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Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) —
also known as Alvin M. Bentley —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
30, 1918.
Son of Alvin Morell Bentley and Helen (Patterson) Bentley.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1953-61; defeated,
1962; wounded in
an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the House
of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 15th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1964; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died in
office 1969.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Exchange
Club; Theta Delta Chi; Optimist
Club; Rotary; Kiwanis.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., April 10,
1969 (age 50 years, 223
days).
Entombed at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich.
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Joshua Loring Brooks (b. 1868) —
also known as Joshua L. Brooks —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
19, 1868.
Son of Lyman B. Brooks and Maria Cordelia (Loring) Brooks.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1930, 1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Theta Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 6,
1894, to Margaret Lilian Robinson. |
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Frank Henry Buck (1887-1942) —
also known as Frank H. Buck —
of Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif.
Born near Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif., September
23, 1887.
Son of Frank Henry Buck and Annie Elizabeth (Stevenson) Buck.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
grower; director of oil and lumber
companies; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1933-42; died in
office 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Theta Delta Chi.
Died, of "apoplexy" (stroke),
in Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1942 (age 54 years, 359
days).
Interment at Vacaville-Elmira
Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
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Arthur Chapman (b. 1873) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August 6,
1873.
Son of Albion Keith Parris Chapman and Elizabeth Maria (Foss)
Chapman.
School
teacher; lawyer;
superior court judge in Maine, 1925-42; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1942-45; resigned 1945.
Member, Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 23,
1905, to Agnes Sleeth Fairbrother. |
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Joseph Howard Chitwood (b. 1877) —
also known as Joseph H. Chitwood —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va., March 14,
1877.
Son of Henry Clay Chitwood and Gillie Anne (Divers) Chitwood.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1907-08; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1920-21, 1934-40.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Theta Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur William Coolidge (1881-1952) —
also known as Arthur W. Coolidge —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Woodfords, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, October
13, 1881.
Son of Merrit B. Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1937-40; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1941-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1950.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
22, 1952 (age 70 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Glen Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
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Richard B. Coolidge (b. 1879) —
of West Medford, Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deering, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
14, 1879.
Son of Merrit B. Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, First National Bank of
Medford; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1920-22; mayor of
Medford, Mass., 1923-26; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, Theta Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hornor Davis II (b. 1904) —
also known as J. Hornor Davis II —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
29, 1904.
Son of Edward Rezin Davis and Garnett Amelia (Hornor) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1935-36,
1943-52, 1955-58; candidate for mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1935; chair of
Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1940-41; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1959-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Theta Delta Chi; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Irwin France (1873-1939) —
also known as Joseph I. France —
of Port Deposit, Cecil
County, Md.
Born in Cameron, Clinton
County, Mo., October
11, 1873.
Son of Joseph Henry France and Hannah Fletcher (James) France.
Republican. Physician;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1917-23; defeated, 1922, 1934; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Union
League.
Died in Port Deposit, Cecil
County, Md., January
26, 1939 (age 65 years, 107
days).
Interment at Hopewell
Cemetery, Port Deposit, Md.
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Allen John Furlow (1890-1954) —
also known as Allen J. Furlow —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., November
9, 1890.
Son of Samuel C. Furlow and Lillie (Jones) Furlow.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1923-26; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1925-29.
Member, Freemasons;
Theta Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died January
29, 1954 (age 63 years, 81
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.
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Clyde Davis Garrett (b. 1887) —
also known as Clyde D. Garrett —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; District of
Columbia Republican Party secretary, 1937; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta Delta Chi; Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Owen Greenan (1888-c.1952) —
also known as J. O. Greenan —
of Mina, Mineral
County, Nev.; Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
3, 1888.
Son of James Edward Greenan and Margaret A. (Galligan) Greenan.
Republican. Mining engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1940.
Member, Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., about 1952 (age about 64
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James A. Hamilton (b. 1876) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
24, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1915-16; secretary of
state of New York, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928.
Member, Theta Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving McNeil Ives (1896-1962) —
also known as Irving M. Ives —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
24, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1930-46; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1936; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1947-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Theta Delta Chi; Elks; Grange.
Author and sponsor of legislation creating the New York State
Department of Commerce, and the School of Industrial and Labor
Relations at Cornell University.
Died in Chenango Memorial Hospital,
Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
24, 1962 (age 66 years, 31
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Bainbridge, N.Y.
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Robert S. Juckett, Sr. (b. 1932) —
of Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., August
14, 1932.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1967-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Theta Delta Chi.
Still living as of 1973.
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Jesse Felt Libby (b. 1857) —
also known as Jesse F. Libby —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood, Oxford
County, Maine, February
12, 1857.
Son of Abner Chace Libby and Lucy Spofford (Felt) Libby.
School
principal; lawyer; real estate
business; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Company
and Cascade Light and
Power Company; director, president, Lancaster and Jefferson Electric
Light Company; director, Gorham National Bank;
promoter, director, Berlin Street
Railway; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Member, Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Horatio Tobey Mooers (1894-1978) —
also known as H. Tobey Mooers —
Born in Vassalboro, Kennebec
County, Maine, May 3,
1894.
Son of John Aubert Mooers and Ella (Tobey) Mooers.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Antwerp, 1919; Brussels, 1919; Edinburgh, 1920; Horta, 1920-21; Lisbon, 1922-26; U.S. Consul in Turin, 1926-28; Quebec City, 1928-29; Cherbourg, 1931-32; Toronto, 1933; Mexicali, 1938; Tijuana, 1944-45; Port-au-Prince, 1946; Lyon, 1947-51; U.S. Consul General in SAINT John's, 1951.
Member, Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died in October, 1978
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Donald Mulford (c.1916-2000) —
also known as Don Mulford —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., about 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1957-70; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
Presidential Elector for California, 1968.
Member, Theta Delta Chi; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Native
Sons of the Golden West; Rotary.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March 20,
2000 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philleo Nash (1909-1987) —
of Wisconsin Rapids, Wood
County, Wis.
Born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood
County, Wis., October
25, 1909.
Son of Guy Nash and Florence (Philleo) Nash.
Democrat. Anthropologist;
cranberry
grower; Wisconsin
Democratic state chair, 1955-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1959-61; Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of
Indian Affairs, 1961-66.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Theta Delta Chi.
Died October
12, 1987 (age 77 years, 352
days).
Cremated.
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George Bliss Nelson (b. 1876) —
also known as George B. Nelson —
of Stevens Point, Portage
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Amherst, Portage
County, Wis., May 21,
1876.
Son of James J. Nelson and Juniata P. (Andrews) Nelson.
Republican. Lawyer; Portage
County District Attorney, 1906-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1908;
justice
of Wisconsin state supreme court, 1930-; appointed 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Theta Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael K. Powell (b. 1963) —
of Fairfax Station, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 23,
1963.
Son of Colin
Luther Powell and Alma (Johnson) Powell.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1997-2005; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 2001-05.
African
ancestry. Member, Theta Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2010.
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Hugh Edwin Rodham (b. 1950) —
also known as Hugh E. Rodham —
of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in 1950.
Son of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (1911-1993) and Dorothy Emma (Howell)
Rodham (1919-2011).
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1994.
Member, Theta Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2011.
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Rollin Brewster Sanford (1874-1957) —
also known as Rollin B. Sanford —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Nicholville, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., May 18,
1874.
Son of Henry T. Sanford and Louise (Brewster) Sanford.
Republican. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney, 1908-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1915-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died May 16,
1957 (age 82 years, 363
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Hans Frederick Arthur Schoenfeld (1889-1952) —
also known as H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
31, 1889.
Son of Prof. Hermann Schoenfeld and Johanna (Richter) Schoenfeld.
U.S. Consular Agent in Caracas, 1910-12; U.S. Minister to Dominican Republic, 1931-37; Finland, 1937-42; Hungary, 1945-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta Delta Chi.
Died March 2,
1952 (age 63 years, 31
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rudolf Emil Schoenfeld (1895-1981) —
also known as Rudolf E. Schoenfeld —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
25, 1895.
Son of Hermann Schoenfeld and Johanna (Richter) Schoenfeld.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Zurich, 1916-17; Berne, 1917-21; Berlin, 1921-23; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1923-24; Stettin, 1924; Cologne, 1924-25; La Paz, 1925-27; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Luxembourg, 1944; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador to Guatamala, 1951-53; Colombia, 1953.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta Delta Chi.
Died in 1981
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James C. Soper —
of Cicero, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state senate 7th District, 1967-79.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Theta Delta Chi; Gamma
Eta Gamma; American
Legion; Moose; Elks.
Still living as of 1979.
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Stephen Dover Stephens (b. 1887) —
also known as Stephen D. Stephens —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born October
28, 1887.
Son of Stephen
D. Stephens, Jr..
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1915-16.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sumner Wallace (1856-1920) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, March 7,
1856.
Son of Ebenezer Gowell Wallace and Sarah Esther (Greenfield) Wallace.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; director of banks, railroads,
and electric
utilities; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904;
Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1908.
Member, Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., January
11, 1920 (age 63 years, 310
days).
Interment at Rochester
Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
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