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Loomis Baldrey (1882-1954) —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., May 19,
1882.
Son of Henry Baldrey and Mella Calista (Loomis) Baldrey.
Republican. Lawyer; Whatcom
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1918-23; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Washington, 1940
(alternate), 1944.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Kiwanis.
Died in 1954
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Greenacres
Memorial Park, Ferndale, Wash.
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Theodore Thomas Baylor (b. 1866) —
also known as Theodore T. Baylor —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hampton, Hunterdon
County, N.J., February
24, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for New York
state treasurer, 1918, 1920.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis B. Blissard (1913-1998) —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Port Norris, Cumberland
County, N.J., July 15,
1913.
Son of David Corson Blissard and Bertha Mae (Haines) Blissard.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; real estate
developer; U.S.
Attorney for Hawaii, 1954-61.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Jesters;
Phi Delta Phi.
Died May 12,
1998 (age 84 years, 301
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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Charles Grosvenor Bond (1877-1974) —
also known as Charles G. Bond —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 29,
1877.
Son of William W. Bond and Frances (Currier) Bond.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., January
10, 1974 (age 96 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at West
Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
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Clarence Edwards Case (1877-1961) —
also known as Clarence E. Case —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., September
24, 1877.
Son of Philip Case and Amanda V. (Edwards) Case.
Republican. Lawyer; Somerset
County Judge, 1910-13; member of New Jersey
state senate from Somerset County, 1918-29; Governor of
New Jersey, 1920; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-46, 1948-52; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1946-48.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Somerset Hospital,
Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
3, 1961 (age 83 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April 16,
1904.
Son of Clifford Philip Case and Jeannette McAlpin (Benedict) Case.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Frederic Runyon Colie (1895-1974) —
also known as Frederic R. Colie —
of Millburn, Essex
County, N.J.; Short Hills, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in East Orange, Essex
County, N.J., May 4,
1895.
Son of Edward Martin Colie and Caroline (Runyon) Colie.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1941-48; superior
court judge in New Jersey, 1948-61.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died, in St. Barnabas Medical
Center, Livingston, Essex
County, N.J., May 30,
1974 (age 79 years, 26
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Archibald Cox (1912-2004) —
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., May 17,
1912.
Son of Archibald Cox and Frances (Perkins) Cox.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
Solicitor General, 1961-65; special prosecutor in Watergate
scandal, 1973.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Common
Cause.
Died in Brooksville, Hancock
County, Maine, May 29,
2004 (age 92 years, 12
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Harvey Johnson Ely (b. 1891) —
also known as William H. J. Ely —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., September
18, 1891.
Son of Adison
Ely and Emily (Johnson) Ely.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in New
Jersey, 1924-29; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1932-34; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Lions; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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James E. Howell (c.1847-1916) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Wantage, Sussex
County, N.J., about 1847.
Lawyer;
vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1907-16; died in office 1916.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
26, 1916 (age about 69
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1877
to Mary Lillian Cummins. |
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Benjamin Franklin Jones (b. 1870) —
of Maplewood, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1870.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1900-01; district judge
in New Jersey, 1906-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Worthington Taylor (1869-1931) —
also known as Herbert W. Taylor —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., February
19, 1869.
Son of James C. Taylor and Mary E. (Worthington) Taylor.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1904-05; chair of
Essex County Republican Party, 1913-17; Essex
County Attorney, 1918-21; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1921-23, 1925-27;
defeated, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Modern
Woodmen; Junior
Order; Royal
Arcanum.
Died October
15, 1931 (age 62 years, 238
days).
Interment at East
Ridgelawn Cemetery, Delawanna, N.J.
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Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1888-1957) —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Short Hills, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 7,
1888.
Son of Lewis Vanderbilt and Alice H. (Leach) Vanderbilt.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Nathan
L. Jacobs, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1920
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
circuit judge in New Jersey, 1947-48; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1948-57; died in
office 1957.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Pi; Order of the
Coif; American
Political Science Association.
Died June 16,
1957 (age 68 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Son of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1900; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Evan Erastus Young (1878-1946) —
also known as Evan E. Young —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio, August
17, 1878.
Son of Sutton E. Young and Emma (Stickney) Young.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Harput, 1905-08; Salonika, 1908-09; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1911-12; Dominican Republic, 1925-29; U.S. Consul General in Halifax, 1913-19; Constantinople, 1920; vice-president, Pan-American Airways,
Inc., 1936.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to Dawn Waite. |
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