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Bert Leigh Acker (1882-1960) —
also known as Bert L. Acker; Adelbert Leigh
Acker —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1882.
Son of Oscar J. Acker and Sarah E. Acker.
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.
Actor
in two silent
movies, 1919-20.
Died in 1960
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Calhoun Adkins, Jr. (1915-1994) —
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.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1964-69; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Lions; Woodmen;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died June 24,
1994 (age 79 years, 157
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Whiting Allen (b. 1854) —
also known as George W. Allen —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
1, 1854.
Son of William Smith Allen and Mary Jane (Sprague) Allen.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of Florida
state senate, 1879-83; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1896; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1897-1913; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1900
(alternate), 1904,
1908,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1908 (1st District), 1912 (at-large).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1917-18; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took senior
status 1931.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., February
14, 1938 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Loren D. Anderson (1919-1982) —
of Waterford Township, Oakland
County, Mich.; Riverview, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., November
21, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1967-74 (61st District 1967-72,
60th District 1973-74); defeated, 1974.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Fraternal
Order of Police; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in April, 1982
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
18, 1946 (age 69 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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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. Athletic
coach; 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, from a heart
attack, in a hotel at
Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 5,
1949 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
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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,
1964,
1972.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., July 17,
1985 (age 89 years, 293
days).
Interment at Melvin
Cemetery, Melvin, Ill.
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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, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur D. Bangham (1859-1918) —
of Homer, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Marengo Township, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
8, 1859.
Son of Sandusky Bangham and Minerva (Hanchett) Bangham.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1901-04.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Odd
Fellows; Maccabees.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 24,
1918 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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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.
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; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 13,
1968 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tampa, Fla.
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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, Freemasons; Elks; American
Legion; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., February
5, 1986 (age 74 years, 255
days).
Interment at East
Liberty Cemetery, East Liberty, Mich.
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Albert Edwin Beech (1904-1973) —
also known as Albert E. Beech —
of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
15, 1904.
Republican. Merchant;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 44th District, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks.
Died in April, 1973
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Edward Bennett (1910-2003) —
also known as Charles E. Bennett —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Canton, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., 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, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Lions; Jaycees.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
6, 2003 (age 92 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Richard Dewey Bensen (1898-1997) —
also known as Richard D. Bensen —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J., March 20,
1898.
Son of Richard Bensen and Annie Bensen.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1946; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion.
Died in St. Johns
County, Fla., August
18, 1997 (age 99 years, 151
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Nathaniel Bergstrom (1895-1969) —
also known as Clarence N. Bergstrom —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Florida.
Born in Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-43; Judge, Illinois
Court of Claims, 1947.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Died in September, 1969
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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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.
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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, Order of
Ahepa; Moose;
Freemasons; Rotary; Elks.
Still living as of 2009.
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Michael Bilirakis (b. 1930) —
of Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla., July 16,
1930.
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.
Greek
Orthodox. Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Still living as of 2009.
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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.
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, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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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.
Son of Chester
Castle Bolton and Frances
Payne Bolton.
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 (age 55 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Theodore M. Bowers (1907-1995) —
also known as Ted Bowers —
of New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Point Marion, Fayette
County, Pa., February
1, 1907.
Son of Frank L. Bowers and Asia L. (Sadler) Bowers.
Republican. Sand and
gravel business; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1943-46, 1949-64, 1969-72;
defeated, 1964; trustee, Wetzel County Hospital.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Jesters;
Elks; Moose; Eagles; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Lions; Rotary.
Died January
1, 1995 (age 87 years, 334
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph A. Boyd, Jr. (1916-2007) —
of Hialeah, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Hoschton, Jackson
County, Ga., November
16, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions.
Died, of heart
failure, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
26, 2007 (age 90 years, 344
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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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.
Republican. Farmer; manufacturer;
banker;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1921-22; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1923-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Moose; Eagles.
Died in Melbourne Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., May 23,
1966 (age 94 years, 203
days).
Interment at Melbourne
Cemetery, Melbourne, Fla.
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Irlo Bronson, Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Bud Bronson —
of Florida.
Born in Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla., June 4,
1936.
Son of Irlo
Overstreet Bronson.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 79th District, 1983-.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Farm
Bureau; Freemasons; Moose.
Still living as of 1999.
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Lathrop Brown (1883-1959) —
of St. James, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Montauk, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1883.
Son of Charles S. Brown and Lucy Nevins (Barnes) Brown.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1913-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1936.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., November
28, 1959 (age 76 years, 275
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Manasota
Memorial Park, Sarasota, Fla.
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1888;
member of Florida
state senate, 1891-95; U.S. Collector of Customs,
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.
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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"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
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 (1834-1896).
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; 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, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
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; Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896);
married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird (1860-1930); cousin of William
Sherman Jennings; 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. See Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — 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 |
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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.
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; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Jaycees;
Alpha
Kappa Psi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in a hospital
at Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 1,
2002 (age 87 years, 218
days).
Interment at Highland
Memorial Park, Ocala, Fla.
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Rivers Henderson Buford, Sr. (1878-1959) —
also known as Rivers H. Buford —
of Wewahitchka, Gulf
County, Fla.; Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla.; Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., January
18, 1878.
Son of Albert Buford and Mattie (Rivers) Buford.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1901; Gadsden
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-11; State's Attorney, Marianna
Judicial Circuit, 1912-21; Florida
state attorney general, 1921-25; resigned 1925; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1925-48; appointed 1925; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1931-33.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in 1959
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Old
Quincy Cemetery, Quincy, Fla.
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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, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died November
22, 1987 (age 75 years, 250
days).
Interment somewhere
in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Fred Ernst Busbey (1895-1966) —
also known as Fred E. Busbey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Tuscola, Douglas
County, Ill., February
8, 1895.
Son of Charles Oscar Busbey and Martha (Welch) Busbey.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; stockbroker;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1943-45, 1947-49,
1951-55; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1954.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., February
11, 1966 (age 71 years, 3
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph Wellington Byrns, Jr. (1903-1973) —
also known as Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
15, 1903.
Son of Joseph
Wellington Byrns.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1939-41.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Exchange
Club; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 8,
1973 (age 69 years, 205
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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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.
Son of Davis J. Cable and Mary (Harnley) Cable.
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; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Grange; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153
days).
Entombed at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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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.
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,
1956;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1962-69.
Protestant.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Newcomen
Society; American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Blue Key.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
23, 1984 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Harwood
Plantation Cemetery, Leon County, Fla.
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John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) —
also known as John A. Cameron —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., 1788.
Newspaper
editor; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1831-32; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamer Pulaski in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, June 14,
1838 (age about 49
years); his remains were probably
not recovered.
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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.
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, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Dunedin, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
22, 1971 (age 76 years, 237
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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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.
Son of Julia (Bevill) Candler and Ezekiel Samuel Candler (1838-1915).
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; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Honor.
Died in Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss., December
18, 1944 (age 82 years, 335
days).
Interment at Henry
Cemetery, Corinth, Miss.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of William
Candler; second cousin twice removed of Mark
Anthony Cooper; grandson of Samuel
Charles Candler; grandnephew of Daniel
Gill Candler and Ezekiel
Slaughter Candler; first cousin once removed of Allen
Daniel Candler and George
Scott Candler; son of Julia (Bevill) Candler and Ezekiel Samuel
Candler (1838-1915); nephew of Milton
Anthony Candler, Asa
Griggs Candler and John
Slaughter 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; second cousin of Thomas
Slaughter Candler. See Candler
family of Georgia. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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.
Son of Albert Carlton and Martha (McEwan) Carlton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1917-19; Governor of
Florida, 1929-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in a nursing
home at Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
25, 1972 (age 85 years, 111
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Elford Albin Cederberg (1918-2006) —
also known as Elford A. Cederberg —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., March 6,
1918.
Son of Alvin Cederberg and Helen (Olson) Cederberg.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Bay City, Mich., 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1953-78; defeated,
1950, 1978.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Elks;
Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in The Villages, Lake
County, Fla., April 17,
2006 (age 88 years, 42
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Roy H. Chapman (b. 1885) —
of Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Lake Butler, Union
County, Fla., July 15,
1885.
Son of William Washington Chapman and Addie Mary (Owenby) Chapman.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1937-52.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Christensen (1890-1970) —
of Wilson, Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 25,
1890.
Son of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen (1867-1947).
Republican. Vegetable
grower; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1933-42; member of
Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1943.
Congregationalist.
Danish
and German
ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary; Exchange
Club.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
24, 1970 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Palisado
Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen (1867-1947);
married to Mathilde Lassen (1892-1918); married, November
4, 1922, to Gladys Oliver Lawson (1901-1995). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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.
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 (age 48 years, 286
days).
Interment at Southern
Memorial, North Miami Beach, Fla.
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William Michael Citron (1896-1976) —
also known as William M. Citron —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August
29, 1896.
Son of Benjamin L. Citron and Dora (Newmark) Citron.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Middletown, 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1935-39; defeated, 1928
(2nd District), 1938 (at-large).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Eagles; Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Freemasons.
Died in Titusville, Brevard
County, Fla., June 7,
1976 (age 79 years, 283
days).
Interment at Congregation
Adath Israel Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1907-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1928,
1948;
Governor
of Florida, 1937-41.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died July 28,
1948 (age 76 years, 304
days).
Interment at Prospect
Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Near White Springs, Hamilton County,
Fla.
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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, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets; Elks; Moose;
Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Order of
Ahepa.
Died, from complications of a heart
attack, in South Pasadena, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
18, 2003 (age 81 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Victor D. Crist (b. 1957) —
of Florida.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 21,
1957.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 60th District, 1993-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons; Shriners.
Still living as of 1999.
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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, Alpha
Tau Omega; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 1999.
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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. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1912;
member of Idaho
state senate, 1912-14; Governor of
Idaho, 1919-23; Commissioner of Reclamation and Director of
Finance, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1924-32.
Methodist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died August 5,
1959 (age 86 years, 104
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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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.
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; Reserve
Officers Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 20,
1937 (age 43 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Jacob Erastus Davis (1905-2003) —
also known as Jacob E. Davis —
of Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Beaver, Pike
County, Ohio, October
31, 1905.
Son of George Omer Davis and Katheryne Rose (Leist) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1935-37; resigned 1937; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1941-43; vice-president,
Kroger Company (supermarkets),
1945-60; president and CEO, 1961-70.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons; Acacia.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
28, 2003 (age 97 years, 120
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903
to Alice Taylor. |
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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.
Son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey.
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, Freemasons; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Phi Mu
Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal
Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 16,
1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
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). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | 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) |
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LaVern Ralph Dilweg (1903-1968) —
also known as LaVern R. Dilweg —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
1, 1903.
Son of Bernard Dilweg and Alida (Winkler) Dilweg.
Democrat. Lawyer;
played on the Green Bay Packers football
team, 1927-34; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1943-45; defeated,
1944; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1950.
Member, Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
2, 1968 (age 64 years, 62
days).
Interment at Fort
Howard Cemetery, Green Bay, Wis.
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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.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; ice and
fuel oil dealer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-56; member of South
Carolina state senate from Laurens County, 1961.
Baptist.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Blue Key.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Katharine Simmons. |
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Herbert Jackson Drane (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert J. Drane —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky., June 20,
1863.
Son of Ossian A. Drane and Josephine F. (Dickey) Drane.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; insurance
and real
estate business; orange
grower; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1888-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-05; member of Florida
state senate, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1917-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Power
Commission, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., August
11, 1947 (age 84 years, 52
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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John Levering Early (1896-1999) —
also known as John L. Early —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
19, 1896.
Son of Charles Edward Early (born 1862) and Ida (Clark) Early.
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, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 9,
1999 (age 102 years, 80
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 2,
1924, to Maebelle Claire Brooks. |
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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 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Burrows Edwards (b. 1927) —
also known as Jim Edwards —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
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, Freemasons; Rotary; American
Dental Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Hull Ellis (b. 1867) —
also known as William H. Ellis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., September
17, 1867.
Son of Charles H. Ellis and Julia F. (Wilson) Ellis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Florida, 1900;
Florida
state auditor, 1903; Florida
state attorney general, 1904-09; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1915-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Ellis and Julia F. (Wilson) Ellis; married 1894 to M.
Ramelle Nicholson (died 1902); married 1906 to Ena H.
Taylor (daughter of Robert
Fenwick Taylor). |
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer; Florida
state attorney general, 1949-64; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1964-75.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Elks; Exchange
Club.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo Luke Fabisinski (b. 1890) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Collinsville, Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., October
18, 1890.
Son of Anthony Fabisinski and Julia (Radomski) Fabisinski.
State's Attorney, 1st Circuit. 1926-31; circuit judge in Florida,
1931-32.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 8,
1915, to Claude Meck Kirkpatrick. |
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Edward Ernest Fay (1887-1977) —
also known as Edward E. Fay —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1887.
Son of Frederick J. Fay and Evelyn Louise (Armstrong) Fay.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1925-27;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Maccabees;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Pinellas
County, Fla., September
4, 1977 (age 89 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Randolph Fearon (1883-1976) —
also known as George R. Fearon —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., March 12,
1883.
Son of George Fearon (1816-1898) and Anna Elizabeth (Charlow) Fearon.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1916-20; member
of New
York state senate 38th District, 1921-36; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., January
2, 1976 (age 92 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Finch (1917-1999) —
of Mattawan, Van Buren
County, Mich.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., June 30,
1917.
Son of Charles Finch and Hettie (Palmer) Finch.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Van Buren
County, 1961-62.
Congregationalist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Died July 14,
1999 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Geraldine Halsted. |
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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.
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, Freemasons; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1936 (age 77 years, 163
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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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.
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, American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Jaycees;
Woodmen;
Alpha
Gamma Rho; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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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
(speaker);
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a tumor of the
thigh, in the Hospital
for the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 15,
1926 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Indian
Springs Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.
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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 (age 79 years, 244
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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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.
Son of David Graves and Mattie (Bibb) Graves.
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, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 14,
1942 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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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, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
American
Legion; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1975
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of William Henry Green and Mary Emma (Andreu) Green.
Democrat. School teacher
and 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; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., February
9, 1973 (age 80 years, 365
days).
Interment at New
River Cemetery, Near New River, Bradford County, Fla.
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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.
Cuban
ancestry. Member, Phi
Theta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
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.
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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.
Son of John Harvey Gwinn and Edith (Harvey) Gwinn.
Republican. Lawyer; writer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1945-59; defeated,
1940, 1942.
Methodist
or Christian
Reformed. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died of a heart
attack, in Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
27, 1962 (age 77 years, 335
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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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.
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; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks.
Former president and director, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., August 6,
1981 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Boca
Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
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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.
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; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died November
21, 1957 (age 81 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Fla.
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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.
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; Delta
Chi; Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., July 29,
1974 (age 79 years, 35
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown
Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.
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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.
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;
member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Pi Kappa
Phi.
Died in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla., December
27, 1995 (age 86 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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,
1956;
Governor
of Florida, 1941-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1946-71.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Sponsor of 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax.
Died in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., November
6, 1971 (age 79 years, 119
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
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Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) —
also known as Pehr G. Holmes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sweden,
April
9, 1881.
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.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
19, 1952 (age 71 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Son of Rice Gaddis Hopwood (1810-1888) and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood
(1818-1885).
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Citizens Title and
Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
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Harold W. Hungerford (1902-1982) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Elsie, Clinton
County, Mich., June 30,
1902.
Son of George C. Hungerford (born 1873) and Esther Hungerford
(1876-1910).
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1947-64; defeated, 1944 (Ingham County 1st District), 1964 (58th
District); member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1967-70.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
5, 1982 (age 79 years, 220
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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, Freemasons; American
Legion.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., July 22,
1985 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Fennville
Village Cemetery, Fennville, Mich.
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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.
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; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles; Elks.
Died in North Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., April 18,
1988 (age 92 years, 112
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fort
Myers Memorial Gardens, Fort Myers, Fla.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March 15,
1767.
Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781).
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.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. 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 (age 78 years, 85
days). Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. 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.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781); married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (1767-1828; aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). See Donelson-Smith-Jackson
family of Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | 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. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
Jackson Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew J.
May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | 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 |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Sharpe James (b. 1936) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
20, 1936.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1980,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1986-2006; Presidential Elector for New Jersey,
1992;
member of New Jersey
state senate 29th District, 1999-2008; indicted
in July 2007 on federal charges
of using city credit cards for personal
expenses, and letting a girlfriend buy nine parcels of city-owned
land for a small fraction of their value, without disclosing
their relationship; convicted
in April 2008; sentenced
to 27 months in prison,
and fined
$100,000.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2008.
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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.
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 (age 95 years, 46
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1892, 1894; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1893; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1904,
1912,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1916; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1917-29.
Unitarian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
15, 1930 (age 71 years, 1
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
Son of James Johnson and Helen Louise (Dillet) Johnson.
School
principal; author; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma Pi
Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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.
Son of Archibald Johnson and Martha Elizabeth (Bachlotte) Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
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.
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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, 1979-.
Methodist.
Member, Optimist
Club; Freemasons; Shriners;
Jesters;
American
Association of Retired Persons.
Still living as of 1999.
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Everett A. Kelly (b. 1926) —
of Florida.
Born in Foley, Baldwin
County, Ala., September
2, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; pharmacist;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Grotto;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks; Moose.
Still living as of 1999.
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Edwin Carl Kemp (b. 1884) —
also known as Edwin C. Kemp —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in East Douglas, Douglas, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1884.
Son of Charles Edwin Kemp and Harriet Elizabeth (Moulton) Kemp.
U.S. Consul in SAINT Pierre and Miquelon, 1914-15; Marseille, 1915-16; Tunis, 1916-19; Bucharest, 1919-21; Budapest, 1921-23; Danzig, 1923-29; Le Havre, 1929-33; Moncton, 1933-35; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, 1935-36; Halifax, 1943-45; Kingston, 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edwin Kemp and Harriet Elizabeth (Moulton) Kemp; married,
September
12, 1909, to Bernette Zoe Chase (died 1918); married, November
26, 1919, to Anna Durkee Smith. |
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Joseph Bradford Lancaster (1790-1856) —
also known as Joseph B. Lancaster —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Kentucky, 1790.
Son of John Lancaster and Catherine (Miles) Lancaster.
Whig. Lawyer; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1846-47; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1848-50; mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 1856; died in office 1856.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., November
25, 1856 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Tampa, Fla.
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Cary D. Landis (b. 1873) —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Claypool, Kosciusko
County, Ind., May 10,
1873.
Son of David Landis and Elizabeth Landis.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; law
professor; Florida
state attorney general, 1931-36; appointed 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Republican. Salesman of stoves and ranges; director, Atherton Furniture
Co.; director, Burpee Furniture
Co.; director, National Shawmut Bank of
Boston; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1924-25;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(alternate), 1932.
Unitarian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., February
18, 1952 (age 72 years, 322
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
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Henry W. Lengyel (1920-1999) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Antwerp, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April 28,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
legislative counsel to State Senator Henry A.
Wise, 1955-58; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1958-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 1963-64.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
26, 1999 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Guyer Leslie (1878-1937) —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., April 6,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1923-27; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1925-27; Governor of
Indiana, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., December
10, 1937 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Aaron Jefferson Levy (1881-1955) —
also known as Aaron J. Levy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1881.
Son of Jacob Levy and Annie (Bernstein) Levy.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1908-13;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912;
municipal judge in New York, 1913-23; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-51.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Tammany
Hall.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
21, 1955 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mokom
Sholom Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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Thomas F. Lewis (b. 1924) —
also known as Tom Lewis —
of North Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
26, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served
in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; aircraft
industry executive, 1957-73; real
estate and investments, 1972-82; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-81; member of Florida
state senate, 1981-83; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1983-95 (12th District 1983-93, 16th
District 1993-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1984.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose; Exchange
Club; Freemasons; Shriners.
Still living as of 1998.
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Son of William Marion Loftin and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life
Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Hanford MacNider (1889-1968) —
also known as Jack MacNider —
of Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa.
Born in Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa, October
2, 1889.
Son of Charles Henry MacNider and May (Hanford) MacNider.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1924,
1948;
U.S. Minister to Canada, 1930-32; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1932;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940;
general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., February
18, 1968 (age 78 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Raymer Francis Maguire (b. 1890) —
also known as Raymer F. Maguire —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Ocoee, Orange
County, Fla., November
30, 1890.
Son of David Oscar Maguire and Margaret Martha (Francis) Maguire.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; 17th Circuit State's
Attorney, 1923-27; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Wellborn Martin (1884-1958) —
also known as John W. Martin —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Plainfield, Marion
County, Fla., June 21,
1884.
Son of John Marshall Martin and Willie Martin (Owens) Martin.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1917-23; Governor of
Florida, 1925-29; defeated in primary, 1932; candidate in primary
for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
22, 1958 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Lesley Miller, Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as Les Miller —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., April 21,
1951.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 59th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; Freemasons; NAACP.
Still living as of 2004.
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Frank C. Moore (1896-1978) —
of Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
March
23, 1896.
Republican. Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1938;
New York
state comptroller, 1943-50; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1951-53; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Freemasons; Eagles; National Rifle
Association; Izaak
Walton League.
Died in Crystal River, Citrus
County, Fla., April 23,
1978 (age 82 years, 31
days).
Interment at Elmlawn
Cemetery, Kenmore, N.Y.
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Frederick Henry Mueller (1893-1976) —
also known as Frederick H. Mueller —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
22, 1893.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1945-57; appointed 1945; defeated,
1957; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1959-61; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died August
31, 1976 (age 82 years, 283
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Graceland
Mausoleum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Son of James F. Park and Emma A. (Bailey) Park.
Democrat. School
teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
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Samuel Pasco (1834-1917) —
of Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born in London, England,
June
28, 1834.
Son of John Pasco and Amelia (Nash) Pasco.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Florida
Democratic State Committee, 1872-80; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1876-88; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1880-90; Presidential Elector
for Florida, 1880,
1908;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1886-87; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1887; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1887-99.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., March 13,
1917 (age 82 years, 258
days).
Interment at Roseland
Cemetery, Monticello, Fla.
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Giles Jared Patterson (b. 1885) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., October
19, 1885.
Son of Giles
Jared Patterson (1827-1891) and Mary Virginia (Ross) Patterson
(1847-1926).
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Chester County Democratic Party, 1913.
Episcopalian.
Member, Civitan;
Freemasons; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911
to Louise Brandon. |
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Jesse Insle Pavey (b. 1890) —
also known as Jesse I. Pavey —
of Belleair, Pinellas
County, Fla.; South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Boone
County, Ind., April 20,
1890.
Democrat. Lumber
business; mayor of Belleair, Fla., 1926-30; mayor
of South Bend, Ind., 1939-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa
Alpha Order; United
World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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James Hardin Peterson (1894-1978) —
also known as J. Hardin Peterson —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Batesburg, Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 1894.
Son of Newton Fay Peterson and Willa E. (Geiger) Peterson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; citrus
grower; Polk
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-32; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1933-51; chairman,
First State Bank of
Lakeland.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., March 28,
1978 (age 84 years, 45
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Arthur William Prehn (1884-1951) —
also known as Arthur W. Prehn; A. W. Prehn —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Marathon City, Marathon
County, Wis., December
1, 1884.
Son of Fred
Prehn.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1912,
1936,
1944;
Marathon
County District Attorney, 1922-25; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Eagles.
Died, of heart
failure, in Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 24,
1951 (age 66 years, 113
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, Wausau, Wis.
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Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) —
also known as A. Philip Randolph —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., April 15,
1889.
Son of James William Randolph and Elizabeth (Robinson) Randolph.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924; organizer,
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; vice-president,
AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks; American Civil
Liberties Union; United
World Federalists.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.
Died May 16,
1979 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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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
to Leila M. Geddes. |
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Audley Rawson (1893-1981) —
also known as William Audley Rawson —
of Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born near Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich., April 5,
1893.
Son of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson.
Republican. Farmer;
Elkland Township Supervisor, 1931-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1935-42;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1943-46; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Tuscola County Republican Party, 1950; lobbyist
for the Michigan Association of Insurance
Companies.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
27, 1981 (age 88 years, 175
days).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson; married, December
22, 1914, to Mary Lena Day (died 1969); married 1971 to Mildred
Hutchinson. |
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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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George A. Robinson (1851-1908) —
of Sayville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newmarket, Ontario,
January, 1851.
Republican. Physician;
naturalized U.S. citizen; volunteer
fire fighter; director, Sayville Electric
Light and Power Company; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1901-02.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., February
22, 1908 (age 57 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Islip, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Amelia A. Foster (born 1847). |
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Richard Lowell Roudebush (1918-1995) —
also known as Richard L. Roudebush —
of Indiana.
Born near Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., January
18, 1918.
Son of Roy Lehr Roudebush (1890-1974) and Melissa Mae (McMahan)
Roudebush.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1961-71 (6th District 1961-67, 10th
District 1967-69, 5th District 1969-71); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1970.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
The Richard L. Roudebush V.A. Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind., is
named
for him.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., January
28, 1995 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Eaton Dudley Sargent (1870-1944) —
also known as Eaton D. Sargent —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., August
13, 1870.
Democrat. Mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1924-27; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1926, 1928; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1930.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died of heart
failure while pruning an orange tree, in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., March 27,
1944 (age 73 years, 227
days).
Interment at Edgewood
Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
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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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Lester L. Schnare (b. 1884) —
of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis., May 15,
1884.
Son of Henry W. Schnare and Anna M. (Hefling) Schnare.
School
teacher; newspaper
editor; stenographer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-17; Canton, 1917-18; Yokohama, 1918; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1920, 1921; Kobe, 1920-21, 1921-22; Swatow, 1922-23; Cartagena, 1923-27; Breslau, 1927-31; Hamburg, 1931-35; Milan, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Everett R. Shafer (1911-2005) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Esty, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., October
3, 1911.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1951-52,
1955-58.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Moose;
Blue
Key; National
Education Association.
Died August 9,
2005 (age 93 years, 310
days).
Interment at Eden Cemetery, Crescent City, 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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Lawrence Yates Sherman (1858-1939) —
also known as Lawrence Y. Sherman —
of Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born near Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, November
8, 1858.
Son of Nelson Sherman and Maria (Yates) Sherman.
Republican. County judge in Illinois, 1886-90; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1897-1905; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1899-1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1920,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1913-21; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1916;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1916-24; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1928.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., September
15, 1939 (age 80 years, 311
days).
Interment at Montrose
Cemetery, Montrose, Ill.
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford) Sikes.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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Kelley R. Smith (b. 1946) —
of Florida.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., October
25, 1946.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 21st District, 1991-.
Methodist.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Jaycees;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 1999.
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Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon (1930-2001) —
also known as Gerald B. H. Solomon; "The Congressman
from General Electric" —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla., August
14, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly 110th District, 1973-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1976;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1979-99 (29th District 1979-83,
24th District 1983-93, 22nd District 1993-99).
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Leading advocate of a Constitutional amendment to ban burning of the
U.S. flag.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y., October
26, 2001 (age 71 years, 73
days).
Interment at Saratoga
National Cemetery, Saratoga, N.Y.
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Jacob Franklin Spears, Sr. (1899-1946) —
also known as J. Franklin Spears —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Darlington
County, S.C., October
6, 1899.
Son of James
Monroe Spears.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Tarpon Springs, Fla., 1921; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1934-36; member of Texas
state senate, 1937-46.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., May 29,
1946 (age 46 years, 235
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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J. R. Spratt (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Spratt —
of Florida.
Born in Hamlet, Richmond
County, N.C., March 10,
1947.
Son of J.
R. Spratt (1917?-).
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 77th District, 1997-.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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John H. Stahlin (1914-1997) —
of Belding, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Belding, Ionia
County, Mich., April 6,
1914.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1959-62; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1962; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1964.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died in Port Richey, Pasco
County, Fla., April 14,
1997 (age 83 years, 8
days).
Cremated.
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Gale Hamilton Stalker (1889-1985) —
also known as Gale H. Stalker —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Palm Bay, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Long Eddy, Sullivan
County, N.Y., November
7, 1889.
Republican. Lumber
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1923-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
4, 1985 (age 95 years, 362
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Ormond Beach, Fla.
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Abe Stark (1894-1972) —
also known as "Mr. Brooklyn" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1894.
Democrat. Clothier;
borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1962-70; defeated (Republican),
1949; resigned 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Russian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Famed among Brooklyn Dodgers fans for his longtime, conspicious
advertising sign (for his clothing business) below the scoreboard at
Ebbets Field, which promised a free suit to players who batted the
ball there: "HIT SIGN, WIN SUIT".
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., July 2,
1972 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Russell H. Strange, Jr. (1934-2001) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., September
18, 1934.
Republican. Tree farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1957-70 (Isabella District
1957-64, 100th District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1970; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Sigma
Chi; American
Political Science Association; Rotary; Grange; Elks.
Died in North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
6, 2001 (age 67 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield (1899-1972) —
also known as Arthur E. Summerfield —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Pinconning, Bay
County, Mich., March 17,
1899.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1944-52; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1952-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1953-61.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 26,
1972 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hills Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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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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Pat Thomas (1933-2000) —
of Florida.
Born in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., November
21, 1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1966-70; candidate for nomination for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1970; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-74; member of Florida
state senate, 1975-2000.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, of multiple
myeloma, in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., June 21,
2000 (age 66 years, 213
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Quincy, Fla.
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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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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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Sumner Wallace (1856-1920) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, March 7,
1856.
Son of Ebenezer Gowell Wallace and Sarah Esther (Greenfield) Wallace.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; director of banks, railroads,
and electric
utilities; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904;
Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1908.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., January
11, 1920 (age 63 years, 310
days).
Interment at Rochester
Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
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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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James Webb (1792-1856) —
of Texas.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., March 31,
1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; justice of
Florida territorial supreme court, 1828-38; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1839-41; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bastrop, Fayette, Gonzales and
Travis, 1841-42, 1842-44; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; secretary of
state of Texas, 1849-51; district judge in Texas, 1854-56; died
in office 1856.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
1, 1856 (age 64 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Goliad, Tex.
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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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Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 2,
1876.
Son of Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop.
Republican. Banker; stockbroker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,
Long Island Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
14, 1958 (age 82 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustus Brevoort Woodward (1774-1827) —
also known as Augustus B. Woodward; Elias Brevoort
Woodward; "Epaminondas" —
Born in 1774.
Son of John Woodward and Ann (Silvester) Woodward.
Justice
of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1805-24; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1824-27.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., July 12,
1827 (age about 53
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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