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Jefferson Randolph Anderson (b. 1861) —
also known as J. Randolph Anderson —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
4, 1861.
Son of Edward Clifford Anderson, Jr. and Jane Margaret (Randolph)
Anderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for several railroads;
director, Savannah Bank and
Trust Co.; director, Savannah Electric &
Power Co.; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1905-06, 1909-12; member of Georgia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1907-08; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912
(speaker);
member of Georgia
state senate, 1913-14.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Mattice Anderson (1915-2007) —
also known as Warren M. Anderson —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., October
16, 1915.
Son of Edna (Mattice) Anderson and Floyd
E. Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1953-88 (45th District 1953-54, 47th District
1955-65, 55th District 1966, 47th District 1967-82, 51st District
1983-88); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1980;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1985-86.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Wilson Memorial Regional Medical
Center, Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y., June 1,
2007 (age 91 years, 228
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 28,
1941, to Eleanor C. Sanford (died 1996). |
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Homer Daniel Angell (1875-1968) —
also known as Homer D. Angell —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born near The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore., January
12, 1875.
Son of Thomas Angell and Susan P. (Yeomans) Angell.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1929-31, 1935; member of Oregon
state senate, 1937-38; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1939-55.
Member, American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Humane
Society; Alpha Tau Omega.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March 31,
1968 (age 93 years, 79
days).
Interment at Portland
Memorial Mausoleum, Portland, Ore.
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Charles Shirk Arthur, Jr. (b. 1917) —
also known as Charles Arthur —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, July 16,
1917.
Son of Charles Shirk Arthur and Anna (Pearson) Arthur.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Riley
County Attorney, 1949-53; chair of
Riley County Republican Party, 1953-55; mayor
of Manhattan, Kan., 1956-57; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1957-65; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1963-64; member of Kansas
state senate, 1965-69.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1973.
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Lee D. Atwater (1951-1991) —
also known as Lee Atwater —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1951.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Carolina, 1972;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1989-91.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Self proclaimed "dirty tricks" political strategist; rhythm and blues
guitarist.
Died in 1991
(age about
40 years).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Phillip Benjamin Baldwin (b. 1924) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., December
23, 1924.
Son of John B. Baldwin and Lucille (Jones) Baldwin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Harrison County Democratic Party, 1962-67; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1968-82; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Still living as of 2000.
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William Julius Barker (1886-1968) —
also known as William J. Barker —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., June 25,
1886.
Son of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59;
took senior status 1959.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 13,
1968 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tampa, Fla.
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Bion Lamott Bates (1884-1975) —
also known as Bion L. Bates —
of Ovid, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Elsie, Clinton
County, Mich., October
4, 1884.
Republican. Dentist;
member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1947-50; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons.
Died in Meridian Township, Ingham
County, Mich., March 4,
1975 (age 90 years, 151
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Stewart Battle (1890-1972) —
also known as John S. Battle —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., July 11,
1890.
Son of Rev. Henry Wilson Battle and Margaret (Stewart) Battle.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-33; member of Virginia
state senate, 1934-50; Governor of
Virginia, 1950-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1952;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1972 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Interment at Monticello
Memorial Park, Charlottesville, Va.
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Lucius Durham Battle (1918-2008) —
also known as Lucius D. Battle —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., June 1,
1918.
Son of Warren Lazarus Battle and Jewel Beatrice (Durham) Battle.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; personal aide to Secretary of State Dean
Acheson; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1964-67.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
2008 (age 89 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Birch Evans Bayh, Jr. (b. 1928) —
also known as Birch Bayh —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., January
22, 1928.
Son of Birch Evans Bayh and Leah (Hollingsworth) Bayh.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1954-62; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1963-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Izaak
Walton League; Jaycees;
Farm
Bureau; Elks; Freemasons;
Alpha Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2012.
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Christie Benet (1879-1951) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., December
26, 1879.
Son of William Christie Benet and Susan (McGowan) Benet.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Solicitor, 5th Circuit, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1918.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March 30,
1951 (age 71 years, 94
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Charles H. Betts (b. 1863) —
of Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Wolcott town, Wayne
County, N.Y., April 14,
1863.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1904-18; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 42nd District, 1915;
member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1920-22.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Son of Col. Robert Bingham and Delphine Louise (Worth) Bingham.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Walter James Bristow, Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Walter J. Bristow, Jr. —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
14, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-58; member of South
Carolina state senate from Richland County, 1959-61.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Exchange
Club; Alpha Tau Omega.
Still living as of 1961.
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John Fletcher Bruton (b. 1861) —
of Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C.
Born in Wentworth, Rockingham
County, N.C., May 29,
1861.
Son of David Rasbury Bruton and Margaret G. (Nixon) Bruton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, North Carolina Home Insurance
Co.; director, Carolina Telephone
& Telegraph
Co.;; mayor of
Wilson, N.C., 1894-96.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Hudson Bryan (b. 1937) —
also known as Richard H. Bryan —
of Nevada.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 16,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Nevada
state senate, 1972-78; Nevada
state attorney general, 1979-83; defeated, 1974; Governor of
Nevada, 1983-89; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1989-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1996,
2000.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Alpha Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2009.
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Cecil Farris Bryant (1914-2002) —
also known as C. Farris Bryant —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., July 26,
1914.
Son of Charles Cecil Bryant and Lela (Farris) Bryant.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1942, 1946-55; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1953-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1952,
1960
(alternate); Governor of
Florida, 1961-65.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Jaycees;
Alpha
Kappa Psi; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in a hospital
at Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 1,
2002 (age 87 years, 218
days).
Interment at Highland
Memorial Park, Ocala, Fla.
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Gordon Hubert Butler (1889-1964) —
also known as Gordon H. Butler —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Scipio, Jennings
County, Ind., February
10, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; general
contractor; member of Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1950-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Rotary; Elks.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August 1,
1964 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. (1930-1998) —
also known as Lawton Chiles; "Walkin'
Lawton" —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., April 3,
1930.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1959-67; member of Florida
state senate, 1967-71; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1971-89; Governor of
Florida, 1991-98; died in office 1998; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1996
(delegation chair).
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Died, of a heart
condition, in the Governor's
Mansion, Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., December
12, 1998 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Roselawn
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla.
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Robert LeRoy Cochran (1886-1963) —
of North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Avoca, Cass
County, Neb., January
28, 1886.
Son of Charles A. Cochran and Jane (Wilkinson) Cochran.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Nebraska, 1935-41; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died February
23, 1963 (age 77 years, 26
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Park, Lincoln, Neb.
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Harry Buffington Coffee (1890-1972) —
also known as Harry B. Coffee —
of Chadron, Dawes
County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born near Harrison, Sioux
County, Neb., March 16,
1890.
Son of Samuel Buffington Coffee and Mary Elizabeth (Tisdale) Coffee.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; rancher; real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 5th District, 1935-43.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Alpha Tau Omega.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., October
3, 1972 (age 82 years, 201
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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David Leigh Colvin (1880-1959) —
also known as D. Leigh Colvin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Charleston, Clark
County, Ohio, January
28, 1880.
Son of David Taylor Colvin and Maria (Larkin) Colvin.
Candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916 (Prohibition), 1932 (Law
Preservation); Prohibition candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1917; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; Prohibition candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1922; Chairman of
Prohibition National Committee, 1926-32; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Died, from uremia, in
Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
7, 1959 (age 79 years, 222
days).
Interment at Summit
Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Ind.
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J. Eugene Cook (b. 1904) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Wrightsville, Johnson
County, Ga., April 4,
1904.
Son of James Monroe Cook and Ida (Preston) Cook.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1945-65; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1965-67.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; Alpha Tau Omega; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Elks; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh W. Cross (b. 1896) —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.
Born in Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill., August
24, 1896.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 38th District, 1933-40; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1939-40; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1949-55; resigned
under fire from the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1955,
following a unanimous vote of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations to open an
inquiry into the propriety
of his actions influencing the award of a Chicago transportation
contract; the committee later reported that he had "made a
mistake and acted
indiscreetly".
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Elks;
Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Larry Crow (b. 1959) —
of Florida.
Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
2, 1959.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 49th District, 1995-.
Baptist.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 1999.
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Ewin Lamar Davis (1876-1949) —
also known as Ewin L. Davis —
of Tullahoma, Coffee
County, Tenn.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., February
5, 1876.
Son of McLin H. Davis and Christina Lee (Shoffner) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1904;
circuit judge in Tennessee, 1910-18; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1933-49; died in office 1949; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1935, 1940, 1945.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
23, 1949 (age 73 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tullahoma, Tenn.
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Peter Joseph De Muth (1892-1993) —
also known as Peter J. De Muth —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
1, 1892.
Son of John De Muth and Barbara (Dietrich) De Muth.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; real estate
business; building
contractor; candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 8th
District, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1937-39.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Alpha Tau Omega; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in Orange
County, Calif., April 3,
1993 (age 101 years, 92
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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King Dixon (b. 1908) —
of near Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
2, 1908.
Son of Albert Montgomery Dixon and Sarah Youmans (King) Dixon.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; ice and
fuel oil dealer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-56; member of South
Carolina state senate from Laurens County, 1961.
Baptist.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Blue Key.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Katharine Simmons. |
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Paul Rand Dixon (1913-1996) —
also known as Paul R. Dixon —
of Washington,
D.C.; Brentwood, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
29, 1913.
Son of James David Dixon and Sarah (Munn) Dixon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1961-81; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1961-69, 1976.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha Tau Omega; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died May 2,
1996 (age 82 years, 216
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Oliver Eastland (1904-1986) —
also known as James O. Eastland; "Slippery
Jim" —
of Morton, Scott
County, Miss.; Ruleville, Sunflower
County, Miss.
Born in Doddsville, Sunflower
County, Miss., November
28, 1904.
Son of Woods Caperton Eastland and Alma (Austin) Eastland.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1928,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1941, 1943-79.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Died February
19, 1986 (age 81 years, 83
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Forest, Miss.
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Harry Willson Farr (1887-1965) —
also known as Harry W. Farr —
of Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Greeley, Weld
County, Colo., August
17, 1887.
Son of William H. Farr and Jennie D. (Willson) Farr.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1940
(alternate), 1952;
president, Home Light and
Power Co., 1944-61; bank
director.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Alpha Tau Omega.
Died March 3,
1965 (age 77 years, 198
days).
Interment at Linn
Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colo.
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Frank Leroy Farrar (b. 1929) —
also known as Frank L. Farrar —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak., April 2,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1963-69; Governor of
South Dakota, 1969-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1994.
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Roy C. Fox (b. 1890) —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Cincinnati, Appanoose
County, Iowa, October
10, 1890.
Son of James Wesley Fox and Sarah Louise (McMahon) Fox.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1920-26; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, 1926-34.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 6,
1922, to Frankie A. Juvinall. |
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Frank Hoyt Gailor (b. 1892) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn., May 9,
1892.
Son of Thomas Frank Gailor and Ellen Douglas (Cunningham) Gailor.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1921; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1923; Shelby
County Attorney, 1936-41; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1941-42; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1942-48.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hampson Gary (1873-1952) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., April 23,
1873.
Son of Franklin Newman Gary and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, Royall National Bank;
director, Guaranty State Bank;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-02; member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908;
U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1917; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1919-20; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1920-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau Omega; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died April 18,
1952 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Otis Allan Glazebrook (d. 1931) —
also known as Otis A. Glazebrook —
Son of Larkin White Glazebrook.
U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1916-19; Nice, 1924-29; Monaco, 1929.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Died April 26,
1931.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Virginia Calvert Key Smith. |
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Alfred Theodore Goodwin (b. 1923) —
also known as Alfred T. Goodwin —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash., June 29,
1923.
Son of Alonzo Theodore Goodwin and Miriam Hazel (Williams) Goodwin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
circuit judge in Oregon, 1955-60; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1960-69; U.S.
District Judge for Oregon, 1969.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha Tau Omega.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives: Son
of Alonzo Theodore Goodwin and Miriam Hazel (Williams) Goodwin;
married, December
23, 1943, to Marjorie Elizabeth Major (divorced 1948); married,
December
23, 1949, to Mary Ellin Handelin. |
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Thomas Watt Gregory (1861-1933) —
also known as Thomas W. Gregory —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Crawfordsville (unknown
county), Miss., November
6, 1861.
Son of Francis Robert Gregory (killed in Civil War) and Mary Cornelia
(Watt) Gregory.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1904,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President); U.S.
Attorney General, 1914-19.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
A gymnasium at the University of Texas was named for
him.
Died, of pneumonia,
February
26, 1933 (age 71 years, 112
days).
Interment somewhere
in Austin, Tex.
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Dwight Palmer Griswold (1893-1954) —
also known as Dwight P. Griswold —
of Gordon, Sheridan
County, Neb.; Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in Harrison, Sioux
County, Neb., November
27, 1893.
Son of Dwight H. Griswold and Clarissa (Palmer) Griswold.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; newspaper
editor; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-23; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1925-29; Governor of
Nebraska, 1941-47; defeated, 1932, 1934; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1952-54; died in office 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 12,
1954 (age 60 years, 136
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb.
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Thomas Guastello (b. 1943) —
of Utica, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 71st District, 1969-74; member of
Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1975-82.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1982.
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Lee Herbert Hamilton (b. 1931) —
also known as Lee H. Hamilton —
of Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind.
Born in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., April 20,
1931.
Son of Frank A. Hamilton and Myra (Jones) Hamilton.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1965-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1996.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Trilateral
Commission; Alpha Tau Omega; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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Richard Henry Hanna (b. 1878) —
also known as R. H. Hanna —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., July 31,
1878.
Son of Isaac Bird Hanna and Belle (Hall) Hanna.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1912-19; chief
justice of New Mexico Supreme Court, 1917; candidate for Governor of
New Mexico, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1921; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Mexico, 1928-32.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert F. Hickman (b. 1906) —
of Elizabeth, Wirt
County, W.Va.
Born in Elizabeth, Wirt
County, W.Va., August
24, 1906.
Son of Robert Franklin Hickman and Embersenia (Ferrell) Hickman.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
publisher; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1936; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wirt County, 1939-42.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha Tau Omega.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald E. Holbrook, Jr. (b. 1931) —
of Clare, Clare
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
29, 1931.
Son of Donald
E. Holbrook.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Isabella
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 99th District, 1965-72; circuit
judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1973-74; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1975-.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
American
Judicature Society; Alpha Tau Omega; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1990.
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Relatives:
Married to Patsy Ann Cox. |
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Spessard Lindsey Holland (1892-1971) —
also known as Spessard L. Holland —
of Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., July 10,
1892.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Holland and Fannie V. (Spessard) Holland.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in Florida,
1921-29; member of Florida
state senate, 1932-40; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Florida, 1941-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1946-71.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks;
Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Sponsor of 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax.
Died in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., November
6, 1971 (age 79 years, 119
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
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Findley Burtch Howard (b. 1885) —
also known as Findley B. Howard —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.; Canal Zone (now part of Panama).
Born in Papillion, Sarpy
County, Neb., October
8, 1885.
Son of Edgar
Howard and Elizabeth (Burtch) Howard.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1935-41.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roy M. Huffington (b. 1917) —
of Texas.
Born in 1917.
U.S. Ambassador to Austria, 1990-93.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Still living as of 1993.
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George S. Hurley (1907-1999) —
of Washington.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., 1907.
Democrat. Member of Washington
state house of representatives; elected 1940; defeated, 1950,
1954, 1956, 1958, 1964; elected 1974.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Professional baseball
player on farm teams for the New York Giants and Yankees.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., November
2, 1999 (age about 92
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Kenneth Jackson, Jr. (1886-1965) —
also known as William K. Jackson, Jr. —
of Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Denver, Humphreys
County, Tenn., November
18, 1886.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for Canal Zone, 1914-15.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau Omega; Delta
Chi.
Died in June, 1965
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Forney Johnston (b. 1879) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., September
9, 1879.
Son of Joseph
Forney Johnston.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard Beck Jordan (1899-1983) —
also known as Len B. Jordan —
of Idaho.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete
County, Utah, May 15,
1899.
Son of Leonard Eugene Jordan (1874-1948) and Irene (Beck) Jordan
(1874-1949).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
Idaho state legislature, 1947; Governor of
Idaho, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Idaho, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1962-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau Omega.
Died June 30,
1983 (age 84 years, 46
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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Jack French Kemp (1935-2009) —
also known as Jack Kemp —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
1935.
Republican. Professional football
player, National and American Football Leagues, 1957-70; cofounder and
president,
American Football League Players Association; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-89 (39th District 1971-73,
38th District 1973-83, 31st District 1983-89); candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1989-93; candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1996.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha Tau Omega.
Died, of cancer, in
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2009 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Purnell Lambertson (1880-1957) —
also known as William P. Lambertson —
of Fairview, Brown
County, Kan.
Born in Fairview, Brown
County, Kan., March 23,
1880.
Son of William Franklin Lambertson and Ida (Brown) Lambertson.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1909; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member of Kansas
state senate, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1929-45.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Died October
26, 1957 (age 77 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sabetha
Cemetery, Sabetha, Kan.
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Oscar John Larson (1871-1957) —
also known as Oscar J. Larson —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Uleaborg (now Oulu), Finland,
May
20, 1871.
Son of Lars Larson and Anna (Kemppainen) Larson.
Republican. Lawyer; Houghton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1898-1904; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1921-25.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August 1,
1957 (age 86 years, 73
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Luke Lea (1879-1945) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April 12,
1879.
Son of Overton Lea and Ella (Cocke) Lea.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(speaker);
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died November
18, 1945 (age 66 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Son of William Marion Loftin and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life
Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Clarence Dickinson Long, Jr. (1908-1994) —
also known as Clarence D. Long —
of Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., December
11, 1908.
Son of Clarence Dickinson Long and Gertrude (Cooper) Long.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1961-62; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1963-85; defeated,
1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Cockeysville, Baltimore
County, Md., September
18, 1994 (age 85 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) —
also known as Mike Mansfield —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1903.
Son of Patrick Mansfield and Josephine (O'Brien) Mansfield.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining engineer;
university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1996,
2000;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1977-88.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2001 (age 98 years, 203
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frederic Hine Maughmer (1899-1972) —
also known as Fred H. Maughmer —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born November
22, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer; Andrew
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1938, 1940; circuit
judge in Missouri 5th Circuit, 1947-55.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Died in June, 1972
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John McDuffie (1883-1950) —
of Monroeville, Monroe
County, Ala.
Born near River Ridge, Monroe
County, Ala., September
25, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1908
(alternate), 1924;
prosecuting attorney, 1st Circuit, 1911-19; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1919-35; resigned 1935;
Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1935-50.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Elks; Freemasons;
Redmen;
Woodmen of
the World; Woodmen
Circle; Alpha Tau Omega.
Died November
1, 1950 (age 67 years, 37
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Joseph T. Meek —
also known as "Mr. Retailing" —
of Western Springs, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1954; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 9th District, 1969-70.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Mu
Alpha.
Still living as of 1970.
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George Stewart Miller (b. 1884) —
also known as George S. Miller —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., May 12,
1884.
Son of James H. Miller and Katherine (Stewart) Miller.
Republican. School
teacher; college
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932;
acting
president, Tufts College, 1937-38; director, Medford Hillside
Cooperative Bank.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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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).
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; Modern
Woodmen of America; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died July 19,
1947 (age 91 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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John Malcolm Patterson (b. 1921) —
also known as John Patterson —
of Phenix City, Russell
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Goldville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., September
27, 1921.
Son of Albert Love Patterson and Agnes Louise (Benson) Patterson.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Alabama
state attorney general, 1955-59; Governor of
Alabama, 1959-63.
Member, Jaycees;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Woodmen;
American Bar
Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta; Lions.
Still living as of 2009.
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Cleon W. Raese (b. 1888) —
of Davis, Tucker
County, W.Va.
Born in Davis, Tucker
County, W.Va., September
7, 1888.
Son of John Raese and Minnie (Larue) Raese.
Republican. Merchant;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Tucker County, 1941-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude Trexler Reno (b. 1882) —
also known as Claude T. Reno —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Lyons, Berks
County, Pa., April 4,
1882.
Son of Joseph F. Reno and Millie (Trexler) Reno.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1911-12; common pleas court judge
in Pennsylvania 31st District, 1921-29; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1939; appointed 1939; superior court
judge in Pennsylvania, 1942-43.
Lutheran.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Lamb Buist Rivers (b. 1896) —
also known as Buist Rivers —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 26,
1896.
Son of Moultrie Rutledge Rivers and Eliza Ingraham (Buist) Rivers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1924-28; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1930; president, The Central Railroad
of South Carolina; director and counsel, Citizens and Southern
National Bank;
director, Life and Accident Insurance
Company; vice president and counsel of radio
station WCSC.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Allison Roberts (1912-1989) —
also known as Kenneth A. Roberts —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Piedmont, Calhoun
County, Ala., November
1, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1951-65 (4th District 1951-63,
at-large 1963-65); defeated, 1964; shot and
wounded in an attack on the U.S. House by Puerto Rican
nationalists, 1954.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Alpha Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., May 9,
1989 (age 76 years, 189
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Hodges Samford (1866-1940) —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Auburn, Lee
County, Ala., August 7,
1866.
Son of Caroline Elizabeth (Drake) Samford and William
James Samford.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1900-05; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; Presidential
Elector for Alabama, 1904;
Judge,
Alabama Court of Appeals, 1917-36.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Alpha Tau Omega.
Died February
2, 1940 (age 73 years, 179
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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Robert Edward Lee Saner (b. 1871) —
also known as Robert E. Lee Saner —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark., August 9,
1871.
Son of John Franklin Saner and Susan Crawford (Webb) Saner.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Texas Democratic Party, 1899-1901.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha Tau Omega;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allan Douglas Sanford (b. 1869) —
also known as Allan Sanford —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn., July 3,
1869.
Son of William Sanford and Elizabeth (Douglas) Sanford.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha Tau Omega.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Muir Scarlett (1891-1971) —
also known as Frank M. Scarlett —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., June 9,
1891.
Son of Frank M. Scarlett and Bessie Brailsford (Bailey) Scarlett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1936;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1946-68;
took senior status 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
The federal building in Brunswick, Ga. is named for
him.
Died November
18, 1971 (age 80 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank M. Scarlett and Bessie Brailsford (Bailey) Scarlett;
married, June 15,
1923, to Mary Louisa Morgan (died 1962); married, May 29,
1965, to Mary Roberta Walker. |
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Alan Kooi Simpson (b. 1931) —
also known as Alan K. Simpson —
of Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., September
2, 1931.
Son of Milward
Lee Simpson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Park County, 1964-77; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97; appointed 1979.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Eagles; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Alpha Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2009.
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Milward Lee Simpson (1897-1993) —
also known as Milward L. Simpson —
of Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in a log
cabin, Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo., November
12, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1926-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1936,
1952;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1955-59; defeated, 1958; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1962-67; defeated, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Moose;
Alpha Tau Omega.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in a nursing
home at Cody, Park
County, Wyo., June 10,
1993 (age 95 years, 210
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
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Amos Morehead Stack (b. 1926) —
also known as A. Morehead Stack —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Robeson
County, N.C., December
8, 1926.
Son of Amos Morehead Stack and Hannah (McNeill) Stack.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; founder and
president, Hercules Steel Co.;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1964;
member of North Carolina
Republican State Executive Committee, 1966-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Young
Americans for Freedom.
Still living as of 1967.
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John Harold Stevens (1895-1976) —
also known as J. Harold Stevens —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March 21,
1895.
Son of Frank Stevens and Jeanette (Millett) Stevens.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
12th District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 17th District, 1965-68.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Alpha Tau Omega; Sigma Nu
Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 29,
1976 (age 81 years, 39
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Martha Beal. |
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James Bond Stockdale (1923-2005) —
also known as James B. Stockdale —
Born in Abingdon, Knox
County, Ill., December
23, 1923.
U.S. Navy pilot and vice admiral; received the Medal
of Honor in 1976 for his actions as a prisoner of war in
Vietnam.; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1992.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Died, probably from Alzheimer's
disease, in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., July 5,
2005 (age 81 years, 194
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Albert Stubblefield (1907-1977) —
also known as Frank A. Stubblefield —
of Murray, Calloway
County, Ky.
Born in Murray, Calloway
County, Ky., April 5,
1907.
Son of Vernon C. Stubblefield and Virginia (Wilson) Stubblefield.
Democrat. Druggist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1944;
Kentucky
railroad commissioner, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1959-75; defeated in
primary, 1974.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Elks; Rotary.
Died in 1977
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Murray
City Cemetery, Murray, Ky.
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Melvin D. Synhorst (b. 1914) —
of Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, January
21, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary of
state of Iowa, 1949-65, 1967-80; resigned 1980.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Alpha Tau Omega; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Amvets.
Still living as of 1980.
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John L. Thomas (b. 1926) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April 25,
1926.
Son of Frank Andrew Thomas and Jo (Royer) Thomas.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County; elected
1952; defeated, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from
West Virginia, 1960;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1967.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Still living as of 1967.
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James S. Truman (b. 1874) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
24, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1925-28.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lindsay Carter Warren (1889-1976) —
also known as Lindsay C. Warren —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., December
16, 1889.
Son of Charles F(rederic) Warren and Elizabeth Mutter (Blount)
Warren.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Beaufort County Democratic Party, 1912-25; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1917-19, 1959; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1925-40;
resigned 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1932,
1940;
U.S. Comptroller General 1940-54.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1976 (age 87 years, 12
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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James Gaius Watt (b. 1938) —
also known as James G. Watt —
Born January
31, 1938.
Legislative assistant to Sen. Milward
L. Simpson, 1962-66; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1981-83.
Pentecostal.
Member, Alpha Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2009.
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Phillip Hart Weaver (1919-1989) —
also known as Phil Weaver —
of Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb.
Born in Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb., April 9,
1919.
Son of Arthur
J. Weaver and Evelyn Maude (Hart) Weaver.
Republican. Radio
announcer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; automobile
dealer; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1955-63; defeated,
1962.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in 1989
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Steele
Cemetery, Falls City, Neb.
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Evelle Jansen Younger (1918-1989) —
also known as Evelle J. Younger —
of California.
Born in Stamford, Harlan
County, Neb., June 19,
1918.
Son of Harry C. Younger and Maebel (Jansen) Younger.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; FBI
agent; lawyer;
municipal judge in California, 1953-58; superior court judge in
California, 1958-64; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1964-70; California
state attorney general, 1971-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Alpha Tau Omega; Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerotic
cardiovascular
disease, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 4,
1989 (age 70 years, 319
days).
Interment at Los
Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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