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Bert James Abraham (1895-1983) —
also known as Bert Abraham —
of Lakewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., November
27, 1895.
Son of Herman Abraham and Rose (Littman) Abraham.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Presidential Elector for
California, 1956.
Died in November, 1983
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Son of John A. Ainslie.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid
Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March 13,
1908.
Son of Moses Annenberg and Sarah Annenberg.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers; he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Benjamin Parke Avery (1828-1875) —
also known as Benjamin P. Avery —
of California.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1828.
Son of Samuel Putnam Avery and Hannah (Parke) Avery.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper editor;
U.S. Minister to China, 1874-75, died in office 1875.
Died, of kidney
disease, in Peking (Beijing), China,
November
8, 1875 (age 46 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married 1861
to Mary A. Fuller. |
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Washington Montgomery Bartlett (1824-1887) —
also known as Washington Bartlett —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
29, 1824.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer;
journalist; newspaper publisher; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1883-87; Governor of
California, 1887; died in office 1887.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
12, 1887 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (1874-1969) —
also known as Charlotta Bass —
of California.
Born February
14, 1874.
Editor and publisher of the California Eagle,
1912-1951.; Independent Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1950; Progressive
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Su Ray Convalescent
Home, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 12,
1969 (age 95 years, 57
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Bigler (1805-1871) —
of Centre
County, Pa.; Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
8, 1805.
Son of Jacob Bigler and Susan (Dock) Bigler.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of California
state assembly, 1850-52 (Sacramento District 1850-51, 12th
District 1851-52); Governor of
California, 1852-56; defeated, 1855; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1868.
Died November
29, 1871 (age 66 years, 325
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Scott Cordelle Bone (1860-1936) —
of Alaska.
Born in Shelby
County, Ind., February
15, 1860.
Newspaper editor; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1921-25.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died of a heart
attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., January
27, 1936 (age 75 years, 346
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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William Hartshorn Bonsall (1846-1905) —
also known as William H. Bonsall —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1846.
Son of Samuel Bonsall and Mary (Mills) Bonsall.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1892.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in California, July, 1905
(age 59
years, 0 days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Poway, San Diego
County, Calif., August
13, 1887.
Son of Samuel Bowron and Martha (Hershey) Bowron.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive secretary to
Gov. Friend
Richardson, 1925-26; superior court judge in California, 1926-38,
1957-62; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1938-53.
Member, American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Delta
Chi.
Suffered a fatal heart
attack while driving his
car, and crashed
into a wall, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
11, 1968 (age 81 years, 29
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Edward Everett Brodie (1876-1939) —
of Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Fort Stevens, Clatsop
County, Ore., March 12,
1876.
Son of Elias Henry Brodie and Julia Matilda (Goff) Brodie.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; chair of
Clackamas County Republican Party, 1916-21; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1921-25; Finland, 1930-33; member of Oregon
Republican State Central Committee, 1928-30.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died June 27,
1939 (age 63 years, 107
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harlan Willis Brush (1865-1942) —
also known as Harlan W. Brush —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Nelson, Portage
County, Ohio, May 27,
1865.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Niagara Falls, 1897-1903; Milan, 1905.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., December
24, 1942 (age 77 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Annette Hamilton (born 1867). |
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Frederick Silas Bynon (1870-1950) —
also known as Fred S. Bynon —
of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; North Bend, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Brooklyn (now part of Oakland), Alameda
County, Calif., December
3, 1870.
Son of Alfred Augustus Bynon.
Republican. With his father, he founded the Hollywood (Calif.)
Sentinel newspaper, which later became the Hollywood
Citizen News; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1912.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., June 6,
1950 (age 79 years, 185
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at City
View Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Richard Goodwin Capen, Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Richard G. Capen, Jr. —
of La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.; Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in 1934.
Republican. Author;
newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93.
Still living as of 2002.
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Alan MacGregor Cranston (1914-2000) —
also known as Alan Cranston —
of Los Altos Hills, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 19,
1914.
Son of William Cranston and Carol (Dixon) Cranston.
Democrat. Journalist; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; real
estate business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972,
1988
(speaker);
California
state controller, 1959-67; U.S.
Senator from California, 1969-93; defeated in primary, 1964;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984.
Protestant.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Sued by Adolf Hitler over his unexpurgated translation into English
of Mein Kampf. Reprimanded
by the Senate in 1991 over his dealings with Lincoln Savings and Loan
president Charles Keating.
Died in Los Altos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
31, 2000 (age 86 years, 195
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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José de Olivares (1867-1942) —
also known as Jesse Scott Oliver —
of South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Ohio, November
26, 1867.
Son of Joseph Campbell Oliver and Martha Washington (Gatch) Oliver.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Managua, 1906-09; Madras, 1911-14; Hamilton, 1915-24; Kingston, 1924-29; Leghorn, 1929-32.
Catholic.
Died September
30, 1942 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Campbell Oliver and Martha Washington (Gatch) Oliver;
married, November
2, 1896, to Berta Lillian Owen; married, February
15, 1907, to Maria Teresa Ramirez y Jerez. |
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Denver Sylvester Dickerson (1872-1925) —
also known as Denver S. Dickerson —
of Nevada.
Born in Millville, Shasta
County, Calif., January
24, 1872.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper editor; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1907-10; Governor of
Nevada, 1908-11; defeated, 1910.
Died November
28, 1925 (age 53 years, 308
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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John B. Elliott (1878-1967) —
of Alhambra, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., July 29,
1878.
Son of Chauncey Record Elliott and Caroline Melissa (Baker) Elliott.
Democrat. Journalist; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1926.
Died in Alhambra, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
21, 1967 (age 89 years, 115
days).
Interment at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Francis Frederick Fargo (1824-1891) —
also known as Francis F. Fargo; Frank
Fargo —
of California.
Born in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., April 27,
1824.
Newspaper publisher; member of California
state assembly 4th District, 1861-62.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
12, 1891 (age 66 years, 260
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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Larry Flynt (b. 1942) —
also known as "The King of Smut" —
of California.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Owner of night
clubs; publisher of Hustler, a pornographic
magazine; convicted
in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977 on obscenity
and organized
crime charges,
and sentenced
to 25 years in prison,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; shot by a
sniper in Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1978, and paralyzed
from the waist down; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Atheist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Benjamin Folsom (b. 1847) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Folsomdale, Wyoming
County, N.Y., December
5, 1847.
Son of Benjamin R. Folsom and Mary (Rathbone) Folsom.
Journalist; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Sheffield, 1886-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Anson Ford (1883-1983) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; advertising
business; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1937-38; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California, 1956.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1983
(age about
100 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois Goldsmith (1884-1975). |
| | | Epitaph: "Public Servant -
Humanitarian." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Francis Ford (1873-1958) —
also known as Thomas F. Ford —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
18, 1873.
Son of Thomas Ford and Ellen (Ferris) Ford.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1933-45; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Unitarian.
Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
26, 1958 (age 85 years, 311
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Harry Luther Gandy (1881-1957) —
also known as Harry L. Gandy —
of Wasta, Pennington
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Churubusco, Whitley
County, Ind., August
13, 1881.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state senate 40th District, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 3rd District, 1915-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
15, 1957 (age 76 years, 2
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Milton Cline Garber (1867-1948) —
also known as Milton C. Garber —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Humboldt
County, Calif., November
30, 1867.
Son of Martin Garber and Lucy A. (Rife) Garber.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; co-founder, along with his father and
brother, of Garber, Okla.; Garfield
County Probate Judge, 1902-06; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1906-07; appointed 1906;
district judge in Oklahoma 20th District, 1908-12; mayor of
Enid, Okla., 1919-21; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1923-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Eagles.
Died in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., September
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 287
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Enid, Okla.
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Henry George, Jr. (1862-1916) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., November
3, 1862.
Son of Henry
George.
Democrat. Newspaper work; Jeffersonian Democratic candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-15 (17th District 1911-13,
21st District 1913-15).
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1916 (age 54 years, 11
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from San Francisco
District, 1849; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Killed in a duel with
Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August 2,
1852 (age about 33
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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George Congdon Gorham (1832-1909) —
also known as George C. Gorham —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 5,
1832.
Newspaper editor; Union candidate for Governor of
California, 1867; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1868-.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1909 (age 76 years, 221
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Semple Green (1832-1905) —
also known as Will S. Green —
of Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born December
26, 1832.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hotel-keeper;
steamboat
captain; newspaper editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly 25th District, 1867-69; California
state treasurer, 1898-99; promoter of irrigation projects.
Elected to the California Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died July 2,
1905 (age 72 years, 188
days).
Interment somewhere
in Colusa, Calif.; memorial monument at Will
S. Green Memorial, Near Hamilton City, Glenn County, Calif.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Son of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper editor; grocer; implement
dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor of
Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) —
also known as Henry C. Hansbrough —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Baraboo, Sauk
County, Wis.; Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born near Prairie du Rocher, Randolph
County, Ill., January
30, 1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1889-91; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1891-1909.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1933 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Son of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding (1843-1910) and George
Tryon Harding (1844-1928).
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Ohio state
senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August 2,
1923 (age 57 years, 273
days); the claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Original interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Tomb, Marion, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Married, July 8,
1891, to Florence Mabel Kling (1860-1924). |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His Times (out of
print) — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding (out of
print) — John W. Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
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Charles Calmer Hart (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles C. Hart —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; Washington,
D.C.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Jay
County, Ind., September
14, 1878.
Son of John R. Hart and Aletha Ann Lucretia (Mendenhall) Hart.
Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to
Albania, 1925-29; Persia, 1929-33.
Died in 1956
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; New York.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor of The Weekly
People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957
(Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor);
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian.
German
and Danish
ancestry.
Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Everis Anson Hayes (1855-1942) —
also known as Everis A. Hayes; E. A. Hayes —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.; San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis., March 10,
1855.
Son of Anson E. Hayes and Mary (Folsom) Hayes.
Republican. Lawyer; fruit
grower; newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from California, 1905-19 (5th District 1905-13,
8th District 1913-19); defeated, 1918.
Died in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 3,
1942 (age 87 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
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William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) —
also known as "The Chief" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April 29,
1863.
Son of George
Hearst and Phoebe (Apperson) Hearst.
Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1903-07; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1904;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905 (Municipal Ownership), 1909;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1906; Independence League candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Newspaper publishing magnate; movie
producer in 1951-21; the film
Citizen Kane is based on his life.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
14, 1951 (age 88 years, 107
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Donald Read Heath (1894-1981) —
also known as Donald R. Heath —
of Kansas.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August
12, 1894.
Son of Hubert A. Heath and Estelle (Read) Heath.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
correspondent; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Bucharest, 1921-23; Warsaw, 1923-24; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1924-25; Berne, 1925-29; Port-au-Prince, 1929-33; Santiago, 1941-44; U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1947-50; Cambodia, 1950-52; Laos, 1950-54; Vietnam, 1950-52; U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, 1952-54; Vietnam, 1952-54; Lebanon, 1955-57; Saudi Arabia, 1958-61.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Orinda, Contra Costa
County, Calif., October
15, 1981 (age 87 years, 64
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) —
also known as Warren G. Hooper —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 2,
1904.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1939-44; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
During a grand jury investigation,
admitted
to taking
bribes and was given immunity from
prosecution in return for his testimony against others; however,
four days before the hearing, he was shot and
killed
in his
car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson
County, Mich., January
11, 1945 (age 40 years, 254
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Milford Wriarson Howard (1862-1937) —
also known as Milford W. Howard —
of Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., February
18, 1862.
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1895-99; novelist;
appeared as an actor
in a silent
movie based on one of his novels; one of the editors of the
conservative magazine The Awakener in the 1930s.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
28, 1937 (age 75 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sallie
Howard Memorial Chapel, Mentone, Ala.
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John St. John Irby (1867-1924) —
of Denver,
Colo.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vernon Hill, Halifax
County, Va., August 9,
1867.
Son of Meade Adams Irby and Amanda Tanner (James) Irby.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; private secretary to Mayor Robert
W. Speer of Denver, 1904-12; member of Colorado
state senate, 1909-13; private secretary to U.S. Senator James
D. Phelan, 1915-17; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, Port of San
Francisco, 1917-21.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1924
(age about
56 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Son of Cyrus Lester Jackson and Betina Phoebe (Ames) Jackson.
Republican. Newspaper editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Reserve
Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton (unknown
county), Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April 22,
1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Russell Knowland (1873-1966) —
also known as Joseph R. Knowland —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., August 5,
1873.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of California
state assembly, 1899-1903; member of California
state senate, 1903-04; U.S.
Representative from California, 1904-15 (3rd District 1904-13,
6th District 1913-15); candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1914; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1916
(alternate), 1920,
1928,
1932,
1944.
Died of pneumonia
in Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif., February
1, 1966 (age 92 years, 180
days).
Cremated.
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Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) —
also known as Franklin K. Lane —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, July 15,
1864.
Son of Dr. C. S. Lane and C. W. H. Lane.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1902; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1906-13; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20.
Died, of a heart
attack 12 days after appendicitis
surgery, at the Mayo Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 18,
1921 (age 56 years, 307
days).
Cremated.
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Laurence William Lane, Jr. (b. 1919) —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Florida.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
7, 1919.
Son of Laurence William Lane and Ruth (Bell) Lane.
Republican. Magazine publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1985-89; Nauru, 1985-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Still living as of 1991.
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Frank Aleamon Leach (1846-1929) —
also known as Frank A. Leach —
of Solano
County, Calif.
Born in 1846.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1880;
member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1880-82; superintendent of the U.S.
Mint at San Francisco, 1897-1907.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 19,
1929 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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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,
1913, to Lia Curiel. |
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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.
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William Henry Mauldin (1921-2003) —
also known as Bill Mauldin —
of New York.
Born in Mountain Park, Otero
County, N.M., October
29, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Cartoonist,
starting in the Army during World War II; worked as an editorial
cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Sun-Times
newspapers, winning the Pulitzer
Prize for editorial cartooning in 1945 and 1959; appeared as an
actor
in two 1951 movies: Teresa and The Red Badge of
Courage; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1956.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease and pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., January
22, 2003 (age 81 years, 85
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lester Maynard (b. 1877) —
of California.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April 5,
1877.
Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Sandakan, 1906-08; Vladivostok, 1908-11; Harbin, 1911-12; Amoy, 1912-16; Chefoo, 1916-19; Alexandria, 1919-23; Le Havre, 1923-29; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Miller McClintock II (b. 1956) —
also known as Tom McClintock —
of Roseville, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 10,
1956.
Republican. Journalist; chair of
Ventura County Republican Party, 1979-81; chief of staff for
State Senator Ed
Davis, 1980-82; member of California
state assembly, 1983-92, 1997-2000 (36th District 1983-92, 38th
District 1997-2000); candidate for California
state controller, 1994, 2002; member of California
state senate 19th District, 2001-08; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2006; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 2009-; defeated,
1992.
Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Clinton Dotson McKinnon (1906-2001) —
also known as Clinton D. McKinnon —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
5, 1906.
Son of John McKinnon and Tennie McKinnon.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from California 23rd District, 1949-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1952
(alternate), 1956;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1952.
Member, Rotary.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., December
29, 2001 (age 95 years, 327
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Son of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper in 1933,
and was its publisher until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer, at
George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham (1917-2001; publisher of
the Washington Post). |
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article — NNDB
dossier |
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Don T. Miller (born c.1912) —
of East Wenatchee, Douglas
County, Wash.
Born in California, about 1912.
Democrat. Newspaper work; member of Washington
state senate 1st District, 1941-47.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Darryl L. Mobley (b. 1957) —
of Danville, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in 1957.
Publisher of Family Digest magazine; Independent
candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Charles Krath Moser (b. 1877) —
also known as Charles K. Moser —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Lewinsville, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., August
27, 1877.
Manager of a fruit drying
company in California; newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Aden, 1909-11; Colombo, 1911-14; Harbin, 1914-19; Tiflis, 1921.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Webster Musselwhite (1868-1955) —
also known as Harry W. Musselwhite —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born near Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., May 23,
1868.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1933-35; defeated,
1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in San Lorenzo, Alameda
County, Calif., December
14, 1955 (age 87 years, 205
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Eugene Nabel (1879-1965) —
also known as Emil Eugene Nabel —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Chemnitz, Germany,
October
28, 1879.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper reporter; accountant;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in SAINT Gall, 1907-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Amsterdam, 1914-19; Rotterdam, 1922-32; Zurich, 1938-43.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1965 (age 85 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Dunlop Newsom (1918-2008) —
also known as David D. Newsom —
of California.
Born in Richmond, Contra Costa
County, Calif., January
6, 1918.
Son of Fred Newsom and Ivy (Dunlop) Newsom.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; newspaper publisher; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Ambassador to Libya, 1965-69; Indonesia, 1973; Philippines, 1977-78.
Died, from respiratory
failure, in Charlottesville,
Va., March 30,
2008 (age 90 years, 84
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Francis Neylan (1885-1960) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; counsel to, and close associate of, William
Randolph Hearst; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920;
member, University of California Board of Regents, 1928-55; candidate
for Presidential Elector for California, 1940.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a pulmonary
condition, in University Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
19, 1960 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ambrose O'Connell (1881-1962) —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born near Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, July 9,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper work; assistant to postmaster general James
A. Farley, 1933-39; Second Assistant Postmaster General, 1939-40;
First Assistant Postmaster General, 1940-43; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1944-48.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., October
13, 1962 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) —
also known as Henry Z. Osborne —
of Express (unknown
county), Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
4, 1848.
Son of Rev. Zenas Osborne and Juliaette (Bristol) Osborne.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1890-1900; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1917-23; died in
office 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
8, 1923 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Washington
County, Ohio, February
10, 1837.
Son of Sarah (Dyer) Otis (1789-1879) and Stephen Otis (born 1784).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1860;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War.
Died, from a rupture of the
heart, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 30,
1917 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carroll Wilmot Parcher (1903-1992) —
also known as Carroll W. Parcher; "Mr.
Glendale" —
of Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
13, 1903.
Son of Wilmot
Parcher and Nannie (McBryde) Parcher.
Republican. Newspaper editor-publisher, columnist;
candidate in primary for California
state assembly, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1952,
1956
(alternate); mayor
of Glendale, Calif., 1977-78, 1979-81, 1984-85.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Parcher Plaza, in the Glendale Civic Center, is named for
him.
Died, of cancer, in
Glendale Adventist Medical
Center, Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 31,
1992 (age 88 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of California.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Son of Maxwell L. Rafferty and DeEtta (Cox) Rafferty.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Wilson Ragsdale (b. 1848) —
also known as James W. Ragsdale —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Monroe
County, Ind., February
12, 1848.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly; member of California
state senate; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, 1897-1903; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1903-08; SAINT Petersburg, 1908-09; Halifax, 1909-11.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) —
also known as Friend W. Richardson; William
Richardson —
of California.
Born in Michigan, December
1, 1865.
Son of William Richardson and Rhoda (Dye) Richardson.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; California
state treasurer, 1915-23; Governor of
California, 1923-27.
Quaker.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Son of Isaac Sack and Sarah Lee (Romansky) Sack.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney
ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 15,
1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Pierre Emil George Salinger (1925-2004) —
also known as Pierre Salinger —
of California.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 14,
1925.
Son of Herbert Salinger and Jehanne (Bietry) Salinger.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
reporter; press secretary to U.S. Sen. and Pres. John
F. Kennedy; U.S.
Senator from California, 1964; defeated, 1964; Paris bureau
chief for ABC News.
Died, from heart
failure, in a hospital
at Le Thor, Provence, France,
October
16, 2004 (age 79 years, 124
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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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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Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993) —
also known as Norton Simon; Norton
Glickman —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
5, 1907.
Republican. President, Val Vita Food Products,
1931-42; subsequently president and chairman of Hunt Foods;
director, Wheeling Steel
Corporation, Northern Pacific Railway,
and McCall's Publishing Co.; art collector; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sylvester Clark Smith (1858-1913) —
also known as Sylvester C. Smith —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born near Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, August
26, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of California
state senate, 1894-1902; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1905-13; defeated,
1902; died in office 1913.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
26, 1913 (age 54 years, 153
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bakersfield, Calif.
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Irvine H. Sprague (1921-2004) —
of College Park, Prince
George's County, Md.; Great Falls (unknown
county), Va.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1921.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; staff member
for Gen. Douglas
MacArthur in Japan; newspaper reporter; congressional aide
to Rep. John
J. McFall, 1957; director of the House Whip Office; lobbyist
for the State of California in Congress, 1963; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1964;
special assistant to Pres. Lyndon
Johnson, 1967-68; board member, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 1969-72, 1979-85; chairman, 1979-81.
Died, of cancer, in
the Arlington Hospice
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
17, 2004 (age 82 years, 228
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married to Margery Craw. |
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Milo W. Sutton (b. 1928) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Salina, Saline
County, Kan.; Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Hartford, Lyon
County, Kan., December
24, 1928.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1951-55; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1956.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2002.
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper editor; candidate for secretary of
state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lionel Van Deerlin (1914-2008) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 25,
1914.
Son of Lionel Van Deerlin and Gladys Mary (Young) Van Deerlin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
journalist; U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-81 (37th District 1963-73,
41st District 1973-75, 42nd District 1975-81); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., May 17,
2008 (age 93 years, 297
days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery, San Luis Rey, Calif.
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Frederick Douglas Vibert (1873-1954) —
also known as Fred D. Vibert —
of Cloquet, Carlton
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Gaspé, Quebec,
November
14, 1873.
Son of Robert Douglas Vibert and Ellen (Hollick) Vibert.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper editor and
publisher; real estate
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1908;
mayor
of Cloquet, Minn.; postmaster;
member of Minnesota
state senate 54th District, 1915-22; agricultural agent,
Minnesota Power and
Light.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 25,
1954 (age 80 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
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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.
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John Richard Williams (1909-1998) —
also known as John R. Williams; Jack
Williams —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1909.
Son of James Maurice Williams and Laura (LaCossitt) Williams.
Republican. Program director, KOY radio
station; director, KTUC radio
station; newspaper columnist;
mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1956-60; Governor of
Arizona, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees.
Died August
24, 1998 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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