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Asher Anderson (b. 1883) —
of Hannaford, Griggs
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lake Mills, Winnebago
County, Iowa, January
21, 1883.
Republican. Implement
dealer; real estate business; auctioneer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Dakota, 1944;
member of North Dakota
Republican State Central Committee, 1946.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Earl Augustine (1890-1975) —
also known as A. Earl Augustine —
of Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa.
Born in Mahaska
County, Iowa, February
10, 1890.
Son of Michael G. Augustine and Emma C. (Thatcher) Augustine.
Democrat. Farmer;
real estate agent; member of Iowa state
senate 14th District, 1936-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1940,
1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1946.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in November, 1975
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Steven Beckwith Ayres (1861-1929) —
also known as Steven B. Ayres —
of New York.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
27, 1861.
Son of Stephen Ayres and Artemisia (Dunlap) Ayres.
Real estate business; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1912.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, in Park West Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1929 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Clearwater
Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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Arthur William Bartels (1878-1939) —
also known as Arthur W. Bartels —
of Hamlin
County, S.Dak.; Gary, Deuel
County, S.Dak.
Born in Iowa, November
29, 1878.
Son of Frederick Anthony Bartels and Mary Theresa (Geopfert) Bartels.
Republican. Real estate agent; merchant;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 59th District, 1915-18;
member of South
Dakota state senate 27th District, 1919-22.
German
ancestry.
Died in Gary, Deuel
County, S.Dak., December
3, 1939 (age 61 years, 4
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery, Gary, S.Dak.
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George W. Burrows (b. 1867) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Wright
County, Iowa, 1867.
Real estate business; abstractor;
vice-president, Breckenridge National Bank;
treasurer, Breckenridge Telephone
Company; director, Farmers' Co-Op Elevator
Company; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (60th District 1913-14,
49th District 1915-18).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Frank Michael Byrne (1858-1927) —
also known as Frank M. Byrne —
of Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak.
Born in Volney, Allamakee
County, Iowa, October
23, 1858.
Son of Lawrence Byrne and Delia (Hart) Byrne.
Republican. Farmer;
real estate business; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1889-90, 1907-10 (35th District 1889-90,
1907-08, 36th District 1909-10); Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1911-13; Governor of
South Dakota, 1913-17; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died December
24, 1927 (age 69 years, 62
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexis U. Coates (1858-1943) —
also known as A. U. Coates —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Excelsior, Richland
County, Wis., June 21,
1858.
Son of William Harvey Coates (1833-1917) and Anna French (Knowlton)
Coates (1839-1923).
School
teacher; music
store manager; grocer;
real estate dealer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1901; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1936.
Church
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
21, 1943 (age 84 years, 214
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Sovarro Cramer (1853-1930) —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa; Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1853.
Son of Andrew Cramer (1817-1894) and Susan (Arnold) Cramer
(1818-1881).
Real estate agent; mayor of
Ames, Iowa, 1898-99.
Died November
20, 1930 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Shullsburg, Wis.
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Edward Albert Dow (b. 1879) —
also known as Edward A. Dow —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, April 20,
1879.
Son of Charles Noble Dow and Nora Gertrude Dow.
Real estate and insurance
business; U.S. Consul in SAINT Stephen, 1915-17; Ciudad Juarez, 1917-20; Algiers, 1920-24; Rotterdam, 1924-28; Frankfort, 1928-30; U.S. Consul General in SAINT John's, 1930-33; Santiago, 1933-38.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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George J. Jenkins (b. 1856) —
of Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa; Sisseton, Roberts
County, S.Dak.
Born in Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, March 20,
1856.
Republican. Farmer; lumber
business; hardware
dealer; banker;
real estate business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 33rd District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1889
to Arrie A. Grant. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Homer W. Johnson (b. 1859) —
of Armour, Douglas
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clarke
County, Iowa, 1859.
Democrat. Banker;
real estate dealer; member of South
Dakota state senate 8th District, 1901-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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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John George Laxson (1867-1911) —
also known as John G. Laxson —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Elkport, Clayton
County, Iowa, February, 1867.
Republican. Clothing
merchant; bookkeeper;
real estate business; mayor of Canton, S.D., 1895-96; member
of South
Dakota state senate 5th District, 1907-10.
English
ancestry.
Died in Lincoln
County, S.Dak., May 20,
1911 (age 44 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank LeCocq, Jr. (b. 1858) —
of Harrison, Douglas
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, June 19,
1858.
Real estate business; farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 8th District, 1889-90; South
Dakota railroad commissioner, 1907-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Charles Merritt McFatridge (1871-1949) —
of Moravia, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe
County, Iowa, August
14, 1871.
Real estate and insurance
business; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1937.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cerebral
thrombosis, in Moravia, Appanoose
County, Iowa, January
1, 1949 (age 77 years, 140
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Moravia, Iowa.
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Richard J. Norpel, Sr. (1918-2007) —
of Bellevue, Jackson
County, Iowa.
Born in Bellevue, Jackson
County, Iowa, June 24,
1918.
Son of Charles Norpel and Laura (Meier) Norpel.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; grocer; hotelier;
insurance
and real estate business; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1971-72; member of Iowa state
senate, 1975-76.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died May 24,
2007 (age 88 years, 334
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Catholic Cemetery, Bellevue, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Norpel and Laura (Meier) Norpel; step-son of Herman
Pogeman; married, February
23, 1943, to Janaan Lewis (died 2002). |
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Truman A. Potter (1871-1931) —
also known as T. A. Potter —
of Britt, Hancock
County, Iowa; Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa.
Born in Lawler, Chickasaw
County, Iowa, February, 1871.
Son of Stephen Addison Potter (1841-1887) and Ann Louisa (Seeber)
Potter (1845-1915).
Republican. Real estate business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Killed in a fire which
destroyed his home, in Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa, March 6,
1931 (age 60 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Waucoma, Iowa.
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John George Regan (b. 1872) —
also known as John G. Regan —
of Adel, Dallas
County, Iowa.
Born in Platte
County, Neb., June 3,
1872.
Son of Dennis Regan and Margaret (Holland) Regan.
Democrat. School
teacher; insurance
and real estate business; abstractor;
lawyer;
mayor of Adel, Iowa, 1920-24, 1928-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1936,
1940.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas John Bright Robinson (1868-1958) —
also known as Thomas J. B. Robinson —
of Hampton, Franklin
County, Iowa.
Born in Lafayette
County, Wis., August
12, 1868.
Son of Isaac Robinson and Eliza (Graham) Robinson.
Republican. Banker;
real estate business; member of Iowa state
senate 43rd District, 1913-16; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1923-33; defeated, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1958
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Hampton
Cemetery, Hampton, Iowa.
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Arthur Sanford (1896-1981) —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; builder;
realtor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Died in 1981
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Burton Santee (1864-1943) —
also known as Charles B. Santee; C. B.
Santee —
of Cedar Falls, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Butler
County, Iowa, November
6, 1864.
Son of Joseph Laughery Santee (1827-1908) and Jane (Nixon) Santee
(1832-1900).
Republican. Real estate agent; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1912.
Methodist.
Died July 14,
1943 (age 78 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Laughery Santee (1827-1908) and Jane (Nixon) Santee
(1832-1900); second cousin once removed of Jerry
E. B. Santee; married, April 5,
1899, to Lulu Dell Probert (1869-1965). |
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Fred M. Wilcox (b. 1868) —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fremont
County, Iowa, September
15, 1868.
Republican. Real estate business; member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Henry W. Wright (1868-1948) —
of Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Ionia, Chickasaw
County, Iowa, March 4,
1868.
Republican. Real estate business; member of California
state assembly, 1915-22; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1919-22.
Methodist.
Died at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1948 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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