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Willard F. Agnew, Jr. (1924-1961) —
of Aspinwall, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
30, 1924.
Son of Willard F. Agnew and Jean (Fischer) Agnew.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 17th
District, 1955-60.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in March, 1961
(age 36
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul C. Aiken (1910-1974) —
of Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan., July 24,
1910.
Son of Robert Emmett Aiken and Florence Eva (Case) Aiken.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1950.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Died in May, 1974
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Victor Emanuel Anderson (1902-1962) —
also known as Victor E. Anderson —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Havelock, Lancaster
County, Neb., March 30,
1902.
Son of Ernest F. Anderson and Marie (Larson) Anderson.
Republican. Hardware
business; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1949-50; mayor of
Lincoln, Neb., 1950-53; Governor of
Nebraska, 1955-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., August
15, 1962 (age 60 years, 138
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Winston Eugene Arnow (1911-1994) —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Micanopy, Alachua
County, Fla., March 13,
1911.
Son of Joseph Leslie Arnow and Mabel (Thrasher) Arnow.
Lawyer;
municipal judge in Florida, 1940-42, 1946-49; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1967-81;
took senior status 1981.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., November
28, 1994 (age 83 years, 260
days).
Interment at Roberts
Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
21, 1890.
Son of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
H. Hayden, 1917-30, and of Edmund
C. Shields, 1931; chair of
Ingham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1926; treasurer of
Michigan Democratic Party, 1937; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks;
Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Clair Belton (1893-1988) —
also known as Howard C. Belton —
of Canby, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Algona, Kossuth
County, Iowa, January
2, 1893.
Republican. Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1933; member of Oregon
state senate, 1939-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1944,
1952;
Oregon
state treasurer, 1960-65; appointed 1960; defeated, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died in Canby, Clackamas
County, Ore., November
21, 1988 (age 95 years, 324
days).
Interment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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Cralle Fauntleroy Blackwell (1897-1976) —
also known as C. F. Blackwell —
of Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., August
26, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of Kenbridge, Va., 1924-38; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Died January
14, 1976 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Woodrow Bonner (1902-1970) —
also known as John W. Bonner —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., July 16,
1902.
Son of Patrick J. Bonner and Kathleen (Kelly) Bonner.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Montana
state attorney general, 1941-42; Governor of
Montana, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 1952,
1956.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Elks; Eagles.
Died March 28,
1970 (age 67 years, 255
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Paul Bowerman (b. 1898) —
of San Leandro, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., September
16, 1898.
Son of Charles Beagle Bowerman and Margaret (Fisher) Bowerman.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; writer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1923-27; Ottawa, 1927; U.S. Consul in Ottawa, 1928-29; Zagreb, 1929-32; Salonika, 1932-33.
Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 8,
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William Haydon Burns (1912-1987) —
also known as Haydon Burns —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 17,
1912.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; public
relations business; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1949-65; Governor of
Florida, 1965-67.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died November
22, 1987 (age 75 years, 250
days).
Interment somewhere
in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Thomas Cunningham Cochran (1877-1957) —
also known as Thomas C. Cochran —
of Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer
County, Pa., November
30, 1877.
Son of Wilson Henry Cochran and Elizabeth Eve (Robinson) Cochran.
Republican. Lawyer; Mercer
County District Attorney, 1906-09; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1927-35 (28th District 1927-33,
20th District 1933-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Died in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., December
10, 1957 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Mercer
Citizens Cemetery, Mercer, Pa.
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Paul Harvey Cunningham (1890-1961) —
also known as Paul Cunningham —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Indiana
County, Pa., June 15,
1890.
Son of Robert Harvey Cunningham and Sarah Jane (McQuaide) Cunningham.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1941-59 (6th District 1941-43, 5th
District 1943-59); defeated, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., July 16,
1961 (age 71 years, 31
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Monnett Bain Davis (1893-1953) —
also known as Monnett B. Davis —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind., August
13, 1893.
Son of Henry Thomas Davis and Minerva Rockwell (Bain) Davis.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Port Elizabeth, 1921-23; Saltillo, 1924; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, 1933-34; Shanghai, 1935-36, 1946; Singapore, 1936-37; Buenos Aires, 1938-41; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1945-46; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1948-51; Israel, 1951-53, died in office 1953.
Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Ramat Gan, Israel,
December
26, 1953 (age 60 years, 135
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Bartlett S. Fleming (b. 1942) —
also known as Bart Fleming —
of Chandler, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in a hospital
at Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, November
16, 1942.
Republican. Arizona
state treasurer, 1973-78; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1976.
Anglican.
Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Lions.
Still living as of 2006.
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Luther Harvey Ghiz (1906-1993) —
also known as Luther H. Ghiz —
of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., March 23,
1906.
Son of Harvey Ghiz and Ady (Klele) Ghiz.
Democrat. Service
station operator; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1961-66.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Died February
21, 1993 (age 86 years, 335
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James H. Hall (b. 1925) —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., January
26, 1925.
Son of Harvey A. Hall and Mable (McGinnis) Hall.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; hardware
merchant; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lewis County, 1951-54;
defeated, 1956, 1962.
United
Brethren. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1962.
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Edward Clair Harms, Jr. (1924-2005) —
also known as Edward C. Harms, Jr. —
of Springfield, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore., September
21, 1924.
Son of Edward Clair Harms and Gleneva (McClain) Harms.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Springfield, Ore., 1952-60; director, McKenzie-Willamette
Memorial Hospital.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Lions;
Sigma Phi Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, from a heart
attack, November
12, 2005 (age 81 years, 52
days).
Interment at Willamette
National Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Carmon Coleman Harris (1904-1993) —
also known as Carmon C. Harris —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Boswell, Choctaw
County, Okla., November
27, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1946, 1948; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1952.
Christian.
Member, Lions;
Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Died April 18,
1993 (age 88 years, 142
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James F. Haught (b. 1924) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., August 6,
1924.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1959-60.
Methodist.
Member, Moose;
Sigma Phi Epsilon; Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1960.
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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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Robert Lee Humber (1898-1970) —
also known as Robert L. Humber —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., May 30,
1898.
Son of Robert Lee Humber and Lena Clyde (Davis) Humber.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate 5th District, 1959-64.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma Phi Epsilon; United
World Federalists; American
Legion; Rotary; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Farm
Bureau; National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Died November
10, 1970 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment at Cherry
Hill Cemetery, Greenville, N.C.
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Frank Rumer Jeffrey (b. 1889) —
also known as Frank R. Jeffrey —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., October
22, 1889.
Son of Thomas P. Jeffrey and Sarah (Crossfield) Jeffrey.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Wesley
L. Jones; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, 1921-25.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Pat Jennings (1919-1994) —
of Marion, Smyth
County, Va.
Born in Camp, Smyth
County, Va., August
20, 1919.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Smyth
County Sheriff, 1948-54; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1955-67; defeated,
1966.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Alpha
Zeta; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, following an accident in which a tractor he was driving overturned
and crushed him, in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., August 2,
1994 (age 74 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Arthur Love (1916-2002) —
also known as John A. Love —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Gibson City, Ford
County, Ill., November
29, 1916.
Son of Arthur C. Love and Mildred (Shaver) Love.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Colorado
Republican State Central Committee, 1960; Governor of
Colorado, 1963-73; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Died January
21, 2002 (age 85 years, 53
days).
Cremated.
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Charles Walter Mason (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles W. Mason —
of Nowata, Nowata
County, Okla.
Born in Stafford, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
11, 1887.
Son of Frank Mason and Mary O'Ella (Shankland) Mason.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nowata
County Attorney, 1914-16; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; district judge in Oklahoma 2nd District, 1919-23; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-31; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1929-31.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Thomas E. Potter (b. 1933) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 20,
1933.
Son of Dorothy (Studebaker) Potter.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-74;
defeated, 1964 (Kanawha County), 1974 (17th District); West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1968-75; delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1972
(delegation chair).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Rotary.
Still living as of 1975.
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Walter Edward Rogers (1908-2001) —
also known as Walter Rogers —
of Pampa, Gray
County, Tex.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born in Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark., July 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1951-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Sigma Phi Epsilon.
He was in the motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 when
President John
F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a hospital
in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., May 31,
2001 (age 92 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Son of Willis Smith and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of the
Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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David L. Solomon (1929-2007) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Shinnston, Harrison
County, W.Va., August
23, 1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1959-61; resigned 1961.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died May 25,
2007 (age 77 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Munford Tuck (1896-1983) —
also known as William M. Tuck —
of South Boston, Halifax
County, Va.
Born near High Hill, Halifax
County, Va., September
28, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1924-32; member of Virginia
state senate, 1932-42; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1942-46; Governor of
Virginia, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1953-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Woodmen;
Moose;
Redmen;
Lions;
Ruritan.
Died June 9,
1983 (age 86 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, South Boston, Va.
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Herbert Birchby Warburton (1916-1983) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., September
21, 1916.
Son of William Herbert Warburton and Lela Z. (Wingate) Warburton.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
Delaware Republican Party, 1950; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1953-55; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1954.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Optimist
Club.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., July 30,
1983 (age 66 years, 312
days).
Cremated.
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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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