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Paul C. Aiken (1910-1974) —
of Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan., July 24,
1910.
Son of Robert Emmett Aiken and Florence Eva (Case) Aiken.
Democrat. Lawyer;
business executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kansas, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1950.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died in May, 1974
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (1897-1976) —
also known as Hugh D. Auchincloss —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
28, 1897.
Son of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss and Emma Brewster (Jennings)
Auchincloss.
Republican. Lawyer;
stockbroker; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1940.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1976 (age 79 years, 84
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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William Warren Barbour (1888-1943) —
also known as W. Warren Barbour; "The
Champ" —
of Rumson, Monmouth
County, N.J.; Locust, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 31,
1888.
Son of William J. Barbour and Adelaide (Sprague) Barbour.
Republican. Manufacturer;
business executive; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1928;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1931-37, 1938-43; appointed 1931;
defeated, 1936; died in office 1943.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Amateur heavyweight boxing champion of the U.S. and Canada in
1910-11.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Washington,
D.C., November
22, 1943 (age 55 years, 114
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1822.
Son of George Beale and Emily (Truxton) Beale.
Surveyor;
explorer; led the experiment to use camels in the U.S. Army;
during the Mexican War, made six trips between Washington, D.C. and
the Pacific coast, relaying military information; thought to be the
courier who brought news to Washington of the discovery of gold in
California; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1876-77.
Camp Beale (now Beale Air Force Base) is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1893 (age 71 years, 77
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chester, Pa.
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Hiram Bingham (1875-1956) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Salem, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, November
19, 1875.
Son of Rev. Hiram Bingham and Minerva Clarissa (Brewster) Bingham.
Republican. Explorer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(alternate), 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1923-25; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1924-33; defeated, 1932; Governor of
Connecticut, 1925; censured
by the U.S. Senate on November 4, 1929, for employing a paid
lobbyist as his chief clerk.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 6,
1956 (age 80 years, 200
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Wiley Thomas Buchanan, Jr. (1914-1986) —
also known as Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Myrtle Hill, Van Zandt
County, Tex., January
4, 1914.
Son of Wiley T. Buchanan (1880-1953) and Lilla A. (Youngblood)
Buchanan (1885-1975).
Business executive; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1953-56; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1956; Austria, 1975-77; chief of protocol, U.S. Department of State,
1957-61.
Methodist.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in a nursing
home, February
16, 1986 (age 72 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Angus Garrett (1888-1971) —
also known as George A. Garrett —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., August 5,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
stockbroker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1932;
U.S. Minister to Ireland, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 1950-51.
Died September
29, 1971 (age 83 years, 55
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Jay Paul Jameson (b. 1883) —
also known as J. Paul Jameson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
3, 1883.
Stenographer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1909-10; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1910-11; Hankow, 1914; U.S. Consul in Nanking, 1915-17.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Son of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer.
Republican. Stockbroker; banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper
in 1933, and was its publisher
until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer, at
George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham (1917-2001; publisher of
the Washington Post). |
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article — NNDB
dossier |
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Lester L. Schnare (b. 1884) —
of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis., May 15,
1884.
Son of Henry W. Schnare and Anna M. (Hefling) Schnare.
School
teacher; newspaper
editor; stenographer; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-17; Canton, 1917-18; Yokohama, 1918; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1920, 1921; Kobe, 1920-21, 1921-22; Swatow, 1922-23; Cartagena, 1923-27; Breslau, 1927-31; Hamburg, 1931-35; Milan, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard William Schuetz (1887-1944) —
also known as Leonard W. Schuetz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
November
16, 1887.
Democrat. Business executive; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1931-44; died in
office 1944.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1944 (age 56 years, 89
days).
Interment at St.
Adalbert's Cemetery, Niles, Ill.
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