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Thomas Coleman Andrews (1899-1983) —
also known as T. Coleman Andrews —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
19, 1899.
Son of Cheatham William Andrews and Dora Lee (Pittman) Andrews.
Accountant;
Virginia
state auditor, 1931-33; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
1953-55; States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
John Birch Society.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
15, 1983 (age 84 years, 238
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Spruille Braden (1894-1978) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkhorn, Jefferson
County, Mont., March 13,
1894.
Son of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden.
Mining engineer;
financier;
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42; Cuba, 1942-45; Argentina, 1945.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Arbitration Association; Navy
League; John Birch Society.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1978 (age 83 years, 303
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden; married, September
5, 1915, to Maria Humeres del Solar (died 1962); married 1964 to Verbena
Williams Hebbard (died 1977). |
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article |
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Harold Richard Greene —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
American Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for
Connecticut, 1968.
Member, John Birch Society.
Still living as of 1968.
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Merwin Kimball Hart (1881-1962) —
also known as Merwin K. Hart —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 25,
1881.
Son of Henry Gilbert Hart (1848-1922) and Lucy Lord (Kimball) Hart
(1854-1939).
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1907-08; served
in the U.S. Army during World War I; founder and director, Utica
Mutual Insurance
Co.; political ally of "radio priest" Rev. Charles Coughlin, Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain.
Protestant.
Member, John Birch Society.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1962 (age 81 years, 158
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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A. G. Heinsohn, Jr. —
of Sevierville, Sevier
County, Tenn.
President, Cherokee Mills; Constitution candidate for Presidential
Elector for Tennessee, 1956.
Member, John Birch Society.
Still living as of 1961.
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Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970) —
also known as Edgar W. Hiestand —
of Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1888.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1953-63; defeated,
1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1960.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary;
John Birch Society.
Died, of a kidney
infection and pneumonia,
at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1970 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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H. L. Hunt —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1952.
Member, John Birch Society.
Still living as of 1968.
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Bard A. Logan —
of Texas.
Constitution candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1960; Texas American Independent state chair,
1968.
Member, John Birch Society.
Still living as of 1968.
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Lawrence Patton McDonald (1935-1983) —
also known as Larry McDonald —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 1,
1935.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1975-83; died in office
1983.
Member, John Birch Society.
Killed when the Korean
Airlines jet on which he was a passenger was shot down
by the Soviet military, over the Sea of
Japan, September
1, 1983 (age 48 years, 153
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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James Edward McNamara (b. 1930) —
also known as James E. McNamara —
of Michigan.
Born in 1930.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1972.
Member, John Birch Society.
Still living as of 1972.
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Evan Mecham (1924-2008) —
of Ajo, Pima
County, Ariz.; Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Duchesne, Duchesne
County, Utah, May 12,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
dealer; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Arizona
state house of representatives, 1952; member of Arizona
state senate, 1960-62; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1962 (Republican), 1992 (Independent); Governor of
Arizona, 1987-88; defeated, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, John Birch Society.
Indicted
in 1988 on six felony counts of perjury
and filing a false
campaign report, specifically of failing
to report a $350,000 loan to his campaign by Barry Wolfson, a
real estate developer; later acquitted of these charges. Impeached
by the Arizona House of Representatives on February 5, 1988, on charges
of obstructing
justice and illegally lending
state money to his business; convicted and
removed from office by the Arizona Senate on April 4, 1988. A recall
election was scheduled against him, but it was cancelled by the
Arizona Supreme Court.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
22, 2008 (age 83 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Tom Metzger —
of California; Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind.
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 43rd District, 1980; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982; convicted
in 1991 of burning a
cross (as a form of hate speech
or intimidation) and sentenced
to prison;
in 1992, he was arrested
in Canada for violating immigration
laws.
Member, John Birch Society; Ku Klux Klan.
Still living as of 2012.
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Marlin T. Phelps (b. 1880) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Dunlap, Sequatchie
County, Tenn., October
9, 1880.
Son of William A. Phelps and Rebecca (Johnson) Phelps.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Arizona, 1923-49; justice of
Arizona state supreme court, 1949-61; chief
justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1954-55, 1959-60.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Moose;
John Birch Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hubert Leon Richardson —
also known as Bill Richardson —
of California.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1964, 1992; member of California
state senate, 1966-88; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1974; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1986.
Member, John Birch Society.
Still living as of 1992.
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John Harbin Rousselot (1927-2003) —
also known as John H. Rousselot —
of San Gabriel, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
1, 1927.
Republican. Insurance
agent; public
relations consultant; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-63, 1970-83 (25th District
1961-63, 24th District 1970-75, 26th District 1975-83); defeated,
1982.
Member, John Birch Society.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Irvine Medical
Center, Irvine, Orange
County, Calif., May 11,
2003 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John George Schmitz (1930-2001) —
also known as John G. Schmitz —
of California.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
12, 1930.
Member of California
state senate, 1965-70, 1979; U.S.
Representative from California 35th District, 1970-73; defeated
in Republican primary, 1972, 1976, 1984; American Independent
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972; reprimanded
by the California Senate in 1982 over a press release issued by his
office, which characterized a critic and her supporters with crude
slurs; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom; John Birch Society; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; National Rifle
Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; Toastmasters.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
10, 2001 (age 70 years, 151
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Father of Mary Kay LeTourneau (Seattle teacher; convicted of child
rape over her affair with a 13-year-old student). |
| | | Campaign slogan: "When you're out of
Schmitz, you're out of gear." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier |
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Monroe Sherman —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
American Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for
Connecticut, 1968.
Member, John Birch Society.
Still living as of 1968.
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Paul H. Talbert —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Presidential Elector for California, 1952.
Member, John Birch Society.
Still living as of 1961.
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Robert F. Welch (1899-1985) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in 1899.
Republican. Candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1950; founder of the John Birch
Society in 1958.
Member, John Birch Society.
Died in 1985
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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