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Elizabeth Clement Amig (1929-2003) —
also known as Elizabeth C. Amig —
of New Cumberland, Cumberland
County, Pa.; St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Upper Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., November
8, 1929.
Daughter of Fred C. Clement and Adele (Murphy) Clement.
Republican. Newspaper editor; school
teacher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Female.
Member, Delta
Gamma; Humane
Society.
Died December
19, 2003 (age 74 years, 41
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Everett Anderson (1869-1940) —
also known as George E. Anderson —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., August
20, 1869.
Son of Orson B. Anderson and Harriet V. (Smith) Anderson.
Newspaper editor and publisher; economist;
U.S. Consul in Hangchow, 1904-05; Amoy, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1906-10; Hong Kong, 1910-20; Rotterdam, 1920-24.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1940 (age 70 years, 210
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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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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Isaac Wheeler Avery (1837-1897) —
of Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., May 2,
1837.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; founder and
editor, Atlanta Constitution newspaper; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1872;
secretary
of Georgia Democratic Party, 1872.
Died in 1897
(age about
60 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1868
to Emma Bivings. |
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John Barrett (1866-1938) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Grafton, Windham
County, Vt.; Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Windham
County, Vt., November
28, 1866.
Son of Charles
Barrett and Caroline (Sanford) Barrett.
Newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor; U.S.
Minister to Siam, 1894-98; Argentina, 1903-04; Panama, 1904-05; Colombia, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1894-98; director general, Pan American Union, 1907-20.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in a hospital
at Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., October
17, 1938 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Interment at Grafton
Village Cemetery, Grafton, Vt.
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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Son of Charles D. Berry and Elizabeth (Murphy) Berry.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone
directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone
companies; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1956,
1972;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone
Hall
of Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Jr. (1908-1965) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
21, 1908.
Son of Albert
Jeremiah Beveridge and Catherine Spencer (Eddy) Beveridge
(1881-1970).
Republican. Newspaper reporter and columnist;
radio
newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
15, 1965 (age 56 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972) —
also known as Oliver P. Bolton —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
22, 1917.
Son of Chester
Castle Bolton and Frances
Payne Bolton.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1953-57, 1963-65.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
13, 1972 (age 55 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Thomas Jefferson Boynton (1838-1871) —
also known as Thomas J. Boynton —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, August
31, 1838.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1861-63; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1864-70;
resigned 1870.
Died, in Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1871 (age 32 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harlan Willis Brush (1865-1942) —
also known as Harlan W. Brush —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Nelson, Portage
County, Ohio, May 27,
1865.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Niagara Falls, 1897-1903; Milan, 1905.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., December
24, 1942 (age 77 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Annette Hamilton (born 1867). |
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March 19,
1860.
Son of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896).
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896);
married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird (1860-1930); cousin of William
Sherman Jennings; brother of Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (1873-1962; who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown. See Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
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| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan |
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John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) —
also known as John A. Cameron —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., 1788.
Newspaper editor; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1831-32; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamer Pulaski in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, June 14,
1838 (age about 49
years); his remains were probably
not recovered.
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Richard Goodwin Capen, Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Richard G. Capen, Jr. —
of La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.; Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in 1934.
Republican. Author;
newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93.
Still living as of 2002.
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Harold Reginald Collier (1915-2006) —
also known as Harold R. Collier —
of Berwyn, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
12, 1915.
Republican. Newspaper editor; candidate in primary for secretary of
state of Illinois, 1952; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1957-75 (10th District 1957-73, 6th
District 1973-75).
Methodist.
Member, Moose; Elks.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
17, 2006 (age 90 years, 36
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Shelby Cullom Davis (1909-1994) —
also known as Shelby Davis —
of New York.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., 1909.
Journalist; economist;
investment
banker; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1969-75.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., May 29,
1994 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865-1912) —
also known as Thomas C. Dawson —
of Enterprise, Volusia
County, Fla.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., July 30,
1865.
Son of Allan Dawson and Anna (Cleland) Dawson.
Newspaper publisher; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Santo Domingo, 1904-07; Colombia, 1907-09; Chile, 1909; Panama, 1910; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1904-07.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 1,
1912 (age 46 years, 276
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mahlon Gore (1837-1916) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born February
4, 1837.
Newspaper editor; mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 1893-96.
Died June 27,
1916 (age 79 years, 144
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Hayes Gore (1886-1972) —
also known as Robert H. Gore —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Knottsville, Daviess
County, Ky., May 24,
1886.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1933-34; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1944.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1972 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Willington Church, Abbeville
County, S.C., November
9, 1856.
Son of Gen. James Porterfield Graves and Katherine Floride (Calhoun)
Graves.
Newspaper editor; orator;
Presidential Elector for Florida, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1888;
People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 8,
1925 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Johnny Hunter (born c.1948) —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born about 1948.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Laurence William Lane, Jr. (b. 1919) —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Florida.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
7, 1919.
Son of Laurence William Lane and Ruth (Bell) Lane.
Republican. Magazine publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1985-89; Nauru, 1985-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Still living as of 1991.
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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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Lucien Memminger (b. 1879) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., August
11, 1879.
Son of Robert Withers Memminger (1839-1901) and Susan (Mazyck)
Memminger (1842-1914).
Newspaperman; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Boma, 1907-08; Smyrna, 1911; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Naples, 1908-10; Beirut, 1910-11; U.S. Consul in Rouen, 1914; Madras, 1916-19; Leghorn, 1920-21; Bordeaux, 1924-29; U.S. Consul General in Belfast, 1932; Paramaribo, 1943.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herman Methfessel (c.1901-1963) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born about 1901.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1935-38; Richmond
County District Attorney, 1948-51.
In September 1951, the New York State Crime Commission, investigating
rackets on the Staten Island waterfront, heard testimony from Mrs.
Anna Wentworth that she had seen District Attorney Methfessel in a gambling
house, which implied that he was protecting
vice; in response, he ordered her arrest and charged her with
perjury. At the request of the Crime Commission, citing abuse
of power, Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey superseded him from all cases related to the
investigation; in the meantime, he was defeated for re-election. In
1952, he and a subordinate were charged
with official
misconduct, but found not guilty.
Injured in a one-car
accident, and died the next day, in North Shore Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 7,
1963 (age about 62
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edna Findley Read (1876-1937) —
also known as Edna Findley; Mrs. Dwight R.
Read —
of Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla.
Born November
19, 1876.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1928.
Female.
Died in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., February
11, 1937 (age 60 years, 84
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Fla.
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Relatives:
Married to Dwight R. Read (newspaper
publisher). |
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Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) —
also known as Carl W. Riddick —
of Winamac, Pulaski
County, Ind.; Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
25, 1872.
Son of Isaac Hancock Riddick (1846-1931) and Alice Esther (Wood)
Riddick (1848-1873).
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Fergus
County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1922.
Methodist.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., July 9,
1960 (age 88 years, 135
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Memorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md.
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Benjamin Edward Russell (1845-1909) —
also known as Benjamin E. Russell —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla., October
5, 1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880;
mayor
of Bainbridge, Ga., 1881-82; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-83; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1893-97.
Died in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., December
4, 1909 (age 64 years, 60
days).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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Dixie Newton Sansom (b. 1948) —
also known as Dixie Sansom; Dixie Ann
Newton —
of Florida.
Born in a hospital
at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
6, 1948.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1984-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1988;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1992.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford) Sikes.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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Park Trammell (1876-1936) —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Macon
County, Ala., April 9,
1876.
Son of John W. Trammell and Ida E. (Park) Trammell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1900-02; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of Florida
state senate 7th District, 1905-09; Florida
state attorney general, 1909-13; Governor of
Florida, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1917-36; died in office 1936.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died May 8,
1936 (age 60 years, 29
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Robert Joseph Wells (1856-1941) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Mazomanie, Dane
County, Wis., October
4, 1856.
Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 60th District, 1901-10.
Baptist.
Died in Winter Haven, Polk
County, Fla., February
12, 1941 (age 84 years, 131
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Winter Haven, Fla.
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Frederick P. Wright (1854-1916) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
25, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper work; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1892-94.
Presbyterian.
Died in Florida Keys, Monroe
County, Fla., February
18, 1916 (age 62 years, 24
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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