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Clarence Randolph Ahalt (1888-1962) —
also known as Clarence R. Ahalt —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
1888.
Son of Charles R. Ahalt and Lilly (Main) Ahalt.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1932;
secretary
of Virginia Republican Party, 1933-35; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1935-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1940,
1944;
vice-chair
of Virginia Republican Party, 1944-48.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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John Bonifas Bennett (1904-1964) —
also known as John B. Bennett —
of Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich.
Born in Garden, Delta
County, Mich., January
10, 1904.
Son of James G. Bennett and Mary (Bonifas) Bennett.
Republican. Lawyer; Ontonagon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-30, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1943-45, 1947-64;
defeated, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1944; died in office 1964.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., August 9,
1964 (age 60 years, 212
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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David Bitner (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., December
11, 1948.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 71st District, 1993-.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Gilson Grant Blake, Jr. (1893-1970) —
also known as Gilson G. Blake, Jr. —
of Maryland; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
7, 1893.
Son of Gilson Grant Blake and Alice Louise (Swan) Blake.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Newcastle, 1920-21, 1921; Adelaide, 1921; Melbourne, 1921-22; Ottawa, 1922-25; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1925-27; Geneva, 1927-36; Rome, 1936-42; Valparaiso, 1946-47; U.S. Consul General in Valparaiso, 1947-49.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Rotary.
Died in December, 1970
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) —
also known as Francis Case —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Everly, Clay
County, Iowa, December
9, 1896.
Son of Herbert Llywellen Case and Mary Ellen (Grannis) Case.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; rancher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Elks;
Rotary.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1962 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Gilbert Gude (1923-2007) —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March 9,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1953-58; member of Maryland
state senate, 1963-66; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1967-77; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1968,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
2007 (age 84 years, 90
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Emerson Columbus Harrington (1864-1945) —
also known as Emerson C. Harrington —
of Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md.
Born in Madison, Dorchester
County, Md., March 26,
1864.
Son of John E. Harrington and Annie A. (Thompson) Harrington.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dorchester
County State's Attorney, 1899-1903; Maryland Insurance
Commissioner, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1912,
1916
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1936,
1940;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1912-16; Governor of
Maryland, 1916-20; president, People's Loan Savings and Deposit
Bank;
director, Cambridge Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Rotary.
Died in Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., December
15, 1945 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.
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Harry Roe Hughes (b. 1926) —
also known as Harry R. Hughes —
of Denton, Caroline
County, Md.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., November
13, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-59; member of Maryland
state senate 15th District, 1959-71; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1964,
1996;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1969-70; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1970-77; Governor of
Maryland, 1979-87; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion.
Professional baseball
player, for New York Yankees' Easton farm team and the Federalsburg
Independent team.
Still living as of 2009.
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Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) —
also known as Estes Kefauver —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born near Madisonville, Monroe
County, Tenn., July 26,
1903.
Son of Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia (Estes) Kefauver.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1944
(alternate), 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; Rotary; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Political Science Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a ruptured
abdominal aortic aneurysm, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
10, 1963 (age 60 years, 15
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.
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John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) —
also known as John B. Kimberly —
of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
31, 1855.
Son of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly.
Republican. Merchant;
hotel
owner; steamship
agent; postmaster;
director of banks and
electric
railways; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1912,
1916,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Preston Lane, Jr. (1892-1967) —
of Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., May 12,
1892.
Son of William Preston Lane and Virginia Lee (Cartwright) Lane.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for several railroads;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Maryland
state attorney general, 1930-34; Presidential Elector for
Maryland, 1936;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1940-50; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1940,
1944,
1948;
Governor
of Maryland, 1947-51; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Elks;
Rotary.
Died in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., February
7, 1967 (age 74 years, 271
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.
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Alan Wood Lukens (b. 1924) —
of Pennsylvania; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1924.
Son of Edward Clark Lukens and Frances (Day) Lukens.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Ankara, 1952; Istanbul, 1953; U.S. Consul in Brazzaville, 1960; U.S. Consul General in Cape Town, 1979-82; U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Brazzaville), 1984-87.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1994.
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Charles McCurdy Mathias (b. 1886) —
also known as Charles M. Mathias —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
16, 1886.
Son of John P. T. Mathias and Elizabeth A. (McCurdy) Mathias.
Republican. Banker;
treasurer and director, Frederick Iron and
Steel Co.; director, Staley Motor Co.; secretary and director,
Frederick Hotel
Co.; director, Peoples Fire
Insurance Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Son of Yasuji Matsui and Alice (Nagata) Matsui.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Kevin Sung-Min Park (b. 1983) —
also known as Kevin Park —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in a hospital,
Columbia, Howard
County, Md., May 5,
1983.
Intern or volunteer staff for U.S. Sen. Frank
Lautenberg, Gov. Ruth
Ann Minner, U.S. Rep. Mike
Ferguson; presidential candidate.
Christian.
Korean
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary; Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Sung-Koo Chi (South Korean Ambassador to Senegal and
Finland). |
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Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962) —
also known as Andrew F. Schoeppel —
of Ness City, Ness
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Claflin, Barton
County, Kan., November
23, 1894.
Son of George J. Schoeppel and Anna (Phillip) Schoeppel.
Republican. Athletic
coach; lawyer; Governor of
Kansas, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-62; died in office 1962; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died of abdominal
cancer, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
21, 1962 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Interment at Old
Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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John Millard Tawes (1894-1979) —
also known as J. Millard Tawes —
of Crisfield, Somerset
County, Md.
Born in Crisfield, Somerset
County, Md., April 8,
1894.
Son of James Tawes and Alice (Byrd) Tawes.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Tawes Shipbuilding
Co. and Tawes Baking Co.;
director, Bank of
Crisfield; Somerset
County Clerk of Court, 1930-38; Maryland
state comptroller, 1939-47, 1950-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Maryland, 1959-67; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1963.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon.
Died in Crisfield, Somerset
County, Md., June 25,
1979 (age 85 years, 78
days).
Interment at Sunny
Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery, Crisfield, Md.
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Craig Lyle Thomas (1933-2007) —
also known as Craig Thomas —
of Wyoming.
Born in Cody, Park
County, Wyo., February
17, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1985-88; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1989-95; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007; died in office 2007.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Rotary; Delta
Chi.
Died, of leukemia,
in the Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 4,
2007 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles William Tobey (1880-1953) —
also known as Charles W. Tobey —
of Temple, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 22,
1880.
Son of William H. Tobey and Ellen Hall (Parker) Tobey.
Republican. President, F. M. Hoyt Shoe
Company; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20,
1923-24; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1925-26; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1939-53; died in office 1953.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1953 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Miller
Cemetery, Temple, N.H.
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William Concannon Walsh (1890-1975) —
also known as William C. Walsh —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., April 2,
1890.
Son of William Edward Walsh and Mary C. (Concannon) Walsh.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in
Maryland, 1921-26; chair of
Allegany County Democratic Party, 1922-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1964;
Maryland state insurance commissioner, 1931-35; Maryland
state attorney general, 1938-45; member board of directors,
Allegany Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., June 17,
1975 (age 85 years, 76
days).
Interment at Sts.
Peter and Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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Relatives:
Grandson of William
Walsh; son of William Edward Walsh and Mary C. (Concannon) Walsh;
married, June 1,
1929, to Sarah Elizabeth Nee. |
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Edward Homer White, Jr. (1911-1998) —
also known as E. Homer White, Jr. —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., April 5,
1911.
Son of E. Homer White and Llela Amis Morgan White.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; shoe
merchant; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1947-69; member of Maryland
state senate 36th District, 1975-78.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, in a nursing
home, at Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., August 9,
1998 (age 87 years, 126
days).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
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Betty Workman —
of Maryland.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1984;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1987-99.
Female.
Member, League
of Women Voters; Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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