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Joseph Arnall (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Arnall —
of Florida.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., February
14, 1947.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 18th District, 1989-.
Episcopalian.
Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Still living as of 1999.
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Gwen Barnett (b. 1925) —
of Texas.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
8, 1925.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1960-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Still living as of 1967.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National Trust for Historic Preservation;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963; a mountain in Antarctica is
named
for him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Katharine Cooke Blow (1897-1965) —
also known as Katharine C. Blow; Katharine Rowland
Cooke; Mrs. George W. Blow —
of Yorktown, York
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 21,
1897.
Daughter of George Joseph Cooke and Mary Elizabeth (Kerwin) Cooke.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1948,
1956;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1949; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1950.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Staff writer for
The New Yorker magazine,
1936-42.
Died in Yorktown, York
County, Va., March 25,
1965 (age 67 years, 338
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) —
also known as Frances P. Bolton; Frances Payne
Bingham —
of Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 29,
1885.
Daughter of Charles William Bingham and Mary Perry (Payne) Bingham.
Republican. Member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1938-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1940-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, League
of Women Voters; National Trust for Historic Preservation;
Daughters of
the American Revolution.
First
woman member of Congress to head a mission abroad, 1955.
Died in Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 9,
1977 (age 91 years, 345
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Arthur Amory Houghton, Jr. (b. 1906) —
also known as Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., December
12, 1906.
Son of Arthur
Amory Houghton and Mabel (Hollister) Houghton.
Republican. Vice-president, Corning Glass Works,
1935-40; director, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation; Council on
Foreign Relations; Modern
Language Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Lee Humber (1898-1970) —
also known as Robert L. Humber —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., May 30,
1898.
Son of Robert Lee Humber and Lena Clyde (Davis) Humber.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate 5th District, 1959-64.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; United
World Federalists; American
Legion; Rotary; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Farm
Bureau; National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Died November
10, 1970 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment at Cherry
Hill Cemetery, Greenville, N.C.
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Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) —
also known as Larry Kestenbaum —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1955.
Son of Justin Louis Kestenbaum (1925-1995) and Maryhelen (Dietrich)
Kestenbaum (1928-1985).
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate in primary
for Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1998; Washtenaw
County Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02; Washtenaw
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.
Jewish.
Hungarian,
German,
Polish,
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation;
American
Civil Liberties Union; Grange; Sierra
Club; NAACP.
Creator of The Political Graveyard web site.
Still living as of 2010.
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Lucille Maurer (1922-1996) —
also known as Lucy Maurer; Lucille Shirley
Darvin —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born, in Bushwick Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
21, 1922.
Democrat. Economist;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967-68; member of
Maryland
state house of delegates, 1969-87; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1970; Maryland
state treasurer, 1987-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1988.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, League
of Women Voters; National Trust for Historic Preservation;
American
Association of University Women; National
Organization for Women.
Elected to Maryland Women's Hall of
Fame, 1990.
Died of a brain
tumor, in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., June 17,
1996 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, New Hempstead, N.Y.
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Robert Helyer Thayer (1901-1984) —
also known as Robert H. Thayer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., September
22, 1901.
Son of William Greenough Thayer (1863-1934) and Violet (Otis) Thayer
(1871-1962).
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1946; U.S. Minister
to Romania, 1955-57.
Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation; Audubon
Society.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1984 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Southborough
Rural Cemetery, Southborough, Mass.
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