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William S. Banowsky (b. 1936) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex., March 4,
1936.
Republican. Minister;
president, Pepperdine University, 1968-78; president,
University of Oklahoma, 1978-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1972-73; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Church
of Christ.
Still living as of 2000.
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Lauro Fred Cavazos (b. 1927) —
also known as Lauro F. Cavazos —
Born near Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex., January
24, 1927.
President of Texas Tech University, 1980; U.S.
Secretary of Education, 1988-90.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) —
also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower;
"Ike" —
Born in Denison, Grayson
County, Tex., October
14, 1890.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II;
president of Columbia University, 1948-53; President
of the United States, 1953-61.
Presbyterian.
German
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Loyal
Legion.
Died, after a series of heart
attacks, at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1969 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Eisenhower
Center, Abilene, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower;
brother of Milton
Stover Eisenhower; married, July 1,
1916, to Mamie
Eisenhower; father of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower
II (son-in-law of Richard
Milhous Nixon). |
| | | Political family: Eisenhower-Nixon
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Sherman
Adams — Carter
L. Burgess — Woodrow
Wilson Mann — Jacqueline
C. Odlum — George
E. Allen — Meyer
Kestnbaum — Bernard
M. Shanley |
| | | The Eisenhower Expressway,
from downtown Chicago west to Hillside, in Cook
County, Illinois, is named for
him. — The Eisenhower Tunnel
(opened 1973), which carries westbound I-70 under the Continental
Divide, in the Rocky Mountains, from Clear
Creek County to Summit
County, Colorado, is named for
him. — The Eisenhower Range of mountains,
in Victoria
Land, Antarctica, is named for
him. — Mount
Eisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $1 coin (1971-78). |
| | | Campaign slogan: "I Like
Ike." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower:
Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower
: Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein, The
Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlo
d'Este, Eisenhower
: A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk, Dwight
D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T.
Buchanan, Jr., Red
Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the
Eisenhower Administration — Jim Newton, Eisenhower:
The White House Years — William Lee Miller, Two
Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous
World |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1969) |
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Kent Ronald Hance (b. 1942) —
also known as Kent Hance —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Dimmitt, Castro
County, Tex., November
14, 1942.
Member of Texas
state senate 28th District, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Texas 19th District, 1979-85; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1984; candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
Texas, 1986, 1990; Texas
railroad commissioner, 1987-90; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
Texas
commissioner of agriculture; elected 1988; chancellor,
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 2006-.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ira Landrith (1865-1941) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milford, Ellis
County, Tex., March
23, 1865.
Presbyterian
minister; president, Belmont College, Nashville, 1904-12;
president, Ward-Belmont College, 1913-15; Prohibition
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; president, Intercollegiate
Prohibition Association, 1920-27; president, National Temperance
Council, 1928-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
11, 1941 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary M. (Groves) Landrith; married, January
21, 1891, to Harriet C. Grannis. |
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Walter Scott McNutt (1887-1969) —
also known as Walter S. McNutt —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.; Jefferson, Marion
County, Tex.
Born in Searcy, White
County, Ark., September
2, 1887.
Minister;
candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1938 (Republican), 1940 (Independent), 1942; candidate
in Democratic primary for Governor of
Texas, 1946; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957; president, Four States
Co-Operative University.
Presbyterian.
Died in the Marion County Hospital,
Jefferson, Marion
County, Tex., November
26, 1969 (age 82 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Jefferson, Tex.
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Patrick Morris Neff (1871-1952) —
also known as Pat Morris Neff —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in McGregor, McLennan
County, Tex., November
26, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1903-05; McLennan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-12; Governor of
Texas, 1921-25; president of Baylor University, from 1932;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Anti-Saloon
League; Lions.
Died January
20, 1952 (age 80 years, 55
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Waco, Tex.
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross (1838-1898) —
also known as Sul Ross —
of Texas.
Born in Benton, Ringgold
County, Iowa, September
27, 1838.
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; member of Texas
state senate, 1880; Governor of
Texas, 1887-91; president, Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas (now Texas A&M University), 1891-98.
Died in College Station, Brazos
County, Tex., January
3, 1898 (age 59 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Waco, Tex.; statue at Academic Plaza, College Station, Tex.
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John Robert Silber (b. 1926) —
also known as John R. Silber —
of Massachusetts.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
15, 1926.
Democrat. University
professor; president of Boston University, 1971-96;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1990.
Still living as of 2014.
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