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Glenn Leslie Alt (1895-1971) —
also known as Glenn L. Alt —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Denton, Doniphan
County, Kan., March 24,
1895.
Son of John L. Alt and Sarah Anna (Black) Alt.
Republican. Engineer;
university
professor; candidate in primary for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1945.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
17, 1971 (age 76 years, 268
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Maurice E. Baringer (b. 1921) —
of Fayette
County, Iowa.
Born in Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan., December
4, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1961-68; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1967-68; Iowa state
treasurer, 1969-.
Presbyterian. Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Elks; Lions.
Still living as of 1970.
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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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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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William Patterson Borland (1867-1919) —
also known as William P. Borland —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., October
14, 1867.
Son of William Patterson Borland and Elizabeth (Hassan) Borland.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1909-19; died in
office 1919.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in U.S. Army Field Hospital
No. 31, near Coblenz (Koblenz), Germany,
February
20, 1919 (age 51 years, 129
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Sardius Mason Brewster (1870-1936) —
also known as Sardius M. Brewster —
of Troy, Doniphan
County, Kan.
Born in Brown
County, Kan., June 19,
1870.
Son of Arthur S. Brewster and Annie H. (Brewster) Brewster.
Republican. Lawyer; Doniphan
County Attorney, 1899-1909; member of Kansas
state senate, 1909-11; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1913; Kansas
state attorney general, 1915-19; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1930-34.
Presbyterian.
Died March 5,
1936 (age 65 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olive Cemetery, Troy, Kan.
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David L. Brunstrom (1899-1941) —
of Lakewood, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Lindsborg, McPherson
County, Kan., March 13,
1899.
Son of Rev. David V. Brunstrom and Catherine (Nelson) Brunstrom.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1933-34.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1941
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Harris
Hill Cemetery, Clarence, N.Y.
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Abner McDonald Bryant (1838-1896) —
also known as A. M. Bryant —
of Fort Branch, Gibson
County, Ind.; Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb.; Gettysburg, Graham
County, Kan.; Republican City, Harlan
County, Neb.; Falls City, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Ohio
County, Ky., March 1,
1838.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister; school teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1877; president,
McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87.
Presbyterian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of asthma, in
Falls City, Polk
County, Ore., June 4,
1896 (age 58 years, 95
days).
Interment at Falls
City Cemetery, Falls City, Ore.
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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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Robert Blackwell Docking (1925-1983) —
also known as Robert B. Docking —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 1925.
Son of George
Docking.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Arkansas City, Kan., 1965; Governor of
Kansas, 1967-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1972.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Eagles; Moose.
Died October
8, 1983 (age 57 years, 364
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Elizabeth Hanford Dole (b. 1936) —
also known as Elizabeth Dole; Liddy Dole; Mary
Elizabeth Hanford —
of North Carolina.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., July 29,
1936.
Daughter of John Van Hanford (1893-1978) and Mary Ella (Cathey)
Hanford (1901-2004).
Republican. Member, Federal
Trade Commission, 1973-79; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1983-87; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1989-90; president, American Red Cross,
1991-2000; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2000;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 2003-.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Dudley Doolittle (1881-1957) —
of Strong City, Chase
County, Kan.
Born in Cottonwood Falls, Chase
County, Kan., June 21,
1881.
Son of Joseph Harmon Doolittle and May (Jones) Doolittle.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1913-19; defeated, 1918,
1940; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kansas, 1925-29.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Woodmen;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., November
14, 1957 (age 76 years, 146
days).
Interment at Prairie
Grove Cemetery, Cottonwood Falls, Kan.
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) —
also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower;
"Ike" —
Born in Denison, Grayson
County, Tex., October
14, 1890.
Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob
Eisenhower (1863-1942).
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president
of Columbia University, 1948-53; President
of the United States, 1953-61.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Loyal
Legion.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. dollar
coin, 1971-78.
Died, after a series of heart
attacks, at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1969 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Eisenhower
Center, Abilene, Kan.
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Margaret M. Hanna (c.1873-1950) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Kansas.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., about 1873.
Daughter of Edwin Phillips Hanna and Lucretia (Hynes) Hanna.
U.S. Consul in Geneva, 1937-38.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., March 28,
1950 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cecil Donald Hardesty (1907-2000) —
also known as Cecil D. Hardesty —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born near Kensington, Smith
County, Kan., August
24, 1907.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for California
superintendent of public instruction, 1962.
Presbyterian.
Died in a hospital
at Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 21,
2000 (age 92 years, 302
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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William Silas Hill (1886-1972) —
also known as William S. Hill —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.
Born in Corning, Nemaha
County, Kan., January
20, 1886.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; merchant;
member of Colorado state legislature; secretary to Gov. Ralph
Carr; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1941-59; defeated,
1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964.
Presbyterian. Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1972
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colo.
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Clifford Ragsdale Hope (1893-1970) —
also known as Clifford R. Hope —
of Garden City, Finney
County, Kan.
Born in Birmingham, Van Buren
County, Iowa, June 9,
1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1925-26; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1927-57 (7th District 1927-43, 5th
District 1943-57).
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Elks.
Died in Garden City, Finney
County, Kan., May 16,
1970 (age 76 years, 341
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Garden City, Kan.
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Charles Abner Howard (b. 1881) —
also known as Charles A. Howard —
of Monmouth, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Greenwood
County, Kan., February
17, 1881.
Son of Abner Howard and Catherine Mary (Lough) Howard.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; school
principal; Oregon
superintendent of public instruction, 1927-37; resigned 1937; president,
Eastern Oregon College of Education, 1937-39; president,
Oregon College of Education, from 1939.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Miller Jenkins (1856-1941) —
also known as William M. Jenkins —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.; Kay
County, Okla.; Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla.
Born in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, April 25,
1856.
Son of William Jenkins and Lydia (Miller) Jenkins.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1888;
secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1897-1901; Governor of
Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Presbyterian.
Removed
from office as Governor in a scandal
over a sanitarium contract; a later investigation exonerated him.
Died in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., October
19, 1941 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at Southern
Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, Okla.
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Norma Elliott Keil (b. 1906) —
also known as Norma Keil; Norma Elliott; Mrs. John
Keil —
of Ledger, Pondera
County, Mont.
Born in Speed, Phillips
County, Kan., September
27, 1906.
Daughter of Edgar A. Elliott and Mary Etta (George) Elliott.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1956;
member of Montana
Democratic State Committee, 1958-64; vice-chair of
Montana Democratic Party, 1962-65; member of Democratic
National Committee from Montana, 1970; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Montana, 1972.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Lewis Kreeck (1882-1945) —
also known as George L. Kreeck —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Clifton, Washington
County, Kan., September
30, 1882.
Son of Lewis Kreeck and Emma Ellen (Timmons) Kreeck.
Republican. Banker;
U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1925-30.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1945
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Pierson Morehouse (b. 1859) —
of Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., July 28,
1859.
Son of Horace Morehouse and Lavinia F. (Strong) Morehouse.
Republican. Lawyer; Morris
County Attorney, 1894-97; local attorney, Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad,
1894-1915; member of Kansas
state senate, 1901-05; historian.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Roy R. Romer (b. 1928) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Garden City, Finney
County, Kan., October
31, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer; farm
implement dealer; helped develop Centennial Airport;
ran a flying
school; owned a ski resort; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1959-63; member of Colorado
state senate, 1963-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1966; Colorado
state treasurer, 1977-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
Governor
of Colorado, 1987-99; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1997; school superintendent for
Los Angeles, 2001-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 2004.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edmund Gibson Ross (1826-1907) —
also known as Edmund G. Ross —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, December
7, 1826.
Republican. Delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; major in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1866-71; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1880; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1885-89.
Presbyterian.
Thought to have cast the deciding vote in the Senate to acquit
President Andrew
Johnson. His grandson, Edmund Fessenden Cobb, was an actor who
appeared in over 200 movies and serials including Citizen Kane
and The Last Hurrah.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., May 8,
1907 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Finlay Ross (c.1847-1933) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
about 1847.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1897-1900, 1905-06.
Presbyterian.
Died February
23, 1933 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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James Ronald Ryun (b. 1947) —
also known as Jim Ryun —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., April 29,
1947.
Republican. Silver medallist, 1968 Olympic
games; inducted into National Distance Running Hall of
Fame; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1996-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Walter Frederick Sanders (1880-1961) —
also known as W. F. Sanders —
of Parkville, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Silver Lake, Shawnee
County, Kan., April 27,
1880.
Son of William August Sanders (1844-1932) and Caroline (Dahlstrom)
Sanders (1846-1932).
Republican. College
teacher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1944;
chair
of Platte County Republican Party, 1949.
Presbyterian. Swedish
ancestry. Member, Modern
Language Association; American
Legion.
Died in Parkville, Platte
County, Mo., September
17, 1961 (age 81 years, 143
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron Nicholson Scott (1903-1991) —
also known as Byron N. Scott —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan., March 21,
1903.
Son of Ernest Dewey Scott and Josephine (Nicholson) Scott.
Democrat. School
teacher; U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1935-39; defeated,
1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died December
21, 1991 (age 88 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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William Young (b. 1870) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., April 23,
1870.
Son of John M. Young and Caroline (Van Patten) Young.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Lycoming County Republican Party, 1896-97; member of New York
state assembly, 1905-07 (New York County 21st District 1905-06,
New York County 17th District 1907).
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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