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  John Albus, Jr. (1860-1940) — of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo. Born in Kansas, October 4, 1860. Son of John Albus and Elizabeth Albus. Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1888; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1909-10. German ancestry. Died October 22, 1940 (age 80 years, 18 days). Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
  Relatives: Married to Clara Hanssen (1867-1956).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Tom Felix Bolack (1918-1998) — of Farmington, San Juan County, N.M. Born in Cowley County, Kan., May 18, 1918. Son of Ralph Waldo Bolack and Christol Hazel (Sheets) Bolack. Republican. Oil and gas producer; owner, Albuquerque Dukes professional baseball team; director, First State Bank, Cuba, N.M.; director, Hidden Splendor Uranium Co.; director, Western American Life Insurance Co.; mayor of Farmington, N.M., 1952-53; member of New Mexico state house of representatives, 1956-58; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Mexico, 1957; Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico, 1961-62; Governor of New Mexico, 1962-63. Methodist. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Elks; Lions. Died May 20, 1998 (age 80 years, 2 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  Relatives: Married, March 14, 1946, to Alice Schwerdtfeger.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Charles Calhoun Dail (1909-1968) — also known as Charles C. Dail — of San Diego, San Diego County, Calif. Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan., January 11, 1909. Son of Charles Darwin Dail and Hester (Cooksey) Dail. Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1948; mayor of San Diego, Calif., 1955-63. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Exchange Club. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., July 13, 1968 (age 59 years, 184 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
  Relatives: Married, June 28, 1933, to Dorothy Mae Cook (1908-1977).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Christopher Eberhardt (1871-1965) — also known as Charles C. Eberhardt — of Salina, Saline County, Kan. Born in Salina, Saline County, Kan., July 27, 1871. Son of Christopher Eberhardt and Anna Catharine (Lampert) Eberhardt. Republican. Lumber business; insurance agent; oil business; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Mexico City, 1904-06; U.S. Consul in Iquitos, 1906-08; Barranquilla, 1908-10; U.S. Consul General in , 1910-11, 1919-24; Rio de Janeiro, 1918-19; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1925-29; Costa Rica, 1930-33. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died February 22, 1965 (age 93 years, 210 days). Interment at Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
  James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) — also known as James G. Harbord — of Manhattan, Riley County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born near Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., March 21, 1866. Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord (c.1840-1923). Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; director, Bankers Trust Co.; director, National Broadcasting Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York Life Insurance Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Union League. Died in Rye, Westchester County, N.Y., August 20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord (c.1840-1923); married, January 21, 1899, to Emma Yeatman Ovenshine (daughter of Gen. Samuel Ovenshine (1843-1932)); married, December 31, 1938, to Anne (Lee) Brown (daughter of Fitzhugh Lee). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lee A. Johnson (b. 1947) — of Kansas. Born in Caldwell, Sumner County, Kan., June 28, 1947. Insurance agent; lawyer; Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, 2001-. Still living as of 2002.
  William John Otjen (b. 1880) — also known as William J. Otjen — of Enid, Garfield County, Okla. Born in Labette County, Kan., October 19, 1880. Son of John Christian Otjen and Sophia (Nuhfer) Otjen. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; insurance business; member of Oklahoma state house of representatives, 1923-25; member of Oklahoma state senate, 1925-32; candidate for Governor of Oklahoma, 1942; candidate for U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1944; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 15, 1907, to Jane B. Cullison.
  James E. Porter (1857-1946) — of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan. Born in Cass County, Mo., August 23, 1857. Democrat. Insurance and real estate business; mayor of Kansas City, Kan., 1910-13. Member, Freemasons. Died April 26, 1946 (age 88 years, 246 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
  Robert Lewis Rodgers (1875-1960) — also known as Robert L. Rodgers — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in El Dorado, Butler County, Kan., June 2, 1875. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; insurance and real estate business; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-47 (29th District 1939-45, 28th District 1945-47). Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died in 1960 (age about 85 years). Interment at Rocky Glen Cemetery, Adamsville, Pa.
  Relatives: Married, March 20, 1908, to Madge E. Cathcart.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Morris Sawyer Tremaine (1871-1941) — also known as Morris S. Tremaine — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Fort Dodge, Ford County, Kan., February 27, 1871. Son of Dr. William Scott Tremaine. Democrat. Lumber business; insurance executive; New York state comptroller, 1927-41; died in office 1941; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938. Episcopalian. Died October 12, 1941 (age 70 years, 227 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1898 to Maude Middledith.
  Richard F. Walsh (born c.1941) — of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan. Born about 1941. Republican. Insurance business; mayor of Kansas City, Kan., 1971-75. Still living as of 1985.
  Richard Wilborn (born c.1945) — of McPherson, McPherson County, Kan. Born about 1945. Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 2004. Still living as of 2004.

 

 


 
   
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