Selected officials of Los Angeles County

(not intended to be complete)

George S. Patton (District Attorney, 1884-86) John D. Fredericks (District Attorney, 1903-15) Thomas Lee Woolwine (District Attorney, 1915-23) John F. Dockweiler (District Attorney, 1940-43) Peter J. Pitchess (Sheriff, 1958-82) Ernest E. Debs (County Supervisor, 1958-74) Evelle J. Younger (District Attorney, 1964-70) Sherman Block (Sheriff, 1981-98)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Los Angeles County

• Altadena Mountain View Cemetery
• Claremont Oak Park Cemetery
• Culver City Hillside Memorial Park
• Culver City Holy Cross Cemetery
• East Los Angeles New Calvary Cemetery
• Gardena Roosevelt Memorial Park Cemetery
• Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park
• Inglewood Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Long Beach Unknown location
• Long Beach Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach
• Long Beach Signal Hill Cemetery
• Los Angeles Unknown location
• Los Angeles Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery
• Los Angeles Evergreen Cemetery
• Los Angeles Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills
• Los Angeles Fort Hill Cemetery (now gone)
• Los Angeles Home of Peace Cemetery
• Los Angeles Inglewood Cemetery
• Los Angeles Los Angeles County Courthouse Grounds
• Los Angeles Odd Fellows Cemetery
• Los Angeles Old Calvary Cemetery (now gone)
• Los Angeles Union Cemetery
• Hollywood, Los Angeles Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Westwood, Los Angeles Los Angeles National Cemetery
• Monrovia Live Oak Cemetery
• Newhall Eternal Valley Memorial Park
• Palmdale Desert Lawn Memorial Park
• Rancho Palos Verdes Green Hills Memorial Park
• Rosemead Savannah Memorial Park (El Monte Cemetery)
• Rowland Heights Queen of Heaven Cemetery
• San Fernando Glen Haven Memorial Park
• San Gabriel Church of Our Savior Cemetery
• San Gabriel Resurrection Cemetery
• San Gabriel San Gabriel Cemetery
• Santa Monica Unknown location
• Santa Monica Woodlawn Cemetery
• Whittier Rose Hills Memorial Park

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Politicians buried here:

• Edwin Hurd Conger (1843-1907) — also known as Edwin H. Conger — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Adel, Dallas County, Iowa. Born in Knox County, Ill., March 7, 1843. Son of Lorentus Everett Conger (1814-1873) and Mary W. (Hurd) Conger (1816-1888); first cousin of Omar Dwight Conger and Chauncey Stewart Conger; married, June 18, 1866, to Sarah Jane Pike. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Dallas County Treasurer, 1877-81; Iowa state treasurer, 1881-85; U.S. Representative from Iowa 7th District, 1885-91; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1890-93, 1897-98; China, 1898-1905; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1905. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 18, 1907. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
  • See also Conger family of Illinois
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Harrison Markham (1840-1923) — also known as Henry H. Markham — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Wilmington, Essex County, N.Y., November 16, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from California 6th District, 1885-87; Governor of California, 1891-95. Member, Freemasons. Died, following a stroke, in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 9, 1923. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) — Born in Wabbaseka, Jefferson County, Ark., August 31, 1935. Peace and Freedom candidate for President of the United States, 1968. Black. Died in Pomona, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 1, 1998. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
  • See also: NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Horace Jeremiah Voorhis (1901-1984) — also known as H. 'Jerry' Voorhis — of San Dimas, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kan., April 6, 1901. Democrat. Candidate for California state assembly, 1934; U.S. Representative from California 12th District, 1937-47; defeated, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Died, of emphysema, at Claremont Manor retirement home, Claremont, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 11, 1984. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank Plowman Woods (1868-1944) — also known as Frank P. Woods — of Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa. Born in Walworth County, Wis., 1868. Republican. U.S. Representative from Iowa 10th District, 1909-19. Died in 1944. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Nelson Platt Wheeler (1841-1920) — also known as Nelson P. Wheeler — of Endeavor, Forest County, Pa. Born in New York, 1841. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1907-11. Died in 1920. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harvey David Scott (1818-1891) — of Indiana. Born in Milford Center, Union County, Ohio, October 18, 1818. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Newton Booth; U.S. Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1855-57; state court judge in Indiana, 1882-84. Member, Grange. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 11, 1891. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Seth Hartman Yocum (1834-1895) — also known as Seth H. Yocum — of Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington County, Tenn. Born in Cattawissa, Columbia County, Pa., August 2, 1834. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Centre County District Attorney, 1875-79; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1879-81; mayor of Johnson City, Tenn., 1885. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 19, 1895. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Webster Bell (1857-1927) — of California. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., June 11, 1857. Member of California state senate, 1907-12; U.S. Representative from California 9th District, 1913-15. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 19, 1927. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Charles Gracchus Neely (1855-1930) — of Illinois. Born in Benton, Franklin County, Ill., June 11, 1855. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1886-88; state court judge in Illinois, 1895-1903. Died in Selma, Fresno County, Calif., October 16, 1930. Interment at Oak Park Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Theodore E. Cummings (1907-1982) — Born in 1907. U.S. Ambassador to Austria, 1981-82, died in office 1982. Jewish. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 30, 1982. Interment at Hillside Memorial Park.
  
  
• Stanley Mosk (1912-2001) — of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., September 12, 1912. Son of Paul Mosk and Minna (Perl) Mosk; married, September 27, 1936, to Edna Mitchell; married, August 27, 1982, to Susan Jane Hines. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in California, 1943-58; California state attorney general, 1959-64; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960, 1964; member of Democratic National Committee from California, 1960-64; justice of California state supreme court, 1964-2001; appointed 1964; died in office 2001. Jewish. Member, American Judicature Society; American Legion; Phi Alpha Delta; B'nai B'rith. Died in San Francisco, Calif., June 19, 2001. Entombed in mausoleum at Hillside Memorial Park; statue at Capitol Grounds, Sacramento, Calif.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• William Goetz (1903-1969) — of Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 24, 1903. Son of Theodore Goetz and Fanny Goetz; married, March 19, 1930, to Edith 'Edi' Mayer (daughter of Louis Burt Mayer). Democrat. Hollywood movie producer and studio executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956, 1960. Jewish. Died, of cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 15, 1969. Interment at Hillside Memorial Park.
  • See also Mayer family of California
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Louis Edward Golan (d. 1968) — also known as Louis E. Golan — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932. Died in 1968. Interment at Hillside Memorial Park.
  
  
• Sherman Block (1924-1998) — of Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in 1924. Los Angeles County Sheriff, 1981-98. Jewish. Died in 1998. Interment at Hillside Memorial Park.
  
  
• Michael Balkman (c.1954-2001) — of Culver City, Los Angeles County, Calif. Mayor of Culver City, Calif.. Jewish. Died in 2001. Interment at Hillside Memorial Park.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• David Worth Clark (1902-1955) — also known as D. Worth Clark — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, April 2, 1902. Son of David Worth Clark and Nellie (Kelleher) Clark; married 1926 to Virgil Irwin. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1936, 1940; U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1939-45; defeated, 1950. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 19, 1955. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Gordon Leo McDonough (1895-1968) — also known as Gordon L. McDonough — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., January 2, 1895. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 15th District, 1945-63; defeated, 1962. Catholic. Died, of a heart ailment, in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., June 25, 1968. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Dudley Field Malone (1882-1950) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Westwood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 3, 1882. Son of William C. Malone and Rose (McKenny) Malone; married 1908 to May O'Gorman (daughter of James Aloysius O'Gorman); married, December 14, 1921, to Doris Stevens (writer, economist); married, January 29, 1930, to Edna Louise Johnson (actress). Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs for New York, N.Y., 1913-17; resigned 1917; resigned to protest Wilson Administration's failure to advocate Woman Suffrage Amendment; Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of New York, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932; legal counsel for Twentieth Century-Fox movie studio; played Winston Churchill in the 1943 movie Mission to Moscow. Catholic. Died, from a heart attack, in Culver City Hospital, Culver City, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 5, 1950. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• Henry Tifft Gage (1852-1924) — also known as Henry T. Gage — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Geneva, Ontario County, N.Y., November 25, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; Governor of California, 1899-1903; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1910. Died August 28, 1924. Entombed in mausoleum at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Stephen Mallory White (1853-1901) — also known as Stephen M. White — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., January 19, 1853. Son of William F. White. Democrat. Member of California state senate, 1887-91; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1887-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1892; U.S. Senator from California, 1893-99. Catholic. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 21, 1901. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also Mallory-White family of California and Florida
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Kramer (1879-1943) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., April 18, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from California 13th District, 1933-43; defeated, 1942, 1943; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936; candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1941. Catholic. Member, Elks; Moose; Knights of Columbus. Died in Cedar Lodge Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 20, 1943. Entombed in mausoleum at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Francis Dockweiler (1895-1943) — also known as John F. Dockweiler — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 19, 1895. Son of Isidore Bernard Dockweiler and Gertrude (Reeve) Dockweiler; brother of Henry Isidore Dockweiler. Democrat. U.S. Representative from California 16th District, 1933-39; candidate in primary for Governor of California, 1938; Los Angeles County District Attorney, 1940-43. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 31, 1943. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also Dockweiler family of California
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Martin Costello (1903-1976) — also known as John M. Costello — of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 15, 1903. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from California 15th District, 1935-45; defeated, 1932, 1944. Catholic. Died, of heart failure, in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., August 29, 1976. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Peter J. Somers (1850-1924) — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Esmeralda County, Nev. Born in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wis., April 12, 1850. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., 1890-93; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1893-95; Nevada Democratic state chair, 1907-09; district judge in Nevada, 1908-13. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 15, 1924. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Harley Burke (1894-1951) — also known as John H. Burke — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Excelsior, Richland County, Wis., June 2, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; oil producer; real estate business; U.S. Representative from California 18th District, 1933-35. Died in a hospital at Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 14, 1951. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Steven McGroarty (1862-1944) — of California. Born in Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pa., August 20, 1862. Democrat. U.S. Representative from California 11th District, 1935-39; candidate in primary for secretary of state of California, 1938. Catholic. Elected poet laureate of California by the state legislature in 1933. Died, at St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 7, 1944. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Joseph Hynes (1843-1915) — of Arkansas. Born in Ireland, March 31, 1843. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1873-75. Died April 2, 1915. Entombed at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Laurence Doheny (1856-1935) — also known as Edward L. Doheny — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wis., August 10, 1856. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1920; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1920. Indicted in 1924 on federal bribery and conspiracy charges; he had given $100,000 to Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, and soon after received a valuable contract to develop the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve in California. Though Fall was convicted of taking a bribe, Doheny was found not guilty. Died September 8, 1935. Entombed in mausoleum at New Calvary Cemetery.
  
  
• Eugene S. Ives — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1885, 1887; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1912. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph Scott (1867-1958) — also known as "Mr. Los Angeles" — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in 1867. Republican. Lawyer; member, Los Angeles School Board, 1904-15; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1920, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1940. Catholic. Irish and Scottish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died in 1958. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery; statue at Los Angeles County Courthouse Grounds, Los Angeles, Calif.
  
  
• Edward C. Purpus — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936. Entombed in mausoleum at New Calvary Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Charles J. Colden (1870-1938) — of Maryville, Nodaway County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Peoria County, Ill., August 24, 1870. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1901-05; U.S. Representative from California 17th District, 1933-38; died in office 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936. Died in Washington, D.C., April 15, 1938. Original interment at Roosevelt Memorial Park Cemetery; reinterment in 1965 at Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• William French Smith (1917-1990) — of San Marino, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Wilton, Hillsborough County, N.H., August 26, 1917. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972; U.S. Attorney General, 1981-85. Member, American Judicature Society. Died October 29, 1990. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  • Books by William French Smith: Law and Justice in the Reagan Administration : The Memoirs of an Attorney General (1991)
  
  
• William David Upshaw (1866-1952) — also known as William D. Upshaw — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Newnan, Coweta County, Ga., October 15, 1866. Son of Isaac Upshaw and Addie (Stamps) Upshaw; married, May 5, 1909, to Margaret Beverly. U.S. Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1919-27; Prohibition candidate for President of the United States, 1932. Baptist. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died November 21, 1952. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank Putnam Flint (1862-1929) — also known as Frank P. Flint — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in North Reading, Middlesex County, Mass., July 15, 1862. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1896 (alternate), 1920, 1928; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1897-1901; U.S. Senator from California, 1905-11. While on a world tour, died on the ocean liner President Polk, probably in the South China Sea, while approaching Manila, Philippines, February 11, 1929. Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Culbert Levy Olson (1876-1962) — also known as Culbert L. Olson — of Utah; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah, November 7, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Utah state senate, 1916-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1920; member of California state senate, 1935-39; Governor of California, 1939-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940, 1944, 1948; member of Democratic National Committee from California, 1943; California Democratic state chair, 1944-46. Member, Phi Delta Phi. Died at a rest home in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 13, 1962. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• George E. Cryer (1875-1961) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Douglas County, Neb., May 13, 1875. Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1921-29. Died after falling from a ladder, May 24, 1961. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• Louis Westcott Myers (1872-1960) — of California. Born in Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wis., September 6, 1872. Superior court judge in California, 1913-23; justice of California state supreme court, 1923-26; chief justice of California state supreme court, 1924-26. Died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 15, 1960. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• Kirtland Irving Perky (1867-1939) — of Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Born in Smithville, Wayne County, Ohio, February 8, 1867. Son of John Firestone Perky and Esther (Martin) Perky; married, April 18, 1891, to Ella Hunter. Democrat. Idaho Democratic state chair, 1900-02; district judge in Idaho 4th District, 1901-03; U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1912-13. Died in 1939. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Francis Ford (1873-1958) — also known as Thomas F. Ford — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in St. Louis, Mo., 1873. Son of Thomas Ford and Ellen (Ferris) Ford; married, June 21, 1911, to Lillian Cope Cummings. Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from California 14th District, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936, 1940, 1944. Unitarian. Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 26, 1958. Entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Elmer Evans (1876-1959) — also known as William E. Evans — of Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in London, Laurel County, Ky., November 13, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1924; U.S. Representative from California, 1927-35 (9th District 1927-33, 11th District 1933-35); defeated, 1934. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 12, 1959. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James McLachlan (1852-1940) — of Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Scotland, August 1, 1852. Republican. U.S. Representative from California, 1895-97, 1901-11 (6th District 1895-97, 1901-03, 7th District 1903-11). Died in a hospital at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 21, 1940. Entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) — also known as Walt Disney; "Uncle Walt" — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 5, 1901. Son of Elias Disney (1859-1941) and Flora (Call) Disney (1868-1938); married, July 13, 1925, to Lillian Marie Bounds (1899-1997). Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1944. Irish ancestry. Producer or director of several hundred films from 1922 until the 1960s; creator and first voice of Mickey Mouse; founder of Disney entertainment company and of Disneyland, the world's first theme park; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964. In honor of his invention of the multiplane camera, he is an inductee to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Died, of lung cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 15, 1966. Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Parkstatue erected 1993 at Disneyland, Anaheim, Calif.
  • Cross-reference: George J. Mitchell
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Walt Disney: Richard Schickel, The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney; Leonard Mosley, Disney's World: A Biography; Katherine Greene & Richard Greene, The Man Behind the Magic: The Story of Walt Disney; Bob Thomas, Walt Disney: An American Original; Jean-Pierre Isbouts, Discovering Walt: The Magical Life of Walt Disney (for young readers)
  
  
• Alphonzo Edward Bell, Jr. (1914-2004) — also known as Alphonzo Bell — of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 19, 1914. Son of Alphonso Edward Bell, Sr. (1875-1947; real estate developer, oil millionaire, tennis champion); married to Marian McCargo (1932-2004; actress and tennis champion). Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; president, Bell Oil Company, 1947-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956; California Republican state chair, 1956-59; member of Republican National Committee from California, 1956-59; U.S. Representative from California, 1961-77 (16th District 1961-63, 28th District 1963-75, 27th District 1975-77); candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1969; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from California, 1976. Died, from complications of pneumonia, in St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 25, 2004. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• John Donnan Fredericks (1869-1945) — also known as John D. Fredericks — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Burgettstown, Washington County, Pa., September 10, 1869. Son of James T. Fredericks and Mary (Patterson) Fredericks; married 1896 to Agnes M. Blakeley. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Los Angeles County District Attorney, 1903-15; candidate for Governor of California, 1914; U.S. Representative from California 10th District, 1923-27. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, following a heart attack, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 26, 1945. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Hiram Randall (1865-1951) — also known as Charles H. Randall — of Kimball, Kimball County, Neb.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Auburn, Nemaha County, Neb., July 23, 1865. Son of Rev. Elias J. Randall and Sarah F. (Schooley) Randall; married, November 15, 1885, to May E. Stanley. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of California state assembly, 1911-12; defeated, 1950; U.S. Representative from California 9th District, 1915-21; defeated, 1920 (9th District), 1921 (9th District), 1922 (9th District), 1924 (9th District), 1926 (9th District), 1932 (13th District), 1934 (13th District), 1940 (13th District), 1944 (20th District); Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1928. Methodist. Died at General Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 18, 1951. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Gedney Patten (1861-1939) — also known as Thomas G. Patten — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 12, 1861. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1911-17 (15th District 1911-13, 18th District 1913-17). Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 23, 1939. Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John White Preston, Sr. (c.1878-1958) — also known as John W. Preston, Sr. — of California. Born in Tennessee. Democrat. Justice of California state supreme court, 1926-35; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from California, 1938. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 18, 1958. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• George Richard Lunn (1873-1948) — also known as George R. Lunn — of Schenectady, Schenectady County, N.Y. Born near Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa, June 23, 1873. Son of M. A. Lunn and Mattie (Bratton) Lunn; married, May 7, 1901, to Mabel Healy. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Presbyterian minister; mayor of Schenectady, N.Y., 1912-13, 1916-17, 1920-22; U.S. Representative from New York 30th District, 1917-19; defeated (Democratic), 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924 (alternate), 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940 (alternate); candidate in Democratic primary for U.S. Senator from New York, 1920; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1923-24; defeated (Democratic), 1924. Presbyterian. Died in Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, Calif., November 27, 1948. Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Kit Francis Clardy (1892-1961) — also known as Kit F. Clardy; "Michigan's McCarthy" — of Michigan. Born in Butler, Bates County, Mo., June 17, 1892. First cousin once removed of Martin Linn Clardy. Republican. U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1953-55; defeated, 1950, 1954, 1956. Member, Freemasons. Died in Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 5, 1961. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edmund Howard Hinshaw (1860-1932) — also known as Edmund H. Hinshaw — of Fairbury, Jefferson County, Neb. Born in Greensboro, Henry County, Ind., December 8, 1860. Cousin of Edwin Bruce Brooks. Republican. U.S. Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1903-11. Died June 15, 1932. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Henry Wilson (1877-1937) — also known as William H. Wilson — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1877. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1935-37. Died in 1937. Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Lauderdale Kennedy (1854-1946) — also known as John L. Kennedy — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Scotland, October 27, 1854. Republican. U.S. Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1905-07; candidate for U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1916. Died August 30, 1946. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• H. Allen Smith (1909-1998) — of Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Dixon, Lee County, Ill., October 8, 1909. Republican. Member of California state assembly, 1949-56; Presidential Elector for California, 1956; U.S. Representative from California 20th District, 1957-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960, 1972. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 4, 1998. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• George de Rue Meiklejohn (1857-1929) — also known as George D. Meiklejohn — of Fullerton, Nance County, Neb. Born in Wisconsin, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska state senate, 1885-88; Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, 1889-91; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1893-97. Died in 1929. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Erastus Johnson Turner (1846-1933) — also known as Erastus J. Turner — of Hoxie, Sheridan County, Kan. Born in Pennsylvania, 1846. Republican. U.S. Representative from Kansas 6th District, 1887-91. Died in 1933. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Milton K. Young (1868-1953) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Litchfield, Montgomery County, Ill., April 7, 1868. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1908, 1912, 1932; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1928; Democratic candidate for Governor of California, 1930, 1934 (primary). Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died at St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 9, 1953. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• Minor L. Moore (1876-1958) — of California. Born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., December 5, 1876. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928; candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1928; superior court judge in California, 1931-39; Judge, California Court of Appeal, 1939-58; died in office 1958. Suffered a stroke, and died about two months later, in a sanatarium in Sunland, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 4, 1958. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• John Frank Boyd (1853-1945) — of Neligh, Antelope County, Neb. Born in Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., August 8, 1853. Republican. U.S. Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1907-09. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 28, 1945. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Stanley Benedict (1878-1930) — also known as H. Stanley Benedict — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Boonville, Cooper County, Mo., February 20, 1878. Republican. Member of California state assembly, 1910-14; U.S. Representative from California 10th District, 1916-17. Died in London, England, July 10, 1930. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Rex Bell (1903-1962) — also known as George Anthony Beldam; George Francis Beldam — of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., October 16, 1903. Married, December 3, 1931, to Clara Gordon Bow (1905-1965; actress); father of Rex Bell, Jr. (actor). Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Nevada at-large, 1944; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1948 (alternate), 1952; Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, 1954-62; died in office 1962. Cowboy film star who appeared in numerous movies from 1928 to 1952; husband of actress Clara Bow. While running for governor, died of a heart attack, in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., July 4, 1962. Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• David C. Dunbar (1858-1938) — of Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, February 28, 1858. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1922. Died in Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif., 1938. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• De Witt H. Merriam — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1923-45; resigned 1945. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• Frank A. Graham (1854-1925) — of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Born in Herkimer County, N.Y., June 30, 1854. Republican. Mayor of Lincoln, Neb., 1895-99. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 25, 1925. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• David Oliver Selznick (1902-1965) — also known as David O. Selznick; Oliver Jeffries — of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., May 10, 1902. Son of Lewis J. Selznick (1870-1933; movie producer) and Florence A. (Sachs) Selznick; married, April 29, 1930, to Irene Gladys Mayer (1907-1990; divorced 1949) (daughter of Louis Burt Mayer); married, July 13, 1949, to Jennifer Jones (actress) (who later married Norton Winfred Simon). Republican. Movie producer and Hollywood studio head; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1944. Jewish. Died, of a heart attack, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 22, 1965. Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also Mayer family of California
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Mary Pickford Rogers (1892-1979) — also known as Gladys Marie Smith; Mary Pickford; "America's Sweetheart"; "Little Mary"; "Blondilocks" — of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Toronto, Ontario, April 8, 1892. Daughter of John Charles Smith and Charlotte (Hennessy) Smith; married, January 7, 1911, to Owen Moore (director; divorced 1920); married, March 28, 1920, to Douglas Fairbanks (actor; divorced 1936); married, June 26, 1937, to Charles 'Buddy' Rogers (actor). Republican. Professional actress in 1908-33; appeared in more than 250 films; co-founder (with Douglas Fairbanks, D. W. Griffith, and Charlie Chaplin), United Artists motion picture company; also co-founder of Motion Picture Academy; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1944. Female. English and Irish ancestry. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Santa Monica Hospital, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 29, 1979. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Mary Pickford: Kevin Brownlow, Mary Pickford Rediscovered; Eileen Whitfield, Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood
  
  
• Henry A. Frambach (d. 1921) — of Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908 (alternate), 1912. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 10, 1921. Entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• Althea Alexander (d. 1958) — also known as Mrs. Edgar Alexander — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Democrat. Member of Democratic National Committee from Georgia, 1929. Female. Methodist. Died, of a heart attack, in 1958. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• Edward S. Shattuck (d. 1964) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1936, 1940 (alternate), 1948, 1956, 1960; member of Republican National Committee from California, 1957; Presidential Elector for California, 1960. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., 1964. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• L. Thaxton Hanson (c.1920-1993) — of Northridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1964. Died in 1993. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  
• Wayne Fisher — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1940, 1944. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Poway, San Diego County, Calif., August 13, 1887. Son of Samuel Bowron and Martha (Hershey) Bowron; married, September 16, 1922, to Irene Martin (died 1961); married 1961 to Albine Norton. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive secretary to Gov. Friend Richardson, 1925-26; superior court judge in California, 1926-38, 1957-62; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1938-53. Member, American Legion; Native Sons of the Golden West; Delta Chi. Suffered a fatal heart attack while driving his car, and crashed into a wall, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 11, 1968. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) — also known as Tom Bradley — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Calvert, Robertson County, Tex., December 29, 1917. Son of Lee Thomas and Crenner (Hawkins) Thomas; married, May 4, 1941, to Ethel Mae Arnold. Democrat. Police officer; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of California, 1982, 1986. Black. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Kappa Alpha Psi; Urban League; NAACP. Received the Spingarn Medal in 1984. Died, of a heart attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 29, 1998. Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Tom Bradley: J. Gregory Payne, Tom Bradley : The Impossible Dream : A Biography
  
  
• Frank L. Shaw (1887-1958) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Canada, February 1, 1887. Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1933-38. Removed from office by recall in 1938. Died January 24, 1958. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Cecil Rhodes King (1898-1974) — also known as Cecil R. King — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Inglewood, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Fort Niagara, Niagara County, N.Y., January 13, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of California state assembly, 1933-35, 1937-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940, 1944, 1948 (alternate), 1960, 1964; U.S. Representative from California 17th District, 1942-69. Died of a stroke at a convalescent hospital in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 17, 1974. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Julian Carey Dixon (1934-2000) — also known as Julian C. Dixon — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Washington, D.C., August 8, 1934. Democrat. Lawyer; member of California state assembly, 1973-78; U.S. Representative from California, 1979-2000 (28th District 1979-93, 32nd District 1993-2000); died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1984, 2000; chair, Rules Committee, chair, 1984. Black. Episcopalian. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha. Died, following a heart attack, at a hospital in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 8, 2000. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Joe Crail (1877-1938) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, December 25, 1877. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from California 10th District, 1927-33; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from California, 1932. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 2, 1938. Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Washington Prince (1854-1939) — also known as George W. Prince — of Galesburg, Knox County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Tazewell County, Ill., March 4, 1854. Son of Myron Prince and Barbara Prince; married, April 20, 1882, to Lillie C. Ferris. Republican. Lawyer; chair of Knox County Republican Party, 1884; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1888-91; candidate for Illinois state attorney general, 1892; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1895-1913 (10th District 1895-1903, 15th District 1903-13). Died in 1939. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Herbert Wilson (1917-1984) — also known as Charles H. Wilson — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah, February 15, 1917. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California state assembly, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960, 1964; U.S. Representative from California 31st District, 1963-81. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis. Reprimanded by the House of Representatives in 1978 for accepting a $1,000 wedding gift from a key figure in the Koreagate scandal; censured by the House of Representatives in 1980 for financial misconduct; no criminal charges were filed. Died, of a heart attack, at Southern Maryland Hospital, Clinton, Prince George's County, Md., July 21, 1984. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Benigno Cárdenas Hernández (1862-1954) — also known as Benigno C. Hernández — of Tierra Amarilla, Rio Arriba County, N.M. Born in Taos, Taos County, N.M., February 13, 1862. Republican. Rio Arriba County Sheriff, 1904-06; Rio Arriba County Treasurer, 1908-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1912, 1916; U.S. Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1915-17, 1919-21. Hispanic. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 18, 1954. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Wesley Lyon (1887-1960) — also known as Charles W. Lyon — of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in California, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; member of California state assembly, 1915-17, 1933-49, 1951-57; Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1943-46; member of California state senate, 1917-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1944. Died, of cancer, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 20, 1960. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  
  
• Kenneth Frederick Hahn (1920-1997) — also known as Kenneth Hahn; Kenny Hahn — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 19, 1920. Brother of Gordon R. Hahn; father of James Kenneth Hahn and Janice Kay Hahn. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1952; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from California, 1970. Church of Christ. The Kenneth Hahn Recreation Area, the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, and the Kenneth Hahn Comprehensive Stroke and Epilepsy Center at King/Drew Hospital, are named for him. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., 1997. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also Hahn family of California
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Paul Revere Williams (1894-1980) — also known as Paul R. Williams — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 18, 1894. Son of C. S. Williams and Lila A. (Wright) Williams; married, June 27, 1917, to Della Mae Givens (1895-1996). Republican. Architect; first African-American architect west of the Mississippi, and first to be member of the American Institute of Architects; designed many Southern California landmarks, including the homes of Hollywood celebrities; received the Spingarn Medal in 1953; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952, 1960; member, California Housing Commission and California Civil Rights Commission. Black. Member, American Institute of Architects; Freemasons. Died, from diabetes, in California Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 23, 1980. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Edward D. Roberts (1864-1920) — of Colton, San Bernardino County, Calif. Born in Cambria, Columbia County, Wis., July 18, 1864. Republican. California state treasurer, 1911-15. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died, three days after surgery for acute appendicitis, at Ramona Hospital, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, Calif., August 4, 1920. Entombed at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John W. Headley (1840-1930) — of Kentucky. Born in Hopkins County, Ky., 1840. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1891-96. During the Civil War, he was a member of the Confederate Secret Service operating from Canada. Died in 1930. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  
  
• Morton Everel Post (1840-1933) — of Wyoming. Born in West Henrietta, Monroe County, N.Y., December 25, 1840. Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1885. Died March 19, 1933. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Theodore D. Kanouse (d. 1927) — of Wisconsin. Prohibition candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1881. Died June 2, 1927. Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  
  
• Ernest Rupert James (1881-1968) — also known as Ernest R. James — of Buchanan County, Mo. Born January 12, 1881. Father of Bayliss James. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1920; member of Missouri state senate 2nd District, 1922-25. Died July 5, 1968. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  
  
• Elmer E. Cox (d. 1946) — of Huntington Park, Los Angeles County, Calif. Father of Delbert W. Cox. Mayor of Huntington Park, Calif., 1937. Died May 29, 1946. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• John Hales (d. 1925) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904. Died September 1, 1925. Interment somewhere.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Frank Finley Merriam (1865-1955) — also known as Frank F. Merriam — of Delaware County, Iowa; Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Iowa, December 22, 1865. Republican. Iowa state auditor, 1899-1903; member of California state assembly, 1917-26; Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1923-26; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1931-34; Governor of California, 1934-39; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1940. Presbyterian. Died April 25, 1955. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach.
  • Cross-reference: Walter F. Dexter
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007) — also known as Juanita M. McDonald — of Carson, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., September 7, 1938. Married to James McDonald, Jr. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1984, 1992, 2000, 2004; member of California state assembly, 1993-96; U.S. Representative from California 37th District, 1996-2007; died in office 2007. Female. Black. Baptist. Member, NAACP; Alpha Kappa Alpha. Died, of colon cancer, in Carson, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 22, 2007. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• William Ward Johnson (1892-1963) — also known as Ward Johnson — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, March 9, 1892. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 18th District, 1941-45; defeated, 1944. Died, of a heart attack, at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 8, 1963. Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Marion Eaton (1896-1939) — also known as Thomas M. Eaton; Tom Eaton — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill., August 3, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 1936-38; U.S. Representative from California 18th District, 1939; died in office 1939. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 16, 1939. Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Alexander Hamilton Jones (1822-1901) — of North Carolina. Born in Buncombe County, N.C., July 21, 1822. Republican. Delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1868-71. Died January 29, 1901. Interment at Signal Hill Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Alvin H. Armstrong (d. 1933) — of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Mayor of Lincoln, Neb., 1911-13. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 21, 1933. Interment somewhere.
  
  
• Samuel W. Little (1818-1911) — of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., September 6, 1818. Mayor of Lincoln, Neb., 1874-75. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 30, 1911. Interment somewhere.
  
  
• Milton Carl Rewinkel (1913-1996) — also known as Milton C. Rewinkel — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Columbus, Platte County, Neb., December 7, 1913. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vancouver, 1938; Budapest, 1939; Sofia, 1945. Died in Ajijic, Jalisco, February 25, 1996. Interment somewhere.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• William Dennison Stephens (1859-1944) — also known as William D. Stephens — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Eaton, Preble County, Ohio, December 26, 1859. Married, June 17, 1891, to Flora Rawson (died 1931). Republican. Merchant; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909; U.S. Representative from California, 1911-16 (7th District 1911-13, 10th District 1913-16); resigned 1916; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1912; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1916-17; Governor of California, 1917-23. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died, from a heart ailment, in the Santa Fe Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 25, 1944. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• George Alexander (1839-1923) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, September 21, 1839. Son of William Alexander and Mary Alexander; married 1862 to Annie Yeiser. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909-13. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Grand Army of the Republic; Moose. Suffered a stroke, and died two months later, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 2, 1923. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Frederick Thomas Woodman (1872-1949) — also known as Frederick T. Woodman — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., June 25, 1872. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-03; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1916-19. Died March 25, 1949. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  
  
• Olin Wellborn (1843-1921) — of Texas. Born in Forsyth County, Ga., June 18, 1843. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Texas, 1879-87 (3rd District 1879-83, 6th District 1883-87); Judge of U.S. District Court, 1895-1915. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 6, 1921. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) — also known as Henry Z. Osborne — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in New Lebanon, Columbia County, N.Y., October 4, 1848. Son of Rev. Zenas Osborne and Juliaette (Bristol) Osborne; married, December 11, 1872, to Helen Annas. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1888; member of California Republican State Executive Committee, 1890-1900; U.S. Representative from California 10th District, 1917-23; died in office 1923. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in 1923. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Sherman Otis Houghton (1828-1914) — of California. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., April 10, 1828. Republican. Mayor of San Jose, Calif., 1855; U.S. Representative from California, 1871-75 (1st District 1871-73, 4th District 1873-75). Died in Compton, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 31, 1914. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Isham Traeger (1880-1935) — also known as William I. Traeger — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Porterville, Tulare County, Calif., 1880. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 15th District, 1933-35. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in 1935. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers (1821-1899) — of Arkansas. Born in Tennessee, 1821. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1869-71. Died in 1899. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Quincy Tufts (1840-1908) — of Iowa. Born in Indiana, 1840. Republican. Member of Iowa state legislature; U.S. Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1875-77. Died in 1908. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Albert Joseph Wallace (c.1853-1939) — also known as A. J. Wallace — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Wellington County, Ontario. Republican. Lieutenant Governor of California, 1911-15; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from California, 1920; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1924. Methodist. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 23, 1939. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  
  
• Frank C. Prescott (1859-1934) — of California. Born in Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill., November 15, 1859. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of California state assembly, 1903-06; Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1905-06. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 6, 1934. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  
  
• Allen Allensworth (d. 1914) — of Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1884. Black. Died in 1914. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  
  
• George Ira Cochran — also known as George I. Cochran — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1920. Entombed at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• William Starke Rosecrans (1819-1898) — also known as William S. Rosecrans — of Homer, Licking County, Ohio; San Francisco, Calif. Born in Kingston, Ross County, Ohio, September 6, 1819. Father-in-law of Joseph Kemp Toole. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1868-69; U.S. Representative from California 1st District, 1881-85. Died in Los Angeles County, Calif., March 11, 1898. Original interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery; reinterment in 1902 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Cameron Erskine Thom (1825-1915) — also known as Cameron E. Thom — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Culpeper, Culpeper County, Va., June 20, 1825. Member of California state senate, 1858-59; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1882-84. Protestant. Member, Freemasons. Died in Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 2, 1915. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  
• William H. Workman (1839-1918) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in New Franklin, Howard County, Mo., January 1, 1839. Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1886-88. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 21, 1918. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  
• Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (1874-1969) — also known as Charlotta Bass — of California. Born February 14, 1874. Editor and publisher of the California Eagle, 1912-1951.; Independent Progressive candidate for U.S. Representative from California 14th District, 1950; Progressive candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1952. Female. Black. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, at the Su Ray Convalescent Home, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 12, 1969. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  
• Guilford Wiley Wells (1840-1909) — of Mississippi. Born in New York, 1840. Republican. U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1870; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1875-77. Died March 21, 1909. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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, 1940, 1944, 1948; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 14th District, 1946. Black. Methodist. 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. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Jacob Frankenfield (d. 1914) — of Minnesota; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Member of Minnesota state senate 36th District, 1874-75. Died in 1914. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  

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• William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in Huron, Erie County, Ohio, December 25, 1828. Great-grandson-in-law of Simon Frye; brother of Edmund Gibson Ross; brother-in-law of Edwin Mortimer Hewins; father-in-law of Meredith Pinxton Snyder. Republican. Delegate to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1860; mayor of Topeka, Kan., 1865-66. Died, of stomach cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 5, 1889. Original interment at Evergreen Cemetery; reinterment in 1924 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  • See also Ross family
  
  

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• John Clinton Porter (c.1871-1959) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa. Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1929-33; defeated, 1933, 1941. Died, of a lung and heart condition, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 27, 1959. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills.
  
  
• Glenard Paul Lipscomb (1915-1970) — also known as Glenard P. Lipscomb — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., August 19, 1915. Republican. Accountant; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California state assembly, 1947-53; U.S. Representative from California 24th District, 1953-70; died in office 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956, 1960 (member, Resolutions Committee). Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Kiwanis; Elks. Died, of intestinal cancer, at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., February 1, 1970. A U.S. Navy submarine was named for him. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• George Elmore Danielson (1915-1998) — also known as George E. Danielson — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Wausa, Knox County, Neb., February 20, 1915. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California state assembly, 1963-66; member of California state senate, 1967-71; U.S. Representative from California, 1971-82 (29th District 1971-75, 30th District 1975-82); Judge, California Court of Appeal, 1982-92. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets; Sons of Italy; Elks. Died of heart failure, September 12, 1998. Entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Everett Glen Burkhalter (1897-1975) — also known as Everett G. Burkhalter — of California. Born in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, Ark., January 19, 1897. Democrat. Member of California state assembly, 1941-47, 1949-53; Presidential Elector for California, 1948; U.S. Representative from California 27th District, 1963-65; defeated, 1946. Died at the City of Hope medical center, Duarte, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 24, 1975. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Roger Arnebergh (1909-2004) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., August 17, 1909. Son of Targe Arnebergh and Amelia (Graagaard) Arnebergh; married, May 1, 1937, to Emilie K. Rogers. Republican. Lawyer; member of California Republican State Central Committee, 1942-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952, 1964; Los Angeles City Attorney, 1953-73. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association. Died in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 25, 2004. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  

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• Volney Erskine Howard (1809-1889) — also known as Volney E. Howard — of Brandon, Rankin County, Miss.; San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine, October 22, 1809. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1836; candidate for U.S. Representative from Mississippi, 1840; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Texas state attorney general, 1846; U.S. Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1849-53; delegate to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; superior court judge in California, 1879. Injured in duel with Hiram G. Runnels. Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 14, 1889. Original interment at Fort Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. Howard County, Tex. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alexander W. Hope (d. 1856) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Member of California state senate, 1850. Organizer of Los Angeles Rangers, forerunner of Los Angeles Police Department. Died in 1856. Original interment at Fort Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location.
  
  

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• Louis Burt Mayer (1882-1957) — also known as Louis B. Mayer; Eliezer Meir — of Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Minsk, Russia (now Belarus), 1882. Son of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer; married, June 14, 1903, to Margaret Shenberg (divorced 1944); married, December 4, 1948, to Lorena L. Danker; father of Irene Gladys Mayer (1907-1990) (who married David Oliver Selznick) and Edith 'Edie' Mayer (who married William Goetz). Republican. Owned movie theaters in New England; moved into the movie production business starting in 1916; head of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) movie studio, 1924-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1928, 1932; vice-chair of California Republican Party, 1931-32; California Republican state chair, 1932-33. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of leukemia and a kidney infection, October 29, 1957. Entombed in mausoleum at Home of Peace Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Dore Schary
  • See also Mayer family of California
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Louis B. Mayer: Charles Higham, Merchant of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, MGM, and the Secret Hollywood; Gary Carey, All the stars in heaven : Louis B. Mayer's MGM; Diana Altman, Hollywood East: Louis B. Mayer and the Origins of the Studio System; Charles Higham, The Merchant of Dreams: A Biography of Louis B. Mayer
  
  

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• John Downey Works (1847-1928) — also known as John D. Works — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Rising Sun, Ohio County, Ind., March 29, 1847. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1879; state court judge in California, 1886-87; justice of California state supreme court, 1888-91; U.S. Senator from California, 1911-17; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1912. Christian Scientist. Member, American Bar Association; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 6, 1928. Cremated; ashes interred at Inglewood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  

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• Joseph Scott (1867-1958) — also known as "Mr. Los Angeles" — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in 1867. Republican. Lawyer; member, Los Angeles School Board, 1904-15; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1920, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1940. Catholic. Irish and Scottish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died in 1958. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.; statue at Los Angeles County Courthouse Grounds.
  
  

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• William Francis Glasby (1825-1912) — also known as William F. Glasby — of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw County, Mich. Born in New York, March 7, 1825. Son of Patrick Glasby and Polly (Coon) Glasby. Contractor; mayor of East Saginaw, Mich., 1863-64. Died, from enteritis, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 21, 1912. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
  
  

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• John Gately Downey (1827-1894) — also known as John G. Downey — of Los Angeles County, Calif. Born June 24, 1827. Democrat. Member of California state assembly 1st District, 1856-57; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1860; Governor of California, 1860-62; defeated, 1863. Died March 1, 1894. Original interment at Old Calvary Cemetery; reinterment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Wirt Dixon (1838-1910) — also known as William W. Dixon — of Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 3, 1838. Democrat. Member of Montana territorial House of Representatives, 1871; delegate to Montana state constitutional convention, 1883, 1889; U.S. Representative from Montana at-large, 1891-93. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 13, 1910. Original interment at Old Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in 1911 at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• Sylvester Clark Smith (1858-1913) — also known as Sylvester C. Smith — of Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif. Born near Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, August 26, 1858. Republican. Member of California state senate, 1894-1902; U.S. Representative from California 8th District, 1905-13; defeated, 1902; died in office 1913. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 26, 1913. Interment at Union Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• Meredith Pinxton Snyder (1859-1937) — also known as Pinky Snyder — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, N.C., October 22, 1859. Nephew by marriage of Edmund Gibson Ross; son-in-law of William Wallace Ross; married to May Ross; father of Capt. Ross Snyder (killed in World War I). Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1896-98, 1900-04, 1919-21. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died of bladder cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 7, 1937. Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  • See also Ross family
  
  
• Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) — of Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Lodi, Seneca County, N.Y., September 17, 1822. Son of David Cole and Rachel (Townsend) Cole; married, January 6, 1853, to Olive Colegrove. Republican. Lawyer; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of Republican National Committee from California, 1856-60; U.S. Representative from California at-large, 1863-65; U.S. Senator from California, 1867-73. Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 3, 1924. Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Fountain Land Thompson (1854-1942) — also known as Fountain L. Thompson — of Cando, Towner County, N.Dak. Born near Scottsville, Macoupin County, Ill., November 18, 1854. Democrat. County judge in North Dakota, 1890-94; U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1909-10; resigned 1910. Died February 4, 1942. Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Helmick Beatty (1836-1927) — of Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Hailey, Blaine County, Idaho. Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, May 8, 1836. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Idaho territorial senate, 1886-88; U.S. District Judge for Idaho, 1891-1907; retired 1907. Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 21, 1927. Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• William Augustus Reeder (1849-1929) — also known as William A. Reeder — of Logan, Phillips County, Kan. Born near Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa., August 28, 1849. Republican. U.S. Representative from Kansas 6th District, 1899-1911. Died November 7, 1929. Entombed in mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Nathaniel P. Conrey (c.1860-1936) — of California. Born in Franklin County, Ind. Judge, California Court of Appeal 2nd District, 1913-35; justice of California state supreme court, 1935-36; died in office 1936. Died, of complications from a spinal injury suffered in a fall, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 2, 1936. Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  
  
• Russell Judson Waters (1843-1911) — also known as Russell J. Waters — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Vermont, 1843. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 6th District, 1899-1901. Died September 25, 1911. Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ernest Edward Wood (1875-1952) — also known as Ernest E. Wood — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in California, 1875. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1905-06. Died January 11, 1952. Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in Huron, Erie County, Ohio, December 25, 1828. Great-grandson-in-law of Simon Frye; brother of Edmund Gibson Ross; brother-in-law of Edwin Mortimer Hewins; father-in-law of Meredith Pinxton Snyder. Republican. Delegate to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1860; mayor of Topeka, Kan., 1865-66. Died, of stomach cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 5, 1889. Original interment at Evergreen Cemetery; reinterment in 1924 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  • See also Ross family
  
  
• Cecil Blount deMille (1881-1959) — also known as Cecil B. deMille — of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Ashfield, Franklin County, Mass., August 12, 1881. Son of Henry Churchill deMille and Beatrice (Samuel) deMille; married, August 16, 1902, to Constance Adams; uncle of Agnes deMille (choreographer); father-in-law of Anthony Quinn (actor). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1936, 1944. Actor and theatrical manager 1900-12; director and producer of over 70 films from 1913 to 1959, including two versions of The Ten Commandments (1923 and 1956); co-founder of the company that became known as Paramount Pictures. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 21, 1959. Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  • See also: NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Cecil B. de Mille: Sumiko Higashi, Cecil B. De Mille and American Culture: The Silent Era
  
  
• William E. Ramsay (d. 1909) — of Quebec; Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich.; Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1900. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 2, 1909. Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  
  

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• Goodwin Jess Knight (1896-1970) — also known as Goodwin J. Knight — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Provo, Utah County, Utah, December 9, 1896. Son of Jess Knight and Lillie J. (Milner) Knight; married 1925 to Arvilla Pearl Cooley (died 1952); married, August 2, 1954, to Virginia (Piergue) Carlson. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; superior court judge in California, 1935-46; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1947-53; Governor of California, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956, 1960 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1958; Presidential Elector for California, 1960. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Odd Fellows; Order of Ahepa; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma Delta Chi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 22, 1970. Originally entombed at Hollywood Forever Cemetery; re-entombed in 1971 in mausoleum at Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  

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• Evelle Jansen Younger (1918-1989) — also known as Evelle J. Younger — of California. Born in Stamford, Harlan County, Neb., June 19, 1918. Son of Harry C. Younger and Maebel (Jansen) Younger; married, July 3, 1942, to Mildred Eberhard. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; FBI agent; lawyer; municipal judge in California, 1953-58; superior court judge in California, 1958-64; Los Angeles County District Attorney, 1964-70; California state attorney general, 1971-79; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972; candidate for Governor of California, 1978. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; American Legion; Alpha Tau Omega; Elks. Died, of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 4, 1989. Interment at Los Angeles National Cemetery.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  

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• William Anderson Pile (1829-1889) — of Monrovia, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., February 11, 1829. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Republican National Committee from Missouri, 1866-68; U.S. Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1867-69; Governor of New Mexico Territory, 1869-71; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1871-74. Methodist. Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 7, 1889. Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• James Hubert Gilmartin (1933-2003) — also known as James H. Gilmartin; Gil Gilmartin — of California. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 2, 1933. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 25th District, 1992, 1994. Irish ancestry. Died, of a heart attack, in Valencia (now part of Santa Clarita), Los Angeles County, Calif., May 26, 2003. Interment at Eternal Valley Memorial Park.
  
  

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• William J. Knight (1929-2004) — also known as Pete Knight — of Palmdale, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind., November 18, 1929. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; mayor of Palmdale, Calif., 1988-92; member of California state assembly, 1993-96; member of California state senate 17th District, 1997-2004; died in office 2004. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks. Air Force test pilot who holds the speed record for winged aircraft: 4,250 mph flying the Bell X-15. Pete Knight High School in Palmdale, Calif. is named for him. Died, from acute myelogenous leukemia, in City of Hope Hospital, May 7, 2004. Interment at Desert Lawn Memorial Park.
  
  

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• Glenn Malcolm Anderson (1913-1994) — also known as Glenn M. Anderson — of Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Harbor City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 21, 1913. Son of William J. Anderson and Serene (Fister) Anderson; married to Lee M. Dutton. Democrat. Mayor of Hawthorne, Calif., 1940-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California state assembly, 1943-50; chair of Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1948-50; California Democratic state chair, 1950-52; candidate for California state senate, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956, 1960, 1964; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1959-67; U.S. Representative from California, 1969-93 (17th District 1969-73, 35th District 1973-75, 32nd District 1975-93). Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Amvets; Elks; Kiwanis; Redmen; Native Sons of the Golden West; Toastmasters. I-105 (Glenn Anderson Freeway Transitway) is named for him. Died, from complications of Alzheimer's disease, at San Pedro Peninsula Hospital Pavilion, San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 13, 1994. Interment at Green Hills Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Charles J. Colden (1870-1938) — of Maryville, Nodaway County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Peoria County, Ill., August 24, 1870. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1901-05; U.S. Representative from California 17th District, 1933-38; died in office 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936. Died in Washington, D.C., April 15, 1938. Original interment at Roosevelt Memorial Park Cemetery, Gardena, Calif.; reinterment in 1965 at Green Hills Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• Asa Ellis (1817-1890) — of Los Angeles County, Calif. Born July 6, 1817. Member of California state assembly 2nd District, 1867-69, 1871-73, 1877-80. Died August 20, 1890. Interment at Savannah Memorial Park (El Monte Cemetery).
  
  
• Andrew Jackson King (1833-1923) — also known as A. J. King — of California. Born February 9, 1833. Member of California state assembly 1st District, 1860-61. Died October 14, 1923. Interment at Savannah Memorial Park (El Monte Cemetery).
  
  

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• Nell Soto (1926-2009) — of Pomona, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in 1926. Democrat. Member of California state assembly 61st District, 1999-2000, 2007-08; member of California state senate 32nd District, 2001-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2004. Female. Hispanic. Died February 26, 2009. Interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  

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• Charles E. Sebastian — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1915-16. Interment at Glen Haven Memorial Park.
  
  

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• Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811-1878) — also known as Benjamin D. Wilson; "Don Benito" — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born December 1, 1811. Father of Ruth Wilson (who married George Smith Patton). Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1851-52; member of California state senate. Mount Wilson, in the San Gabriel mountains, is named for him. Died March 11, 1878. Interment at Church of Our Savior Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• George Smith Patton (1856-1927) — also known as George S. Patton; Frenchy Patton; George William Patton — of San Marino, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, Va. (now W.Va.), September 30, 1856. Son of George Smith Patton (1833-1864); married to Ruth Wilson (daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson); father of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945). Democrat. Los Angeles County District Attorney, 1884-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1892; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 6th District, 1894; candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1916. Episcopalian. Scottish ancestry. Died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 10, 1927. Interment at Church of Our Savior Cemetery.
  
  

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• John Henry Hoeppel (1881-1976) — also known as John H. Hoeppel — of Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Tell City, Perry County, Ind., February 10, 1881. Married, November 11, 1907, to Annie Seitz. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from California 12th District, 1933-37; defeated (Prohibition), 1946. Catholic. Member, Elks; Moose; American Legion; United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Convicted in 1936 of conspiring to sell an appointment to West Point; sentenced to prison. Died at Huntington Care Center, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 21, 1976. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• John C. Elliott (1919-2001) — Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 30, 1919. Son of John B. Elliott. Democrat. Governor of American Samoa, 1952. Died in San Marino, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 13, 2001. Interment at San Gabriel Cemetery.
  
  
• Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970) — also known as Edgar W. Hiestand — of Altadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 3, 1888. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 21st District, 1953-63; defeated, 1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960. Member, Rotary; John Birch Society. Died, of a kidney infection and pneumonia, at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 19, 1970. Cremated; ashes interred at San Gabriel Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Mark Reeves Bacon (1852-1941) — also known as Mark R. Bacon — of Michigan. Born in Phillipstown, White County, Ill., February 29, 1852. Republican. U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1917; defeated, 1914. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 20, 1941. Interment at San Gabriel Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John B. Elliott (1878-1967) — of Alhambra, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kan., July 29, 1878. Son of Chauncey Record Elliott and Caroline Melissa (Baker) Elliott; married, November 25, 1911, to Ruth Estelle Sherwin; father of John C. Elliott. Democrat. Journalist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1920, 1924, 1932; candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1926. Died in Alhambra, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 21, 1967. Interment at San Gabriel Cemetery.
  
  
• William May Garland (d. 1948) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Father of John Jewett Garland. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940 (alternate). Died in Monterey, Monterey County, Calif., September 26, 1948. Interment at San Gabriel Cemetery.
  
  
• John Jewett Garland (1902-1968) — also known as John J. Garland — of San Marino, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 20, 1902. Son of William May Garland. Republican. Realtor; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1944 (alternate), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964. Episcopalian. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 30, 1968. Interment at San Gabriel Cemetery.
  
  

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• William C. Grimes (1857-1931) — of Sterling, Johnson County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Okla. Born near New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio, November 6, 1857. Son of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes; married, December 24, 1878, to Mary E. Cleaver. Republican. Printing business; newspaper editor; grocer; implement dealer; Johnson County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; secretary of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor of Oklahoma Territory, 1901. Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 8, 1931. Interment somewhere.
  
  

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• Jesse Marvin Unruh (1922-1987) — also known as Jesse M. Unruh; Jess Unruh; "Big Daddy" — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Newton, Harvey County, Kan., September 30, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California state assembly, 1955-70; Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1962-68; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960, 1964; candidate for Governor of California, 1970; candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973; California state treasurer, 1975-87; died in office 1987. Protestant. Member, American Legion. Died, of prostate cancer, in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 4, 1987. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Leon D. Ralph
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Leland Merritt Ford (1893-1965) — also known as Leland M. Ford — of Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Eureka, Eureka County, Nev., March 8, 1893. Son of James Green Ford and Anna L. (Ficklin) Ford; married 1914 to Elizabeth Beryl Seger. Republican. Surveyor; rancher; real estate broker; U.S. Representative from California 16th District, 1939-43; defeated, 1942. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Kiwanis; Elks; Eagles. Died, of a heart attack, at Santa Monica Hospital, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 27, 1965. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• Goodwin Jess Knight (1896-1970) — also known as Goodwin J. Knight — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Provo, Utah County, Utah, December 9, 1896. Son of Jess Knight and Lillie J. (Milner) Knight; married 1925 to Arvilla Pearl Cooley (died 1952); married, August 2, 1954, to Virginia (Piergue) Carlson. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; superior court judge in California, 1935-46; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1947-53; Governor of California, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956, 1960 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1958; Presidential Elector for California, 1960. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Odd Fellows; Order of Ahepa; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma Delta Chi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 22, 1970. Originally entombed at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.; re-entombed in 1971 in mausoleum at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Nathan Wesley Hale (1860-1941) — also known as Nathan W. Hale — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Gate City, Scott County, Va., February 11, 1860. Republican. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1891-93; member of Tennessee state senate, 1893-95; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1905-09; defeated, 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1908; member of Republican National Committee from Tennessee, 1908-12. Died in Alhambra, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 16, 1941. Interment at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Leon D. Ralph (c.1932-2007) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Richmond, Va. Married to Ruth Banda. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; administrative assistant to California House Speaker Jess Unruh; member of California state assembly, 1967-76; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972; minister. Black. Died, in Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 6, 2007. Interment at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
  
  

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