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Guy Garland Alway (1886-1959) —
also known as Guy G. Alway —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Clinton, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee
County, Mich., September
25, 1886.
Son of William Henry Alway and Ellen Elizabeth (Stinchcomb) Alway.
Democrat. Physician; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1923.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
21, 1959 (age 73 years, 87
days).
Interment at Los
Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Carl Ferdinand Bertschinger (b. 1868) —
also known as Carl Bertschinger —
of Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Winterthm, Switzerland,
February
24, 1868.
Democrat. Physician; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1948.
Protestant.
Swiss
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martha Maria Hughes Cannon (1857-1932) —
also known as Martha Hughes Cannon; Mattie Cannon;
Martha Maria Hughes —
of Utah; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Llandudno, Wales,
July
1, 1857.
Daughter of Peter Hughes (1824-1861) and Elizabeth (Evans) Hughes
(1833-1923).
Physician; member of Utah state
senate, 1897-1905.
Female.
Mormon.
First
woman state senator in the U.S.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 10,
1932 (age 75 years, 9
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Sheng Chang —
of Arcadia, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Physician; mayor of
Arcadia, Calif., 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Henry Perrin Coon (1822-1884) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y., September
30, 1822.
Physician; state court judge in California, 1856-60; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1863-67.
Presbyterian.
Died of heart
failure in the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., December
4, 1884 (age 62 years, 65
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Thomas Foster —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1855-56.
Burial
location unknown.
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F. Richard Jones —
also known as Dick Jones —
of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.
Physician; mayor
of Fullerton, Calif., 1999-2001.
Still living as of 2004.
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Joseph Lafayette Ludwig (1909-1988) —
also known as J. Lafe Ludwig —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in North Dakota, June 12,
1909.
Son of John Ludwig (born 1883) and Magdalena Ludwig (born 1884).
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964.
Died in California, January
19, 1988 (age 78 years, 221
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick A. MacDougal (d. 1878) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1876-78; died in office 1878.
Died November
16, 1878.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ross T. McIntire —
of Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Democrat. Physician; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 30th District, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1956.
He was President Franklin
D. Roosevelt's personal physician.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alan S. Nakanishi —
of Lodi, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Republican. Physician; mayor of
Lodi, Calif., 2000-01; member of California
state assembly 10th District, 2002-.
Japanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Enoch Homer Pardee (1826-1896) —
also known as Enoch H. Pardee —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y., April 1,
1826.
Son of Wheeler Pardee (1782-1863) and Eleanor (Rose) Pardee
(1784-1864).
Republican. Physician; member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1871-73; mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1876-78; member of California
state senate, 1880.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
21, 1896 (age 70 years, 173
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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George Cooper Pardee (1857-1941) —
also known as George C. Pardee —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 25,
1857.
Son of Enoch
Homer Pardee and Mary Elizabeth (Pardee) Pardee (1830-1870).
Physician; mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1893-95; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1900,
1904,
1912,
1924;
Governor
of California, 1903-07; Presidential Elector for California, 1912;
Presidential Elector for California, 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Kiwanis;
Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Pardee Dam on the Mokelumne River is named for
him.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
1, 1941 (age 84 years, 38
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Joseph Herman Romig (1872-1951) —
also known as Joseph H. Romig; "Dog-Team
Doctor" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Edwards
County, Ill., September
3, 1872.
Son of Joseph Romig and Margaret (Ricksecker) Romig.
Physician; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1937-38.
Moravian
ancestry.
Romig Junior High School, in Anchorage, is named for
him.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., 1951
(age about
78 years).
Original interment somewhere
in Colorado Springs, Colo.; reinterment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Benjamin McLaine Spock (1903-1998) —
also known as Benjamin Spock —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 2,
1903.
Son of Benjamin Ives Spock and Mildred Louise (Stoughton) Spock.
Won an Olympic
gold medal in rowing at the 1924 Paris games; physician;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; author of
influential book, Baby and Child Care; People's candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March 15,
1998 (age 94 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred W. Taliaferro (d. 1885) —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va.
Physician; druggist;
member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1852-53; member of California
state senate.
Died, of pneumonia,
1885.
Interment at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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Epitaph: "His
virtue was generosity, his friends are legion, his enemies none
— one of nature's noblemen." |
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Stephen P. Teale (b. 1916) —
of West Point, Calaveras
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., 1916.
Democrat. Physician; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of California
state senate, 1958-66.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 1966.
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Richard White —
Physician; Peace and Freedom candidate for Presidential
Elector for California, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949) —
also known as Ray L. Wilbur —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Boonesboro, Boone
County, Iowa, April 13,
1875.
Son of Dwight Locke Wilbur and Edna Maria (Lyman) Wilbur.
Republican. Physician; dean of
Stanford University Medical School, 1911-16; president
of Stanford University, 1916-43; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1929-33.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 26,
1949 (age 74 years, 74
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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