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Ethel Butler Andrews (1898-1989) —
also known as Ethel Andrews; Ethel Butler —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Green Forest, Carroll
County, Ark., June 26,
1898.
Daughter of Jefferson M. Butler and Walter (Miles) Butler.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Oklahoma
Republican State Executive Committee, 1952-56; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956.
Female.
Baptist.
Died in October, 1989
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bower Slack Broaddus (1888-1949) —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., May 30,
1888.
Lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1935-38; U.S.
District Judge for Oklahoma, 1940-49; died in office 1949.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died December
10, 1949 (age 61 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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John Houston Burnett (1844-1934) —
of Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., September
19, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Marion, Ill., 1895-97, 1911-13.
Baptist.
Died, following a fall which
broke his hip, in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., July 13,
1934 (age 89 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Marion, Ill.
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Steven Dale Byas (b. 1954) —
also known as Steve Byas —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in the Patterson Hospital,
Duncan, Stephens
County, Okla., November
6, 1954.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Oklahoma
Republican State Committee, 1981-83; candidate for Oklahoma
state house of representatives 45th District, 1992, 1994, 1996;
Presidential Elector for Oklahoma, 2000.
Baptist. Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Still living as of 2000.
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Bradley Rogers Carson (b. 1967) —
also known as Brad Carson —
of Claremore, Rogers
County, Okla.
Born in Winslow, Navajo
County, Ariz., March 11,
1967.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 2001-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 2004.
Southern Baptist. Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Wilburn Cartwright (1891-1979) —
of McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Georgetown, Meigs
County, Tenn., January
12, 1891.
Son of J. R. Cartwright and Emma (Baker) Cartwright.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1915-18; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1927-43; major in the
U.S. Army during World War II; secretary of
state of Oklahoma, 1947-51; Oklahoma
state auditor, 1951-55.
Baptist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Acacia;
Lions;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., March 14,
1979 (age 88 years, 61
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Gary Adrian Condit (b. 1948) —
also known as Gary A. Condit; "Mr.
Blow-Dry" —
of Ceres, Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Born in Salina, Mayes
County, Okla., April 21,
1948.
Democrat. Mayor of
Ceres, Calif., 1974-76; member of California
state assembly, 1983-89; U.S.
Representative from California, 1989-2003 (15th District 1989-93,
18th District 1993-2003); defeated in primary, 2002; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2000.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jesse L. Dickinson (b. 1906) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Lincoln
County, Okla., March 11,
1906.
Democrat. Musician; social
worker; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1943-46.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; United
Auto Workers.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Edgar (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Edgar —
of Coles
County, Ill.; Seymour, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Vinita, Craig
County, Okla., January
22, 1946.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1977-79; defeated, 1974; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1981-91; Governor of
Illinois, 1991-99; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Raymond Dancel Gary (1908-1993) —
also known as Raymond Gary —
of Madill, Marshall
County, Okla.
Born in Madill, Marshall
County, Okla., January
21, 1908.
Democrat. Member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1941-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1952,
1956;
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1955-59.
Baptist. Member, Rotary.
Died December
11, 1993 (age 85 years, 324
days).
Interment at Madill
Cemetery, Madill, Okla.
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Fred Roy Harris (b. 1930) —
also known as Fred R. Harris —
of Oklahoma; Corrales, Sandoval
County, N.M.
Born in Walters, Cotton
County, Okla., November
13, 1930.
Democrat. Member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1956-64; candidate in primary for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1962; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1964-73; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1969-70; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1976;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Alexander Hefner (b. 1874) —
also known as Robert A. Hefner —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Lone Oak, Hunt
County, Tex., February
7, 1874.
Son of William Lafayette Hefner and Sallie Jane (Masters) Hefner.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1927-36.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Brad Henry —
of Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.
Born in Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.
Son of Charles Henry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state senate; Governor of
Oklahoma, 2003-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Oklahoma, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Kirk Humphreys (b. 1950) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., September
13, 1950.
Mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1998-2003; resigned 2003.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2003.
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Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) —
also known as Jed Johnson —
of Anadarko, Caddo
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., July 31,
1888.
Son of La Fayette D. Johnson and Evalyn (Carlin) Johnson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mail
carrier; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1920-27, 1925-26 (17th District 1920-27, 15th
District 1925-26); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal
judge, 1947.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions.
Died May 8,
1963 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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Philas Stratton Jones (1867-1943) —
also known as Philas S. Jones —
of Wilburton, Latimer
County, Okla.; Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Kentucky, September
30, 1867.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924.
Baptist. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., July 27,
1943 (age 75 years, 300
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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Robert Samuel Kerr (1896-1963) —
also known as Robert S. Kerr —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Ada, Pontotoc
County, Okla., September
11, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
state court judge in Oklahoma, 1931; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1940-48; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1944,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1949-63; died in office 1963.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1963 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Original interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; reinterment at Kerr
Family Cemetery, Ada, Okla.
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Joshua Bryan Lee (1892-1967) —
also known as Josh Lee —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in Childersburg, Talladega
County, Ala., January
23, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1935-37; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1937-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1940,
1956
(alternate).
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Mu
Alpha; Freemasons.
Died August
10, 1967 (age 75 years, 199
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Frank D. Lucas (b. 1960) —
of Cheyenne, Roger Mills
County, Okla.
Born in Cheyenne, Roger Mills
County, Okla., January
6, 1960.
Republican. Member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1988-94; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1994-2003 (6th District 1994-2003,
3rd District 2003).
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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John W. Raley, Jr. (b. 1932) —
of Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born May 23,
1932.
Son of John Wesley Raley and Helen Thames Raley.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ponca City, Okla., 1980-83; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1990-97.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
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Roy St. Lewis (b. 1891) —
also known as Roy St. Lewis —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., September
27, 1891.
Son of John Griffith Lewis and Mary Ann (Davis) Lewis.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; assistant attorney in
Oklahoma for Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1925-31.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leslie Earnest Salter (1895-1964) —
also known as Leslie E. Salter —
of Flossmoor, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Alva, Woods
County, Okla., May 10,
1895.
Son of Lewis Allison Salter (1858-1916) and Susannah Madora (Kinsey)
Salter (1860-1961).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1920-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1948; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1953-64.
Baptist. Member, Acacia; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died in Flossmoor, Cook
County, Ill., February
20, 1964 (age 68 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Melville
Judson Salter; son of Lewis Allison Salter (1858-1916) and
Susannah Madora (Kinsey) Salter (1860-1961); married, March 7,
1925, to Maud Carroll. |
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James Ralph Scales (b. 1919) —
of Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.; Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla.
Born in Jay, Delaware
County, Okla., May 27,
1919.
Son of John Grover Scales and Kate (Whitley) Scales.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; university
professor; president,
Oklahoma Baptist University, 1951-65; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956.
Baptist. Member, American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Eta
Sigma; Pi
Kappa Delta; Kappa
Delta Pi; Lions.
Still living as of 1967.
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Olin Earl Teague (1910-1981) —
also known as Olin E. Teague; "Tiger
Teague" —
of Bryan, Brazos
County, Tex.; College Station, Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in Woodward, Woodward
County, Okla., April 6,
1910.
Son of James Martin Teague and Ida (Sturgeon) Teague.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1946-78; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964.
Baptist. Member, Lions.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
23, 1981 (age 70 years, 292
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Walter R. Tucker, Jr. (1924-1990) —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Oklahoma, August
27, 1924.
Dentist;
pastor;
mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1981-90; defeated, 1977; died in office 1990.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Died, of stomach
cancer, October
1, 1990 (age 66 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Ceasar Watts, Jr. (b. 1957) —
also known as J. C. Watts, Jr. —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Eufaula, McIntosh
County, Okla., November
18, 1957.
Republican. Played professional football
in the Canadian Football League; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 1995-2003.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Julius Gayle Windsor, Jr. (1920-1991) —
also known as J. Gayle Windsor, Jr. —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., June 4,
1920.
Son of Julius
Gayle Windsor, Sr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1957-62, 1967-80.
Baptist. English
and German
ancestry. Member, Lions; Theta
Chi.
Cast the only opposing vote in the legislature to Gov. Orval
Faubus's plan to fight desegregation of the Little Rock schools
in 1958.
Died, of cancer, in
Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
28, 1991 (age 71 years, 116
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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