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Edward Almer Ames, Jr. (1903-1987) —
also known as E. Almer Ames, Jr. —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Onley, Accomack
County, Va., January
22, 1903.
Son of Edward Almer Ames and Lena E. (Trower) Ames.
Democrat. Lawyer; Accomack
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1943-55; vice-president, First
National Bank,
Onancock, Va.; chair of
Accomack County Democratic Party, 1948-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
state senate 1st District, 1956-67; member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Ruritan;
Order of the Coif; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in May, 1987
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Manley Caldwell Butler (b. 1925) —
also known as M. Caldwell Butler —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., June 2,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1962-71; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1972-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Still living as of 1998.
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Joel Bennett Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Son of James
Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Levering Early (1896-1999) —
also known as John L. Early —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
19, 1896.
Son of Charles Edward Early (born 1862) and Ida (Clark) Early.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1933-39; municipal judge in
Florida, 1944-46; mayor
of Sarasota, Fla., 1951-52.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Order of the Coif; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 9,
1999 (age 102 years, 80
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 2,
1924, to Maebelle Claire Brooks. |
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Rufus Edward Foster (1871-1942) —
also known as Rufus E. Foster —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Mathews
County, Va., May 22,
1871.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1907-09; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1908;
U.S.
District Judge for Louisiana, 1909; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1925.
Member, Order of the Coif.
Died August
23, 1942 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Pierce Rogers (1913-2001) —
also known as William P. Rogers —
Born in Norfolk, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., June 23,
1913.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1957-61; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1973.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
2, 2001 (age 87 years, 193
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Son of Willis Smith and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of the Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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William Belser Spong, Jr. (1920-1997) —
also known as William B. Spong, Jr. —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
29, 1920.
Son of William Belser Spong and Emily (Nichols) Spong.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1954-55; member of Virginia
state senate, 1956-66; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1966-73; defeated, 1972; trustee,
Portsmouth General Hospital.
Member, Order of the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died of a ruptured
aneurysm, at Maryview Medical
Center, Portsmouth,
Va., October
8, 1997 (age 77 years, 9
days).
Interment at University
of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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