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Edgar Bernard Brossard (b. 1889) —
also known as Edgar B. Brossard —
of Utah; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Oxford, Bannock
County, Idaho, April 1,
1889.
Son of Amable Alphonse Brossard and Mary Catherine (Hobson) Brossard.
Republican. College
professor; economist;
member, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1925-45; chair, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1930.
Mormon.
Member, American
Economic Association; Grange; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz)
Burton.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John Anthony Danaher (1899-1990) —
also known as John A. Danaher —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., January
9, 1899.
Son of Cornelius J. Danaher and Ellen (Ryan) Danaher.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1939-45; defeated, 1944; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1953-.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Grange; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died September
22, 1990 (age 91 years, 256
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Edward Hart Fenn (1856-1939) —
also known as E. Hart Fenn —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
12, 1856.
Republican. Journalist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1907-08, 1915;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1921-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1939 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1926-1996) —
of Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 3,
1926.
Son of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1888-1991) and Grace (Chapin) Fish.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-95 (28th District 1969-73,
25th District 1973-83, 21st District 1983-93, 19th District 1993-95);
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 24,
1996 (age 70 years, 51
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Thomas Stephen Foley (b. 1929) —
also known as Thomas S. Foley; Tom Foley —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., March 26,
1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1965-95; defeated,
1994; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1989-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1997-.
Member, Grange; Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2008.
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Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837-1892) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., April 24,
1837.
Son of Andrew Polk and Sereba Autry Polk.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1866; newspaper
editor; North
Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1877-80; national president
of the Farmers' Alliance.
Baptist.
Member, Grange.
Founder of Polkton, N.C. Elected to the North Carolina Agricultural
Hall
of Fame in 1957.
Died from a bladder
hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1892 (age 55 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Son of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Louise (Travers) Wadsworth.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grange; United
Spanish War Veterans; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League; Skull and
Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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