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Robert L. Barr, Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Bob Barr —
of Smyrna, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, November
5, 1948.
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1986-90; candidate
in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1992; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1995-2003; defeated in
Republican primary, 2002; Libertarian candidate for President
of the United States, 2008.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bob A. Butterworth —
of Florida.
Democrat. Florida
state attorney general; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Still living as of 2000.
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (b. 1917) —
also known as Robert C. Byrd; Cornelius Calvin Sale,
Jr. —
of Sophia, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1917.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Tau Kappa Epsilon; Ku Klux Klan.
Still living as of 2009.
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Pete T. Cenarrusa (b. 1917) —
of Idaho.
Born in Carey, Blaine
County, Idaho, December
16, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1950-67; secretary of
state of Idaho, 1967-; appointed 1967.
Catholic.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Still living as of 2001.
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Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (b. 1919) —
also known as Jeffrey P. Hillelson —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Ohio, 1919.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1953-55; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1956.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Still living as of 1998.
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Robert G. Hodges (b. 1935) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
26, 1935.
Son of Milton Hodges and Viola Gerrie Hodges.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1958; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1959-61; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 1st
District, 1961-62; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1962.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives:
Married to Joyce B. Chappell. |
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Lester Callaway Hunt (1892-1954) —
of Lander, Fremont
County, Wyo.
Born in Isabel, Edgar
County, Ill., July 8,
1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; dentist;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1933-34; secretary of
state of Wyoming, 1935-43; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wyoming, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1943-49; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1949-54; died in office 1954.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
In despair over his poor health and threats to expose his son's
arrest for homosexual solicitation, he shot
himself with a rifle, at
his desk in the Senate Office
Building, and died soon after, in Casualty Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., June 19,
1954 (age 61 years, 346
days).
Interment at Beth
El Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Frederick Rulfs Keith (b. 1900) —
also known as Fred R. Keith —
of St. Pauls, Robeson
County, N.C.; Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., December
25, 1900.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Keith and Lillie (Rulfs) Keith.
Republican. Realtor;
farmer;
hardware
store owner; banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948,
1960,
1964;
chair
of Robeson County Republican Party, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Tau Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Michael Leader (b. 1918) —
also known as George M. Leader —
of Dover, York
County, Pa.; Camp Hill, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born near York, York
County, Pa., January
17, 1918.
Son of Guy Alvin Leader and Beulah (Boyer) Leader.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
York County Democratic Party, 1946-50; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 28th District, 1951-54; candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1952; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1958.
Lutheran.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Eagles; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Amvets; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Still living as of 2009.
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S. Watkins Overton (b. 1894) —
also known as Watkins Overton —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 5,
1894.
Son of Watkins Overton and May (Hill) Overton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1925; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1927; mayor of
Memphis, Tenn., 1928-39, 1949-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Tau Kappa Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gary James Pagel (b. 1940) —
also known as Gary Pagel —
of West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 17,
1940.
Son of R. Emil Pagel and Lucille (Finson) Pagel.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Still living as of 1967.
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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) —
also known as Ronald Reagan; "Dutch";
"The Gipper"; "The Great
Communicator"; "The Teflon President";
"Rawhide" —
of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Tampico, Whiteside
County, Ill., February
6, 1911.
Son of John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan.
Republican. Worked as a sports
broadcaster
in Iowa in the 1930s, doing local radio broadcast
of Chicago Cubs baseball
games; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional actor
in 1937-64; appeared in dozens of films
including Kings Row, Dark Victory, Santa Fe
Trail, Knute Rockne, All American, and The Winning
Team; president of
the Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
California, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1968,
1976;
Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
President
of the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside the
Washington Hilton hotel, he and three others were shot
and wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1993.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Lions; American
Legion; Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from pneumonia
and Alzheimer's
disease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
2004 (age 93 years, 120
days).
Interment at Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married, January
25, 1940, to Jane Wyman (actress;
divorced 1948); married, March 4,
1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923; actress);
father of Maureen
Elizabeth Reagan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Katherine
Hoffman Haley — Dana
Rohrabacher — Donald
T. Regan — Henry
Salvatori — L.
William Seidman — Christopher
Cox — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Bay
Buchanan — Edwin
Meese III |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Ronald Reagan: Ronald
Reagan : An American Life |
| | | Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon,
President
Reagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon, Governor
Reagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer, Reagan's
War : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph
Over Communism — Lee Edwards, Ronald
Reagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor, God
and Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary Beth
Brown, Hand
of Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of Ronald
Reagan — Edmund Morris, Dutch:
A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan, When
Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — Peter
J. Wallison, Ronald
Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His
Presidency — Dinesh D'Souza, Ronald
Reagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary
Leader — William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley, Reagan's
Revolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It
All — Richard Reeves, President
Reagan : The Triumph of Imagination |
| | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:
Haynes Johnson, Sleepwalking
Through History: America in the Reagan Years |
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Albert Dean Rosellini (b. 1910) —
also known as Albert D. Rosellini —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
21, 1910.
Son of John Rosellini and Annunziata (Pagni) Rosellini.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Washington
state senate 33rd District, 1939-47; Governor of
Washington, 1957-65.
Catholic.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2010.
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John Grosvenor Rowland (b. 1957) —
also known as John G. Rowland —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., May 24,
1957.
Republican. Insurance
agent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1981-84; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1985-91; Governor of
Connecticut, 1995-2004; defeated, 1990; resigned 2004; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 2000;
Pleaded
guilty to federal corruption charges in 2004; served ten months
in prison.
Catholic.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Still living as of 2009.
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C. Thomas Schettino (1907-1983) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
9, 1907.
Democrat. Superior court judge in New Jersey, 1948-59; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1959-72.
Member, American Bar
Association; Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Died March 21,
1983 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Victor Hugo Schiro (b. 1904) —
also known as Victor H. Schiro —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 28,
1904.
Son of Andrew E. Schiro and Mary (Pizatti) Schiro.
Insurance
business; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1961, 1961-70.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Tau Kappa Epsilon; Optimist
Club.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Victor
Hugo |
| | | Relatives: Married to Margaret-Mary
Gibbes. |
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Wilbert Joseph Tauzin (b. 1943) —
also known as W. J. 'Billy' Tauzin —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.; Chackbay, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born in Chackbay, Lafourche
Parish, La., June 14,
1943.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1972-80; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1980-2005; Democratic
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1987.
Catholic.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Still living as of 2009.
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David E. Wallace (b. 1936) —
of Madison, Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Van, Boone
County, W.Va., January
5, 1936.
Son of H. M. Wallace and Bonnie (Bowman) Wallace.
Democrat. Physician;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1971-74; resigned 1974.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Tau Kappa Epsilon; Rotary; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1974.
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Charles Evans Whittaker (1901-1973) —
Born in Troy, Doniphan
County, Kan., February
22, 1901.
Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1954-56; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1956-57; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1957-62.
Methodist.
Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Died November
26, 1973 (age 72 years, 277
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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