Juan
County, N.M.
Born in Cowley
County, Kan., May 18,
1918.
Son of Ralph Waldo Bolack and Christol Hazel (Sheets) Bolack.
Republican. Oil and gas
producer; owner, Albuquerque Dukes professional baseball
team; director, First State Bank, Cuba,
N.M.; director, Hidden Splendor Uranium Co.;
director, Western American Life
Insurance Co.; mayor
of Farmington, N.M., 1952-53; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1956-58; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico, 1957; Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1961-62; Governor of
New Mexico, 1962-63.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Elks; Lions.
Died May 20,
1998 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Barry Morris Goldwater (1909-1998) —
also known as Barry M. Goldwater; "Mr.
Conservative" —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
1, 1909.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87; received one electoral
vote for Vice-President, 1960;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Chi.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died in Paradise Valley, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 29,
1998 (age 89 years, 148
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Christ
Church of the Ascension Memorial Garden, Paradise Valley, Ariz.;
statue at Goldwater
Memorial Park, Paradise Valley, Ariz.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Michael
Goldwater; married, September
22, 1934, to Margaret Johnson (died 1985); married, February
9, 1992, to Susan Shaffer Wechsler; father of Barry
Morris Goldwater, Jr.. See Goldwater
family of Arizona. |
| | | Cross-reference: L.
Brent Bozell — Raymond
Moley |
| | | Campaign slogan: "In your heart, you
know he's right." |
| | | Opposition slogan: "In your guts, you
know he's nuts." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Barry M. Goldwater: Goldwater
(1988) — With
no apologies: The personal and political memoirs of United States
Senator Barry Goldwater (1979) |
| | | Books about Barry M. Goldwater: Rick
Perlstein, Before
the Storm : Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American
Consensus — Robert Alan Goldberg, Barry
Goldwater — Lee Edwards, Goldwater:
The Man Who Made a Revolution |
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Samuel William Yorty (1909-1998) —
also known as Samuel W. Yorty; Sam Yorty;
"Traveling Sam" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., October
1, 1909.
Son of Frank Patrick Yorty and Johanna (Egan) Yorty.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1936, 1948; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1940 (primary), 1954; served in the U.S.
Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from California, 1951-55 (14th District 1951-53,
26th District 1953-55); mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1961-73; defeated, 1973, 1981; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
talk
show host.
Died of pneumonia,
following a stroke, in
Studio City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
1998 (age 88 years, 247
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Richard Mansfield Bilby (1931-1998) —
also known as Richard M. Bilby —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 29,
1931.
Son of Ralph
Willard Bilby and Marguerite (Mansfield) Bilby.
Law clerk for Judge Richard
H. Chambers, 1958-59; lawyer;
member, board of directors, St. Joseph Hospital,
Tucson, Ariz., 1969-77; U.S.
District Judge for Arizona, 1979-96; took senior status 1996.
Died in Flagstaff, Coconino
County, Ariz., August
11, 1998 (age 67 years, 74
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Philips in the Hills Church, Tucson, Ariz.
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Gary R. Marbut (1927-1998) —
of Montana.
Born in Denver,
Colo., February
28, 1927.
Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1966-74.
Died in Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., August
26, 1998 (age 71 years, 179
days).
Cremated.
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George F. Roskie (1912-1998) —
of Montana.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., August
28, 1912.
Member of Montana
state senate, 1975-80.
Died of cancer, in
Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., November
24, 1998 (age 86 years, 88
days).
Cremated.
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Charles A. Storke (1911-1998) —
of California.
Born July 31,
1911.
Son of Thomas
More Storke.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1932.
Died December
6, 1998 (age 87 years, 128
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Morris King Udall (1922-1998) —
also known as Morris K. Udall; Mo Udall —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz., June 15,
1922.
Son of Levi
Stewart Udall and Louise (Lee) Udall.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; played
professional basketball
with the Denver Nuggets, 1948-49; lawyer;
co-founder and director, Bank of
Tucson; Pima
County Attorney, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1956,
1972;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Arizona 2nd District, 1961-91; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Lost an
eye in an accident when he was a boy. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1996.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1998 (age 76 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Pima County, Ariz.; cenotaph at St.
Johns Cemetery, St. Johns, Ariz.
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Leif Erickson (1906-1998) —
of Richland
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Cashton, Monroe
County, Wis., July 29,
1906.
Son of Oluf Erickson and Dora B. (Swanson) Erickson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richland
County Attorney, 1936-38; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1938-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1946; Montana
Democratic state chair, 1956-58; member of Democratic
National Committee from Montana, 1962-73.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died at the Riverside Health
Care Center, Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., December
22, 1998 (age 92 years, 146
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Herman John Wedemeyer (1924-1999) —
also known as Herman Wedemeyer; "Squirmin'
Herman"; "Hula Hips"; "The
Hula-Hipped Hawaiian"; "The Hawaiian
Hurricane"; "The Hawaiian
Centipede" —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born near Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, May 20,
1924.
College football star; elected to the National Football Foundation
College Hall of
Fame and the Hawaii Sports Hall of
Fame; played pro football
for the Los Angeles Dons and the Baltimore Colts in 1948-49; played
pro baseball
for the Salt Lake City Bees (farm team for the San Francisco Seals)
in 1950; member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1971-74; as an actor,
he was a regular on the television
series "Hawaii Five-O," playing the role of Duke Lakela, 1971-80.
Hawaiian,
German,
Irish,
English,
Chinese,
French,
and Tahitan
ancestry.
Died, of complications from a heart
attack, at Queens Hospital,
Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, January
25, 1999 (age 74 years, 250
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Harry Leland Zerbe (1922-1999) —
also known as Harry L. Zerbe —
of Indiana.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, September
12, 1922.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1964.
Died in Villa Hills, Kenton
County, Ky., May 6,
1999 (age 76 years, 236
days).
Cremated.
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George Edward Brown, Jr. (1920-1999) —
also known as George Brown, Jr. —
of Monterey Park, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Holtville, Imperial
County, Calif., March 6,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Monterey Park, Calif., 1956-58; member of California
state assembly, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1972,
1988,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-71, 1973-99 (29th District
1963-71, 38th District 1973-75, 36th District 1975-93, 42nd District
1993-99); died in office 1999; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Methodist.
Member, Urban
League; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Amvets.
Died, of an infection
following earlier heart valve
replacement surgery, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 15,
1999 (age 79 years, 131
days).
Cremated.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (1960-1999) —
also known as John F. Kennedy, Jr.;
"John-John"; "The American
Son" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1960.
Son of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy (1929-1994).
Democrat. Lawyer; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
founder, George magazine.
Catholic.
Killed, along with his wife and sister-in-law, in a plane
crash, near Martha's Vineyard, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, July 16,
1999 (age 38 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Elmer Severson (1922-1999) —
of Montana.
Born in Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn., May 3,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1977-79; member of Montana
state senate, 1979-90.
Suffered spinal cord injuries when he "lost a tussle with a cow," and
died as a result, in a hospital
at Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., July 19,
1999 (age 77 years, 77
days).
Cremated.
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Rose Elizabeth Bird (1936-1999) —
also known as Rose Bird —
of California.
Born near Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., November
2, 1936.
Chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1977-87; defeated,
1986.
Female.
Died, of breast
cancer, at Stanford University Medical
Center, Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
4, 1999 (age 63 years, 32
days).
Cremated.
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Alan Rogers Johnston (1914-1999) —
also known as Alan R. Johnston —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 21,
1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1963-70; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1969.
Died in Vero Beach, Indian River
County, Fla., December
24, 1999 (age 85 years, 247
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Church
of the Holy Comforter, Kenilworth, Ill.
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Robert Campbell Strong (1915-1999) —
also known as Robert C. Strong —
of Beloit, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
29, 1915.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Prague, 1939; Durban, 1943; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, 1963-67.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
28, 1999 (age 84 years, 90
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakwood
Cemetery, Beloit, Wis.
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Relatives:
Father of Gridley Barstow Strong (1947-1968; PFC, U.S. Marine Corps,
fell at Khe Sanh, Vietnam). |
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dossier |
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Carl Rudolf Berghult (1905-2000) —
also known as Carl R. Berghult —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born April 15,
1905.
Mayor
of Duluth, Minn., 1937-41.
Died in Arlington, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
15, 2000 (age 94 years, 306
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oneota
Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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George G. Seibels, Jr. (1913-2000) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., July 16,
1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1967-75; defeated, 1975; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1972;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1979-91; defeated, 1962;
Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1992,
1996.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees.
Played one season of professional football
with Richmond in the South Atlantic Professional League.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 28,
2000 (age 86 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
Antebellum Home, Birmingham, Ala.
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Homer E. Abele (1916-2000) —
also known as Pete Abele —
of McArthur, Vinton
County, Ohio.
Born in Wellston, Jackson
County, Ohio, November
21, 1916.
Son of Oscar Abele and Margaret (Burke) Abele.
Republican. Played professional baseball
for a minor league team in Nashville, Tenn., 1938; served in the U.S.
Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1949-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1963-65; defeated, 1958,
1964; Judge, Ohio Court of
Appeals, 1967-91.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, in Huston's Nursing
Home, Hamden, Vinton
County, Ohio, May 12,
2000 (age 83 years, 173
days).
Cremated.
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William Dempsey Moore (1917-2000) —
also known as Bill Moore —
of Arkansas.
Born in Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex., July 24,
1917.
Member of Arkansas
state senate, 1967-95.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., June 18,
2000 (age 82 years, 330
days).
Cremated.
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Paul Douglas Coverdell (1939-2000) —
also known as Paul Coverdell —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
20, 1939.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1971-89; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1977; Georgia
Republican state chair, 1985-87; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1993-2000; died in office 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Director of the Peace Corps, 1989-91.
Died, of complications from a cerebral
hemorrhage, at Piedmont Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 18,
2000 (age 61 years, 180
days).
Cremated.
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Horacio Rivero (1910-2000) —
also known as "Rivets" —
of California.
Born in Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico, May 16,
1910.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean conflict; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1972-74.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
First
U.S. Navy four-star admiral of Hispanic heritage.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., September
24, 2000 (age 90 years, 131
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Hazel Rivero (1908-1997). |
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E. S. Johnny Walker (1911-2000) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.; Silver City, Grant
County, N.M.
Born in Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky., June 18,
1911.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1965-69; defeated, 1968.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks.
In the New Mexico state legislature, he successfully sponsored a bill
to allow women to serve on juries. In Congress, he sponsored
legislation that created what is now Pecos National Historical Park.
Died of leukemia,
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
8, 2000 (age 89 years, 112
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Lester Ellis Anderson (1921-2000) —
also known as Les Anderson —
of Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.; Aspen, Pitkin
County, Colo.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
5, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Eugene, Ore., 1969-77.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of cancer, in
Eugene, Lane
County, Ore., October
8, 2000 (age 78 years, 308
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Willamette
National Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Epitaph: "Look
to the mountains for strength." |
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Neil Oliver Staebler (1905-2000) —
also known as Neil Staebler; "Mr.
Democrat" —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 11,
1905.
Son of Edward
William Staebler and Magdalena (Dold) Staebler.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1950-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1963-65; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1963-67, 1972-75; candidate for
Governor
of Michigan, 1964; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1984,
1988.
Unitarian.
German
ancestry. Member, Theta
Chi; American
Economic Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died, from the effects of Alzheimer's
disease, in Glacier Hills nursing
home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
8, 2000 (age 95 years, 150
days).
Cremated.
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Homer Baird Kidwell (1911-2000) —
also known as H. Baird Kidwell —
of Hawaii.
Born in Maricopa, Kern
County, Calif., October
20, 1911.
Lawyer;
justice
of Hawaii state supreme court, 1975-79.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, at Rogue Valley Medical
Center, Medford, Jackson
County, Ore., December
27, 2000 (age 89 years, 68
days).
Cremated.
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James Charles Corman (1920-2000) —
also known as James C. Corman; Jim Corman —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reseda, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., October
20, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served
in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75,
21st District 1975-81).
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights
Act in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders.
The federal building in Van Nuys, Calif., was named for
him in 2001.
Died, following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., December
30, 2000 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Austin L. Wyman, Jr. (1927-2001) —
of Northbrook, Cook
County, Ill.
Born December
28, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1960.
Died January
4, 2001 (age 73 years, 7
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Marcus F. Jensen (1908-2001) —
of Douglas, Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Westhope, Bottineau
County, N.Dak., August 8,
1908.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1949-50;
member of Alaska
territorial senate 1st District, 1953-56; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1961.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, February
6, 2001 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Shrine
of St. Therese, Juneau, Alaska.
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William Alex Stolt (1900-2001) —
also known as Bill Stolt —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1900.
Electrician;
mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1941-44.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, in the Anchorage Pioneers
Home, Anchorage,
Alaska, February
28, 2001 (age 100 years,
238 days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Frank Edward Agan (1906-2001) —
also known as Frank E. Agan —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; East Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Glenwood, Mills
County, Iowa, March 4,
1906.
Son of Benjamin T. Agan and Etta M. (Hittle) Agan.
Republican. Accountant
for Nevada Northern Railway;
member of Nevada
Republican State Executive Committee, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1948;
chair
of White Pine County Republican Party, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died May 5,
2001 (age 95 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Serenity
Falls Columbarium, Morgan County, Colo.
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Richard Thomas Hanna (1914-2001) —
also known as Richard T. Hanna; "The Little
Leprechaun" —
of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.; Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Kemmerer, Lincoln
County, Wyo., June 9,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1956-62; while in the Assembly, he helped bring
about the establishment
of the University of California at Irvine and California State
University at Fullerton; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 34th District, 1963-74; resigned
1974.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions; Elks.
In the 1970s, he received
payments of about $200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park
in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence
buying scandal;
pleaded
guilty; sentenced
to 6-30 months in federal
prison; served one year.
Died in Tryon, Polk
County, N.C., June 9,
2001 (age 87 years, 0
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Maynard Gilbert Conners (1918-2001) —
also known as Maynard G. Conners —
of Franklin, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Cherryfield, Washington
County, Maine, June 15,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; contractor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1970; member of Maine
state house of representatives.
Protestant.
Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
17, 2001 (age 83 years, 94
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bayview
Cemetery, Franklin, Maine.
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Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) —
also known as Mary S. Coleman; Mary Leslie
Stallings —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Forney, Kaufman
County, Tex., June 24,
1914.
Daughter of Leslie C. Stallings and Agnes (Huther) Stallings.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1973-82; resigned 1982; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1979-82.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Junior
League; Altrusa;
American
Legion Auxiliary; American
Association of University Women; Beta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Omicron Pi.
Died, of cancer, in
Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., November
27, 2001 (age 87 years, 156
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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William Frederick Dannemiller (1927-2001) —
also known as William F. Dannemiller; Bill
Dannemiller —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., August 9,
1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
developer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1960; candidate for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1964.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in University of Michigan Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
5, 2001 (age 74 years, 118
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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John Whitcome Reynolds, Jr. (1921-2002) —
also known as John W. Reynolds, Jr. —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., April 4,
1921.
Son of John
Whitcome Reynolds, Sr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1950; chair of
Brown County Democratic Party, 1953-57; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1956;
Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1960;
Governor
of Wisconsin, 1963-65; defeated, 1964; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1965-86; senior judge, 1986-2002.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from complications of heart
disease, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
6, 2002 (age 80 years, 277
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (1912-2002) —
also known as Henry S. Reuss —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
22, 1912.
Son of Gustav A. Reuss and Paula Schoellkopf Reuss.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1948, 1960; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1952;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1955-83.
The Reuss Federal Plaza in Milwaukee was named for him.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in a hospital
at San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif., January
12, 2002 (age 89 years, 324
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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John Arthur Love (1916-2002) —
also known as John A. Love —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Gibson City, Ford
County, Ill., November
29, 1916.
Son of Arthur C. Love and Mildred (Shaver) Love.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Colorado
Republican State Central Committee, 1960; Governor of
Colorado, 1963-73; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died January
21, 2002 (age 85 years, 53
days).
Cremated.
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Eldon Dean Rudd (1920-2002) —
also known as Eldon D. Rudd —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Camp Verde, Yavapai
County, Ariz., July 15,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 4th District, 1977-87.
Catholic.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
8, 2002 (age 81 years, 208
days).
Interment at Arizona
Veterans Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Edwin Hyland May, Jr. (1924-2002) —
also known as Edwin H. May, Jr. —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 28,
1924.
Son of Edwin Hyland May and Dorothy (Wells-Hannum) May.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1957-59; Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1958-62; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1960;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District,
1965; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1968.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie
County, Fla., February
20, 2002 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Cremated.
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Byron Raymond White (1917-2002) —
also known as Byron R. White;
"Whizzer" —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., June 8,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1960;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Professional football
player for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1938 and for the Detroit Lions
in 1940; lead the league in rushing both years; his $15,800 salary
was then the highest ever paid a player in the National Football
League.
Died, of complications from pneumonia,
in Denver,
Colo., April 15,
2002 (age 84 years, 311
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Colo.
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Edward Charles Pierce (1930-2002) —
also known as Edward C. Pierce —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich., January
3, 1930.
Democrat. Physician;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1974 (primary), 1976;
member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1979-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1982; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1985-87; defeated, 1967, 1987.
Died, from complications of Legionnaire's
disease, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 4,
2002 (age 72 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Richard McGarrah Helms (1913-2002) —
also known as Richard Helms —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in St. Davids, Delaware
County, Pa., March 30,
1913.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Director, U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency, 1966-73; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1973-77; pleaded
guilty in 1977 to perjury
charges,
over his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Member, Chi Psi;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of multiple
myeloma, in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 2002 (age 89 years, 206
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Milton Lipson (1913-2003) —
also known as Mitch Lipson —
of Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1913.
Secret
Service agent; One of the first
Jews in the U.S. Secret Service; worked as bodyguard for Presidents
Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Harry
S. Truman; lawyer.
Jewish.
Died in Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
22, 2003 (age about 89
years).
Cremated.
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John H. Reading (1917-2003) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
26, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1966-77.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Indian Wells, Riverside
County, Calif., February
7, 2003 (age 85 years, 73
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Leslie Evans (1943-2003) —
also known as John L. Evans —
of California.
Born, in a hospital
at Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., March 13,
1943.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1994.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., April 19,
2003 (age 60 years, 37
days).
Cremated.
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Girard Nefcy (d. 2003) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
10th District, 1961.
Died April 29,
2003.
Interment at Marygrove
College Memorial Garden, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Therese McGee Nefcy. |
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Jacob Edward Gunther III (1953-2003) —
also known as Jacob E. Gunther III; Jake
Gunther —
of Forestburgh, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., June 11,
1953.
Democrat. Glass
business; member of New York
state assembly 98th District, 1993-2003; died in office 2003.
Presbyterian.
Died, of neck
cancer, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 9,
2003 (age 50 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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John R. Dawson (1950-2003) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in 1950.
U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 2002-03, died in office 2003.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Mercy Hospital,
Long Island (unknown
county), N.Y., August 1,
2003 (age about 53
years).
Cremated.
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Harold Overton Hatcher (1907-2003) —
also known as Harold O. Hatcher —
of Illinois; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Greensburg, Green
County, Ky., March 7,
1907.
Son of Overton Hatcher and Edna Mitchell Hatcher.
Socialist. Congregationalist
minister; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., August 6,
2003 (age 96 years, 152
days).
Cremated.
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Charles F. Herbert (1910-2003) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
17, 1910.
Democrat. Mining engineer;
member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1941-42;
Alaska Commissioner of Natural Resources.
Died in Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, September
3, 2003 (age 93 years, 198
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean.
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Frank Lewis O'Bannon (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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Francis Xavier McCloskey (1939-2003) —
also known as Frank McCloskey —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 12,
1939.
Democrat. Mayor
of Bloomington, Ind., 1972-82; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1972;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1983-85, 1985-95;
defeated, 1970, 1994.
Catholic.
Died, of bladder
cancer, November
2, 2003 (age 64 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Noble Willingham (1931-2004) —
Born in Mineola, Wood
County, Tex., August
31, 1931.
Republican. Television and film actor;
appeared in more than 30 movies; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 2000.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., January
17, 2004 (age 72 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
National Cemetery, Riverside, Calif.
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Charles H. Haden II (1937-2004) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., April 16,
1937.
Son of Charles H. Haden and Beatrice (Costolo) Haden.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1963-64; defeated, 1964; candidate for West
Virginia state attorney general, 1968; West Virginia State Tax
Commissioner, 1969-72; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1972-75; appointed 1972;
resigned 1975; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1975-2002.
Member, American Bar
Association.
The Charles H. Haden II Professorship of Law at West Virginia
University is named for
him.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March 20,
2004 (age 66 years, 339
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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James W. Broyles (1949-2004) —
also known as Jim Broyles —
of Texas.
Born September
22, 1949.
Republican. Fire
fighter; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1992, 1994.
Died, of cancer, in
Hewitt, McLennan
County, Tex., April 8,
2004 (age 54 years, 199
days).
Cremated.
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Frank Brenner Morrison (1905-2004) —
also known as Frank B. Morrison —
of Stockville, Frontier
County, Neb.; McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born May 20,
1905.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska,
1940
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1964;
chair
of Frontier County Democratic Party, 1940; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1948, 1954; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1958, 1966, 1970; Governor of
Nebraska, 1961-67.
Died April 19,
2004 (age 98 years, 335
days).
Cremated.
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James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004) —
also known as James K. Penfield —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1908.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, 1961.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
11, 2004 (age 96 years, 155
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Longbranch
Cemetery, Longbranch, Wash.
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Richard Sheppard Arnold (1936-2004) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., March 26,
1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966, 1972; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1969-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1978-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1978-80; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1980-2001; took senior
status 2001.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of lymphoma,
in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
23, 2004 (age 68 years, 181
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium, Little Rock, Ark.
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Christopher D'Olier Reeve (1952-2004) —
also known as Christopher Reeve —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
25, 1952.
Son of Franklin D'Olier Reeve and Barbara Pitney (Lamb) Reeve.
Democrat. Actor;
paralyzed
in a horseback-riding accident in 1995; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996.
Died, from heart
failure while being treated for an infection,
in Northern Westchester Hospital,
Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 2004 (age 52 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Pierre Emil George Salinger (1925-2004) —
also known as Pierre Salinger —
of California.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 14,
1925.
Son of Herbert Salinger and Jehanne (Bietry) Salinger.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
reporter; press secretary to U.S. Sen. and Pres. John
F. Kennedy; U.S.
Senator from California, 1964; defeated, 1964; Paris bureau
chief for ABC News.
Died, from heart
failure, in a hospital
at Le Thor, Provence, France,
October
16, 2004 (age 79 years, 124
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Street Boone (1918-2004) —
of Elkton, Todd
County, Ky.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., April 27,
1918.
Son of B. E. Boone.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 16th District, 1972-73; defeated
in primary, 1973, 1975.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from injuries received in a 2002 automobile
accident, in the Hearthstone Place nursing
home, Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., November
22, 2004 (age 86 years, 209
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Joy Fields Bale (Kentucky poet laureate). |
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James Patton Sutton (1915-2005) —
also known as Pat Sutton —
of Lawrenceburg, Lawrence
County, Tenn.
Born near Wartrace, Bedford
County, Tenn., October
31, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1949-55 (7th District 1949-53, 6th
District 1953-55); candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1954; Lawrence
County Sheriff; pleaded no
contest in 1964 to charges
related to his involvement in a counterfeiting
ring; imprisoned
for 10 months for violating a federal probation
order.
Died, in the Lakeland Specialty Hospital,
Berrien Center, Berrien
County, Mich., February
3, 2005 (age 89 years, 95
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frederick H. Hobbs (1934-2005) —
also known as Fred Hobbs —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., January
6, 1934.
Son of Marian (Hause) Hobbs.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1967-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Amvets.
Died, of emphysema,
in Pottsville Hospital,
Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., July 24,
2005 (age 71 years, 199
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Albert Lewis (1923-2006) —
also known as Al Lewis; Alexander Meister;
"Grampa"; "Grandpa" —
of Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, April 30,
1923.
Green. Worked as a circus
performer and later as an actor;
most famous role was as "Grandpa Munster" on the television
comedy series The Munsters, 1964-66; owned an Italian restaurant
in New York; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1998; radio talk show
host on WBAI-FM.
Jewish.
Died, in a hospital
in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
3, 2006 (age 82 years, 279
days).
Cremated.
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Byron Mark Baer (1929-2007) —
also known as Byron M. Baer —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born October
8, 1929.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-94; member of New Jersey
state senate, 1994-2005; resigned 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000.
While working as a Freedom
Rider, registering voters in Mississippi in 1961, was arrested
and jailed
for 45 days.
Died, from complications of congestive
heart failure, in an assisted
living facility, Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., June 24,
2007 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Cremated.
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James N. Callahan (1932-2007) —
of Mt. Morris, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., January
9, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; mayor
of Mt. Morris, Mich.; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 83rd District, 1967-70; defeated
in primary, 1964; candidate for Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1970.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, in Northside Hospital,
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
6, 2007 (age 75 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bay
Pines National Cemetery, North Bay Pines, Fla.
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William Frank Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as William F. Buckley, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1925.
Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Skull and
Bones.
Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor of
National Review magazine;
author
and lecturer; host of television
news show "Firing Line"; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.
Died, probably of diabetes
and emphysema,
in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 2008 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley; brother of James
Lane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo
Brent Bozell); married 1950 to
Patricia Alden Austin Taylor (1926-2007). See Buckley
family of New York and Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Frederic
R. Coudert, Jr. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Getting
It Right (2003) — God
and Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'
(1951) — Spytime
: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) — Nearer,
My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) — The
Lexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word
Lover (1998) — Airborne
: A Sentimental Journey (1984) — In
Search of Anti-Semitism (1992) — Brothers
No More (1995) — Up
From Liberalism (1959) — The
Committee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (1962) — Elvis
in the Morning (2001) — Execution
eve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) — Four
reforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) — Gratitude
: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —
Nuremberg
: the reckoning (2002) — Overdrive
: a personal documentary (1983) — United
Nations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) — The
unmaking of a mayor (1966) — Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero (2001) |
| | | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Stained
Glass : A Blackford Oakes Novel (1978) — Marco
Polo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1981) —
Saving
the Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1976) — See
You Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery
(1985) — Tucker's
Last Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1991) — Mongoose,
R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1990) — A
Very Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1994) —
High
Jinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1986) — Who's
on First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1980) — The
Redhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator Joe McCarthy
(1999) |
| | | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:
John B. Judis, William
F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the
Conservatives |
| | | Critical books about William F. Buckley,
Jr.: David Miller, Chairman
Bill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
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Robert H. Bob Menke, Sr. (1919-2008) —
also known as Bob Menke —
Born in Huntingburg, Dubois
County, Ind., October
15, 1919.
Son of William Menke and Clara (Moenkhaus) Menke.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; furniture
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1953-54.
A standout basketball player in high school and at Indiana
University; inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1982.
Died, from Lewy body
dementia, March 30,
2008 (age 88 years, 167
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fairmount
Cemetery, Huntingburg, Ind.
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Mason Leonard Altiery (1928-2008) —
also known as Mason Altiery —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born March 17,
1928.
Broadcast
journalist and television news
anchor, 1959-68; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. Patsy
Mink, 1968-69; executive assistant to Mayor Frank
Fasi, 1969-70; member of Hawaii
state senate, 1970-72; candidate for mayor
of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1972.
Hawaiian
and Italian
ancestry.
Died May 31,
2008 (age 80 years, 75
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean.
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Relatives:
Married 1954
to Mona M. Melrose; father of Andrea Altiery (c.1958-1981; murdered
by serial killer Robert Hansen). |
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Diana Margaret Keller (1944-2008) —
also known as Diana M. Keller —
of Riverview, Wayne
County, Mich.; Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born December
26, 1944.
Daughter of Joseph Keller and Naomi Dobrovalski.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1980;
president,
AFSCME Local 1659.
Female.
Died, of cancer, July 19,
2008 (age 63 years, 206
days).
Cremated.
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Arthur Glenn Andrews (1909-2008) —
also known as Glenn Andrews —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., January
15, 1909.
Son of Roger Lee Andrews and Beryl Elizabeth (Jones) Andrews.
Republican. Advertising
executive; chair of
Calhoun County Republican Party, 1952; candidate for Alabama
state house of representatives, 1956; candidate for secretary of
state of Alabama, 1958; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1965-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Died in White Plains, Calhoun
County, Ala., September
25, 2008 (age 99 years, 254
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Grace
Episcopal Church Columbarium, Anniston, Ala.
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Paul Leonard Newman (1925-2008) —
also known as Paul Newman; "King
Cool" —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
26, 1925.
Son of Arthur Samuel Newman and Theresa (Fetzer) Newman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; American actor
and film
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1968;
created the Newman's Own line of salad dressing
and other food
products, with all profits donated to charity.
Slovak
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
26, 2008 (age 83 years, 244
days).
Cremated.
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Anthony Tony Tarracino (1916-2008) —
also known as Tony Tarracino; "Captain Tony";
"The Conscience of Key West" —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., August
10, 1916.
Beaten
and left for dead by Mafia colleagues in New Jersey in the 1940s;
charter
boat captain; saloon
keeper; mayor of
Key West, Fla., 1989-91; defeated, 1991.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from a heart and
lung
condition, in Lower Keys Medical
Center, Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., November
1, 2008 (age 92 years, 83
days).
Cremated.
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Jennifer Lauren Gale (1960-2008) —
also known as Jennifer L. Gale —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., 1960.
Candidate for mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006; candidate for mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 2007.
Female.
Transgender.
Found dead outside First English Lutheran Church,
Austin, Travis
County, Tex., December
17, 2008 (age about 48
years).
Cremated.
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Marilyn Chambers (1952-2009) —
also known as Marilyn Ann Briggs; Evelyn Lang;
Marilyn Chambers Taylor —
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 22,
1952.
Model;
Actress
in pornographic
movies;
gun
dealer; Personal Choice candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004.
Female.
Bisexual.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage and an aneurysm,
in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 12,
2009 (age 56 years, 355
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Clifford Peter Hansen (1912-2009) —
also known as Clifford P. Hansen —
of Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo.
Born in Zenith, Lincoln County (now Teton
County), Wyo., October
16, 1912.
Son of Peter Christofferson Hansen and Sylvia Irene (Wood) Hansen.
Republican. Rancher; Teton
County Commissioner, 1943-51; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wyoming, 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Governor of
Wyoming, 1963-67; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78.
Episcopalian.
Danish
and English
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Sigma Nu.
Died in Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo., October
20, 2009 (age 97 years, 4
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. John's Episcopal Church, Jackson, Wyo.
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William Harrison Waste —
also known as William H. Waste —
of California.
Chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1926-40.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sunset
View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
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Joseph G. Myerson —
of New York.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1930.
Cremated.
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Joseph David Tarlowe —
also known as Joseph D. Tarlowe —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1926; candidate for
New
York state senate 12th District, 1930; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1938.
Cremated;
cenotaph at Wall
of Honor, Immigration Museum, Ellis Island, N.J.
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Bartholomew Columbus Vandall —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1873-75.
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Blakey Helm —
also known as J. Blakey Helm —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1940.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Minnie Jean Nielson —
also known as Minnie J. Nielson —
of Valley City, Barnes
County, N.Dak.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Daughter of Wylie Nielson and Mary (Stewart) Nielson.
Republican. School
teacher; North
Dakota superintendent of public instruction, 1919-26; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1920.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodbine
Cemetery, Valley City, N.Dak.
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Carl Hanton —
of Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1940.
Cremated.
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Marvin Birkett Sherwin —
also known as Marvin Sherwin —
of Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 16th District, 1949-51; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1952;
superior court judge in California, 1959.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
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H. Carroll Megill —
U.S. Vice Consul in Zagreb, 1922-24.
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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