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Felix Alvarado (b. 1942) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born October
20, 1942.
Democrat. School teacher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 2002 (6th District), 2004 (12th
District).
Still living as of 2004.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie"
Anderson.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francisco Antonio Balmaseda (b. 1935) —
also known as Francisco A. Balmaseda —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Camagüey, Cuba, August 8,
1935.
Son of Francisco Fidencio Balmaseda and Zoila Fé
(Nápoles) Balmaseda.
Democrat. School teacher; college
instructor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1972.
Lutheran.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American
Historical Association.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1955
to Eileen Bahnsen. |
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Sterling D. Bennett (b. 1888) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark., February
24, 1888.
Son of Henry Swan Bennett and Sarah J. (Pratt) Bennett.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1931-36; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1936.
Christian.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Preston Blocker (1892-1947) —
also known as William P. Blocker —
of Hondo, Medina
County, Tex.
Born in Hondo, Medina
County, Tex., September
30, 1892.
Son of Vincular Harwood Blocker and Daisy D. Blocker.
Democrat. School teacher; salesman;
U.S. Vice Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1919-23; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1925-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1929-32; Monterrey, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1938-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack, on board
the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel, on which he had been scheduled
to sail to Panama, at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
28, 1947 (age 54 years, 151
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Lyle H. Boren (1909-1992) —
of Seminole, Seminole
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., May 11,
1909.
Son of Mark Lattimar Boren and Nannie Mae (Weatherall) Boren.
Democrat. School teacher; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 1937-47; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II.
Church
of Christ. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary; American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 2,
1992 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Burroughs (1907-1978) —
of Portales, Roosevelt
County, N.M.
Born in Robert Lee, Coke
County, Tex., April 7,
1907.
Son of James Burroughs and Amertius (Ashley) Burroughs.
Democrat. School teacher; petroleum
salesman; proprietor, cotton oil mill and peanut mill; president,
Portales Valley Mills (peanuts);
president, Cisco Peanut Co.;
president, Plains Broadcasting
Co.; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1957; Governor of
New Mexico, 1959-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Mexico, 1960.
Died May 21,
1978 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Portales
Cemetery, Portales, N.M.
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Albert Garza Bustamante (b. 1935) —
also known as Albert G. Bustamante —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Asherton, Dimmit
County, Tex., April 8,
1935.
Democrat. School teacher; Bexar
County Commissioner, 1973-78; Bexar
County Judge, 1979-84; U.S.
Representative from Texas 23rd District, 1985-93; defeated, 1992.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Convicted
in 1993 on racketeering and bribery
charges,
and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 2009.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Son of King David Chandler and Mary Frances (Harrison) Chandler.
Republican. Cowboy;
school teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Marguerite Eaglin (1920-2004) —
also known as Marguerite Davis —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., June 8,
1920.
Daughter of Orville Davis and Leona Davis.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died, in Glacier Hills Nursing
Center, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
20, 2004 (age 84 years, 195
days).
Interment at St.
John Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Patricia A. Evans (b. 1943) —
also known as Pat Evans —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born in 1943.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; mayor of
Plano, Tex., 2002-09.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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R. J. Evans (1853-1921) —
of Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Louisiana, 1853.
School teacher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1879-82; defeated (Republican),
1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1884.
African
ancestry.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., September
27, 1921 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Scott Field (1847-1931) —
of Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex.
Born in Canton, Madison
County, Miss., January
26, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
school teacher; lawyer; Robertson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82; member of Texas
state senate, 1887-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1903-07.
Died in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
20, 1931 (age 84 years, 328
days).
Interment at Calvert
Cemetery, Calvert, Tex.
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James Taliaferro Garrett (1865-1962) —
also known as J. T. Garrett —
of Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va.
Born in Putnam
County, W.Va., October
9, 1865.
Son of John H. Garrett and Martha (Hill) Garrett.
School teacher; insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1933-36.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., May 24,
1962 (age 96 years, 227
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hurricane Cemetery, Hurricane, W.Va.
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George G. Garver (b. 1932) —
of Georgetown, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born June 1,
1932.
Son of Pauline (Turner) Garver (1904-1987) and Bernard C. Garver
(1916-1982).
Superintendent of schools; academic
dean, Arizona State University West; mayor
of Georgetown, Tex., 2008-.
Baptist.
German
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Grandnephew of Abraham
Reuben Garver; son of Pauline (Turner) Garver (1904-1987) and
Bernard C. Garver (1916-1982); married, October
3, 1953, to Alice Louise VanderWeel. |
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Eugene Benjamin Germany (1892-1971) —
also known as E. B. 'Gene' Germany —
of Highland Park, Dallas
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Sweetwater, Nolan
County, Tex., September
18, 1892.
Son of Arona
Lea Germany.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; geologist;
oil
producer; industrialist;
founder of Preston State Bank,
Dallas, Tex.; founder of Cozby-Germany Hospital, Grand Saline, Tex.;
founder and president of Lone Star Steel Company; mayor
of Highland Park, Tex., 1934-40; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940,
1944
(alternate); Texas
Democratic state chair, 1944; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., July 12,
1971 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Woodside
Cemetery, Grand Saline, Tex.
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Kay Granger (b. 1943) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., January
18, 1943.
Republican. School teacher; insurance
business; mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1991-95; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1997-.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lyda Green (b. 1938) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Alaska.
Born in Livingston, Polk
County, Tex., October
16, 1938.
Republican. School teacher; business
owner; member of Alaska
state senate District N, 1995-.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, National Rifle
Association; Soroptimists.
Still living as of 2001.
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Velma Marjorie Dreyfus Jeter (1903-1998) —
also known as Velma Jeter; Velma Marjorie
Dreyfus —
of Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Orange, Orange
County, Tex.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., July 15,
1903.
Daughter of Jules Dreyfus and Victoria (Smith) Dreyfus.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1980,
1996.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died January
23, 1998 (age 94 years, 192
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Clell Edward Jeter. |
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Nicholas V. Lampson (b. 1945) —
also known as Nick Lampson —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., February
14, 1945.
Democrat. School teacher; Jefferson
County Tax Assessor-Collector, 1977-95; U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1997-2005; defeated,
2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2009.
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Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (1859-1930) —
also known as Octaviano A. Larrazolo; O. A.
Larrazolo —
of San Elizario, El Paso
County, Tex.; Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Allende, Chihuahua,
December
7, 1859.
Son of Octaviano Larrazolo and Donaciana (Corral) Larrazolo.
Republican. School teacher; Governor of
New Mexico, 1919-21; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1927; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1928-29.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died April 7,
1930 (age 70 years, 121
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Harry Mayhew McAdams (1916-2008) —
also known as Harry M. McAdams —
of Hobbs, Lea
County, N.M.
Born in Lorena, McLennan
County, Tex., August
12, 1916.
Son of William Rufus McAdams and Violet (Hutchinson) McAdams.
Democrat. School teacher; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; president and general manager, radio
station KWEW, Hobbs, N.M.; president, Triple M Mining
Company; member of New Mexico
state senate, 1971-82 (19th District 1971-72, 41st District
1973-82).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died January
5, 2008 (age 91 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903) —
of Bellville, Austin
County, Tex.
Born in Lagrange, Wyoming
County, Pa., May 8,
1826.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
district judge in Texas 34th District, 1870-76; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belton, Bell
County, Tex., 1903
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Junia Roberts (died 1897). |
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Irma Rangel (1931-2003) —
of Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex.
Born in Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex., May 15,
1931.
Daughter of P. M. Rangel and Herminia L. Rangel.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 43rd District, 1977-2003; died in
office 2003.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
In 1976, was the first
Mexican-American woman elected to the Texas House.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Brackinridge Hospital,
March
18, 2003 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Clarence Robinson (b. 1875) —
of Tecumseh, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.
Born in De Leon, Comanche
County, Tex., December
11, 1875.
Son of M. V. Robinson and Maria L. (Williams) Robinson.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer;
Mayor, Tecumseh, Okla., 1917-18; Pottawatomie
County Probate Judge, 1919-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Florence Donald Shapiro (b. 1948) —
also known as Florence Shapiro —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 2,
1948.
Republican. School teacher; public
relations and advertising business; mayor of
Plano, Tex., 1990-92; member of Texas
state senate, 1993-2011 (2nd District 1993-95, 8th District
1995-2011).
Female.
Still living as of 2011.
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