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Byron Gilchrist Allen (1901-1988) —
also known as Byron G. Allen —
of Pocahontas, Pocahontas
County, Iowa; Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn.
Born in Laurens, Pocahontas
County, Iowa, September
13, 1901.
Son of Joseph Holmes Allen and Grace (Gilchrist) Allen.
Farmer;
newspaper
editor; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1927-32; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1940; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944,
1952;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1944; candidate for Minnesota
state senate, 1946, 1950; member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1948-55; Minnesota
Commissioner of Agriculture, 1955-61; assistant U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture, 1961-69.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died June 10,
1988 (age 86 years, 271
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Berkley Warren Bedell (b. 1921) —
also known as Berkley Bedell —
of Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, March 5,
1921.
Son of Warren Berkley Bedell and Virginia Price Bedell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1975-87; defeated, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph M. Fee (1888-1938) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 15,
1888.
Son of Thomas M. Fee (judge).
Lawyer;
mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1938; died in office 1938.
Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Died, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 15,
1938 (age 49 years, 335
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Maxwell McGaughey Hamilton (1896-1957) —
also known as Maxwell M. Hamilton —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Tahlequah, Cherokee
County, Okla., December
20, 1896.
Son of Wallace Maxwell Hamilton and May Calvin (Dobson) Hamilton.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1924; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1926; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1945-47.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta.
Died November
12, 1957 (age 60 years, 327
days).
Interment at Golden
Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.
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Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) —
also known as Royal C. Johnson —
of Highmore, Hyde
County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa, October
3, 1882.
Son of Eli Johnson and Philena (Everett) Johnson.
Republican. Lawyer; Hyde
County State's Attorney, 1909-10; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1915-33; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August 2,
1939 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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