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George Leslie Brown (b. 1926) —
also known as George L. Brown —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., July 1,
1926.
Democrat. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1955-56; member of Colorado
state senate, 1956-75; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1975-79.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Sigma
Delta Chi; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1997.
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Frank Carlson (1893-1987) —
of Concordia, Cloud
County, Kan.
Born near Concordia, Cloud
County, Kan., January
23, 1893.
Son of Charles E. Carlson and Anna (Johnson) Carlson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1929-33; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1932-34; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 6th District, 1935-47; Governor of
Kansas, 1947-50; resigned 1950; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1950-69.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion.
Died in Concordia, Cloud
County, Kan., May 30,
1987 (age 94 years, 127
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Kan.
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Earl Farwell Dodge (1932-2007) —
also known as Earl F. Dodge; "Mr.
Prohibition" —
of Massachusetts; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Kansas; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Lakewood, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
24, 1932.
Son of Earl Farwell Dodge (1910-1946) and Dorothy May (Harris) Dodge
(1911-1993).
Prohibition candidate for Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1954; Prohibition candidate for Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts, 1956;
Prohibition candidate for secretary of
state of Massachusetts, 1956; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1960; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1966; Prohibition candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1968;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1994; Prohibition
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976, 1980; Prohibition candidate
for President
of the United States, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1990.
Baptist.
Collapsed at Denver International Airport,
and died soon after, from cardiac
arrythmia, at the University of Colorado Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., November
7, 2007 (age 74 years, 318
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Stella Bernice Haines (1876-1963) —
also known as Stella B. Haines —
of Augusta, Butler
County, Kan.
Born in Rose Hill, Butler
County, Kan., December
3, 1876.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1926-30; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1928,
1940
(alternate).
Female.
Baptist. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died September
18, 1963 (age 86 years, 289
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Augusta, Kan.
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William Purnell Lambertson (1880-1957) —
also known as William P. Lambertson —
of Fairview, Brown
County, Kan.
Born in Fairview, Brown
County, Kan., March 23,
1880.
Son of William Franklin Lambertson and Ida (Brown) Lambertson.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1909; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member of Kansas
state senate, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1929-45.
Baptist. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Died October
26, 1957 (age 77 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sabetha
Cemetery, Sabetha, Kan.
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Preston Hopkins Leslie (1819-1907) —
Born in Wayne County (part now in Clinton
County), Ky., March 2,
1819.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1844, 1850; member of Kansas
state senate, 1851-55; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1867; Governor of
Kentucky, 1871-75; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1881; Governor of
Montana Territory, 1887-89; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1894-98.
Baptist.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., February
7, 1907 (age 87 years, 342
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Paul F. Mitchum (c.1906-1964) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., about 1906.
Republican. Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1955-64; died in office 1964.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
28, 1964 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Frederick Waldron Phelps (b. 1929) —
also known as Fred Phelps —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
13, 1929.
Son of Frederick Wade Phelps (1893-1977) and Catherine Idalette
(Johnson) Phelps (c.1907-1935).
Democrat. Lawyer; disbarred
by the state of Kansas in 1979 over harassment
of a court reporter and perjury
during the proceedings; in 1985, nine Federal judges filed a
disciplinary complaint against him over alleged false
accusations, which led to an agreement that he cease law
practice in Federal court; pastor of
the Westboro Baptist Church, which is widely
reviled for its extreme hatred
of homosexuals, and its tactics, such as picketing at military
funerals; candidate in primary for Governor of
Kansas, 1990, 1994, 1998; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1992; candidate for mayor of
Topeka, Kan., 1993, 1997.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2011.
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Gabriel Slaughter (1767-1830) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
12, 1767.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1797; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1801; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1808-12, 1816; Governor of
Kentucky, 1816-20.
Baptist.
Died September
19, 1830 (age 62 years, 281
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Mercer County, Ky.
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