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See also
Christopher
J. Abbott —
Edward
Sears Clinch —
Kenneth
Allen Cox —
Norman
S. Fletcher —
B.
Sears Hunter —
George
Cabot Lodge —
Larry
Sears Nichols —
Winthrop
Rockefeller —
Winthrop
Paul Rockefeller —
Bartow
Sumter Weeks |
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Sears, Benjamin —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1796-97.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, C. M. —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1924.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Charles Brown (b.
1870) —
also known as Charles B. Sears —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
16, 1870.
Son of Hector Sears and Leora C. (Brown) Sears.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1917-40; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,
1922-33; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1940; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hector Sears and Leora C. (Brown) Sears; married, October
20, 1896, to Florence A. Gilbert (died 1939); married, November
24, 1946, to Mary V. Hun. |
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Sears, Charles M., Jr. —
of Lyme, Grafton
County, N.H.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lyme, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Sears, Charles Wilbur —
also known as Charles W. Sears —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Member of Nebraska
state senate, 1919; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Curtis R. —
Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Florida 9th District, 1978.
Still living as of 1978.
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Sears, E. H. —
of Iowa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1868.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Eliphalet —
of Lewis
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1841.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Elnathan —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1801-03, 1805-06, 1811-13 (Ulster County 1801-03,
1805-06, Sullivan and Ulster counties 1811-13).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Elwin —
of Minnewaukan, Benson
County, N.Dak.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Dakota, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Sears, F. A. —
of Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1881.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Floyd —
U.S. Consular Agent in Salaverry, 1926-29.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Harry Lloyd, Jr.
(1920-2002) —
also known as Harry L. Sears —
of Mountain Lakes, Morris
County, N.J.; Mt. Arlington, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Butler, Morris
County, N.J., January
16, 1920.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1962-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1964
(alternate), 1972;
member of New Jersey
state senate, 1968-71; resigned 1971; candidate in primary for Governor of
New Jersey, 1969.
In 1972, he delivered a briefcase with $200,000 in cash from his
client Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; indicted
in 1973 on bribery
conspiracy charges;
granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony
against co-defendants John
N. Mitchell and Maurice
H. Stans, who were both acquitted. His license to practice law
was suspended
for three years.
Died in Denville, Morris
County, N.J., May 17,
2002 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Helen Curtis —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1984.
Female.
Still living as of 1984.
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Sears, Isaac —
of New
York County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1783-84, 1785-86.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Isaac —
of Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1816-17.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, J. H. —
of Hereford, Deaf Smith
County, Tex.
Mayor
of Hereford, Tex., 1954.
Still living as of 1954.
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Sears, J. J. —
of Tennessee.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1868.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, James —
of Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Dakota, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Sears, John D. —
of Wyandot
County, Ohio.
Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Wyandot County, 1873.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, John W. —
of Massachusetts.
Candidate in primary for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1967.
Still living as of 1967.
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Sears, Joseph C. —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1835-36.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Kit —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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Sears, L. A. —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Leah Ward (b.
1955) —
Born in Heidelberg, Germany,
of American parents, June 13,
1955.
Daughter of Thomas E. Sears and Onnye Jean Sears.
Lawyer;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1992-2005; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 2005-.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Sears, Marilynn —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Washington, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Sears, Mary —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Republican. Chair of
Houghton County Republican Party, 2007.
Female.
Still living as of 2007.
|
| | Sears,
Mason See Philip Mason
Sears |
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Sears, Percy H. —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Sears, Perry —
of Capitan, Lincoln
County, N.M.
Democrat. Member of New Mexico
state senate 18th District, 1937.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Perry D. —
of Allerton, Wayne
County, Iowa.
Republican. Candidate for Iowa state
house of representatives from Wayne County, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Sears, Philip Mason
(1899-1973) —
also known as Mason Sears —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
29, 1899.
Son of Philip Shelton Sears (1867-1953) and Mary Cabot (Higginson)
Sears.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1935-36; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1947-48; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1948,
1952;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1949-50; U.S. representative to United
Nations Trusteeship Council, 1953-60.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, in Faulkner Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
13, 1973 (age 73 years, 349
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Raymond O. —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Democrat. Candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Sears, Richard E. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Pará, 1897.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, S. Scott —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
|
| | Sears,
Scott See S. Scott Sears |
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Sears, Stephen G. —
of Madison
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1845.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Steve —
Peace and Freedom candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 40th District, 1986.
Still living as of 1986.
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Sears, Thaddeus P. —
of Mississippi.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Theodore C. (d.
1898) —
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
1880.
Died in Lakeview, Pierce
County, Wash., 1898.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Thomas A. —
of Bombay, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1895-99.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Thomas B. —
of Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1834.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Walter L. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1896, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, Wanda —
of Iowa.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Sears, Wayne —
of Kentucky.
Independent candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives 83rd District, 1973.
Still living as of 1973.
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Sears, William H. —
of Nevada
County, Calif.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 21st District, 1862-65; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1868
(speaker).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, William H. —
of Oceana
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1912; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sears, William Joseph
(1874-1944) —
also known as William J. Sears —
of Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla.
Born in Smithville, Lee
County, Ga., December
4, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Kissimmee, Fla., 1907-11; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1915-29, 1933-37 (4th District
1915-29, at-large 1933-37).
Died in Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla., March 30,
1944 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Kissimmee, Fla.
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Sears, William R. (born
c.1930) —
of Woodgate, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born about 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-90 (129th District 1966, 115th District
1967-90).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 1990.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne Miller. |
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Sears, Willis Gratz
(1860-1949) —
also known as Willis G. Sears —
of Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Willoughby, Lake
County, Ohio, August
16, 1860.
Son of Stephen Sears and Mary Sears.
Republican. Lawyer; Burt
County Attorney, 1895-1901; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1901-04; district judge in
Nebraska 4th District, 1905-22, 1933-48; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1923-31.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 1,
1949 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at Tekamah
Cemetery, Tekamah, Neb.
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