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Joseph Ackroyd (1847-1915) —
of Whitestown, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., November
23, 1847.
Son of Abram Ackroyd (1809-1886) and Harriet (Robinson) Ackroyd
(1815-1889); married 1871 to
Adelaide Hoag (1846-1936).
Grocer;
undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1884; postmaster;
member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1907-08.
English
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March 15,
1915 (age 67 years, 112
days).
Interment at Glenside
Cemetery, New York Mills, N.Y.
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Clinton J. Adams —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Mortician; mayor of
Ames, Iowa, 1946-48.
Still living as of 1948.
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James E. Altmeyer (b. 1938) —
also known as Jim Altmeyer —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio
County, W.Va., December
5, 1938.
Son of John D. Altmeyer and Evelyn (Showers) Altmeyer; married, November
30, 1963, to Edith Stoney.
Republican. Funeral director; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1974-76 (Ohio County 1974, 3rd
District 1975-76); appointed 1974; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1984.
Catholic.
Member, Civitan;
Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Still living as of 1984.
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Dewey G. Archambault —
also known as D. G. Archambault —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Son of Amedee Archambault and Rose F. (Mineau) Archambault; married,
June
22, 1922, to Marguerite E. Delorme.
Republican. Funeral director; lawyer; mayor of
Lowell, Mass., 1936-40.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Gillespie Baxter (b. 1859) —
also known as Alexander G. Baxter —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Bloomingburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y., November
6, 1859.
Son of James Brean Baxter and Abigail Jane (Monell) Baxter; married,
October
20, 1880, to Sarah E. Teetz; married, May 10,
1908, to Sarah J. Atkinson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
undertaker; restaurant
owner; banker;
member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1931-34.
Methodist.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles L. Benjamin (1841-1909) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Oakland
County, Mich., May 13,
1841.
Son of John M. Benjamin and Anna Benjamin; married, November
16, 1862, to Alice Susan Coney.
Undertaker; mayor of
Saginaw, Mich., 1884-86.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., November
19, 1909 (age 68 years, 190
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Charles P. Blake —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1889.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fenton L. Bland, Jr. (b. 1962) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., March 7,
1962.
Democrat. Mortician; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 63rd District, 2002-05; resigned 2005;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
2004;
pleaded
guilty, January 26, 2005 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank
fraud; sentenced
in April to 57 months in prison
and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution;
surrendered
his funeral director's license rather than contest charges of ethical
violations.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2006.
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John A. Boyle (b. 1883) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born June 24,
1883.
Democrat. Undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1923-24;
defeated, 1915.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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George E. D. Brady (b. 1881) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 10,
1881.
Republican. Undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1919-21.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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William C. Brady (b. 1852) —
of Athens, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., September
26, 1852.
Son of George C. Brady; father of William
E. Brady.
Republican. Funeral director; member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1905-09; defeated, 1909.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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William E. Brady (1889-1970) —
of Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., August 7,
1889.
Son of William
C. Brady.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; funeral
director; owner, Coxsackie Granite Works; Greene
County Coroner, 1921-36; member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1940-62.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died in August, 1970
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas A. Brennan —
also known as Tom Brennan —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Republican. Funeral director; mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 2004-.
Still living as of 2009.
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Andrew James Brodie (b. 1875) —
also known as Andrew J. Brodie —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
May 2,
1875.
Son of William Brodie and Susan (Jacqus) Brodie; married, July 31,
1900, to Anna Behrandt.
Republican. Funeral director; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ray H. Burrell —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Cemetery monument business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1935-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Aloysius Byrne (1906-1980) —
also known as James A. Byrne —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 22,
1906.
Married, June 7,
1939, to M. Virginia Mullin.
Democrat. Funeral director; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936,
1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate); member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1953-73.
Catholic.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
3, 1980 (age 74 years, 73
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Glenside, Pa.
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Pasquale Caggiano (1909-1972) —
also known as Patsy Caggiano —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
31, 1909.
Democrat. Funeral director; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twelfth Essex District, 1953-56;
mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1972; died in office 1972.
Died, of cancer, April 13,
1972 (age 62 years, 226
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Arba Calderwood (b. 1849) —
also known as Charles A. Calderwood —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Greensboro, Orleans
County, Vt., July 22,
1849.
Furniture
and undertaking business; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from St. Johnsbury, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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James C. Campbell —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1912-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas F. Campbell (1897-1957) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., April 26,
1897.
Republican. Funeral director; member of New York
state senate, 1945-57 (37th District 1945-54, 38th District
1955-57); died in office 1957.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died March 7,
1957 (age 59 years, 315
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William C. Celentano —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Undertaker; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1946-53; defeated, 1939.
Italian
ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerald L. Chafin (b. 1930) —
also known as Jerry Chafin —
of Delbarton, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Mingo
County, W.Va., April 1,
1930.
Son of Jeff Chafin and Matilda (Curry) Chafin; married, April 10,
1960, to Marie Savage.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
mortician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 13th District, 1975-76.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Moose;
Elks; Izaak
Walton League; National Rifle
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1976.
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Jordan W. Chambers (1896-1962) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in 1896.
Democrat. Undertaker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1944,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1962
(age about
66 years).
Interment at St. Peters Cemetery, Normandy, Mo.
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Richard James Codey (b. 1946) —
also known as Richard J. Codey; Dick Codey —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., November
27, 1946.
Democrat. Funeral director; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1974-81; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New Jersey
state senate 27th District, 1982-; Governor of
New Jersey, 2002, 2004-06.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Robert Coombs (b. 1862) —
also known as Charles R. Coombs —
of Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, March 20,
1862.
Son of Robert H. Coombs and Harriet (Pendleton) Coombs; married, September
3, 1902, to Helena E. Matthews.
Republican. Undertaker; mayor of
Belfast, Maine, 1915.
Unitarian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert William Davis (b. 1932) —
also known as Robert W. Davis; Bob Davis —
of St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich.; Gaylord, Otsego
County, Mich.
Born in Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich., July 31,
1932.
Republican. Funeral director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 106th District, 1967-70; member of
Michigan
state senate 37th District, 1971-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1979-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1998.
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Charles Coles Diggs, Sr. (1894-1967) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Sr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tallula, Issaquena
County, Miss., January
2, 1894.
Father of Charles
Coles Diggs, Jr..
Mortician; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1937-44; defeated in Democratic
primary, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1940;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried, convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
in a different bribery
case in 1945; tried and
convicted;
charged
again on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1948 (Republican
primary), 1952 (Democratic primary).
African
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in 1967
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park, Warren, Mich.
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Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. (1922-1998) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1922.
Son of Charles
Coles Diggs, Sr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
mortician; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1956.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
First
chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; charged
in March 1978 with taking kickbacks
from staff whose salaries he raised; convicted,
October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false
payroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-elected
while awaiting sentencing; censured
by the House on July 31, 1979; sentenced
to three years in prison
and served 14 months.
Died, of a stroke, at
Greater Southwest Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1998 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park, Warren, Mich.
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George F. Dougherty —
of Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn.
Democrat. Funeral director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plainfield, 1939-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles C. Dunham (1845-1917) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; livery
business; furniture
and undertaking business; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1902-04, 1911-12; defeated, 1910.
Died in 1917
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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James J. Dworak (b. 1935) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born January
4, 1935.
Democrat. Undertaker; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1961-65; defeated, 1965; indicted
on December 16, 1964, on charges
of seeking thousands of dollars in bribes
in connection with a rezoning request; tried in
1966 and acquitted.
Still living as of 1997.
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Tom Eaton (born c.1950) —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born about 1950.
Republican. Funeral director; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Mark M. Fagan (1869-1955) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., September
29, 1869.
Republican. Undertaker; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1902-07, 1913-17; defeated, 1907, 1909;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in a hospital
at Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 16,
1955 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Interment at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Alfred Gerry Fairbanks (1822-1896) —
also known as Alfred G. Fairbanks —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
16, 1822.
Son of Buckman Fairbanks (1788-1862) and Cynthia (Downs) Fairbanks;
married, September
10, 1844, to Harriet A. Dodge (1821-1891); fourth cousin of John
Brooks Fairbanks; second cousin of George
Henry Fairbanks; fourth cousin once removed of George
Chandler Fairbanks.
Republican. Blacksmith;
grocer; deputy
sheriff; undertaker; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester,
1881-82; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1883-89; member of New
Hampshire state senate 17th District, 1893-94.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1896
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Pat Fanning (b. 1934) —
of Iaeger, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born August
14, 1934.
Son of James P. Fanning and Gertrude (Neal) Fanning; married, February
4, 1956, to Marianna Young.
Democrat. Mortician; mayor of Iaeger, W.Va.; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1968-80, 1985-88, 1997-;
appointed 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Alpha
Sigma Phi; Rotary.
Still living as of 1997.
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John G. Fitzgerald (d. 1939) —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Funeral director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ansonia, 1931-32, 1937-39;
died in office 1939.
Died May 20,
1939.
Burial
location unknown.
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Karl N. Flagg —
of Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.
Born in Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.
Son of John Henry Flagg, Sr. and Effie Lee Flagg.
Ordained
minister; funeral director; mayor of
Palatka, Fla., 2000-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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James J. Flynn, Jr. (1910-1983) —
also known as Jay Flynn —
of Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in 1910.
Democrat. Funeral director; mayor
of Perth Amboy, N.J., 1950-70; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964.
Died in 1983
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Eugene Ford (b. 1945) —
also known as Harold E. Ford —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 20,
1945.
Father of Harold
Eugene Ford, Jr..
Democrat. Mortician; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1971-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1972,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1975-97 (8th District 1975-83, 9th
District 1983-97).
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frederick Dozier Gardner (1869-1933) —
also known as Frederick D. Gardner —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Hickman, Fulton
County, Ky., November
6, 1869.
Son of William H. Gardner and Mary Ellen (Dozier) Gardner; married,
October
10, 1894, to Jeannette Vosburgh.
Democrat. Owner, St. Louis Coffin Company; Governor of
Missouri, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1928.
Methodist.
Died December
18, 1933 (age 64 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Roy T. Gilbert (1878-1963) —
of Algonac, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Algonac, St. Clair
County, Mich., March 5,
1878.
Married 1900
to Abigail Morrison (died 1931); married 1933 to Muriel
Dundas.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Clair County 2nd
District, 1939-44; defeated in primary, 1944.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1963
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Guest (born c.1866) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1866.
Republican. Undertaker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1904,
1912
(alternate).
Burial
location unknown.
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John C. Hampton (b. 1891) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
5, 1891.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking business; mayor of
Muncie, Ind., 1926-30, 1943-44.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin S. Hanford (b. 1858) —
of Waverly, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born near Waverly, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
17, 1858.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking business; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1901-05; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Freeman P. Hankins (1917-c.1988) —
also known as Freeman Hankins —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917.
Son of Oliver Hankins and Anna (Pyles) Hankins; married, April 20,
1939, to Dorothy Days.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-67; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1967-.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; NAACP; Amvets; Freemasons;
American
Woodmen; Elks.
In April, 2000, a Philadelphia branch post office was named for
him.
Died about 1988 (age about 71
years).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Michael Hanley (1920-2003) —
also known as James M. Hanley —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., July 19,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-81 (34th District 1965-71,
35th District 1971-73, 32nd District 1973-81); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
16, 2003 (age 83 years, 89
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert W. Harbin (born c.1905) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1905.
Democrat. Funeral director; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1954.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clinton S. Harley (born c.1878) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Ohio, about 1878.
Republican. Cemetery operator; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1943-45; member of Washington
state senate 43rd District, 1947.
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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William G. Harris (born c.1950) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born about 1950.
Republican. Funeral director; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Charles Heling (1880-1938) —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Babylon town, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 1,
1880.
Son of Valentine Heling (born 1844) and Catherina Heling; married to
Elizabeth Wolter (1879-1915) and Josephine Roubal.
Democrat. Undertaker; contractor;
banker;
mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 1931-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932.
German
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a few hours later, in Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 21,
1938 (age 58 years, 112
days).
Interment at Breslau
Cemetery, North Lindenhurst, Long Island, N.Y.
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Arthur K. Hillpot (c.1881-1953) —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., about 1881.
Married to Lenora Thompson.
Funeral director; mayor
of Metuchen, N.J..
Died in Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J., July 23,
1953 (age about 72
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Huston (1855-1911) —
of Tuscola, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Blenheim, Ontario,
January
17, 1855.
Married, November
12, 1882, to Mary Husted.
Republican. Farmer; furniture
and undertaking business; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees;
Gleaners.
Died, of cancer, in
Millington, Tuscola
County, Mich., May 12,
1911 (age 56 years, 115
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerard Luz A. James II —
of St. Croix, Virgin
Islands.
Undertaker; member of Virgin
Islands legislature from St. Croix, 1993-96; Lieutenant
Governor of Virgin Islands, 2002; Independent candidate for Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 2002.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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E. B. Kearns —
of Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C.
Undertaker; mayor
of Asheboro, N.C., 1894.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick E. Keene (b. 1860) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
18, 1860.
Undertaker; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1907-09.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Edward Kilstrom (1874-1943) —
also known as Oscar E. Kilstrom —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March 26,
1874.
Married, April 8,
1932, to Edna I. Johnson.
Republican. Funeral director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1939-43; defeated, 1936; died in office 1943.
Lutheran.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons.
Died September
1, 1943 (age 69 years, 159
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh A. Kincaid (b. 1911) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va., February
2, 1911.
Democrat. Mortician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1955-56, 1959-62, 1965-78
(Cabell County 1955-56, 1959-62, 1965-74, 11th District 1975-78);
defeated, 1956 (Cabell County), 1978 (11th District).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Jaycees.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Emmet King (1848-1921) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in 1848.
Republican. Undertaker; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1896.
Died November
11, 1921 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Frederick John Henry Kracke (1868-1954) —
also known as Frederick J. H. Kracke —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
1868.
Son of Henry Kracke and Henrietta (Hoffman) Kracke; married 1890 to
Florence Tayntor.
Republican. Produce
merchant; cemetery monument business; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1948,
1952;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1907, 1930; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grange;
Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
2, 1954 (age 86 years, 144
days).
Interment somewhere
in West Eaton, N.Y.
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Joseph A. Langone, Jr. (b. 1896) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
8, 1896.
Democrat. Undertaker; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Suffolk District, 1933-36.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles H. Leonard (b. 1895) —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Hastings, Barry
County, Mich., March 9,
1895.
Son of William Leonard and Bessie (Palmer) Leonard; married, November
26, 1913, to Bertha Ferris.
Democrat. Funeral director; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Everett Lightner (1921-2002) —
also known as Clarence E. Lightner —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., August
15, 1921.
Son of Calvin E. Lightner and Mammie (Blackmon) Lightner; married 1946 to
Marguerite Massey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; mayor of
Raleigh, N.C., 1973-75; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1977-78; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
The Raleigh Law Enforcement Center was named for
him in 2003.
Died July 8,
2002 (age 80 years, 327
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Charles J. Malone (b. 1895) —
of Metamora, Fulton
County, Ohio.
Born April 5,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; funeral
director; banker; insurance
agent; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948,
1964.
Burial
location unknown.
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John McBain —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1937, 1939-44,
1947-48; defeated, 1937, 1944, 1948.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John H. McKee —
of Bemidji, Beltrami
County, Minn.
Funeral director; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1951-54; member of Minnesota
state senate 62nd District, 1955-59.
Still living as of 1959.
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Henry J. McKinley (b. 1899) —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Kincheloe, Harrison
County, W.Va., March 2,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
mortician; farmer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1947-54; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1947-49.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Thaddeus McLoskey (1907-1990) —
also known as Robert T. McLoskey —
of Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill.
Born in Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., June 26,
1907.
Republican. Funeral director; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1944;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1951-62; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1963-65.
Died in Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., November
2, 1990 (age 83 years, 129
days).
Cremated.
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J. Lee Morford (b. 1873) —
of Gaylord, Otsego
County, Mich.
Born in Unionville, Tuscola
County, Mich., June 14,
1873.
Republican. Undertaker; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Presque Isle District,
1911-14; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1915-18.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley Pacholek —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Undertaker; candidate for mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Earl K. Parson (b. 1909) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Perry Township, Delaware
County, Ind., August
10, 1909.
Republican. Mortician; Delaware
County Coroner, 1938-40; chair of
Delaware County Republican Party, 1942-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harris Pendleton (b. 1845) —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 15,
1845.
Great-grandnephew of Nathan
Pendleton (1754-1841); first cousin twice removed of Nathan
Pendleton (1779-1827); fourth cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman; son of Harris Pendleton (1811-1890) and Sarah
(Chester) Pendleton; third cousin of Calvin
Crane Pendleton, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph
Palmer Dyer and Nathan
William Pendleton; second cousin once removed of James
Monroe Pendleton; married, November
8, 1871, to Mary Brewster Burtch (born 1847); brother of James
Pendleton.
Telegraph
operator; civil
engineer; druggist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1886;
undertaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Madison Roberts (1879-1952) —
also known as Frederick M. Roberts; Fred
Roberts —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
14, 1879.
Great-grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; son of Ellen Wayles (Hemings) Roberts.
Republican. Mortician; member of California
state assembly, 1919-34; defeated, 1934; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1946.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
First
African-American state legislator in California; descendancy from
Thomas Jefferson confirmed by DNA evidence in 1998.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
accident the day before, in Los Angeles County General Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 19,
1952 (age 72 years, 309
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John I. Rogers (b. 1910) —
of Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born in Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va., July 10,
1910.
Son of Albin I. Rogers and Dessie Grace (Alt) Rogers; married, October
21, 1931, to Hazel V. Shumaker.
Republican. Transfer
business; funeral director; farmer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mineral County, 1939-48,
1951-54; defeated, 1934; member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1969-72; defeated, 1966,
1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Lions; Odd
Fellows; Ruritan.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ervin J. Ryczek (b. 1909) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
20, 1909.
Democrat. Funeral director; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 11th District; elected 1948,
1956, 1958.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Catholic
Order of Foresters; Polish
National Alliance; Holy
Name Society.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Smolenski (d. 1953) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Mortician; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1938-53; died in
office 1953.
Died May 31,
1953.
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond E. Snyder —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Undertaker; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1948-55; defeated, 1945; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allen E. Stebbins (b. 1872) —
of Sheridan, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Ionia
County, Mich., December
8, 1872.
Democrat. Farmer;
undertaker; mayor of
Ionia, Mich., 1931-33; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1934.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dayton R. Stemple (b. 1900) —
of Philippi, Barbour
County, W.Va.
Born in Barbour
County, W.Va., September
8, 1900.
Son of James D. Stemple and Mary C. (Hershman) Stemple; married, August
30, 1922, to Ethel Virginia Park.
Republican. Farmer;
funeral director; lawyer; Barbour
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-29, 1933-35; member of West
Virginia state senate 15th District, 1947-62; candidate for judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1956, 1960; circuit judge
in West Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit, 1963.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Farm
Bureau; Elks.
Interment at Cross
Roads Cemetery, Barbour County, W.Va.
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Lloyd A. Stephens (1898-1974) —
of Scottville, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Free Soil, Mason
County, Mich., December
15, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; funeral
director; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1957-64; defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Grange; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., May 7,
1974 (age 75 years, 143
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Scottville, Mich.
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Rupert Stephens, Sr. (1873-1952) —
of Free Soil, Mason
County, Mich.; Scottville, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Chatham, Ontario,
February
22, 1873.
Married 1896
to Edna M. Baxter.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
postmaster;
furniture
and undertaking business; Mason
County Coroner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1939-48 (Mason County 1939-44,
Mason District 1945-48).
Died in 1952
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Freesoil, Mich.
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Robert M. Tomlinson (b. 1945) —
also known as Tommy Tomlinson —
of Bensalem, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born December
4, 1945.
Republican. Funeral director; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1991-94; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1995-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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Earl Winfield Travis (1879-1948) —
also known as Earl W. Travis —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Upsonville, Susquehanna
County, Pa., May 26,
1879.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking business; mayor
of Endicott, N.Y., 1933-37.
Died in 1948
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Riverhurst
Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Charles H. Vincent (b. 1883) —
of Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., 1883.
Republican. Funeral director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Simsbury, 1933-44; member of
Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1945.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred E. Watson (c.1875-1960) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1875.
Married to Ada Page.
Republican. Funeral director; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1923; defeated, 1927.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
30, 1960 (age about 85
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John J. Whalen (1899-1958) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born November
28, 1899.
Married to Mina Elmore.
Democrat. Funeral director; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1949; defeated, 1949.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, of a heart
attack, while attending a dinner
of the Metropolitan Funeral Directors Association, at the Roosevelt
Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1958 (age 58 years, 359
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Spicer Wherry (1892-1951) —
also known as Kenneth S. Wherry —
of Pawnee City, Pawnee
County, Neb.
Born in Liberty, Gage
County, Neb., February
28, 1892.
Son of David Emery Wherry and Jessie (Comstock) Wherry; married, September
15, 1920, to Marjorie Colwell.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; furniture
merchant; funeral director; automobile
dealer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1929-31; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1939-42; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1943-51; died in office 1951; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Kiwanis;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
29, 1951 (age 59 years, 274
days).
Interment at Pawnee
City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb.
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Alroy A. Wilbur —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Furniture
and undertaking business; mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1894.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harlan Wilson, Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Skip Wilson —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 2,
1930.
Son of Harlan Yates Wilson, Sr. and Glenna (Poling) Wilson; married,
June
25, 1960, to Betty Lou Phillips.
Republican. Funeral director; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1969-70;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1972.
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Milton Zaagman (b. 1926) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March 28,
1926.
Married 1948
to Martha Haverkamp.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
mortician; candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1954, 1956; member of Michigan
state senate, 1963-74 (16th District 1963-64, 32nd District
1965-74); defeated, 1974; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1974.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion.
Still living as of 1974.
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