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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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Jack Robert Gage (1899-1970) —
also known as Jack R. Gage —
of Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., January
13, 1899.
Son of Will Vernon Gage and LaVaughn (Phelan) Gage.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; Wyoming
superintendent of public instruction, 1935-38; postmaster;
secretary
of state of Wyoming, 1959-63; Governor of
Wyoming, 1961-63; defeated, 1962.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Died March 14,
1970 (age 71 years, 60
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clifford Peter Hansen (1912-2009) —
also known as Clifford P. Hansen —
of Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo.
Born in Zenith, Lincoln County (now Teton
County), Wyo., October
16, 1912.
Son of Peter Christofferson Hansen and Sylvia Irene (Wood) Hansen.
Republican. Rancher; Teton
County Commissioner, 1943-51; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wyoming, 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Governor of
Wyoming, 1963-67; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78.
Episcopalian.
Danish
and English
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Sigma Nu.
Died in Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo., October
20, 2009 (age 97 years, 4
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. John's Episcopal Church, Jackson, Wyo.
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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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William Arthur Norris (b. 1893) —
also known as W. A. Norris —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb., December
10, 1893.
Democrat. General
contractor; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1933; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1944;
Wyoming
Democratic state chair, 1945.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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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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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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