|
Very incomplete list!
 | 
Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) —
also known as Spiro T. Agnew; Spiro Theodore
Anagnostopoulos; "Spiro T. Eggplant";
"Nixon's Nixon"; "The White
Knight" —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
9, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Baltimore
County Executive, 1962-66; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1964;
Governor
of Maryland, 1967-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1969-73.
Episcopalian.
Greek
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Order of Ahepa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Was charged
with accepting bribes
and falsifying federal income
tax returns; pleaded no
contest to tax
evasion and resigned
as Vice-President, October 10, 1973; disbarred
by a Maryland court in 1974.
Died, of leukemia,
in Atlantic General Hospital,
Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
17, 1996 (age 77 years, 313
days).
Interment at Dulaney
Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md.
|
| |
Dean Alfange (1899-1989) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey,
December
2, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1941 (Democratic, 17th District),
1948 (Liberal, 24th District); American Labor candidate for Governor of
New York, 1942.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Order of Ahepa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho.
One of the founders of the Liberal Party of New York.
Died, of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
24, 1989 (age 89 years, 326
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Don A. Allen Sr. —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Iowa.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member
of California
state assembly, 1938-46, 1956-66; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Order of Ahepa; Optimist
Club; United
Commercial Travelers.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Gus Michael Bilirakis (b. 1963) —
also known as Gus Bilirakis —
of Palm Harbor, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., February
8, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 48th District, 1999-2006; U.S.
Representative from Florida 9th District, 2007-.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, Order of Ahepa; Moose; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
|
| |
John Brademas (1927-2016) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind., March 2,
1927.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Patrick
McNamara; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep Thomas
L. Ashley; executive assistant to presidential candidate Adlai
E. Stevenson; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1959-81; defeated,
1954, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1964,
1968,
1972;
president,
New York University, 1981-92.
Methodist.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Order of Ahepa; Eagles;
Moose;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
2016 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
|
 |
Mario Joseph Cariello (1907-1985) —
also known as Mario J. Cariello —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
23, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1936-41; resigned
1941; municipal judge in New York, 1941-62; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1969-77.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Order of Ahepa; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of cancer,
in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
9, 1985 (age 78 years, 198
days).
Entombed at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
| |  |
Relatives:
Married to Lee Pallante. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
|
| |
William Cato Cramer (1922-2003) —
also known as William C. Cramer; Bill Cramer;
"Mr. Republican" —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.; Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
4, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Florida state legislature, 1950-52; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-71 (1st District 1955-63, 12th
District 1963-67, 8th District 1967-71); defeated, 1952; first
Republican congressman from Florida since Reconstruction; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1956,
1960,
1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1964-68; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1970; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Florida.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets;
Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Order of Ahepa.
Died, from complications of a heart
attack, in South Pasadena, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
18, 2003 (age 81 years, 75
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memory Gardens, St. Petersburg, Fla.
|
| |
Clifford Davis (1897-1970) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Hazlehurst, Copiah
County, Miss., November
18, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
city judge in Tennessee, 1923-27; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1940-65 (9th District 1940-43,
10th District 1943-53, 9th District 1953-65).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Moose; Elks;
Order of Ahepa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1970 (age 72 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tenn.
|
| |
Samuel James Ervin Jr. (1896-1985) —
also known as Sam J. Ervin, Jr. —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., September
27, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931; chair of
Burke County Democratic Party, 1924; member of North
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-37; superior
court judge in North Carolina, 1937-43; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1946-47; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1948-54; appointed 1948; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Historical Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of Ahepa; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Junior
Order; Newcomen
Society; Sigma
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., April
23, 1985 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.; statue at County Courthouse Grounds, Morganton, N.C.
|
| |
George William Gekas (b. 1930) —
also known as George W. Gekas —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., April
14, 1930.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1967-74; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1977-82; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1983-2003;
defeated, 2002.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Order of Ahepa.
Still living as of 2014.
|
| |
Porter Hardy Jr. (1903-1995) —
of Churchland, Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Bon Air, Chesterfield
County, Va., June 1,
1903.
Democrat. Accountant;
farmer;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1947-69.
Methodist.
Member, Order of Ahepa; Moose; Kappa
Alpha Order; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Virginia
Beach, Va., April
19, 1995 (age 91 years, 322
days).
Interment at Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery, Virginia Beach, Va.
|
| |
E. N. Karay (1905-1992) —
of Detroit west side, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Samos, Greece,
November
2, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-46; common pleas court
judge in Michigan, 1946; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate), 1972
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Greek
Orthodox. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Order of Ahepa.
Died in 1992
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
|
| |
John M. Karras (b. 1944) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., September
11, 1944.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 3rd District, 1977-82; defeated
(Democratic), 1970, 1972; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1985-88; defeated
(Republican), 1988.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kappa
Alpha Order; Order of Ahepa; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Still living as of 1988.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Michael N. Karras and Betty (Valan) Karras; married to Alia
Barre. |
|
| |
Goodwin Jess Knight (1896-1970) —
also known as Goodwin J. Knight —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Provo, Utah
County, Utah, December
9, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1935-46; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1947-53; Governor of
California, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Order of Ahepa; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 22,
1970 (age 73 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.; re-entombed in
1971 in mausoleum at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
|
| |
Donald Edgar Lukens (1931-2010) —
also known as Donald E. Lukens; Buz Lukens —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Harveysburg, Warren
County, Ohio, February
11, 1931.
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.
Died May 22,
2010 (age 79 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Robert Henry Michel (1923-2017) —
also known as Robert H. Michel —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., March 2,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. Harold
Velde, 1949-56; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1957-95; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Member, Order of Ahepa; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Sigma
Nu; Pi
Kappa Delta; Purple
Heart; Jaycees.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
17, 2017 (age 93 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Donald Lawrence Ritter (b. 1940) —
also known as Don Ritter —
of Coopersburg, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 1940.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1979-93;
defeated, 1992.
Member, Order of Ahepa; Elks; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
|
 |
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (1908-1982) —
of Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., May 12,
1908.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-59,
1961-63; defeated, 1948, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Member, Grange;
Elks;
Order of Ahepa; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 9,
1982 (age 73 years, 332
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Conn.
|
 |
Gerhard Mennen Williams (1911-1988) —
also known as G. Mennen Williams;
"Soapy" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
23, 1911.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Michigan, 1949-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1966; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1968-69; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1971-86; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1983-86.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; Amvets;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Order of Ahepa; Grange;
Americans
for Democratic Action; United
World Federalists.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
2, 1988 (age 76 years, 344
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
|
| |
John Waldemar Wydler (1924-1987) —
also known as John W. Wydler —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 9,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-81 (4th District 1963-73, 5th
District 1973-81); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions;
Order of Ahepa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
4, 1987 (age 63 years, 56
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)