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Archibald Alphonso Alexander (1888-1958) —
also known as Archie Alexander —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, May 14,
1888.
Civil engineer; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1954-55; resigned 1955.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
4, 1958 (age 69 years, 235
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Donald J. Canney (1930-2011) —
also known as Don Canney —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, October
8, 1930.
Son of John Canney and Alice (Mickle) Canney.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; civil
engineer; mayor
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1969-92.
Catholic.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, March 20,
2011 (age 80 years, 163
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel L. Cushing (b. 1836) —
of Poweshiek
County, Iowa; Quechee, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., August 4,
1836.
Republican. Civil engineer; worked on the Erie Canal
and railroad
projects; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1882-83; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1886.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Anthony Dey (1825-1911) —
also known as Peter A. Dey —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Romulus, Seneca
County, N.Y., 1825.
Democrat. Chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad,
1864; founder of the First National Bank of
Iowa City; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1876;
member of Iowa
railroad commission, 1878-95.
Died in 1911
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) —
also known as Grenville M. Dodge —
of Iowa.
Born in Danvers, Essex
County, Mass., April 12,
1831.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1872-74.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, January
3, 1916 (age 84 years, 266
days).
Entombed at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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Thomas Cooper Evans (1924-2005) —
also known as T. Cooper Evans —
of Grundy Center, Grundy
County, Iowa.
Born in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, May 26,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
engineer; farmer;
member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1971; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1981-87.
Methodist.
Died in Grundy Center, Grundy
County, Iowa, December
22, 2005 (age 81 years, 210
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center, Iowa.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Son of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn)
Hoover (1848-1883).
Republican. Mining
engineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel, New
York, New
York County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover
(1848-1883); distant cousin of Charles
Lewis Hoover; married, February
10, 1899, to Lou Henry (1874-1944); father of Herbert
Clark Hoover, Jr.. See Hoover
family of California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
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Vivien Kellems (1896-1975) —
of Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn.; East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, June 7,
1896.
Daughter of Rev. David Clinton Kellems and Louisa (Flint) Kellems.
Engineer; manufacturer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952 (Independent Republican), 1958
(Independent).
Female.
Died in 1975
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph P. Lawlor (1893-1982) —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in De Witt, Clinton
County, Iowa, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer; served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of
Ames, Iowa, 1954-57.
Died in 1982
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dan Mills (b. 1905) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, 1905.
Republican. Civil engineer; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1944, 1952; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1948; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1950.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cyrus Goldsmith Oliver (1864-1929) —
of Onawa, Monona
County, Iowa.
Born in Onawa, Monona
County, Iowa, August 7,
1864.
Son of Samuel
Addison Oliver.
Engineer; farmer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1923-29.
Died in Onawa, Monona
County, Iowa, February
15, 1929 (age 64 years, 192
days).
Interment at Onawa
Cemetery, Onawa, Iowa.
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Hoval A. Smith (1876-c.1954) —
of Arizona.
Born in Iowa, 1876.
Republican. Mining
engineer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1911.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Advocated the annexation of Sonora from Mexico to the U.S.
Died about 1954 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Married to Nina R. Smith. |
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