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Elias Milton Ammons (1860-1925) —
of Douglas
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Macon
County, N.C., July 28,
1860.
Son of Jehu R. Ammons and Margaret C. (Brendle) Ammons.
Democrat. Rancher; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1890-94; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1893-94; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1898-1902; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1904, 1906; Governor of
Colorado, 1913-15.
Member, Lions.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 20,
1925 (age 64 years, 296
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Charles McBride Armstrong (1891-1964) —
also known as Charles M. Armstrong —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 27,
1891.
Republican. Ranch operator; secretary of
state of Colorado, 1927-35; Colorado
state treasurer, 1935-36, 1939-40; Colorado
state auditor, 1941-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Exchange
Club.
Died in December, 1964
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bob Beauprez (b. 1948) —
of Arvada, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Lafayette, Boulder
County, Colo., September
22, 1948.
Republican. Farmer; business
owner; Colorado
Republican state chair, 1999-2002; Presidential Elector for
Colorado, 2000;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 7th District, 2003-07; candidate for
Governor
of Colorado, 2006.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Erb Bledsoe (b. 1919) —
also known as William E. Bledsoe —
of Hugo, Lincoln
County, Colo.
Born in Aroya, Cheyenne
County, Colo., July 27,
1919.
Republican. Rancher; member of Colorado
state senate, 1958; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1960,
1964.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 1964.
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C. C. Chadwick —
of Colorado.
Socialist. Farmer; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from Colorado, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred Nelson Cummings (1864-1952) —
also known as Fred N. Cummings —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.
Born near Groveton, Northumberland, Coos
County, N.H., September
18, 1864.
Democrat. Farmer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1933-41; defeated,
1940.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., November
10, 1952 (age 88 years, 53
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colo.
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Carleton G. Howe (b. 1898) —
of Dorset, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Colorado, March 4,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
farmer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1945; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1947; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1952
(alternate), 1956.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Carl Johnson (1884-1970) —
also known as Edwin C. Johnson; "Big
Ed" —
of Craig, Moffat
County, Colo.
Born in Scandia, Republic
County, Kan., January
1, 1884.
Son of Nels Johnson and Anna Belle (Lunn) Johnson.
Democrat. Railroad
work; telegrapher;
farmer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1923-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1931-32; Governor of
Colorado, 1933-37, 1955-57; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1937-55; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 30,
1970 (age 86 years, 149
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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John Tony Salazar (b. 1953) —
also known as John T. Salazar —
of Manassa, Conejos
County, Colo.
Born in Alamosa, Alamosa
County, Colo., July 21,
1953.
Democrat. Farmer; rancher; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 2003-04; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 2005-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 2008.
Still living as of 2009.
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John W. Shawcroft (1874-1964) —
of La Jara, Conejos
County, Colo.
Born in Fountain Green, Sanpete
County, Utah, December
13, 1874.
Republican. Farmer; rancher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1940
(alternate), 1944;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1950.
Mormon.
Died in La Jara, Conejos
County, Colo., November
27, 1964 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Interment somewhere
in Sanford, Colo.
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Josef Winkler III (1928-2002) —
also known as Joe Winkler —
of Douglas
County, Colo.
Born in Douglas
County, Colo., April 23,
1928.
Son of Josef Winkler II and Rose Paoli Winkler.
Rancher; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado
state senate, 1979-86.
Catholic.
Austrian
ancestry.
Died, from an infection,
in Porter Adventist Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., July 18,
2002 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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