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Madeleine Zeien Bordallo (b. 1933) —
also known as Madeleine Z. Bordallo; Madeleine Mary
Zeien —
of Hagatna, Guam.
Born in Graceville, Big Stone
County, Minn., May 31,
1933.
Daughter of Christian Peter Zeien and Mary Evelyn (Roth) Zeien.
Democrat. Local news editor for KUAM radio/television;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Guam, 1964
(alternate), 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic National Committee from Guam, 1965-93; member of
Guam
senate, 1981-82, 1987-94; candidate for Governor of
Guam, 1990; Lieutenant
Governor of Guam, 1995-2002; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Guam, 2003-.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Aloysious Costello (1904-1969) —
also known as William A. Costello —
of Minnesota.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 5,
1904.
Newspaper
reporter; television journalist; U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1967-69.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Political Science Association.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
June
20, 1969 (age 65 years, 107
days).
Buried at sea.
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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.
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, in a nursing
home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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James B. Goetz (b. 1936) —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., May 28,
1936.
Republican. Owner and president of radio station KAGE, Winona;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1967-71.
Still living as of 1971.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Elbert. |
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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.
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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Garrison Keillor (b. 1942) —
also known as Gary Edward Keillor —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn., August 7,
1942.
Son of John Philip Keillor and Grace Ruth (Denham) Keillor.
Democrat. Writer;
radio show host; comedian;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
inducted into the Radio Hall of
Fame in 1994.
Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Kay Nee (1919-2010) —
also known as Kay Evangeline Bonner —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Fridley, Anoka
County, Minn.
Born in Plummer, Red Lake
County, Minn., October
26, 1919.
Daughter of David Thomas Bonner and Helena (Franken) Bonner.
Democrat. Radio and television writer and
producer; actress;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1964.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, League
of Women Voters.
Died August 2,
2010 (age 90 years, 280
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Buford, Rio Blanco
County, Colo.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
23, 1910.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; investigated
and called to testify by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1947 over lavish
entertainment in Hollywood and Manhattan, many paid
escorts, and paid hotel
bills provided to Roosevelt and others, in a successful effort to
persuade them to recommend Hughes reconnaissance aircraft for
purchase by the U.S. military;
owned a radio station in Texas; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1960;
mayor
of Miami Beach, Fla., 1965-69.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
27, 1990 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; brother of James
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.; married, January
16, 1932, to Elizabeth Browning Donner (divorced 1933); married,
July
22, 1933, to Ruth Josephine Googins (divorced 1944); married, December
3, 1944, to Faye Margaret Emerson (divorced 1950); married, March 15,
1951, to Minnewa (Bell) Gray Burnside Ross (divorced 1960);
married, November
3, 1960, to Patricia (Peabody) Whithead. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Rowan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64.
African
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Widely syndicated newspaper
columnist,
author,
biographer,
television and radio commentator, founder of the
Project Excellence scholarship program. In 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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