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Leonard Ackerman II (b. 1921) —
also known as Lee Ackerman —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., October
29, 1921.
Son of Melville Ackerman and Ruth (Corday) Ackerman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; airplane
pilot; newspaper reporter; advertising
business; real estate
investor; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1951-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Son of John A. Ainslie.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid
Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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Orland Kay Armstrong (1893-1987) —
also known as Orland K. Armstrong —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo., October
2, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;
newspaper correspondent; author;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1932-36, 1942-44; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1951-53.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April 15,
1987 (age 93 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Richard Bartholdt (1855-1932) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Schleiz, Germany,
November
2, 1855.
Son of Gottlob Bartholdt and Caroline (Wagner) Bartholdt.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1893-1915.
German
ancestry.
Died, from broncho-pneumonia,
in St.
Louis, Mo., March 19,
1932 (age 76 years, 138
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Concordia
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) —
also known as Orville S. Basford —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
29, 1848.
Son of Samuel Basford (1808-1877) and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford
(1810-1889).
Republican. Methodist
minister; postmaster;
South
Dakota Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper editor and
publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner, 1907.
Methodist.
Died in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., October
27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.
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Homer Franklin Bedford (1880-1968) —
also known as Homer F. Bedford —
of Weld
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Balltown (unknown
county), Mo., March 16,
1880.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; postmaster;
Weld
County Assessor, 1922-32; Colorado
state treasurer, 1933-34, 1937-38, 1941-42, 1945-46, 1949-50,
1953-54, 1957-58, 1963-66; defeated, 1966; Colorado
state auditor, 1935-37, 1939-41, 1947-49, 1951-53, 1955-57,
1959-63; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1942.
Protestant.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., March 26,
1968 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Philip Allen Bennett (1881-1942) —
also known as Philip A. Bennett —
of Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., March 5,
1881.
Son of Marion F. Bennett and Mary (O'Bannon) Bennett.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912;
member of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1925-29; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Missouri, 1928; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1941-42; defeated,
1922, 1938; died in office 1942.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
7, 1942 (age 61 years, 277
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March 14,
1782.
Son of Jesse Benton and Ann (Gooch) Benton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him. His portrait appeared on
the U.S. $100
gold certificate from the 1880s until the 1920s.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Fred McLean Betz (1896-1982) —
also known as Fred M. Betz —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Liberal, Barton
County, Mo., June 2,
1896.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1952,
1956;
Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Eagles; Elks.
Died in December, 1982
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Lawrence Bittinger (b. 1833) —
also known as John L. Bittinger —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., November
28, 1833.
Republican. Postmaster;
newspaper editor; member of Missouri state legislature;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1872,
1896;
U.S. Consul General in Montreal, 1897-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Boynton (1838-1871) —
also known as Thomas J. Boynton —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, August
31, 1838.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1861-63; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1864-70;
resigned 1870.
Died, in Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1871 (age 32 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Son of Samuel S. Brooks (newspaper editor).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
newspaper editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married 1852
to Mary Ann Bray (1833-1903). |
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Louis Brownlow (b. 1879) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., August
20, 1879.
Son of Robert Sims Brownlow and Ruth Adelia (Amis) Brownlow.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1915-20; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1917-20;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); city manager, Petersburg, Va.,
1920-23; city manager, Knoxville, Tenn., 1924-26.
Member, American
Public Health Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orion Clemens (1825-1897) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Missouri, October
6, 1825.
Son of John Marshall Clemens (1798-1847).
Newspaper publisher; lawyer; secretary
of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1865.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, December
11, 1897 (age 72 years, 66
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Marshall Clemens (1798-1847); married, December
19, 1854, to Mary E. 'Mollie' Stotts; brother of Samuel Langhorne
Clemens (1835-1910; author and humorist, best known as 'Mark
Twain'). |
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article |
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Charles Fremont Cochran (1846-1906) —
also known as Charles F. Cochran —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., September
27, 1846.
Son of W. A. Cochran and Laetitia (Smith) Cochran.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor; lawyer; Atchison
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-84; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1897-1905.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
19, 1906 (age 60 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, 1929; Algiers, 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Norman Jay Colman (1827-1911) —
also known as Norman J. Colman —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 16,
1827.
Son of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1875-77; defeated, 1868; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1889.
Member, Freemasons.
Editor and publisher of an agricultural newspaper.
Died, of apoplexy,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
3, 1911 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman; married 1851 to Clara
Porter (died 1863); married 1866 to
Catherine 'Kate' Wright (died 1897). |
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dossier |
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Wallace Crossley (1874-1943) —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.
Born in Bellair, Cooper
County, Mo., October
4, 1874.
Son of S. W. Crossley and Elberta (Givens) Crossley.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1905-11; member of Missouri
state senate, 1913-17; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1917-21; delegate to
Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922-23.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died December
13, 1943 (age 69 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Erma Cheatham. |
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J. E. Curry (b. 1894) —
of Ava, Douglas
County, Mo.
Born in Ozark
County, Mo., April 2,
1894.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-52 (19th District 1945-48, 29th District
1949-52).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Fleming Davis (1881-1912) —
also known as George F. Davis —
of Richmond, Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Morton (unknown
county), Mo., April 3,
1881.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Consul in Ceiba, 1911-12, died in office 1912.
Died in Ceiba, Honduras,
February
13, 1912 (age 30 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herman Rudolph Dietrich (1862-1938) —
also known as Herman R. Dietrich —
of Utica, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Utica, Livingston
County, Mo., January
6, 1862.
Son of Martin Anthony Dietrich (1825-1884) and Wilhelmina M. (Kurth)
Dietrich (1836-1911).
Farmer;
merchant;
postmaster;
newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S. Consul General in
Guayaquil, 1903-12.
German
ancestry.
Died in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., January
21, 1938 (age 76 years, 15
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married to Cora Helena Boschert (1873-1904). |
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John Dougherty (1857-1905) —
of Liberty, Clay
County, Mo.
Born in Iatan, Platte
County, Mo., February
25, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Clay
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1899-1905.
Died in Liberty, Clay
County, Mo., August 1,
1905 (age 48 years, 157
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.
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Thomas Francis Ford (1873-1958) —
also known as Thomas F. Ford —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
18, 1873.
Son of Thomas Ford and Ellen (Ferris) Ford.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1933-45; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Unitarian.
Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
26, 1958 (age 85 years, 311
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Nathan Frank (1852-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
23, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Jewish.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 5,
1931 (age 79 years, 41
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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John M. Grimes (b. 1873) —
of Clarke
County, Iowa.
Born near Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., February
1, 1873.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state senate, 1907; Iowa state
treasurer, 1943-51.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bayard Taylor Hainer (1860-1933) —
also known as Bayard T. Hainer —
of Perry, Noble
County, Okla.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., May 31,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; author; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1920; chief counsel,
Federal Trade Commission, 1925-27.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 10,
1933 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Paul Caruthers Jones (1901-1981) —
also known as Paul C. Jones —
of Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., March 12,
1901.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; radio station
manager; mayor of
Kennett, Mo., 1933; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1935-37; member of Missouri
state senate 21st District, 1937-44; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1948-69; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Died February
10, 1981 (age 79 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Kennett, Mo.
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James C. Kirkpatrick (1905-1997) —
of Windsor, Henry
County, Mo.; Barton
County, Mo.; Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Braymer, Caldwell
County, Mo., June 15,
1905.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1965-85.
Methodist.
Died December
26, 1997 (age 92 years, 194
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Linda Lingle (b. 1953) —
of Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 4,
1953.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Governor of
Hawaii, 2002-; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Hawaii, 2008
(delegation chair).
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ely Martin (b. 1885) —
Born in Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 26,
1885.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nogales, 1910-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry S. McAlpin (b. 1906) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 21,
1906.
Son of Harry S. McAlpin, Sr. and Louise (Scott) McAlpin.
Democrat. Newspaper correspondent; in 1944, was the first
African-American reporter to attend a White House news conference; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1956.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1929
to Alice Stokes. |
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James C. Moody (b. 1863) —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind., 1863.
Son of Gideon
Curtis Moody.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Frances J. O'Meara —
also known as Frances Jacobi —
of Martinsburg, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Daughter of Francis G. Jacobi and Jane Frances (Frieling) Jacobi.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1932-42; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1940
(alternate), 1952;
chair
of Audrain County Republican Party, 1942-49; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1944.
Female.
Catholic.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dr. Thomas O'Meara. |
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Samuel Ritter Peters (1842-1910) —
also known as Samuel R. Peters —
of Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo.; Marion, Marion
County, Kan.; Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born in Walnut Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, August
16, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1872;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1874-75; district judge in Kansas, 1875-83; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1883-91 (at-large 1883-85, 7th
District 1885-91).
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., April 21,
1910 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Newton, Kan.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Son of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
general attorney, Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1892.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial
location unknown.
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Terence John Scanlon (1931-1992) —
also known as Terry Scanlon —
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., July 26,
1931.
Democrat. Businessman who owned Pizza Hut restaurant
franchises, a beer
distributorship, and was publisher of the Wichita
Business Journal; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1977-79.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in St. Francis Medical
Center, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
16, 1992 (age 60 years, 174
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Lawrence Vest Stephens (1858-1923) —
also known as Lon Vest Stephens —
of Cooper
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., December
21, 1858.
Son of Joseph L. Stephens (1826-1881) and Martha (Gibson) Stephens
(1835-1877).
Democrat. Newspaper editor; banker;
director, St. Louis and Southern Railroad;
Missouri
state treasurer, 1890-97; Governor of
Missouri, 1897-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1912,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
10, 1923 (age 64 years, 20
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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Howard Sutherland (1865-1950) —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born near Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
8, 1865.
Son of John
Webster Sutherland.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1909-12; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia at-large, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1924,
1932,
1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Royal
Arcanum.
Died March 12,
1950 (age 84 years, 185
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Son of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English,
German,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope (1872-1957;
president of General Electric, 1922-39); married 1912 to
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William C. Teichmann (b. 1859) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
30, 1859.
Newspaper correspondent; school
teacher; chemist;
U.S. Consul in Eibenstock, 1906-08; Colombo, 1908-09; Stettin, 1909-11; Mannheim, 1914-16; Bluefields, 1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97); member
of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station, Clay
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 20,
1882.
Son of Benjamin A. Walton and Ollie May (Camphor) Walton.
Newspaper writer; theater
manager; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1935-46.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" in
newspapers and magazines.
Died in 1965
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James H. Webb (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Webb —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
9, 1946.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; lawyer; author; screenwriter;
journalist; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 2008.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Edward Henry Winter (1879-1941) —
also known as Edward H. Winter —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Mo.; Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Warren
County, Mo., April 5,
1879.
Son of Frederick Anton Winter and Dora (Richterberg) Winter.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912;
probate judge in Missouri, 1921; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1923-28; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1929-33.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died June 29,
1941 (age 62 years, 85
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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