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James H. Ashcraft (b. 1944) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, January
15, 1944.
Son of Hale H. Ashcraft and Jean (Beach) Ashcraft.
Republican. Marketing rep for IBM;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Blue
Key; Sigma Pi; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1973.
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Michael Dale Beebe (b. 1946) —
also known as Mike Beebe —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.
Born in Amagon, Jackson
County, Ark., December
28, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1983-2002; Arkansas
state attorney general, 2003-07; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 2004,
2008;
Governor
of Arkansas, 2007-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Pi.
Still living as of 2011.
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Frank Townsend Bow (1901-1972) —
also known as Frank T. Bow —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, February
20, 1901.
Son of Charles Clinton Bow and Anna (Withrow) Bow.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1945-46; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1951-72; died in office
1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Pi; Elks.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
13, 1972 (age 71 years, 267
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March 19,
1860.
Son of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896).
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896);
married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird (1860-1930); cousin of William
Sherman Jennings; brother of Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (1873-1962; who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown. See Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan |
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Frank Patton Cooke (b. 1921) —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Floyd
County, Ga., January
17, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 26th District, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma Pi.
Still living as of 1959.
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Robert Leonard Larson (1898-1986) —
also known as Robert L. Larson —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Iowa, September
20, 1898.
Son of Charles Leonard Larson and Nellie (Stever) Larson.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; athletic
coach; lawyer; Iowa
state attorney general, 1947-53; appointed 1947; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1953-71; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1959-61.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Sigma Pi; Rotary.
Died in 1986
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Leonard Larson and Nellie (Stever) Larson; married, June 1,
1922, to Helen Kruse; married, March 12,
1938, to Wilma Donham. |
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James Andrew Meeks (1864-1946) —
also known as James A. Meeks —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Ohio, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1924,
1928
(alternate), 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1933-39; defeated,
1938, 1940.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Pi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1946
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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William Carlton Mobley (1906-1981) —
also known as W. Carlton Mobley —
of Forsyth, Monroe
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born near Hillsboro, Jones
County, Ga., December
7, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Samuel
Rutherford, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1932-33; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1954-72; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1972-74.
Member, Sigma Pi.
Died October
14, 1981 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment somewhere
in Forsyth, Ga.
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Irvin Troutman (1905-1971) —
also known as William I. Troutman —
of Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
13, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1943-45; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1945; resigned 1945; common pleas
court judge in Pennsylvania, 1946-66.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Pi; Freemasons.
Died in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
27, 1971 (age 66 years, 14
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin, Pa.
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