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Benjamin J. Rabin (1896-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1945-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1948-69; died in office 1969.
Jewish.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
22, 1969 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N.J.
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George Arthur Rathbun (1884-1958) —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Dundee, Monroe
County, Mich., May 30,
1884.
Son of George H. Rathbun and Sarah A. (Prindle) Rathbun.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 39th Circuit, 1930-53; resigned 1953.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died February
16, 1958 (age 73 years, 262
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
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John C. Rayson (b. 1949) —
of Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., March 29,
1949.
Son of Leland
H. Rayson and Barbara C. Rayson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 90th District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Leland H. Rayson (1921-2001) —
of Tinley Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., August
23, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-77.
Methodist.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of metastatic
melanoma, in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., January
8, 2001 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Aiken Reed (1880-1953) —
also known as David A. Reed —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
21, 1880.
Son of James
Hay Reed and Kate J. (Aiken) Reed.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Pennsylvania Industrial
Accidents Commission, 1912-15; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1932,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., February
10, 1953 (age 72 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Janet Reno (b. 1938) —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 21,
1938.
Daughter of Henry Reno and Jane (Wood) Reno.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dade County State's Attorney, 1978-93; U.S.
Attorney General, 1993-2001; the first
female U.S. attorney general; candidate in primary for Governor of
Florida, 2002.
Female.
Danish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 1993; National Women's Hall of
Fame, 2000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Stacy Joy Ritter (b. 1960) —
also known as Stacy J. Ritter —
of Parkland, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 96th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2008.
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B. K. Roberts (1907-1999) —
of Florida.
Born in Sopchoppy, Wakulla
County, Fla., 1907.
Lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1949-76.
Died in 1999
(age about
92 years).
Interment somewhere
in Tallahassee, Fla.
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Beryl D. Roberts (b. 1958) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
26, 1958.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1988;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 108th District, 1993-.
Female.
Christian.
African
ancestry. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; NAACP; Delta
Sigma Theta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1999.
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Grover C. Robinson III (c.1944-2000) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born about 1944.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; member
of Florida
state house of representatives, 1972-84.
Died in a helicopter
crash at Lake Manapouri, New
Zealand, March 28,
2000 (age about 56
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh Edwin Rodham (b. 1950) —
also known as Hugh E. Rodham —
of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in 1950.
Son of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (1911-1993) and Dorothy Emma (Howell)
Rodham (1919-2011).
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1994.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2011.
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Dwight Laing Rogers (1886-1954) —
also known as Dwight L. Rogers —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born near Reidsville, Tattnall
County, Ga., August
17, 1886.
Son of William Millard Rogers and Augusta (Laing) Rogers.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1930-38; U.S.
Representative from Florida 6th District, 1945-54; died in office
1954; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Sphinx; Kiwanis.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
1, 1954 (age 68 years, 106
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Walter Edward Rogers (1908-2001) —
also known as Walter Rogers —
of Pampa, Gray
County, Tex.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born in Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark., July 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1951-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
He was in the motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 when
President John
F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a hospital
in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., May 31,
2001 (age 92 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Luis Rojas (b. 1953) —
of Florida.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, July 15,
1953.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 102nd District, 1989-.
Christian.
Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Marco Rubio (b. 1971) —
of West Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., May 28,
1971.
Son of Mario Rubio (1927-2010) and Oria (Garcia) Rubio.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 111th District, 2000-08; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 2007-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004;
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2011-.
Catholic;
later Evangelical
Christian. Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Thomas Jefferson Ryan (1890-1968) —
also known as Thomas J. Ryan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1890.
Son of John L. Ryan and Mary Belle (Tracy) Ryan.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., November
10, 1968 (age 78 years, 146
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Tim Ryan (b. 1956) —
of Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Dania (now Dania Beach), Broward
County, Fla., February
7, 1956.
Son of A. J.
Ryan, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 99th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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Frank J. Sanchez (b. 1959) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born June 16,
1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2008.
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Alfred Edward Santangelo (1912-1978) —
also known as Alfred E. Santangelo —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1947-50, 1953-56; defeated, 1950; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1957-63; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 33rd District, 1966.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Alpha
Phi Delta; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., March 30,
1978 (age 65 years, 299
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles W. Sawyer (1887-1979) —
also known as "Buzz" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1887.
Son of Edward Milton Sawyer and Caroline (Butler) Sawyer.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1933-35; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934 (primary), 1938; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 1936-44; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1944-45; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1944-45; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1948-53; part owner, Cincinnati Reds baseball
team.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 7,
1979 (age 92 years, 56
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Charles Joseph Scarborough (b. 1963) —
also known as Joe Scarborough —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 9,
1963.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1995-2001; resigned
2001; host of the television
news commentary show "Scarborough Country" on MSNBC.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank Douglass Scott (1878-1951) —
also known as Frank D. Scott —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., August
25, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Alpena
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1915-27; defeated in
primary, 1926.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
12, 1951 (age 72 years, 171
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Errett Power Scrivner (1898-1978) —
also known as Errett P. Scrivner —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., March 20,
1898.
Son of Rev. William Henry Scrivner and Nancy Etta (West) Scrivner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1943-59.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., May 5,
1978 (age 80 years, 46
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Florida
Memorial Gardens, Rockledge, Fla.
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William Joseph Sears (1874-1944) —
also known as William J. Sears —
of Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla.
Born in Smithville, Lee
County, Ga., December
4, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Kissimmee, Fla., 1907-11; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1915-29, 1933-37 (4th District
1915-29, at-large 1933-37).
Died in Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla., March 30,
1944 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Kissimmee, Fla.
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Harold Shapiro (1906-1981) —
of Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Pereyaslov, Russia,
May 1,
1906.
Son of Max Shapiro and Fannie (Bernstein) Shapiro.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; mayor
of Miami Beach, Fla., 1953-55.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Zionist
Organization of America; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in May, 1981
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bruce Armistead Smathers (b. 1943) —
also known as Bruce A. Smathers —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., October
3, 1943.
Son of George
Armistead Smathers and Rosemary (Townley) Smathers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; secretary of
state of Florida, 1975-78; candidate in primary for Governor of
Florida, 1978; lobbyist.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2000.
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George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007) —
also known as George A. Smathers; "Georgeous
George" —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
14, 1913.
Son of Franklin Smathers and Lura (Jones) Smathers.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1951-69; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1968;
lobbyist.
Methodist;
later United
Church of Christ. Member, Jaycees;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Suffered a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Indian Creek, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
20, 2007 (age 93 years, 67
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harold Hinsdill Smedley (1893-1980) —
also known as Harold H. Smedley; Dike
Smedley —
of Michigan.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., September
29, 1893.
Son of Charles Osmer Smedley (1856-1926) and Lillian M. (Hinsdill)
Smedley.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;
lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1925-26; defeated in primary, 1926.
Four time national flyrod accuracy champion; considered to be one of
the best flyrod fishermen in the country.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November, 1980
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Christopher Smith —
also known as Chris Smith —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 93rd District, 1999; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2004.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2004.
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Lawrence Jack Smith (b. 1941) —
also known as Lawrence J. Smith; Larry
Smith —
of Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 25,
1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 16th District, 1983-93.
Sentenced
in 1993 to three months in federal prison
for tax
evasion.
Still living as of 2009.
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Marion Gene Snyder (1928-2007) —
also known as Gene Snyder —
of Brownsboro Farms, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
26, 1928.
Son of Marion Hustavus Snyder and Lois E. Snyder.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1963-65, 1967-87 (3rd District
1963-65, 4th District 1967-87); defeated, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Optimist
Club.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
16, 2007 (age 79 years, 21
days).
Interment at Duncan
Memorial, Oldham County, Ky.
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Stephen Milancthon Sparkman (1849-1929) —
also known as Stephen M. Sparkman —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Hernando
County, Fla., July 29,
1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1895-1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
26, 1929 (age 80 years, 59
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Tampa, Fla.
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Edward John Stack (1910-1989) —
also known as Edward J. Stack; Ed Stack —
of Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., April 29,
1910.
Lawyer; mayor
of Pompano Beach, Fla., 1965-69; Broward
County Sheriff, 1968-78; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1972;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 12th District, 1979-81.
Died November
3, 1989 (age 79 years, 188
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Tracy Stafford (b. 1948) —
of Wilton Manors, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., January
2, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 92nd District, 1991-.
Protestant.
Member, Optimist
Club; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 1999.
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Frederick Perry Stanton (1814-1894) —
also known as Frederick P. Stanton —
of Tennessee.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), December
22, 1814.
Son of Richard Stanton and Harriet (Perry) Stanton.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1845-55; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1857; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1857, 1857.
Died near Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., June 4,
1894 (age 79 years, 164
days).
Interment at South
Lake Weir Cemetery, South Lake Weir, Fla.
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Kenneth M. Stevens (1892-1965) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dorchester, Saline
County, Neb., September
23, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1948-55; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of a heart
attack, 1965
(age about
72 years).
Interment somewhere
in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Lackland McIntosh Stone (1801-1842) —
also known as Lackland M. Stone; Lachlan McIntosh
Stone —
of St. Joseph, Calhoun County (now Port St. Joe, Gulf
County), Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
11, 1801.
Son of Henry
Dessex Stone and Ann (Maxwell) Stone.
Lawyer; member
Florida territorial council, 1828-31.
Died, of yellow
fever, in St. Joseph, Calhoun County (now Port St. Joe, Gulf
County), Fla., April 11,
1842 (age 40 years, 212
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Anthony Suarez (b. 1953) —
of Florida.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
16, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 35th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Bill Sublette (b. 1963) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa
County, Calif., April 12,
1963.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 40th District, 1993-; candidate
for mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 2003.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Theta; Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2003.
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Charles Swayne (1842-1907) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Guyencourt, New Castle
County, Del., August
10, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1888; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1889-1907;
died in office 1907; impeached
by the U.S. House of Representatives in December 1904; acquitted in
the U.S. Senate.
Died July 5,
1907 (age 64 years, 329
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hans Gearhart Tanzler, Jr. (b. 1927) —
also known as Hans Tanzler —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March 11,
1927.
Son of Hans Gearhart Tanzler and Donette (Walker) Tanzler.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
judge of criminal court in
Florida, 1963-67; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1967-79; candidate in primary for Governor of
Florida, 1978.
Member, Jaycees;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks.
Still living as of 1979.
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Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) —
also known as Art Teele —
of Florida.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., May 14,
1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation
Administration, 1981-83; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1992;
as Miami city commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA); an investigation
of corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led to charges
that he had accepted $135,000 in kickbacks
from two construction companies; as a result, he was removed from
office in 2004 by Gov. Jeb
Bush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were under
surveillance, he drove his
car at a police detective in an attempt to run him
over, and also threatened
to kill police officers who had been following his wife during
the investigation; convicted
in March 2005 on charges
related to this incident; indicted
on July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy and money
laundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtain
contracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airport
through a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reports
revealed that he had put his mistress
on the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and used cocaine,
and that he frequently made use of a male prostitute.
Church
of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; NAACP; Freemasons.
Came to the offices
of the Miami Herald newspaper, and shot himself
in the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later in
the trauma unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 27,
2005 (age 59 years, 74
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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John Thrasher (b. 1943) —
of Florida.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
18, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 19th District, 1993-; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1999; Presidential
Elector for Florida, 2000.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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Park Trammell (1876-1936) —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Macon
County, Ala., April 9,
1876.
Son of John W. Trammell and Ida E. (Park) Trammell.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1900-02; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of Florida
state senate 7th District, 1905-09; Florida
state attorney general, 1909-13; Governor of
Florida, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1917-36; died in office 1936.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died May 8,
1936 (age 60 years, 29
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Edwin John Turanchik (born c.1956) —
also known as Ed Turanchik;
"Choo-Choo" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born about 1956.
Son of John Turanchik.
Anderson Coalition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,
1980;
lawyer; real estate
developer; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1990-2000; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives:
Married 1992
to Jenny Pierson. |
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J. Alex Villalobos (b. 1963) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., November
2, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 112th District, 1993-.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Achibald Albert Wacker (1903-1994) —
also known as Achibald A. Wacker —
of Union, Union
County, N.J.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., June 29,
1903.
Son of William F. Wacker and Annie E. (Hess) Wacker.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1942; municipal judge in New
Jersey, 1946-57.
Lutheran.
Member, Lions.
Died May 26,
1994 (age 90 years, 331
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lowell Curtis Wadmond (1896-1986) —
also known as Lowell Wadmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., March 16,
1896.
Son of Christian George Wadmond and Celia (Jensen) Wadmond.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons.
Died September
25, 1986 (age 90 years, 193
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Alton Ronald Waldon, Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Alton R. Waldon, Jr. —
of Cambria Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., December
21, 1936.
Son of Alton R. Waldon, Sr. and Juanita (Wallace) Waldon.
Democrat. Professional
singer; police
officer; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 33rd District, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1996
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1986-87; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1991-2000; Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 2000.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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David Elmer Ward (b. 1909) —
also known as David E. Ward —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Florida, September
26, 1909.
Son of David Thomas Ward and Mollie Ethel (Cox) Ward.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
county judge in Florida, 1932-39; member of Florida
state senate, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 3,
1937, to Martha Catherine Carlton. |
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Tom Warner (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
6, 1948.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 82nd District, 1993-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1999.
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Fuller Warren (1905-1973) —
of Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Blountstown, Calhoun
County, Fla., October
3, 1905.
Son of Charles Ryan Warren and Grace (Fuller) Warren.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1926-28, 1938-40; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1928,
1956
(alternate); member Jacksonville city council, 1931-37; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Florida, 1949-53.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Theta
Chi; Elks.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., September
23, 1973 (age 67 years, 355
days).
Interment at Nettle
Ridge Cemetery, Blountstown, Fla.
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Bartow Sumter Weeks (1861-1922) —
also known as Bartow S. Weeks —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Round Hill, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 25,
1861.
Son of Henry Astor Weeks (1822-1891) and Aletha (White) Weeks
(1826-1901).
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of George
Gordon Battle and H.
Snowden Marshall; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1898; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916-22; died in office 1922.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Alpha
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
3, 1922 (age 60 years, 284
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Astor Weeks (1822-1891) and Aletha (White) Weeks
(1826-1901); married 1900 to
Antoinette Mataran (died 1900); married 1901 to Emma B.
Sears (1863-1917); married 1918 to
Josephine (de Martigny) Smith (c.1878-1939). |
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Clarence Maurice Weidemeyer (1906-1983) —
also known as C. Maurice Weidemeyer —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Hebbville, Baltimore
County, Md., October
22, 1906.
Son of Monterey F. W. Weidemeyer and Annie E. (Reiblich) Weidemeyer.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1944, 1948; chair of
Anne Arundel County Republican Party, 1950; Republican candidate
for Maryland
state senate, 1950; Republican candidate for Maryland
state attorney general, 1958; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66, 1971-74; defeated
(Democratic), 1974; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1972.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Shriners;
Moose;
Elks.
Died of metastastic
liposarcoma, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
7, 1983 (age 76 years, 108
days).
Interment at Lorraine
Cemetery, Woodlawn, Md.
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Moses M. Weinstein (1912-2007) —
also known as Morris Weinstein —
of Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Pembroke Pines, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1959-69 (Queens County 7th District 1959-65, 24th
District 1966, 25th District 1967-69); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1968; chair of
Queens County Democratic Party, 1962-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 10th District, 1967;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1970.
Died, in Memorial Hospital,
Pembroke Pines, Broward
County, Fla., November
30, 2007 (age 95 years, 145
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Muriel M. Marshall. |
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Robert Joseph Wells (1856-1941) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Mazomanie, Dane
County, Wis., October
4, 1856.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 60th District, 1901-10.
Baptist.
Died in Winter Haven, Polk
County, Fla., February
12, 1941 (age 84 years, 131
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Winter Haven, Fla.
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James Diament Westcott, Jr. (1802-1880) —
also known as James D. Westcott, Jr. —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., May 10,
1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary
of Florida Territory, 1830-34; member of Florida
territorial House of Representatives, 1832; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1838-39; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-49.
About 1832, he was wounded in a duel
with Thomas
Baltzell.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
January
19, 1880 (age 77 years, 254
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Robert Wexler (b. 1961) —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
2, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state senate, 1990-96; U.S.
Representative from Florida 19th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph M. White (1781-1839) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1781.
Lawyer; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1820; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1825-37.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
19, 1839 (age 58 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Mark Wilcox (1890-1956) —
also known as J. Mark Wilcox —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Willacoochee, Atkinson
County, Ga., 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1944.
Methodist.
Died in 1956
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Park Cemetery, Miami, Fla.
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Charles R. Wilson (b. 1954) —
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., October
14, 1954.
Lawyer; law clerk for Judge Joseph
W. Hatchett, 1979-80; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, 1994-98; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1999-.
Still living as of 2008.
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Emmett Wilson (1882-1918) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Belize,
September
17, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, 1907-09; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1913-17.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., May 29,
1918 (age 35 years, 254
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Louis Crosby Wyman (1917-2002) —
also known as Louis C. Wyman —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 16,
1917.
Son of Louis Eliot Wyman (1878-1957) and Alice P. (Crosby) Wyman
(1880-1948).
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1953-61; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956,
1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1963-65, 1967-74;
defeated, 1964; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1974-75; defeated, 1975; superior
court judge in New Hampshire, 1978-87.
Died, from cancer, in
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 5,
2002 (age 85 years, 50
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Owen D. Young (1874-1962) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; financier;
industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
The Owen D. Young Central School, in Van Hornesville, N.Y., is named for
him.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) —
also known as David Levy; "Father of Florida's
Railroads" —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61.
Jewish.
Imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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