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Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945) —
also known as Dwight F. Davis —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 5,
1879.
Son of John Tilden Davis and Maria (Filley) Davis.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1925-29; Governor of
the Philippine Islands, 1929-32.
Baptist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Founder of the Davis Cup tennis tournament.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1945 (age 66 years, 146
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (b. 1889) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Son of John Oglesby Gravely and Lula (Kent) Gravely.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
buyer; manager, tobacco
products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco
Co.; director, Standard Insurance
and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) —
also known as Royal C. Johnson —
of Highmore, Hyde
County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa, October
3, 1882.
Son of Eli Johnson and Philena (Everett) Johnson.
Republican. Lawyer; Hyde
County State's Attorney, 1909-10; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1915-33; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August 2,
1939 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Porter Patterson (1891-1952) —
of Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
12, 1891.
Son of Charles R. Patterson and Lodice E. (Porter) Patterson.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1930-39; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-40; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1945-47.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta; American
Legion.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
22, 1952 (age 60 years, 344
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas L. Perkins —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
9, 1905.
Son of William R. Perkins and Mary (Bell) Perkins.
Republican. Stockbroker;
lawyer;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1952;
director, Pennsylvania Railroad,
American Cyanamid Co., Duke Power
Co., and others.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963) —
also known as Francis E. Walter —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 26,
1894.
Son of Robley D. Walter and Susie E. Walter.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
trustee, Easton Hospital;
bank
director; Northampton
County Solicitor, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-63 (21st District 1933-45,
20th District 1945-53, 15th District 1953-63); died in office 1963.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Junior
Order; Phi Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1963 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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