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Phi Delta Theta
Politician members in the District of Columbia


  William Brockman Bankhead (1874-1940) — also known as William B. Bankhead — of Jasper, Walker County, Ala. Born in Moscow (now Sulligent), Lamar County, Ala., April 12, 1874. Son of John Hollis Bankhead and Tallulah James (Brockman) Bankhead. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1900-02; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ; U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1917-40 (10th District 1917-33, 7th District 1933-40); died in office 1940; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1936-40; died in office 1940. Methodist. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Junior Order; Woodmen. Died in Washington, D.C., September 15, 1940 (age 66 years, 156 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of John Hollis Bankhead and Tallulah James (Brockman) Bankhead; brother of John Hollis Bankhead II; married, January 31, 1900, to Adalaide Eugene Sledge; uncle of Walter Will Bankhead; father of Tallulah Bankhead (actress). See Bankhead family of Alabama.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Richard Walker Bolling (1916-1991) — also known as Richard Bolling — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 17, 1916. Son of Richard Walker Bolling and Florence (Easton) Bolling. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1949-83. Episcopalian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., April 21, 1991 (age 74 years, 339 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Second great-grandson of John Williams Walker; great-grandnephew of Percy Walker; son of Richard Walker Bolling and Florence (Easton) Bolling; married, June 7, 1945, to Barbara Stratton. See Walker family of Alabama.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hiram A. Boucher (1896-1967) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Eureka, McPherson County, S.Dak., December 14, 1896. Son of Lyman Trumbull Boucher and Helen Augusta (Melville) Boucher. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Barcelona, 1921-24; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1924-27; Cobh, 1928-29; Rome, 1929-36; Geneva, 1936-41; Auckland, 1941-45; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1945-47. Member, Phi Delta Theta. Died November 15, 1967 (age 70 years, 336 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married, April 11, 1925, to Rosa E. Stokes (1896-1970).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Linton McGee Collins (b. 1902) — also known as Linton M. Collins — of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla.; Washington, D.C. Born in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Ga., June 21, 1902. Son of Ernest Clyde Collins and Beulah Edna (Rogers) Collins. Lawyer; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-71. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Phi Delta Theta; Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Ernest Clyde Collins and Beulah Edna (Rogers) Collins; married, January 30, 1934, to Josephine Staten Hardman (daughter of Lamartine Griffin Hardman). See Collins-Hardman family of Georgia.
  Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945) — also known as Dwight F. Davis — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., July 5, 1879. Son of John Tilden Davis and Maria (Filley) Davis. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Secretary of War, 1925-29; Governor of the Philippine Islands, 1929-32. Baptist. Member, Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; American Legion. Founder of the Davis Cup tennis tournament. Died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1945 (age 66 years, 146 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of John Tilden Davis and Maria (Filley) Davis; married, November 15, 1905, to Helen Brooks (died 1932); married, May 8, 1936, to Pauline Morton Sabin. See McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Leverett Edwards (b. 1902) — of Oklahoma; Washington, D.C. Born in Cordell, Washita County, Okla., January 20, 1902. Oklahoma state attorney general, 1926-27. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta; American Bar Association. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Charles Burke Elbrick (1908-1983) — also known as C. Burke Elbrick — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky.; Washington, D.C. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., March 25, 1908. Son of Charles J. Elbrick and Lillian (Burke) Elbrick. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Panama, 1931-32; Southampton, 1932-34; Port-au-Prince, 1937; Lisbon, 1940-41; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1958-63; Yugoslavia, 1964; Brazil, 1969-70. Member, Phi Delta Theta. Died in 1983 (age about 75 years). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Gilbertsville, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, July 27, 1932, to Elvira Lindsay Johnson.
  Edwin McCammon Martin (1908-2002) — also known as Edwin M. Martin — of Ohio; Paris, France. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, May 21, 1908. Son of Harry Judson Martin and Clara (McCammon) Martin. Economist; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations; Audubon Society; Phi Delta Theta; Delta Sigma Rho. Died, of pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., January 12, 2002 (age 93 years, 236 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, October 3, 1936, to Margaret Milburn.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Frederick Moore Vinson (1890-1953) — also known as Fred M. Vinson — of Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky.; Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky., January 22, 1890. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1924-29, 1931-38 (9th District 1924-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-38); defeated, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-43; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1945-46; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53; died in office 1953. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Phi Delta Theta. Died in Washington, D.C., September 8, 1953 (age 63 years, 229 days). Interment at Pinehill Cemetery, Louisa, Ky.
  Relatives: Married, January 24, 1923, to Roberta Dixon.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Fred M. Vinson: Melvin I. Urofsky, Division and Discord : The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941-1953 — James E. St. Clair & Linda C. Gugin, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography
  Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963) — also known as Francis E. Walter — of Easton, Northampton County, Pa. Born in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., May 26, 1894. Son of Robley D. Walter and Susie E. Walter. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; trustee, Easton Hospital; bank director; Northampton County Solicitor, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928, 1948 (alternate), 1952, 1956, 1960; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-63 (21st District 1933-45, 20th District 1945-53, 15th District 1953-63); died in office 1963. Lutheran. Member, Elks; Odd Fellows; Eagles; Junior Order; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Alpha Delta. Died, of leukemia, in Washington, D.C., May 31, 1963 (age 69 years, 5 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married, December 19, 1925, to May M. Doyle.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

 

 


 
   
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