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Frank Pollard Adams (1908-1982) —
also known as Frank P. Adams —
of Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
25, 1908.
Son of Edson Adams and Jessie (Fox) Adams.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
treasurer
of California Republican Party, 1971-73.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in June, 1982
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Edward Clark Bellows (1856-1929) —
also known as Edward C. Bellows —
of New Hartford, Butler
County, Iowa; Washington; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., May 8,
1856.
Son of Charles Bristol Bellows (born 1822; disappeared 1870) and
Eusebia (Dickinson) Bellows.
Republican. Banker;
member of Washington state legislature; U.S. Consul General in Yokohama, 1900-05; California Corporation Commissioner, 1918-22.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
27, 1929 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe (1874-1938) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bledsoe —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., February
8, 1874.
Son of Robert Emmett Bledsoe and Althea (Bottoms) Bledsoe.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1900-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1914-25;
resigned 1925; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1925.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of the Revolution; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in Crestline, San
Bernardino County, Calif., October
30, 1938 (age 64 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Andrew Burkett (1913-1999) —
also known as William A. Burkett —
of Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in Herman, Washington
County, Neb., July 1,
1913.
Son of William H. Burkett and Mary (Dill) Burkett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for secretary of
state of Nebraska, 1936; banker;
candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 1978.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American
Bankers Association; Amvets; Rotary.
Wrote a 500-word history of the United States which was chosen in a
contest to be inscribed at Mount Rushmore.
Died, of heart
failure, in Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif., November
12, 1999 (age 86 years, 134
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse William Curtis (b. 1865) —
also known as Jesse W. Curtis —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., July 18,
1865.
Son of William
Jesse Curtis and Frances Sophia (Cowles) Curtis.
Democrat. Lawyer; San
Bernardino County District Attorney, 1899-1903; superior court
judge in California, 1914-23; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1923-26; justice of
California state supreme court, 1926-31.
Baptist.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; American Bar
Association; Sons of the Revolution; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 23,
1892, to Ida Lucinda Seymour. |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California, 1909 |
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Erle Roy Dickover (b. 1888) —
also known as Erle R. Dickover —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1888.
Son of Dr. John J. Dickover and Anna A. (Meek) Dickover.
U.S. Vice Consul in Dairen, 1916; Kobe, 1917; U.S. Consul in Kobe, 1921-32; U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (1913-2006) —
also known as Gerald R. Ford; Jerry Ford; Leslie
Lynch King, Jr.; "Passkey" —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., July 14,
1913.
Son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr. (1884-1941) and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner)
King Ford (1892-1967).
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned
1973; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64; Vice
President of the United States, 1973-74; President
of the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons of the American Revolution; Forty and
Eight; Jaycees;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Humane
Society; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Shot
at in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975.
On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cult
leader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loaded
pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired.
On September 22, Sara Jane Moore fired a
shot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were
convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1999.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., December
26, 2006 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Gerald
R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Leslie Lynch King, Sr. (1884-1941) and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King
Ford (1892-1967); step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr. (1890-1962);
married, October
15, 1948, to Elizabeth Ann 'Betty' (Bloomer) Warren (1918-2011);
half-brother of Thomas
G. Ford, Sr.. |
| | | Cross-reference: Richard
M. Nixon — L.
William Seidman |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Gerald R. Ford: A
Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(1983) |
| | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John Robert
Greene, The
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,
Gerald
R. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —
James Cannon, Time
and Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —
Douglas Brinkley, Gerald
R. Ford |
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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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Bertrand Wesley Gearhart (1890-1955) —
also known as Bertrand W. Gearhart; Bud
Gearhart —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., May 31,
1890.
Son of John Wesley Gearhart and Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) Gearhart.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
California convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1935-49; defeated,
1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1948.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Sons of the American Revolution;
Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Among the founders of the American Legion.
Died in a hospital
at San
Francisco, Calif., October
11, 1955 (age 65 years, 133
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
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Barry Morris Goldwater, Jr. (b. 1938) —
also known as Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. —
of Burbank, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 15,
1938.
Son of Barry
Morris Goldwater and Margaret (Johnson) Goldwater.
U.S.
Representative from California, 1969-83 (27th District 1969-75,
20th District 1975-83); candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982; Constitution candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom; Sons of the American Revolution.
Still living as of 2008.
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George Juan Hatfield (b. 1887) —
also known as George J. Hatfield —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born, of American parents, in Waterloo, Ontario,
October
29, 1887.
Son of William Melancthon Hatfield and Harriet Juanita (Bingham)
Hatfield.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1935-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) —
also known as Albert W. Hawkes —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
20, 1878.
Republican. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sons of the American Revolution; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., May 9,
1971 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, N.J.
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Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970) —
also known as Edgar W. Hiestand —
of Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1888.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1953-63; defeated,
1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1960.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Rotary; John
Birch Society.
Died, of a kidney
infection and pneumonia,
at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1970 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896) —
also known as William R. Marshall —
of St. Croix Falls, Polk
County, Wis.; St. Anthony, Hennepin
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., October
17, 1825.
Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1848; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 5th District, 1849-50;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1866-70; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1874, 1876; appointed 1874,
1876.
Swedenborgian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Succeeded in removing the word "white" (race) from the Minnesota
state constitution.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
8, 1896 (age 70 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Seabury C. Mastick (b. 1871) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; near Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Warner Chemical
Company; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1921-22;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1923-34; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association; American
Chemical Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Agnes E. Warner. |
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George Smith Patton (1856-1927) —
also known as George S. Patton; Frenchy Patton;
George William Patton —
of San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
30, 1856.
Son of George Smith Patton (1833-1864).
Democrat. Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1884-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1892;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1894; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from California, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 10,
1927 (age 70 years, 253
days).
Interment at Church
of Our Savior Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of George Smith Patton (1833-1864); married to Ruth Wilson (daughter
of Benjamin
Davis Wilson); father of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.
(1885-1945). |
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