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  Clarence Emir Allen (1852-1932) — also known as Clarence E. Allen — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Girard Township, Erie County, Pa., September 8, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; mining business; member of Utah territorial House of Representatives, 1888-96; Salt Lake County Clerk, 1890-93; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1892, 1896; U.S. Representative from Utah at-large, 1896-97. Died in Escondido, San Diego County, Calif., July 9, 1932 (age 79 years, 305 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Relatives: Father of Florence Ellinwood Allen.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel S. Arentz (1913-1994) — also known as Sam Arentz — of Pioche, Lincoln County, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 9, 1913. Son of Samuel Shaw Arentz and Harriet (Keep) Arentz. Republican. Mining engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1952. Member, American Legion; Lambda Chi Alpha; Freemasons. Died January 6, 1994 (age 80 years, 303 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, February 5, 1940, to Mary Alice Meagher.
  Robert Raymond Barry (1915-1988) — also known as Robert R. Barry — of Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., May 15, 1915. Son of Ralph Barry and Ethel (Tamanosian) Barry. Republican. President, Plumas Mining Co.; U.S. Representative from New York, 1959-65 (27th District 1959-63, 25th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964, 1972. Presbyterian. Member, Farm Bureau; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha Delta Phi. Died in Redwood City, San Mateo County, Calif., June 14, 1988 (age 73 years, 30 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, July 19, 1945, to Anne Rogers Benjamin.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) — also known as Henry G. Blasdel — of Nevada. Born near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Ind., January 29, 1825. Republican. Miller; mining business; Governor of Nevada, 1864-71. Died in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., July 22, 1900 (age 75 years, 174 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Spruille Braden (1894-1978) — of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elkhorn, Jefferson County, Mont., March 13, 1894. Son of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden. Mining engineer; financier; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42; Cuba, 1942-45; Argentina, 1945. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Arbitration Association; Navy League; John Birch Society. Died, from a heart ailment, in Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 10, 1978 (age 83 years, 303 days). Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden; married, September 5, 1915, to Maria Humeres del Solar (died 1962); married 1964 to Verbena Williams Hebbard (died 1977).
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  Presumably named for: Andrew Jackson
  Anthony Caminetti (1854-1923) — of Jackson, Amador County, Calif. Born in Jackson, Amador County, Calif., July 30, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; mining business; Amador County District Attorney, 1877-82; member of California state assembly, 1883-85, 1897-1901 (16th District 1883-85, 15th District 1897-1901); member of California state senate, 1885-87, 1907-13; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1888; U.S. Representative from California 2nd District, 1891-95; defeated, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1896; U.S. commissioner of immigration 1913-21. Died in 1923 (age about 68 years). Interment at Protestant Cemetery, Jackson, Calif.
  Relatives: Married, May 28, 1881, to Ella E. Martin.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Stanly Alexander Easton (b. 1873) — also known as Stanly A. Easton — of Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho; Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. Born in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Calif., April 2, 1873. Republican. Mining business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1916, 1920, 1928, 1932, 1940, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, November 15, 1906, to Estell Greenough.
  Harry Lane Englebright (1884-1943) — also known as Harry L. Englebright — of Nevada City, Nevada County, Calif. Born in Nevada City, Nevada County, Calif., January 2, 1884. Son of William Fellows Englebright and Kittie F. (Holland) Englebright. Republican. Mining engineer; U.S. Representative from California 2nd District, 1926-43; died in office 1943. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Native Sons of the Golden West. Died, of an acute heart condition, at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., May 13, 1943 (age 59 years, 131 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Nevada City, Calif.
  Relatives: Married, December 14, 1912, to Marie Grace Jackson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Owen Greenan (1888-c.1952) — also known as J. O. Greenan — of Mina, Mineral County, Nev.; Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., January 3, 1888. Son of James Edward Greenan and Margaret A. (Galligan) Greenan. Republican. Mining engineer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1940. Member, Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Reno, Washoe County, Nev., about 1952 (age about 64 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Edward Greenan and Margaret A. (Galligan) Greenan; married, October 1, 1923, to Edith Emmons; married, March 17, 1940, to Gladys Ryan; married, March 14, 1946, to Ruth Hutchinson.
  Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" — of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, August 10, 1874. Son of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover (1848-1883). Republican. Mining engineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960. Quaker. Swiss and Dutch ancestry. Inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame, Leadville, Colorado. Died, of intestinal cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel, New York, New York County, N.Y., October 20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71 days). Interment at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover (1848-1883); distant cousin of Charles Lewis Hoover; married, February 10, 1899, to Lou Henry (1874-1944); father of Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr.. See Hoover family of California.
  Cross-reference: Horace A. Mann — Walter H. Newton — Christian A. Herter — Lewis L. Strauss
  Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in every pot."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Herbert Hoover: The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson
  Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L. Fausold, The Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 — George H. Nash, The Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies, 1917-1918 — David Holford, Herbert Hoover (for young readers)
  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.
  Relatives: Married, June 25, 1925, to Margaret Watson. See Hoover family of California.
  William R. Maloney (1869-1937) — Born in Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County, Va., 1869. Democrat. Miner; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1918. Died in San Francisco, Calif., June 27, 1937 (age about 67 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Belle Campbell.
  Lee Mantle (1851-1934) — of Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont. Born in Birmingham, England, December 13, 1851. Son of Joseph H. Mantle (died 1851) and Mary Susan Mantle. Republican. Telegrapher; newspaper publisher; real estate and mining business; member of Montana territorial House of Representatives, 1882; mayor of Butte, Mont., 1892; Montana Republican state chair, 1892-94, 1904; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1904, 1916 (alternate). Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 18, 1934 (age 82 years, 340 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Henry Harrison Markham (1840-1923) — also known as Henry H. Markham — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Wilmington, Essex County, N.Y., November 16, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; gold and silver mining business; U.S. Representative from California 6th District, 1885-87; Governor of California, 1891-95. Member, Freemasons. Died, following a stroke, in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 9, 1923 (age 82 years, 327 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  John Howard McLean (1860-1933) — also known as John H. McLean — of Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Mich.; Ironwood, Gogebic County, Mich. Born in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wis., June 6, 1860. Republican. Mining and railroad executive; founder of Iron Mountain Press newspaper; Dickinson County Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1904. Catholic; later Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of a stroke, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 6, 1933 (age 72 years, 334 days). Interment at Fort Howard Cemetery, Green Bay, Wis.
  Relatives: Nephew by marriage of Nelson W. Fisk.
  Philip Murray (1886-1952) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Blantyre, Scotland, May 25, 1886. Son of William Murray and Rose (Layden) Murray. Democrat. Miner; president, local union of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), 1905; district president in 1912; vice-president in 1917; chairman, Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC); (SWOC), 1935-42, and president of the successor United Steelworkers of America, 1942-52 president, Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940, 1944, 1952. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, from a heart attack, in his room at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, Calif., November 9, 1952 (age 66 years, 168 days). Interment at St. Ann's Cemetery, Castle Shannon, Pa.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) — also known as Tasker L. Oddie — of Nye County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 20, 1870. Son of Henry Meigs Oddie and Ellen Gibson (Prout) Oddie. Republican. Lawyer; real estate business; mining business; Nye County District Attorney, 1900-02; member of Nevada state senate, 1904-08; Governor of Nevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks. Died in San Francisco, Calif., February 17, 1950 (age 79 years, 120 days). Interment at Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
  Relatives: Married, November 30, 1916, to Daisy Rendall.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Ben Wilson Olcott (1872-1952) — also known as Ben W. Olcott; B. W. Olcott — of Salem, Marion County, Ore.; Redlands, San Bernardino County, Calif. Born in Keithsburg, Mercer County, Ill., October 15, 1872. Son of Hiram Wallace Olcott and Mary Jane (Wilson) Olcott. Republican. Miner; secretary of state of Oregon, 1911-20; appointed 1911; resigned 1920; Governor of Oregon, 1919-23; president, American Savings Bank, Long Beach, 1923. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., July 21, 1952 (age 79 years, 280 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
  Relatives: Married, December 25, 1912, to Lena O. Hutton (1882-1936).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Merritt E. Paddock (1867-1937) — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Ill., June 3, 1867. Mining engineer; mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 1933-34. Member, Elks. Died in May, 1937 (age 69 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  John R. Pollock (b. 1865) — Born in San Francisco, Calif., May 22, 1865. Mining business; hotel manager; U.S. Consular Agent in Fernie, 1901-08; U.S. Vice Consul in Fernie, 1908-11. Burial location unknown.
  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.
  Relatives: Father of Clara Adelaide Sharon (who married Francis Griffith Newlands).
  Cross-reference: Francis G. Newlands — David S. Terry
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) — also known as Robert W. Waterman — of Geneva, Kane County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will County, Ill.; California. Born in Fairfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., December 15, 1826. Son of John Dean Waterman (1785-1837) and Mary Graves (Waldo) Waterman (1787-1843). Postmaster; newspaper publisher; involved in silver and gold mining; president, San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1887; Governor of California, 1887-91. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., April 12, 1891 (age 64 years, 118 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
  Relatives: Second cousin thrice removed of David Waterman and Luther Waterman; third cousin twice removed of Elisha Waterman and Thomas Glasby Waterman; son of John Dean Waterman (1785-1837) and Mary Graves (Waldo) Waterman (1787-1843); third cousin once removed of William Harrison Waterman; first cousin of Alexander Hamilton Waterman; married, September 29, 1847, to Jane Gardner (1829-1914); fourth cousin once removed of Sterry Robinson Waterman. See Waterman family of New York and Connecticut.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Jacob Yost (1853-1933) — of Staunton, Va.; Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in Staunton, Va., April 1, 1853. Republican. Printer; civil engineer; mayor of Staunton, Va., 1886-87; U.S. Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1887-89, 1897-99; mining business. Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif., January 25, 1933 (age 79 years, 299 days). Interment at Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

 

 


 
   
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