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Orison Rudolph Aggrey (b. 1926) —
also known as O. Rudolph Aggrey —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., July 24,
1926.
Son of J. E. Kwegyir Aggrey (1878-1927) and Rose Rudolph (Douglass)
Aggrey.
Newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Lagos, 1951-53; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1973-77; Gambia, 1973-77; Romania, 1977-81.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March 13,
1908.
Son of Moses Annenberg and Sarah Annenberg.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers;
he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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John Milan Ashbrook (1928-1982) —
also known as John M. Ashbrook; "The Small Paul
Revere" —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, September
21, 1928.
Son of William
Albert Ashbrook and Marie Swank Ashbrook.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1957-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1961-82; died in office
1982; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Elks; Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi.
Suffered a massive
gastrointestinal bleed, and died soon after, in Licking Memorial
Hospital,
Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April 24,
1982 (age 53 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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Kenneth Ferguson Baldridge (1886-1971) —
also known as Kenneth F. Baldridge —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa.
Born in Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa, May 25,
1886.
Son of David Franklin Baldridge and Margaret Jane (Ferguson)
Baldridge.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1936.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in November, 1971
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Atwood Ballantine, Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Son of Helen Bailey (Graves) Ballantine (1882-1966) and Arthur Atwood
Ballantine (1883-1960).
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Harold Henry Barker (b. 1889) —
also known as Harold H. Barker —
of Elbow Lake, Grant
County, Minn.
Born in Elbow Lake, Grant
County, Minn., June 15,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1937; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for
Governor
of Minnesota, 1946; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state
chair, 1946-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Sigma Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maynard Bertram Barnes (1897-1970) —
also known as Maynard B. Barnes —
of Vinton, Benton
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Le Roy, Mower
County, Minn., June 28,
1897.
Son of Bertram Thomas Barnes and Nellie (Spencer) Barnes.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Patras, 1919-21; Smyrna, 1921-22; Constantinople, 1922-23; U.S. Consul in Constantinople, 1923-24; SAINT Gall, 1924-25; Berlin, 1925-26; Sofia, 1930-34; U.S. Consul General in Dakar, 1942-44.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi.
Died in August, 1970
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ellis Yarnal Berry (1902-1999) —
also known as E. Y. Berry —
of McLaughlin, Corson
County, S.Dak.
Born in Larchwood, Lyon
County, Iowa, October
6, 1902.
Son of William S. Berry and Kitty (Teghtmeyer) Berry.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1939-42; Presidential Elector
for South Dakota, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1951-71; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., April 1,
1999 (age 96 years, 177
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Stephen Bolles (1866-1941) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., June 25,
1866.
Son of Nelson Richard Bolles and Malvina Belle (Whitford) Bolles.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1928;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1941 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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Frank Parks Briggs (1894-1992) —
also known as Frank P. Briggs —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Armstrong, Howard
County, Mo., February
25, 1894.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state senate 9th District, 1933-45; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1945-47; defeated, 1946; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Sigma Delta Chi.
Died September
23, 1992 (age 98 years, 211
days).
Interment at Walnut
Ridge Cemetery, Fayette, Mo.
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Edward Everett Brodie (1876-1939) —
of Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Fort Stevens, Clatsop
County, Ore., March 12,
1876.
Son of Elias Henry Brodie and Julia Matilda (Goff) Brodie.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; chair of
Clackamas County Republican Party, 1916-21; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1921-25; Finland, 1930-33; member of Oregon
Republican State Central Committee, 1928-30.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma Delta Chi.
Died June 27,
1939 (age 63 years, 107
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack Bascom Brooks (b. 1922) —
also known as Jack B. Brooks —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La., December
18, 1922.
Son of Edward Chachere Brooks and Grace (Pipes) Brooks.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1953-95 (2nd District 1953-67, 9th
District 1967-95); defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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George Leslie Brown (b. 1926) —
also known as George L. Brown —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., July 1,
1926.
Democrat. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1955-56; member of Colorado
state senate, 1956-75; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1975-79.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Sigma Delta Chi; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1997.
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Herbert Brownell, Jr. (1904-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Nemaha
County, Neb., February
20, 1904.
Son of Herbert Brownell and Mary A. (Miller) Brownell.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1944,
1948;
campaign manager, Thomas
E. Dewey for Governor of New York and President; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S.
Attorney General, 1953-57.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Died of cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1996 (age 92 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Earl Lauer Butz (1909-2008) —
also known as Earl L. Butz —
of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Albion, Noble
County, Ind., July 3,
1909.
Son of Herman Lee Butz and Ada Tillie (Lower) Butz.
Economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-76.
Member, Alpha
Gamma Rho; Sigma
Xi; Sigma Delta Chi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Alpha
Zeta; Kiwanis.
Resigned
in 1976 following a furor
over a racist
joke. In 1981, he pleaded
guilty to income
tax evasion; sentenced
to five years in prison
(served 30 days) and fined
$10,000.
Died in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., February
2, 2008 (age 98 years, 214
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Ind.
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S. Sam Caldwell (b. 1929) —
of Georgia.
Born in East Point, Fulton
County, Ga., January
22, 1929.
Georgia
commissioner of labor, 1967-.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1975.
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Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) —
also known as Francis Case —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Everly, Clay
County, Iowa, December
9, 1896.
Son of Herbert Llywellen Case and Mary Ellen (Grannis) Case.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; rancher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Elks; Rotary.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1962 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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William Aloysious Costello (1904-1969) —
also known as William A. Costello —
of Minnesota.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 5,
1904.
Newspaper
reporter; television
journalist; U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1967-69.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Political Science Association.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
June
20, 1969 (age 65 years, 107
days).
Buried at sea.
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Albert Wayne Coy (b. 1903) —
also known as Wayne Coy —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Shelby
County, Ind., November
23, 1903.
Son of Albert Roscoe Coy and Lillian Monell (Nation) Coy.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; radio
executive; member,
Federal Communications Commission, 1947-52; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1947-52; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Delta Theta; Sigma Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo Calvin Crawford (b. 1896) —
also known as Leo C. Crawford —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Darke
County, Ohio, August
30, 1896.
Son of George Frederick Crawford and Jane (McClain) Crawford.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1939-44; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1946-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Sigma Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Price Daniel (1910-1988) —
also known as Price Daniel —
of Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex.
Born in Dayton, Liberty
County, Tex., October
10, 1910.
Son of Marion Price Daniel and Nannie (Partlow) Daniel.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1939-45; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1943-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940,
1948,
1964;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Texas
state attorney general, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1953-57; Governor of
Texas, 1957-63; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1971-; appointed 1971.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from a stroke, in
Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., August
25, 1988 (age 77 years, 320
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex.
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Joseph Edward Davies (1876-1958) —
also known as Joseph E. Davies —
of Wisconsin; Washington,
D.C.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis., November
29, 1876.
Son of Edward Davies and Rahel (Paynter) Davies.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1912; law partner of Timothy
T. Ansberry; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1915-16; economic advisor to President Woodrow
Wilson at the Paris peace conference after World War I; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1936-38; Belgium, 1938-39; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1938-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma Delta Chi.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia following a stroke, in
Washington,
D.C., May 9,
1958 (age 81 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Susan Golding (b. 1945) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., August
18, 1945.
Daughter of Brage Golding and Hilda Fay (Wolf) Golding.
Republican. Mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1992-2000.
Female.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Kiwanis;
Navy
League.
Still living as of 2009.
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Alfred Theodore Goodwin (b. 1923) —
also known as Alfred T. Goodwin —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash., June 29,
1923.
Son of Alonzo Theodore Goodwin and Miriam Hazel (Williams) Goodwin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
circuit judge in Oregon, 1955-60; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1960-69; U.S.
District Judge for Oregon, 1969.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives: Son
of Alonzo Theodore Goodwin and Miriam Hazel (Williams) Goodwin;
married, December
23, 1943, to Marjorie Elizabeth Major (divorced 1948); married,
December
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Clarence U. Gramelspacher (b. 1897) —
of Jasper, Dubois
County, Ind.
Born in Jasper, Dubois
County, Ind., May 25,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; treasurer of
Indiana Democratic Party, 1937-44; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Kappa
Delta Pi; Sigma Delta Chi; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Marvin Griffin (1907-1982) —
also known as Marvin Griffin —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., September
4, 1907.
Son of Ernest Howard Griffin (Pat) and Josie (Butler) Griffin.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Decatur County, 1935-36;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1944-47; president, radio
station WMGR, Bainbridge, Ga., 1946; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1948-55; Governor of
Georgia, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Sigma Delta Chi; Lions.
Died June 13,
1982 (age 74 years, 282
days).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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Wilton Earle Hall (1901-1980) —
also known as Wilton E. Hall —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Starr, Anderson
County, S.C., March 11,
1901.
Son of Thomas Dean Hall and Sarah (Tucker) Hall.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; established radio
station WAIM, 1935; Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1944,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1944-45; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Navy
League; Sigma Delta Chi; Elks; Lions.
Died in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., February
25, 1980 (age 78 years, 351
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Anderson, S.C.
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John Alfred Hannah (1902-1991) —
also known as John A. Hannah —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
9, 1902.
Son of Wilfred Steele Hannah and Mary Ellen (Malone) Hannah.
Republican. Agricultural
extension agent; president
of Michigan State College, 1941-55, and Michigan State University,
1955-69; director, Motor Wheel
Corporation, Michigan Bell Telephone
Company, American Bank and
Trust Company, and Manufacturers National Bank of
Detroit; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 14th Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Newcomen
Society; Phi Eta
Sigma; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Delta; Alpha
Zeta.
Died in 1991
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rex George Howell (b. 1907) —
also known as Rex Howell —
of Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Norton, Norton
County, Kan., May 22,
1907.
Republican. Owner-Manager, Western Slope Broadcasting
Co. (KFXJ Radio);
delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1956.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Humane
Society.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1927
to Lucille Auth. |
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Emil Hurja (1892-1953) —
of Breckenridge, Stephens
County, Tex.; Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich., January
22, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Sigma Delta Chi.
Suffered a heart
attack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club, Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1953 (age 61 years, 128
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward Halsey Jenison (1907-1996) —
also known as Edward H. Jenison —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., July 27,
1907.
Son of Ernest Manley Jenison and Laura (Hinsey) Jenison.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1947-53 (18th District 1947-49,
23rd District 1949-53); defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died June 22,
1996 (age 88 years, 331
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Beauford Halbert Jester (1893-1949) —
also known as Beauford Jester —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., January
12, 1893.
Son of George
Taylor Jester.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Texas, 1947-49; died in office 1949; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Sigma Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Lions.
Jester Center at the University of Texas is named for
him.
Died, aboard a Pullman railroad
car, near Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 11,
1949 (age 56 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Goodwin Jess Knight (1896-1970) —
also known as Goodwin J. Knight —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Provo, Utah
County, Utah, December
9, 1896.
Son of Jess Knight and Lillie J. (Milner) Knight.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1935-46; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1947-53; Governor of
California, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1956,
1960
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; Presidential Elector for
California, 1960.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Order of
Ahepa; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 22,
1970 (age 73 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.; re-entombed in
1971 in mausoleum at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Clark Porter Kuykendall (b. 1896) —
of Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., May 10,
1896.
Son of Benjamin Kuykendall and Louise (Porter) Kuykendall.
U.S. Vice Consul in Amsterdam, 1920-23; Batavia, 1923; U.S. Consul in Batavia, 1926-27; Oslo, 1928-30; Bergen, 1930; Naples, 1930-33; Cherbourg, 1933-35; Kovno, 1935-36.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi; Sigma Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lee Loevinger (1913-2004) —
of Minnesota; Washington,
D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 24,
1913.
Son of Gustavus Loevinger and Millie (Strouse) Loevinger.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1960-61; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1963-68.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Xi; Sigma Delta Chi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died April 26,
2004 (age 91 years, 2
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Curtis Daniel MacDougall (1903-1985) —
also known as Curtis D. MacDougall —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., February
11, 1903.
Son of Gilbert Thomas MacDougall and Isabella (McCollum) MacDougall.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1944.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Pi
Kappa Delta; Acacia.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., November
10, 1985 (age 82 years, 272
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Genevieve Rockwood. |
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Theodore Mickelson (1903-1965) —
also known as George T. Mickelson —
of Selby, Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Selby, Walworth
County, S.Dak., July 23,
1903.
Son of George M. Mickelson and Emma L. (Craig) Mickelson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1937-42 (40th District
1937-38, 39th District 1939-42); Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1941-42; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of
South Dakota, 1947-51; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1953-.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks.
Died February
28, 1965 (age 61 years, 220
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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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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Carroll Wilmot Parcher (1903-1992) —
also known as Carroll W. Parcher; "Mr.
Glendale" —
of Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
13, 1903.
Son of Wilmot
Parcher and Nannie (McBryde) Parcher.
Republican. Newspaper
editor-publisher, columnist;
candidate in primary for California
state assembly, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1952,
1956
(alternate); mayor
of Glendale, Calif., 1977-78, 1979-81, 1984-85.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Sigma Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Parcher Plaza, in the Glendale Civic Center, is named for
him.
Died, of cancer, in
Glendale Adventist Medical
Center, Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 31,
1992 (age 88 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Collins Pulliam (b. 1889) —
also known as Eugene C. Pulliam —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Grant
County, Kan., May 3,
1889.
Son of Irvin Brown Pulliam and Martha Ellen (Collins) Pulliam.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; director, New York Central Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1952,
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Nina G. Mason. |
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Harold E. Rainville (b. 1907) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
30, 1907.
Son of William Van Buren Rainville and Agnes Marie (Ward) Rainville.
Republican. Public
relations executive; campaign manager in many elections for U.S.
Sen. Everett
M. Dirksen; also special assistant to the Senator; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Wahr Sallade (1922-1997) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
16, 1922.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1955-60; defeated (Democratic), 1968; Democratic candidate
for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1966, 1970; Democratic candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1982; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Freemasons;
Moose;
Rotary;
Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma Delta Chi; Sigma
Phi.
Died June 18,
1997 (age 74 years, 214
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford) Sikes.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) —
also known as Charles A. Sprague —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., November
12, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; Governor of
Oregon, 1939-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Rotary.
Died March 13,
1969 (age 81 years, 121
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) —
also known as Henry J. Taylor —
of Virginia.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1902.
Son of Henry Noble Taylor and Eileen Louise (O'Hare) Taylor.
Republican. Pulp and
paper industry; trustee, Manhattan Savings Bank;
director, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; author; newspaper
correspondent; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma Delta Chi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1984
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Noble Taylor and Eileen Louise (O'Hare) Taylor; married, March 2,
1928, to Olivia Fay Kimbro; married, July 3,
1970, to Marion J. E. Richardson. |
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Lionel Van Deerlin (1914-2008) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 25,
1914.
Son of Lionel Van Deerlin and Gladys Mary (Young) Van Deerlin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; journalist;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-81 (37th District 1963-73,
41st District 1973-75, 42nd District 1975-81); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., May 17,
2008 (age 93 years, 297
days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery, San Luis Rey, Calif.
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Frederick Bernard Wachs (1897-1974) —
also known as Fred B. Wachs —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., October
22, 1897.
Son of Selmar Wachs and Emma (Niemeyer) Wachs.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; treasurer of
Kentucky Republican Party, 1930-67; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in 1974
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Adolph Eilert Wenke (b. 1898) —
also known as Adolph E. Wenke —
of Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb.
Born in Pender, Thurston
County, Neb., January
22, 1898.
Son of Frederick Wenke and Henrietta (Athen) Wenke.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska,
1936;
district judge in Nebraska 9th District, 1938-43; appointed 1938; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1943-.
Congregationalist.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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