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Robert Thomas Ashmore (1904-1989) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville
County, S.C., February
22, 1904.
Son of John Thomas Ashmore and Lena (Smith) Ashmore.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1953-69.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Jaycees;
Junior
Order; Exchange
Club.
Died in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., October
5, 1989 (age 85 years, 225
days).
Interment at White
Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) —
also known as Gaspar G. Bacon —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1886.
Son of Robert
Bacon and Martha (Cowdin) Bacon.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1925-32; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway
Co., Eliot Savings Bank; major
in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Reserve Officers Association.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1947 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence D. Bell (b. 1914) —
of Upland, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Upland, Delaware
County, Pa., February
4, 1914.
Son of Samuel R. Bell and Belle (Hanna) Bell.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1961-2002.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Exchange
Club; Reserve Officers Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Isabel James. |
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Charles Edward Bennett (1914-1987) —
also known as Charles E. Bennett —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
14, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president, Sally Lou Food Co.;
vice-president, Tasty Foods Inc.;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1948-50; member of Colorado
state senate, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Beta
Theta Pi; Humane
Society; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Reserve Officers Association.
Died July 22,
1987 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at Fort
Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Harlan Besson (1887-1949) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., July 1,
1887.
Son of Samuel Austin Besson (c.1854-1937) and Arabella (Roseberry)
Besson.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1912; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1932-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Reserve Officers Association.
Died, of heart
disease, in Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J., January
9, 1949 (age 61 years, 192
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Austin Besson (c.1854-1937) and Arabella (Roseberry)
Besson; cousin of J.
W. Rufus Besson; married, May 14,
1913, to Addie Case. |
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Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919-2006) —
also known as Joel T. Broyhill —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Hopewell,
Va., November
4, 1919.
Son of Marvin Talmadge Broyhill and Nellie Magdalene (Brewer)
Broyhill.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; taken
prisoner by the German forces in the Battle of the Bulge; escaped
after six months; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1953-75; defeated,
1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1960,
1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Optimist
Club; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Reserve Officers Association; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks; Eagles; Izaak
Walton League; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of congestive
heart failure and pneumonia,
in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
24, 2006 (age 86 years, 324
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) —
also known as Howard W. Cannon —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, January
26, 1912.
Son of Walter Cannon and Leah (Sullivan) Cannon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve Officers Association; Lions; Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Odyssey House Hospice,
Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 6,
2002 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Burnett Hayden Crawford (b. 1922) —
also known as B. Hayden Crawford —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., June 29,
1922.
Son of Burnett Hayden Crawford and Margaret Sara (Stevenson)
Crawford.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1954-58;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1960, 1962.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis;
Navy
League; Reserve Officers Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1964.
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Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) —
also known as Fred H. Davis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 18,
1894.
Son of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Leon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida
state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Reserve Officers Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 20,
1937 (age 43 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Neal Randolph Fosseen (1908-2004) —
also known as Neal R. Fosseen —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash., November
27, 1908.
Son of Arthur Benjamin Fosseen and Florence Vance (Neal) Fosseen.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; brick and clay
tile products manufacturer; mayor of
Spokane, Wash., 1960-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Kappa Psi; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve Officers Association.
Died July 21,
2004 (age 95 years, 237
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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José Miguel Gallardo (1897-1976) —
of Puerto Rico; Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in San Germán, San
Germán Municipio, Puerto Rico, September
29, 1897.
Son of José Gallardo and Luisa (Garcia) Gallardo.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; college
professor; Puerto
Rico comissioner of education, 1937-45; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1940-41, 1941.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Reserve Officers
Association; Kappa
Delta Pi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, July 18,
1976 (age 78 years, 293
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Longdon Gay (b. 1866) —
also known as John L. Gay —
Born in Pizgah, Cooper
County, Mo., June 23,
1866.
Son of Thomas C. Gay and Mary Ann (Hill) Gay.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1928-31.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Juan Hatfield (b. 1887) —
also known as George J. Hatfield —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born, of American parents, in Waterloo, Ontario,
October
29, 1887.
Son of William Melancthon Hatfield and Harriet Juanita (Bingham)
Hatfield.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1935-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Son of Smith Nicholas Hawes and Susan Elizabeth (Simrall) Hawes.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1917; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) —
also known as Clarence R. Hotchkiss —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Warren, Bradford
County, Pa., June 5,
1880.
Son of Charles Frederick Hotchkiss (1854-1914) and Melissa Ann
(Taylor) Hotchkiss (1857-1886).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate broker; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1916;
secretary
of Oregon Republican Party, 1920; Presidential Elector for
Oregon, 1920.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve Officers Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
17, 1952 (age 72 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Paul S. Hudgins (b. 1909) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., July 30,
1909.
Son of Frank E. Hudgins and Aurelia (Hoover) Hudgins.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County; elected
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve Officers Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Son of Cyrus Lester Jackson and Betina Phoebe (Ames) Jackson.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Reserve Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Roger William Jepsen (b. 1928) —
also known as Roger Jepsen —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, December
23, 1928.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Iowa state
senate, 1967-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1969-72; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1979-85; defeated, 1984.
Lutheran.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; Farm
Bureau; Shriners;
Reserve Officers Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Miles Kara (b. 1916) —
of Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo., February
13, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,
1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks;
Reserve Officers Association.
Still living as of 1960.
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William Thomas Lovins (1887-1957) —
also known as William T. Lovins —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Wayne
County, W.Va., August
27, 1887.
Son of James Harvey Lovins and Josephine (Sink) Lovins.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1934; president,
First National Bank of
Kenova, 1935-40; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1941-57; resigned 1957.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Redmen; Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; American Bar
Association.
Died December
12, 1957 (age 70 years, 107
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack Richard Miller (1916-1994) —
also known as Jack Miller —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 6,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1955-56; member of Iowa state
senate, 1957-60; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1961-73; defeated, 1972; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1973-82.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve Officers Association; Izaak
Walton League; Rotary; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died in Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla., August
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 84
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph N. Mondello (b. 1938) —
of Levittown, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1938.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Nassau County Republican Party, 1984-; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1992-2004; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1996,
2008
(delegation chair); New York
Republican state chair, 2006-09.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Sons of
Italy; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis;
Lions;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Amvets;
Reserve Officers Association.
Still living as of 2011.
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Don R. Pears (1899-1992) —
of Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich., September
18, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; real estate
broker; partner, Hollywood Theater,
Buchanan, Mich.; Berrien
County Register of Deeds, 1927-32; Berrien
County Clerk, 1941-42, 1945-48; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1951-62, 1965-70 (Berrien County
1st District 1951-62, 43rd District 1965-70); defeated, 1932, 1934;
Speaker
of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1959-62;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1962.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Reserve Officers Association; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., July 17,
1992 (age 92 years, 303
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Raley, Jr. (b. 1932) —
of Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born May 23,
1932.
Son of John Wesley Raley and Helen Thames Raley.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ponca City, Okla., 1980-83; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1990-97.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
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Roland Savilla (b. 1916) —
also known as Joe Savilla —
of St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 13,
1916.
Son of Anthony Savilla and Mary Ann (Contenta) Savilla.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County; elected
1972; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1975-78.
Christian.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Civitan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Reserve Officers Association; Sons of
Italy.
Still living as of 1978.
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Stanley Washburn (b. 1878) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Son of William
Drew Washburn and Elizabeth M. (Muzzy) Washburn (1836-1915).
Republican. Newspaper
correspondent; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1912;
president, Washburn Lignite Coal Co.,
Wilton, N.D., 1926-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Psi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve Officers Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. E. Watson (b. 1917) —
also known as Ned Watson —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., November
8, 1917.
Son of J. E. Watson, Jr. and Eleanor (Blackford) Watson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; manufacturer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1953-56,
1959-70; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Moose; Izaak
Walton League; Fraternal
Order of Police; Phi
Gamma Delta; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Reserve Officers Association.
Still living as of 1970.
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H. Laban White, Jr. (b. 1916) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va., May 1,
1916.
Son of H. Laban White, Sr. and Nannie Leigh (Cox) White.
Democrat. School
teacher; surveyor;
lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1957-68;
Speaker
of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1965-67.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Lions; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets;
Reserve Officers Association.
Still living as of 1968.
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