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Summerfield Still Alexander (1887-1958) —
also known as Summerfield S. Alexander —
of Kingman, Kingman
County, Kan.
Born in Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo., August
15, 1887.
Son of Henry C. Alexander and Mary Elizabeth (Ammons) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kingman
County Attorney, 1910-12; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1934-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1952.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died January
13, 1958 (age 70 years, 151
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Kingman, Kan.
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Charles Shirk Arthur, Jr. (b. 1917) —
also known as Charles Arthur —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, July 16,
1917.
Son of Charles Shirk Arthur and Anna (Pearson) Arthur.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Riley
County Attorney, 1949-53; chair of
Riley County Republican Party, 1953-55; mayor
of Manhattan, Kan., 1956-57; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1957-65; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1963-64; member of Kansas
state senate, 1965-69.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1973.
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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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Clarence V. Beck (1896-1984) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Smolan, Saline
County, Kan., March 2,
1896.
Son of John V. Beck and Hilda (Carlson) Beck.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lyon
County Attorney, 1931-35; Kansas
state attorney general, 1935-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in 1984
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John V. Beck and Hilda (Carlson) Beck; married 1919 to
Frederica Dennis; married 1937 to Judy
Lee Odell. |
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Raymond Victor Bottomly (1885-1961) —
also known as R. V. Bottomly —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Cedarville, Smith
County, Kan., July 16,
1885.
Son of Byron Shelley Bottomly (1850-1908) and Isabelle (Pilcher)
Bottomly (1860-1922).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Montana
state attorney general, 1942-49.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Died in Silver Bow
County, Mont., February
14, 1961 (age 75 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) —
also known as Alf M. Landon —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in West Middlesex, Mercer
County, Pa., September
9, 1887.
Son of John Manuel Landon and Anne (Mossman) Landon.
Republican. Oil
producer; Governor of
Kansas, 1933-37; candidate for President
of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., October
12, 1987 (age 100 years, 33
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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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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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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Errett Power Scrivner (1898-1978) —
also known as Errett P. Scrivner —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., March 20,
1898.
Son of Rev. William Henry Scrivner and Nancy Etta (West) Scrivner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1943-59.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., May 5,
1978 (age 80 years, 46
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Florida
Memorial Gardens, Rockledge, Fla.
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Lynn Upshaw Stambaugh (1890-1971) —
also known as Lynn U. Stambaugh —
of North Dakota.
Born in Abilene, Dickinson
County, Kan., July 4,
1890.
Son of Winfield Scott Stambaugh.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 27,
1971 (age 80 years, 327
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married 1915
to Enid Ericson. |
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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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