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Albert Joseph Adams (b. 1894) —
also known as Al J. Adams —
of Sisseton, Roberts
County, S.Dak.
Born in Minnesota, December
19, 1894.
Son of Michael Adams and Rose (Cook) Adams.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper
publisher; chair of
Roberts County Republican Party, 1926-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1932;
Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Grace Marguerite Woodworth. |
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Richard Sheppard Arnold (1936-2004) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., March 26,
1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966, 1972; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1969-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1978-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1978-80; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1980-2001; took senior
status 2001.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of lymphoma,
in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
23, 2004 (age 68 years, 181
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium, Little Rock, Ark.
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Tracy R. Bangs (1862-1936) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur
County, Minn., April 29,
1862.
Son of Alfred
Walstein Bangs and Alena Baker (Stiles) Bangs.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co., Northern States Power
Co., and Occidental Life
Insurance Co.; Grand
Forks County State's Attorney, 1892; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1894-98.
Episcopalian.
Died February
22, 1936 (age 73 years, 299
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
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William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) —
also known as William Benton —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 1,
1900.
Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton.
Democrat. Advertising
business; introduced sound effects into television commercials;
popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,
University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,
1945-47; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is
named
for him.
Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1973 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Michael C. Burgess (b. 1950) —
of Highland Village, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., December
23, 1950.
Republican. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 26th District, 2003-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Fred Warner Carpenter (1873-1957) —
of San Anselmo, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn., December
12, 1873.
Son of Ira M. Carpenter and Eva A. (Wright) Carpenter.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to William
H. Taft, when he was Governor of the Philippine Islands,
Secretary of War, and President of the United States; U.S. Minister
to Morocco, 1910-12; Siam, 1912-13.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Chi.
Died in 1957
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ray Park Chase (1880-1948) —
also known as Ray P. Chase —
of Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn.
Born in Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn., March 12,
1880.
Son of Charles Edwin Chase and Lena May (Giddings) Chase.
Republican. Minnesota
state auditor, 1921-31; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1930; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1933-35; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1945-47.
Methodist
or Episcopalian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Alpha
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn., September
18, 1948 (age 68 years, 190
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Anoka, Minn.
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Frank Clague (1865-1952) —
of Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born in Warrensville, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 13,
1865.
Son of Philip Clague and Catherine (Brew) Clague.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Redwood
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1902; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1905; member of Minnesota
state senate 19th District, 1907-14; district judge in Minnesota
9th District, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1921-33.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn., March 25,
1952 (age 86 years, 256
days).
Interment at Redwood
Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Minn.
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William Dawson (1825-1901) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in County Cavan, Ireland,
October
1, 1825.
Banker;
mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1878-81.
Episcopalian. Irish
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
19, 1901 (age 75 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Dawson, Jr. (1885-1972) —
of Minnesota.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
11, 1885.
Son of William Dawson and Maria (Rice) Dawson.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in SAINT Petersburg, 1908; Barcelona, 1908-10; Frankfort, 1910-13; U.S. Consul in Rosario, 1913-17; Montevideo, 1917-19; Danzig, 1919-21; Munich, 1921-22; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1928-30; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1930-35; Colombia, 1934-37; Uruguay, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1939-41; Uruguay, 1941-46.
Episcopalian. Member, Chi Psi.
Died in Blue Hill, Hancock
County, Maine, July 17,
1972 (age 86 years, 341
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Norman Eddy (1810-1872) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
10, 1810.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847; member of Indiana
state senate, 1849-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1853-55; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1855-57; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1871-72.
Episcopalian.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
28, 1872 (age 61 years, 49
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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Charles Hinman Graves (1839-1928) —
also known as Charles H. Graves; Charley
Graves —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
14, 1839.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1873-76; mayor of
Duluth, Minn., 1882, 1883; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1905-13; Norway, 1905-06.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., October
7, 1928 (age 89 years, 54
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles P. Hall (b. 1876) —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn., September
22, 1876.
Son of Osee M. Hall and Elizabeth (Magee) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 1st District, 1929-47.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jean Louise Harris (c.1931-2001) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, about 1931.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Eden Prairie, Minn., 1995-2001; died in office 2001; candidate
in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 2000.
Female.
Episcopalian or Lutheran.
African
ancestry.
Died, of lung
cancer, in a hospital
at Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
14, 2001 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Eden Prairie, Minn.
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Samuel Gilbert Iverson (b. 1859) —
also known as Samuel G. Iverson —
of Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn., April 21,
1859.
Son of John Iverson and Gunhild (Gunderson) Iverson.
Republican. Postmaster;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1887; Minnesota
state auditor, 1903-15; candidate in primary for Governor of
Minnesota, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. A. Kiester (b. 1832) —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 20th District, 1865; member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District; elected 1890.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Norman Wolfred Kittson (1814-1888) —
also known as Norman W. Kittson; "Commodore
Kittson" —
of Pembina, Pembina
County, Minn. (now N.Dak.); St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Sorel, Lower Canada (now part of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec),
March
5, 1814.
Democrat. Fur
trader; helped end the Hudson Bay Company's fur trading monopoly
in 1849; member
Minnesota territorial council 7th District, 1852-55; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1858-59; operated steamboats
on the Red River from Minnesota north into Winnipeg in the 1870s;
worked with James J. Hill to build the St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway
in 1879-81.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died in the dining
car of a train
en route from Chicago to St. Paul, near Roberts, St. Croix
County, Wis., May 10,
1888 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Kent T. Lundgren (b. 1914) —
of Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 7,
1914.
Son of Victor Lundgren and Olga (Olson) Lundgren.
Republican. Pharmacist;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1962-64; defeated, 1956 (30th
District), 1958 (30th District), 1960 (30th District), 1964 (37th
District); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 30th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; resigned 1962.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1964.
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Married to Mildred Francis New. |
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George Edward MacKinnon (1906-1995) —
also known as George E. MacKinnon —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Potomac, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 22,
1906.
Son of James Alexander Wiley MacKinnon and Cora Blanche (Asselstine)
MacKinnon.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1935-42; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1947-49; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1953-58; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1958; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1969-.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Potomac, Allegany
County, Md., May 1,
1995 (age 89 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Mound, Minn.
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William Worrall Mayo (1819-1911) —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Eccles, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England,
May
31, 1819.
Democrat. Physician;
founder of the medical practice and hospital
which became the Mayo Clinic; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1882-83; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died March 6,
1911 (age 91 years, 279
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.
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Arthur Emanuel Nelson (1892-1955) —
also known as Arthur E. Nelson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., May 10,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1922-26; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942-43; defeated, 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 11,
1955 (age 62 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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George Lorenzo Otis (1829-1882) —
also known as George L. Otis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
7, 1829.
Son of Isaac Otis (1798-1853) and Caroline Abigail (Curtiss) Otis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1857-58; member of
Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1866; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1869.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 29,
1882 (age 52 years, 173
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Samuel Cleland Polley (b. 1864) —
also known as Samuel C. Polley —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Winnebago Valley, Houston
County, Minn., January
13, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Lawrence
County State's Attorney, 1901; secretary of
state of South Dakota, 1909-13; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1913-47.
Episcopalian.
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Spearfish, S.Dak.
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John Wallace Riddle (1864-1941) —
also known as John W. Riddle —
of Minnesota; Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 12,
1864.
Son of John Wallace Riddle and Rebecca Blair (McClure) Riddle.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1903-05; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1905-07; Serbia, 1905-07; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1907-09; Argentina, 1921-25.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1941
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Farmington, Conn.
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John Benjamin Sanborn (1883-1964) —
also known as John B. Sanborn —
of Otisville, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
9, 1883.
Son of Gen. John B. Sanborn and Rachel (Rice) Sanborn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-16 (37th District 1913-14,
42nd District 1915-16); served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
district judge in Minnesota, 1922-25; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1925-32; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1932-59; took senior
status 1959.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Chi Psi.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in a hospital
at St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 7,
1964 (age 80 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Robert Chancellor Saunders (1864-1922) —
also known as Robert C. Saunders —
of Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., December
24, 1864.
Pine
County Attorney, 1893-95, 1897-99; candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1898; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1918-21.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died January
31, 1922 (age 57 years, 38
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas David Schall (1878-1935) —
also known as Thomas D. Schall —
of Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich., June 4,
1878.
Son of David Schall and Mary Ellen (Jordan) Schall.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1915-25; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1925-35; defeated in primary, 1923; died
in office 1935.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Blinded
by an electric shock from a cigar lighter, 1907.
Hit by
an automobile, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, near
Cottage City, Maryland, suffered severe injuries, and died three days
later, in Casualty Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
22, 1935 (age 57 years, 201
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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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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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Son of Sylvester Stowell and Fanny Chandler (Bowen) Stowell.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron Steel
Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 27,
1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Carl Chester Van Dyke (1881-1919) —
also known as Carl C. Van Dyke —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., February
18, 1881.
Son of Chester B. Van Dyke and Bertha (Solum) Van Dyke.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; railway
mail
clerk; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1915-19; died in
office 1919.
Episcopalian. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 20,
1919 (age 38 years, 91
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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