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Floyd William Bartling (1896-1984) —
also known as F. W. Bartling —
of Douglas, Converse
County, Wyo.
Born in Posey, Clinton
County, Ill., December
12, 1896.
Son of Henry Bartling and Elizabeth Jane (Watts) Bartling.
Republican. Lumberman;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1938-41; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1941-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died June 18,
1984 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Interment at Douglas
Park Cemetery, Douglas, Wyo.
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Vincent Michael Carter (1891-1972) —
also known as Vincent M. Carter —
of Kemmerer, Lincoln
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in St. Clair, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
6, 1891.
Son of William J. Carter and Julia Anna (Clarke) Carter.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; Wyoming
state auditor, 1923-29; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1929-35; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wyoming, 1936,
1940.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles; American Bar
Association; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., December
30, 1972 (age 81 years, 54
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Robert Nelson Chaffin (b. 1905) —
also known as Robert N. Chaffin —
of Torrington, Goshen
County, Wyo.
Born in Avalon, Livingston
County, Mo., July 13,
1905.
Son of Robert Eliel Chaffin and Mamie (Curtis) Chaffin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Wyoming, 1948-60; member of Wyoming
Democratic State Central Committee, 1952-57; Wyoming
Democratic state chair, 1955; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1961-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sam Fratto (b. 1914) —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Price, Carbon
County, Utah, July 24,
1914.
Son of John Fratto and Victoria (Romano) Fratto.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; department
store; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1949-51.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Optimist
Club; Sertoma;
Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1951.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
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Richard Thomas Hanna (1914-2001) —
also known as Richard T. Hanna; "The Little
Leprechaun" —
of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.; Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Kemmerer, Lincoln
County, Wyo., June 9,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1956-62; while in the Assembly, he helped bring
about the establishment
of the University of California at Irvine and California State
University at Fullerton; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 34th District, 1963-74; resigned
1974.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Lions; Elks.
In the 1970s, he received
payments of about $200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park
in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence
buying scandal;
pleaded
guilty; sentenced
to 6-30 months in federal
prison; served one year.
Died in Tryon, Polk
County, N.C., June 9,
2001 (age 87 years, 0
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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William Henry Harrison (1896-1990) —
also known as William H. Harrison —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
10, 1896.
Son of Russell
Benjamin Harrison and Mary (Saunders) Harrison.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927-29; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1945-50; member of Wyoming
Republican State Committee, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1951-55, 1961-65, 1967-69;
defeated, 1964, 1968; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1954.
Member, Jaycees;
American Legion; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1990
(age about
93 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley Knapp Hathaway (1924-2005) —
also known as Stanley K. Hathaway; Stanley
Knapp —
of Torrington, Goshen
County, Wyo.
Born in Osceola, Polk
County, Neb., July 19,
1924.
Son of Robert Knapp and Lily Knapp.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Goshen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1954-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); Wyoming
Republican state chair, 1962-64; Governor of
Wyoming, 1967-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., October
4, 2005 (age 81 years, 77
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Torrington, Wyo.
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Edgar J. Herschler (1918-1990) —
also known as Ed Herschler —
of Kemmerer, Lincoln
County, Wyo.
Born in Kemmerer, Lincoln
County, Wyo., October
27, 1918.
Democrat. Member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Lincoln County, 1965; Governor of
Wyoming, 1975-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wyoming, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons.
Died February
5, 1990 (age 71 years, 101
days).
Interment at Kemmerer
City Cemetery, Kemmerer, Wyo.
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Charles G. Irwin (b. 1892) —
of Douglas, Converse
County, Wyo.
Born in Belvidere, Thayer
County, Neb., November
20, 1892.
Republican. Railway
station agent; merchant;
banker;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wyoming, 1956;
member of Wyoming
state senate from Converse County, 1957-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Kiwanis;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bill Nation (b. 1925) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Lingle, Goshen
County, Wyo., May 28,
1925.
Son of Wade Oliver Nation and Marie (Voss) Nation.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; photographer;
real
estate agent; mayor
of Cheyenne, Wyo., 1962-66; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Laramie County, 1965-.
Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Elks; Eagles; Exchange
Club; Toastmasters.
Still living as of 1967.
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John Frederick Raper, Jr. (b. 1913) —
also known as John F. Raper, Jr. —
of Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Mapleton, Monona
County, Iowa, June 13,
1913.
Son of John Frederick Raper and Anna Selma (Peterson) Raper.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army
during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1953-61; Wyoming
state attorney general, 1963-66; district judge in Wyoming,
1966-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milward Lee Simpson (1897-1993) —
also known as Milward L. Simpson —
of Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in a log
cabin, Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo., November
12, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1926-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1936,
1952;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1955-59; defeated, 1958; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1962-67; defeated, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Moose; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in a nursing
home at Cody, Park
County, Wyo., June 10,
1993 (age 95 years, 210
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
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Malcolm Wallop (b. 1933) —
of Big Horn, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1933.
Republican. Member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1969-72; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1973-76; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1977-95.
Episcopalian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Legion.
Still living as of 2009.
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