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Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Jr. (b. 1944) —
also known as Watkins Abbitt, Jr. —
of Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va.
Born in Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va., October
20, 1944.
Son of Watkins
Moorman Abbitt.
Insurance
and real
estate business; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 59th District, 1986-.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
Lions;
Farm
Bureau; Moose; Woodmen;
National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Son of Arthur Harrison Allen and Sally (Gray) Allen.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Keene, Albemarle
County, Va., August 9,
1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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James Lindsay Almond, Jr. (1898-1986) —
also known as J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. —
of Roanoke,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., June 15,
1898.
Son of James Lindsay Almond and Eddie Nicholas (Burgess) Almond.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
hustings court judge in Virginia, 1933-45; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1946-48; Virginia
state attorney general, 1948-57; Governor of
Virginia, 1958-62; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1962-82; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; died in
office 1986.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Eagles;
Moose; American Bar
Association; United
Commercial Travelers; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April 14,
1986 (age 87 years, 303
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Ben H. Ashworth (b. 1888) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Rocky Gap, Bland
County, Va., July 9,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1925-28; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1937; Presidential Elector
for West Virginia, 1940;
circuit judge in West Virginia for the 10th Judicial Circuit, 1945.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Moose; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Hanes Ayres (1916-2000) —
also known as William H. Ayres —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Eagle Rock, Botetourt
County, Va., February
5, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1951-71.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Eagles;
Moose.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments, at Vantage House retirement
home, Columbia, Howard
County, Md., December
27, 2000 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) —
also known as Robert L. Bacon; "Prince
Charming" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1884.
Son of Martha Waldron (Cowdin) Bacon and Robert
Bacon.
Republican. Banker;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in
office 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks;
Moose.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
12, 1938 (age 54 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Winston Bain (1915-1986) —
also known as R. Winston Bain —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
18, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Jaycees;
American
Legion; Marine
Corps League; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died September
2, 1986 (age 70 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Richard H. Bowman (1903-1993) —
also known as Dick Bowman —
of Rainelle, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., July 14,
1903.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1955-60, 1963-64, 1967-72
(Greenbrier County 1955-60, 1963-64, 4th District 1967-72).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks;
Moose; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Ruritan.
Died March 17,
1993 (age 89 years, 246
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919-2006) —
also known as Joel T. Broyhill —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Hopewell,
Va., November
4, 1919.
Son of Marvin Talmadge Broyhill and Nellie Magdalene (Brewer)
Broyhill.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; taken
prisoner by the German forces in the Battle of the Bulge; escaped
after six months; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1953-75; defeated,
1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1960,
1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Optimist
Club; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets; Reserve
Officers Association; Freemasons;
Moose; Elks; Eagles; Izaak
Walton League; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of congestive
heart failure and pneumonia,
in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
24, 2006 (age 86 years, 324
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968) —
also known as Wilber M. Brucker —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., June 23,
1894.
Son of Ferdinand
Brucker and Robertha H. Brucker.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; Michigan
state attorney general, 1928-30; appointed 1928; Governor of
Michigan, 1931-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1932,
1936,
1948,
1964
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936; U.S. Secretary of the Army.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered an apparent heart
attack after attending an Economic Club luncheon, and died soon
after, in the emergency room at Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1968 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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J. Herbert Burke (1913-1993) —
of Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1967-79 (10th District 1967-73, 12th
District 1973-79); defeated, 1955 (6th District), 1978 (12th
District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Eagles; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks;
Moose; Kiwanis.
Arrested
in 1978 for being drunk
and disruptive in the parking lot of a strip
club; pleaded
guilty to public
drunkenness, disorderly conduct and witness
tampering.
Died in Fern Park, Seminole
County, Fla., June 16,
1993 (age 80 years, 153
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.; Berryville, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., June 10,
1887.
Son of Richard
Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd.
Newspaper
publisher; fruit
farmer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1915-25; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Virginia, 1926-30; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1928-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for
President, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Moose; United
Commercial Travelers; Grange.
Died in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., October
20, 1966 (age 79 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. (b. 1914) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd, Jr. —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
20, 1914.
Son of Harry
Flood Byrd and Anne Douglas (Beverley) Byrd.
Newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1940;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1947-65; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1965-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Elks;
Moose; Eagles.
Still living as of 2009.
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Paul J. Carr, Sr. (1893-1957) —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April 4,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1957; died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Moose; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Blue Key.
Died March 24,
1957 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gustavus Hartwell Crumpecker (1882-1941) —
also known as G. H. Crumpecker —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Danville,
Va., March 23,
1882.
Son of Gustavus Wingfield Crumpecker and Lizzie Ella (Motley)
Crumpecker.
Democrat. Mercer
County Sheriff; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died April 24,
1941 (age 59 years, 32
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Grady W. Dalton (1908-1986) —
Born in Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., June 19,
1908.
Son of Booker
Dalton.
Democrat. Banker; real estate
broker; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 61st District, 1958-71.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Kiwanis.
Died March 5,
1986 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Nichols Dalton (1931-1986) —
also known as John N. Dalton —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Emporia,
Va., July 11,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1960,
1964
(alternate), 1972
(alternate); treasurer of
Virginia Republican Party, 1960-61; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 46th District, 1966-72; member of Virginia
state senate, 1972-73; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1974-78; Governor of
Virginia, 1978-82.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary; Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Farm
Bureau; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Radford,
Va., July 30,
1986 (age 55 years, 19
days).
Interment at Sunrise
Burial Park, Radford, Va.
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Charles Rogers Fenwick (1900-1969) —
also known as Charles R. Fenwick —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in East Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., August
11, 1900.
Son of Edward Taylor Fenwick and Clara (Gulagher) Fenwick.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-46; member of Virginia
state senate, 1948-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1952-64; Presidential Elector
for Virginia, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; American
Legion; Rotary; Farm
Bureau.
Died February
22, 1969 (age 68 years, 195
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.
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William David Ford (1927-2004) —
also known as William D. Ford —
of Taylor, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 6,
1927.
Son of Robert Ford and Jean (McGhee) Ford.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
19th District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-95 (15th District 1965-93,
13th District 1993-95); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1980,
1984.
United
Church of Christ. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Jaycees;
Moose; Eagles.
Died in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
14, 2004 (age 77 years, 8
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr. (1914-1999) —
also known as Mills E. Godwin, Jr. —
of Suffolk,
Va.
Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk,
Va.), November
19, 1914.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-52; member of Virginia
state senate, 1952-62; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1962-66; Governor of
Virginia, 1966-70, 1974-78.
Christian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose; Rotary.
Died of complications of pneumonia,
January
30, 1999 (age 84 years, 72
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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Porter Hardy, Jr. (1903-1995) —
of Churchland, Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Bon Air, Chesterfield
County, Va., June 1,
1903.
Son of Rev. Porter Hardy and Jane Lang (Mahood) Hardy.
Democrat. Accountant;
farmer;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1947-69.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
Ahepa; Moose; Kappa
Alpha Order; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Farm
Bureau.
Died in 1995
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Burr Powell Harrison (1904-1973) —
also known as Burr P. Harrison —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., July 2,
1904.
Son of Thomas
Walter Harrison and Nellie (Cover) Harrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-40; member of Virginia
state senate, 1940-42; circuit judge in Virginia 17th Circuit,
1942-46; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1946-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Kiwanis;
Ruritan.
Died in Winchester,
Va., December
29, 1973 (age 69 years, 180
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-1941) —
also known as John Philip Hill —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., May 2,
1879.
Son of Charles E. Hill and Kate Watts (Clayton) Hill.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1910-15; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1915; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1921-27; defeated,
1908, 1928, 1930, 1936; delegate to
Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of Colonial Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks;
Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 62 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Luther Hartwell Hodges (1898-1974) —
also known as Luther H. Hodges —
of Leaksville, Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., March 9,
1898.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1953-54; Governor of
North Carolina, 1954-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1956
(delegation chair), 1964;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1961-65.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Moose.
Died October
6, 1974 (age 76 years, 211
days).
Interment at Overlook
Cemetery, Eden, N.C.
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John G. Hudson (b. 1906) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Fort Chiswell, Wythe
County, Va., May 11,
1906.
Son of Charles Layton Hudson and Dixie Belle (Smith-Leffew) Hudson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1939-46.
Protestant.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Eagles; Phi
Alpha Delta; Theta
Chi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Beaman Jones (1913-1992) —
also known as Walter B. Jones —
of Farmville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
19, 1913.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-59; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1965-66; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1966-92; died in
office 1992.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Moose; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., September
15, 1992 (age 79 years, 27
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900-1975) —
also known as Kenneth B. Keating —
of Brighton, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 18,
1900.
Son of Thomas Mosgrove Keating and Louise (Barnard) Keating.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1947-59 (40th District 1947-53,
38th District 1953-59); U.S.
Senator from New York, 1959-65; defeated, 1964; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1966-68; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966; U.S.
Ambassador to India, 1969-72; Israel, 1973-75, died in office 1975.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose; Elks; Eagles; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1975 (age 74 years, 352
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Otto Kerner, Jr. (1908-1976) —
of Glenview, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
15, 1908.
Son of Rose Barbara (Chmelik) Kerner and Otto
Kerner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-54; county
judge in Illinois, 1954-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Governor
of Illinois, 1961-68; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1968-74; resigned 1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose; Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Military
Order of the World Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of
over $300,000 in a stock deal which prosecutors later characterized
as bribery.
Convicted
in 1973 on 17 counts of bribery,
conspiracy, perjury,
and related charges; sentenced
to three years in federal prison
and fined
$50,000.
Died of cancer, May 9,
1976 (age 67 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956) —
also known as Harley M. Kilgore —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Brown, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
11, 1893.
Son of Quimby Kilgore and Laura Jo (Martin) Kilgore.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; criminal court judge in
West Virginia, 1933-40; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1941-56; died in office 1956;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944,
1948
(speaker).
Christian.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Elks;
Moose.
Died February
28, 1956 (age 63 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Melvin Joseph Maas (1898-1964) —
also known as Melvin J. Maas —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 14,
1898.
Son of Frank Newton Maas and Rose (Brady) Maas.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1927-33, 1935-45;
defeated, 1932 (Independent, at-large), 1944 (Republican, 4th
District); served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
Catholic.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Woodmen;
Moose; Eagles.
Stricken with total blindness
in August 1951.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 13,
1964 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clarence Watson Meadows (1904-1961) —
also known as Clarence W. Meadows —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., February
11, 1904.
Son of Isadore Meadows and Ida (Williams) Meadows.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1931-32;
Raleigh
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-36; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1937-42; circuit judge in West
Virginia, 1942-44; Governor of
West Virginia, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1948,
1952.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died in Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va., September
12, 1961 (age 57 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack Richard Miller (1916-1994) —
also known as Jack Miller —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 6,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1955-56; member of Iowa state
senate, 1957-60; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1961-73; defeated, 1972; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1973-82.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Izaak
Walton League; Rotary;
Moose; Eagles; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died in Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla., August
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 84
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harry Whinna Nice (1877-1941) —
also known as Harry W. Nice —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1877.
Son of Henry Nice and Drucilla (Arnold) Nice.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920;
Governor
of Maryland, 1935-39; defeated, 1919, 1938; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Junior
Order; Elks; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Knights
of Khorassan.
Died in Richmond,
Va., February
25, 1941 (age 63 years, 82
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) —
also known as Robert L. Owen —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
2, 1856.
Son of Robert L. Owen (president of the Virginia and Tennesee
Railroad) and Narcissa Chisholm Owen (Cherokee Nation).
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; Modern
Woodmen of America; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died July 19,
1947 (age 91 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Richard Harding Poff (b. 1923) —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Radford,
Va., October
19, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1953-72; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1968;
justice
of Virginia state supreme court, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu
Phi; Jaycees;
Lions;
Freemasons;
Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1998.
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James Henry Quillen (b. 1916) —
also known as James H. Quillen; Jimmy
Quillen —
of Kingsport, Sullivan
County, Tenn.
Born near Gate City, Scott
County, Va., January
11, 1916.
Son of John A. Quillen and Hannah (Chapman) Quillen.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of
Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1992;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1963-97.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Moose.
Director, Kingsport National Bank,
1961-82.
Still living as of 1998.
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William Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979) —
also known as Chapman Revercomb —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Covington,
Va., July 20,
1895.
Son of George
Anderson Revercomb.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1933-34; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1943-49, 1956-59; defeated, 1948,
1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,
1944,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Elks;
Moose; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
6, 1979 (age 84 years, 78
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Walter Vergil Ross (b. 1896) —
also known as Walter V. Ross —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Henry, Franklin
County, Va., September
7, 1896.
Son of Charles Lee Ross and Annie E. (Frith) Ross.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Mercer
County Prosecuting Attorney; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1929-32; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1941-48,
1963-64.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roy Neville Staten (1913-1999) —
of Dundalk, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Sandidges, Amherst
County, Va., June 30,
1913.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1953-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
member of Maryland
state senate 8th District, 1967-78.
Methodist.
Member, Lions;
Moose.
Died December
11, 1999 (age 86 years, 164
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Munford Tuck (1896-1983) —
also known as William M. Tuck —
of South Boston, Halifax
County, Va.
Born near High Hill, Halifax
County, Va., September
28, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1924-32; member of Virginia
state senate, 1932-42; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1942-46; Governor of
Virginia, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1953-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Woodmen;
Moose; Redmen; Lions; Ruritan.
Died June 9,
1983 (age 86 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, South Boston, Va.
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William Creed Wampler (b. 1926) —
of Bristol,
Va.
Born in Pennington Gap, Lee
County, Va., April 21,
1926.
Son of John Sevier Wampler and Lillian (Wolfe) Wampler.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1953-55, 1967-83.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma Nu
Phi; Moose; Lions.
Still living as of 1998.
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Jesse Paine Wolcott (1893-1969) —
also known as Jesse P. Wolcott —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., March 3,
1893.
Son of William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy (Paine) Wolcott.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1931-57.
Universalist
or Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Moose.
Died January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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