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George A. Allen, Jr. (1868-1932) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., June 30,
1868.
Son of George A. Allen and Anna Maria (Ellis) Allen.
Republican. School teacher; school principal; Kansas
superintendent of public instruction, 1927.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
7, 1932 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Celia Beymer —
of Lakin, Kearny
County, Kan.
Republican. School teacher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 2008;
chair
of Kearny County Republican Party, 2011.
Female.
Still living as of 2011.
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Frank C. Bingham (b. 1906) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska.
Born in Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan., September
5, 1906.
Son of Burt J. Bingham and Elva M. (Cadwallader) Bingham.
School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1944-51.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nancy E. Boyda (b. 1955) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August 2,
1955.
Democrat. Chemist;
school teacher; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 2007-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2008.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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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 Alexander Calderhead (1844-1928) —
also known as William A. Calderhead —
of Marysville, Marshall
County, Kan.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, September
26, 1844.
Son of Rev. E. B. Calderhead.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; farmer; lawyer; Marshall
County Attorney, 1889-91; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1895-97, 1899-1911.
Died in Enid, Garfield
County, Okla., December
18, 1928 (age 84 years, 83
days).
Interment at Marysville
Cemetery, Marysville, Kan.
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John Lawrence Caldwell (1875-1922) —
also known as John L. Caldwell —
of Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born in Bourbon
County, Kan., July 16,
1875.
Son of Thomas Anderson Caldwell and Mary Alice (Hamman) Caldwell.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate 8th District, 1901-04; Bourbon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1912;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1914-21.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
6, 1922 (age 47 years, 143
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 11,
1902, to Evelyne de Lambert. |
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Edwin W. Cunningham (b. 1842) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Clarksfield Township, Huron
County, Ohio, August
31, 1842.
Son of Hiram W. Cunningham and Eunice Cunningham.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
superintendent of schools; lawyer; Lyon
County Probate Judge, 1872-78; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1901.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., 1839.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul
in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1896-97.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 18,
1898 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Lorraine Michael Gensman (1878-1954) —
also known as L. M. Gensman —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.
Born near Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., August
26, 1878.
Republican. School principal; lawyer; Comanche
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1918-19; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma,
1924;
oil
business.
Died in Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla., May 27,
1954 (age 75 years, 274
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Lawton, Okla.
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Ulysses Samuel Guyer (1868-1943) —
also known as U. S. Guyer —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Pawpaw, Lee
County, Ill., December
13, 1868.
Republican. School principal; superintendent of
schools; lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1924-25, 1927-43;
defeated, 1911; died in office 1943.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died June 5,
1943 (age 74 years, 174
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, St. John, Kan.
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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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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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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 Dennis Jochems (b. 1886) —
also known as William D. Jochems —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., April 20,
1886.
Son of Theodore Jochems and Julia (Halling) Jochems.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1930; appointed 1930.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodore Jochems and Julia (Halling) Jochems; married, November
7, 1911, to Helen Roetzel (died 1922); married, January
28, 1925, to Alicia C. Healy. |
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Jeff Meyers —
of Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan.
School teacher; athletic
coach; mayor of
Shawnee, Kan., 2004-.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2008.
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) —
also known as Benjamin F. Mudge —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
11, 1817.
Son of James Mudge and Ruth Mudge.
Lawyer;
school teacher; chemist;
geologist;
mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John E. Reardon (1943-1988) —
also known as Jack Reardon —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., August
23, 1943.
School teacher; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1975-87; defeated, 1987.
The John Reardon Civic Center was named for him.
Died, of heart
failure, November
25, 1988 (age 45 years, 94
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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William Augustus Reeder (1849-1929) —
also known as William A. Reeder —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pa., August
28, 1849.
Republican. School teacher; banker; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 6th District, 1899-1911.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
7, 1929 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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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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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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John W. Thomas (1874-1945) —
also known as John Thomas —
of Gooding, Gooding
County, Idaho.
Born in Phillips
County, Kan., January
4, 1874.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1920,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1924-33; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1928-33, 1940-45; defeated, 1932; died in
office 1945.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
10, 1945 (age 71 years, 310
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Gooding, Idaho.
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