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Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) —
of Colonial Beach, Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of Suffolk),
Va., December
16, 1907.
Son of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams.
Republican. Ferry boat
captain; farmer; real estate
business; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate for Virginia
state senate, 1947; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in 1954
(age about
46 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.
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John Bradie Allman (1895-1958) —
also known as J. Bradie Allman —
of Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., November
17, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; director,
People's National Bank;
president, Tobacco
Board of Trade; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1926-31, 1948-55, 1958; died in office
1958; mayor of Rocky Mount, Va.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Lions;
Ruritan;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died July 7,
1958 (age 62 years, 232
days).
Interment at High
Street Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Va.
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William Robert Anderson (1921-2007) —
also known as William R. Anderson —
of Waverly, Humphreys
County, Tenn.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Bakerville, Humphreys
County, Tenn., June 17,
1921.
Son of David Hensley Anderson and Mary (McKelvey) Anderson.
Independent candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1962; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1965-73.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets.
Commanded the U.S.S. Nautilus on the first
under-ice crossing of the North Pole, 1958.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., February
25, 2007 (age 85 years, 253
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William J. Artrip (b. 1924) —
of Southside, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Clintwood, Dickenson
County, Va., July 16,
1924.
Son of William J. Artrip, Sr. and Lydia Rebecca (Childress) Artrip.
Democrat. Dentist;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1975-76, 1983-84, 1987-88
(10th District 1975-76, 12th District 1983-84, 1987-88).
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Psi
Omega; Rotary.
Still living as of 1988.
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Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) —
also known as Laurie C. Battle —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Wilsonville, Shelby
County, Ala., May 10,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1947-55; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1956;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Gamma Mu; Elks; Eagles; Lions.
Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doing
business with the Soviet Union.
Died, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2000 (age 87 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Edward Bennett (1910-2003) —
also known as Charles E. Bennett —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Canton, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., December
2, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-93 (2nd District 1949-67, 3rd
District 1967-93).
Christian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Lions;
Jaycees.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
6, 2003 (age 92 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Donald Glenn Brotzman (1922-2004) —
also known as Donald G. Brotzman —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born near Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., June 28,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1951-52; member of Colorado
state senate, 1953-56; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1956; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1963-65, 1967-75;
defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Rotary; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., September
15, 2004 (age 82 years, 79
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, 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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Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) —
also known as Howard W. Cannon —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, January
26, 1912.
Son of Walter Cannon and Leah (Sullivan) Cannon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Lions; Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Odyssey House Hospice,
Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 6,
2002 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) —
also known as Charles E. Chamberlain; "The Automobile
Horn of Congress" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Locke Township, Ingham
County, Mich., July 22,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of renal
failure and congestive
heart failure, in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., November
25, 2002 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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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 Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
23, 1901.
Son of John
Cooper.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in
Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,
1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Baptist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
The John Sherman Cooper Power Plant in Somerset, Ky., is named for
him.
Died of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain
Square, Somerset, Ky.
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James Charles Corman (1920-2000) —
also known as James C. Corman; Jim Corman —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reseda, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., October
20, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served
in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75,
21st District 1975-81).
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Elks;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights
Act in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders.
The federal building in Van Nuys, Calif., was named for
him in 2001.
Died, following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., December
30, 2000 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Crowley (b. 1962) —
of Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 16,
1962.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 30th District, 1987-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Nelms Downing (1919-2001) —
also known as Thomas N. Downing —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Newport
News, Va., January
2, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1959-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, from complications of intestinal surgery, in a hospital
at Newport
News, Va., October
23, 2001 (age 82 years, 294
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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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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Elmer Joseph Holland (1894-1968) —
also known as Elmer J. Holland —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
8, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1934-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1942-43, 1956-68 (33rd District
1942-43, 30th District 1956-63, 20th District 1963-68); died in
office 1968; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 38th District, 1943-56.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; United
Steelworkers of America.
Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., August 9,
1968 (age 74 years, 214
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, 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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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Son of Cyrus Lester Jackson and Betina Phoebe (Ames) Jackson.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets; Reserve
Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Peterson Bryant Jarman, Jr. (1892-1955) —
also known as Pete B. Jarman —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., October
31, 1892.
Son of Peter Bryant Jarman and Hunter Elizabeth (Gordon) Jarman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
state of Alabama, 1931-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1937-49; U.S.
Ambassador to Australia, 1949-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Woodmen;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died February
17, 1955 (age 62 years, 109
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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Bernard William Kearney (1889-1976) —
also known as Bernard W. Kearney; Pat
Kearney —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Lake Pleasant, Hamilton
County, N.Y.
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 23,
1889.
Son of Patrick B. Kearney and Josephine (Oster) Kearney.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Fulton
County District Attorney, 1931-42; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1943-59 (30th District 1943-45,
31st District 1945-53, 32nd District 1953-59).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Grange; Delta
Chi.
Died June 3,
1976 (age 87 years, 11
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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 Harrison Kelsey (b. 1910) —
also known as Sidney H. Kelsey —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., November
29, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Kennedy; Bobby Kennedy;
"R.F.K." —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.; Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1925.
Son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1961-64; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
On June 5, 1968, while running
for president, having just won the California presidential primary,
was shot and
mortally
wounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the Ambassador Hotel, and
died the next day in in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 6,
1968 (age 42 years, 199
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald; son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; who married
Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, June 17,
1950, to Ethel Skakel; father of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II and Kerry Kennedy (who married Andrew
M. Cuomo); uncle of Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1967-). See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Altman — John
Bartlow Martin |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Robert F. Kennedy: Arthur
M. Schlesinger Jr., Robert
Kennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas, Robert
Kennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo, In
His Own Right |
| | | Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy:
Allen Roberts, Robert
Francis Kennedy: Biography of a Compulsive
Politician — Victor Lasky, RFK:
Myth and Man |
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John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
20, 1903.
Son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth
Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge.
Republican. Lawyer;
professional actor
in 1933-40, appearing in movies
such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The
Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of
Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1952,
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed while finishing a speech
to the Women's National Republican Club, and died less than an hour
later at St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Somers Mailliard (1917-1992) —
also known as William S. Mailliard —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Belvedere, Marin
County, Calif., June 10,
1917.
Son of John Ward Mailliard, Jr. and Kate (Peterson) Mailliard.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-49; secretary to Gov. Earl
Warren, 1949-51; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-74 (4th District 1953-63,
6th District 1963-74); defeated, 1948; resigned 1974.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Dulles International Airport,
Chantilly, Fairfax
County, Va., June 10,
1992 (age 75 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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John Otho Marsh, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as John O. Marsh, Jr. —
of Strasburg, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August 7,
1926.
Son of John Otho Marsh and Nell Virginia (Wayland) Marsh.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1963-71; U.S.
Secretary of the Army, 1981-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2007.
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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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William Edward Miller (1914-1983) —
also known as William E. Miller —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., March 22,
1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1951-65 (42nd District 1951-53,
40th District 1953-65); Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1961-64; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died in 1983
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank Bradford Morse (1921-1994) —
also known as F. Bradford Morse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August 7,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1961-72; resigned
1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died, of heart
failure, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., December
18, 1994 (age 73 years, 133
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Grant O'Hara (1925-1989) —
also known as James G. O'Hara —
of Utica, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
8, 1925.
Son of Raphael McNulty O'Hara and Neta Lloyd (Hemphill) O'Hara.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1959-77 (7th District 1959-65, 12th
District 1965-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1960;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1976.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, from lung
cancer, in the George Washington University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., March 13,
1989 (age 63 years, 125
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) —
also known as Phelps von Rottenburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bonn, Germany,
May 4,
1897.
Son of Franz von Rottenburg (1845-1907) and Marian (Phelps) von
Rottenburg (1868-1922).
Member of New York
state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District
1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948
(alternate); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate); delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Psi
Upsilon; Urban
League; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J., June 10,
1981 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, 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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Charles Edward Potter (1916-1979) —
also known as Charles E. Potter —
of Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., October
30, 1916.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947-52; resigned
1952; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1952-59; defeated, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets.
Wounded in World War II, and lost his
legs.
Died in Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1979 (age 63 years, 24
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Kenneth Allison Roberts (1912-1989) —
also known as Kenneth A. Roberts —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Piedmont, Calhoun
County, Ala., November
1, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1951-65 (4th District 1951-63,
at-large 1963-65); defeated, 1964; shot and
wounded in an attack on the U.S. House by Puerto Rican
nationalists, 1954.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., May 9,
1989 (age 76 years, 189
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Henry Carl Schadeberg (1913-1985) —
also known as Henry C. Schadeberg —
of Burlington, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis., October
12, 1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1961-65, 1967-71;
defeated, 1964, 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1964.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Rotary;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died in Rockbridge Baths, Rockbridge
County, Va., December
11, 1985 (age 72 years, 60
days).
Cremated.
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Hugh Doggett Scott, Jr. (1900-1994) —
also known as Hugh Scott —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., November
11, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-45, 1947-59 (7th District
1941-45, 6th District 1947-59); defeated, 1944; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1948-49; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1972
(delegation chair).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets; Sons of
the American Revolution; Lions; Society
of the Cincinnati; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Chi Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died July 21,
1994 (age 93 years, 252
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) —
also known as Ted Stevens —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
18, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-68; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Indicted
in July 2008 on federal charges
of failing
to report gifts
from VECO Corporation and its CEO; tried and
convicted
in October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due to
prosecutorial misconduct. The Anchorage airport is named for
him.
Killed in a plane
crash, in Bristol Bay
Borough, Alaska, August 9,
2010 (age 86 years, 264
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Studdiford Stratton (1916-1990) —
also known as Samuel S. Stratton —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
27, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1950; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1956-58; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-89 (32nd District 1959-63,
35th District 1963-71, 29th District 1971-73, 28th District 1973-83,
23rd District 1983-89); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984,
1988.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died, in a nursing
home, 1990
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Halstead Sutphin (1887-1972) —
also known as William H. Sutphin —
of Matawan, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Browntown, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
30, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1931-43; defeated,
1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., October
14, 1972 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Oscar Talle (1892-1969) —
also known as Henry O. Talle —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born near Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn., January
12, 1892.
Son of John Talle and Anna (Ovri) Talle.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1939-59 (4th District 1939-43, 2nd
District 1943-59); defeated, 1936 (4th District), 1958 (2nd District).
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 14,
1969 (age 77 years, 61
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth (1891-1960) —
also known as Richard B. Wigglesworth —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 25,
1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-58 (14th District
1928-33, 13th District 1933-58); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1958-60, died in office 1960.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1960 (age 69 years, 180
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Francis Eugene Worley (1908-1974) —
also known as Eugene Worley —
of Shamrock, Wheeler
County, Tex.
Born in Lone Wolf, Kiowa
County, Okla., October
10, 1908.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1935-40; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1941-50; resigned 1950;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1950-59.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., December
17, 1974 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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