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Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) —
also known as Anthony B. Akers —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born near Charlotte, Atascosa
County, Tex., October
19, 1914.
Son of Ambrose B. Akers and Margaret (Long) Akers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 1,
1976 (age 61 years, 165
days).
Interment at Berkeley
Chapel Churchyard, Middletown, R.I.
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Anne Legendre Armstrong (1927-2008) —
also known as Anne Armstrong; Anne Legendre; Mrs.
Tobin Armstrong —
of Armstrong, Kenedy
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
27, 1927.
Daughter of Armant Legendre and Olive (Martindale) Legendre.
Republican. Member of Texas
Republican State Central Committee, 1961-66; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1968,
1972
(speaker);
vice-chair
of Texas Republican Party, 1966-; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1968-73; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1976-77; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1992.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987.
Died, of cancer, in
a hospice
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 30,
2008 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James Addison Baker III (b. 1930) —
also known as James A. Baker III —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April 28,
1930.
Son of James Addison Baker, Jr. (born 1892) and Ethel Bonner (Means)
Baker.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1972
(alternate), 1988;
candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 1978; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1985-88; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1989-92.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1991.
Still living as of 2009.
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George Herbert Walker Bush (b. 1924) —
also known as George Bush; "Poppy";
"Sheepskin";
"Timberwolf" —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 12,
1924.
Son of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush (1901-1992).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1971-73; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison to China, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,
1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980;
Vice
President of the United States, 1981-89; President
of the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Skull and
Bones; Council on Foreign Relations; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: First
cousin thrice removed of David
Davis; son of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush (1901-1992); married, January
6, 1945, to Barbara Pierce; father of George
Walker Bush and John
Ellis Bush. See Bush
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | Cross-reference: Caspar
W. Weinberger — John
H. Sununu — Don
Evans — James
C. Oberwetter |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by George H. W. Bush: All
The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings
(1999) — Looking
Forward (1987) — A
World Transformed (1998) |
| | | Books about George H. W. Bush: John
Robert Greene, The
Presidency of George Bush — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,
George
H. W. Bush (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about George H. W. Bush:
Kevin Phillips, American
Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
House of Bush — Kitty Kelly, The
Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty |
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George Clifton Edwards, Jr. (1914-1995) —
also known as George Edwards —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August 6,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1949; probate judge in Michigan, 1951-54; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-56; appointed 1954; resigned
1956; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1956-62; appointed 1956; resigned
1962; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1963-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Council on Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
American
Judicature Society.
Died in 1995
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) —
also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower;
"Ike" —
Born in Denison, Grayson
County, Tex., October
14, 1890.
Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob
Eisenhower (1863-1942).
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president
of Columbia University, 1948-53; President
of the United States, 1953-61.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Council on Foreign Relations; Loyal
Legion.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. dollar
coin, 1971-78.
Died, after a series of heart
attacks, at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1969 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Eisenhower
Center, Abilene, Kan.
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William John Jorden (b. 1923) —
also known as William J. Jorden —
of Texas.
Born in 1923.
U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1974-78.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1991.
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Joseph Edward Lake (b. 1941) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Jacksonville, Cherokee
County, Tex., October
18, 1941.
Son of Lloyd Euel Lake and Marion Marie (Allen) Lake.
U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia, 1990-93; Albania, 1994-96.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2001.
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Relatives: Son
of Lloyd Euel Lake and Marion Marie (Allen) Lake; married to Sarah
Ann Bryant; married, June 12,
1971, to Jo Ann Kessler. |
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George Crews McGhee (1912-2005) —
also known as George C. McGhee —
of Texas.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., March 10,
1912.
Rhodes
scholar; geologist;
oil
producer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Turkey, 1952-53; Germany, 1963-68; , 1968-69.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., July 4,
2005 (age 93 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Covey Thomas Oliver (1913-2007) —
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., 1913.
University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1964-66.
Member, American
Society for International Law; Council on Foreign
Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, near Easton, Talbot
County, Md., February
22, 2007 (age about 93
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Barbara Hauer. |
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Stephen Leo Poizner (b. 1957) —
also known as Steve Poizner —
of Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., January
4, 1957.
Republican. Technology
entrepreneur; candidate for California
state assembly 21st District, 2004; California
insurance commissioner, 2007-11; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 2008;
candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 2010.
Member, Alpha
Phi Omega; Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2011.
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Ann Richards (1933-2006) —
also known as Dorothy Ann Willis —
of Texas.
Born in Lakeview, McLennan
County, Tex., September
1, 1933.
Daughter of Cecil Willis and Iona (Warren) Willis.
Democrat. Travis
County Commissioner, 1976-82; Texas state
treasurer, 1983-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1988
(speaker);
Governor
of Texas, 1991-95.
Female.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, of esophageal
cancer, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
13, 2006 (age 73 years, 12
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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