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Order of the Coif
Politician members in Washington

Russell Anderson Austin, Jr. — also known as Russell A. Austin, Jr. — of Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Wash.; Seattle, King County, Wash. Son of Russell Anderson Austin and Amanda (Ficks) Austin. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1968, 1972; member of Washington Republican State Committee, 1970-73. Protestant. Member, Order of the Coif; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Alpha Delta; American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Still living as of 1973.

Relatives: Married, June 23, 1953, to Barbara Fortnum.

Homer Truett Bone (1883-1970) — also known as Homer T. Bone — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., January 25, 1883. Lawyer; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1920; member of Washington state house of representatives, 1923-24; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1940; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1944-56; took senior status 1956. Member, Order of the Coif; Gamma Eta Gamma. Died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., March 11, 1970 (age 87 years, 45 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.

Kenneth Allen Cox (b. 1916) — also known as Kenneth A. Cox — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., December 7, 1916. Son of Seth Leroy Cox and Jean (Sears) Cox. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1963-70. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; American Bar Association. Still living as of 1970.

Relatives: Married, January 1, 1943, to Nona Beth Fumerton.

Alfred Theodore Goodwin (b. 1923) — also known as Alfred T. Goodwin — of Salem, Marion County, Ore. Born in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Wash., June 29, 1923. Son of Alonzo Theodore Goodwin and Miriam Hazel (Williams) Goodwin. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper reporter; lawyer; circuit judge in Oregon, 1955-60; justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1960-69; U.S. District Judge for Oregon, 1969. Presbyterian. Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; Alpha Tau Omega. Still living as of 1970.

Relatives: Son of Alonzo Theodore Goodwin and Miriam Hazel (Williams) Goodwin; married, December 23, 1943, to Marjorie Elizabeth Major (divorced 1948); married, December 23, 1949, to Mary Ellin Handelin.

Thomas Ellsworth Martin (1893-1971) — also known as Thomas E. Martin — of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. Born in Melrose, Monroe County, Iowa, January 18, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant; lawyer; candidate for Iowa railroad commission, 1932, 1934; mayor of Iowa City, Iowa, 1935-37; U.S. Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1939-55; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1955-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1956. Member, Order of the Coif; American Bar Association. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., June 27, 1971 (age 78 years, 160 days). Interment at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Ore.

Jeremiah Neterer (b. 1862) — of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Wash.; Seattle, King County, Wash. Born near Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., 1862. Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Washington, 1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1912; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1913-. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.

Anthony Savage (b. 1893) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pa., December 25, 1893. Son of Lewis B. Savage and Anna (Tamosz) Savage. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1928-34. Catholic. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Order of the Coif. Burial location unknown.

Relatives: Married, September 11, 1915, to Florence Hopkins.

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