| | GRANTHAM:
See also
Hilary
Ashby Bush —
Earl
Buford Ellington —
William
Harry Thorne —
Caswell
Walker |
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Grantham, Carroll —
Reform candidate for U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
|
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Grantham, Everett M. —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1937-42, 1946-51; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Mexico, 1952.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Grantham, George L. —
of Easley, Pickens
County, S.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
|
| |
Grantham, Jasper E. —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
|
| |
Grantham, John W. —
of Jefferson
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Jefferson County, 1872,
1881-82; member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1873.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Grantham, K. H. —
of Woodward, Woodward
County, Okla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1936.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Grantham, Moses S. —
of Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1875-77.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Grantham, Terri —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Grantham, Wayne C. —
Libertarian. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| | GRASS:
See also
Philip
Breitmeyer |
| |
Grass, Daniel
(c.1774-1836) —
of Indiana.
Born about 1774.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1819-21; member of Indiana
state senate, 1821-27.
Died in Spencer
County, Ind., 1836
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Grass, H. C. —
of Slayton, Murray
County, Minn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Grass, James E. —
of Franconia, Grafton
County, N.H.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Franconia,
1948.
Still living as of 1948.
|
| |
Grass, John H. —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Tax Cut candidate for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
|
| |
Grass, John J. —
of Michigan.
Tax Cut candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 18th Senatorial
District, 1961.
Still living as of 1961.
|
| |
Grass, Morton —
of Michigan.
Republican. Candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1948.
Still living as of 1948.
|
| |
Grass, Sadie —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Tax Cut candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1960; Tax Cut
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
12th District, 1961.
Female.
Still living as of 1961.
|
| |
Grass, William —
of Linton, Greene
County, Ind.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
|
| |
Grasso, Alexander —
of Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1944.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Grasso, Ella Tambussi
(1919-1981) —
also known as Ella T. Grasso; Ella Rose
Tambussi —
of Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn., May 10,
1919.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1953-57; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1956-58; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1956
(alternate), 1960;
co-chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, co-chair, 1964;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1959-71; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1971-75; Governor of
Connecticut, 1975-80; resigned 1980.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1981.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
5, 1981 (age 61 years, 271
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Windsor Locks, Conn.
|
| |
Grasso, Lois A. —
of Connecticut.
Term Limits candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1998.
Female.
Still living as of 1998.
|
| |
Grasso, Michael, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
|
| |
Grasso, Michael —
of near Laurel, Howard
County, Md.
Republican. Candidate for Maryland
state house of delegates District 13-A, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
|
| |
Grasso, Salvatore —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
|
| | GRATZ:
See also
Benjamin
Gratz Brown —
N.
Gratz Jackson —
Willis
Gratz Sears |
| | Gratz,
Boozy: See
Benjamin
Gratz Brown |
| |
Gratz, Eugene C. —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 40th District, 1990.
Still living as of 1990.
|
| |
Gratz, H. Tucker —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Democrat. U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1951; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Hawaii, 1963.
Still living as of 1963.
|
| |
Gratz, Jacob —
of Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Whig. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1842.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Gratz, Louis Alexander —
also known as Louis A. Gratz —
of North Knoxville (now part of Knoxville), Knox
County, Tenn.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of North Knoxville, Tenn., 1889.
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
|
| |
Gratz, Michael G. —
of St.
Louis County, Mo.
Democrat. Candidate for Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
|
| | Gratz,
Tucker See H. Tucker
Gratz |
| | GRAU:
See also
Stanley
Withe |
| |
Grau, George M. —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Grau, Héctor —
of Bayamón, Bayamón
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Puerto
Rico, 1996,
2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Grau, Jeanette —
of Indiana.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
|
| |
Grau, Tom —
of Newell, Buena Vista
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Candidate for Iowa state
senate 5th District, 1982.
Still living as of 1982.
|
| |
Gravel, Camille Francis, Jr.
(1915-2005) —
also known as Camille F. Gravel, Jr. —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born August
10, 1915.
Son of Camille Francis Gravel, Sr. and Aline (Delvaille) Gravel.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1954; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1956.
Catholic.
Served as defense counsel for Otto
Passman in 1979, and Edwin
W. Edwards in 1985; both were acquitted.
Died, in the Naomi Heights nursing
home, Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., December
23, 2005 (age 90 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Gravel, Leonard J. —
of White River Junction, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
|
| |
Gravel, Maurice Robert (b.
1930) —
also known as Mike Gravel —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 13,
1930.
Son of Alphonse Gravel and Marie (Bourassa) Gravel.
Democrat. Real estate
business; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1963-66; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1965-66; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1969-81; defeated in primary, 1980;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008.
Unitarian.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
|
| | Gravel,
Mike See Maurice Robert
Gravel |
| |
Gravely, Edward E. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| |
Gravely, Joseph Jackson
(1828-1872) —
also known as Joseph J. Gravely —
of Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo.
Born near Leatherwood, Henry
County, Va., September
5, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-54; delegate to
Missouri state constitutional convention, 1860; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1867-69; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1871-72; died in office 1872.
Died in Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo., April 28,
1872 (age 43 years, 236
days).
Interment at Lindley
Prairie Cemetery, Near Bear Creek, Cedar County, Mo.
|
| |
Gravely, Lloyd Lee (b.
1889) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Son of John Oglesby Gravely and Lula (Kent) Gravely.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
buyer; manager, tobacco
products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco
Co.; director, Standard Insurance
and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Gravely, Melvin J. —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
|
| |
Gravely, Peyton —
of Virginia.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Graven, David —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1960,
1964
(alternate).
Still living as of 1964.
|
| |
Graven, Henry N. (b.
1893) —
of Greene, Butler
County, Iowa.
Born in St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn., June 1,
1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
district judge in Iowa, 1937-44; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, 1944-.
Lutheran.
Member, Order of the
Coif.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Graven, Marion Finney (b.
1901) —
also known as Marion F. Graven —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born in Ashland
County, Ohio, November
9, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Burial
location unknown.
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