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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March 24,
1902.
Son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi Mu Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal
Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 16,
1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Edmond
O. Dewey; son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (c.1903-1970; grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership (out of
print) — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times (out of print) |
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Bert M. Heideman (b. 1909) —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich., February
5, 1909.
Son of Rev. Arthur Heideman and Lempi (Kranck) Heideman.
Republican. Lawyer; university
professor; Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1958, 1960 (primary), 1962; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 32nd Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 110th District, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi Mu Alpha; American
Political Science Association; American
Historical Association; Lions; Elks; Eagles.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Katherine Grayson Graham. |
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S. Wentworth Horton (b. 1885) —
of Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Orient, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
16, 1885.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1947-56; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi Mu Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vladimir Karapetoff (b. 1876) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia,
January
8, 1876.
Son of Nikita Karapetoff and Anna (Ivanova) Karapetoff.
Socialist. Engineer;
university
professor; candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1920, 1924; candidate for New York
state senate 41st District, 1932.
Christian.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Sigma
Xi; Phi Mu Alpha; Theta Xi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carroll Dudley Kearns (1900-1976) —
also known as Carroll D. Kearns —
of Farrell, Mercer
County, Pa.; Conneaut Lake, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, May 7,
1900.
Son of Patrick Henry Kearns and Ida May (Carroll) Kearns.
Republican. Concert
musician; orchestral
conductor; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1947-63 (28th District 1947-53,
24th District 1953-63); defeated, 1962.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Lions;
Phi Mu Alpha.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., June 11,
1976 (age 76 years, 35
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Conneaut Lake, Pa.
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Joshua Bryan Lee (1892-1967) —
also known as Josh Lee —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in Childersburg, Talladega
County, Ala., January
23, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1935-37; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1937-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1940,
1956
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Mu Alpha; Freemasons.
Died August
10, 1967 (age 75 years, 199
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Joseph T. Meek —
also known as "Mr. Retailing" —
of Western Springs, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1954; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 9th District, 1969-70.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi Mu Alpha.
Still living as of 1970.
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Charles Albert Sink (1879-1972) —
also known as Charles A. Sink —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Westernville, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 4,
1879.
Son of Herman Sink and Caroline (Gleasman) Sink.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1919-20, 1925-26; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1921-22, 1927-30; candidate in
primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1932; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Phi Mu Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died, from a stroke, in
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
17, 1972 (age 93 years, 166
days).
Entombed at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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