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• William J. Artrip (b. 1924) — of Southside, Mason County, W.Va. Born in Clintwood, Dickenson County, Va., July 16, 1924. Son of William J. Artrip, Sr. and Lydia Rebecca (Childress) Artrip; married, July 3, 1949, to Phyllis Jean Hoff. Democrat. Dentist; member of West Virginia state house of delegates, 1975-76, 1983-84, 1987-88 (10th District 1975-76, 12th District 1983-84, 1987-88). Baptist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary. Still living as of 1988.
  
  
• Ben H. Ashworth (b. 1888) — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in Rocky Gap, Bland County, Va., July 9, 1888. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of West Virginia state senate 7th District, 1925-28; member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1937; Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1940; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 10th Judicial Circuit, 1945. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Hanes Ayres (1916-2000) — also known as William H. Ayres — of Akron, Summit County, Ohio. Born in Eagle Rock, Botetourt County, Va., February 5, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1951-71. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Amvets; Eagles; Moose. Died, of heart and kidney ailments, at Vantage House retirement home, Columbia, Howard County, Md., December 27, 2000. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) — also known as Robert L. Bacon — of Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 23, 1884. Son of Martha Waldron (Cowdin) Bacon and Robert Bacon; married, April 14, 1913, to Virginia Murray. Republican. Banker; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in office 1938. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose. Died, of a heart attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., September 12, 1938. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Bacon family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Martin Barnes (1899-1958) — also known as James M. Barnes — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill. Born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., January 9, 1899. Son of Charles A. Barnes and Madge (Martin) Barnes; married, July 15, 1945, to Betty Grove. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; county judge in Illinois, 1926-34; U.S. Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1939-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1944. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis. Died, of a liver ailment, in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., June 8, 1958. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) — also known as Herbert H. Bateman — of Newport News, Va. Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C., August 7, 1928. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of Virginia state senate, 1968-83; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S. Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in office 2000. Member, American Judicature Society; American Legion; Jaycees; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Pi Kappa Alpha. Died, of lung cancer and prostate cancer, at Loudoun Hospital Center, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., September 11, 2000. Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) — also known as Laurie C. Battle — of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Wilsonville, Shelby County, Ala., May 10, 1912. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1947-55; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1956; candidate in primary for Governor of Alabama, 1958. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Elks; Jaycees; Lions; Kappa Alpha Order; Kappa Phi Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Gamma Mu. Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doing business with the Soviet Union. Died, at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., May 2, 2000. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frederick Christopher Belen (1913-1999) — also known as Frederick C. Belen — of Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., December 25, 1913. Son of Christopher Frederick Belen and Elizabeth Lehman Belen; brother of Lucile E. Belen; married, February 7, 1943, to Opal Marie Sheets. Lawyer; aide to U.S. Reps. Andrew J. Transue and George D. O'Brien; served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Presbyterian. Member, Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans. U.S. deputy postmaster general; chaired the committee which created the ZIP code. Died, of complications from Parkinson's disease, in Arlington Hospital, Arlington, Arlington County, Va., October 13, 1999. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Belen family of Michigan
  
  
• Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919-2006) — also known as Joel T. Broyhill — of Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Hopewell, Va., November 4, 1919. Son of Marvin Talmadge Broyhill and Nellie Magdalene (Brewer) Broyhill; married, May 17, 1942, to Jane Marshall Bragg. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; taken prisoner by the German forces in the Battle of the Bulge; escaped after six months; U.S. Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1953-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1964. Lutheran. Member, Izaak Walton League; American Legion; Amvets; Disabled American Veterans; Reserve Officers Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Optimist Club; Kappa Alpha Order. Died, of congestive heart failure and pneumonia, in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., September 24, 2006. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968) — also known as Wilber M. Brucker — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., June 23, 1894. Son of Ferdinand Brucker and Robertha H. Brucker; married 1923 to Clara Hantel; father of Wilber Marion Brucker, Jr.. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; Michigan state attorney general, 1928-30; appointed 1928; Governor of Michigan, 1931-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1964 (alternate); candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1936; U.S. Secretary of the Army. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Council on Foreign Relations; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose; Odd Fellows; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Gamma Delta; Sigma Delta Kappa. Suffered an apparent heart attack after attending an Economic Club luncheon, and died soon after, in the emergency room at Harper Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 28, 1968. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Brucker family of Michigan
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. (b. 1914) — also known as Harry F. Byrd, Jr. — of Winchester, Va. Born in Winchester, Va., December 20, 1914. Grandson of Richard Evelyn Byrd; son of Harry Flood Byrd and Anne Douglas (Beverley) Byrd; married, August 9, 1941, to Gretchen Bigelow Thomson (1917-1989) (niece of James McIlhany Thomson; sister of James McIhany Thomson). Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940; member of Virginia state senate, 1947-65; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1965-83. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Rotary. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also Byrd-Clark-Flood-Thomson family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) — also known as Howard W. Cannon — of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born in St. George, Washington County, Utah, January 26, 1912. Son of Walter Cannon and Leah (Sullivan) Cannon. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982. Mormon. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions. Died, of congestive heart failure, at the Odyssey House Hospice, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., March 6, 2002. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: Mike O'Callaghan
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Paul J. Carr, Sr. (1893-1957) — of Hinton, Summers County, W.Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., April 4, 1893. Father of Paul John Carr, Jr.. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1957; died in office 1957. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Blue Key; Elks; Moose; Rotary; Pi Gamma Mu. Died March 24, 1957. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) — also known as Charles E. Chamberlain; "The Automobile Horn of Congress" — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Locke Township, Ingham County, Mich., July 22, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75. Member, American Legion; Society of the Cincinnati; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis. Died, of renal failure and congestive heart failure, in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., November 25, 2002. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Oscar Littleton Chapman (1896-1978) — also known as Oscar L. Chapman — of Denver, Colo.; Washington, D.C. Born in Omega, Halifax County, Va., October 22, 1896. Son of James Jackson Chapman and Rosa Archer (Blount) Chapman; married, December 21, 1920, to Olga Pauline Edholm (died 1932); married, February 24, 1940, to Ann Kendrick. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1936, 1940, 1944; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Phi Alpha Delta. Died February 8, 1978. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• Joel Bennett Clark (1890-1954) — also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va., January 8, 1890. Son of James Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark; son-in-law of Wilbur W. Marsh; married, October 5, 1922, to Miriam Marsh. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Delta Sigma Rho; Delta Tau Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., July 13, 1954. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Byrd-Clark-Flood-Thomson family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) — of Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky. Born in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., August 23, 1901. Son of John Cooper. Republican. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1972; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76. Baptist or Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Beta Theta Pi. Died of heart failure, in Washington, D.C., February 21, 1991. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: William Butts Macomber, Jr.
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• James Charles Corman (1920-2000) — also known as James C. Corman; Jim Corman — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Galena, Cherokee County, Kan., October 20, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960; U.S. Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75, 21st District 1975-81). Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions. Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders. The federal building in Van Nuys, Calif., was named for him in 2001. Died, following a cerebral hemorrhage, in a hospital at Arlington, Arlington County, Va., December 30, 2000. Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Robert Lawrence Coughlin (1929-2001) — also known as R. Lawrence Coughlin — of Villanova, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., April 11, 1929. Nephew of Clarence Dennis Coughlin. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1965-67; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1967-69; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1969-93. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Jaycees. Died in Mathews, Mathews County, Va., November 30, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• George North Craig (1909-1992) — also known as George N. Craig — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind.; Annandale, Fairfax County, Va. Born in Brazil, Clay County, Ind., August 6, 1909. Son of Bernard Clyde Craig and Clo (Branson) Craig; married, August 29, 1931, to Kathryn L. Heiliger. Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of Indiana, 1953-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1956. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Legion; Freemasons; Delta Chi; Delta Theta Phi. Died December 17, 1992. Interment at Clearview Cemetery, Brazil, Ind.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Nichols Dalton (1931-1986) — of Radford, Va. Born in Emporia, Va., July 11, 1931. Republican. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1966; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1972; Governor of Virginia, 1978-82. Baptist. Member, Farm Bureau; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Jaycees; Moose; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Died July 30, 1986. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Wilbur Clarence Daniel (1914-1988) — also known as Dan Daniel — of Danville, Va. Born in Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Va., May 12, 1914. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1959-68; U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1969-88; died in office 1988. Member, American Legion. Died in Charlottesville, Va., January 23, 1988. Interment at Highland Memorial Park, Danville, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945) — also known as Dwight F. Davis — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., July 5, 1879. Son of John Tilden Davis and Maria (Filley) Davis; married, November 15, 1905, to Helen Brooks (died 1932); married, May 8, 1936, to Pauline Morton Sabin. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Secretary of War, 1925-29; Governor of the Philippine Islands, 1929-32. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta. Founder of the Davis Cup tennis tournament. Died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1945. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Guggenheim-Morton family of New York
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1882-1980) — also known as Charles S. Dewey — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, November 10, 1882. Father of Suzette de Marigny Dewey (who married Frederick Moulton Alger, Jr.). Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated, 1938, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Delta Psi. As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency. Died December 27, 1980. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Alger family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Nelms Downing (1919-2001) — also known as Thomas N. Downing — of Newport News, Va. Born in Newport News, Va., January 2, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1959-77. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions. Died, from complications of intestinal surgery, in a hospital at Newport News, Va., October 23, 2001. Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Clarence Dworshak (1894-1962) — also known as Henry C. Dworshak — of Burley, Cassia County, Idaho. Born in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn., August 29, 1894. Son of Henry Dworshak and Julia (Ohotto) Dworshak; married 1917 to Georgia B. Lowe. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1939-46; U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1946-49, 1949-62; defeated, 1948; died in office 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1948, 1960. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Died in 1962. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Levering Early (b. 1896) — also known as John L. Early — of Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla. Born in Staunton, Va., December 19, 1896. Son of Charles E. Early and Ida (Clark) Early; married, June 2, 1924, to Maebelle C. Brooks. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1933-39; municipal judge in Florida, 1944-46; mayor of Sarasota, Fla., 1951-52. Methodist. Member, Order of the Coif; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Rogers Fenwick (b. 1900) — also known as Charles R. Fenwick — of Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in East Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va., August 11, 1900. Son of Edward Taylor Fenwick and Clara (Gulagher) Fenwick; married, December 10, 1929, to Eleanor Russell Eastman. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1940-46; member of Virginia state senate, 1948-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1952; member of Virginia Democratic State Central Committee, 1952-64; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1964. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Rotary; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Nu. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Jacob Foss (1915-2003) — also known as Joe Foss; "The American Ace of Aces" — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., April 17, 1915. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; received the Medal of Honor for action over Guadalcanal in 1942-43; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1948-50, 1951-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1948 (alternate), 1956; Governor of South Dakota, 1955-59; Commissioner, American Football League, 1960; elected to National Aviation Hall of Fame, 1984; president, National Rifle Association, 1988-90. Methodist. Member, National Rifle Association; American Legion. Died, from the effects of a stroke, in Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Ariz., January 1, 2003. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) — also known as Lake J. Frazier — of Winchester, Va.; Roswell, Chaves County, N.M. Born near Danville, Montour County, Pa., December 11, 1898. Son of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier; married 1921 to Helen P. Holshue. Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1948; mayor of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Delta Theta Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George McInvale Grant (1897-1982) — also known as George M. Grant — of Troy, Pike County, Ala. Born in Louisville, Barbour County, Ala., July 11, 1897. Son of Benjamin Giles Grant and Lannie Gholson (Stephens) Grant; married, December 5, 1938, to Matalie Carter. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of Pike County Democratic Party, 1927-37; member of Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee, 1935-38; U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63, at-large 1963-65). Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; Woodmen; Pi Kappa Phi. Died, from a heart attack, on a cruise aboard the Queen Elizabeth II, en route to New York, probably in the North Atlantic Ocean, November 4, 1982. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harold Royce Gross (1899-1987) — also known as H. R. Gross — of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Born in Arispe, Union County, Iowa, June 30, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1949-75. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., September 22, 1987. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Luther Hartwell Hodges (1898-1974) — also known as Luther H. Hodges — of Leaksville, Rockingham County, N.C. Born in Pittsylvania County, Va., March 9, 1898. Democrat. Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1953-54; Governor of North Carolina, 1954-61; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1961-65. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Moose; Rotary. Died October 6, 1974. Interment at Overlook Cemetery, Eden, N.C.
  
  
• Elmer Joseph Holland (1894-1968) — also known as Elmer J. Holland — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., January 8, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1934-42; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1942-43, 1956-68 (33rd District 1942-43, 30th District 1956-63, 20th District 1963-68); died in office 1968; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1943-56. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., August 9, 1968. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) — also known as Frank Horton — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren County, Va. Born in Cuero, DeWitt County, Tex., December 12, 1919. Married to Marjorie Wilcox and Nancy Richmond. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73, 34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93). Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, following a stroke, in a hospital at Winchester, Va., August 30, 2004. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) — also known as Donald L. Jackson — of Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Washington, D.C. Born in Ipswich, Edmunds County, S.Dak., January 23, 1910. Son of Cyrus Lester Jackson and Betina Phoebe (Ames) Jackson; married to Shirley Connell. Republican. Newspaper editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member, U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969-72. Congregationalist. Member, American Legion; Amvets; Marine Corps League; Reserve Officers Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Elks. Died at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., May 27, 1981. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Peterson Bryant Jarman, Jr. (1892-1955) — also known as Pete B. Jarman — of Livingston, Sumter County, Ala. Born in Greensboro, Hale County, Ala., October 31, 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of state of Alabama, 1931-35; U.S. Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1937-49; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1949-53. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Military Order of the World Wars; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Woodmen. Died February 17, 1955. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Lamar Jeffers (1888-1983) — of Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala. Born in Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala., April 16, 1888. Son of William Henry Jeffers and Anna Frances (Jenkins) Jeffers; married, November 1, 1911, to Martha Ruth Barton. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1921-35. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., June 1, 1983. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Pat Jennings (1919-1994) — of Marion, Smyth County, Va. Born in Camp, Smyth County, Va., August 20, 1919. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Smyth County Sheriff, 1948-54; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1955-67; defeated, 1966. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Alpha Zeta; Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died, following an accident in which a tractor he was driving overturned and crushed him, in Marion, Smyth County, Va., August 2, 1994. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Louis Arthur Johnson (1891-1966) — also known as Louis A. Johnson — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., January 10, 1891. Son of Marcellus A. Johnson and Katherine Leftwich (Arthur) Johnson; married, February 7, 1920, to Ruth F. Maxwell. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1924; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1949-50. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary; Delta Chi; Delta Sigma Rho; Tau Kappa Alpha. Died April 24, 1966. Interment at Elkview Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
  
  
• Bernard William Kearney (1889-1976) — also known as Bernard W. Kearney; Pat Kearney — of Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y.; Lake Pleasant, Hamilton County, N.Y. Born in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., May 23, 1889. Son of Patrick B. Kearney and Josephine (Oster) Kearney; married, March 31, 1917, to Lillian Dean. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Fulton County District Attorney, 1931-42; U.S. Representative from New York, 1943-59 (30th District 1943-45, 31st District 1945-53, 32nd District 1953-59). Catholic. Member, Grange; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Delta Chi. Died June 3, 1976. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900-1975) — also known as Kenneth B. Keating — of Brighton, Monroe County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y., May 18, 1900. Son of Thomas Mosgrove Keating and Louise (Barnard) Keating; married, April 11, 1928, to Louise DePuy. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940 (alternate), 1948 (alternate), 1952 (alternate), 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1964; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from New York, 1947-59 (40th District 1947-53, 38th District 1953-59); U.S. Senator from New York, 1959-65; defeated, 1964; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1966-68; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1969-72; Israel, 1973-75, died in office 1975. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Delta Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 5, 1975. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Sidney Harrison Kelsey (b. 1910) — also known as Sidney H. Kelsey — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Norfolk, Va., November 29, 1910. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1946. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Still living as of 1950.
  
  
• James Preston Kem (1890-1965) — also known as James P. Kem — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Macon, Macon County, Mo., April 2, 1890. Son of James P. Kem and Evelyn (Lee) Kem; married 1920 to Mary Elizabeth Carroll. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1944, 1948; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1947-53; defeated, 1952. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; American Legion; Freemasons. Died February 24, 1965. Interment at Middleburg Memorial Cemetery, Middleburg, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) — also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K."; "Lancer" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., May 29, 1917. Grandson of Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John Francis Fitzgerald; son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Robert Francis Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy (who married Virginia Joan Bennett); married, September 12, 1953, to Jacqueline Lee 'Jackie' Bouvier (step-daughter of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss; step-sister of Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Jr. and Hugh Dudley Auchincloss III); step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who married Newton Ivan Steers, Jr.); uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger), Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Mark Kennedy Shriver and Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1967-). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956; received a 1957 Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage; President of the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Legion; Elks; Knights of Columbus. Shot by a sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a motorcade, and died in Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 22, 1963. Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby. Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. His portrait appears on the U.S. half dollar (50 cent coin). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: John B. Connally; Henry B. Gonzalez; Henry M. Wade; Walter Rogers; Gerry E. Studds; James B. McCahey, Jr.; Mark Dalton; Waggoner Carr; Theodore C. Sorensen; Pierre Salinger; Earl Warren
  • See also Kennedy family of Massachusetts
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by John F. Kennedy: Profiles in Courage
  • Books about John F. Kennedy: Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze, JFK : Remembering Jack; Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963; Michael O'Brien, John F. Kennedy : A Biography; Sean J. Savage, JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party; Thurston Clarke, Ask Not : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America; Thomas Reeves, A Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy; Shelley Sommer, John F. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for young readers)
  • Critical books about John F. Kennedy: Seymour Hersh, The Dark Side of Camelot; Lance Morrow, The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948: Learning the Secrets of Power; Victor Lasky, JFK: the Man and the Myth
  
  
• Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) — also known as Robert F. Kennedy; Bobby Kennedy; "R.F.K." — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass.; Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 20, 1925. Grandson of Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John Francis Fitzgerald; son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy; married, June 17, 1950, to Ethel Skakel; father of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II and Kerry Kennedy (who married Andrew Cuomo); uncle of Mark Kennedy Shriver and Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1967-). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956, 1960; U.S. Attorney General, 1961-64; U.S. Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1968. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. On June 5, 1968, while running for president, having just won the California presidential primary, was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, in the Ambassador Hotel, and died the next day in Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 6, 1968. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: Benjamin Altman
  • See also Kennedy family of Massachusetts
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Robert F. Kennedy: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Robert Kennedy and His Times; Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy : His Life; Joseph A. Palermo, In His Own Right
  • Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy: Allen Roberts, Robert Francis Kennedy: Biography of a Compulsive Politician; Victor Lasky, RFK: Myth and Man
  
  
• Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956) — also known as Harley M. Kilgore — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in Brown, Harrison County, W.Va., January 11, 1893. Son of Quimby Kilgore and Laura Jo (Martin) Kilgore; married, May 10, 1921, to Lois Elaine Lilly. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; criminal court judge in West Virginia, 1933-40; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1941-56; died in office 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944, 1948. Christian. Member, American Political Science Association; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Delta Tau Delta. Died February 28, 1956. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Franklin Knox (1874-1944) — also known as Frank Knox — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 1, 1874. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920; candidate for nomination for Governor of New Hampshire, 1924; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44; died in office 1944. Congregationalist. Member, American Legion. Died in Washington, D.C., April 28, 1944. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• Hervé Joseph L'Heureux (1899-1957) — also known as Hervé J. L'Heureux — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., March 6, 1899. Son of Rodolphe L'Heureux and Desneiges (Pichette) L'Heureux; married, June 21, 1927, to Jeannette Blum. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Windsor, 1927-35; U.S. Consul in Windsor, 1935; Stuttgart, 1936-39; Antwerp, 1939-41; Lisbon, 1941-42; Algiers, 1943-44; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1944-48. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Delta Theta Phi. Died in 1957. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• John A. Lile (b. 1897) — of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W.Va. Born in University, Charlottesville, Va., December 3, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1953-58. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Elks; Rotary; Delta Psi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) — of Westport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, D.C., October 20, 1903. Great-great-great-grandson of George Cabot; great-great-grandson of Elijah Hunt Mills; great-grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge; aunt of Constance Lodge (1872-1941) (who married Augustus Peabody Gardner); son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; brother of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.; married, July 6, 1929, to Francesca Braggiotti (actress, ballet dancer) (brother of D. Chadwick Braggiotti); first cousin once removed of William Amory Gardner Minot; uncle of George Cabot Lodge. Republican. Lawyer; professional actor in 1933-40, appearing in movies such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1965. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 29, 1985. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Ray John Madden (1892-1987) — also known as Ray J. Madden — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb.; Gary, Lake County, Ind. Born in Waseca, Waseca County, Minn., February 25, 1892. Son of John Madden and Mary Elizabeth (Burns) Madden. Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Nebraska, 1916; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Lake County Treasurer, 1938-42; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1943-77 (1st District 1943-63, 8th District 1963-65, 1st District 1965-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1952, 1956, 1960. Member, American Legion. Died in Washington, D.C., September 28, 1987. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Somers Mailliard (1917-1992) — also known as William S. Mailliard — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Belvedere, Marin County, Calif., June 10, 1917. Son of John Ward Mailliard, Jr. and Kate (Peterson) Mailliard; married, July 13, 1940, to Elizabeth Whinney; married, July 10, 1957, to Cora Millicent Fox. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California Republican State Central Committee, 1948-49; secretary to Gov. Earl Warren, 1949-51; U.S. Representative from California, 1953-74 (4th District 1953-63, 6th District 1963-74); defeated, 1948; resigned 1974. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, of a heart attack, at Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Va., June 10, 1992. Interment at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• George Wilson Malone (1890-1961) — also known as George W. Malone — of Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kan., August 7, 1890. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1947-59; defeated, 1934, 1944. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Rotary. Died in Washington, D.C., May 19, 1961. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David John Markey (b. 1882) — also known as D. John Markey — of Walkersville, Frederick County, Md. Born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., October 7, 1882. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1946. Christian Reformed. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• John Otho Marsh, Jr. (b. 1926) — also known as John O. Marsh, Jr. — of Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Va. Born in Winchester, Va., August 7, 1926. Son of John Otho Marsh and Nell Virginia (Wayland) Marsh; married, July 22, 1950, to Glenn Ann Patterson. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1963-71; U.S. Secretary of the Army, 1981-89. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Jaycees; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Psi. Still living as of 2007.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Richard Dean McCarthy (1927-1995) — also known as Max McCarthy — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 24, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S. Representative from New York 39th District, 1965-71; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from New York, 1970; Washington bureau chief for the Buffalo News newspaper, 1978-89. Catholic. Member, American Legion. Died, of Lou Gehrig's disease, in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., May 5, 1995. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books by Max McCarthy: The Ultimate Folly (1969); Elections for Sale (1972)
  
  
• George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) — also known as George B. McClellan — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany) of American parents, November 23, 1865. Great-grandson of Laban Marcy; son of George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) and Ellen (Marcy) McClellan; married to Georgianna L. Heckscher. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892, 1896, 1900; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; university professor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Loyal Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Died November 30, 1940. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Howe family of Massachusetts
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) — also known as Paul V. McNutt — of Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., July 19, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of Indiana, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Rotary; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; Tau Kappa Alpha. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., March 24, 1955. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Jack Richard Miller (1916-1994) — also known as Jack Miller — of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa; Temple Terrace, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 6, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1955-56; member of Iowa state senate, 1957-60; U.S. Senator from Iowa