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Robert Blackwell Docking (1925-1983) —
also known as Robert B. Docking —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 1925.
Son of George
Docking.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Arkansas City, Kan., 1965; Governor of
Kansas, 1967-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Eagles; Moose.
Died October
8, 1983 (age 57 years, 364
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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George Docking (1904-1964) —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Clay Center, Clay
County, Kan., February
23, 1904.
Democrat. Governor of
Kansas, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1960.
Died of respiratory
emphysema in a hospital
at Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
20, 1964 (age 59 years, 331
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Harry Darby (1895-1987) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
23, 1895.
Son of Harry Darby and Florence Isabelle (Smith) Darby.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
shipbuilder;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1940-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Military
Order of the World Wars; Navy
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
17, 1987 (age 91 years, 359
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Clark E. Tucker (1897-1971) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born December
1, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1947-55; indicted
in 1952, along with two city commissioners, on charges
related to city procurement of asphalt.
Died December
18, 1971 (age 74 years, 17
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Anna Bates Potter (d. 1912) —
of Kansas.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Independent candidate for mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1893.
Female.
Died March 27,
1912.
Entombed in mausoleum at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Don Carlos McCombs (1878-1951) —
also known as Don C. McCombs —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., April 16,
1878.
Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1927-47.
Died December
6, 1951 (age 73 years, 234
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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William Warring Gordon (1874-1963) —
also known as William W. Gordon —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Owen
County, Ky., June 13,
1874.
Member of Kansas state legislature; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1923-26; removed 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Charged
in September 1926 with 25 counts of official
misconduct, and removed from
office as mayor.
Died May 26,
1963 (age 88 years, 347
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Jabez Oscar Emerson (1875-1968) —
also known as Jabez O. Emerson —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Lyon
County, Kan., February
2, 1875.
Son of Joseph Jay Emerson and Mary Elizabeth (Norman) Emerson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1911-13; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1926-27; appointed 1926; defeated, 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died October
6, 1968 (age 93 years, 247
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Stephen Alonzo Cobb (1833-1878) —
of Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Madison, Somerset
County, Maine, June 17,
1833.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Kansas
state senate, 1862; mayor
of Wyandotte, Kan., 1862, 1868; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1873-75.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., August
24, 1878 (age 45 years, 68
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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John Randolph Goodin (1836-1885) —
of Humboldt, Allen
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, December
14, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1867; district judge in Kansas
7th District, 1868-76; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1875-77; newspaper
editor.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., December
18, 1885 (age 49 years, 4
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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William Henry Craddock (1851-1904) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
25, 1851.
Democrat. Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1901-03; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1902.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 4,
1904 (age 52 years, 70
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Dudley Emerson Cornell (1837-1911) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Wilton, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
12, 1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Wyandotte, Kan., 1883-85; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1907-09.
Died February
27, 1911 (age 74 years, 46
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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James R. Parr (1821-1886) —
of Kansas.
Born December
14, 1821.
Mayor
of Wyandotte, Kan., 1859-66.
Died December
4, 1886 (age 64 years, 355
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Orrin Larrabee Miller (1856-1926) —
also known as Orrin L. Miller —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Maine, 1856.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1895-97.
Died in 1926
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Robert L. Marshman (c.1848-1907) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Holmes
County, Ohio, about 1848.
Republican. Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1897-1901.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Elks.
Died January
13, 1907 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Warren Rose (1864-1931) —
also known as William W. Rose —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 12,
1864.
Architect;
mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1905-06, 1906; defeated, 1897 (Fusion),
1907 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1908,
1920.
Member, Freemasons.
An ouster
lawsuit was filed against him in 1905 over his refusal to
enforce the state's liquor
prohibition law; fined
$1,000 for contempt
by the Kansas Supreme Court in 1907 for trying to hold office as
mayor.
Died May 4,
1931 (age 67 years, 53
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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