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John Thomas Fancher (1891-1928) —
also known as Jack T. Fancher —
of Washington.
Born in Manila (now Espanola), Spokane
County, Wash., May 13,
1891.
Son of John
Abbot Fancher and Nellie (Thompson) Fancher (1860-1921).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1926.
Wounded by the premature explosion of
a bomb was destroying, in an empty field at the newly-opened
Wenatchee airport, and died soon after in the hospital
at Wenatchee, Chelan
County, Wash., April 30,
1928 (age 36 years, 353
days).
Interment at Riverside
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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William Kirk Kaynor (1884-1929) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Sanborn, O'Brien
County, Iowa, November
29, 1884.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1929; died in
office 1929.
Killed in the crash of a
military plane, shortly after takeoff from the Bolling Field
air base, Anacostia, Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1929 (age 45 years, 21
days); it was his first time in an airplane.
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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William Dee Becker (1876-1943) —
also known as William D. Becker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
23, 1876.
Son of John Philip Becker and Anna A. (Cammann) Becker.
Republican. Lawyer; Judge, Missouri Court of
Appeals, 1916-40; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1941-43; died in office 1943.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Was a passenger in an experimental Army glider, towed by an airplane;
the glider's wings suddenly fell off, and it crashed
at Lambert-St. Louis Airfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., August 1,
1943 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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George Joseph Bates (1891-1949) —
also known as George J. Bates —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., February
25, 1891.
Son of Thomas F. Bates and Annie (Burns) Bates.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1918-24; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1924-37; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1937-49; died in
office 1949.
Killed in an airplane
collision between an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 passenger airliner
and a war surplus P-38 fighter plane purchased by Bolivia, near
Washington National Airport, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
1, 1949 (age 58 years, 249
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Michael Joseph Kennedy (1897-1949) —
also known as Michael J. Kennedy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
25, 1897.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1939-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940;
leader of
New York County Democratic Party, 1942.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Killed in an airplane
collision between an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 passenger airliner
and a war surplus P-38 fighter plane purchased by Bolivia, near
Washington National Airport, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
1, 1949 (age 52 years, 7
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Harvey L. Schwamm (c.1905-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1905.
Republican. Real estate
broker; banker;
candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1952,
1956.
Jewish.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned,
about 300 yards short of the airport runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age about 53
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1924
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Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) —
also known as Gordon E. Dean —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
28, 1905.
Son of Rev. John Marvin Dean.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; law
professor; member, U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1950-53.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned,
about 300 yards short of the airport runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age 52 years, 230
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) —
also known as Leroy G. Augenstein —
of Holt, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., March 6,
1928.
Son of Roy H. Augenstein.
Republican. Biophysicist;
university
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969.
Protestant.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Killed when his twin-engine plane crashed
during the landing approach to Beech Airport, near Charlotte,
Eaton
County, Mich., November
8, 1969 (age 41 years, 247
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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George Washington Collins (1925-1972) —
also known as George W. Collins —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 5,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1970-72; died in
office 1972.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in an airplane
crash during landing approach at Midway Airport, Chicago,
Cook
County, Ill., December
8, 1972 (age 47 years, 278
days).
Interment at Burr
Oak Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Jerry Lon Litton (1937-1976) —
also known as Jerry Litton —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born near Lock Springs, Daviess
County, Mo., May 12,
1937.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1973-76; died in
office 1976.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
While running
for U.S. Senator, died in the crash of a
private plane, shortly after takeoff from the Municipal
Airport, Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., August 3,
1976 (age 39 years, 83
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Memorial Gardens, Chillicothe, Mo.
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Ralph Frederick Beermann (1912-1977) —
of Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb.
Born near Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb., August
13, 1912.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1961-65 (3rd District 1961-63, 1st
District 1963-65).
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis.
Died in an airplane
crash at the Municipal Airport in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, February
17, 1977 (age 64 years, 188
days).
Interment at Dakota
City Cemetery, Dakota City, Neb.
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Richard Dudley Obenshain (1935-1978) —
also known as Richard D. Obenshain —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., October
31, 1935.
Son of Samuel Shockley Obenshain (1904-2000; soil scientist) and
Josephine Mathews (Dudley) Obenshain.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1964; candidate for Virginia
state attorney general, 1969; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1972-73; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia 1978, but died before election.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons.
Killed when his small plane
crashed during a nighttime landing at Chesterfield County
Airport, Chesterfield
County, Va., August 2,
1978 (age 42 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo Joseph Ryan (1925-1978) —
also known as Leo J. Ryan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; South San Francisco, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., May 5,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of South San Francisco, Calif., 1962; member of California
state assembly, 1963-73; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 1973-78; died in
office 1978.
Killed
by followers of Jim Jones' People's Temple cult, in an ambush at the
dirt airstrip of Port Kaituma, Guyana,
November
18, 1978 (age 53 years, 197
days).
Interment at Golden
Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.
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John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) —
also known as John G. Tower —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
29, 1925.
Son of Rev. Joe Z. Tower (1898-1970) and Beryl Tower (1898-1990).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(delegation chair), 1980;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid
allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.
Killed in the crash of
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the
runway of Glynco Airport, near Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., April 5,
1991 (age 65 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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William Somers Mailliard (1917-1992) —
also known as William S. Mailliard —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Belvedere, Marin
County, Calif., June 10,
1917.
Son of John Ward Mailliard, Jr. and Kate (Peterson) Mailliard.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-49; secretary to Gov. Earl
Warren, 1949-51; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-74 (4th District 1953-63,
6th District 1963-74); defeated, 1948; resigned 1974.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Fairfax
County, Va., June 10,
1992 (age 75 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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Thomas Allgood, Sr. (1928-2000) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1928.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1977-91.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Killed in the crash of
a single-engine airplane,
during takeoff from Daniel Field airport, Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August 4,
2000 (age 71 years, 329
days).
Interment at Westover
Memorial Park, Augusta, Ga.
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Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. (1938-2003) —
also known as Maynard H. Jackson;
"Buzzy" —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March 23,
1938.
Son of Maynard Jackson, Sr. and Irene Dobbs Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1976,
1980,
1996,
2000;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1993.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed (heart
attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National
Airport, and died soon after, at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 23,
2003 (age 65 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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George Dekle Busbee (1927-2004) —
of Georgia.
Born in Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga., August 7,
1927.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1957-72; Governor of
Georgia, 1975-83.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died, at Savannah International Airport, Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., July 16,
2004 (age 76 years, 344
days).
Interment somewhere
in Duluth, Ga.
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Frank Moore Fitzgerald (1955-2004) —
also known as Frank M. Fitzgerald —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich., November
11, 1955.
Son of John
Warner Fitzgerald and Lorabeth Fitzgerald.
Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1987-96 (56th District 1987-92,
71st District 1993-96).
United
Church of Christ.
Died suddenly at LaGuardia Airport, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
9, 2004 (age 49 years, 28
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Earl Farwell Dodge (1932-2007) —
also known as Earl F. Dodge; "Mr.
Prohibition" —
of Massachusetts; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Kansas; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Lakewood, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
24, 1932.
Son of Earl Farwell Dodge (1910-1946) and Dorothy May (Harris) Dodge
(1911-1993).
Prohibition candidate for Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1954; Prohibition candidate for Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts, 1956;
Prohibition candidate for secretary of
state of Massachusetts, 1956; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1960; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1966; Prohibition candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1968;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1994; Prohibition
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976, 1980; Prohibition candidate
for President
of the United States, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1990.
Baptist.
Collapsed at Denver International Airport, and died soon
after, from cardiac
arrythmia, at the University of Colorado Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., November
7, 2007 (age 74 years, 318
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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