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Henry Justin Allen (1868-1950) —
also known as Henry J. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Pittsfield, Warren
County, Pa., September
11, 1868.
Son of John Allen and Rebecca (Goodin) Allen.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1912,
1936;
Governor
of Kansas, 1919-23; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1929-30; defeated, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Inducted to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died of cerebral
thrombosis, in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
17, 1950 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. (1870-1931) —
also known as Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., August
22, 1870.
Son of Daniel Anthony and Annie (Osborne) Anthony.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper work; mayor
of Leavenworth, Kan., 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1907-29.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., August 4,
1931 (age 60 years, 347
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kan.
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Leland Judd Barrows (1906-1988) —
also known as Leland J. Barrows —
of Kansas.
Born in Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan., October
27, 1906.
Son of Eugene Barrows and Florence Emma (Judd) Barrows.
Newspaper reporter; radio
broadcaster; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, 1960-66; Togo, 1960-61.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1988 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Little Bristow (1861-1944) —
also known as Joseph L. Bristow —
of Salina, Saline
County, Kan.
Born near Hazel Green, Wolfe
County, Ky., July 22,
1861.
Son of William Bristow and Savannah (Little) Bristow.
Republican. Newspaper editor; secretary of
Kansas Republican Party, 1894-98; private secretary to Gov. Edmund
N. Morrill, 1895-97; special commander of Panama Railroad,
1905; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1909-15.
Methodist.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., July 14,
1944 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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Arthur Capper (1865-1951) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Garnett, Anderson
County, Kan., July 14,
1865.
Son of Herbert Capper and Isabella (McGrew) Capper.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1908,
1936;
Governor
of Kansas, 1915-19; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1919-49.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., December
19, 1951 (age 86 years, 158
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Charles Fremont Cochran (1846-1906) —
also known as Charles F. Cochran —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., September
27, 1846.
Son of W. A. Cochran and Laetitia (Smith) Cochran.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor; lawyer; Atchison
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-84; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1897-1905.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
19, 1906 (age 60 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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John B. Elliott (1878-1967) —
of Alhambra, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., July 29,
1878.
Son of Chauncey Record Elliott and Caroline Melissa (Baker) Elliott.
Democrat. Journalist; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1926.
Died in Alhambra, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
21, 1967 (age 89 years, 115
days).
Interment at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as "Old Man Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Son of Samuel Essick (abolitionist; took part in the
"Underground Railroad" helping escaped slaves) and Grizella
(Todd) Essick.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper publisher; candidate for circuit judge in
Indiana 41st District, 1896.
Scottish,
German,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Andrew Jackson Felt (1833-1912) —
also known as Andrew J. Felt —
of Nashua, Chickasaw
County, Iowa; Seneca, Nemaha
County, Kan.
Born in East Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
27, 1833.
Son of Warren Torry Felt (1809-1872) and Cynthia Amelia (Stowell)
Felt (1812-1855).
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1868,
1872;
postmaster;
banker;
Presidential Elector for Kansas, 1884;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 27,
1912 (age 78 years, 183
days).
Interment at Seneca
City Cemetery, Seneca, Kan.
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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, Kansas City, Kan.
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Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) —
also known as E. Haldeman-Julius; Emanuel
Julius —
of Girard, Crawford
County, Kan.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 30,
1889.
Son of David Julius and Elizabeth (Zamost) Julius.
Socialist. Author;
editor of the Socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason;
founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications, publisher
of many five-cent paperback books, called "Little Blue Books";
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1932; indicted
by a federal grand jury in March, 1950 for income
tax evasion; tried and
convicted
in April, 1951; sentenced
to six months in prison,
and fined
$12,500; released pending appeal.
Jewish;
later Agnostic.
Drowned
in his swimming
pool, in Girard, Crawford
County, Kan., July 31,
1951 (age 62 years, 1
days); possible suicide,
but the coroner ruled his death accidental.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Freeman Hale (1856-1936) —
also known as J. F. Hale —
of Mankato, Jewell
County, Kan.
Born in Nova
Scotia, February
29, 1856.
Son of William H. Hale and Clarissa (Davis) Hale.
Democrat. School
teacher; Jewell
County Register of Deeds, 1896-98; newspaper publisher;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1924,
1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in 1936
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Mankato, Kan.
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J. F. Halladay (b. 1860) —
of Iroquois, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
9, 1860.
Son of Albert Halladay and Elizabeth (Fitzhenry) Halladay.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
South
Dakota state auditor, 1903-07.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
to Carrie Eva Hammond. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Mrs. Ralph A. Harris (d. 1952) —
of Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1936-40; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1944.
Female.
Died March 13,
1952.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Read Heath (1894-1981) —
also known as Donald R. Heath —
of Kansas.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August
12, 1894.
Son of Hubert A. Heath and Estelle (Read) Heath.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
correspondent; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Bucharest, 1921-23; Warsaw, 1923-24; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1924-25; Berne, 1925-29; Port-au-Prince, 1929-33; Santiago, 1941-44; U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1947-50; Cambodia, 1950-52; Laos, 1950-54; Vietnam, 1950-52; U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, 1952-54; Vietnam, 1952-54; Lebanon, 1955-57; Saudi Arabia, 1958-61.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Orinda, Contra Costa
County, Calif., October
15, 1981 (age 87 years, 64
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lyman Underwood Humphrey (1844-1915) —
also known as Lyman U. Humphrey —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born in New Baltimore, Stark
County, Ohio, July 25,
1844.
Son of Lyman Humphrey and Elizabeth (Everhart) Humphrey.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; banker;
candidate for Kansas
state house of representatives, 1871; member of Kansas
state senate, 1876; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1877-81; Governor of
Kansas, 1889-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1892.
Died in Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan., September
12, 1915 (age 71 years, 49
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kan.
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John James Ingalls (1833-1900) —
also known as John J. Ingalls —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Middleton, Essex
County, Mass., December
29, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Kansas
state senate, 1862; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1862, 1864; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1873-91.
Died in Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., August
16, 1900 (age 66 years, 230
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Edward Keating (1875-1965) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., July 9,
1875.
Son of Stephen Keating and Julia (O'Connor) Keating.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1913-19 (at-large 1913-15, 3rd
District 1915-19); defeated, 1918.
Catholic.
Died March 18,
1965 (age 89 years, 252
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; Public Ownership
candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1908;
founder and editor, Minnesota Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Anthony, Minn.
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John Alexander Martin (1839-1889) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March 10,
1839.
Son of James Martin and Jane Montgomery (Crawford) Martin.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; member of Kansas
state senate, 1859; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1860,
1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1865; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1868-70, 1872-; Governor of
Kansas, 1885-89.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died of pleuro-pneumonia,
in Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan., October
2, 1889 (age 50 years, 206
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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John Berridge McCuish (1906-1962) —
also known as John McCuish —
of Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born in Leadville, Lake
County, Colo., June 22,
1906.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1936,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1955-57; Governor of
Kansas, 1957.
Died, of a stroke, in
Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., March 12,
1962 (age 55 years, 263
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Newton, Kan.
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David A. Mims (1833-1901) —
of Garden City, Finney
County, Kan.
Born in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., April 18,
1833.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Garden City, Kan..
Died August
29, 1901 (age 68 years, 133
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Garden City, Kan.
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William Alfred Peffer (1831-1912) —
also known as William A. Peffer —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Cumberland
County, Pa., September
10, 1831.
Son of John Peffer and Elizabeth (Souder) Peffer.
Farmer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Kansas
state senate, 1874; Presidential Elector for Kansas, 1880;
U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1891-97; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1898.
Died October
7, 1912 (age 81 years, 27
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Samuel Ritter Peters (1842-1910) —
also known as Samuel R. Peters —
of Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo.; Marion, Marion
County, Kan.; Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born in Walnut Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, August
16, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1872;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1874-75; district judge in Kansas, 1875-83; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1883-91 (at-large 1883-85, 7th
District 1885-91).
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., April 21,
1910 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Newton, Kan.
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Eugene Collins Pulliam (b. 1889) —
also known as Eugene C. Pulliam —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Grant
County, Kan., May 3,
1889.
Son of Irvin Brown Pulliam and Martha Ellen (Collins) Pulliam.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; director, New York
Central Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1952,
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Nina G. Mason. |
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Clyde Martin Reed (1871-1949) —
also known as Clyde M. Reed —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
19, 1871.
Son of Martin V. Reed and Mary A. Reed.
Republican. Secretary to Gov. Henry
J. Allen, 1919; newspaper publisher; Governor of
Kansas, 1929-31; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1939-49; died in office 1949.
Methodist.
Died in Parsons, Labette
County, Kan., November
8, 1949 (age 78 years, 20
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Parsons, Kan.
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Edward L. Safford (1888-1972) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August 4,
1888.
Son of Charles Valentine Safford and Mary B. (Lenefesty) Safford.
Republican. Banker;
newspaper reporter; New Mexico
Republican state chair, 1931.
Died July 17,
1972 (age 83 years, 348
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Dixie Newton Sansom (b. 1948) —
also known as Dixie Sansom; Dixie Ann
Newton —
of Florida.
Born in a hospital
at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
6, 1948.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1984-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1988;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1992.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2010.
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Terence John Scanlon (1931-1992) —
also known as Terry Scanlon —
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., July 26,
1931.
Democrat. Businessman who owned Pizza Hut restaurant
franchises, a beer
distributorship, and was publisher of the Wichita
Business Journal; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1977-79.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in St. Francis Medical
Center, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
16, 1992 (age 60 years, 174
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Frederick Scott (1860-1938) —
also known as Charles F. Scott —
of Iola, Allen
County, Kan.
Born in Allen
County, Kan., September
7, 1860.
Son of John W. Scott and Maria (Protsman) Scott.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Kansas
state senate, 1892-96; Presidential Elector for Kansas, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1901-11 (at-large 1901-07, 2nd
District 1907-11); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1916,
1932.
Died in 1938
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Iola
Cemetery, Iola, Kan.
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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Son of Fay Noble Seaton and Dorothea Elizabeth (Schmidt) Seaton.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports
reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers; vice-chair of
Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov. Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) —
also known as Charles A. Sprague —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., November
12, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; Governor of
Oregon, 1939-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Rotary.
Died March 13,
1969 (age 81 years, 121
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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Milo W. Sutton (b. 1928) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Salina, Saline
County, Kan.; Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Hartford, Lyon
County, Kan., December
24, 1928.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1951-55; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1956.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2002.
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper editor; candidate for secretary of
state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Son of Jonathan
Hoge Walker and Lucretia (Duncan) Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Allen White (1868-1944) —
also known as "The Sage of Emporia" —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., February
10, 1868.
Son of Dr. Allen White and Mary (Hatton) White.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1920,
1936;
candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1924.
Received a Pulitzer
Prize in 1923 for his editorial, "To An Anxious Friend".
Died in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., January
29, 1944 (age 75 years, 353
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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Daniel Woodson (1824-1894) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born May 13,
1824.
Son of Stephen Woodson (1786-c.1831) and Jane (Woodson) Woodson (died
1824).
Newspaper editor and publisher; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1854-57; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1855, 1855, 1856, 1856, 1857.
Died in Claremore, Rogers
County, Indian Territory (now Okla.), October
5, 1894 (age 70 years, 145
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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