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Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975) —
also known as Clinton P. Anderson —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Centerville, Turner
County, S.Dak., October
23, 1895.
Son of Andrew Jay Anderson and Hattie Belle (Presba) Anderson.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; insurance
business; New Mexico
Democratic state chair, 1928-39; New Mexico
state treasurer, 1933-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1936,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1941-45; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following a stroke, in
Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
11, 1975 (age 80 years, 19
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Casimiro Barela (1847-1920) —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.
Born in Embudo, Rio Arriba
County, N.M., March 4,
1847.
Newspaper publisher; member of Colorado
state senate, 1877-1913; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1888;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1912.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Las
Animas County, Colo., December
18, 1920 (age 73 years, 289
days).
Interment at Catholic Cemetery, Trinidad, Colo.
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Olaf K. Fjetland (1893-1969) —
also known as O. K. Fjetland —
of Lemmon, Perkins
County, S.Dak.; Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.; Gladstone, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa, March 26,
1893.
Son of Ingeborg (Skeie) Fjetland (1850-1936) and Knut Fjetland
(1852-1950).
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; insurance
agent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Dakota, 1924;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1928,
1932.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
6, 1969 (age 76 years, 194
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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John James Ingalls (1833-1900) —
also known as John J. Ingalls —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Middleton, Essex
County, Mass., December
29, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Kansas
state senate, 1862; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1862, 1864; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1873-91.
Died in Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., August
16, 1900 (age 66 years, 230
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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William Henry Mauldin (1921-2003) —
also known as Bill Mauldin —
of New York.
Born in Mountain Park, Otero
County, N.M., October
29, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Cartoonist,
starting in the Army during World War II; worked as an editorial
cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Sun-Times
newspapers, winning the Pulitzer
Prize for editorial cartooning in 1945 and 1959; appeared as an
actor
in two 1951 movies: Teresa and The Red Badge of
Courage; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1956.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease and pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., January
22, 2003 (age 81 years, 85
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Moody McKinney (1910-2001) —
also known as Robert M. McKinney —
of New Mexico.
Born in Shattuck, Ellis
County, Okla., August
28, 1910.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1961-63.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
During World War II, he helped develop the Tiny Tim rocket, which was
used against German tanks in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944.
Editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican
newspaper for 52 years.
Died, of pneumonia,
at New
York Hospital, New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
2001 (age 90 years, 300
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nestor Montoya (1862-1923) —
of Old Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Old Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., April 14,
1862.
Son of Theodosious Montoya and Chona (Cervantes) Montoya.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives; Speaker
of New Mexico Territory House of Representatives, 1903; delegate to
New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1910; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1921-23; died in office
1923.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Rotary.
Died in 1923
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Edward L. Safford (1888-1972) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August 4,
1888.
Son of Charles Valentine Safford and Mary B. (Lenefesty) Safford.
Republican. Banker;
newspaper reporter; New Mexico
Republican state chair, 1931.
Died July 17,
1972 (age 83 years, 348
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Elmer Ebenezer Studley (1869-1942) —
also known as Elmer E. Studley —
of Raton, Colfax
County, N.M.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near East Ashford, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
24, 1869.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1907; U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35.
Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
6, 1942 (age 72 years, 347
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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