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George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) —
also known as George W. Anderson —
of Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Acworth, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
1, 1861.
Son of David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1917-18; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took senior
status 1931.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., February
14, 1938 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Robert Spratt Cockrell (b. 1866) —
also known as Robert S. Cockrell —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., January
22, 1866.
Son of Augustus William Cockrell and Susan (Spratt) Cockrell.
Lawyer;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1902-17.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Cornell (1896-1988) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
29, 1896.
Son of George W. Cornell and Minnie C. Cornell.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1959-64; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 36th District, 1967.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 24,
1988 (age 91 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Edward Davies (1876-1958) —
also known as Joseph E. Davies —
of Wisconsin; Washington,
D.C.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis., November
29, 1876.
Son of Edward Davies and Rahel (Paynter) Davies.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1912; law partner of Timothy
T. Ansberry; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1915-16; economic advisor to President Woodrow
Wilson at the Paris peace conference after World War I; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1936-38; Belgium, 1938-39; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1938-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia following a stroke, in
Washington,
D.C., May 9,
1958 (age 81 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Jacob Erastus Davis (1905-2003) —
also known as Jacob E. Davis —
of Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Beaver, Pike
County, Ohio, October
31, 1905.
Son of George Omer Davis and Katheryne Rose (Leist) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1935-37; resigned 1937; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1941-43; vice-president,
Kroger Company (supermarkets),
1945-60; president and CEO, 1961-70.
Protestant.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Acacia.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
28, 2003 (age 97 years, 120
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Lois J. Frankel (b. 1948) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 85th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of West Palm Beach, Fla., 2009.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2009.
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David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) —
also known as Bibb Graves —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 1,
1873.
Son of David Graves and Mattie (Bibb) Graves.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Alabama
Democratic state chair, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Governor of
Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 14,
1942 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Spessard Lindsey Holland (1892-1971) —
also known as Spessard L. Holland —
of Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., July 10,
1892.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Holland and Fannie V. (Spessard) Holland.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in Florida,
1921-29; member of Florida
state senate, 1932-40; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Florida, 1941-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1946-71.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Sponsor of 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax.
Died in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., November
6, 1971 (age 79 years, 119
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
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Foy David Kohler (1908-1990) —
also known as Foy D. Kohler —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Oakwood, Paulding
County, Ohio, February
15, 1908.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Athens, 1938; U.S. Consul in Moscow, 1947; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1962-66.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Jupiter, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
23, 1990 (age 82 years, 311
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Henry Merritt Paulson, Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Henry M. Paulson; Hank
Paulson —
of Barrington, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 28,
1946.
Son of Henry Merritt Paulson and Marianna (Gallaeur) Paulson.
Investment
banker; chief executive officer of Goldman, Sachs; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2006-.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa
Alpha Order; United
World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy. The New York Power Authority's plant in Astoria,
Queens, is named for him.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August 7,
2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment somewhere
in Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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Janet D. Steiger (1939-2004) —
also known as Janet Dempsey —
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 10,
1939.
Daughter of Raymond Dempsey and Kathleen Dempsey.
Republican. Member, Federal
Trade Commission, 1989-97; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1989-95.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., April 3,
2004 (age 64 years, 298
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benson Ellison Lane Timmons III (1916-1997) —
also known as Benson E. L. Timmons; Lane
Timmons —
of Florida.
Born in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., 1916.
Rhodes
scholar; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, 1963-67.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, of a stroke he
suffered while recovering from pneumonia,
at Southampton Hospital,
Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 11,
1997 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin John Turanchik (born c.1956) —
also known as Ed Turanchik;
"Choo-Choo" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born about 1956.
Son of John Turanchik.
Anderson Coalition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,
1980;
lawyer;
real
estate developer; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1990-2000; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Catholic.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2011.
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Married 1992
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Marjorie R. Turnbull (b. 1940) —
of Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., July 4,
1940.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 9th District, 1995-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Zonta; Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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