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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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Adolphus Frederic St. Sure (b. 1869) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Sheboygan, Sheboygan
County, Wis., March 9,
1869.
Son of Frank A. St. Sure and Ellen (Donoghue) St. Sure.
Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in California; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1923-25; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1925-36.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Linda T. Sánchez (b. 1969) —
of Lakewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Orange, Orange
County, Calif., January
28, 1969.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 39th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) —
also known as "The Senator for the Southern Pacific
Railroad" —
of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
28, 1827.
Son of Aaron Peaslee Sargent and Elizabeth (Stanwood) Sargent.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of California
state senate, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1861-63, 1869-73 (at-large
1861-63, 2nd District 1869-73); U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-79; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1882-84.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
14, 1887 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment somewhere
in Nevada City, Calif.
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Willis Hubbard Sargent (1896-1976) —
also known as Willis H. Sargent —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
11, 1896.
Son of Frank C. Sargent (died 1910; lawyer).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1925-33; member
of California
state assembly; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wellesley Island, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
22, 1976 (age 79 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Lynn Schenk (b. 1945) —
of La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
5, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1988,
2004;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008;
U.S.
Representative from California 49th District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Adam B. Schiff (b. 1960) —
of Burbank, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state senate, 1996-2001; U.S.
Representative from California, 2001-08 (27th District 2001-03,
29th District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 2004,
2008
(member, Platform
Committee).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2008.
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Michael Schmier (b. 1945) —
also known as Mike Schmier —
of Emeryville, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 2000; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Edward J. Schwartz (1912-2000) —
of California.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 26,
1912.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; municipal
judge in California, 1959-63; superior court judge in California,
1963-68; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1968-2000.
Died, at Scripps Mercy Hospital,
San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., March 22,
2000 (age 87 years, 362
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Frank Scolinos (b. 1944) —
also known as Harry Scolinos —
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1944.
Son of Peter Scolinos and Mary Scolinos.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 29th District, 2004.
Greek
ancestry.
Still living as of 2006.
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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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Joseph Scott (1867-1958) —
also known as "Mr. Los Angeles" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Los Angeles School Board, 1904-15;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1948;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1940.
Catholic.
Irish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1958
(age about
91 years).
Interment at New
Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.; statue at Los
Angeles County Courthouse Grounds, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Eugene Semple (1840-1908) —
of Washington.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
of American parents, June 12,
1840.
Son of James
Semple.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; Oregon
state printer, 1870-73; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1887-89; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1889.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a rest
home at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wright
Crematory and Columbarium, Seattle, Wash.
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William Sharon (1821-1885) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County, Ohio, January
9, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker; mining
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Lucien Shaw (1845-1933) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Vevay, Switzerland
County, Ind., March 1,
1845.
Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in California,
1889-1902; justice of
California state supreme court, 1903-23; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1921-23.
Died in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 19,
1933 (age 88 years, 18
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Kennedy Shearer (1931-2007) —
also known as William K. Shearer —
Born in 1931.
Lawyer; American Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 1970; American Independent candidate for Presidential
Elector for California, 1972.
Died, of cancer, in
San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., March 3,
2007 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828-1917) —
of Lorain
County, Ohio; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Worcester, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
30, 1828.
Son of Allen Sheldon and Anna Maria (de les Dernier) Sheldon.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1856; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1869-75; Presidential
Elector for Louisiana, 1876;
Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1917 (age 88 years, 140
days).
Cremated.
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Kevin Francis Shelley (b. 1955) —
also known as Kevin Shelley —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., November
16, 1955.
Son of John
Francis Shelley.
Democrat. Lawyer; staff member for U.S. Reps. John
Burton and Sala
Burton; member of California
state assembly, 1997-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 2000,
2004;
secretary
of state of California, 2003-05; resigned 2005.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Samuel Morgan Shortridge (1861-1952) —
also known as Samuel M. Shortridge —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, August 3,
1861.
Son of Rev. Elias W. Shortridge and Tabitha C. Shortridge.
Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for California, 1888,
1900,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1921-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen.
Died January
17, 1952 (age 90 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
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Richard J. Simmons (b. 1951) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Massachusetts, November
21, 1951.
Lawyer; Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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William French Smith (1917-1990) —
of San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Wilton, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August
26, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1968
(delegation chair), 1972,
1976;
Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1981-85.
Member, American
Judicature Society.
Died, of cancer, October
29, 1990 (age 73 years, 64
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Peter J. Somers (1850-1924) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Esmeralda
County, Nev.
Born in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha
County, Wis., April 12,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1890-93; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1893-95; Nevada
Democratic state chair, 1907-09; district judge in Nevada,
1908-13.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1924 (age 73 years, 309
days).
Interment at New
Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.
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Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier (b. 1950) —
also known as Jackie Speier —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 14,
1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; staff member for U.S. Rep. Leo J.
Ryan, 1973-78; traveled on a mission to Guyana in 1978, to
investigate allegations of abuse and coercion in the People's Temple
settlement there; shot five
times by security guards, who also shot and killed Congressman
Ryan and four others; member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1986-98; member of California
state senate 8th District, 1998-2006; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2006; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 2008-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
Armenian
and Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Augustus Daniel Splivalo (1840-1911) —
of California.
Born, of Italian and Dalmatian parents, in the South
Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, on his father's ship, the
Santa Teresa, May 24,
1840.
Lawyer; member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1871-73.
Catholic.
Italian
and Dalmatian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of nephritis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., December
12, 1911 (age 71 years, 202
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Christopher Sproul (b. 1958) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
2, 1958.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) —
also known as Leland Stanford —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., March 9,
1824.
Son of Josiah Stanford and Elizabeth (Phillips) Stanford.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
builder and president, Central Pacific Railroad;
founder
of Stanford University; Governor of
California, 1862-63; defeated, 1859; U.S.
Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 21,
1893 (age 69 years, 104
days).
Entombed at Stanford
University, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Edward Stanly (1810-1872) —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., January
10, 1810.
Son of John
Stanly.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1837-43, 1849-53 (3rd
District 1837-43, 8th District 1849-53); member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1844-46, 1848-49; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1844-46; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1846-48; candidate for Governor of
California, 1857; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 12,
1872 (age 62 years, 184
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Ozora Pierson Stearns (1831-1896) —
also known as Ozora P. Stearns —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in DeKalb, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., January
15, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; Olmsted
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1866-68; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1871; district judge in Minnesota 11th
District, 1874-95.
Died in Pacific Beach, San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 2,
1896 (age 65 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Elijah Steele (1817-1883) —
of Yreka, Siskiyou
County, Calif.
Born near Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
13, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1850; superior court judge in California, 1867;
member of California
state assembly 28th District, 1867-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1868.
Died in 1883
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Yreka, Calif.
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Jesse Henry Steinhart (b. 1881) —
also known as Jesse H. Steinhart —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Belvedere, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 11,
1881.
Son of William Steinhart and Louise (D'Allemand) Steinhart.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Jolly Stephens (b. 1875) —
also known as John J. Stephens —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, 1875.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Plymouth, 1899-1911; U.S. Vice Consul in Plymouth, 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert S. Stevens (c.1916-2000) —
of California.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, about 1916.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly 60th District, 1963-67; member of California
state senate 25th District, 1967-77; superior court judge in
California, 1977-83.
Mormon.
Died in Santa Monica UCLA Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
9, 2000 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965) —
also known as Adlai E. Stevenson —
of Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
5, 1900.
Son of Lewis
Green Stevenson and Helen Louise (Davi) Stevenson (1869-1935).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Illinois, 1949-53; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1960;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1961-65, died in office 1965.
Unitarian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Stricken with a heart
attack, and died soon after, in St. George's Hospital,
London, England,
July
14, 1965 (age 65 years, 159
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Lawrence Steven Strauss (b. 1966) —
of Studio City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 25,
1966.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Bill Sublette (b. 1963) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa
County, Calif., April 12,
1963.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 40th District, 1993-; candidate
for mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 2003.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Theta; Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2003.
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Lyman B. Sutter (1904-1963) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, June 14,
1904.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1953-54; municipal judge in California.
Died of cancer in
August
22, 1963 (age 59 years, 69
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Swart (b. 1876) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Redwood City, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Indiana, June 25,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1916;
San
Mateo County District Attorney.
Dutch
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Forrest Sweet (1847-1935) —
also known as Edwin F. Sweet —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Dansville, Livingston
County, N.Y., November
21, 1847.
Son of Sidney Sweet and Hannah (Redmond) Sweet.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1904-06; defeated, 1906; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1908, 1912; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1913-21; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif., April 2,
1935 (age 87 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Phillip David Swing (1884-1963) —
also known as Phillip D. Swing; Phil Swing —
of El Centro, Imperial
County, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., November
30, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Imperial
County District Attorney, 1911-15; superior court judge in
California, 1919-21; U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 1921-33.
Died at Mercy Hospital,
San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August 8,
1963 (age 78 years, 251
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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