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Howard F. Ahmanson (1906-1968) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in 1906.
Republican. Insurance business; financier;
philanthropist; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1956.
Died June 18,
1968 (age about 61
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Nita Wentner Ashcraft —
also known as Nita Ashcraft —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Republican. Real estate
agent; insurance broker; member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1966-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1968,
1972,
1992.
Female.
Protestant.
Still living as of 1992.
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Relatives:
Married to Wayne W. Wentner and Hale Ashcraft. |
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Leland Milton Backstrand (1899-1964) —
also known as Leland M. Backstrand —
of Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1899.
Republican. Insurance and real
estate business; member of California
state assembly, 1953-60; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1960;
member of California
state senate, 1961-64.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Optimist
Club; American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in 1964
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) —
also known as John J. Bagley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., July 24,
1832.
Son of John Bagley and Mary M. (Smith) Bagley.
Republican. Cigar
manufacturer; president, Michigan Mutual Life Insurance
Company, 1867-72; bank
director; Governor of
Michigan, 1873-76.
Unitarian.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
27, 1881 (age 49 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Bane (b. 1913) —
also known as Tom Bane —
of Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
28, 1913.
Son of Howard Kelly Bane and Mary (Murray) Bane.
Democrat. Insurance agent; member of California
state assembly, 1959-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964.
Member, Lions; Toastmasters.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest King Bramblett (1901-1966) —
also known as Ernest K. Bramblett —
of Pacific Grove, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., April 25,
1901.
Son of James Mitchell Bramblett and Bettie Frances (King) Bramblett.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Pacific Grove, Calif., 1938-46; U.S.
Representative from California, 1947-55 (11th District 1947-53,
13th District 1953-55).
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Elks; Moose; Rotary; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died December
27, 1966 (age 65 years, 246
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Bryant (1823-1888) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Effingham, Carroll
County, N.H., October
30, 1823.
Democrat. Gold miner;
wholesale
liquor merchant; importer and dealer in safes and locks;
insurance business; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1875-79.
Jumped
from the ferry steamer Encinal, and drowned
in San
Francisco Bay, May 11,
1888 (age 64 years, 194
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ephraim Willard Burr (1809-1894) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., March 7,
1809.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker;
insurance executive; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1856-59.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 20,
1894 (age 85 years, 135
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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George Ira Cochran (b. 1863) —
also known as George I. Cochran —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Oshawa, Ontario,
July
1, 1863.
Son of Rev. George Cochran and Catherine Lynch (Davidson) Cochran.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, Union
League.
Entombed at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. George Cochran and Catherine Lynch (Davidson) Cochran;
married, August 6,
1890, to Alice Maude McClung; married, April 3,
1907, to Isabelle May McClung. |
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Bar of Southern California, 1909 |
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David Christopher Crevelt (b. 1958) —
also known as David C. Crevelt —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Redwood City, San Mateo
County, Calif., June 10,
1958.
Son of John Theodore Crevelt and Audrey Joan (Stanford) Crevelt.
Republican. Insurance broker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1986.
Catholic.
Member, Theta
Chi; Lions.
Still living as of 1990.
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Charles Calhoun Dail (1909-1968) —
also known as Charles C. Dail —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
11, 1909.
Son of Charles Darwin Dail and Hester (Cooksey) Dail.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1948;
mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1955-63.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., July 13,
1968 (age 59 years, 184
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Frederick Bartlett Fancher (1852-1944) —
also known as Frederick B. Fancher —
of Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., April 2,
1852.
Republican. Insurance business; farmer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Stutsman
County, 1889; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1894-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1899-1901; wholesale
grocer.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1944 (age 91 years, 283
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894-1956) —
also known as Carl Hinshaw —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1939-56 (11th District 1939-43,
20th District 1943-56); defeated, 1936; died in office 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948.
Died, of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August 5,
1956 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Nhut Ho (born c.1940) —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born about 1940.
Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 2004.
Vietnamese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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Joseph Franklin Holt III (1924-1997) —
also known as Joseph F. Holt; Joe Holt —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 6,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
insurance business; public
relations business; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1948,
1956;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1953-61.
Died in Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 14,
1997 (age 73 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Frank Darr Jackson (1854-1938) —
also known as Frank D. Jackson —
of Iowa.
Born in Arcade, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
26, 1854.
Secretary
of state of Iowa, 1885-91; Governor of
Iowa, 1894-96; insurance executive.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., November
16, 1938 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude Roy Kirk, Jr. (1926-2011) —
also known as Claude R. Kirk, Jr. —
of Florida.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., January
7, 1926.
Son of Claude R. Kirk and Sarah (McLure) Kirk.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; insurance
business; Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1964; Governor of
Florida, 1967-71; defeated in Democratic primary, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., September
28, 2011 (age 85 years, 264
days).
Interment at South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, Fla.
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Henry Kuiper (born c.1941) —
of El Centro, Imperial
County, Calif.
Born about 1941.
Republican. Insurance agent; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Keith Land —
of Lodi, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Insurance business; mayor of
Lodi, Calif., 1998-99.
Still living as of 1999.
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Charles Jeremy Lewis (b. 1934) —
also known as Jerry Lewis —
of Highland, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., October
21, 1934.
Republican. Insurance business; member of California
state assembly, 1969-78; candidate for California
state senate, 1973; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2008 (37th District 1979-83,
35th District 1983-93, 40th District 1993-2003, 41st District
2003-08).
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Stephen Malatesta (b. 1887) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
25, 1887.
Son of Gaetano Malatesta and Assunta (Leveroni) Malatesta.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
broker; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1946-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac A. Manning (1864-1942) —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Abington, Wayne
County, Ind., January
14, 1864.
Son of William Manning (1832-1914) and Sarah Jane (Hunt) Manning
(1835-1875).
Republican. Telegraph
operator; newspaper
reporter; real
estate and insurance business; coffee planter;
U.S. Consular Agent in Matagalpa, 1899-1905; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1907-09; La Guaira, 1909-11; Barranquilla, 1911-16.
Congregationalist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
17, 1942 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Manning (1832-1914) and Sarah Jane (Hunt) Manning
(1835-1875); married, July 6,
1887, to Alice Hatch (died 1912); married, March 22,
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Norman Yoshio Mineta (b. 1931) —
also known as Norman Y. Mineta; Norm
Mineta —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
12, 1931.
Democrat. Insurance business; mayor of
San Jose, Calif., 1971-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972
(alternate), 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988
(Co-Chair;
speaker),
2000;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1975-95 (13th District 1975-93,
15th District 1993-95); resigned 1995; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 2000-01; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 2001-06.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke and
Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (1908-1998; divorced 1940; who
later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April 14,
1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider (divorced 1955); married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens (divorced 1969); married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
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John Harbin Rousselot (1927-2003) —
also known as John H. Rousselot —
of San Gabriel, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
1, 1927.
Republican. Insurance agent; public
relations consultant; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-63, 1970-83 (25th District
1961-63, 24th District 1970-75, 26th District 1975-83); defeated,
1982.
Member, John
Birch Society.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Irvine Medical
Center, Irvine, Orange
County, Calif., May 11,
2003 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Frederick Seward (1840-1910) —
also known as George F. Seward —
of California; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., 1840.
U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1861-63; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1863-76; U.S. Minister to China, 1876-80; president, Fidelity and Casualty Company
of New York, 1893-1910.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1910 (age about 70
years).
Interment somewhere
in Florida, N.Y.
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Benjamin Harrison Swig (1893-1980) —
also known as Benjamin H. Swig —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., November
17, 1893.
Son of Simon Swig and Fannie (Levy) Swig.
Democrat. Chairman, Fairmont Hotel
Co.; chairman, Western Dairy
Products, Inc.; president, Security Title Insurance Co.,
Benefit Standard Life Insurance Co., Beneficial Fire and
Casualty Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1980
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Joseph Welch (1869-1949) —
also known as Richard J. Welch —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, 1869.
Republican. Insurance broker; real estate
business; member of California
state senate, 1901-13; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1926-49; died in
office 1949.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles.
While traveling by
train, suffered a heart
attack, and died the next day, in a hospital
at Needles, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
10, 1949 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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