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Jim R. Alexander (b. 1946) —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Denton, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in Era, Cooke
County, Tex., August
16, 1946.
Son of Gordon L. Alexander and Esther (Sherrill) Alexander.
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1980.
Protestant.
Member, Pi Sigma Alpha; Rotary.
Still living as of 1982.
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Relatives:
Married 1968
to Mona Sue Beeler. |
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Frederick Christopher Arterton (b. 1942) —
also known as F. Christopher Arterton —
of Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
22, 1942.
Son of Frederick Harry Arterton and Eleanor (Bell) Arterton.
Democrat. College
instructor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Chi Rho; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1966
to Janet MacArthur Bond. |
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Clarence V. Beck (1896-1984) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Smolan, Saline
County, Kan., March 2,
1896.
Son of John V. Beck and Hilda (Carlson) Beck.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lyon
County Attorney, 1931-35; Kansas
state attorney general, 1935-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in 1984
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John V. Beck and Hilda (Carlson) Beck; married 1919 to
Frederica Dennis; married 1937 to Judy
Lee Odell. |
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Genevieve Blatt (1913-1996) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in East Brady, Clarion
County, Pa., June 19,
1913.
Daughter of George F. Blatt and Clara (Laurent) Blatt.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Pennsylvania Democratic Party, 1948; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1952; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1955-66; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1964; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1972-93.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi Sigma Alpha.
Died in a retirement
home at Hampden Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 4,
1996 (age 83 years, 15
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Near Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa.
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Gordon Stanley Clinton (b. 1920) —
also known as Gordon S. Clinton —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Medicine Hat, Alberta,
April
13, 1920.
Son of John Henry Clinton and Gladys (Hall) Clinton.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; FBI
special agent; lawyer; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1956-64.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Still living as of 1964.
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William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) —
also known as Bill Clinton; William Jefferson Blythe
IV; "Slick Willie"; "Bubba";
"Elvis"; "Eagle"; "The Big
Dog" —
of Arkansas; Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
19, 1946.
Son of William Jefferson Blythe II and Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton
(1923-1994).
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1977-79; Governor of
Arkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
President
of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalk
at the White House in an apparent assassination
attempt against President Clinton. Impeached
by the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations of
perjury
and obstruction
of justice in connection with his sexual
contact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquitted
by the Senate.
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives: Third
cousin twice removed of James
Alexander Lockhart; son of William Jefferson Blythe II and
Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton (1923-1994); step-son of Roger Clinton;
married, October
11, 1975, to Hillary
Diane Rodham (sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham); father of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky). See Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina. |
| | | Cross-reference: Abraham
J. Hirschfeld — Kenneth
W. Starr — Rahm
Emanuel — Henry
G. Cisneros — Maria
Echaveste — Thurgood
Marshall, Jr. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Bill Clinton: Between
Hope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st
Century (1996) — My
Life (2004) |
| | | Books about Bill Clinton: David
Maraniss, First
in His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Gene Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —
Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham, Bill
Clinton and Black America — Joe Klein, The
Natural : The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill
Clinton — Nigel Hamilton, Bill
Clinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward, The
Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House — George
Stephanopolous, All
Too Human — John F. Harris, The
Survivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — Mark
Katz, Clinton
& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Tim O'Shei, Bill
Clinton (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:
Barbara Olson, The
Final Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White
House — Meredith L. Oakley, On
the Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — Robert
Patterson, Dereliction
of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered
America's Long-Term National Security — Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard, The
Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —
Ann Coulter, High
Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill
Clinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, Because
He Could — Jack Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Rich Lowry, Legacy:
Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — Richard
Miniter, Losing
Bin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global
Terror |
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John Conyers, Jr. (b. 1929) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-2003 (1st District 1965-93,
14th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1972,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984;
candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1989.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi Sigma Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Raymond Joseph Daba (b. 1916) —
also known as Raymond J. Daba —
of Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
17, 1916.
Son of Marco Daba and Josephine (Paillex) Daba.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; municipal judge in
California, 1943; Presidential Elector for California, 1956;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1958-60.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha.
Still living as of 1963.
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Andrew Douglas (b. 1932) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, July 5,
1932.
Judge, Ohio Court of
Appeals, 1981-84; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1985-.
Member, Pi Sigma Alpha; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2001.
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Earl Ehrhart (b. 1959) —
of Powder Springs, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in a hospital
at Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., August 8,
1959.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives 36th District, 1988-2000.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2000.
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Jerry G. Elliott (b. 1936) —
of Kansas.
Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., November
25, 1936.
Law clerk for U.S. District Judge Wesley
E. Brown, 1964-66; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1987-.
Member, Pi Sigma Alpha; Order of the
Coif.
Still living as of 2002.
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Benjamin Wynn Fortson, Jr. (b. 1904) —
also known as Ben W. Fortson, Jr. —
of Wilkes
County, Ga.
Born in Tignall, Wilkes
County, Ga., December
19, 1904.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1939-42; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Wilkes County, 1943-46; secretary of
state of Georgia, 1946-79.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Sigma Alpha; Freemasons;
Moose.
Confined
to a wheelchair since an automobile accident in 1929.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Kelvin Holliday (b. 1933) —
also known as Robert K. Holliday; Bob
Holliday —
of Oak Hill, Fayette
County, W.Va.; Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., February
11, 1933.
Son of J. Kelvin Holliday and Kathleen (Harris) Holliday.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; television
producer; author;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County; elected
1962, 1964, 1966; member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1969-72, 1981-94; resigned
1972, 1994; defeated, 1996.
Presbyterian.
Member, Pi Sigma Alpha; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Still living as of 2003.
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Sharon Pratt Kelly (b. 1944) —
also known as Sharon Pratt; Sharon Pratt
Dixon —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
30, 1944.
Daughter of Carlisle Pratt and Mildred (Petticord) Pratt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1977-90; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1985-89; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1991-95; defeated in primary, 1994; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Pi Sigma Alpha.
Still living as of 1996.
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Samuel Owen Lane (1914-1974) —
also known as Samuel O. Lane —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Flora, Clay
County, Ill., July 20,
1914.
Son of Volney Dorsey Lane and Catherine Virginia (Todd) Lane.
Economist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Vienna, 1954-55; Seoul, 1955-57; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1962; Quito, 1962-66; Hermosillo, 1966.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Pi Sigma Alpha.
Died July 4,
1974 (age 59 years, 349
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Kenneth Logan (b. 1929) —
also known as James K. Logan —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Quenemo, Osage
County, Kan., August
21, 1929.
Son of John Lysle Logan and Esther Maurine (Price) Logan.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Walter
Huxman, 1955-56; lawyer; law
professor; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1968; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1977-94; took senior
status 1994.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Richard Green Lugar (b. 1932) —
also known as Richard G. Lugar —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 4,
1932.
Son of Marvin L. Lugar and Bertha (Green) Lugar.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1968-75; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1977-; defeated, 1974; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1996.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Pi Sigma Alpha; Beta
Theta Pi; Rotary; Blue Key.
Still living as of 2012.
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William Hubbs Rehnquist (1924-2005) —
also known as William H. Rehnquist; William Donald
Rehnquist —
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
1, 1924.
Son of William Benjamin Rehnquist and Margery (Peck) Rehnquist.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1972-86; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1986-2005; died in office 2005.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha.
Died September
3, 2005 (age 80 years, 337
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Victoria L. Schade (b. 1970) —
of Pasadena, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
31, 1970.
Republican. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 31, 1995-99; defeated, 1998.
Female.
Member, Pi Sigma Alpha.
Still living as of 2004.
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Phyllis Stewart Schlafly (b. 1924) —
also known as Phyllis Schlafly; Phyllis McAlpin
Stewart —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
15, 1924.
Daughter of John Bruce Stewart.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1952 (24th District), 1970 (23rd
District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1956,
1960
(alternate), 1964;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2004,
2008
(alternate).
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Junior
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha.
Author
of A Choice Not An Echo and other books; leader of opposition
to the Equal Rights Amendment; founder and president of the Eagle
Forum.
Still living as of 2011.
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