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Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) —
also known as Thurman W. Arnold —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., June 2,
1891.
Son of Constantine Peter Arnold and Annie (Brockway) Arnold.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1921; mayor of
Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean,
College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of
law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned
1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Lions.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria,
Va., November
7, 1969 (age 78 years, 158
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Frank Aloysius Barrett (1892-1962) —
also known as Frank A. Barrett —
of Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., November
10, 1892.
Son of Patrick J. Barrett and Elizabeth A. (Curran) Barrett.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; rancher;
member of Wyoming
state senate, 1933-35; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1943-50; Governor of
Wyoming, 1951-53; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1953-59; defeated, 1958; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1960.
Member, Elks; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., May 30,
1962 (age 69 years, 201
days).
Interment at Lusk
Cemetery, Lusk, Wyo.
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James Emmett Barrett (b. 1922) —
also known as James E. Barrett —
of Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo., April 8,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wyoming, 1964;
Wyoming
state attorney general, 1967-71; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1971-87; took senior
status 1987.
Still living as of 2000.
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Vernon G. Bentley (b. 1915) —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo., February
2, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1948,
1956;
mayor
of Laramie, Wyo., 1952.
Protestant.
Still living as of 1956.
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Fred H. Blume (b. 1875) —
of Audubon
County, Iowa; Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Audubon, Audubon
County, Iowa, January
9, 1875.
Son of William Blume and Lena Blume.
Lawyer; Audubon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1900-04; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1909-13; justice of
Wyoming state supreme court, 1921-36; chief
justice of Wyoming state supreme court, 1927-31.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1920
to Blanche Alexander. |
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Francis Lester Bowron —
also known as Les Bowron —
of Wyoming; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Son of Frank
Bowron.
Republican. Lawyer; country music
songwriter; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives.
Still living as of 2004.
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Robert Warren Breckons (1866-1918) —
also known as Robert W. Breckons —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Kewanee, Henry
County, Ill., December
16, 1866.
Son of Edward L. Breckons and Mary (Allison) Breckons.
Republican. Lawyer; Laramie
County Attorney, 1896-98; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1901; U.S.
Attorney for Hawaii, 1902-13; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1904,
1908.
Died November
26, 1918 (age 51 years, 345
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Clarence Addison Brimmer, Jr. (b. 1922) —
also known as Clarence Brimmer, Jr. —
of Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo.
Born in Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo., 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wyoming, 1956;
Wyoming
state attorney general, 1971-74; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1974-75; U.S.
District Judge for Wyoming, 1975-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Wade Brorby (b. 1934) —
of Gillette, Campbell
County, Wyo.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., 1934.
Lawyer; Campbell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1963-70; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1988-2001; took
senior status 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Timothy Farrar Burke (b. 1855) —
also known as Timothy F. Burke —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1855.
Son of William C. Burke and Sarah E. (Farrar) Burke.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wyoming
territorial legislature, 1892; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1898-1907, 1907-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1879
to Blanche Harvey. |
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Joseph Maull Carey (1845-1924) —
also known as Joseph M. Carey —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Milton, Sussex
County, Del., January
19, 1845.
Son of Robert Hood Carey and Susan (Davis) Carey.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1869; Wyoming
territory attorney general, 1869-71; justice of
Wyoming territorial supreme court, 1872-76; member of Republican
National Committee from Wyoming Territory, 1876-90; mayor
of Cheyenne, Wyo., 1881-85; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1885-90; member of Republican
National Committee from Wyoming, 1890-96; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1890-95; Governor of
Wyoming, 1911-15.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., February
5, 1924 (age 79 years, 17
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Cheyenne, 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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Clarence Don Clark (1851-1930) —
also known as Clarence D. Clark —
of Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa; Evanston, Uinta
County, Wyo.
Born in Sandy Creek, Oswego
County, N.Y., April 16,
1851.
Son of Oratia D. Clark and Laura A. (King) Clark.
Republican. Lawyer; Uinta
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-86; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming Territory, 1888;
delegate
to Wyoming state constitutional convention, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1890-93; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1895-1917; defeated, 1916; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912.
Died November
18, 1930 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Evanston, Wyo.
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William J. Garlow (b. 1913) —
of Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb., January
4, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wyoming, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Ranous Greever (1891-1943) —
also known as Paul R. Greever —
of Wyoming.
Born in Lansing, Leavenworth
County, Kan., September
28, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of
Cody, Wyo., 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1935-39; defeated, 1938.
Killed accidentally,
while cleaning his shotgun,
in Cody, Park
County, Wyo., February
16, 1943 (age 51 years, 141
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
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William Hale (1837-1885) —
Born in New London, Henry
County, Iowa, November
18, 1837.
Lawyer; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1863-66; Presidential Elector for Iowa,
1868;
Governor
of Wyoming Territory, 1882-85; died in office 1885.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., January
13, 1885 (age 47 years, 56
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Harry Scott Harnsberger (1889-1976) —
also known as Harry S. Harnsberger —
of Lander, Fremont
County, Wyo.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., December
25, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., 1976
(age about
86 years).
Interment somewhere
in Lander, Wyo.
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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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Jesse Knight (b. 1850) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Boonville, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 5,
1850.
Lawyer; justice of
Wyoming state supreme court.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence A. Marty (b. 1926) —
of Green River, Sweetwater
County, Wyo.
Born in Leigh, Colfax
County, Neb., June 17,
1926.
Son of Herman L. Marty and Frances J. (Harvey) Marty.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Wyoming, 1958-59; chair of
Sweetwater County Republican Party, 1960-64, 1968-70; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions.
Still living as of 1970.
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Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962) —
also known as Joseph C. O'Mahoney —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1884.
Son of Dennis O'Mahoney and Elizabeth (Sheehan) O'Mahoney.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; vice-chair of
Wyoming Democratic Party, 1922-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1929-34; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934-53, 1954-61; defeated, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
1, 1962 (age 78 years, 26
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Guy Ray Pelton (1824-1890) —
of New York.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., August 3,
1824.
Son of Harriet (Ray) Pelton and Joseph Kneeland Pelton (1801-1873).
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1855-57.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Died in Wyoming, July 24,
1890 (age 65 years, 355
days).
Interment at Mahaiwe
Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.
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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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Hilliard Samuel Ridgely (b. 1874) —
also known as Hilliard S. Ridgely —
of North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb.; Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in Siam, Taylor
County, Iowa, October
16, 1874.
Son of Eli Ridgely and Olive Marie (Allen) Ridgely.
Republican. Lawyer; Lincoln
County Attorney, 1899-1902; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1911-14; candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Teno Roncalio (1916-2003) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Rock Springs, Sweetwater
County, Wyo., March 23,
1916.
Son of Frank Roncalio and Ernestina (Mussi) Roncalio.
Democrat. Staff member for U.S. Senator Joseph
C. O'Mahoney, 1941; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wyoming, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972;
Wyoming
Democratic state chair, 1957-61; chairman of board, Cheyenne
National Bank,
1960-68; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1965-67, 1971-78; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1966; member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1969-70.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., March 30,
2003 (age 87 years, 7
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Robert R. Rose, Jr. (1915-1997) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., November
1, 1915.
Son of Robert
R. Rose and Eleanor B. Rose.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wyoming, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1949-51; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1950-52; Assistant Secretary of the Interior,
1951-52; justice of
Wyoming state supreme court, 1975-80; chief
justice of Wyoming state supreme court, 1978-80.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1997
(age about
81 years).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married 1948
to Kathryn Lorraine Warner. |
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A. J. Rosier (d. 1932) —
of Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo.
Lawyer; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1932; died in office 1932.
Shot
and killed by
Thomas Lacey, Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo., April 15,
1932. Lacey, who then killed himself, had been convicted of
gambling, and was angered by Rosier's refusal to file a lawsuit on
his behalf against county authorities.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Leroy Sackett (b. 1876) —
also known as Carl L. Sackett —
of Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Driftwood, Hitchcock
County, Neb., February
27, 1876.
Son of John Henry Sackett and Martha Ann (Burd) Sackett.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1919-20; first vice-president,
Sheridan Trust & Savings Bank,
1928-34; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1933-49.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alan Kooi Simpson (b. 1931) —
also known as Alan K. Simpson —
of Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., September
2, 1931.
Son of Milward
Lee Simpson.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Park County, 1964-77; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97; appointed 1979.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Eagles; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2009.
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Michael John Sullivan (b. 1939) —
also known as Michael J. Sullivan; Mike
Sullivan —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born September
22, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Wyoming, 1987-95; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1994; U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 1998.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Craig Lyle Thomas (1933-2007) —
also known as Craig Thomas —
of Wyoming.
Born in Cody, Park
County, Wyo., February
17, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1985-88; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1989-95; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007; died in office 2007.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Delta
Chi.
Died, of leukemia,
in the Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 4,
2007 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., April 17,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wyoming
territorial legislature, 1888; justice of
Wyoming territorial supreme court, 1889; member of Republican
National Committee from Wyoming, 1896; federal
judge, 1903; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1941 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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