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Edward Lewis Bartlett (1904-1968) —
also known as E. L. 'Bob' Bartlett —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 20,
1904.
Son of Edgar C. Bartlett and Ida F. (Doverspike) Bartlett.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; gold miner; secretary
of Alaska Territory, 1939-44; resigned 1944; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1945-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1959-68; died in office 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960.
Member, Elks.
Died, following heart
surgery, in the Cleveland Clinic hospital,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
11, 1968 (age 64 years, 235
days).
Interment at Northern
Lights Memorial Park, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Albert Edwin Edwards (b. 1879) —
also known as A. E. Edwards —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.; Deming, Whatcom
County, Wash.
Born in Victoria, British
Columbia, September
10, 1879.
Son of A. E. Edwards and Margaret (Hansen) Edwards.
Democrat. Midshipman, English merchant marine; sailor, U.S. merchant
marine; officer and captain, Yukon River steamboats;
merchant;
miner; rancher;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1928
(alternate), 1948;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1933-36, 1955-63; member of Washington
state senate 41st District, 1937-52.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Grange; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Lyng (1891-1955) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska.
Born in Sand Point, Aleutians
East Borough, Alaska, May 8,
1891.
Democrat. Miner; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 2nd District, 1935-36,
1939-42; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1939-40; Alaska
Territory Democratic Party chair, 1940-44; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1944,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Alaska Territory, 1944-52; member of Alaska
territorial senate 2nd District, 1945-46, 1949-55.
Member, Elks.
Died as the result of a fall, in
Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
20, 1955 (age 64 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Son of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien.
Mining engineer;
lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special assistant to Barney
Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke, in
Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Henry Floyd Samuels (1869-1948) —
also known as H. F. Samuels —
of Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Washington
County, Miss., April 4,
1869.
Son of Floyd Samuels and Isabelle (Jenkins) Samuels (died 1873).
Progressive. Lawyer; Shoshone
County Attorney, 1898-1900; developed zinc, lead and silver
mining in Idaho; built the Samuels Hotel in
1907; banker;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1948
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Sequim
View Cemetery, Near Sequim, Clallam County, Wash.
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