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Elks
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
in Virginia
Politician members

• George Statton Aldhizer II (1907-1986) — also known as George S. Aldhizer II — of Broadway, Rockingham County, Va. Born in Broadway, Rockingham County, Va., June 15, 1907. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1950-52; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1952; member of Virginia state senate, 1954-67. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Lions. Died in 1986. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) — also known as Robert G. Allen — of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa. Born in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., August 24, 1902. Son of Arthur Harrison Allen and Sally (Gray) Allen; married, January 17, 1925, to Katharine Hancock Williamson. Democrat. Business executive; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41. Episcopalian. Member, Eagles; Elks; Moose; Rotary. Died in Keene, Albemarle County, Va., August 9, 1963. Interment at Christ Episcopal Church, Keene, Va.
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• Louis Bernard Anderson (b. 1870) — also known as Louis B. Anderson — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Petersburg, Va., April 17, 1870. Son of Moses Anderson and Caroline (Jarrett) Anderson; married, November 12, 1898, to Julia E. Barr. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1938. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert H. Angell (b. 1868) — of Roanoke, Va. Born in Franklin County, Va., January 25, 1868. Son of Marshall J. Angell and Emma J. Angell; married 1897 to Mary Jane Barlow. Republican. Owner, The Central Manufacturing Co. (lumber, cement); president, Shenandoah Life Insurance Co.; chairman, Colonial National Bank; president, Home Furniture Co.; director, New Hotel Corporation; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1901-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1928, 1932; Virginia Republican state chair, 1931. Baptist. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Redmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) — also known as Thurman W. Arnold — of Laramie, Albany County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Washington, D.C.; Alexandria, Va. Born in Laramie, Albany County, Wyo., June 2, 1891. Son of Constantine Peter Arnold and Annie (Brockway) Arnold; married, September 7, 1917, to Frances Longan. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1921; mayor of Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean, College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned 1945. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Lions; Phi Beta Kappa. Suffered a heart attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria, Va., November 7, 1969. Burial location unknown.
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• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Alben William Barkley (1877-1956) — also known as Alben W. Barkley; Willie Alben Barkley; "Dear Alben"; "Little Alby"; "Veep" — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in a log cabin near Lowes, Graves County, Ky., November 24, 1877. Son of John Wilson Barkley and Electra Eliza (Smith) Barkley; married, June 23, 1903, to Dorothy Brower (died 1947); married, November 18, 1949, to Jane Hadley; father of Laura Louise Barkley (who married Douglas MacArthur II). Democrat. Lawyer; McCracken County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; county judge in Kentucky, 1909-13; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1913-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1923; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1927-49, 1955-56; died in office 1956; Vice President of the United States, 1949-53. Methodist. Member, Elks; Odd Fellows; Delta Tau Delta; Phi Alpha Delta. Died of a heart attack while speaking at the Washington and Lee University Mock Democratic Convention, Lexington, Va., April 30, 1956. Interment at Mt. Kenton Cemetery, Near Paducah, McCracken County, Ky.
  • See also Dodge-Barkley-MacArthur-Cromwell family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Alben W. Barkley: Polly Ann Davis, Alben W. Barkley, Senate Majority Leader and Vice President; James K. Libbey, Dear Alben : Mr. Barkley of Kentucky
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Ralph Edward Barnett (b. 1910) — also known as Ralph E. Barnett; Ray Barnett — of Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., June 1, 1910. Son of George Sim Barnett and Emma (Zink) Barnett; married, October 2, 1925, to Nell Margaret Harlow. Democrat. Optician; member of West Virginia state senate 10th District, 1961-72. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Still living as of 1972.
  
  
• 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.
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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. Grandson of John George Jackson; cousin of James Monroe Jackson. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen. Died in Orlando, Orange County, Fla., January 15, 1928. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Woodrow Bonner (1902-1970) — also known as John W. Bonner — of Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont. Born in Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont., July 16, 1902. Democrat. Montana state attorney general, 1941-42; Governor of Montana, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1952, 1956. Catholic. Member, Eagles; Elks; Phi Delta Phi. Died March 28, 1970. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Richard H. Bowman (b. 1903) — also known as Dick Bowman — of Rainelle, Greenbrier County, W.Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., July 14, 1903. Democrat. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates, 1955-60, 1963-64, 1967-72 (Greenbrier County 1955-60, 1963-64, 4th District 1967-72). Baptist. Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Lions; Moose; Rotary; Ruritan. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
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• 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.
  
  
• Thomas Granville Burch (1869-1951) — also known as Thomas G. Burch — of Martinsville, Va. Born in Henry County, Va., July 3, 1869. Son of John W. Burch and Sarah Fannie Burch; married, April 22, 1903, to Mary Anson. Democrat. Banker; director, American Furniture Co.; director, The Henry (hotel); mayor of Martinsville, Va., 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924, 1940, 1944, 1948; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1931-46 (5th District 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 5th District 1935-46); U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1946. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Redmen. Died in Martinsville, Va., March 20, 1951. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) — also known as Harry F. Byrd — of Winchester, Va.; Berryville, Clarke County, Va. Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., June 10, 1887. Son of Richard Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd; nephew of Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; married, October 7, 1913, to Anne Douglas Beverley; brother of Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer); father of Harry Flood Byrd, Jr.. Newspaper publisher; fruit farmer; member of Virginia state senate, 1915-25; Virginia Democratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924, 1928, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; Governor of Virginia, 1926-30; member of Democratic National Committee from Virginia, 1928-40; Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; States Rights candidate for President of the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for President, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; United Commercial Travelers. Died in Berryville, Clarke County, Va., October 20, 1966. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
  • See also Byrd-Clark-Flood-Thomson family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography; 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Jesse Samuel Cottrell (1878-1944) — also known as Jesse S. Cottrell — of Tennessee; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz.; Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., October 23, 1878. Son of Samuel Houston Cottrell and Telitha Anne (Simpson) Cottrell; married, January 14, 1918, to Lucile A. Wilcox (divorced 1929); married, October 15, 1938, to Mary Elizabeth James. Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1907-09; secretary to U.S. Sen. Newell Sanders, 1910-11; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1921-28. Baptist. Member, Elks. Died November 24, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Gustavus Hartwell Crumpecker (1882-1941) — also known as G. H. Crumpecker — of Princeton, Mercer County, W.Va. Born in Danville, Va., March 23, 1882. Son of Gustavus Wingfield Crumpecker and Lizzie Ella (Motley) Crumpecker; married to Gladys Day. Democrat. Mercer County Sheriff; chair of Mercer County Democratic Party, 1940. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose. Died April 24, 1941. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Forrest Curry (1858-1930) — also known as Charles F. Curry; C. F. Curry — of Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif. Born in Naperville, DuPage County, Ill., March 14, 1858. Father of Charles Forrest Curry, Jr.. Republican. Member of California state assembly, 1887-89; secretary of state of California, 1899-1911; candidate in primary for Governor of California, 1910; U.S. Representative from California 3rd District, 1913-30; died in office 1930. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., October 10, 1930. Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; re-entombed in mausoleum at National Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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• Marion Lindsay Dawson — of Richmond, Va.; Suffolk County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando County, Fla. Born in Scottsville, Albemarle County, Va. Married 1903 to Alice Taylor. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for Gov. Cary A. Hardee. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Redmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
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• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Charles O'Conor Goolrick (b. 1876) — also known as C. O'Conor Goolrick — of Fredericksburg, Va. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., November 25, 1876. Great-great-great-grandson of George Mason; first cousin thrice removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason; third cousin twice removed of Stevens Thomson Mason; son of John T. Goolrick and Frances Bernard (White) Goolrick; married, May 25, 1910, to Nannie Ficklen. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1908; member of Virginia state senate, 1915, 1923; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Mason family of Virginia
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Raymond R. Guest (1939-2001) — also known as Andy Guest — of Front Royal, Warren County, Va. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 29, 1939. Son of Elizabeth Polk Guest and Raymond Richard Guest. Republican. Farmer; banker; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1973-99. Episcopalian. Member, Izaak Walton League; Elks; Rotary; Ruritan. A state park in Warren County was named for him in 1995. Died, of cancer, in Front Royal, Warren County, Va., April 2, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Guest family of Virginia
  
  
• Robert Samuel Hall (1879-1941) — also known as Robert S. Hall — of Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Miss. Born in Williamsburg, Covington County, Miss., March 10, 1879. Son of Evans Hall and Effie (McDonald) Hall; married, April 10, 1901, to Lenore Robinson. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi state senate, 1906-08; Forrest County Attorney, 1910-12; district attorney 12th District, 1912-18; circuit judge in Mississippi 12th District, 1918-29; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1929-33. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen. Died in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., June 10, 1941. Interment at Old City Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Miss.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Milton Hargest (b. 1868) — also known as William M. Hargest — of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. Born in Winchester, Va., August 5, 1868. Son of Thomas Sewell Hargest and Virginia (Deffenderfer) Hargest; married 1895 to Kingsley LeGalliene. Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 12th District, 1920-39. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-1941) — also known as John Philip Hill — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., May 2, 1879. Son of Charles E. Hill and Kate Watts (Clayton) Hill; married, October 28, 1913, to Suzanne Howell Carroll (1889-1962) (great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton; daughter of John Howell Carroll). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1910-15; candidate for mayor of Baltimore, Md., 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1921-27; defeated, 1908, 1928, 1930, 1936; delegate to Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Society of the Cincinnati; Elks; Moose; Odd Fellows; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Washington, D.C., May 23, 1941. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John G. Hudson (b. 1906) — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va., May 11, 1906. Son of Charles Layton Hudson and Dixie Belle (Smith-Leffew) Hudson. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1939-46. Protestant. Member, Eagles; Elks; Moose; Phi Alpha Delta; Theta Chi. Still living as of 1946.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) — also known as Royal C. Johnson — of Highmore, Hyde County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown County, S.Dak. Born in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, October 3, 1882. Son of Eli Johnson and Philena (Everett) Johnson; married, October 5, 1907, to Florence Thode. Republican. Lawyer; Hyde County State's Attorney, 1909-10; South Dakota state attorney general, 1911-15; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1915-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Delta Theta Phi; Phi Delta Theta. Died August 2, 1939. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter Beaman Jones (1913-1992) — also known as Walter B. Jones — of Farmville, Pitt County, N.C. Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., August 19, 1913. Father of Walter Beaman Jones, Jr.. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-59; member of North Carolina state senate, 1965-66; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1966-92; died in office 1992. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Junior Order; Moose; Rotary. Died in Norfolk, Va., September 15, 1992. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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, 1961-73; defeated, 1972; Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1973-82. Catholic. Member, Izaak Walton League; American Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Moose; Rotary; United Commercial Travelers. Died August 29, 1994. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Edward Miller (1914-1983) — also known as William E. Miller — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., March 22, 1914. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from New York, 1951-65 (42nd District 1951-53, 40th District 1953-65); Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1961-64; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1964. Catholic. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks. Died in 1983. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Mitchell (b. 1887) — also known as Billy Mitchell — of Welch, McDowell County, W.Va. Born in Richmond, Va., March 29, 1887. Son of William Mitchell and Elizabeth Alston (Beall) Mitchell; married, February 27, 1936, to Mae Holbrook. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; salesman; member of West Virginia state senate 6th District, 1941-60. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank Bradford Morse (1921-1994) — also known as F. Bradford Morse — of Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., August 7, 1921. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1961-72; resigned 1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks. Died, of heart failure, in Naples, Collier County, Fla., December 18, 1994. Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996) — also known as Edmund S. Muskie; "Mr. Clean" — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, March 28, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1947-51; member of Democratic National Committee from Maine, 1952-54; Governor of Maine, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1956, 1964; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1959-80; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1968; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972; U.S. Secretary of State, 1980-81. Catholic. Polish ancestry. Member, Amvets; Elks; Lions; Phi Beta Kappa. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981. Died of a heart attack, in Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., March 26, 1996. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: Thomas H. Allen; George J. Mitchell
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Harry Whinna Nice (1877-1941) — also known as Harry W. Nice — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Washington, D.C., December 5, 1877. Son of Henry Nice and Drucilla (Arnold) Nice; married 1906 to Edna Viola Amos. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920; Governor of Maryland, 1935-39; defeated, 1919, 1938; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1940. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Grotto; Elks; Junior Order; Knights of Khorassan; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Odd Fellows; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Died in Richmond, Va., February 25, 1941. Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Joseph Allen Overton, Jr. (b. 1921) — also known as J. Allen Overton, Jr. — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va.; Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., April 17, 1921. Son of Joseph Allen Overton and Edith (Wharton) Overton; married, May 15, 1943, to Bette Crosswhite. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1949-50; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1959-62; vice-president, American Mining Congress. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Elks; Phi Kappa Psi. Still living as of 1964.
  
  
• Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) — also known as Robert L. Owen — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Lynchburg, Va., February 2, 1856. Son of Robert L. Owen (president of the Virginia and Tennesee Railroad) and Narcissa Chisholm Owen (Cherokee Nation); married 1889 to Daisey Deane Hester. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; member of Democratic National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924. Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish and Cherokee Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Woodmen; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa. Died July 19, 1947. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George F. Parrish (b. 1897) — of Keyser, Mineral County, W.Va. Born in Bristol, Va., March 23, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; insurance business; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Mineral County, 1935-36; resigned 1936. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) — also known as Phelps von Rottenburg — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Bonn, Germany, May 4, 1897. Grandson of William Walter Phelps; son of Franz von Rottenburg (1845-1907) and Marian (Phelps) von Rottenburg (1868-1922); nephew of Sheffield Phelps. Member of New York state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District 1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1948 (alternate); member of New York state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1956, 1960; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966. Episcopalian. Member, Urban League; American Legion; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Union League; Delta Theta Phi; Psi Upsilon. Died in Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J., June 10, 1981. Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Phelps-Lea family
  
  
• James Pinckney Pope (1884-1966) — also known as James P. Pope — of Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Born near Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, La., March 31, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1924, 1936; mayor of Boise, Idaho, 1929-33; resigned 1933; U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1933-39. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks. Died in Alexandria, Va., January 23, 1966. Interment at Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Edward Potter (1916-1979) — also known as Charles E. Potter — of Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Mich. Born in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich., October 30, 1916. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947-52; resigned 1952; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1952-59; defeated, 1958. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Amvets; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Elks; Kiwanis. Wounded in World War II, and lost his legs. Died in Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1979. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.