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Althea Alexander (d. 1958) —
also known as Mrs. Edgar Alexander —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1929.
Female.
Methodist.
Died, of a heart
attack, in 1958.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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George Edward Allen (1896-1973) —
also known as George E. Allen —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Booneville, Prentiss
County, Miss., February
29, 1896.
Son of Sam P. Allen and Mollie (Plaxico) Allen.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; hotel
business; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1933-38, 1939-40;
resigned 1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1936;
Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1943; speechwriter
for Pres. Harry
Truman; director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1946.
Methodist. Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Close friend of presidents Roosevelt,
Truman,
and Eisenhower.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Eisenhower Medical
Center, Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., April 23,
1973 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Booneville, Miss.
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Edward Newton Ament (1860-1949) —
also known as Edward N. Ament —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Arcata, Humboldt
County, Calif., July 30,
1860.
Furniture
business; mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1932-39.
Methodist; later Congregationalist.
Member, Lions.
Died, of heart
failure, in his dentist's
waiting room, Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., February
24, 1949 (age 88 years, 209
days).
Interment at Sunset
View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
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Elihu Anthony (1818-1905) —
of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif.
Born in Greenfield, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
30, 1818.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Methodist
minister; member of California
state assembly 6th District, 1880-81.
Methodist.
Came overland to California in 1847. First
postmaster of Santa Cruz; started the first
foundry there; built the first
wharf; founded the first
Protestant church.
Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., August
15, 1905 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oddfellows
Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Guy Vernon Bennett (b. 1880) —
also known as G. Vernon Bennett —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, February
17, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; university
professor; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938-40, 1948; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Williamson Benson (1858-1911) —
also known as Frank W. Benson —
of Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March 20,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
state of Oregon, 1907-11; died in office 1911; Governor of
Oregon, 1909-10.
Methodist.
Died in Douglas
County, Ore., April 14,
1911 (age 53 years, 25
days).
Interment at Roseburg
I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Roseburg, Ore.
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Henry Lamdin Benson (1854-1921) —
also known as Henry L. Benson —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., July 6,
1854.
Son of Henry C. Benson and Matilda M. (Williamson) Benson.
Republican. Lawyer;
District Attorney, 1st District, 1892-96; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1897; circuit judge in Oregon,
1898-1914; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1915-21; died in office 1921.
Methodist.
Died October
16, 1921 (age 67 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alan Harvey Bible (1909-1988) —
also known as Alan Bible —
of Storey
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Lovelock, Pershing
County, Nev., November
20, 1909.
Son of Jacob H. Bible and Isabel (Welsh) Bible.
Democrat. Lawyer; Storey
County District Attorney, 1935-38; Nevada
state attorney general, 1943-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1954-74; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1955.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Rotary;
Phi
Alpha Delta; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Died in Auburn, Placer
County, Calif., September
12, 1988 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Iris Faircloth Blitch (1912-1993) —
also known as Iris Blitch; Iris Faircloth; Mrs. B.
E. Blitch —
of Homerville, Clinch
County, Ga.
Born near Vidalia, Toombs
County, Ga., April 25,
1912.
Daughter of James Louis Faircloth and Marietta (Ridgdill) Faircloth.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate 5th District, 1947-48, 1953-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1948-56; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Clinch County, 1949-50;
defeated, 1940, 1950; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1955-63.
Female.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died in a hospital
at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August
19, 1993 (age 81 years, 116
days).
Interment somewhere
in Homerville, Ga.
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Carl Boyer III (b. 1937) —
of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
22, 1937.
Son of Carl Boyer, Jr. and Elizabeth Campbell (Timm) Boyer.
Republican. School
teacher; mayor
of Santa Clarita, Calif., 1990, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1998.
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Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) —
also known as Tom Bradley —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
29, 1917.
Son of Lee Thomas and Crenner (Hawkins) Thomas.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1986.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1984.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1998 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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George Edward Brown, Jr. (1920-1999) —
also known as George Brown, Jr. —
of Monterey Park, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Holtville, Imperial
County, Calif., March 6,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Monterey Park, Calif., 1956-58; member of California
state assembly, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1972,
1988,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-71, 1973-99 (29th District
1963-71, 38th District 1973-75, 36th District 1975-93, 42nd District
1993-99); died in office 1999; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Methodist. Member, Urban
League; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Amvets.
Died, of an infection
following earlier heart valve
replacement surgery, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 15,
1999 (age 79 years, 131
days).
Cremated.
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Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Willie L. Brown, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Mineola, Wood
County, Tex., March 20,
1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1964-96; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1981-95; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1996-2004; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Henry Burford (1852-1922) —
also known as John H. Burford —
of Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.
Born in Parkeville, Parke
County, Ind., February
29, 1852.
Son of Rev. James Burford.
Lawyer;
prosecuting attorney, Indiana 22nd Circuit, 1880; register, U.S. Land
Office, Oklahoma City, 1890; probate judge in Oklahoma, 1890-92; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1892-1906; chief
justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1898-1903; member
of Oklahoma
state senate, 1912-15.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
2, 1922 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Charles Edward Chapel (1904-1967) —
of Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Redondo Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa, May 26,
1904.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1950-66; Presidential Elector for California, 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1964.
Methodist. Member, National Rifle
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Palos Verdes, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
20, 1967 (age 62 years, 270
days).
Interment at Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Warren Minor Christopher (1925-2011) —
also known as Warren Christopher; "The
Cardinal" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Scranton, Bowman
County, N.Dak., October
27, 1925.
Son of Ernest William Christopher and Catharine (Lemen) Christopher.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; law
clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William
O. Douglas, 1949-50; special counsel to Gov. Edmund
G. Brown, 1959; deputy U.S. Attorney General, 1967-69; deputy
U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-81; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1993-97.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on January 16, 1981.
Died, from kidney
and bladder cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 18,
2011 (age 85 years, 142
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Fenimore Clark (1861-1932) —
also known as Paul F. Clark —
of Nebraska; Willow Glen, San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., 1861.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives; elected 1905; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1912.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Willow Glen, San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 2,
1932 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
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Relatives:
Grandnephew of James Fenimore Cooper (novelist). |
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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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Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) —
of Verona, Essex
County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex
County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., September
5, 1855.
Grocer; invented
and manufactured
the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex
County Freeholder; real estate
business; New York representative for Union Oil Company
of California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital
1924; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27.
Methodist. Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
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Arthur Bledsoe Cooke (b. 1869) —
also known as Arthur B. Cooke —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Melton's, Louisa
County, Va., June 15,
1869.
Son of George Washington Cooke and Sallie Farrar (Anderson) Cooke.
Democrat. College
professor; U.S. Consul in Patras, 1910-19; Swansea, 1919-26; Plymouth, 1926-34.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Charles Corman (1920-2000) —
also known as James C. Corman; Jim Corman —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reseda, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., October
20, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served
in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75,
21st District 1975-81).
Methodist. Member, Lions; American
Legion; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights
Act in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders.
The federal building in Van Nuys, Calif., was named for
him in 2001.
Died, following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., December
30, 2000 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Morrill Ingalls Davis (1841-1930) —
of Kansas.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 2,
1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1901-03.
Methodist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Turlock, Stanislaus
County, Calif., May 29,
1930 (age 89 years, 27
days).
Interment at Turlock
Cemetery, Turlock, Calif.
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James Edward Day (1914-1996) —
also known as J. Edward Day —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
11, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1961-63.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Implemented the ZIP code.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Hunt Valley, Prince
George's County, Md., October
29, 1996 (age 82 years, 18
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roosevelt F. Dorn —
of Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Checotah, McIntosh
County, Okla.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1980-97; mayor
of Inglewood, Calif., 1997-; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2000.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; NAACP.
Still living as of 2006.
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James Ray Files (b. 1884) —
also known as J. Ray Files —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, December
6, 1884.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1916; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; candidate for Iowa
state attorney general, 1920; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1922; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,
1924;
Iowa
Democratic state chair, 1925-27; Los Angeles Police
Commissioner, 1940-45.; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1940,
1944.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Floyd Harold Flake (b. 1945) —
also known as Floyd H. Flake —
of Rosedale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
30, 1945.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984,
1988,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1987-97; resigned 1997.
Methodist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lyman Judson Gage (1836-1927) —
also known as Lyman J. Gage —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., June 28,
1836.
Son of Eli A. Gage and Mary (Judson) Gage.
Republican. Bank
president; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1897-1902; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1916.
Methodist. Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., January
26, 1927 (age 90 years, 212
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) —
also known as George R. Grose —
of Massachusetts; Baltimore,
Md.; Peiping (Beijing), China;
Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 14,
1869.
Son of Andrew Dixon Grose and Mary Estaline (Harrah) Grose.
Democrat. Pastor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president,
DePauw University, 1913-1924; missionary bishop in China, 1924-29.
Methodist.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1953 (age 83 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas D. Hamilton, Jr. (c.1930-1994) —
also known as Tom Hamilton —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pecos, Reeves
County, Tex., about 1930.
Pharmacist;
mayor
of Chula Vista, Calif., 1970-74.
Methodist.
Died, of diabetes
and strokes,
at Sharp Medical
Center, Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., March 26,
1994 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Augustus Freeman Hawkins (1907-2007) —
also known as Augustus F. Hawkins; Gus
Hawkins —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., August
31, 1907.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1935-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1960,
1964,
1988;
Presidential Elector for California, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-91 (21st District 1963-75,
29th District 1975-91).
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
10, 2007 (age 100 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Julius Henning (b. 1868) —
also known as Edward J. Henning —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Iron Ridge, Dodge
County, Wis., December
28, 1868.
Son of Godlove Henning and Henriette (Erdman) Henning.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1910-11.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Leon Jones (b. 1949) —
also known as Bill Jones —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Coalinga, Fresno
County, Calif., December
20, 1949.
Son of Clarence William Jones and Cora (Visman) Jones.
Republican. Rancher; chair of
Fresno County Republican Party, 1975; member of California
state assembly 32nd District, 1982-94; defeated, 1976; secretary of
state of California, 1995-2003; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 2008
(delegation chair).
Methodist. Member, Jaycees.
Still living as of 2008.
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Dirk Arthur Kempthorne (b. 1951) —
also known as Dirk Kempthorne —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
29, 1951.
Republican. Mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1986-93; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1993-99; Governor of
Idaho, 1999-2006; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 2006-09.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jay Kim (b. 1939) —
also known as Chang-Jun Kim —
of Diamond Bar, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Seoul, South
Korea, March 27,
1939.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 41st District, 1993-99; defeated
in primary, 1998 (41st District), 2000 (42nd District).
Methodist. Korean
ancestry.
Pleaded
guilty in 1997 to a misdemeanor charge of
accepting more than $250,000 in illegal campaign
contributions; sentenced
to two months of home
detention.
Still living as of 2000.
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William Fife Knowland (1908-1974) —
also known as William F. Knowland —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., June 26,
1908.
Son of Joseph
Russell Knowland.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1933-35; member of California
state senate, 1935-39; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1964
(delegation chair); member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1938-42; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from California, 1945-59; candidate for Governor of
California, 1958.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound at his summer home near Guerneville, Sonoma
County, Calif., February
23, 1974 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Charles Taylor Manatt (1936-2011) —
also known as Charles Manatt —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 9,
1936.
Son of William Price Manatt and Lucille (Taylor) Manatt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
California
Democratic state chair, 1971-73, 1975-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Temporary Chair, 1984;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1976-82; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1981-85; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1999-2001.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in 2011
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Mardian, Jr. (b. 1919) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 24,
1919.
Son of Samuel Z. Mardian and Akabe (Lekerian) Mardian.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; accountant;
construction
executive; campaign manager for Gov. Howard
Pyle, 1954; mayor of
Phoenix, Ariz., 1960-64; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1972.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1972.
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John Cunningham Martin (1880-1952) —
also known as John C. Martin —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., April 29,
1880.
Democrat. Banker; Illinois
state treasurer, 1933-35, 1937-39; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1939-41; candidate for Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1940; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948.
Methodist. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
27, 1952 (age 71 years, 273
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Ill.
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Robert Bruce Mathias (1930-2006) —
also known as Bob Mathias —
of Tulare, Tulare
County, Calif.; Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Tulare, Tulare
County, Calif., November
17, 1930.
Son of Charles Milfred Mathias and Lillian (Harris) Mathias.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1967-75.
Methodist.
Won Olympic
gold medals in decathalon in 1948 and 1952; starred as himself in
a 1954 movie,
"The Bob Mathias Story"; inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of
Fame, 1983.
Died, of cancer, in
Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., September
2, 2006 (age 75 years, 289
days).
Interment at Tulare
Cemetery, Tulare, Calif.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Son of Yasuji Matsui and Alice (Nagata) Matsui.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist. Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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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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Robert Timothy Monagan, Jr. (b. 1920) —
also known as Bob Monagan —
of Tracy, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, July 5,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; real estate
business; member of California
state assembly, 1961-72; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1969-70; Presidential Elector for
California, 1968,
1972;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1973.
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Gladys O'Donnell (b. 1904) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 2,
1904.
Republican. Aviation
business; flight
instructor; oil
production; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1948;
Presidential Elector for California, 1956.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Soroptimists.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to George Osmer Berry. |
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Edwin Parker (c.1830-1900) —
of Contra
Costa County, Calif.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Compton, Quebec,
about 1830.
Contra
Costa County District Attorney; member of California
state assembly 1st District, 1883-85; superior court judge in
California, 1887-88.
Methodist.
Died, probably of pneumonia,
in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., June 8,
1900 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Hollis Monroe Peavey (b. 1897) —
also known as Hollis M. Peavey —
of Huntington Park, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Riceville, Mitchell
County, Iowa, March 27,
1897.
Republican. Mayor
of Huntington Park, Calif., 1942-44, 1947-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1948.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Musician
and leader of Peavy's Jazz Bandits, one of the first
jazz bands.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Peek (1904-1987) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Iowa, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1937-39; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1939; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1940;
secretary
of state of California, 1940-42.
Methodist.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Anderson Pile (1829-1889) —
of Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
11, 1829.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1866-68; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1867-69; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1869-71; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1871-74.
Methodist.
Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 7,
1889 (age 60 years, 146
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Monrovia, Calif.
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Leon Douglas Ralph (1932-2007) —
also known as Leon D. Ralph —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
20, 1932.
Son of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
administrative assistant to California House Speaker Jess
Unruh; member of California
state assembly, 1967-76; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972;
minister.
African Methodist Episcopal; later Church of
God. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died, in Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
6, 2007 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph; married, September
27, 1951, to Martha Ann Morgan; married to Ruth
Banda. |
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Charles Hiram Randall (1865-1951) —
also known as Charles H. Randall —
of Kimball, Kimball
County, Neb.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Auburn, Nemaha
County, Neb., July 23,
1865.
Son of Rev. Elias J. Randall and Sarah F. (Schooley) Randall.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly, 1911-12; defeated, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1915-21; defeated,
1920 (9th District), 1921 (9th District), 1922 (9th District), 1924
(9th District), 1926 (9th District), 1932 (13th District), 1934 (13th
District), 1940 (13th District), 1944 (20th District); Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1928.
Methodist.
Died at General Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
18, 1951 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Henry Frazier Reams (1897-1971) —
also known as Frazier Reams —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
15, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1951-55.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
15, 1971 (age 74 years, 243
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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John Ezra Rickards (1848-1927) —
also known as John E. Rickards —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Delaware City, New Castle
County, Del., July 23,
1848.
Son of David Townsend Rickards and Mary (Burris) Rickards.
Republican. Merchant;
member
Montana territorial council, 1887; delegate to
Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1889-93; Governor of
Montana, 1893-97.
Methodist.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., December
26, 1927 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Madison Roberts (1879-1952) —
also known as Frederick M. Roberts; Fred
Roberts —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
14, 1879.
Son of Ellen Wayles (Hemings) Roberts.
Republican. Mortician;
member of California
state assembly, 1919-34; defeated, 1934; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1946.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
First
African-American state legislator in California; descendancy from
Thomas Jefferson confirmed by DNA evidence in 1998.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
accident the day before, in Los Angeles County General Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 19,
1952 (age 72 years, 309
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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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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Eunice Noda Sato (b. 1921) —
also known as Eunice N. Sato; Eunice Noda —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Livingston, Merced
County, Calif., June 8,
1921.
Daughter of Bunsaku Noda and Sawa (Maeda) Noda.
Republican. School
teacher; missionary;
candidate in primary for California
state senate 31st District, 1979; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1980-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1990.
Female.
Methodist. Japanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Burt Lacklen Talcott (b. 1920) —
also known as Burt L. Talcott —
of Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., February
22, 1920.
Son of Burt Breckinridge Talcott and Hester V. (Lacklen) Talcott.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-77 (12th District 1963-75,
16th District 1975-77); defeated, 1976.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 1998.
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Robert Scadden Vessey (1858-1929) —
also known as Robert S. Vessey —
of Wessington Springs, Jerauld
County, S.Dak.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., May 16,
1858.
Son of Charles Vessey and Jane Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick) Vessey.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 19th District, 1905-08; Governor of
South Dakota, 1909-13.
Methodist.
Died October
18, 1929 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Russell Walker (b. 1915) —
also known as Marion R. Walker —
of Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif., January
7, 1915.
Son of James Russell Walker and Lena (Cannon) Walker.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Ventura County Democratic Party, 1946-50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 1950; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California, 1952.
Methodist. Member, Lions; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1952.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Burke. |
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Albert Joseph Wallace (c.1853-1939) —
also known as A. J. Wallace —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Wellington County, Ontario,
about 1853.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1911-15; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1920; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1924.
Methodist. Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
23, 1939 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Claude A. Watson (b. 1885) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Wexford
County, Mich., June 26,
1885.
Son of Joseph A. Watson and Emma Jane (Dove) Watson.
Ordained
minister; lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; Prohibition candidate for
California
state attorney general, 1938, 1942, 1946; Prohibition candidate
for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948.
Free Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry W. Wright (1868-1948) —
of Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Ionia, Chickasaw
County, Iowa, March 4,
1868.
Republican. Real estate
business; member of California
state assembly, 1915-22; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1919-22.
Methodist.
Died at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1948 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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