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John David Ashcroft (b. 1942) —
also known as John Ashcroft —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 9,
1942.
Son of James Robert Ashcroft and Grace Pauline (Larson) Ashcroft.
Republican. Lawyer; university
professor; Missouri
state auditor, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; Missouri
state attorney general, 1977-85; Governor of
Missouri, 1985-93; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; U.S.
Attorney General, 2001-05.
Assembly of God. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Son of Samuel S. Brooks (newspaper editor).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper
editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married 1852
to Mary Ann Bray (1833-1903). |
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Dorothy A. Brown (b. 1954) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Minden, Webster
Parish, La., September
4, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
Cook
County Circuit Clerk, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 2004;
candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 2007.
Female.
Church of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2011.
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H. Darrel Darby (b. 1928) —
of Huntington, Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Greenbrier
County, W.Va., January
8, 1928.
Son of Robert B. Darby and Loraine (Richards) Darby.
Democrat. Podiatrist;
member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1973-76.
Church of God. Member, American
Public Health Association.
Still living as of 1976.
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Relatives:
Married to Laura Boggs. |
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Jo Ann Davis (1950-2007) —
of Gloucester, Gloucester
County, Va.
Born in Rowan
County, N.C., June 29,
1950.
Republican. Business
owner; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1997-2001; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 2001-07; died in
office 2007.
Female.
Assembly of God.
Died in Gloucester
County, Va., October
6, 2007 (age 57 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Logan Delk (1887-1963) —
also known as James L. Delk —
of Missouri; Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Fentress
County, Tenn., September
21, 1887.
Democrat. Pastor;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1959.
Pentecostal.
Died in Fentress
County, Tenn., April 9,
1963 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Davis
Cemetery, Fentress County, Tenn.
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Veo Easley (1932-2003) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Sheridan, Grant
County, Ark., July 22,
1932.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1983-95.
Pentecostal.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
13, 2003 (age 71 years, 144
days).
Interment at Lost
Creek Cemetery, Sheridan, Ark.
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John Eric Ensign (b. 1958) —
also known as John E. Ensign —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Roseville, Placer
County, Calif., March 25,
1958.
Son of Sharon Lee Cipriani.
Republican. Veterinarian;
hotel
and casino manager; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1995-99; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 2001-; defeated, 1998; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 2008.
Pentecostal. Italian,
German,
and Filipino
ancestry.
In June 2009, he admitted
to an extramarital
affair with Cindy Hampton, a member of his campaign staff and the
wife of his Senate aide Doug Hampton. In an unsuccessful unsuccessful
attempt to keep the Hamptons quiet about the affair, he gave them
$96,000 (an illegally
undisclosed severance payment) through his parents. He also used
his influence to set up Jeff Hampton as a lobbyist,
in violation of laws restricting lobbying by former congressional
aides. A grand jury investigation
is in progress.
Still living as of 2010.
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Robert L. Gibson (b. 1895) —
of Bancroft, Putnam
County, W.Va.
Born in Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 13,
1895.
Son of Richard Gibson and Mary Jane (Landers) Gibson.
Democrat. Merchant;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Putnam County, 1931-32,
1941-42.
Pentecostal. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rick Hill (b. 1946) —
of Montana.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., December
30, 1946.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Montana at-large, 1997-2001.
Pentecostal.
Still living as of 2009.
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Beatrice L. Hooper (c.1894-1974) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born about 1894.
Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1927.
Female.
Church of God.
Died, in Cedar Knoll Rest
Home, Grass Lake, Jackson
County, Mich., July 25,
1974 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Draper
Cemetery, Rives Township, Jackson County, Mich.
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Timothy V. Johnson (b. 1946) —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., July 23,
1946.
Son of Robert Johnson and Margaret (Evans) Johnson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1976-2000; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 2001-.
Assembly of God.
Still living as of 2009.
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Kenneth C. Legg (b. 1923) —
also known as "Horse" —
of Oak Hill, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Lizemore, Clay
County, W.Va., July 24,
1923.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1959-60.
Church of God.
Still living as of 1960.
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Marilyn N. Musgrave (b. 1949) —
also known as Marilyn Neoma Shuler —
of Fort Morgan, Morgan
County, Colo.
Born in Greeley, Weld
County, Colo., January
27, 1949.
Republican. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1994-98; member of Colorado
state senate, 1998-2002; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 4th District, 2003-.
Female.
Assembly of God.
Still living as of 2009.
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Sarah Palin (b. 1964) —
also known as Sarah Louise Heath; "Miss
Congeniality"; "Sarah Barracuda";
"Caribou Barbie" —
of Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Alaska.
Born in Sandpoint, Bonner
County, Idaho, February
11, 1964.
Daughter of Charles R. Heath and Sarah (Sheeran) Heath.
Republican. Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, 1996-2002; candidate in primary
for Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 2002; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alaska, 2004;
Governor
of Alaska, 2006-09; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Female.
Assembly of God; later Nondenominational
Christian.
Still living as of 2011.
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Leon Douglas Ralph (1932-2007) —
also known as Leon D. Ralph —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
20, 1932.
Son of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
administrative assistant to California House Speaker Jess
Unruh; member of California
state assembly, 1967-76; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972;
minister.
African
Methodist Episcopal; later Church of God. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died, in Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
6, 2007 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph; married, September
27, 1951, to Martha Ann Morgan; married to Ruth
Banda. |
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Albert Robinson (b. 1938) —
of Pittsburg, Laurel
County, Ky.
Born December
19, 1938.
Republican. Real estate
broker; auctioneer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 85th District, 1972-84, 1986-88;
member of Kentucky
state senate 21st District, 1994-.
Pentecostal.
Still living as of 2004.
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Thomas Scott (born c.1954) —
also known as Tom Scott —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., about 1954.
Minister;
Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1996-2004; member, Tampa City Council,
2007-11; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Church of God. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Marylin Linfoot Shannon (b. 1941) —
also known as Marylin Shannon —
of Brooks, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in La Grande, Union
County, Ore., September
7, 1941.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Oregon
state senate, 1995-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 5th District, 1998; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Assembly of God.
Still living as of 2008.
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Relatives:
Married to Albert Shannon. |
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Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr. (b. 1954) —
also known as Al Sharpton —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
3, 1954.
Son of Alfred Charles Sharpton, Sr. and Ada Sharpton.
Democrat. Minister;
civil rights activist; radio talk show
host; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1988, 1992, 1994; stabbed in
the chest as he was about to lead a protest march in the
Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., January 12, 1991;
candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1997; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 2004.
Pentecostal; later Baptist.
African
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) —
also known as Art Teele —
of Florida.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., May 14,
1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83;
Presidential Elector for Florida, 1992;
as Miami city commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA); an investigation
of corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led to charges
that he had accepted $135,000 in kickbacks
from two construction companies; as a result, he was removed from
office in 2004 by Gov. Jeb
Bush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were under
surveillance, he drove his
car at a police detective in an attempt to run him
over, and also threatened
to kill police officers who had been following his wife during
the investigation; convicted
in March 2005 on charges
related to this incident; indicted
on July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy and money
laundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtain
contracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airport
through a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reports
revealed that he had put his mistress
on the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and used cocaine,
and that he frequently made use of a male prostitute.
Church of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; NAACP; Freemasons.
Came to the offices
of the Miami Herald newspaper, and shot himself
in the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later in
the trauma unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 27,
2005 (age 59 years, 74
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Todd Tiahrt (b. 1951) —
of Goddard, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., June 15,
1951.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state senate, 1993-94; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1995-.
Assembly of God. Member, Delta
Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Smallwood Edmond Williams (b. 1907) —
also known as Smallwood E. Williams —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., October
17, 1907.
Democrat. Minister;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1964,
1972.
Pentecostal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Presiding Bishop, Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Burial
location unknown.
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Coleman A. Young II (b. 1984) —
also known as Joel Loving —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1984.
Son of Coleman
Alexander Young and Annivory Calvert.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 4th District, 2007-; candidate in
primary for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 2009.
Church of God in Christ. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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