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Elizabeth Preston Anderson (b. 1861) —
also known as Elizabeth P. Anderson; Elizabeth
Preston —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.; Park River, Walsh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Decatur, Adams
County, Ind., April 27,
1861.
Daughter of Rev. Elam S. Preston and Maria (Shepley) Preston.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Dakota, 1924.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union; Pi Gamma Mu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rev. James Anderson. |
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Alexander Clitherall Birch (b. 1878) —
also known as Alex C. Birch —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., January
21, 1878.
Son of George Anthony Birch and Allie Burgwyn (Clitherall) Birch.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1912,
1928,
1932
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1920; Alabama
Republican state chair, 1923; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1927-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Pi Gamma Mu; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
19, 1870.
Daughter of Thomas Lindsay Blanton and Eugenia (Webb) Blanton.
Democrat. College
professor; Texas
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-23.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi; Pi
Lambda Theta; Pi Gamma Mu; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Order of the
Eastern Star; Maccabees.
First
woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas.
Died October
2, 1945 (age 75 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Parker Wilson Buhrman (b. 1885) —
also known as Parker W. Buhrman —
of Botetourt
County, Va.
Born in Botetourt
County, Va., September
5, 1885.
Son of Joseph Blaine Buhrman and Sarah Elizabeth (Lemon) Buhrman.
School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Malmo, 1918; Helsingfors, 1919-20; Ceiba, 1920-21; Soerabaya, 1921-23; Aleppo, 1923-25; Berlin, 1928-29; Casablanca, 1930-34; Cologne, 1935; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1935; Sydney, 1938; Belfast, 1943.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi Gamma Mu.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Garner Burgin (b. 1892) —
of Starkville, Oktibbeha
County, Miss.
Born July 4,
1892.
Son of Daniel Augustus Burgin and Nancy Myrtis (Garner) Burgin.
School
teacher; college
professor; member of Mississippi
state senate 23rd District, 1936.
Member, Pi Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Augustus Burgin and Nancy Myrtis (Garner) Burgin; married,
July
24, 1919, to Susie Will Gunter; married, June 22,
1929, to Florence Knight Ramond. |
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Preston White Campbell (b. 1874) —
also known as Preston W. Campbell —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., January
24, 1874.
Son of Edward McDonald Campbell (M.D.) and Ellen Sheffey (White)
Campbell.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02; Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1912;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1914-24; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1924-31; chief
justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1931-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Pi Gamma Mu; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul J. Carr, Sr. (1893-1957) —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April 4,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1957; died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose;
Pi Gamma Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Blue Key.
Died March 24,
1957 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vincent Michael Carter (1891-1972) —
also known as Vincent M. Carter —
of Kemmerer, Lincoln
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in St. Clair, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
6, 1891.
Son of William J. Carter and Julia Anna (Clarke) Carter.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; Wyoming
state auditor, 1923-29; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1929-35; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wyoming, 1936,
1940.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles; American Bar
Association; Pi Gamma Mu.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., December
30, 1972 (age 81 years, 54
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Toney E. Cline (1907-1991) —
of Baisden, Mingo
County, W.Va.; Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Baisden, Mingo
County, W.Va., May 13,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1943-50,
1953-54, 1957-58.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Elks; Pi
Gamma Mu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died December
12, 1991 (age 84 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Wilson Coleman (b. 1869) —
also known as Ben W. Coleman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Ballsville, Powhatan
County, Va., July 1,
1869.
Son of John Coleman and Arabella (Smith) Coleman.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nevada 9th District, 1911-15; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1915-36; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1919-20, 1925-27, 1931-33.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Gustavus Conley (1866-1940) —
also known as William G. Conley —
of Parsons, Tucker
County, W.Va.; Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va., January
8, 1866.
Son of Maj. William Conley and Mary (Freeburn) Conley.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; newspaper
editor; Tucker
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1896-1904; mayor, Parsons, W.Va.,
1901-03; mayor, Kingwood, W.Va, 1906-08; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1908-13; Governor of
West Virginia, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary; Union
League.
Died October
21, 1940 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Martin Connor (b. 1945) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1978-; defeated in primary, 2008;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1996,
2000.
Catholic.
Member, Pi Gamma Mu; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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John E. Dvorak —
of Bellwood, Cook
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 5th District,
1969-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972,
1980.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Pi Gamma Mu; Moose.
Still living as of 1980.
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William Hull Ellis (b. 1867) —
also known as William H. Ellis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., September
17, 1867.
Son of Charles H. Ellis and Julia F. (Wilson) Ellis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Florida, 1900;
Florida
state auditor, 1903; Florida
state attorney general, 1904-09; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1915-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Pi Gamma Mu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Ellis and Julia F. (Wilson) Ellis; married 1894 to M.
Ramelle Nicholson (died 1902); married 1906 to Ena H.
Taylor (daughter of Robert
Fenwick Taylor). |
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John Clarence Evans (b. 1891) —
also known as John C. Evans —
of Ridley Park, Delaware
County, Pa.; Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 21,
1891.
Son of Moses David Evans and Rachel Evans.
Republican. Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; college
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1938, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Pi Gamma Mu; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary Elizabeth Fox (b. 1912) —
of Georgetown, Williamson
County, Tex.; Granger, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born in Granger, Williamson
County, Tex., June 2,
1912.
Democrat. University
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1948.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Gamma Mu; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Delta
Delta Delta.
Still living as of 1950.
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Samuel Ralph Harlow (1885-1972) —
also known as S. Ralph Harlow —
of Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey;
Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 20,
1885.
Son of Rev. Samuel A. Harlow and Caroline Mudge (Usher) Harlow.
Socialist. Congregationalist
minister; college
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1932, 1934, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, League
for Industrial Democracy; NAACP; American
Association of University Professors; American
Federation of Teachers; Pi Gamma Mu.
Died in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
21, 1972 (age 87 years, 32
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Samuel A. Harlow and Caroline Mudge (Usher) Harlow; married,
February
1, 1912, to Marion Stafford (died 1961); married to Elizabeth
(Kaufmann) Grigorakis (died 1974). |
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Sveinbjorn Johnson (1883-1946) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.; Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Holum, Hjaltadal, Iceland,
July
10, 1883.
Son of John Johnson and Gudbjorg Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer; North Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1920-22; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1921-22; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1923-26; resigned 1926;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936;
candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1944.
Lutheran.
Icelandic
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Theta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., March 10,
1946 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment somewhere
in Champaign, Ill.
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Thorsten Valentine Kalijarvi (1897-1980) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., December
22, 1897.
Son of Gustaf Kalijarvi and Ida Christina (Kuniholm) Kalijarvi.
University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1957-61.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American
Arbitration Association; Pi Gamma Mu; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in June, 1980
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Matthew Kennedy (1905-1996) —
also known as David M. Kennedy —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Rich
County, Utah, July 21,
1905.
Son of George Kennedy and Katherine Kennedy.
Economist;
banker;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1969-71; U.S. Ambassador to , 1971-73.
Mormon.
Member, American
Economic Association; Pi Gamma Mu.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 1,
1996 (age 90 years, 285
days).
Interment at Randolph
Cemetery, Randolph, Utah.
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O. Gaylord Marsh (b. 1879) —
of Wenatchee, Chelan
County, Wash.; Manila, Philippines;
Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich., January
7, 1879.
Son of Edward Marsh and Huldah Rude (Dunning) Marsh.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Ottawa, 1915-17; Progreso, 1917-24; Montevideo, 1924-27; Sydney, 1927-32; Seoul, 1938.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Pi Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to Tella Dorothy Swem. |
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Edward Eugene Masters (b. 1924) —
also known as Edward E. Masters —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 21,
1924.
Son of George Henry Masters and Ethel Verena (Shaw) Masters.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, 1976-77; Indonesia, 1977.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi Gamma Mu; Delta
Phi Epsilon.
Still living as of 1997.
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Donald Ray Matthews (1907-1997) —
also known as Donald R. Matthews; Billy
Matthews —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Micanopy, Alachua
County, Fla., October
3, 1907.
Son of D. H. Matthews and Flora A. Matthews.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1935; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 8th District, 1953-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose;
Pi Gamma Mu; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., October
26, 1997 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Interment at Hawthorne
Cemetery, Hawthorne, Fla.
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Spencer Miller, Jr. (b. 1891) —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 2,
1891.
Village
president of South Orange, New Jersey, 1944; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947.
Member, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; Alpha
Delta Phi; Pi Gamma Mu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1928
to Margaret Montague Geer. |
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Possum Poke, Poulan, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster;
member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April 11,
1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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E. Ruth Pyrtle —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nebraska, 1924.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Gamma Mu; American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; League of Women
Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dewey Jackson Short (1898-1979) —
also known as Dewey Short —
of Galena, Stone
County, Mo.
Born in Galena, Stone
County, Mo., April 7,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1929-31, 1935-57 (14th District
1929-31, 7th District 1935-57); defeated, 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1932; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Tau Delta; Pi Gamma Mu; Lions; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
19, 1979 (age 81 years, 226
days).
Interment at Galena
Cemetery, Galena, Mo.
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Lionel Sanford Steinberg (b. 1919) —
also known as Lionel Steinberg —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.; Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., April 20,
1919.
Son of William Steinberg and Selma (Steinberg) Steinberg.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; farmer; business
executive; chair of
Fresno County Democratic Party, 1952-58; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate).
Jewish.
Member, Urban
League; NAACP; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Pi Gamma Mu.
Still living as of 1964.
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