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Fleming Newman Alderson (b. 1884) —
also known as Fleming N. Alderson —
of Richwood, Nicholas
County, W.Va.
Born in Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va., January
8, 1884.
Son of John
Duffy Alderson and Eugenia Adaline (Rader) Alderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Nicholas County, 1911-12;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1916; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for West
Virginia state attorney general, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Delta Chi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Moose; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) —
also known as Howard W. Ameli —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
12, 1881.
Son of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Abner
C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 29,
1959 (age 77 years, 290
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Chester Thurlow Backus (b. 1880) —
also known as Chester T. Backus —
of Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., March 24,
1880.
Son of Allen S. Backus and Ella (Folts) Backus.
Republican. Otsego
County Clerk; member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1937-44.
Methodist.
Member, Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eustace H. Bane (b. 1904) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in North Union Township, Fayette
County, Pa., September
18, 1904.
Son of David E. Bane and Nellie (Ramage) Bane.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1947-50; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1951-56.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose;
Delta Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances B. Daugherty. |
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William Stiles Bennet (1870-1962) —
also known as William S. Bennet —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Port Jervis, Orange
County, N.Y., November
9, 1870.
Son of James Bennet and Alice Leonora (Stiles) Bennet.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1901-02;
municipal judge in New York, 1903; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1905-11, 1915-17 (17th District
1905-11, 23rd District 1915-17); defeated, 1910, 1916, 1936, 1944;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Moose;
Delta Chi.
Died in Falkirk Hospital,
Central Valley, Orange
County, N.Y., December
1, 1962 (age 92 years, 22
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Harry Cullen Blanton (1891-1973) —
also known as Harry C. Blanton —
of Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., July 5,
1891.
Son of Charles Lee Blanton and Mary Agnes (Cullen) Blanton.
Lawyer;
Scott
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-18; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1934-47.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta Chi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in March, 1973
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Poway, San Diego
County, Calif., August
13, 1887.
Son of Samuel Bowron and Martha (Hershey) Bowron.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive secretary to
Gov. Friend
Richardson, 1925-26; superior court judge in California, 1926-38,
1957-62; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1938-53.
Member, American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Delta Chi.
Suffered a fatal heart
attack while driving his
car, and crashed
into a wall, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
11, 1968 (age 81 years, 29
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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John William Bricker (1893-1986) —
also known as John W. Bricker —
of Upper Arlington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born near Mt. Sterling, Madison
County, Ohio, September
6, 1893.
Son of Lemuel Spencer Bricker and Laura (King) Bricker.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Ohio
state attorney general, 1933-37; defeated in primary, 1928; Governor of
Ohio, 1939-45; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1960
(speaker),
1964,
1972;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1944; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1947-59; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1972.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar; Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Order of the
Coif; Optimist
Club.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March 22,
1986 (age 92 years, 197
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Oliver D. Burden (b. 1873) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Nelson, Madison
County, N.Y., March 15,
1873.
Son of James H. Burden and Lucia (Groesbeck) Burden.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for Theodore
Roosevelt in the libel case brought by political boss William
Barnes, Jr., 1915; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1923-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Morton Campbell (1907-1968) —
also known as Alexander M. Campbell; Alex
Campbell —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Coesse, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Coldwater, Mercer
County, Ohio, April 14,
1907.
Son of Samuel T. Campbell and Elsie (Bolman) Campbell.
Democrat. Chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1934-36, 1958-63; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1941-49; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1960-64.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Delta Chi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Jesters;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles; Kiwanis.
Died in 1968
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Coesse
Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Coesse, Ind.
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Fred Warner Carpenter (1873-1957) —
of San Anselmo, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn., December
12, 1873.
Son of Ira M. Carpenter and Eva A. (Wright) Carpenter.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to William
H. Taft, when he was Governor of the Philippine Islands,
Secretary of War, and President of the United States; U.S. Minister
to Morocco, 1910-12; Siam, 1912-13.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Chi.
Died in 1957
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Blanchard Carter (b. 1880) —
also known as Charles B. Carter —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 10,
1880.
Son of Seth M. Carter and Mary A. (Crosby) Carter.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920;
member of Maine
state senate.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Phi; Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ellwood Blake Chappell (b. 1889) —
also known as E. B. Chappell —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Osmond, Pierce
County, Neb., May 4,
1889.
Son of William Henry Chappell and Pleasant May (Turner) Chappell.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 3rd District, 1929-43; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1943-.
Presbyterian.
English
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi; Delta Chi; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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E. K. Cheadle, Jr. (b. 1895) —
of Shelby, Toole
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont., August
12, 1895.
Son of Edwin K. Cheadle and Ida (Wohlfahrt) Cheadle.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1927; Montana
Republican state chair, 1936-40; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War II; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1948.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta Chi; Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Edwin Church (1883-1950) —
also known as Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Catlin, Vermilion
County, Ill., May 5,
1883.
Son of Henry George Church and Lola (Douglas) Church.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1917-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-41, 1943-50 (10th District
1935-41, 1943-49, 13th District 1949-50); defeated (Independent),
1932; died in office 1950; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Delta Chi; Phi
Kappa Psi; American
Society for International Law.
Died in a committee
meeting in the House Office Building, Washington,
D.C., March 21,
1950 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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George North Craig (1909-1992) —
also known as George N. Craig —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Annandale, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., August 6,
1909.
Son of Bernard Clyde Craig and Clo (Branson) Craig.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of
Indiana, 1953-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Delta Chi; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
17, 1992 (age 83 years, 133
days).
Interment at Clearview
Cemetery, Brazil, Ind.
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Robert R. Day (1919-2000) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., April 12,
1919.
Son of Thomas Day and Margaret (Cavanaugh) Day.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Saginaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Delta Chi; Lions; Elks.
Died February
19, 2000 (age 80 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Warder Dent (b. 1880) —
also known as Herbert W. Dent —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., April 16,
1880.
Son of Marmaduke
Herbert Dent and Mary (Warder) Dent.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit, 1932-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Delta Chi; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Isaac Dolliver (1894-1978) —
also known as James I. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1894.
Son of Rev. Robert H. Dolliver and Mary Elle (Barrett) Dolliver.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Webster
County Attorney, 1924-29; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1945-57; defeated, 1956;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Delta Chi.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., December
10, 1978 (age 84 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Harry F. Dunkel (b. 1898) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Fulton
County, N.Y., May 14,
1898.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1932-35; member
of New
York state senate 35th District; elected 1935, 1936.
Member, Delta Chi; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur G. Elliott, Jr. (b. 1916) —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.; Pleasant Ridge, Oakland
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
17, 1916.
Son of Arthur G. Elliott, Sr. and Geraldine (Neidlinger) Elliott.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; realtor;
appraiser;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1955-58; chair of
Oakland County Republican Party, 1957-61; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
5th District, 1961-62; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1963-65.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Rotary;
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 1965.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Ann Vining. |
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Harold H. Emmons (b. 1875) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 30,
1875.
Son of Marcus A. Emmons and Alma M. (Slaven) Emmons.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary-treasurer, Regal Motor Car
Company, 1913-17; in charge of aviation
engine construction for Army and Navy during World War I;
officer, Stout Metal Airplane
Co.; organizer and director, National Air
Transport Co.; organizer and president, Aircraft
Development Corp., Northwest Airways,
Inc.; organizer and general counsel, Stinson Aircraft
Corp.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Chi; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cammie Brown Haden (1902-1989) —
also known as Cammie B. Haden —
of Dinuba, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born in Dinuba, Tulare
County, Calif., May 16,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1944-46, 1948-; Presidential
Elector for California, 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1952,
1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions;
Delta Chi.
Died April 23,
1989 (age 86 years, 342
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James A. Hamilton (b. 1876) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
24, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1915-16; secretary of
state of New York, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Forest Arthur Harness (1895-1974) —
also known as Forest A. Harness —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., June 24,
1895.
Son of Oscar Melvin Harness and Elfie Marie (Willits) Harness.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Howard
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24; represented the United
States in the attempt to extradite Samuel
Insull from Greece, 1932-34; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1939-49; defeated,
1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., July 29,
1974 (age 79 years, 35
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown
Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.
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Reuben Locke Haskell (1878-1971) —
also known as Reuben L. Haskell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
5, 1878.
Son of Robert B. Haskell and Monrovia (Grayson) Haskell.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1915-19; defeated,
1912; county judge in New York, 1920-25; candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1921.
Member, American Bar
Association; Royal
Arcanum; Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
2, 1971 (age 92 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mt.
Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, N.Y.
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Henry Martin Jackson (1912-1983) —
also known as Henry M. Jackson;
"Scoop" —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., May 31,
1912.
Son of Peter Jackson and Marie (Anderson) Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Snohomish
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1938-40; U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1941-53; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1953-83; died in office 1983; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1960-61; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1972,
1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta Chi.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1984.
Died in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., September
1, 1983 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
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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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Albert Webb Jefferis (1868-1942) —
also known as Albert W. Jefferis —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., December
7, 1868.
Son of Henry P. Jefferis and Elizabeth Jefferis.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died September
14, 1942 (age 73 years, 281
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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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.
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;
National Commander, American Legion, 1932-33; Assistant Secretary of
War, 1937-40; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1949-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1966 (age 75 years, 104
days).
Interment at Elkview
Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
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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.
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, Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Grange;
Delta Chi.
Died June 3,
1976 (age 87 years, 11
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward Aloysius Kenney (1884-1938) —
also known as Edward A. Kenney —
of Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., August
11, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in New Jersey, 1919; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1933-38; died in
office 1938.
Member, Elks; Redmen;
Delta Chi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1938 (age 53 years, 169
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Clinton, Mass.
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Donald Edgar Lukens (b. 1931) —
also known as Donald E. Lukens; Buz Lukens —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Harveysburg, Warren
County, Ohio, February
11, 1931.
Son of William Arthur Lukens and Edith (Greene) Lukens.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1967-71, 1987-90 (24th District
1967-71, 8th District 1987-90); member of Ohio state
senate, 1975.
Member, Sertoma;
Farm
Bureau; Delta Chi; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Convicted
in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of
contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by having sex
with a 16 year old girl; sentenced
to 30 days in jail. Indicted
in February 1995 on five counts of bribery
and conspiracy; a jury in October 1995 found him not guilty on three
counts but was unable to reach a verdict on the other two; a mistrial
was declared. Reindicted
in March 1996; tried and
convicted.
Still living as of 2009.
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Almon W. Lytle (b. 1876) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., September
26, 1876.
Son of James H. Lytle and Inez M. (Young) Lytle.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1925-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Delta Chi; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1906
to Kate L. Sudds. |
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Charles Taylor Manatt (1936-2011) —
also known as Charles Manatt —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 9,
1936.
Son of William Price Manatt and Lucille (Taylor) Manatt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
California
Democratic state chair, 1971-73, 1975-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Temporary Chair, 1984;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1976-82; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1981-85; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1999-2001.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died in 2011
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Marshall (b. 1881) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va., July 28,
1881.
Son of Oliver S. Marshall and Elizabeth Hammond (Tarr) Marshall.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1936
(alternate).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Delta Chi; Elks; Navy
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marshall Francis McComb (1894-1981) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Denver,
Colo., May 6,
1894.
Son of Harry McComb and Estelle (Tredenick) McComb.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1927; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1937-55; justice of
California state supreme court, 1956-77; director, Good Samaritan
Hospital.
Member, Delta Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died September
5, 1981 (age 87 years, 122
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) —
also known as Matthew M. Neely —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grove, Doddridge
County, W.Va., November
9, 1874.
Son of Alfred Neely and Mary (Morris) Neely.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor
of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;
defeated, 1920, 1946; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,
1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1941-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Delta Chi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
18, 1958 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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James Matlock Ogden (1870-1956) —
also known as James M. Ogden —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Hendricks
County, Ind., April 5,
1870.
Son of Jesse Switzer Ogden and Mary Ann (Carter) Ogden.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; Indiana
state attorney general, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Delta Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
11, 1956 (age 86 years, 220
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Charles A. Otto, Jr. (b. 1888) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 28,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1927-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Kiwanis;
Foresters
of America; Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion D. Patterson (b. 1876) —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Williamsburg, Blair
County, Pa., October
20, 1876.
Son of George Marion Patterson and Mary Rebecca (Roller) Patterson.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Blair
County District Attorney, 1912-28; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania 24th District, 1927-39; candidate in primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1934; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1940-43.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Delta Chi; Urban
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Alden Reed (1875-1959) —
also known as Daniel A. Reed —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Sheridan, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
15, 1875.
Son of Anson William Reed and Alfreda Reed.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1919-59 (43rd District 1919-45,
45th District 1945-53, 43rd District 1953-59); died in office 1959.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta Chi; Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., February
19, 1959 (age 83 years, 157
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Cemetery, Sheridan, N.Y.
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Charles E. Russell (b. 1868) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Saugerties, Ulster
County, N.Y., October
21, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1919-20, 1923-24, 1926-29; resigned
1929.
Member, Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Grant Stratton (1914-2001) —
also known as William G. Stratton —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ingleside, Lake
County, Ill., February
26, 1914.
Son of William
Joseph Stratton.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-43, 1947-49; Illinois
state treasurer, 1943-45, 1951-53; candidate in primary for secretary of
state of Illinois, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Illinois, 1953-61; defeated in primary, 1968; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles;
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Amvets.
Indicted
in 1964 on income
tax charges;
tried
and acquitted in 1965.
Died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 2,
2001 (age 87 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro (b. 1885) —
also known as Sidney F. Taliaferro —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem,
Va., March 4,
1885.
Son of Van Taliaferro and Sallie (Pendleton) Taliaferro.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; banker; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; director,
Washington Gas Light
Co. and Georgetown Gas Light
Co.; board member, Columbia Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Craig Lyle Thomas (1933-2007) —
also known as Craig Thomas —
of Wyoming.
Born in Cody, Park
County, Wyo., February
17, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1985-88; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1989-95; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007; died in office 2007.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Delta Chi.
Died, of leukemia,
in the Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 4,
2007 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Otto F. Walter (b. 1890) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., April 19,
1890.
Son of William J. Walter and Anna M. (Fasoldt) Walter.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1924,
1928.
Catholic.
Member, Delta Chi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dale Warner (b. 1941) —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., February
3, 1941.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1964;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 56th District, 1967-74.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta Chi; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi Eta
Sigma; Lions.
Still living as of 1999.
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Edna Batchelder Weeks (b. 1906) —
also known as Edna Batchelder —
of Greenland, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., April 28,
1906.
Daughter of Edward C. Weeks and Nellie (Parkman) Weeks.
Republican. School
teacher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1959-67.
Female.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta Chi; Farm
Bureau; Order of the
Eastern Star; Grange.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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