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• Bert Leigh Acker (b. 1882) — also known as Bert L. Acker — of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1882. Republican. Presidential Elector for Florida, 1928; candidate for U.S. Representative from Florida 4th District, 1940, 1942; candidate for Governor of Florida, 1944, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1948, 1952. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Calhoun Adkins, Jr. (b. 1915) — also known as James C. Adkins, Jr. — of Alachua County, Fla. Born in Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla., January 18, 1915. Son of James Calhoun Adkins, Sr. and Elizabeth (Edwards) Adkins; married, July 15, 1952, to Ethel Fox. Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1964-69; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1969-87. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Lions; Moose; Woodmen; Phi Delta Phi; Pi Kappa Alpha. Still living as of 1987.
  
  
• George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) — also known as George W. Anderson — of Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Acworth, Sullivan County, N.H., September 1, 1861. Son of David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson; married 1897 to Minnie E. Mitchell (died 1906); married, January 25, 1908, to Addie Earle Kenerson. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took senior status 1931. Unitarian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar Association; American Economic Association; Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in DeLand, Volusia County, Fla., February 14, 1938. Cremated.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Charles Oscar Andrews (1877-1946) — also known as Charles O. Andrews — of Orlando, Orange County, Fla. Born in Ponce de Leon, Holmes County, Fla., March 7, 1877. Son of John Andrews and Mary Angers (Yon) Andrews; married, November 24, 1909, to Margaret Spears. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; judge of criminal court in Florida, 1910-11; circuit judge in Florida, 1919-25; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1925-27; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1936-46; died in office 1946. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Rotary; Pi Kappa Alpha. Died in Washington, D.C., September 18, 1946. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) — also known as Walter G. Andrews — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., July 16, 1889. Son of William Henry Andrews and Kate (Gresham) Andrews. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales manager; U.S. Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45, 42nd District 1945-49). Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., March 5, 1949. Interment at Old Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Leslie Cornelius Arends (1895-1985) — also known as Leslie C. Arends — of Melvin, Ford County, Ill. Born in Melvin, Ford County, Ill., September 27, 1895. Son of George Teis Arends and Talea (Weiss) Arends. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker; farmer; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1935-74 (17th District 1935-73, 15th District 1973-74); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1972. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; American Legion; Freemasons. Died in Naples, Collier County, Fla., July 17, 1985. Interment at Melvin Cemetery, Melvin, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Horace Cameron Avery (b. 1874) — also known as Horace C. Avery — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., July 1, 1874. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948, 1952. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Julius Barker (1886-1968) — also known as William J. Barker — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., June 25, 1886. Son of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker; married, October 20, 1916, to Pauline Eleanor Bigham. Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59; took senior status 1959. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Died April 13, 1968. Interment somewhere in Tampa, Fla.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Wilfred George Bassett (1911-1986) — also known as Wilfred G. Bassett — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., May 26, 1911. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District, 1951-64; defeated, 1964; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1966. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., February 5, 1986. Interment at East Liberty Cemetery, East Liberty, Mich.
  
  
• Charles Edward Bennett (b. 1910) — also known as Charles E. Bennett — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., December 2, 1910. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1949-93 (2nd District 1949-67, 3rd District 1967-93). Christian. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Jaycees; Lions. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) — also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow Pages" — of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio. Born in Wabash, Wabash County, Ind., July 24, 1888. Son of Charles D. Berry and Elizabeth (Murphy) Berry; married, June 9, 1909, to Lucile Kneipple (died 1935); married, August 28, 1938, to Helen Anderson Henry (died 1974). Republican. Newspaper reporter; advertising salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone companies; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1956, 1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960, 1964. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis. Elected to Telephone Hall of Fame in 1982. Died in Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio, February 10, 1980. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Carter Randolph Bibb (b. 1875) — also known as C. R. Bibb — of Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Fla. Born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., January 6, 1875. Republican. Dentist; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1944. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Gus Michael Bilirakis (b. 1963) — also known as Gus Bilirakis — of Palm Harbor, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla., February 8, 1963. Son of Michael Bilirakis. Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives 48th District, 1999-2006; U.S. Representative from Florida 9th District, 2007-. Eastern Orthodox. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Order of Ahepa; Rotary. Still living as of 2008.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Michael Bilirakis (b. 1930) — of Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Fla., July 16, 1930. Father of Gus Michael Bilirakis. Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer; municipal judge in Florida; U.S. Representative from Florida 9th District, 1983-2007. Eastern Orthodox. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Still living as of 2008.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) — of Atchison, Atchison County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange County, Fla. Born in Weston, Lewis County, Va. (now W.Va.), January 21, 1861. Grandson of John George Jackson; cousin of James Monroe Jackson. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen. Died in Orlando, Orange County, Fla., January 15, 1928. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972) — also known as Oliver P. Bolton — of Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 22, 1917. Great-grandson of Henry B. Payne; son of Chester Castle Bolton and Frances Payne Bolton; married, October 4, 1940, to Adelaide Brownlee. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1953-57, 1963-65. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., December 13, 1972. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • See also Bolton-Payne family of Ohio
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Brand (1871-1966) — of Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. Born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, November 1, 1871. Son of John F. Brand and Fannie E. (Patrick) Brand; married, October 24, 1894, to Louise J. Vance. Republican. Farmer; manufacturer; banker; member of Ohio state senate, 1921-22; U.S. Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1923-33. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Moose. Died in Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Fla., May 23, 1966. Interment at Melbourne Cemetery, Melbourne, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Irlo Bronson, Jr. (b. 1936) — also known as Bud Bronson — of Florida. Born in Kissimmee, Osceola County, Fla., June 4, 1936. Great-grandson of E. L. D. Overstreet; son of Irlo Overstreet Bronson. Democrat. Member of Florida state house of representatives 79th District, 1983-. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Kiwanis; Moose. Still living as of 1999.
  • See also Bronson family of Florida
  
  
• Jefferson Beale Browne (b. 1857) — also known as Jefferson B. Browne — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., June 6, 1857. Son of Joseph Beverly Browne and Mary Nieves (Ximenez) Browne; married, June 19, 1889, to Frances Williams Atkinson. Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1888; member of Florida state senate, 1891-95; U.S. Collector of Customs for Key West, Fla., 1893-97; receiver, Key West Electric Light and Street Car Co., 1898; member of Democratic National Committee from Florida, 1904-08; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1912; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1917-25; chief justice of Florida state supreme court, 1917-23; circuit judge in Florida, 1925. Congregationalist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks. Interment at Key West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
  
  
• William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) — also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader"; "The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator of the Platte" — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Salem, Marion County, Ill., March 19, 1860. Son of Silas Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; married, October 1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; brother of Charles Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (1873-1962) (who married Thomas Stinson Allen); father of Ruth Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen Rudd Brown. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for President of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1912, 1920; U.S. Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Pi. Died in Dayton, Rhea County, Tenn., July 26, 1925. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Bryan County, Okla. is named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Clarence S. Darrow
  • See also Bryan family of Illinois
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about William Jennings Bryan: Robert W. Cherny, A Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan; Paolo E. Coletta, William Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist, 1860-1908; Paolo E. Coletta, William Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman, 1909-1915; Paolo E. Coletta, William Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925; Michael Kazin, A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan
  
  
• Cecil Farris Bryant (1914-2002) — also known as C. Farris Bryant — of Ocala, Marion County, Fla. Born in Ocala, Marion County, Fla., July 26, 1914. Son of Charles Cecil Bryant and Lela (Farris) Bryant; married, September 18, 1940, to Julia Burnett. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1942, 1946-55; Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1952, 1960 (alternate); Governor of Florida, 1961-65. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Jaycees; Rotary; Alpha Kappa Psi; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi. Died, in a hospital at Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., March 1, 2002. Interment at Highland Memorial Park, Ocala, Fla.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Haydon Burns (1912-1987) — also known as Haydon Burns — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 17, 1912. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; public relations business; mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., 1949-65; Governor of Florida, 1965-67. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Alpha Kappa Psi; Phi Sigma Kappa; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died November 22, 1987. Interment somewhere in Jacksonville, Fla.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Levi Cable (1884-1971) — also known as John L. Cable — of Lima, Allen County, Ohio. Born in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, April 15, 1884. Great-grandson of Joseph Cable; son of Davis J. Cable and Mary (Harnley) Cable; married to Rhea Watson. Republican. Lawyer; director and counsel, Lima Telephone and Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone Co., Lima Toledo Railroad, Lima City Street Railway Co.; Allen County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33; defeated, 1912; candidate in primary for Governor of Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1936. Episcopalian or Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Junior Order; Kiwanis; Moose. Died in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, September 15, 1971. Entombed at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Millard Fillmore Caldwell, Jr. (1897-1984) — also known as Millard F. Caldwell, Jr. — of Milton, Santa Rosa County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., February 6, 1897. Son of Millard Fillmore Caldwell and Martha Jane (Clapp) Caldwell; married, February 14, 1925, to Mary Rebecca Harwood. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1929-32; U.S. Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1933-41; Governor of Florida, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1962-69. Protestant. Member, American Judicature Society; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Blue Key; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Newcomen Society; Alpha Kappa Psi; Kappa Sigma; Phi Alpha Delta. Died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., October 23, 1984. Interment at Harwood Plantation Cemetery, Leon County, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Courtney Warren Campbell (1895-1971) — also known as Courtney W. Campbell — of Florida. Born in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Mo., April 29, 1895. Son of Thomas C. Campbell and Ellen (Minor) Campbell; married 1933 to Henrietta Hisgen. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; business executive; citrus grower; U.S. Representative from Florida 1st District, 1953-55; defeated, 1954. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; Beta Theta Pi. Died December 22, 1971. Interment at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ezekiel Samuel Candler, Jr. (1862-1944) — also known as Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. — of Corinth, Alcorn County, Miss. Born in Belleville, Hamilton County, Fla., January 18, 1862. Second cousin twice removed of Mark Anthony Cooper; son of E. S. Candler and Julia (Bevill) Candler; cousin of Allen Daniel Candler; nephew of Milton Anthony Candler; first cousin of Charles Murphey Candler; fourth cousin of Joseph Meriwether Terrell; married, April 26, 1883, to Nancy Priscilla Hazlewood (died 1921); married, January 14, 1924, to Effie Merrill Newhardt (died 1930); married, June 21, 1933, to Ottie Doan Hardenstein. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1888, 1932; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1901-21; mayor of Corinth, Miss., 1933-37. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Died in Corinth, Alcorn County, Miss., December 18, 1944. Interment at Henry Cemetery, Corinth, Miss.
  • See also Candler family of Georgia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Doyle Elam Carlton (1887-1972) — also known as Doyle E. Carlton — of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Wauchula, Hardee County, Fla., July 6, 1887. Distant relative of Vassar B. Carlton. Democrat. Member of Florida state senate, 1917-19; Governor of Florida, 1929-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948, 1952. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Moose. Died in a nursing home at Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., October 25, 1972. Interment at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Randall Norton Christmas (1920-1969) — also known as Randall N. Christmas; Randy Christmas — of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Ocilla, Irwin County, Ga., October 14, 1920. Great-great-great-grandson of John Bozeman; great-great-grandson of Nathaniel Yarbrough and Cornelius Murphy Bozeman. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; mayor of Miami, Fla., 1955-57; defeated, 1957. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of heart disease, at North Shore Hospital, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., July 27, 1969. Interment at Southern Memorial, North Miami Beach, Fla.
  • See also Bozeman family of Georgia
  
  
• Frederick Preston Cone (1871-1948) — also known as Fred P. Cone — of Lake City, Columbia County, Fla. Born in Benton, Columbia County, Fla., September 28, 1871. Son of William Henry Cone and Sarah Emily (Branch) Cone; married 1930 to Mildred Thompson. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state senate, 1907-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1912, 1928, 1948; Governor of Florida, 1937-41. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Rotary. Died July 28, 1948. Interment at Prospect Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Near White Springs, Hamilton County, Fla.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Cato Cramer (1922-2003) — also known as William C. Cramer; Bill Cramer; "Mr. Republican" — of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla.; Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Denver, Colo., August 4, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Florida state legislature, 1950-52; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1955-71 (1st District 1955-63, 12th District 1963-67, 8th District 1967-71); defeated, 1952; first Republican congressman from Florida since Reconstruction; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960, 1972; member of Republican National Committee from Florida, 1964-68; candidate for U.S. Senator from Florida, 1970; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1972. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Amvets; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Moose; Order of Ahepa. Died, from complications of a heart attack, in South Pasadena, Pinellas County, Fla., October 18, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Victor D. Crist (b. 1957) — of Florida. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., June 21, 1957. Descendant of Zachary Taylor. Republican. Member of Florida state house of representatives 60th District, 1993-. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Sigma Chi. Still living as of 1999.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Larry Crow (b. 1959) — of Florida. Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., December 2, 1959. Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives 49th District, 1995-. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis; Alpha Tau Omega. Still living as of 1999.
  
  
• David William Davis (1873-1959) — also known as D. W. Davis — of American Falls, Power County, Idaho; Orlando, Orange County, Fla. Born in Wales, April 23, 1873. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1912; member of Idaho state senate, 1912-14; Governor of Idaho, 1919-23. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died August 5, 1959. Interment at Cloverdale Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) — also known as Fred H. Davis — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., May 18, 1894. Son of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married, February 3, 1921, to Frances M. Chambers. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Leon County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Reserve Officers Association; Sons of Confederate Veterans; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Lions; Odd Fellows; Phi Alpha Delta. Died in 1937. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Marion Lindsay Dawson — of Richmond, Va.; Suffolk County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando County, Fla. Born in Scottsville, Albemarle County, Va. Married 1903 to Alice Taylor. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for Gov. Cary A. Hardee. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Redmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) — also known as Thomas E. Dewey — of Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., March 24, 1902. Nephew of Edmond O. Dewey; son of George Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16, 1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (c.1903-1970) (grandniece of Jefferson Finis Davis). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940; Governor of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952, 1956. Episcopalian. English and French ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; Grange; Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Mu Alpha. Died, from a heart attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., March 16, 1971. Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Herbert Brownell, Jr.; Charles C. Wing; Martin T. Manton
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M. Stolberg, Fighting Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E. Dewey; Barry K. Beyer, Thomas E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership (out of print); Richard Norton Smith, Thomas E. Dewey and His Times (out of print)
  
  
• King Dixon (b. 1908) — of near Laurens, Laurens County, S.C. Born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., October 2, 1908. Son of Albert Montgomery Dixon and Sarah Youmans (King) Dixon; married 1926 to Katharine Simmons. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-56; member of South Carolina state senate from Laurens County, 1961. Baptist. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Blue Key; Rotary; Alpha Tau Omega. Still living as of 1961.
  
  
• John Levering Early (b. 1896) — also known as John L. Early — of Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla. Born in Staunton, Va., December 19, 1896. Son of Charles E. Early and Ida (Clark) Early; married, June 2, 1924, to Maebelle C. Brooks. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1933-39; municipal judge in Florida, 1944-46; mayor of Sarasota, Fla., 1951-52. Methodist. Member, Order of the Coif; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) — also known as John H. Eaton — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax County, N.C., June 18, 1790. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S. Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor of Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40. Member, Freemasons. Resigned from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal (called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities of his second wife, Peggy Eaton. Died in Washington, D.C., November 17, 1856. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Eaton County, Mich. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• James Burrows Edwards (b. 1927) — also known as Jim Edwards — of South Carolina. Born in Hawthorne, Alachua County, Fla., June 24, 1927. Republican. Dentist; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988; candidate for U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1971; member of South Carolina state senate, 1973-74; Governor of South Carolina, 1975-79; U.S. Secretary of Energy, 1981-82. Episcopalian or Methodist. Member, American Dental Association; Freemasons; Rotary. Still living as of 1994.
  • Cross-reference: Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Richard William Ervin (b. 1905) — also known as Richard W. Ervin — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Carrabelle, Franklin County, Fla., January 26, 1905. Son of Richard William Ervin and Carrie Marvin (Phillips ) Ervin; married, November 23, 1933, to Frances Blois Baker. Democrat. Lawyer; Florida state attorney general, 1949-64; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1964-75. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Exchange Club; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Tau. Still living as of 1975.
  
  
• Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (1859-1936) — also known as Duncan U. Fletcher — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born near Americus, Sumter County, Ga., January 6, 1859. Son of Thomas Jefferson Fletcher and Rebecca Ellen (McCowen) Fletcher; married, June 20, 1883, to Anna Louise Paine; uncle of John F. Huddleston. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1893; mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., 1893-95, 1901-03; Florida Democratic state chair, 1905-08; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1909-36; died in office 1936. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., June 17, 1936. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Don Fuqua (b. 1933) — of Altha, Calhoun County, Fla. Born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., August 20, 1933. Son of J. D. Fuqua and Lucille (Langford) Fuqua; married, December 20, 1955, to Doris Akidakis. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1959-62; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1963-87 (9th District 1963-67, 2nd District 1967-87). Presbyterian. Member, Farm Bureau; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Jaycees; Rotary; Woodmen; Alpha Gamma Rho. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) — also known as Albert W. Gilchrist — of Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, Fla. Born in Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C., January 15, 1858. Son of William E. Gilchrist and Rhoda Elizabeth (Waller) Gilchrist. Democrat. Civil engineer; real estate dealer; orange grower; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06; Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of Florida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1912; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Florida, 1916. Member, Freemasons. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 15, 1926. Interment at Indian Springs Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla. Gilchrist County, Fla. is named for him.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Edward Wheeler Goss (1893-1972) — also known as Edward W. Goss — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., April 27, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; manufacturer; member of Connecticut state senate, 1926-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1928, 1932; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1930-35; defeated, 1934. Protestant. Member, Freemasons. Died in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., December 27, 1972. Cremated; ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) — also known as Bibb Graves — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery County, Ala., April 1, 1873. Cousin of William Wyatt Bibb and Thomas Bibb; son of David Graves and Mattie (Bibb) Graves; married, October 10, 1900, to Dixie Bilele. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; Alabama Democratic state chair, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1936. Christian. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla., March 14, 1942. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
  • See also Bibb-Graves family of Alabama
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert Andrew Gray (1882-1975) — also known as R. A. Gray — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Concord, Pike County, Ga., August 2, 1882. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of state of Florida, 1930-61; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1940. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Newcomen Society; Rotary; Woodmen. Died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., 1975. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Alexis Green (1892-1973) — also known as R. A. 'Lex' Green — of Starke, Bradford County, Fla. Born near Lake Butler, Bradford County (now Union County), Fla., February 10, 1892. Democrat. School principal; lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1918-20; Bradford County Judge, 1921-24; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1925-44 (2nd District 1925-43, at-large 1943-44); resigned 1944; candidate for Governor of Florida, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla., February 9, 1973. Interment at New River Cemetery, Near New River, Bradford County, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alberto Gutman (b. 1959) — also known as Al Gutman — of Florida. Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, January 4, 1959. Republican. Member of Florida state house of representatives, 1984-92; member of Florida state senate 34th District, 1992-99. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; B'nai B'rith; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Theta Kappa. In 1999, he was indicted, along with his wife and 23 others, on charges of Medicaid fraud and conspiracy; pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy charges that he helped set up home health care companies that never did any legitimate business, got names of purported patients from voter lists, and received over $800,000 in Medicare payments; resigned from the Florida Senate as part of the plea bargain; sentenced in 2000 to five years in prison, fined, and ordered to pay restitution. Still living as of 1999.
  
  
• Ralph Waldo Gwinn (1884-1962) — also known as Ralph W. Gwinn — of Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind., March 29, 1884. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1945-59; defeated, 1940, 1942. Methodist or Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons; Phi Kappa Psi. Died of a heart attack, in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., February 27, 1962. Interment at Pawling Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Andrew Haley (1899-1981) — also known as James A. Haley; Jim Haley — of Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla. Born in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala., January 4, 1899. Son of Andrew Jackson Haley and Mary Lee (Stevenson) Haley; married to Aubrey B. Ringling. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant; chair of Sarasota County Democratic Party, 1925-53; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1949-52; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1952 (alternate), 1960; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1953-77 (7th District 1953-73, 8th District 1973-77). Methodist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Elks. Former president and director, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla., August 6, 1981. Interment at Boca Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Cary Augustus Hardee (1876-1957) — also known as Cary A. Hardee — of Live Oak, Suwannee County, Fla. Born in Taylor County, Fla., November 13, 1876. Son of James Blacksher Hardee and Amanda Catherine (Johnson) Hardee; married, February 7, 1900, to Maud Randell. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1915-17; Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives, 1917; Governor of Florida, 1921-25. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Died November 21, 1957. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Fla. Hardee County, Fla. is named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Marion Lindsay Dawson
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Forest Arthur Harness (1895-1974) — also known as Forest A. Harness — of Kokomo, Howard County, Ind. Born in Kokomo, Howard County, Ind., June 24, 1895. Son of Oscar Melvin Harness and Elfie Marie (Willits) Harness; married, August 15, 1917, to Amy Bernardine Rose. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Howard County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24; represented the United States in the attempt to extradite Samuel Insull from Greece, 1932-34; U.S. Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1939-49; defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Delta Chi. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla., July 29, 1974. Entombed in mausoleum at Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Albert Sydney Herlong, Jr. (1909-1995) — also known as Albert S. Herlong, Jr. — of Leesburg, Lake County, Fla. Born in Manistee, Monroe County, Ala., February 14, 1909. Son of Albert Sydney Herlong and Cora (Knight) Herlong; married, December 26, 1930, to Mary Alice Youmans. Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Florida, 1936-48; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1949-69 (5th District 1949-67, 4th District 1967-69); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1952. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Odd Fellows; Pi Kappa Phi. Died in Leesburg, Lake County, Fla., December 27, 1995. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Spessard Lindsey Holland (1892-1971) — also known as Spessard L. Holland — of Bartow, Polk County, Fla. Born in Bartow, Polk County, Fla., July 10, 1892. Son of Benjamin Franklin Holland and Fannie V. (Spessard) Holland; married, February 8, 1919, to Mary Agnes Groover. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in Florida, 1921-29; member of Florida state senate, 1932-40; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1940, 1948, 1952; Governor of Florida, 1941-45; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1946-71. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Sponsor of 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax. Died in Bartow, Polk County, Fla., November 6, 1971. Interment at Wildwood Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) — also known as Pehr G. Holmes — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Sweden, April 9, 1881. Married to Freda C. Johnson (died 1936). Republican. Manufacturer; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council 7th District, 1925-28; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47; defeated, 1946. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Redmen. Died in Venice, Sarasota County, Fla., December 19, 1952. Interment at Old Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• J. Edward Hutchinson (1914-1985) — of Fennville, Allegan County, Mich. Born in Fennville, Allegan County, Mich., October 13, 1914. Son of Marc Hutchinson and Wilna (Leland) Hutchinson; married to Janice Caton. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Allegan County, 1947-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948; member of Michigan state senate 8th District, 1951-60; chair of Allegan County Republican Party, 1960-61; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 8th Senatorial District, 1961-62; U.S. Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1963-77. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died in Naples, Collier County, Fla., July 22, 1985. Interment at Fennville Village Cemetery, Fennville, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Lawrence E. Imhoff (1895-1988) — of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Round Bottom, Monroe County, Ohio, December 28, 1895. Son of Eugene A. Imhoff and Laura (Clegg) Imhoff; married, September 1, 1923, to Martha Elizabeth Korn. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1925-33; U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1933-39, 1941-43; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died in North Fort Myers, Lee County, Fla., April 18, 1988. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of Tennessee"; "King Andrew the First" — of Tennessee. Born, in a log cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster County, S.C., March 15, 1767. Son of Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson; married to Rachel (Donelson) Robards; uncle of Andrew Jackson Donelson. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Florida Territory, 1821; President of the United States, 1829-37. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel, May 30, 1806; also duelled with Thomas Hart Benton. Censured by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity). Died, of dropsy (congestive heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., June 8, 1845. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1910. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes. Interment at The Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson Square, New Orleans, La. Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County, Mo., are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Francis P. Blair
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert Vincent Remini, The Life of Andrew Jackson; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821; Andrew Burstein, The Passions of Andrew Jackson; David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler, Old Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire; Donald B. Cole, The Presidency of Andrew Jackson; H. W. Brands, Andrew Jackson : His Life and Times
  
  
• Lamar Jeffers (1888-1983) — of Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala. Born in Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala., April 16, 1888. Son of William Henry Jeffers and Anna Frances (Jenkins) Jeffers; married, November 1, 1911, to Martha Ruth Barton. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1921-35. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., June 1, 1983. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Fletcher Johnson (1859-1930) — also known as Charles F. Johnson — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, February 14, 1859. Son of William F. Johnson and Ruth S. (Boulter) Johnson; married, December 21, 1881, to Abbie W. Britton. Democrat. School principal; lawyer; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1892, 1894; mayor of Waterville, Maine, 1893; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1904, 1916; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1917-29. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Psi Upsilon. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 15, 1930. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John B. Johnson (b. 1868) — of Live Oak, Suwannee County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Fla., October 15, 1868. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Florida state senate, 1907-23; Florida state attorney general, 1925-27. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Dennis L. Jones (b. 1941) — of Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Erie, Erie County, Pa., April 5, 1941. Republican. Chiropractor; member of Florida state house of representatives 54th District, 1979-. Methodist. Member, American Association of Retired Persons; Freemasons; Shriners; Jesters; Optimist Club. Still living as of 1999.
  
  
• Everett Kelly (b. 1926) — of Florida. Born in Foley, Baldwin County, Ala., September 2, 1926. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; pharmacist; member of Florida state house of representatives 42nd District, 1979-. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Grotto; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose. Still living as of 1999.
  
  
• Robert Milton Leach (1879-1952) — also known as Robert M. Leach — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass.; Franklin, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Franklin, Merrimack County, N.H., April 2, 1879. Son of Edward Giles Leach and Agnes Amelia (Robinson) Leach; married, November 28, 1900, to Mary E. Walker; married 1939 to Florence Mosher; married 1944 to Margare