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John L. Bailey (b. 1934) —
also known as Larrie Bailey —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., March 2,
1934.
Son of John W. Bailey and Carrie (Given) Bailey.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lewis County; elected
1960; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Phi Kappa Sigma.
Still living as of 1964.
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Charlton Reid Beattie (1869-1925) —
also known as Carlton R. Beattie —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born in Assumption
Parish, La., April 22,
1869.
Son of Taylor Beattie and Fannie Estelle (Pugh) Beattie.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1908; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1909-13; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925; died
in office 1925.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., August
23, 1925 (age 56 years, 123
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank J. Beckwith, Jr. (1892-1966) —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, W.Va.
Born May 19,
1892.
Son of Frank
Beckwith.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Jefferson County, 1921-22.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Kappa Sigma; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in 1966
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bennett Randolph Bias (b. 1875) —
also known as B. Randolph Bias —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va., December
20, 1875.
Son of Rolan Armstrong Bias and Lucy (Byus) Bias.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster;
newspaper
editor; lawyer; chair of
Mingo County Republican Party, 1904-08; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1924;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1937, 1955.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roscoe Osmond Bonisteel (1888-1972) —
also known as Roscoe O. Bonisteel —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Crossing, Ontario,
December
23, 1888.
Son of Milton F. Bonisteel and Frances Anna (Whyte) Bonisteel.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; City Attorney, Ann Arbor,
Mich., 1921-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1928,
1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1932;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1946-59; appointed 1946; member of
Wayne
State University board of governors, 1956-59; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; Rotary; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 64
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Guy Briggle (1883-1972) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., January
27, 1883.
Son of Rice T. Briggle and Mary E. (Thompson) Briggle.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1927-32; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1932-58;
took senior status 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died June 6,
1972 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Milton Bristol (1851-1932) —
also known as Frank M. Bristol —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeddo (unknown
county), N.Y., January
4, 1851.
Republican. Minister; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1884 ;
bishop.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1932
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence J. Brown, Jr. (b. 1927) —
also known as Bud Brown —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 18,
1927.
Son of Clarence
J. Brown and Ethel (McKinney) Brown.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1965-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Fred Ernst Busbey (1895-1966) —
also known as Fred E. Busbey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Tuscola, Douglas
County, Ill., February
8, 1895.
Son of Charles Oscar Busbey and Martha (Welch) Busbey.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; stockbroker;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1943-45, 1947-49,
1951-55; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1954.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., February
11, 1966 (age 71 years, 3
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Owen Jenks Cleary (1900-1960) —
also known as Owen J. Cleary —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
4, 1900.
Son of Patrick Roger Cleary (1858-1948) and Helen Clarke (Jenks)
Cleary.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; president,
Cleary College; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1946; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1949-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1952,
1956
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1952-53; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1953-54; defeated, 1954; candidate in primary
for Governor of
Michigan, 1954.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary; American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Moose.
Died September
10, 1960 (age 60 years, 219
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Marie DeWaele. |
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William Purrington Cole, Jr. (1889-1957) —
also known as William P. Cole, Jr. —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Towson, Baltimore
County, Md., May 11,
1889.
Son of William Purrington Cole and Ida Estelle (Stocksdale) Cole.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1927-29, 1931-43; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1942-52; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1952-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., September
22, 1957 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Crady (b. 1931) —
of Yulee, Nassau
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., June 14,
1931.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 12th District, 1977-.
Methodist.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Lions; Moose.
Still living as of 1999.
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Irvine Damron (b. 1947) —
also known as K. O. Damron —
of Lenore, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Mingo
County, W.Va., July 27,
1947.
Son of George Hoadley Damron and Pauline (Mills) Damron.
Democrat. Grocer; member
of West
Virginia state house of delegates 13th District, 1975-76, 1979-86.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Moose.
Still living as of 1986.
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Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) —
also known as Pierre S. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
15, 1870.
Son of Lammot du Pont (1831-1884) and Mary (Belin) du Pont.
President (1915-19) and director of the Du Pont chemical
company; chairman (1915-29) and president (1920-23) of General
Motors; director, Pennsylvania Railroad;
member of Delaware
state board of education, 1919-21; delegate to
Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware
Liquor Commissioner, 1933-38.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1954
(age about
84 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvin Carr Eaton (1891-1966) —
also known as Melvin C. Eaton —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., April 2,
1891.
Son of Robert D. Eaton and Maria E. (Smith) Eaton.
Republican. Chemist;
director, superintendent, later vice-president, president and
chairman, Norwich Pharmaceutical
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
chair
of Chenango County Republican Party, 1933; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New York
Republican state chair, 1934-36; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks;
Phi Kappa Sigma; Rotary.
Died, following an apparent heart
attack, in St. Charles Hospital,
Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August 1,
1966 (age 75 years, 121
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Landon Evins (1910-1984) —
also known as Joe L. Evins —
of Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tenn.
Born in DeKalb
County, Tenn., October
24, 1910.
Son of Myrtie (Goodson) Evins and James
Edgar Evins.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1947-77 (5th District 1947-53, 4th
District 1953-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 31,
1984 (age 73 years, 159
days).
Entombed at Smithville
Town Cemetery, Smithville, Tenn.
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Leslie Coombs Garnett (1876-1958) —
also known as Leslie C. Garnett —
of Mathews, Mathews
County, Va.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., December
15, 1876.
Son of Griffin
Taylor Garnett and Ellen Douglas (Browne) Garnett (1854-1934).
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1904;
Mathews
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1904-12; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1934-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1936,
1940.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Died April 13,
1958 (age 81 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Parker Thompson Hart (1910-1997) —
also known as Parker T. Hart —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Son of William Parker Hart and Ella Louisa (Thompson) Hart.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vienna, 1938-39; Pará, 1940-43; Wellington, 1943; Cairo, 1944; Jidda, 1944; U.S. Consul in Dhahran, 1945; U.S. Consul General in Dhahran, 1949; Damascus, 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961-65; Yemen, 1961-62; Kuwait, 1962-63; Turkey, 1965-68.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1997
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack Johnson (b. 1904) —
also known as J. G. F. Johnson —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Doddridge
County, W.Va., March 6,
1904.
Son of Archie S. Johnson and Anzina (Schoonover) Johnson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1947-48;
member of West
Virginia state senate 4th District, 1961-64; defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Farm
Bureau; Rotary; American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Fisher Kane (b. 1866) —
also known as Francis F. Kane —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 17,
1866.
Son of Robert Patterson Kane and Elizabeth (Francis) Kane.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1890; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1903; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1913-19.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ross McCormick (b. 1927) —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., October
27, 1927.
Son of Cyrus Ross McCormick and Helen (Kalbus) McCormick.
Democrat. Lawyer; university
professor; candidate for Oregon
state house of representatives, 1962.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; Freemasons;
Elks.
Still living as of 1970.
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Gene W. Miller (b. 1906) —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa, 1906.
School
teacher; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Union County,
1947.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, League
of Women Voters; American
Association of University Women; Phi Kappa Sigma.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1931
to Richard L. Miller. |
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Henry A. Moehlenpah (b. 1867) —
of Clinton, Rock
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March 9,
1867.
Son of Frederick Moehlenpah and Elizabeth (Brady) Moehlenpah.
Democrat. Banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1906; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1908; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Wisconsin, 1916;
candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1918.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Alice Hartshorn. |
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Herbert Romulus O'Conor (1896-1960) —
also known as Herbert R. O'Conor —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
17, 1896.
Son of James P. A. O'Conor and Mary A. (Galvin) O'Conor.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Maryland
state attorney general, 1934-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1952;
Governor
of Maryland, 1939-47; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1947-53.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi Kappa Sigma; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March 4,
1960 (age 63 years, 108
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962) —
also known as Joseph C. O'Mahoney —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1884.
Son of Dennis O'Mahoney and Elizabeth (Sheehan) O'Mahoney.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; vice-chair of
Wyoming Democratic Party, 1922-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1929-34; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934-53, 1954-61; defeated, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
1, 1962 (age 78 years, 26
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Karl Lott Rankin (1898-1991) —
also known as Karl L. Rankin —
of South Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis., September
4, 1898.
Son of Emmett Woollen Rankin and Alberta (Lott) Rankin.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Belgrade, 1940; U.S. Consul General in Canton, 1949; Hong Kong, 1949-50; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to China, 1950-53; U.S. Ambassador to China (Taiwan), 1953-57; Yugoslavia, 1957-61.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died January
15, 1991 (age 92 years, 133
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmett Woollen Rankin and Alberta (Lott) Rankin; married, October
3, 1925, to Pauline Jordan (died 1976); married 1978 to Ruth
Thompson Garcelon. |
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George Leffingwell Reed (b. 1885) —
also known as George L. Reed —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
4, 1885.
Son of George Edward Reed and Ella Frances (Leffingwell) Reed.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1929-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1933-36.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911
to Helen R. Moorhead. |
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William Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979) —
also known as Chapman Revercomb —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Covington,
Va., July 20,
1895.
Son of George
Anderson Revercomb.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1933-34; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1943-49, 1956-59; defeated, 1948,
1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,
1944,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Elks; Moose; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
6, 1979 (age 84 years, 78
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Rupert A. Sinsel (b. 1904) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., December
19, 1904.
Republican. FBI
agent; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1949-50; appointed 1949;
defeated, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Sigma; American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Earl H. Smith (1880-1941) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born March 27,
1880.
Son of Clarence L. Smith and Margaret Virginia Smith.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; founder and
editor, The Fairmont Times newspaper;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1931-32;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1933-41 (11th District 1933-38, 14th
District 1939-41); died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died May 28,
1941 (age 61 years, 62
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Buford Cleveland Tynes (b. 1884) —
also known as Buford C. Tynes —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va., May 3,
1884.
Son of Maj. Achilles James Tynes and Harriet L. (Fudge) Tynes.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1928;
Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1936;
member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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