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William Harrison Adams (1872-1958) —
also known as William H. Adams —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., March 23,
1872.
Son of Henry Clay Adams and Emma Frances (Haynes) Adams.
Democrat. President, Virginia Stationery Company; Vice-President,
Mutual Life
Insurance Association; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-53.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Grotto; Jesters;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Elks; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Richmond,
Va., September
24, 1958 (age 86 years, 185
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., August
23, 1877.
Democrat. Carpenter;
Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
lumber
business; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1923-24.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Thomas Coleman Andrews (1899-1983) —
also known as T. Coleman Andrews —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
19, 1899.
Son of Cheatham William Andrews and Dora Lee (Pittman) Andrews.
Accountant;
Virginia
state auditor, 1931-33; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
1953-55; States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; John
Birch Society.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
15, 1983 (age 84 years, 238
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Robert H. Angell (b. 1868) —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Franklin
County, Va., January
25, 1868.
Son of Marshall J. Angell and Emma J. Angell.
Republican. Owner, The Central Manufacturing Co. (lumber, cement);
president, Shenandoah Life
Insurance Co.; chairman, Colonial National Bank;
president, Home Furniture
Co.; director, New Hotel
Corporation; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1901-04; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1912,
1928,
1932;
Virginia
Republican state chair, 1931.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1897
to Mary Jane Barlow. |
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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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Richard Marshall Bagley, Sr. (1927-2001) —
also known as Richard M. Bagley, Sr.; Dick
Bagley —
of Hampton,
Va.
Born in Hampton,
Va., May 14,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1966-85.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Jesters;
Shriners; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American
Legion; Elks.
Died, of pneumonia,
at a hospital
in Newport
News, Va., December
13, 2001 (age 74 years, 213
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
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Robert Campbell Bayliss (1893-1968) —
also known as Robert C. Bayliss —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
1, 1893.
Republican. Real estate
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1932
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1945.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1968
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Bryant Beazley (1897-1973) —
also known as Frank B. Beazley —
of Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va.
Born in Sparta, Caroline
County, Va., September
3, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1944-51.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Ruritan;
Theta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died December
17, 1973 (age 76 years, 105
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963; a mountain in Antarctica is
named
for him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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John Fulmer Bright (1877-1953) —
also known as J. Fulmer Bright —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., November
17, 1877.
Son of George Hilliard Bright and Mary Samuel (Davies) Bright.
Physician;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-23; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1924-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
29, 1953 (age 76 years, 42
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, 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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George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) —
also known as George E. Bushnell —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887.
Son of Rev. John Eichelberger Bushnell and Annie Carter (Terrill)
Bushnell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned
1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Eichelberger Bushnell and Annie Carter (Terrill)
Bushnell; married, November
5, 1923, to Ida Mary Bland; brother of Miller
Bushnell. |
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1939 |
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Joseph William Chinn (1866-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Chinn —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Tappahannock, Essex
County, Va., February
15, 1866.
Son of Joseph William Chinn and Gaybriella (Brockenbrough) Chinn.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1891-1915; president, Northern Neck
State Bank,
Warsaw, Va., 1908-36; circuit judge in Virginia 12th Circuit,
1915-31; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1931-36; appointed 1931; died in
office 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, of emphysema,
in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August
16, 1936 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Va.
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Benjamin Wilson Coleman (b. 1869) —
also known as Ben W. Coleman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Ballsville, Powhatan
County, Va., July 1,
1869.
Son of John Coleman and Arabella (Smith) Coleman.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nevada 9th District, 1911-15; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1915-36; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1919-20, 1925-27, 1931-33.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred E. Counts (b. 1912) —
of Bartley, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Counts, Dickenson
County, Va., August
26, 1912.
Son of Ezra V. Counts and Chloe (Grizzle) Counts.
Democrat. Coal miner;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1959-62;
appointed 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; United
Mine Workers.
Presumed
deceased.
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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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Day. |
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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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Joseph Thomas Deal (1860-1942) —
also known as Joseph T. Deal —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born near Surry, Surry
County, Va., November
19, 1860.
Son of John J. Deal and Virginia Elizabeth Deal.
Democrat. Lumber
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1908;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1910-12; member of Virginia
state senate, 1919; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1921-29; defeated,
1912; candidate in primary for Governor of
Virginia, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March 7,
1942 (age 81 years, 108
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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William Nuckles Doak (1882-1933) —
also known as William N. Doak —
of Roanoke,
Va.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Rural Retreat, Wythe
County, Va., December
12, 1882.
Son of Canaro Draton Doak and Elizabeth (Dutton) Doak.
Republican. Vice-president,
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, 1916-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1916
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1924; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1930-33.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died of heart
disease, in McLean, Fairfax
County, Va., October
23, 1933 (age 50 years, 315
days).
Interment at Methodist
Church Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Va.
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Henry Clarence Dworshak (1894-1962) —
also known as Henry C. Dworshak —
of Burley, Cassia
County, Idaho.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
29, 1894.
Son of Henry Dworshak and Julia (Ohotto) Dworshak.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1939-46; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1946-49, 1949-62; defeated, 1948; died in
office 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho,
1948,
1960.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1962 (age 67 years, 328
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, 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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Joseph Jacob Foss (1915-2003) —
also known as Joe Foss; "The American Ace of
Aces" —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April 17,
1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
received the Medal
of Honor for action over Guadalcanal in 1942-43; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1949-50,
1953-54; Governor of
South Dakota, 1955-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1958; Commissioner, American Football
League, 1960; elected to National Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1984; president, National Rifle Association, 1988-90.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
Died, from the effects of a stroke, in
Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
1, 2003 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) —
also known as Lake J. Frazier —
of Winchester,
Va.; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born near Danville, Montour
County, Pa., December
11, 1898.
Son of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1948;
mayor
of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1921
to Helen P. Holshue. |
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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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Wrendo Marion Godwin (1896-1976) —
also known as Wrendo Godwin —
of Parksley, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Poulson (unknown
county), Va., September
22, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1949-50; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1948;
member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners; Ruritan.
Died in 1976
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George McInvale Grant (1897-1982) —
also known as George M. Grant —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Barbour
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Son of Benjamin Giles Grant and Lannie Gholson (Stephens) Grant.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1927-37; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1935-38; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Pi Kappa
Phi; Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a cruise aboard
the Queen Elizabeth II, en route to New York, probably in the
North
Atlantic Ocean, November
4, 1982 (age 85 years, 116
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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Harold Royce Gross (1899-1987) —
also known as H. R. Gross —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Arispe, Union
County, Iowa, June 30,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1949-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
22, 1987 (age 88 years, 84
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Reginald Carl Harmon (1900-1992) —
also known as Reginald C. Harmon —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Illinois, February
5, 1900.
Son of Frank Harmon (1867-1936) and Mary (Persoon) Harmon
(1868-1945).
Lawyer;
mayor
of Urbana, Ill., 1929-33; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; Major General and chief legal officer, U.S. Air Force.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, as the result of an automobile
accident, October
19, 1992 (age 92 years, 257
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Henry Hatcher (1875-1950) —
also known as John H. Hatcher —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Bland, Bland
County, Va., June 29,
1875.
Son of Wilson Cary Hatcher and Anne (Bulman) Hatcher.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Beckley, W.Va., 1903; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 10th
Judicial Circuit, 1921-24; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1924-40; defeated, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died June 20,
1950 (age 74 years, 356
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke, in
a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) —
also known as Clarence R. Hotchkiss —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Warren, Bradford
County, Pa., June 5,
1880.
Son of Charles Frederick Hotchkiss (1854-1914) and Melissa Ann
(Taylor) Hotchkiss (1857-1886).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate broker; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1916;
secretary
of Oregon Republican Party, 1920; Presidential Elector for
Oregon, 1920.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
17, 1952 (age 72 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Pat Jennings (1919-1994) —
of Marion, Smyth
County, Va.
Born in Camp, Smyth
County, Va., August
20, 1919.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Smyth
County Sheriff, 1948-54; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1955-67; defeated,
1966.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Alpha
Zeta; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, following an accident in which a tractor he was driving overturned
and crushed him, in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., August 2,
1994 (age 74 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Winfred Kear (b. 1887) —
also known as Paul W. Kear —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
2, 1887.
Son of Wiley M. Kear and Malinda (Romig) Kear.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
Republican State Committee, 1920-36; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1920;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1921-31, 1932-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
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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Sidney Severn Kellam (b. 1903) —
also known as Sidney S. Kellam —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Princess Anne County, Va. (now Virginia
Beach, Va.), July 6,
1903.
Son of Abel E. Kellam and Clara O. (Eaton) Kellam.
Democrat. Insurance
business; hotelier;
Princess Anne County Treasurer, 1931-50; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1952,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1964-67.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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James Hubert Lindsay (b. 1862) —
also known as J. H. Lindsay —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born near Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., December
29, 1862.
Son of Stephen Clarke Lindsay and Annie (Morgan) Lindsay.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Wilson Malone (1890-1961) —
also known as George W. Malone —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fredonia, Wilson
County, Kan., August 7,
1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1947-59; defeated, 1934, 1944.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1961 (age 70 years, 285
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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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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Owen Bradford Pickett (b. 1930) —
also known as Owen B. Pickett —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
31, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1972-86; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1980-82; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1987-2001; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996,
2000.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Hubert Price (1878-1943) —
also known as James H. Price —
of Virginia.
Born in Greenbrier
County, W.Va., September
7, 1878.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1916-30; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1928;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1930-38; Governor of
Virginia, 1938-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 76
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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Ned H. Ragland (b. 1909) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., August
18, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1957-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Richard Lowell Roudebush (1918-1995) —
also known as Richard L. Roudebush —
of Indiana.
Born near Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., January
18, 1918.
Son of Roy Lehr Roudebush (1890-1974) and Melissa Mae (McMahan)
Roudebush.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1961-71 (6th District 1961-67, 10th
District 1967-69, 5th District 1969-71); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1970.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis.
The Richard L. Roudebush V.A. Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind., is
named
for him.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., January
28, 1995 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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David Edward Satterfield III (1920-1988) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
2, 1920.
Son of David
Edward Satterfield, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1960-64; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1965-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died September
30, 1988 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lloyd Scott (1915-1997) —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 1,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1967-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1973-79.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Forty and
Eight; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a chest
infection and Alzheimer's
disease, in the Fairfax Nursing
Center, Fairfax,
Va., February
14, 1997 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Interment at Fairfax
Memorial Park, Fairfax, Va.
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John Mark Slack, Jr. (1915-1980) —
also known as John M. Slack, Jr. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March 18,
1915.
Son of John Mark Slack and Jennie (Gilchrist) Slack.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1959-80 (6th District 1959-63,
3rd District 1963-80); died in office 1980; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Exchange
Club.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., March 17,
1980 (age 64 years, 365
days).
Interment at Cunningham
Memorial Park, St. Albans, W.Va.
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Ted T. Stacy (b. 1923) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Grundy, Buchanan
County, Va., March 10,
1923.
Son of Samuel M. Stacy and Leventha (Smith) Stacy.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1959-60, 1969-70, 1973-79
(Raleigh County 1959-60, 1969-70, 1973-74, 18th District 1975-79);
resigned 1979; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1983-86; defeated in primary,
1970.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows.
Still living as of 1986.
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Silas F. Taylor —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Danville,
Va.
Democrat. Druggist;
member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1928-48; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1940,
1944,
1948;
defeated, 1956;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Russell Tuten (1911-1968) —
also known as J. Russell Tuten —
of Georgia.
Born in Appling
County, Ga., July 23,
1911.
Democrat. Mayor
of Brunswick, Ga., 1958, 1962; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1963-67; defeated, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Kiwanis.
Died in Falls
Church, Va., August
16, 1968 (age 57 years, 24
days).
Interment at Palmetto
Cemetery, Brunswick, Ga.
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Harry L. Van Sickler (1875-1945) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., August
23, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County,
1903-04, 1933-37, 1943-45; appointed 1933; resigned 1937; died in
office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died February
17, 1945 (age 69 years, 178
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Edward Van Zandt (1898-1986) —
also known as James E. Van Zandt —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., December
18, 1898.
Son of James T. Van Zandt and Kathryn Van Zandt.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; worked in
Altoona shops of Pennsylvania Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-43, 1947-63 (23rd District
1939-43, 22nd District 1947-53, 20th District 1953-63); served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1962.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners; Jesters;
Knights
of Pythias; Grange; Eagles; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
6, 1986 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Earl Warren (1891-1974) —
also known as "Superchief" —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 19,
1891.
Son of Methias H. Warren and Chrystal (Hernlund) Warren.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Alameda
County District Attorney, 1925-39; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
Temporary Chair, 1944;
California
Republican state chair, 1934-36; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1936-38; California
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
California, 1943-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1944;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1948; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69; chair, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi; Exchange
Club.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1981.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1974 (age 83 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Junius Edgar West (1866-1947) —
of Waverly, Sussex
County, Va.; Suffolk,
Va.
Born near Waverly, Sussex
County, Va., July 12,
1866.
Son of Henry Thomas West and Susan (Cockes) West.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; insurance
business; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1896,
1936;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1902; member of Virginia
state senate, 1912-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1922-30.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary; Junior
Order; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of cancer, in
a hospital
at Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1947 (age 80 years, 173
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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Clifton Alexander Woodrum (1887-1950) —
also known as Clifton A. Woodrum —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April 27,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1923-45 (6th District 1923-33,
at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-45).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1950
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.
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