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  James Lane Buckley (b. 1923) — also known as James L. Buckley — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in an elevator at Women's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 9, 1923. Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Senator from New York, 1971-77; defeated, 1968 (Conservative), 1976 (Republican); Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1980; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1985-96; took senior status 1996. Catholic. Irish and Swiss ancestry. Member, Skull and Bones. President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1982-85. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley; married 1953 to Ann Frances Cooley; brother of Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo Brent Bozell) and William Frank Buckley, Jr.. See Buckley family of New York and Connecticut.
  Campaign slogan (1970): "Isn't it about time we had a Senator?"
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  William Frank Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) — also known as William F. Buckley, Jr. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 24, 1925. Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley. Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1965. Catholic. Irish and Swiss ancestry. Member, Skull and Bones. Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor of National Review magazine; author and lecturer; host of television news show "Firing Line"; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 18, 1991. Died, probably of diabetes and emphysema, in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., February 27, 2008 (age 82 years, 95 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley; brother of James Lane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo Brent Bozell); married 1950 to Patricia Alden Austin Taylor (1926-2007). See Buckley family of New York and Connecticut.
  Cross-reference: Frederic R. Coudert, Jr.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Getting It Right (2003) — God and Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom' (1951) — Spytime : The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) — Nearer, My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) — The Lexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover (1998) — Airborne : A Sentimental Journey (1984) — In Search of Anti-Semitism (1992) — Brothers No More (1995) — Up From Liberalism (1959) — The Committee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (1962) — Elvis in the Morning (2001) — Execution eve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) — Four reforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) — Gratitude : reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) — Nuremberg : the reckoning (2002) — Overdrive : a personal documentary (1983) — United Nations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) — The unmaking of a mayor (1966) — Ronald Reagan: An American Hero (2001)
  Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Stained Glass : A Blackford Oakes Novel (1978) — Marco Polo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1981) — Saving the Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1976) — See You Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1985) — Tucker's Last Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1991) — Mongoose, R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1990) — A Very Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1994) — High Jinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1986) — Who's on First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1980) — The Redhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator Joe McCarthy (1999)
  Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.: John B. Judis, William F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives
  Critical books about William F. Buckley, Jr.: David Miller, Chairman Bill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr.
  Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) — also known as Prescott S. Bush — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May 15, 1895. Son of Samuel Prescott Bush (1863-1948) and Flora (Sheldon) Bush (1872-1920). Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; director, Pan American Airways; director, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948, 1956, 1960 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1964 (alternate); U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Skull and Bones. Died, of lung cancer, in the Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146 days). Interment at Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Prescott Bush (1863-1948) and Flora (Sheldon) Bush (1872-1920); married, August 6, 1921, to Dorothy Walker (1901-1992); father of George Herbert Walker Bush; grandfather of George Walker Bush and John Ellis Bush. See Bush family of Massachusetts.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Critical books about Prescott Bush: Kitty Kelly, The Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty
  Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (1924-2010) — also known as Alexander M. Haig, Jr. — Born in Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pa., December 2, 1924. Son of Alexander Meigs Haig, Sr. and Regina Anne (Murphy) Haig. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; target of an assassination attempt in Belgium, June 25, 1979; U.S. Secretary of State, 1981-82; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1988; host, World Business Review television news show. Catholic. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from an infection, at John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., February 20, 2010 (age 85 years, 80 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1950 to Patricia Fox.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Alexander M. Haig: Inner Circles : How America Changed the World (1994) — Caveat (1984)
  Robert T. Marland (1918-1991) — of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Born in Danielson, Killingly, Windham County, Conn., January 20, 1918. Republican. Rancher; radio station owner; member of Nebraska railway commission, 1967-69, 1971- (4th District 1967-69, 1st District 1971); appointed 1967. Member, Elks; Freemasons; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in October, 1991 (age 73 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.

 

 


 
   
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