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Tom Adams (b. 1917) —
of Florida.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 11,
1917.
Son of Thomas Burton Adams and Carolyn (Hamilton) Adams.
Real
estate and insurance business; member of Florida
state senate, 1956-60; secretary of
state of Florida, 1961-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1971-75.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary; Newcomen
Society; Phi
Delta Theta; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2001.
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Eladio Armesto Garcia (1936-2003) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba, November
27, 1936.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 117th District, 1993-94; defeated,
1976.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Died, of respiratory
arrest and cancer, in
Zion, Lake
County, Ill., March 24,
2003 (age 66 years, 117
days).
Interment at Miami
Memorial Park, Miami, Fla.
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Katharine Eleanor Ausherman (1872-1961) —
also known as Katharine E. Ausherman; Katharine Eleanor
Sheeler —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born June 24,
1872.
Daughter of Conrad Sheeler and Mary (Walker) Sheeler.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; Presidential Elector for
Florida, 1928.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Died February
27, 1961 (age 88 years, 248
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Robert S. Bainbridge (1913-1959) —
of St. George, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
21, 1913.
Republican. Insurance broker; member of New York
state senate, 1943-46 (24th District 1943-44, 17th District
1945-46); defeated, 1947.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Lions; Eagles.
Died in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., June, 1959
(age 46
years, 0 days).
Interment at Dixie
Highway Cemetery, Vandalia, Ohio.
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Rene Armand Carreau (1901-1980) —
also known as Rene A. Carreau —
of Merrick, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born March 26,
1901.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
broker; liquor store
owner; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1942; chair of
Nassau County Democratic Party, 1947-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Died, following heart
surgery, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
8, 1980 (age 79 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Jackson Drane (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert J. Drane —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky., June 20,
1863.
Son of Ossian A. Drane and Josephine F. (Dickey) Drane.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; insurance and real
estate business; orange
grower; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1888-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-05; member of Florida
state senate, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1917-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Power
Commission, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., August
11, 1947 (age 84 years, 52
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Charles Thomas Easterly (1940-2005) —
also known as Tom Easterly —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 21,
1940.
Son of Edgar Easterly (reporter and press secretary).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
insurance agent; member of Kentucky
state senate 20th District, 1974-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1978, 1980; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1988-90.
Killed in a car
crash on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va., June 15,
2005 (age 65 years, 55
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Leon E. Giuffreda (1913-1999) —
of Centereach, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 1,
1913.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; bank
director; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1966-76.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Elks.
Died November
8, 1999 (age 86 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose M. Gazzano. |
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Fran Hancock —
of North Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 2004,
2008
(alternate).
Still living as of 2008.
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William Luther Hill (1873-1951) —
of Florida.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., October
17, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
insurance business; secretary to U.S. Sen. Duncan
U. Fletcher, 1917-36; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936; appointed 1936.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., January
5, 1951 (age 77 years, 80
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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Claude Roy Kirk, Jr. (1926-2011) —
also known as Claude R. Kirk, Jr. —
of Florida.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., January
7, 1926.
Son of Claude R. Kirk and Sarah (McLure) Kirk.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; insurance
business; Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1964; Governor of
Florida, 1967-71; defeated in Democratic primary, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., September
28, 2011 (age 85 years, 264
days).
Interment at South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, Fla.
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Son of William Marion Loftin and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East
Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Joseph William Martin, Jr. (1884-1968) —
also known as Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Joe
Martin —
of North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., November
3, 1884.
Son of Joseph William Martin and Catherine (Katon) Martin.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; insurance business; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1915-17; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1916,
1936,
1940
(Permanent
Chair), 1944
(Permanent
Chair), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1920;
secretary
of Massachusetts Republican Party, 1922-25; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-67 (15th District
1925-33, 14th District 1933-63, 10th District 1963-67); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1947-49, 1953-55; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1937; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1940-42; derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Grange.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., March 6,
1968 (age 83 years, 124
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, North Attleboro, Mass.
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Edwin Hyland May, Jr. (1924-2002) —
also known as Edwin H. May, Jr. —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 28,
1924.
Son of Edwin Hyland May and Dorothy (Wells-Hannum) May.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
insurance business; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1957-59; Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1958-62; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1960;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District,
1965; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1968.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie
County, Fla., February
20, 2002 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Cremated.
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James Churchill Oliver (1895-1986) —
also known as James C. Oliver —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August 6,
1895.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance business;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1937-43, 1959-61;
defeated, 1942 (Republican primary), 1954 (Democratic), 1956
(Democratic), 1960 (Democratic); served in the U.S. Coast Guard
during World War II; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maine, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., December
25, 1986 (age 91 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Audley Rawson (1893-1981) —
also known as William Audley Rawson —
of Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born near Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich., April 5,
1893.
Son of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson.
Republican. Farmer;
Elkland Township Supervisor, 1931-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1935-42;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1943-46; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Tuscola County Republican Party, 1950; lobbyist
for the Michigan Association of Insurance Companies.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
27, 1981 (age 88 years, 175
days).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson; married, December
22, 1914, to Mary Lena Day (died 1969); married 1971 to Mildred
Hutchinson. |
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Albert W. Robert (b. 1864) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1864.
Real
estate and insurance business; U.S. Consul in Algiers, 1909-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon (1930-2001) —
also known as Gerald B. H. Solomon; "The Congressman
from General Electric" —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla., August
14, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; insurance agent; member of New York
state assembly 110th District, 1973-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1976;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1979-99 (29th District 1979-83,
24th District 1983-93, 22nd District 1993-99).
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Leading advocate of a Constitutional amendment to ban burning of the
U.S. flag.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y., October
26, 2001 (age 71 years, 73
days).
Interment at Saratoga
National Cemetery, Saratoga, N.Y.
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