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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Son of Fred Vernon Dale and Maud (Paine) Dale; married, September
27, 1919, to Marion Marvin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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John E. Daubney (1919-2003) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., 1919.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1952-54.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August 6,
2003 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Russell Davis (1849-1930) —
also known as Charles R. Davis —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsfield, Pike
County, Ill., September
17, 1849.
Married 1874
to Emma Haven.
Republican. Lawyer; Nicollet
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 17th District, 1889; member of Minnesota
state senate 17th District, 1891-95; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1903-25.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1930 (age 80 years, 315
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, St. Peter, Minn.
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Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-1900) —
also known as Cushman K. Davis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 16,
1838.
Son of Horatio
N. Davis.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 1st District, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1868-73; Governor of
Minnesota, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1887-1900; died in office 1900; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1900.
Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American
War, and gave Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
27, 1900 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.; later interred in 1901 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward K. Delaney (1909-1973) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
21, 1909.
Married to Gertrude E. Delaney.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1948-52.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., October
2, 1973 (age 64 years, 42
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Patrick Devaney (b. 1883) —
also known as John P. Devaney —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Lake Mills, Winnebago
County, Iowa, June 30,
1883.
Son of Patrick Devaney and Ellen (La Velle) Devaney; married, February
20, 1919, to Beatrice Langevin.
Lawyer; chief
justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1933-36.
Catholic.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward James Devitt (1911-1992) —
also known as Edward J. Devitt —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 5,
1911.
Son of Thomas Phillip Devitt and Catherine Ethel (McGuire) Devitt;
married, April 22,
1939, to Marcelle M. LaRose.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1935-39;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; probate judge in Minnesota, 1950-54; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1954-92.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Sigma Rho; Blue
Key; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 2,
1992 (age 80 years, 302
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph E. Dillon (d. 1990) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1954-60; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1956.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., April 17,
1990.
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Ignatius Donnelly (1831-1901) —
of Nininger, Dakota
County, Minn.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1831.
Married, September
10, 1855, to Katharine McCaffrey (died 1894); married, February
22, 1898, to Marian Hanson.
Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1860-63; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1863-69; defeated,
1868, 1870; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1874-78; People's candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1892; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1900.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
1, 1901 (age 69 years, 59
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Charles William Dorsett (1850-1936) —
also known as Charles W. Dorsett —
of Minnesota.
Born in Sinclairville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
28, 1850.
Married, June 29,
1876, to Martha A. Angle (1851-1918; first woman admitted to the
bar in Minnesota).
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1904, 1906, 1916 (primary).
Swedenborgian.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 26,
1936 (age 85 years, 180
days).
Interment somewhere
in Minneapolis, Minn.
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Wallace Barton Douglas (1854-1930) —
also known as Wallace B. Douglas; W. B.
Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., September
21, 1854.
Son of Asahel M. Douglas and Alma E. (Miller) Douglas; married 1881 to Ella M.
Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1899-1904; resigned 1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1904-05; appointed 1904.
Died in 1930
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Son of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married,
August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
law
professor; member, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
United
World Federalists; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Stanley Morton Doyle (b. 1898) —
of Polson, Lake
County, Mont.
Born in Revere, Redwood
County, Minn., February
4, 1898.
Son of Francis Patrick Doyle and Elizabeth A. (Bodenhofer) Doyle;
married, August
15, 1945, to Aileen Davison.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis L. Drill (b. 1877) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Browerville, Todd
County, Minn., May 9,
1877.
Son of Charles Warren Drill and Saphrona Ellen (Sheets) Drill.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1928-33.
Protestant.
Burial
location unknown.
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William J. Duffy (b. 1916) —
of near Greenleaf, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in North Branch, Chisago
County, Minn., October
29, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Brown County 2nd District; elected 1948.
Still living as of 1950.
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Robert R. Dunlap —
of Plainview, Wabasha
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 3rd District, 1952-59.
Still living as of 1959.
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Mark Hill Dunnell (1823-1904) —
also known as Mark H. Dunnell —
of Norway, Oxford
County, Maine; Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Buxton, York
County, Maine, July 2,
1823.
Son of Samuel Dunnell and Achsah H. Dunnell; married, November
20, 1850, to Sarah A. Parrington.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1854; member of Maine
state senate, 1855; Maine
superintendent of common schools, 1855-59; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 11th District, 1867; Minnesota
superintendent of public instruction, 1867-70; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1871-83, 1889-91;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1892.
Died in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., August 9,
1904 (age 81 years, 38
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Minn.
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David Ferdinand Durenberger (b. 1934) —
also known as David F. Durenberger —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., August
19, 1934.
Lawyer; executive secretary to Gov. Harold
LeVander, 1967; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1978-95.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions.
Investigated
in 1990 by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics over allegations
that he had broken rules restricting Senators' outside income, in
particular by laundering
about $100,000 in speaking fees into book royalties. Denounced
by unanimous vote of the Senate in July 1990 for bringing
"dishonor and disrepute" to the body. Subsequently he was
disbarred;
in 1995 he pleaded
guilty to five misdemeanor counts of misusing
his congressional expense account.
Still living as of 2009.
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Adolph Olson Eberhart (1870-1944) —
also known as Adolph O. Eberhart; A. O.
Eberhart —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
June
23, 1870.
Married to Adele Marie Hoke.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1903-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1907-09; Governor of
Minnesota, 1909-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1916
(speaker);
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1916; real estate
broker.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died December
6, 1944 (age 74 years, 166
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chicago, Ill.
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Clement Stanislaus Edwards (b. 1869) —
also known as Clement S. Edwards —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 4,
1869.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1911-17; Santo Domingo, 1919; Paris, 1920; Kovno, 1922; Valencia, 1924-29; Bradford, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Burke Elliott (b. 1861) —
also known as Charles B. Elliott —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Morgan
County, Ohio, January
6, 1861.
Son of Edward Elliott and Angeline Elliott; married, May 13,
1884, to Edith Winslow.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1890-93; district judge
in Minnesota 4th District, 1893-1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1905-09; appointed 1905; resigned
1909; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1909-10.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Burial
location unknown.
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Keith Ellison (b. 1963) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 4,
1963.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 2003-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 2007-.
Muslim.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Franklin Fowler Ellsworth (1879-1942) —
also known as Franklin F. Ellsworth —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.; Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn., July 10,
1879.
Son of Clinton Ellsworth and Louise (Manning) Ellsworth; married, July 27,
1902, to Lurline Mae Bader.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Watonwan
County Attorney, 1905-08; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Minnesota, 1924; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1934.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
23, 1942 (age 63 years, 166
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Richard M. Erdall (b. 1933) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
13, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1973.
Still living as of 1998.
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Chris L. Erickson (b. 1897) —
of Fairmont, Martin
County, Minn.
Born near Barnesville, Clay
County, Minn., December
28, 1897.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 9th District, 1951-59.
Burial
location unknown.
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William H. Fallon (1893-1981) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Waconia, Carver
County, Minn., December
19, 1893.
Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1938-40.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., July 8,
1981 (age 87 years, 201
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank S. Farrell, Sr. (c.1921-2000) —
of Minnesota.
Born in Minnesota, about 1921.
Lawyer; candidate for Minnesota
state senate, 1956.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Plaintiff in a lawsuit over disparities in legislative district
populations (Minnesota had not changed its state senate districts
since 1913), which led to the U.S. Supreme Court's "One Man, One
Vote" decisions starting in 1962.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, near Hayward, Sawyer
County, Wis., July 31,
2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Mendota, Minn.
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Daniel S. Feidt —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 34th District, 1959.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Fish (b. 1848) —
of Delano, Wright
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Cherry Valley, Winnebago
County, Ill., January
31, 1848.
Son of Daniel Fish and Parmelia (Adams) Fish; married, August
21, 1873, to Elizabeth Meigs Porter.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; newspaper
publisher; probate judge in Minnesota, 1876-77, 1879; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1880;
district judge in Minnesota 4th District, 1914-20.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Eugene Flandrau (1828-1903) —
also known as Charles E. Flandrau —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; member
Minnesota territorial council 10th District, 1856; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1857-58; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1858-64; resigned 1864; candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1867.
Died September
9, 1903 (age 75 years, 56
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Frank Earl Flynn (1883-1965) —
also known as Frank E. Flynn —
of Forsyth, Rosebud
County, Mont.; White Salmon, Klickitat
County, Wash.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Lake City, Wabasha
County, Minn., June 24,
1883.
Son of Robert Flynn and Joan (Fitzgerald) Flynn; married, November
26, 1920, to Laura Maxwell.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Yavapai
County Attorney, 1931-32; U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1935-53.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in 1965
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Robert Foley (1917-2001) —
also known as John R. Foley —
of Maryland.
Born in Wabasha, Wabasha
County, Minn., October
16, 1917.
Son of John
Robert Foley (1890-1954); brother of Daniel
F. Foley and Patrick
J. Foley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
orphan's court judge in Maryland, 1954-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1959-61; defeated,
1960, 1962.
Catholic.
Sponsored legislation to authorize the interstate compact to build
the Metrorail
transit system in the Washington, D.C. area.
Died, of cardiac
arrest, in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., November
11, 2001 (age 84 years, 26
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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LeRoy Albert Foot (b. 1882) —
also known as L. A. Foot —
of Kalispell, Flathead
County, Mont.; Fort Peck, Valley
County, Mont.
Born in Melrose, Stearns
County, Minn., September
9, 1882.
Son of Loren S. Foot and Sadie M. (Trace) Foot; married, September
1, 1910, to Clara P. Pitts.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Montana
state attorney general, 1924-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin William Fort (1880-1937) —
also known as Franklin W. Fort —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 30,
1880.
Grandnephew of George
Franklin Fort; son of John
Franklin Fort and Charlotte Elizabeth (Stainsby) Fort; married,
January
25, 1904, to Emita H. Ryan.
Republican. Lawyer; Recorder of East Orange, 1907-08; manager,
Eagle Fire
Insurance Company; president, Lincoln National Bank; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1925-31; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 20,
1937 (age 57 years, 82
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J.
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William Treyanne Francis (1870-1929) —
also known as William T. Francis —
of Minnesota.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 26,
1870.
Son of James Francis and Harriet (Taylor) Francis; married, August 8,
1893, to Nellie Frances Griswold.
Republican. Lawyer; worked in legal department of railroad;
member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1914; Presidential Elector
for Minnesota, 1920;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1927-29, died in office 1929; U.S. Consul General in
Monrovia, 1927-29, died in office 1929.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
Urban
League; Sigma Pi
Phi; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Liberia,
July
15, 1929 (age 59 years, 111
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald MacKay Fraser (b. 1924) —
also known as Donald M. Fraser; Don Fraser —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
20, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of
Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1954-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1960,
1964,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1963-79; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1980-93.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Still living as of 2009.
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Orville Lothrop Freeman (1918-2003) —
also known as Orville L. Freeman —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 9,
1918.
Married, May 2,
1942, to Jane Shields; father of Mike
Freeman.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
aide to Minneapolis Mayor Hubert
H. Humphrey, and his campaign manager for U.S. Senator in 1948;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1948-50;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1950; Governor of
Minnesota, 1955-61; defeated (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1952,
1960; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1961-69.
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Moose; Eagles; Izaak
Walton League; Sons of
Norway; Purple
Heart; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
20, 2003 (age 84 years, 287
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Charles Eugene Fuller (1849-1926) —
also known as Charles E. Fuller —
of Belvidere, Boone
County, Ill.
Born near Belvidere, Boone
County, Ill., March 31,
1849.
Son of Seymour Fuller and Eliza (Mordoff) Fuller; married, April 24,
1873, to Sarah A. Mackay.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Boone
County State's Attorney, 1876-78; member of Illinois
state senate, 1878-82, 1888-93; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1882-88; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1884,
1896
(alternate); circuit judge in Illinois 17th Circuit, 1897-1903; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1903-13, 1915-26;
died in office 1926.
Died, in a hospital
at Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 25,
1926 (age 77 years, 86
days).
Interment at Belvidere
Cemetery, Belvidere, Ill.
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Jerome Fuller (1808-1880) —
of Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., 1808.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1848-49; chief
justice of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1851-52.
Died September
2, 1880 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Old
Brockport Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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Allen John Furlow (1890-1954) —
also known as Allen J. Furlow —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., November
9, 1890.
Son of Samuel C. Furlow and Lillie (Jones) Furlow; married, October
20, 1920, to Ruth Irish.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1923-25; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1925-29.
Member, Freemasons;
Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1954
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.
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Frank T. Gallagher (b. 1887) —
of Waseca, Waseca
County, Minn.
Born in Wilton Township, Waseca
County, Minn., July 13,
1887.
Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1947-.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas F. Gallagher (b. 1897) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Faribault, Rice
County, Minn., November
24, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1936; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1940;
justice
of Minnesota state supreme court, 1943-47.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milton Cline Garber (1867-1948) —
also known as Milton C. Garber —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Humboldt
County, Calif., November
30, 1867.
Son of Martin Garber and Lucy A. (Rife) Garber; married 1900 to Lucy M.
Bradley.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; co-founder, along with his father and brother, of
Garber, Okla.; Garfield
County Probate Judge, 1902-06; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1906-07; appointed 1906;
district judge in Oklahoma 20th District, 1908-12; mayor of
Enid, Okla., 1919-21; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1923-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Eagles.
Died in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., September
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 287
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Enid, Okla.
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Charles Gardner, Sr. —
of Westervelt (now Frontenac), Goodhue
County, Minn.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1856; Speaker
of Minnesota Territory House of Representatives, 1856.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mark H. Gehan (1892-1967) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
28, 1892.
Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1934-38.
Catholic.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 23,
1967 (age 75 years, 115
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Aaron Goodrich (1807-1887) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Sempronius town, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 6,
1807.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1847-48; chief
justice of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-51; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1860.
Died June 2,
1887 (age 79 years, 331
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Genesee County, Mich.
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Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (1873-1933) —
also known as Godfrey G. Goodwin —
of Cambridge, Isanti
County, Minn.
Born in Nicollet
County, Minn., January
11, 1873.
Married, June 5,
1905, to Geneva E. J. Gouldberg.
Republican. Lawyer; Isanti
County Attorney, 1899-1907, 1912-25; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1925-33; died in
office 1933.
Died when he jumped or
fell
from a fifth-floor window at the Hotel
Driscoll, Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1933 (age 60 years, 36
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Willis Arnold Gorman (1816-1876) —
also known as Willis A. Gorman —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Flemingsburg, Fleming
County, Ky., January
12, 1816.
Son of David Gorman and Elizabeth Gorman.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-44; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1849-53; Governor of
Minnesota Territory, 1853-57; delegate to
Minnesota state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Catholic.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 20,
1876 (age 60 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Henry N. Graven (b. 1893) —
of Greene, Butler
County, Iowa.
Born in St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn., June 1,
1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; district
judge in Iowa, 1937-44; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, 1944-.
Lutheran.
Member, Order of the
Coif.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Fay Greene (1859-1915) —
also known as Henry F. Greene —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., May 30,
1859.
Lawyer; member, U.S.
Civil Service Commission, 1903-07.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
20, 1915 (age 56 years, 204
days).
Interment somewhere
in Washington, D.C.
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Bjarne Edgar Grottum (1893-1987) —
also known as B. E. 'Barney' Grottum —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., August 9,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1944;
member of Minnesota
state senate 10th District, 1947-51.
Died in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
4, 1987 (age 94 years, 56
days).
Interment somewhere
in Jackson, Minn.
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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; married, July 28,
1928, to Olive Dibble.
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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Osee Matson Hall (1847-1914) —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Conneaut, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, September
10, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1885; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1891-95.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
26, 1914 (age 67 years, 77
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Red Wing, Minn.
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Philo Hall (1865-1938) —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Wilton, Waseca
County, Minn., December
31, 1865.
Son of Philo Hall (died 1883) and Mary E. (Greene) Hall; married, April 27,
1890, to Mary A. Cooke.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Brookings, S.Dak., 1894-95; Brookings
County State's Attorney, 1895-98; member of South
Dakota state senate 20th District, 1901-02; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1903-07; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1907-09; Presidential
Elector for South Dakota, 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., October
7, 1938 (age 72 years, 280
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.
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Oscar Hallam (b. 1865) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Linden town, Iowa
County, Wis., October
19, 1865.
Son of Joseph Hallam and Mary (Wood) Hallam; married, July 27,
1892, to Edith L. Lott.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Minnesota 2nd District,
1905-13; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1913-23; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Halvor Langdon Halvorson (b. 1881) —
also known as Halvor L. Halvorson —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Henning, Otter Tail
County, Minn., August
15, 1881.
Son of John C. Halvorson and Juliana (Christenson) Halvorson; married
to Nina C. Knudson.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Minot, N.Dak., 1911-15; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota, 1912 (3rd District), 1942
(Democratic, at-large); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Dakota, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1924.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Sons of
Norway; Izaak
Walton League; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hammill (1875-1936) —
of Britt, Hancock
County, Iowa.
Born in Linden, Iowa
County, Wis., October
14, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state
senate, 1908-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1921-25; Governor of
Iowa, 1925-31; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1930; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1936.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 6,
1936 (age 60 years, 175
days).
Interment somewhere
in Britt, Iowa.
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Hugo O. Hanft (b. 1871) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn., December
16, 1871.
Son of Oscar E. Hanft and Anna (Engelke) Hanft; married, June 16,
1900, to Laura H. Holly.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1906-14; district judge in
Minnesota 2nd District, 1915-32.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rudolph Hanson —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
Minnesota
state senate 6th District, 1959.
Still living as of 1959.
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James C. Haynes (1848-1913) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
22, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1903-05, 1907-13.
Died April 15,
1913 (age 64 years, 205
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglas Michael Head (b. 1930) —
also known as Douglas M. Head —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 14,
1930.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1961-64; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1964,
1972;
Minnesota
state attorney general, 1967-71; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1970.
Member, Order of the
Coif.
Still living as of 1972.
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Harry LeRoy Heer (1873-1962) —
also known as Harry L. Heer —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
22, 1873.
Son of David H. Heer (1836-1908) and Martha (Evans) Heer (1838-1922);
married, April 21,
1914, to Myrtle L. Renwick (1877-1957).
Mining engineer;
lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit, 1925.
German
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., November
12, 1962 (age 89 years, 294
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Galena, Ill.
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Lott Russell Herrick (1871-1937) —
also known as Lott R. Herrick —
of Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill., December
8, 1871.
Brother of George
Wirt Herrick.
Lawyer; county judge in Illinois, 1902-04; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1933-37; died in office 1937; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
18, 1937 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Farmer City, Ill.
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Clifford Loyd Hilton (b. 1866) —
also known as Clifford L. Hilton —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Kenyon, Goodhue
County, Minn., 1866.
Married to Frances Moll.
Lawyer; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1918-27; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court; elected 1934.
Interment at Acacia
Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Einar Hoidale (1870-1952) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Tromso, Norway,
August
17, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1930, 1934; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1933-35.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
5, 1952 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Frank Eugene Hook (1893-1982) —
also known as Frank E. Hook; "Fightin'
Frank" —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.; Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in L'Anse, Baraga
County, Mich., May 26,
1893.
Married to Elsie C. Schneider.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; miner;
lawyer; municipal judge in Michigan, 1924-25; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1935-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942 (12th District), 1946 (12th District), 1954 (12th
District), 1956 (12th District), 1958 (12th District), 1966 (11th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1948; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1948;
candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 32nd Circuit, 1957; president of radio
station WJMS, Ironwood, Mich.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Disabled
American Veterans; Americans
for Democratic Action.
In February 1945, he was involved in a fist fight on the floor of the
House of Representatives with John
E. Rankin of Mississippi.
Died in Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn., June 21,
1982 (age 89 years, 26
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Joseph P. Howe (b. 1827) —
of Granger, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Barre, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 15,
1827.
Third cousin twice removed of William
Howe and Thomas
Marshall Howe; son of Joseph Howe (1786-1869) and Eunice (Smith)
Howe; married, July 14,
1853, to Sabrena S. Vosburgh.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 14th District, 1861.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Hughes (1846-1907) —
of Elk Point, Union
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Bismarck, Burleigh
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).
Born in Brantford, Ontario,
September
30, 1846.
Married, December
24, 1869, to Mary Elizabeth Higinbotham.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1872-73, 1887-89; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1872-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory, 1872,
1876,
1880
(alternate); Dakota
territory attorney general, 1883-85; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1896.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
24, 1907 (age 61 years, 55
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Son of Simon Hughes (1778-1858) and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes
(1780-1851); married, September
4, 1838, to Elizabeth Mather (1816-1893).
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio state legislature, 1838-39; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey III (b. 1942) —
also known as Skip Humphrey —
of New Hope, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born June 26,
1942.
Grandson of Hubert
Horatio Humphrey; son of Hubert
Horatio Humphrey, Jr. and Muriel
Buck Humphrey; married to Nancy Lee Jeffrey; father of Hubert
Horatio Humphrey IV.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 44th District, 1973-82; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1983-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1984,
1996
(delegation chair); Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1988; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1998.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Optimist
Club; Alpha
Sigma Phi; American
Association of Retired Persons.
Still living as of 2003.
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Michael Lambert Igoe (1885-1967) —
also known as Michael L. Igoe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 16,
1885.
Son of James F. Igoe and Katherine (Sherrin) Igoe; married, November
22, 1928, to Ruth O'Connor.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1913-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1935; resigned 1935; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1935-38;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1938; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1939-65.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Foresters.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
21, 1967 (age 82 years, 127
days).
Interment at All
Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Alfred Jaques (b. 1857) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Geneseo Township, Henry
County, Ill., February
9, 1857.
Son of William Cowpen Jaques and Elizabeth Anne (Beers) Jaques;
married, April 15,
1885, to Mary Josephine Shaw.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1887-89;
candidate for district judge in Minnesota 11th District, 1896;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1914-22; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1926.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Augustus Johnson (1842-1907) —
also known as John A. Johnson —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Växjö, Sweden,
April
24, 1842.
Married, August
27, 1865, to Agnes A. Coller.
Locomotive
engineer; farmer; Washington
County Sheriff, 1873; lawyer; farm
implement dealer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1885-86, 1896-1902, 1906-07; died in office 1907.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, June 14,
1907 (age 65 years, 51
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William R. Johnson (b. 1930) —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Minnesota, 1930.
Brother-in-law of Sherman
D. Horton, Jr..
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1963-65; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1965-67; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1966; superior court judge in New
Hampshire, 1969-85; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1985-99; appointed 1985.
Still living as of 2000.
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