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Philip Nicholas Angelides (b. 1953) —
also known as Phil Angelides —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., June 11,
1953.
Democrat. Real estate developer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
California
Democratic state chair, 1991-93; California
state treasurer, 1999-; defeated, 1994.
Greek
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Nita Wentner Ashcraft —
also known as Nita Ashcraft —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Republican. Real estate agent; insurance
broker; member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1966-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1968,
1972,
1992.
Female.
Protestant.
Still living as of 1992.
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Relatives:
Married to Wayne W. Wentner and Hale Ashcraft. |
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Leland Milton Backstrand (1899-1964) —
also known as Leland M. Backstrand —
of Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1899.
Republican. Insurance
and real estate business; member of California
state assembly, 1953-60; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1960;
member of California
state senate, 1961-64.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Optimist
Club; American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in 1964
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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Charles Webster Bell (1857-1927) —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 11,
1857.
Son of Matthew Bell and Elizabeth Emma Bell.
Progressive. Fruit
farmer; real estate business; Los
Angeles County Clerk, 1899-1903; member of California
state senate, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1913-15.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 19,
1927 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Clair Walter Burgener (1921-2006) —
also known as Clair W. Burgener —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Vernal, Uintah
County, Utah, December
5, 1921.
Son of Walter H. Burgener and Nora (Taylor) Burgener.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served
in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; realtor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
member of California
state assembly, 1963-66; member of California
state senate, 1967-72; U.S.
Representative from California, 1973-83 (42nd District 1973-75,
43rd District 1975-83).
Mormon.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Encinitas, San Diego
County, Calif., September
9, 2006 (age 84 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Harley Burke (1894-1951) —
also known as John H. Burke —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Excelsior, Richland
County, Wis., June 2,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; oil
producer; real estate business; U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1933-35.
Died in a hospital
at Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 14,
1951 (age 56 years, 346
days).
Interment at New
Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.
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George Burnham (1868-1939) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Minn.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
December
28, 1868.
Son of James Burnham and Maria Ann Drucilla (Steele) Burnham.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; retail shoe
business; real estate business; banker; U.S.
Representative from California 20th District, 1933-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 28,
1939 (age 70 years, 182
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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A. Ronald Button (1903-1987) —
of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Plainview, Pierce
County, Neb., August
29, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
real estate developer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1952,
1956;
California
Republican state chair, 1953; California
state treasurer, 1956-59.
Died January
31, 1987 (age 83 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Clark Chapin (1891-1950) —
also known as Albert C. Chapin —
of South Egremont, Egremont, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Sea Girt, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 14,
1891.
Son of Albert King Chapin (1850-1908) and Emily A. (Schenck) Chapin.
Interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Chefoo, 1917-18; Tientsin, 1918; Mukden, 1918; real estate broker.
Died in Mendocino
County, Calif., December
28, 1950 (age 59 years, 228
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Moon K. Choe —
of Marina, Monterey
County, Calif.
Accountant;
realtor; candidate for mayor of
Marina, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) —
of Verona, Essex
County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex
County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., September
5, 1855.
Grocer; invented
and manufactured
the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex
County Freeholder; real estate business; New York
representative for Union Oil Company
of California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital
1924; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27.
Methodist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
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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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Peter Joseph De Muth (1892-1993) —
also known as Peter J. De Muth —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
1, 1892.
Son of John De Muth and Barbara (Dietrich) De Muth.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; real estate
business; building
contractor; candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 8th
District, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1937-39.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Alpha
Tau Omega; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in Orange
County, Calif., April 3,
1993 (age 101 years, 92
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leland Merritt Ford (1893-1965) —
also known as Leland M. Ford —
of Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev., March 8,
1893.
Son of James Green Ford and Anna L. (Ficklin) Ford.
Republican. Surveyor;
rancher;
real estate broker; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1939-43; defeated,
1942.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Santa Monica Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
27, 1965 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Elton William Gallegly (b. 1944) —
also known as Elton Gallegly —
of Simi Valley, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Huntington Park, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 7,
1944.
Republican. Real estate broker; mayor
of Simi Valley, Calif., 1980-86; U.S.
Representative from California, 1987-2008 (21st District 1987-93,
23rd District 1993-2003, 24th District 2003-08); delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1988.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Jewett Garland (1902-1968) —
also known as John J. Garland —
of San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 20,
1902.
Son of William
May Garland and Sadie Blanche (Hinman) Garland.
Republican. Realtor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
30, 1968 (age 66 years, 224
days).
Interment at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Gordon R. Hahn (1919-2001) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Kindersley, Saskatchewan,
April
5, 1919.
Republican. Real estate business; member of California
state assembly, 1947-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1948.
Christian.
Died, of respiratory
failure from pneumonia,
in Torrance, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 29,
2001 (age 81 years, 358
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Margie Handley (born c.1940) —
of Willits, Mendocino
County, Calif.
Born about 1940.
Republican. Real estate business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Ole Hanson (1874-1940) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Racine
County, Wis., January
6, 1874.
Son of Thorsten Hanson and Goro (Tostofson) Hanson.
Progressive. Member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1908-09; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1914; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1918-19; resigned 1919.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Real estate developer who created San Clemente and Twentynine
Palms, California.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 6,
1940 (age 66 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Hellman Heller (1900-1961) —
also known as Edward H. Heller —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 15,
1900.
Son of Emanuel S. Heller and Clara (Hellman) Heller.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; financier;
director, and member executive committee, Wells Fargo Bank;
director, Permanente Cement Co.,
Bandini Petroleum
Co., Olympic Radio and
Television, Inc., Heller Land Co., Permanente Steamship
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1960;
Regent, University of California, 1942-58.
Jewish.
Died in Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
18, 1961 (age 61 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894-1956) —
also known as Carl Hinshaw —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1939-56 (11th District 1939-43,
20th District 1943-56); defeated, 1936; died in office 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948.
Died, of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August 5,
1956 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Duncan Duane Hunter (b. 1976) —
also known as Duncan Hunter —
of Lakeside, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
7, 1976.
Son of Duncan
Lee Hunter.
Real estate developer; U.S.
Representative from California 52nd District, 2009-.
Still living as of 2010.
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Lucille Kring —
of Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.
Real estate broker; candidate for mayor of
Anaheim, Calif., 2002; board member, Anaheim Memorial Hospital.
Female.
Member, Toastmasters;
Rotary.
Still living as of 2006.
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Ha Mach —
of Westminster, Orange
County, Calif.
Real estate broker; candidate for mayor
of Westminster, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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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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Frank Edward McEnulty (b. 1956) —
also known as Frank McEnulty —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born August
31, 1956.
President and CEO of Our Castle Homes, builders
and developers; Independent candidate for President
of the United States, 2008; Reform candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2010.
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Robert Timothy Monagan, Jr. (b. 1920) —
also known as Bob Monagan —
of Tracy, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, July 5,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;
real estate business; member of California
state assembly, 1961-72; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1969-70; Presidential Elector for
California, 1968,
1972;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1973.
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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.
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Thomas Gedney Patten (1861-1939) —
also known as Thomas G. Patten —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1861.
Son of Thomas Patten and Maria L. (Gedney) Patten.
Democrat. Real estate business; president, New York and Long
Branch Steamboat
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-17 (15th District 1911-13,
18th District 1913-17).
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
23, 1939 (age 77 years, 164
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Gregory J. Pawlik (b. 1947) —
of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in 1947.
Republican. Realtor; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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M. Penn Phillips —
of Sierra Madre, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Real estate developer; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Rader (1848-1897) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born April 8,
1848.
Son of Aaron Rader (1817-1892) and Sabina (Bauer) Rader (1824-1903).
Republican. Banker;
real estate business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1894-96.
Died in Lake Elsinore, Riverside
County, Calif., March 28,
1897 (age 48 years, 354
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Frank D. Riggs (b. 1950) —
of California.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
5, 1950.
Republican. Police
officer; real estate developer; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1991-93, 1995-99;
defeated, 1992.
Member, Habitat
for Humanity.
Still living as of 2009.
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John F. Seymour (b. 1937) —
of Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.; Indian Wells, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1937.
Republican. Real estate business; mayor of
Anaheim, Calif., 1978-82; member of California
state senate, 1982-90; U.S.
Senator from California, 1991-92; defeated, 1992.
Still living as of 2010.
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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.
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Brian Sharp —
of Brentwood, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Real estate broker; candidate for mayor
of Brentwood, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Harry James Stockman (b. 1919) —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 15,
1919.
Son of Harry Joseph Stockman and Mary Ellen (Lewis) Stockman.
Republican. Oil company
engineer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; hotel
operator; real estate developer; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1960.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1963.
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Diane Beall Templin (b. 1947) —
of Escondido, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in 1947.
Lawyer;
real estate business; American Independent candidate for California
state attorney general, 1998, 2002; American Independent
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 2000; American Independent candidate for
Governor
of California, 2003; American Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 50th District, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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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:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Maurice Jerome Walker (b. 1954) —
also known as Maurice J. Walker —
of San Leandro, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
3, 1954.
Green. President,
Local 616, Service Employees International Union; real estate
appraiser; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Richard Joseph Welch (1869-1949) —
also known as Richard J. Welch —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, 1869.
Republican. Insurance
broker; real estate business; member of California
state senate, 1901-13; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1926-49; died in
office 1949.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles.
While traveling by
train, suffered a heart
attack, and died the next day, in a hospital
at Needles, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
10, 1949 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Henry W. Wright (1868-1948) —
of Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Ionia, Chickasaw
County, Iowa, March 4,
1868.
Republican. Real estate business; member of California
state assembly, 1915-22; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1919-22.
Methodist.
Died at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1948 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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