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Richard Bruce Cheney (b. 1941) —
also known as Richard B. Cheney; Dick Cheney;
"Shooter" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., January
30, 1941.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1979-89; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1989-93; Vice
President of the United States, 2001-09.
Methodist. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on July 3, 1991.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives:
Married, August
29, 1964, to Lynne Ann Vincent. |
| | | Cross-reference: Don
Evans |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Richard B. Cheney: Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History, with Lynne V. Cheney (1996) |
| | | Books about Richard B. Cheney: Stephen
F. Hayes, Cheney
: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice
President |
| | | Critical books about Richard B. Cheney:
John Nichols, Dick:
The Man Who is President — Clint Willis, The
I Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice. . .
Reader: Behind the Bush Cabal's War on America — Dan
Piraro, The
Three Little Pigs Buy the White House — Lou Dubose and
Jake Bernstein, Vice:
Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American
Presidency |
| | | Fiction about Richard B. Cheney: Henry
Beard, The
Dick Cheney Code : A Parody |
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John Wesley Hoyt (1831-1912) —
of Wyoming.
Born near Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
13, 1831.
Governor
of Wyoming Territory, 1878-82.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1912 (age 80 years, 223
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Benjamin Kendrick (1857-1933) —
also known as John B. Kendrick —
of Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born near Jacksonville, Cherokee
County, Tex., September
6, 1857.
Son of John Harvey Kendrick and Anna (Maye) Kendrick.
Democrat. Rancher;
member of Wyoming
state senate, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wyoming, 1916,
1924;
Honorary Vice-President, 1912;
member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1916;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1915-17; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1917-33; died in office 1933.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
3, 1933 (age 76 years, 58
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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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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