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Philip Bancroft (1881-1975) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Walnut Creek, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 30,
1881.
Son of Hubert Howe Bancroft and Matilda Cooley (Griffing) Bancroft.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1908,
1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1938, 1944 (primary).
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Rotary.
Suffered a stroke and
died three days later, in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa
County, Calif., August
11, 1975 (age 94 years, 42
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh P. Donnelly —
of Turlock, Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Born in Nebraska.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1934-43; Presidential Elector for California, 1940;
member of California
state senate, 1943-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1944.
Member, Grange.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harlan Francis Hagen (1914-1990) —
also known as Harlan Hagen —
of Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.
Born in Lawton, Ramsey
County, N.Dak., October
8, 1914.
Son of Oluf Hagen and Carrie (Swenson) Hagen.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-67 (14th District 1953-63,
18th District 1963-67); defeated, 1966; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Exchange
Club.
Died November
25, 1990 (age 76 years, 48
days).
Interment at Grangeville
Cemetery, Armona, Calif.
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Knute Hill (1876-1963) —
also known as "Little Giant" —
of Prosser, Benton
County, Wash.
Born near Creston, Ogle
County, Ill., July 31,
1876.
Son of Rasmus O. Hill and Martha (Govig) Hill.
Member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1927-32; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1933-43; defeated,
1920 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District), 1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District),
1946 (Independent Progressive, 5th District).
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Desert Hot Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., December
3, 1963 (age 87 years, 125
days).
Interment at Yakima
Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, Wash.
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John Joseph McFall (1918-2006) —
also known as John J. McFall —
of Manteca, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
20, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Manteca, Calif., 1948-50; member of California
state assembly, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from California, 1957-79 (11th District 1957-63,
15th District 1963-75, 14th District 1975-79); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1960,
1964.
Member, Grange; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Lions.
Died March 7,
2006 (age 88 years, 15
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harvey David Scott (1818-1891) —
of Indiana.
Born in Milford Center, Union
County, Ohio, October
18, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Newton
Booth; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1855-57; state court
judge in Indiana, 1882-84.
Member, Grange.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 11,
1891 (age 72 years, 266
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Dora Hall Stockman (1872-1948) —
also known as Dora H. Stockman; Dora Hall; Dora
Weinkauf —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin at Marilla, Manistee
County, Mich., August 4,
1872.
Daughter of Leander Hall and Lucy Jane (Bennet) Hall.
Republican. School
teacher; lecturer of the Michigan State Grange, and editor of the
Grange paper, the Michigan Patron; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1920-31; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham County
2nd District, 1933; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1939-46.
Female.
Member, Grange; Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
First
woman to hold statewide elective office in Michigan.
Died in California, 1948
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Hurd
Cemetery, DeWitt Township, Clinton County, Mich.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Leander Hall and Lucy Jane (Bennet) Hall; married, August 8,
1889, to Francis M. Stockman (died 1932); married 1947 to Gustof
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