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Katherine Thompson Becker (1916-1996) —
also known as Katherine Thompson Brown —
of Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., October
10, 1916.
Daughter of Charles Henry Brown (1865-1935) and Annette (Thompson)
Brown (1885-1959).
Republican. Member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-50; vice-chair of
California Republican Party, 1948-50.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Danish,
Dutch,
and English ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., February
25, 1996 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Casa
Bonita Mausoleum, Stockton, Calif.
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Horace Boies (1827-1923) —
of Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.; Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa; Palermo Township, Grundy
County, Iowa; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y., December
7, 1827.
Son of Heber Boies (1795-1873) and Ester 'Hattie' (Henshaw) Boies
(1798-1852).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1857; Governor of
Iowa, 1890-94; defeated, 1893; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1892;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1902.
French
and English ancestry.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 4,
1923 (age 95 years, 118
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
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Angela Marie Buchanan (b. 1948) —
also known as Bay Buchanan —
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1948.
Daughter of William Baldwin Buchanan (1905-1988) and Catherine
Elizabeth (Crum) Buchanan (1911-1995).
Republican. Treasurer for Ronald
Reagan's presidential campaigns, 1976-84; treasurer of the United
States, 1981-83; television
commentator; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988;
candidate in primary for California
state treasurer, 1990.
Female.
Catholic;
later Mormon. Irish,
English, and German
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Damon Henry Clark (1873-1947) —
also known as Damon H. Clark —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
11, 1873.
Son of Henry Clay Clark and Kate (Horst) Clark.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1913-36 (48th District
1913-18, 46th District 1919-36).
English ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died in Perris, Riverside
County, Calif., December
9, 1947 (age 74 years, 120
days).
Interment at Perris
Valley Cemetery, Perris, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married 1901
to Katherine M. 'Kate' Pohlzon. |
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Clinton Eastwood, Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Clint Eastwood —
of Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif.; Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., May 31,
1930.
Son of Clinton Eastwood, Sr. and Margaret Ruth (Runner) Eastwood.
Republican. Movie
actor, producer,
director;
restaurant
and hotel
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
mayor, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1986-88.
Scottish,
Irish,
Dutch,
and English ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (1913-2006) —
also known as Gerald R. Ford; Jerry Ford; Leslie
Lynch King, Jr.; "Passkey" —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., July 14,
1913.
Son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr. (1884-1941) and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner)
King Ford (1892-1967).
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned
1973; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64; Vice
President of the United States, 1973-74; President
of the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.
Episcopalian.
English and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Sons of
the American Revolution; Forty and
Eight; Jaycees;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Humane
Society; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Shot
at in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975.
On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cult
leader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loaded
pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired.
On September 22, Sara Jane Moore fired a
shot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were
convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1999.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., December
26, 2006 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Gerald
R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Leslie Lynch King, Sr. (1884-1941) and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King
Ford (1892-1967); step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr. (1890-1962);
married, October
15, 1948, to Elizabeth Ann 'Betty' (Bloomer) Warren (1918-2011);
half-brother of Thomas
G. Ford, Sr.. |
| | | Cross-reference: Richard
M. Nixon — L.
William Seidman |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Gerald R. Ford: A
Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(1983) |
| | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John Robert
Greene, The
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,
Gerald
R. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —
James Cannon, Time
and Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —
Douglas Brinkley, Gerald
R. Ford |
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Glenn Ford (1916-2006) —
also known as Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford —
Born in Quebec City, Quebec,
May 1,
1916.
Son of Newton Ford and Hannah Ford.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; film and television actor
in dozens of roles; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Welsh
and English ancestry.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
30, 2006 (age 90 years, 121
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Ford and Hannah Ford; married, October
23, 1943, to Eleanor Powell (divorced 1959); married, March 27,
1966, to Kathryn Hays (divorced 1969); married, September
10, 1977, to Cynthia Hayward (divorced 1984); married, March 5,
1993, to Jeanne Baus (divorced 1994). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield
(1801-1888).
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state
senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20
gold certificate in about 1898-1905.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Third
cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou)
Garfield (1801-1888); fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918);
third cousin once removed of Abial
Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer; father of James
Rudolph Garfield. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Son of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding (1843-1910) and George
Tryon Harding (1844-1928).
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio state
senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August 2,
1923 (age 57 years, 273
days); the claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Original interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Tomb, Marion, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Married, July 8,
1891, to Florence Mabel Kling (1860-1924). |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His Times (out of
print) — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding (out of
print) — John W. Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
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Shirley MacLaine (b. 1934) —
also known as Shirley MacLean Beaty —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April 24,
1934.
Daughter of Owens Beaty and Kathryn Beaty.
Democrat. Actress;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972.
Female.
English, Irish, and
Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Samuel Frederick Noon (1879-1966) —
also known as S. Fred Noon —
of Nogales, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
3, 1879.
Son of Adolphus
Henry Noon and Emma Catherine Elizabeth (Slaughter) Noon
(1844-1917).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Vice & Deputy Consul in Nogales, 1905; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1920.
English ancestry.
Died September
20, 1966 (age 86 years, 321
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary Pickford Rogers (1892-1979) —
also known as Gladys Louise Smith; Mary Pickford;
"America's Sweetheart"; "Little
Mary"; "Blondilocks" —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
April
8, 1892.
Daughter of John Charles Smith and Charlotte (Hennessy) Smith.
Republican. Professional actress
in 1908-33; appeared in more than 250 films;
co-founder (with Douglas Fairbanks, D. W. Griffith, and Charlie
Chaplin), United Artists motion
picture company; also co-founder of Motion
Picture Academy; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1944.
Female.
English and Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Santa Monica Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 29,
1979 (age 87 years, 51
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John Charles Smith and Charlotte (Hennessy) Smith;
married, January
7, 1911, to Owen Moore (director;
divorced 1920); married, March 28,
1920, to Douglas Fairbanks (actor;
divorced 1936); married, June 26,
1937, to Charles 'Buddy' Rogers (actor). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Mary Pickford: Kevin
Brownlow, Mary
Pickford Rediscovered — Eileen Whitfield, Pickford:
The Woman Who Made Hollywood |
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William Henry Workman (1839-1918) —
also known as William H. Workman —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New Franklin, Howard
County, Mo., January
1, 1839.
Son of David Workman (1798-1854) and Nancy (Hook) Workman
(1807-1888).
Democrat. Harness
manufacturer; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1886-88.
English ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
21, 1918 (age 79 years, 51
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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