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Samuel S. Arentz (1913-1994) —
also known as Sam Arentz —
of Pioche, Lincoln
County, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 9,
1913.
Son of Samuel
Shaw Arentz and Harriet (Keep) Arentz.
Republican. Mining
engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1952.
Member, American
Legion; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died January
6, 1994 (age 80 years, 303
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Spruille Braden (1894-1978) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkhorn, Jefferson
County, Mont., March 13,
1894.
Son of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden.
Mining
engineer; financier;
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42; Cuba, 1942-45; Argentina, 1945.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Arbitration Association; Navy
League; John
Birch Society.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1978 (age 83 years, 303
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden; married, September
5, 1915, to Maria Humeres del Solar (died 1962); married 1964 to Verbena
Williams Hebbard (died 1977). |
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article |
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James Harvey Brown (1906-1995) —
also known as James H. Brown —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak., April 22,
1906.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; vice-chair of
California Democratic Party, 1948-58; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
municipal judge in California, 1964-.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 10,
1995 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bud Campbell —
of Barstow, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Civil engineer; builder;
candidate for mayor of
Barstow, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Sherman Day (1806-1884) —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., 1806.
Son of Jeremiah Day (1773-1867; president of Yale College) and Martha
(Sherman) Day.
Engineer; historian;
went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1855-56; U.S. Surveyor General of California,
1868-71.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., 1884
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Harry Lane Englebright (1884-1943) —
also known as Harry L. Englebright —
of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif., January
2, 1884.
Son of William
Fellows Englebright and Kittie F. (Holland) Englebright.
Republican. Mining
engineer; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1926-43; died in
office 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died, of an acute heart
condition, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 13,
1943 (age 59 years, 131
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Nevada City, Calif.
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John White Geary (1819-1873) —
also known as John W. Geary —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland
County, Pa., December
30, 1819.
Civil engineer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1849; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1850-51; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1856-57; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1867-73.
Methodist.
Died after suffering a heart
attack, in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
8, 1873 (age 53 years, 40
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Francis H. Gentry —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Civil engineer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1939-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1942.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Owen Greenan (1888-c.1952) —
also known as J. O. Greenan —
of Mina, Mineral
County, Nev.; Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
3, 1888.
Son of James Edward Greenan and Margaret A. (Galligan) Greenan.
Republican. Mining
engineer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nevada, 1940.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., about 1952 (age about 64
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Son of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn)
Hoover (1848-1883).
Republican. Mining
engineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel, New
York, New
York County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover
(1848-1883); distant cousin of Charles
Lewis Hoover; married, February
10, 1899, to Lou Henry (1874-1944); father of Herbert
Clark Hoover, Jr.. See Hoover
family of California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
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Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr. (1903-1969) —
also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
August
4, 1903.
Son of Herbert
Clark Hoover and Lou (Henry) Hoover.
Republican. Petroleum geologist;
mining
engineer; inventor;
president, Aeronautical
Radio,
Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; director, Monsanto
Chemical
Company; director, Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation; director, Southern California Edison
Company; director, Hanna Mining
Company; director, Pacific Mutual Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1960.
Herbert Hoover Jr. High School, in San Jose, Calif., is named for
him.
Died, of cancer, in
Huntington Community Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1969 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William G. Kirkland (1913-1999) —
of Huntington Park, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1913.
Son of James Allen Kirkland (1882-1959) and Nora (Stevens) Kirkland
(1888-1985).
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil engineer;
mayor
of Huntington Park, Calif., 1952.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a hospital
in Martin
County, Fla., December
15, 1999 (age 86 years, 77
days).
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Ira Leitner —
of Dublin, Alameda
County, Calif.
Data
network engineer; candidate for mayor of
Dublin, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Loren D. Leman (b. 1950) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Pomona, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
2, 1950.
Republican. Civil engineer; commercial
fisherman; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1988, 1990; member of Alaska
state senate District G, 1993-2002; Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 2002-06.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2006.
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Lodian W. Lodian (b. 1866) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford
County, Conn., July 15,
1866.
Son of Kalos I. Lodian and Anita (Mana) Lodian.
Civil engineer; metallurgist;
world traveler; inventor;
claimed to be first
American to cross the Himalayan mountains, 1895; secretary,
international antisemitic convention, Paris, 1900; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1918
(Prohibition), 1921 (Prohibition), 1933 (Law Preservation);
Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922; Law Preservation candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Anthony Matich (1927-2008) —
also known as Martin Matich —
of Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Loma Linda, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
6, 1927.
Son of John Matich and Williamina (Davidson) Matich.
Engineer; grading
contractor; his company built over 1,000 miles of roads,
including major expressways and interchanges, as well as airport
runways, flood control channels, landfills, and major buildings; mayor of
Colton, Calif., 1958-60; director, San Bernardino Community Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Navy
League; American
Arbitration Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
A 22-mile section of Highway 30, from Redlands to Fontana, was named for
him in 2006.
Died in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., April 19,
2008 (age 80 years, 226
days).
Interment at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery, Colton, Calif.
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Robert McClain (b. 1964) —
also known as Bob McClain —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in California, November
15, 1964.
Civil engineer; Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Gerald M. McNerney (b. 1951) —
also known as Jerry McNerney —
of Pleasanton, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., June 18,
1951.
Democrat. Engineer; U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 2007-; defeated,
2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2008.
Still living as of 2009.
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Merritt E. Paddock (1867-1937) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Prophetstown, Whiteside
County, Ill., June 3,
1867.
Mining
engineer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1933-34.
Member, Elks.
Died in May, 1937
(age 69
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Steven T. Polkabla —
of Pacific Grove, Monterey
County, Calif.
Engineer; candidate for mayor
of Pacific Grove, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Schildhauer (b. 1872) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New Holstein, Calumet
County, Wis., August
21, 1872.
Republican. Engineer; business
executive; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1948.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi.
Did engineering work on Panama Canal locks, 1906-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard M. Stadden (1856-1918) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 27,
1856.
Civil engineer and contractor
on railways
and harbor
projects in the U.S. and Mexico; Hawaiian consul at Manzanillo,
1886-87; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1886-87; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Manzanillo, 1906-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Manzanillo, 1916-17.
Died, of influenza,
1918
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Harry James Stockman (b. 1919) —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 15,
1919.
Son of Harry Joseph Stockman and Mary Ellen (Lewis) Stockman.
Republican. Oil company
engineer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
hotel
operator; real estate
developer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1960.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1963.
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Leonard Samuel Thomson (b. 1911) —
also known as Leonard S. Thomson —
of Taft, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
6, 1911.
Son of Albert Charles Thomson and Ernestina (Fisher) Thomson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil company
engineer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1964.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William B. Vaughn (b. 1946) —
also known as Bill Vaughn —
of Lafayette, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
23, 1946.
Democrat. Engineer; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Jacob Yost (1853-1933) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Staunton,
Va., April 1,
1853.
Republican. Printer;
civil engineer; mayor
of Staunton, Va., 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1887-89, 1897-99; mining
business.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
25, 1933 (age 79 years, 299
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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David Young III (b. 1905) —
of Boonton, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 1,
1905.
Republican. Civil engineer; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1941-46; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Morris County,
1947; member of New Jersey
state senate from Morris County, 1947-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1952.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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