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Charles Edward Bartlett (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles E. Bartlett —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 16,
1887.
Republican. Electrician;
worked for the Chicago Telephone
Company, the Michigan State Telephone
Company, and Detroit Edison (electric utility); member, legislative
committee, Detroit Federation of Labor and Michigan State
Federation of Labor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-32; defeated, 1932, 1934; elected (Wet) delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District 1933, but did not serve; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1936.
Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Foster (b. 1947) —
also known as Bob Foster —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
1, 1947.
Democrat. Utility executive; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 2006-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 2008.
Still living as of 2011.
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Walter A. Haas (1889-1979) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 11,
1889.
Son of Abraham Haas and Fannie (Koshland) Haas.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president
(1928-56) and chairman of the Levi Strauss clothing
company; director, Crocker-Anglo National Bank,
National Ice
and Cold Storage
Co.; Pacific Gas & Electric Co.; vice-president, Mt. Zion Hospital;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1952.
Jewish.
Died December
7, 1979 (age 90 years, 210
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr. (1903-1969) —
also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
August
4, 1903.
Son of Herbert
Clark Hoover and Lou (Henry) Hoover.
Republican. Petroleum geologist;
mining engineer;
inventor;
president, Aeronautical
Radio,
Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; director, Monsanto
Chemical
Company; director, Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation; director, Southern California Edison Company;
director, Hanna Mining
Company; director, Pacific Mutual Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1960.
Herbert Hoover Jr. High School, in San Jose, Calif., is named for
him.
Died, of cancer, in
Huntington Community Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1969 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Orville Mackenzie (b. 1885) —
of California; New Jersey.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., April 21,
1885.
Son of Thomas H. Mackenzie (M.D.) and Helen Gray (Buchanan)
Mackenzie.
Republican. General manager, Mount Whitney Power & Electric
Co., 1914-16; rancher; fruit
grower; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1927-30.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Packard (1912-1996) —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
7, 1912.
Son of Sperry Sidney Packard and Ella Lorna (Graber) Packard.
Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard
electronics and computer
company; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, Pacific
Gas & Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens National Bank,
General Dynamics Corp., U.S. Steel Corp.,
Trans World Airways,
Standard Oil of
California, Caterpillar Tractor
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
Presidential Elector for California, 1972;
philanthropist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta
Pi; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Stanford University Hospital,
Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March 26,
1996 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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