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William Leighton Carss (1865-1931) —
also known as William L. Carss —
of Proctor, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, February
15, 1865.
Son of James Carss and Annie (Parks) Carss.
Locomotive
engineer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1919-21, 1925-29;
defeated, 1920 (Democratic), 1922 (Democratic), 1928 (Farmer-Labor),
1930 (Farmer-Labor).
Member, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 31,
1931 (age 66 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oneota
Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Edgar Erastus Clark (1856-1930) —
also known as Edgar E. Clark —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., February
18, 1856.
Son of Henry Dean Clark and Nancy Elizabeth (Jones) Clark.
Republican. Train
conductor; Grand Senior
Conductor (1889), and Grand Chief
Conductor (1890-1906), of the Order of Railway Conductors of
America; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1904;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1906-21; chair, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1913-14, 1918-21.
Member, Order of Railway Conductors; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
1, 1930 (age 74 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Dean Clark and Nancy Elizabeth (Jones) Clark; married, September
1, 1880, to Lovenia Jenkins (died 1903); married, June 28,
1911, to Agnes English Barnes. |
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Stephen Lee Cook (b. 1941) —
also known as Stephen L. Cook —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, December
30, 1941.
Democrat. Delegate,
Monongalia-Preston Labor Council; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1980-82; appointed 1980;
defeated, 2010; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1983-86; defeated, 1986;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Married to Carolyn A. Whitney. |
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Robert Edward Kersting (b. 1916) —
also known as Robert Kersting —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, August
26, 1916.
Son of Augustus Henry Kersting and Eva (Schaub) Kersting.
Democrat. Lawyer; test pilot
and executive, Howard Aircraft
Co.; president, Red Rock Ranches and
Arizona Aviation
Co.; secretary, treasurer, director, Savage Industries, Inc., Sun
States Land and
Development Co.; director, general counsel, Insurance
Corporation of America; president, general counsel, Yavapai Hotels
Corp.; director, Prescott Utilities
Corp.; member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951-70; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose;
Fraternal Order of Police.
Still living as of 1970.
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Alfred John Pearson (1869-1939) —
also known as Alfred J. Pearson —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Landskrona, Sweden,
September
29, 1869.
Son of Hans Pearson and Johanna (Nilson) Pearson.
Republican. University
professor; U.S. Minister to Poland, 1924-25; Finland, 1925-30.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Modern
Language Association; American Association of University
Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died August 9,
1939 (age 69 years, 314
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Hans Pearson and Johanna (Nilson) Pearson; married 1901 to Thea
Pauline Swenson (daughter of Lars
Swenson). See Swenson
family of Minnesota. |
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Lisa Marie Raine (b. 1969) —
also known as Lisa M. Raine —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Xavier Hospital,
Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, May 28,
1969.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1996;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
2000.
Female.
Shoshone
Indian ancestry. Member, National Education Association.
Still living as of 2003.
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John Richard Schmidhauser (b. 1922) —
also known as John R. Schmidhauser —
of Iowa.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
3, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966,
1968; member of Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee, 1971.
Unitarian.
Member, American Association of University Professors; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 1998.
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