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John Anderson, Jr. (b. 1917) —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born near Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., May 8,
1917.
Son of John Anderson and Ora May (Bookout) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer; Johnson
County Attorney, 1947-53; member of Kansas
state senate, 1953-56; Kansas
state attorney general, 1956-61; appointed 1956; Governor of
Kansas, 1961-65.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2011.
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Edward Ferdinand Arn (1906-1998) —
also known as Edward F. Arn —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., May 19,
1906.
Son of Edward F. Arn and Grace Bell (Edwards) Arn.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Kansas
state attorney general, 1947-49; resigned 1949; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1949-50; Governor of
Kansas, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1962.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in a hospital
at Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
22, 1998 (age 91 years, 248
days).
Interment at Mission
Chapel Mausoleum, Wichita, Kan.
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Paul L. Aylward (1908-1996) —
of Ellsworth, Ellsworth
County, Kan.
Born in Stonington, Christian
County, Ill., March 1,
1908.
Son of Dennis E. Aylward and Via (Holben) Aylward.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kansas, 1960,
1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1962.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died March 21,
1996 (age 88 years, 20
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Augustus Ayres (1867-1952) —
also known as William A. Ayres —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ill., April 19,
1867.
Son of William Warren Ayres and Katharine (Drumm) Ayres.
Democrat. Lawyer; Sedgwick
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1915-21, 1923-34 (8th District
1915-21, 1923-33, 5th District 1933-34); defeated, 1920; resigned
1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1924;
member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1934-52; died in office 1952; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1937, 1942, 1946.
Christian.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1952 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Interment at Old
Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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James Franklin Battin (1925-1996) —
of Montana.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., February
13, 1925.
Son of William Russell Battin and Hannah (McBroom) Battin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1961-69; U.S.
District Judge for Montana, 1969-90; took senior status 1990.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died, of cancer, in
Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., September
27, 1996 (age 71 years, 227
days).
Cremated.
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Albert Isaac Beach (1883-1939) —
also known as Albert I. Beach —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., July 30,
1883.
Son of George Henry Beach and Eva F. (Hull) Beach.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1924-30; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
21, 1939 (age 55 years, 175
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Carol A. Beier (b. 1958) —
of Kansas.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., September
27, 1958.
Clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge James
K. Logan, 1985; lawyer; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 2000-.
Female.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2002.
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Robert Frederick Bennett (1927-2000) —
also known as Robert F. Bennett; Bob
Bennett —
of Prairie Village, Johnson
County, Kan.; Overland Park, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 23,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor
of Prairie Village, Kan., 1957-65; member of Kansas
state senate, 1965-75; Governor of
Kansas, 1975-79; defeated, 1978.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Optimist
Club; Freemasons.
Died, of lung
cancer, at St. Joseph's Health
Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 2000 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Corinth
Cemetery, Prairie Village, Kan.
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Richard Ely Bird (1878-1955) —
also known as Richard E. Bird —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
4, 1878.
Son of Nicholas Bird and Laura Cordelia (Wilder) Bird.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas 18th District, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1955 (age 76 years, 67
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Francis Marion Bistline (1896-1969) —
also known as Francis M. Bistline; F. M.
Bistline —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Ransom, Ness
County, Kan., March 25,
1896.
Son of John
M. Bistline and Martha (Shellenberger) Bistline.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of
the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1941-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1944-48.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
While defending a client in a murder case, he suddenly collapsed and
died from a heart
attack, in the courtroom
at the Bingham County
Courthouse, Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho, January
20, 1969 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lloyd Llewellyn Black (1889-1950) —
also known as Lloyd L. Black —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., March 15,
1889.
Son of William Wilson Black and Mollie (Neil) Black.
Democrat. Lawyer; Snohomish
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-19; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1924; superior court
judge in Washington, 1936-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1939-50;
died in office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Redmen.
Died August
23, 1950 (age 61 years, 161
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clark McAdams Clifford (1906-1998) —
also known as Clark M. Clifford —
Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., December
25, 1906.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1968-69.
Member, American Bar Association; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on January 20, 1969.
Died October
10, 1998 (age 91 years, 289
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Charles Corman (1920-2000) —
also known as James C. Corman; Jim Corman —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reseda, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., October
20, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served
in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75,
21st District 1975-81).
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar Association.
Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights
Act in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders.
The federal building in Van Nuys, Calif., was named for
him in 2001.
Died, following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., December
30, 2000 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Kenneth Allen Cox (b. 1916) —
also known as Kenneth A. Cox —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., December
7, 1916.
Son of Seth Leroy Cox and Jean (Sears) Cox.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1963-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif; American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1970.
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William Smith Culbertson (1884-1966) —
also known as William S. Culbertson —
of Kansas; Charmian, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August 5,
1884.
Son of George Culbertson and Jennie (Smith) Culbertson.
Republican. Lawyer; economist;
university
professor; member, U.S.
Tariff Commission, 1921-25; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1925-28; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1928-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar Association; American
Society for International Law; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Phi Epsilon; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1966
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Shaw Dawson (b. 1869) —
also known as John S. Dawson —
of Hill City, Graham
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland,
June
10, 1869.
Son of James J. Dawson and Annie (Shaw) Dawson.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. W.
R. Stubbs, 1909; Kansas
state attorney general, 1911-15; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1915-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wesley Ernest Disney (1883-1961) —
also known as Wesley E. Disney —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Richland, Shawnee
County, Kan., October
31, 1883.
Son of Wesley Disney and Elizabeth (Matney) Disney.
Democrat. Lawyer; Muskogee
County Attorney, 1911-15; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1919-24; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1931-45; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1948.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 26,
1961 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.
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Robert Joseph Dole (b. 1923) —
also known as Bob Dole —
of Russell, Russell
County, Kan.
Born in Russell, Russell
County, Kan., July 22,
1923.
Son of Doran R. 'Ray' Dole (1901-1975) and Bina (Talbott) Dole
(1904-1983).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1951-53; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1961-69 (6th District 1961-63, 1st
District 1963-69); U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1969-96; resigned 1996; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1971-73; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1980,
1988;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1996.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks;
American Bar Association; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Sigma.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1997.
Still living as of 2010.
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Henry White Edgerton (1888-1970) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rush Center, Rush
County, Kan., October
20, 1888.
Son of Charles Eugene Edgerton and Annie Benedict (White) Edgerton.
Lawyer;
law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-63.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died February
23, 1970 (age 81 years, 126
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Kansas City, Kan.
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Harold R. Fatzer (b. 1910) —
of Kinsley, Edwards
County, Kan.
Born in Fellsburg, Edwards
County, Kan., August 3,
1910.
Son of John R. Fatzer and Rella (Shannon) Fatzer.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Kansas
state attorney general, 1949-56; appointed 1949; resigned 1956;
justice
of Kansas state supreme court, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Kappa
Sigma; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Jesters;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Amvets; Disabled
American Veterans.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936
to Frances Josephine Schwaup. |
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Henry W. Green, Jr. (b. 1949) —
of Kansas.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., January
15, 1949.
Lawyer;
Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1993-.
African
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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John Daniel Miller Hamilton (b. 1892) —
also known as J. D. M. Hamilton —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa, March 2,
1892.
Son of John Daniel Miller Hamilton and Mary (Rice) Hamilton.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1925-28; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1930-32; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1932-36.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Lemuel Kagey (1876-1941) —
also known as Charles L. Kagey —
of Hays City, Logan
County, Kan.; Beloit, Mitchell
County, Kan.
Born in New Market, Shenandoah
County, Va., December
22, 1876.
Son of John H. Kagey and Emma F. (Fultz) Kagey.
Republican. Lawyer; Logan
County Attorney, 1899-1900; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1921-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in 1941
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David S. Knudson (b. 1941) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Goodland, Sherman
County, Kan., August
22, 1941.
Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas, 1981-95; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1995-.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2002.
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Robert L. Lewis, Jr. (b. 1939) —
of Kansas.
Born in Atwood, Rawlins
County, Kan., July 28,
1939.
Lawyer;
Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1989-.
Member, Order of the
Coif; American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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James Kenneth Logan (b. 1929) —
also known as James K. Logan —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Quenemo, Osage
County, Kan., August
21, 1929.
Son of John Lysle Logan and Esther Maurine (Price) Logan.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Walter
Huxman, 1955-56; lawyer; law
professor; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1968; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1977-94; took senior
status 1994.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Christel E. Marquardt —
of Kansas.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Lawyer;
Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1995-.
Female.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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Robert H. McWilliams (b. 1916) —
of Colorado.
Born in Salina, Saline
County, Kan., April 27,
1916.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; municipal judge in
Colorado, 1949-52; district judge in Colorado, 1952-60; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1961-70.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1970.
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George Mansel Nicholson (b. 1874) —
also known as George M. Nicholson —
of Ness City, Ness
County, Kan.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Sulphur, Murray
County, Indian Territory (now Okla.); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Riley
County, Kan., May 30,
1874.
Son of George E. Nicholson and Ida (Carpenter) Nicholson.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1921-27; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1925-27.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Nicholson and Ida (Carpenter) Nicholson; married, September
1, 1903, to Julie Sheldon (died 1919); married, July 31,
1927, to Edith Cole. |
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Jay S. Parker (1895-1969) —
of Hill City, Graham
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Morland, Graham
County, Kan., July 1,
1895.
Son of Ivan B. Parker and Mary L. (Findley) Parker.
Republican. Lawyer; Graham
County Attorney, 1920-22, 1924-35; Kansas
state attorney general, 1939-43; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1943-.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Delta
Upsilon; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary; Kiwanis.
Died in April, 1969
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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G. Joseph Pierron, Jr. (b. 1947) —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., May 16,
1947.
District judge in Kansas, 1982-90; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1990-.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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John Jacob Rhodes (b. 1916) —
also known as John J. Rhodes —
of Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan., September
18, 1916.
Son of John Jacob Rhodes and Gladys Anne (Thomas) Rhodes.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1952
(alternate), 1964,
1972
(chair, Platform
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1953-83.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Rotary; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Gary W. Rulon (b. 1941) —
of Kansas.
Born in Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan., May 18,
1941.
Lawyer;
Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1988-.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962) —
also known as Andrew F. Schoeppel —
of Ness City, Ness
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Claflin, Barton
County, Kan., November
23, 1894.
Son of George J. Schoeppel and Anna (Phillip) Schoeppel.
Republican. Athletic
coach; lawyer; Governor of
Kansas, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-62; died in office 1962; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died of abdominal
cancer, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
21, 1962 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Interment at Old
Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Garner Edward Shriver (1912-1998) —
also known as Garner E. Shriver —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Towanda, Butler
County, Kan., July 6,
1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1947-51; member of Kansas
state senate, 1953-61; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1961-77.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar Association; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died in 1998
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Gordon Theis (1911-1998) —
also known as Frank G. Theis —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Yale, Crawford
County, Kan., June 26,
1911.
Son of Peter F. Theis and Maude (Cooke) Theis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1944
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1964;
candidate for justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1950; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1955-60; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kansas, 1957-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1960; U.S.
District Judge for Kansas, 1967-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
17, 1998 (age 86 years, 205
days).
Interment at Memorial
Lawn Cemetery, Arkansas City, Kan.
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Mabel Walker Willebrandt (1889-1963) —
also known as Mabel Walker; "First Lady of
Law"; "Prohibition Portia" —
of Temple City, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Indio, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Woodsdale, Stevens
County, Kan., May 23,
1889.
Daughter of David William Walker and Myrtle S. (Eaton) Walker.
Republican. Lawyer;
Assistant U.S. Attorney General, 1921-29; directed Prohibition
prosecutions; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1928,
1932.
Female.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, of cancer, in
Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., April 6,
1963 (age 73 years, 318
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ronald Lee Wyden (b. 1949) —
also known as Ron Wyden —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 3,
1949.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1981-96; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1996-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2010.
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