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William Marshall Boyle, Jr. (1903-1961) —
also known as William M. Boyle, Jr.; Bill
Boyle —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., February
2, 1903.
Son of Clara Boyle.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Director, Kansas City Police, 1939; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1949-51; investigated
in 1951 by the Senate Investigating Committee over his acceptance of
fees from the American Lithifold Corporation of St. Louis, in return
for using his influence
as Democratic national chair to obtain loans for the company from the
U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation; claimed to have been
vindicated, but ultimately resigned
under fire.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
30, 1961 (age 58 years, 209
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Genevieve Hayde. |
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Dutton Brookfield (d. 1979) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Republican. Kansas City police commissioner; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1964.
Died, from injuries suffered in a house fire,
1979.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Robert Hogg (1863-1934) —
also known as Jim Hogg —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in Jennings
County, Ind., 1863.
Farmer;
meat
merchant; sheriff; mayor
of Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1897.
Owned a distillery which produced Jim Hogg's Corn Whiskey.
Fell into the Black River, and drowned,
1934
(age about
71 years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
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Leon M. Jordan (1905-1970) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 6,
1905.
Democrat. Police officer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1960;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1964-70; died in office 1970.
African
ancestry.
During his campaign
for re-election, was shot and
killed
while leaving the Green Duck Tavern,
which he owned and operated, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 15,
1970 (age 65 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John H. Poelker (1913-1990) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 14,
1913.
Democrat. FBI special agent; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1973-77; defeated in primary, 1977.
Catholic.
Died, February
9, 1990 (age 76 years, 301
days). His body was
donated to the St. Louis University medical school.
Cenotaph at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Omar Schnatmeier (b. 1908) —
of St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., July 21,
1908.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; sheriff; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1944-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Moose.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Edward Sebastian (1873-1929) —
also known as Charles E. Sebastian —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Farmington, St. Francois
County, Mo., March 30,
1873.
Democrat. Police officer; Los Angeles Chief of Police,
1911-15; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1915-16.
Died April 17,
1929 (age 56 years, 18
days).
Interment at Glen
Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, Calif.
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Elmer Tunis (b. 1872) —
of Elwood, Madison
County, Ind.
Born in Linn
County, Mo., October
7, 1872.
Democrat. General
contractor; wallpaper
and paint retailer; mayor of
Elwood, Ind., 1917-18, 1943-44, 1950-51; police chief.
Quaker.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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