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Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975) —
also known as Clinton P. Anderson —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Centerville, Turner
County, S.Dak., October
23, 1895.
Son of Andrew Jay Anderson and Hattie Belle (Presba) Anderson.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; insurance
business; New Mexico
Democratic state chair, 1928-39; New Mexico
state treasurer, 1933-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1936,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1941-45; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following a stroke, in
Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
11, 1975 (age 80 years, 19
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Sam Gilbert Bratton (1888-1963) —
also known as Sam G. Bratton —
of Clovis, Curry
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Kosse, Limestone
County, Tex., August
19, 1888.
Son of C. G. Bratton and Emma Lee (Morris) Bratton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1916,
1932;
district judge in New Mexico 5th District, 1919-22; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1923-24; resigned 1924; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1925-33; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1933-61; took senior
status 1961.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., September
22, 1963 (age 75 years, 34
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Carl Atwood Hatch (1889-1963) —
also known as Carl A. Hatch —
of Clovis, Curry
County, N.M.
Born in Kirwin, Phillips
County, Kan., November
27, 1889.
Son of Harley Atwood Hatch and Esther Shannon (Ryan) Hatch.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in New Mexico 9th District, 1923-29; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1933-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1940,
1944,
1948
(co-chair, Credentials
Committee); Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1949-63.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Best known as the author of the "Hatch Act" of 1939-40, prohibiting
federal employees from engaging in political activity.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., September
15, 1963 (age 73 years, 292
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Edmund Gibson Ross (1826-1907) —
also known as Edmund G. Ross —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, December
7, 1826.
Republican. Delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; major in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1866-71; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1880; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1885-89.
Presbyterian.
Thought to have cast the deciding vote in the Senate to acquit
President Andrew
Johnson. His grandson, Edmund Fessenden Cobb, was an actor who
appeared in over 200 movies and serials including Citizen Kane
and The Last Hurrah.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., May 8,
1907 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Edwin Leard Mechem (1912-2002) —
also known as Edwin L. Mechem; "Big
Ed" —
of New Mexico.
Born in Alamogordo, Otero
County, N.M., July 2,
1912.
Son of Edwin Mechem and Eunice (Leard) Mechem.
Republican. Surveyor;
FBI
agent; lawyer;
member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1947-48; Governor of
New Mexico, 1951-55, 1957-59, 1961-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Mexico, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1962-64; defeated, 1964; U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1970.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
27, 2002 (age 90 years, 148
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Clyde Tingley (1883-1960) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born near London, Madison
County, Ohio, January
5, 1883.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,
1928,
1936,
1948;
Governor
of New Mexico, 1935-39.
Tingley Coliseum, at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds, is named for
him.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., December
24, 1960 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Richard Charles Dillon (1877-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Dillon —
of Encino, Torrance
County, N.M.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 24,
1877.
Son of Richard Dillon and Hattie (Patterson) Dillon.
Republican. Merchant;
member of New Mexico
state senate, 1925-26; Governor of
New Mexico, 1927-31; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1934; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Mexico, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died January
4, 1966 (age 88 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Thomas Jewett Mabry (1884-1962) —
also known as Thomas J. Mabry —
of New Mexico.
Born October
17, 1884.
Democrat. Governor of
New Mexico, 1947-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Mexico, 1948.
Died December
23, 1962 (age 78 years, 67
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Arthur Thomas Hannett (1884-1966) —
of Gallup, McKinley
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y., February
17, 1884.
Son of William Hannett and Mary Emily (McCarthy) Hannett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
mayor
of Gallup, N.M., 1918-22; Governor of
New Mexico, 1925-27.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died March 18,
1966 (age 82 years, 29
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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John Field Simms, Jr. (1916-1975) —
of New Mexico.
Born December
18, 1916.
Son of John
Field Simms.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Governor of
New Mexico, 1955-57.
Died April 11,
1975 (age 58 years, 114
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Steven Harvey Schiff (1947-1998) —
also known as Steven Schiff —
of New Mexico.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 18,
1947.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico 1st District, 1989-98; died in
office 1998.
Died, of squamous-cell
skin cancer, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., March 25,
1998 (age 51 years, 7
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Bernard Shandon Rodey (1856-1927) —
also known as Bernard S. Rodey —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in County Mayo, Ireland,
March
1, 1856.
Son of Patrick Rodey and Ellen (Macdonnell) Rodey.
Lawyer;
member of New Mexico
territorial senate, 1889; delegate to
New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1890; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1901-05; defeated
(Independent Republican), 1904; U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1906-10; U.S.
Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1910-13.
Died March 10,
1927 (age 71 years, 9
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Ruth Hanna McCormick (1880-1944) —
also known as Ruth Hanna; Mrs. Medill McCormick;
Ruth Hanna Simms; Mrs. Albert G. Simms —
of Byron, Ogle
County, Ill.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 27,
1880.
Daughter of Marcus
Alonzo Hanna and Charlotte A. (Rhodes) Hanna.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1924-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1929-31; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1930; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Mexico, 1936,
1944.
Female.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
31, 1944 (age 64 years, 279
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Howard Johnstone McMurray (1901-1961) —
also known as Howard J. McMurray —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Mt. Hope, Sedgwick
County, Kan., March 3,
1901.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1943-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1944,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1944, 1946.
Died in 1961
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Lawrence Strother Trimble (1825-1904) —
also known as Lawrence S. Trimble —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, 1825.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1865-71.
Died in 1904
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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John Field Simms (1885-1954) —
also known as John F. Simms —
Born in Arkansas, May 6,
1885.
Justice
of New Mexico state supreme court, 1929-31; appointed 1929.
Died February
11, 1954 (age 68 years, 281
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Edward Ames Mann (1867-1915) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb., March 12,
1867.
Justice
of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1904; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1914-15.
Died November
19, 1915 (age 48 years, 252
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Albert Gallatin Simms (1882-1964) —
also known as Albert G. Simms —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark., October
8, 1882.
Son of Thomas Hamilton Simms and Mary Elizabeth (Field) Simms.
Republican. Accountant;
lawyer;
banker;
member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1929-31; member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1932-34; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., December
29, 1964 (age 82 years, 82
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Raymond Earl Garvey (1893-1975) —
also known as Raymond E. Garvey —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
4, 1893.
Plumber;
inventor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1936 (Farmer-Labor),
1940 (Democratic primary), 1942 (Democratic primary); mayor
of Ironwood, Mich., 1936-38; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gogebic County, 1939-40;
defeated in Democratic primary, 1934.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles.
Died in 1975
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Francisco Perea (1830-1913) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Los Padillas, Bernalillo
County, N.M., January
9, 1830.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1863.
Died May 21,
1913 (age 83 years, 132
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Joseph Leonard Dailey (1896-1956) —
also known as Joseph L. Dailey —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind., August
28, 1896.
Son of Frank
Coffroth Dailey and Edna (Field) Dailey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
district judge in New Mexico 2nd District, 1934-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died June 19,
1956 (age 59 years, 296
days).
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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Mrs. W. C. Reid (d. 1945) —
also known as Mabel Vore Hodgson —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1924.
Female.
Died January
29, 1945.
Interment at Fairview Memorial Park.
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