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Margaret Culkin Banning (1891-1982) —
also known as Margaret Frances Culkin —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Buffalo, Wright
County, Minn., March 18,
1891.
Daughter of William
Edgar Culkin and Hannah Alice (Young) Culkin.
Republican. Novelist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1924
(alternate), 1936.
Female.
Catholic. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters.
Elected to Duluth Hall of
Fame.
Died in Tryon, Polk
County, N.C., January
4, 1982 (age 90 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Dick Douglas (b. 1875) —
also known as Robert D. Douglas —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., April 7,
1875.
Son of Robert
Martin Douglas and Jessie M. (Dick) Douglas.
Republican. Lawyer; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1900-01; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1904;
newspaper
editor; postmaster.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Martin Douglas (b. 1849) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born January
28, 1849.
Son of Stephen
Arnold Douglas and Martha Denny (Martin) Douglas.
Republican. Secretary to President Ulysses
S. Grant, 1869-73; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1876;
justice
of North Carolina state supreme court, 1897-1905.
Catholic. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael F. Easley (b. 1950) —
also known as Mike F. Easley —
of Brunswick
County, N.C.
Born near Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., March 23,
1950.
Democrat. North
Carolina state attorney general, 1993-2001; Governor of
North Carolina, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Virginia Ann Foxx (b. 1943) —
of Grandfather, Avery
County, N.C.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 29,
1943.
Republican. College
professor; president,
Mayland Community College, 1987-94; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1994-2004; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 2005-.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Alexander Giannetti, Jr. (b. 1964) —
also known as John A. Giannetti, Jr. —
of Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born, in a hospital,
at Camp Lejeune, Onslow
County, N.C., June 9,
1964.
Son of John
A. Giannetti, Sr..
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 13-B, 1999-2003; defeated,
1994; member of Maryland
state senate 21st District, 2003-.
Catholic. Italian,
Irish,
and American
Indian ancestry. Member, Chi Phi;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Sons of
Italy; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2003.
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Walter Beaman Jones, Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Walter B. Jones, Jr. —
of Farmville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Farmville, Pitt
County, N.C., February
10, 1943.
Son of Walter
Beaman Jones.
Republican. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1995-; defeated,
1992.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Lane (1801-1881) —
Born in a log
cabin near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., December
14, 1801.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1830-33, 1838-39; member
of Indiana
state senate, 1839-40, 1844-46; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; Governor of
Oregon Territory, 1849-50, 1853; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1851-59; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1852;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1859-61; Southern Democratic candidate for
Vice
President of the United States, 1860; candidate for Oregon
state senate, 1880.
Baptist;
later Catholic. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore., April 19,
1881 (age 79 years, 126
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Roseburg, Ore.; reinterment at Memorial
Garden Cemetery, Roseburg, Ore.; cenotaph at Lone
Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Theo Ashton Thompson (1916-1965) —
also known as T. A. Thompson —
of Ville Platte, Evangeline
Parish, La.
Born in Ville Platte, Evangeline
Parish, La., March 31,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1953-65; died in
office 1965; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1956,
1960.
Catholic. Member, American
Legion.
Killed in an automobile
accident on I-85 near Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C., July 1,
1965 (age 49 years, 92
days).
Interment at Evangeline
Memorial Park Cemetery, Ville Platte, La.
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Thomas James Walsh (1859-1933) —
also known as Thomas J. Walsh —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Two Rivers, Manitowoc
County, Wis., June 12,
1859.
Son of Felix Walsh and Bridget (Comer) Walsh.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana, 1906; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1913-33; died in office 1933.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
While en route to Washington to accept appointment as U.S. Attorney
General, died suddenly of a heart
attack, on a
train of the Atlantic Coast Line near Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., March 2,
1933 (age 73 years, 263
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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