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Walter Holden Capps (1934-1997) —
also known as Walter H. Capps —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 5,
1934.
Democrat. University professor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1996;
U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1997; defeated,
1994; died in office 1997.
Suffered a heart
attack while on a
flight from California to Washington, D.C., and died shortly
afterward in a hospital
at Reston, Fairfax
County, Va., October
28, 1997 (age 63 years, 176
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Clifford Morris Hardin (1915-2010) —
also known as Clifford M. Hardin —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind., October
9, 1915.
Son of J. Alvin Hardin and Mabel (Macy) Hardin.
University professor; chancellor,
University of Nebraska, 1954-68; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1969-71.
Quaker.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., April 4,
2010 (age 94 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Taft Alfred Larson (1910-2001) —
also known as T. A. 'Al' Larson —
of Wyoming.
Born near Wakefield, Dixon
County, Neb., January
18, 1910.
University professor; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1976-84.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Santa Ana, Orange
County, Calif., January
26, 2001 (age 91 years, 8
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Nebraska, August
20, 1898.
Son of Howell
Morgan and Thisba Ann (Hutson) Morgan.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of
state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P.
Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil Company;
dean, Tulane University Law School, 1963-68.
Member, American
Legion.
He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old
Louisiana state capitol.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 14,
1999 (age 100 years,
298 days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Walter Ward Reynoldson (b. 1920) —
also known as W. Ward Reynoldson —
of Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa.
Born in St. Edward, Boone
County, Neb., May 17,
1920.
Son of Walter Scorer Reynoldson and Mabel Matilda (Sallach)
Reynoldson.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Clarke
County Attorney, 1953-57; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1971-87; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1978-87; law
professor.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2003.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Scorer Reynoldson and Mabel Matilda (Sallach) Reynoldson;
married, December
24, 1942, to Janet Aline Mills (died 1986); married, June 3,
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