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Robert Peter Aguilar (b. 1931) —
also known as Robert P. Aguilar —
of California.
Born in Madera, Madera
County, Calif., April 15,
1931.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1979-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1980-96;
took senior status 1996.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Alpha Delta; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Arbitration Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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Fred Jason Babcock (1891-1973) —
also known as Fred J. Babcock —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho, August
15, 1891.
Son of Jason Eugene Babcock and Bertha Rebecca (Peyton) Babcock.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Nez
Perce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1926-28; Idaho
state attorney general, 1931-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in 1973
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Campbell Eben Beaumont (1883-1954) —
also known as Campbell E. Beaumont —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky., August
27, 1883.
Son of Edgar Samuel Beaumont and May Viola (Wortham) Beaumont.
Democrat. Lawyer; Fresno
County District Attorney, 1918-21; superior court judge in
California, 1921-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1939-54;
died in office 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died November
19, 1954 (age 71 years, 84
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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William Oscar Braecklein (1920-2001) —
also known as William O. Braecklein; Bill
Braecklein —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
20, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1966-72; member of Texas
state senate 16th District, 1972-78.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Phi Alpha Delta.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, at Presbyterian Village North nursing
home, Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
14, 2001 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Stephen Gerald Breyer (b. 1938) —
also known as Stephen G. Breyer —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
15, 1938.
Law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur
J. Goldberg, 1964-65; lawyer; law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1980-94; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1994-.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Hardy Carr (b. 1903) —
also known as Charles H. Carr —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Coahoma, Coahoma
County, Miss., August
18, 1903.
Son of Charles Hardy Carr and MaiBelle (Landers) Carr.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1943-46.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi Alpha Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Edward Carter (1881-1964) —
also known as Albert E. Carter —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., July 5,
1881.
Son of David Francis Carter and Elizabeth E. (Reeves) Carter.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1925-45; defeated,
1944.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Moose;
Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Phi Alpha Delta.
Died at Providence Hospital,
Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., August 8,
1964 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Interment at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Porterville, Calif.
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James Marshall Carter (1904-1979) —
also known as James M. Carter —
Born in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., March 11,
1904.
Son of James Madison Carter and Belle Carter.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1946-49; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1949-67;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1967-71; took
senior status 1971; senior
judge, 1971-79.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta; Eagles; Elks.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., November
18, 1979 (age 75 years, 252
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Hutchison Finch (1925-1995) —
also known as Robert H. Finch —
of Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
9, 1925.
Son of Robert
L. Finch.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948,
1956;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1952, 1954; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1967-69; Presidential Elector for
California, 1968;
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1969-70.
Baptist;
later Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Alpha Delta; Kappa
Sigma.
Died October
10, 1995 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Goodwin Jess Knight (1896-1970) —
also known as Goodwin J. Knight —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Provo, Utah
County, Utah, December
9, 1896.
Son of Jess Knight and Lillie J. (Milner) Knight.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1935-46; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1947-53; Governor of
California, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1956,
1960
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; Presidential Elector for
California, 1960.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Order of
Ahepa; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 22,
1970 (age 73 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.; re-entombed in
1971 in mausoleum at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Robert Frank List (b. 1936) —
also known as Robert List —
of Carson
City, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., September
1, 1936.
Son of Franklin Way List and Alice A. (Dove) List.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1968,
1972
(delegation chair); Nevada
state attorney general, 1971-78; Governor of
Nevada, 1979-83.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Zoe Lofgren (b. 1947) —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
21, 1947.
Daughter of Milton R. Lofgren and Mary Violet Lofgren.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1976,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1995-.
Female.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Stanley Mosk (1912-2001) —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
12, 1912.
Son of Paul Mosk and Minna (Perl) Mosk.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
California, 1943-58; California
state attorney general, 1959-64; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1960-64; justice of
California state supreme court, 1964-2001; appointed 1964; died
in office 2001.
Jewish.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi Alpha Delta; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 19,
2001 (age 88 years, 280
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.; statue at Capitol
Grounds, Sacramento, Calif.
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Ray J. O'Brien (b. 1889) —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Mare Island, Solano
County, Calif., November
2, 1889.
Son of John O'Brien and Katherine (Hayes) O'Brien.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in Hawaii,
1922-25, 1943-45; Judge, Hawaii Territory Tax Appeal Court, 1925-41;
U.S.
Attorney for Hawaii, 1945-51.
Member, Phi Alpha Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1923
to Ruth Louise True. |
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Frank Joseph Pagliaro, Jr. (b. 1940) —
also known as Frank J. Pagliaro, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
10, 1940.
Son of Frank Joseph Pagliaro and Edith (Bennett) Pagliaro.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1970; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1970-73; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1972.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Alpha Delta; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Sigma
Nu; Lions.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1969
to Bonnie Kay Dickason. |
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Chesley Mathew Walter (b. 1889) —
also known as Chesley M. Walter —
of Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill., November
19, 1889.
Son of John Walter and Catherine (Duffy) Walter.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1944.
Member, Kiwanis;
Order of
the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Walter and Catherine (Duffy) Walter; married 1912 to Fannie
Machen; married, May 24,
1941, to Dorothy Mills Smith. |
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Laughlin Edward Waters (b. 1914) —
also known as Laughlin E. Waters —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
16, 1914.
Son of Frank Joseph Waters and Ida Pauline (Bauman) Waters.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1946-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1948,
1952;
vice-chair
of California Republican Party, 1950-52; California
Republican state chair, 1952; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1952; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1953-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Phi Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 1963.
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