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Bert A. Betts (b. 1923) —
of Lemon Grove, San Diego
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August
16, 1923.
Son of Bert A. Betts, Sr. and Alma (Jorgenson) Betts.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
accountant; California
state treasurer, 1959-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Foresters;
Eagles;
Alpha
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1983.
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Lionel Cade (1918-1990) —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Texas, August
14, 1918.
Accountant; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Compton, Calif., 1977-81; defeated, 1973, 1981.
African
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, while suffering from emphysema,
April
3, 1990 (age 71 years, 232
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Campbell (b. 1955) —
of Irvine, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in California, July 19,
1955.
Republican. Accountant; U.S.
Representative from California 48th District, 2005-.
Still living as of 2009.
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Moon K. Choe —
of Marina, Monterey
County, Calif.
Accountant; realtor;
candidate for mayor of
Marina, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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George Christopher (1907-2000) —
also known as George Christopheles —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Arcadia, Greece,
December
8, 1907.
Son of James Christopheles and Mary (Koines) Christopheles.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; accountant; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960;
Presidential Elector for California, 1956;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1956-64; defeated, 1951; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1962; candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 1966.
Greek
ancestry.
As mayor, was instrumental in convincing the New York Giants baseball
team to move to San Francisco, as well as the construction of
Candlestick Park for the team.
Died, from a stroke, in
San
Francisco, Calif., September
14, 2000 (age 92 years, 281
days).
Interment at Greek
Orthodox Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Glenard Paul Lipscomb (1915-1970) —
also known as Glenard P. Lipscomb —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
19, 1915.
Republican. Accountant; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; member of California
state assembly, 1947-53; U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 1953-70; died in
office 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
1, 1970 (age 54 years, 166
days). A U.S. Navy submarine was named for
him.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Samuel Mardian, Jr. (b. 1919) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 24,
1919.
Son of Samuel Z. Mardian and Akabe (Lekerian) Mardian.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
accountant; construction
executive; campaign manager for Gov. Howard
Pyle, 1954; mayor of
Phoenix, Ariz., 1960-64; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1972.
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Eugene Nabel (1879-1965) —
also known as Emil Eugene Nabel —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Chemnitz, Germany,
October
28, 1879.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
reporter; accountant; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in SAINT Gall, 1907-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Amsterdam, 1914-19; Rotterdam, 1922-32; Zurich, 1938-43.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1965 (age 85 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Bradley J. Sherman (b. 1954) —
also known as Brad Sherman —
of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
24, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer;
accountant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1997-2008 (24th District
1997-2003, 27th District 2003-08).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Maurice Hubert Stans (1908-1998) —
also known as Maurice H. Stans —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn., March 22,
1908.
Son of J. Hubert Stans and Mathilda (Nyssen) Stans.
Accountant; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1969-72.
Catholic.
Indicted
in 1973, along with John
N. Mitchell, for perjury
and obstruction
over a contribution
from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried and
acquitted; later pleaded
guilty to five violations of campaign
finance laws and paid a fine of
$5,000.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died five days later, at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 14,
1998 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar A. Velasco —
of Carson, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Accountant; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 2002; candidate
for mayor of
Carson, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Rose Ann Vuich (c.1927-2001) —
of Dinuba, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born about 1927.
Democrat. Accountant; farmer;
member of California
state senate, 1977-92.
Female.
Serbian
ancestry.
First
woman member of the California Senate.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease and Alzheimer's
disease, in Dinuba, Tulare
County, Calif., August
30, 2001 (age about 74
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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