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Ralph Armstrong (1909-1998) —
of Longview, Cowlitz
County, Wash.
Born in Auburn, King
County, Wash., September
26, 1909.
Son of E. K. Armstrong and Lena (Zech) Armstrong.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1941-45; member of Washington
Democratic State Central Committee, 1942-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1952;
superior court judge in Washington, 1957-63.
Member, Phi Alpha Delta; Elks; Eagles.
Died November
12, 1998 (age 89 years, 47
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of E. K. Armstrong and Lena (Zech) Armstrong; married, November
9, 1936, to Jessie Brewster (divorced 1950); married, December
2, 1950, to Dorothy Bollinger. |
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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.
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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Son of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
United
World Federalists; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Roy C. Fox (b. 1890) —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Cincinnati, Appanoose
County, Iowa, October
10, 1890.
Son of James Wesley Fox and Sarah Louise (McMahon) Fox.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1920-26; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, 1926-34.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi Alpha Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 6,
1922, to Frankie A. Juvinall. |
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Ralph Julian Rivers (1903-1976) —
also known as Ralph J. Rivers —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 23,
1903.
Son of Julian Guy Rivers and Louisa (Lavoy) Rivers.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1933-44; Alaska
territory attorney general, 1945-49; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1952-54; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952;
member of Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1955-56; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1959-67; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960.
Member, Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Chi; Phi Alpha Delta.
Died in Chehalis, Lewis
County, Wash., August
14, 1976 (age 73 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Chehalis, Wash.
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