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Jean Baptiste Adoue, Jr. (1884-1956) —
also known as J. B. Adoue, Jr. —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
4, 1884.
Son of Jean Baptiste Adoue and Mittie N. (Simpson) Adoue.
President, Dallas National Bank of
Commerce, 1924-56; chairman, Gulf Insurance
Company; chairman, Universal Life and Accident Insurance
Company; director, Graham-Brown Shoe
Company; director, First Texas Chemical Company; director,
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Company; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1951-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Rotary; Phi
Delta Theta; Newcomen
Society.
Died, from a heart
attack, while working at his
bank, in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
17, 1956 (age 72 years, 13
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Elmer Lee Andersen (1909-2004) —
also known as Elmer L. Andersen —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1909.
Son of Arne Andersen and Jennie Olivia (Johnson) Andersen.
Republican. Glue manufacturing business; dairy farmer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1948,
1964;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1949-59; Governor of
Minnesota, 1961-63; defeated, 1962.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, in a hospital
at St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
15, 2004 (age 95 years, 151
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) —
also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire
Strap-Hanger" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
16, 1841.
Son of Rev. Loyal B. Andrus and Ann (Palmer) Andrus.
Republican. School
teacher; pharmaceutical
manufacturer; investor in real
estate, mining
claims, and the Standard Oil Company;
owned considerable stock in railroads
and utilities;
director, New York Life Insurance
Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical
Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical Co.; director,
National Fuel
Gas Co.; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1904; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13.
Methodist.
Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman
Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's
wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Lawrence A. Appley (1904-1997) —
of Glen Ridge, Essex
County, N.J.; Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., April 22,
1904.
Son of Rev. Joseph Earl Appley and Jessie (Moore) Appley.
Republican. Personnel manager, Buffalo Division, Socony Vacuum Oil Company,
1930-34; vice-president, Vick Chemical Company, 1941-46;
vice-president, Montgomery Ward department
stores, 1946-48; president, American Management Association,
1948-68; member, Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Chi Phi;
Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., April 4,
1997 (age 92 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gene M. Ashley (b. 1920) —
of Amma, Roane
County, W.Va.
Born in Amma, Roane
County, W.Va., November
3, 1920.
Son of Waitman T. Ashley and Icie (Carper) Ashley.
Republican. Chemical plant worker; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Roane County, 1961-68.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Still living as of 1968.
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Walter Wolfkiel Bacon (1879-1962) —
also known as Walter W. Bacon —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., January
20, 1879.
Son of John G. Bacon and Margaret (Foster) Bacon.
Republican. Department head, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
chemical firm, 1903-18; treasurer, Buick Motor
Company, 1918-30; mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1935-40; Governor of
Delaware, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 18,
1962 (age 83 years, 57
days).
Interment at Old
Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard, Odessa, Del.
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Joseph Bancroft (b. 1875) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Rockford (now part of Wilmington), New Castle
County, Del., May 18,
1875.
Son of Samuel Bancroft, Jr. and Mary Askew (Richardson) Bancroft.
Democrat. Chemical engineer;
executive, Joseph Bancroft & Sons chemical manufacturing
firm; director of railroads
and insurance
companies; candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1924.
Quaker.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Theta
Xi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Samuel Barnard (1876-1943) —
also known as George S. Barnard —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Bainbridge, Berrien
County, Mich., January
19, 1876.
Son of Rufus P. Barnard and Mary (Metras) Barnard.
Republican. Druggist;
chemist; manufacturer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1919-24; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1927-30; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1930, 1934.
Congregationalist.
French
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alma B. McClurg. |
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Bertha Baur (1870-1967) —
also known as Bertha E. Duppler; Mrs. Jacob
Baur —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis., October
14, 1870.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1936; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1937-43.
Female.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 10,
1967 (age 96 years, 269
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Relatives:
Married, November
23, 1908, to Jacob Baur (1856-1912; chemist; founder and
head of Liquid Carbonic Company); step-sister-in-law of Katherine
'Kate' Metzel (who married Eugene
Victor Debs). |
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John David Bingham (1884-1942) —
also known as John D. Bingham —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., May 16,
1884.
Son of John Bingham and Elizabeth Mulvena Bingham.
Republican. Superintendent, Michigan Alkali Company; manager,
Huron Port Cement;
director, Peoples State Bank; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1930-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died, from kidney
failure, June 14,
1942 (age 58 years, 29
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Henning Albert Blomen (1910-1993) —
also known as Henning A. Blomen —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Son of Gustav A. Blomen and Clara E. (Magnuson) Blomen.
Machine assembler, Dewey & Almy Chemical Co.; Socialist Labor
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962,
1966, 1970; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1946, 1948; Socialist Labor candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1964; Socialist Labor candidate
for President
of the United States, 1968.
Died, in a nursing
home at North Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., July, 1993
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nancy E. Boyda (b. 1955) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August 2,
1955.
Democrat. Chemist; school
teacher; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 2007-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2008.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harold George Bretherton (b. 1876) —
also known as Harold G. Bretherton —
Born in Flinton, Ontario,
January
1, 1876.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; chemist; U.S. Vice Consul in Aguascalientes, 1910-24.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Elmore Browne (1905-1985) —
also known as Jack Browne —
of Corrales, Sandoval
County, N.M.
Born in Gibsonton, Westmoreland
County, Pa., September
3, 1905.
Son of William Fred Brown (1877-1965) and Carmie (Forsythe) Brown
(1883-1963).
School
teacher; chemist; Corrales municipal judge, 1971-76.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Corrales, Sandoval
County, N.M., July 17,
1985 (age 79 years, 317
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) —
also known as William A. M. Burden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 8,
1906.
Son of Florence Vanderbilt (Twombly) Burden.
Analyst of aviation
industry; founder of Wall Street investment firm; chairman of Union
Texas Natural Gas Corporation; director, Allied Chemical Co.,
Columbia Broadcasting
System, and Lockheed Aircraft;
president, Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S.
Ambassador to Belgium, 1959-61.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of heart
disease, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1984 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877; railroad
baron); son of Florence Vanderbilt (Twombly) Burden; married 1931 to
Margaret Livingston Partridge. |
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Patrick Henry Callahan (b. 1866) —
also known as P. H. Callahan —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
15, 1866.
Son of John Cormic Callahan and Mary Anna (Connolly) Callahan.
Democrat. Varnish manufacturer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1920;
Dry candidate for delegate to
Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles H. Cole (b. 1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
30, 1871.
Son of Charles H. Cole and Mary Lyon (Ball) Cole.
Democrat. Cashier and treasurer for several mining and
smelting
companies; president of chemical companies; Boston police
commissioner, 1905-07; Boston fire commissioner, 1912-14; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1914-16; general in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Interment at Hingham
Cemetery, Hingham, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1910
to Grace F. Blanchard. |
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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) —
also known as James B. Conant —
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 26,
1893.
Son of James Scott Conant and Jennett Orr (Bryant) Conant.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chemist; university
professor; President
of Harvard University, 1933-53; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1955-57.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Alpha
Chi Sigma; American
Philosophical Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., February
11, 1978 (age 84 years, 322
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Scott Conant and Jennett Orr (Bryant) Conant; married to
Patty Thayer Reynolds and Grace Richards. |
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dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) —
also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Kappa Psi.
President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical
company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical,
1967-79.
Died, of cancer, at
Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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Albert Sprague Coolidge (b. 1894) —
also known as Albert S. Coolidge —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
23, 1894.
Son of Frederic Shurtleff Coolidge and Elizabeth Penn (Sprague)
Coolidge.
Socialist. Chemist; candidate for secretary of
state of Massachusetts, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1934, 1936.
Member, American
Chemical Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lammot du Pont Copeland (1905-1983) —
also known as Lammot Copeland —
of Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Christiana, New Castle
County, Del., May 19,
1905.
Son of Charles Copeland (1867-1944) and Louisa d'Andelot (du Pont)
Copeland (1868-1926).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,
1952
(alternate), 1956;
president of the DuPont chemical company, 1962-67.
Died in Greenville, New Castle
County, Del., July 1,
1983 (age 78 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Montgomery F. Crowe (b. 1890) —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
9, 1890.
Son of Charles H. Crowe and Jessie M. (Durkee) Crowe.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1939-54; director, General Hospital
of Monroe County; director, Stroudsburg Security Trust
Company; president, Monroe County Industries;
treasurer, Pocono Lodges Hotel
Company director, Van Karner Chemical Arms Corporation;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances K. Wirth. |
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Carl Djerassi (b. 1923) —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
October
29, 1923.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; university
professor; chemist and pharmaceutical
researcher;
helped develop the oral contraceptive pill; playwright;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972.
Austrian
and Bulgarian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted into National Inventors Hall of
Fame, 1978.
Still living as of 2006.
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Leland Ira Doan (1894-1974) —
also known as Leland I. Doan —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in North Bend, Dodge
County, Neb., November
9, 1894.
Son of Ira Doan and Hester (Spencer) Doan.
Republican. President, Dow Chemical Company, 1949-62; member
of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1952-59; director, Michigan Bell Telephone
Company.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., April 4,
1974 (age 79 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Edward Dunne (b. 1882) —
also known as James E. Dunne —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
3, 1882.
Son of James Dunne and Mary Ellen (Reed) Dunne.
Democrat. Owner of grocery
stores; in chemical and oil
business; Rhode Island
Democratic state chair, 1922-25; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1927-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Sons
of Union Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Exchange
Club.
Interment at St.
Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, R.I.
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Alfred Irénée du Pont (1864-1935) —
also known as Alfred I. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born May 12,
1864.
Son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont II (1829-1877)
and Charlotte Shepard (Henderson) du Pont.
Republican. Vice-president of the DuPont Powder Company;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1916.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died April 28,
1935 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Belin du Pont, Jr. (1898-1970) —
also known as Henry B. du Pont —
of Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.
Born July 23,
1898.
Son of Henry Belin du Pont (1873-1902) and Eluthera (Bradford) du
Pont.
Republican. Vice-president, director, DuPont chemical company;
director, North American Aviation
Corp. and General
Motors; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,
1936.
Died in 1970
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) —
also known as Pierre S. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
15, 1870.
Son of Lammot du Pont (1831-1884) and Mary (Belin) du Pont.
President (1915-19) and director of the Du Pont chemical
company; chairman (1915-29) and president (1920-23) of General
Motors; director, Pennsylvania Railroad;
member of Delaware
state board of education, 1919-21; delegate to
Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware
Liquor Commissioner, 1933-38.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1954
(age about
84 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Reynolds du Pont (1918-1980) —
of Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 15,
1918.
Son of Natalie Driver (Wilson) du Pont (1877-1918) and Lammot du Pont
(1880-1952).
Republican. Engineer;
chemical manufacturer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1964.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., 1980
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) —
also known as T. Coleman du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
11, 1863.
Son of Antoine Bidermann du Pont (1837-1923) and Ellen Susan
(Coleman) du Pont.
Republican. Engineer;
president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co., 1902-15;
president, Central Coal and Iron Co., and
other mining firms; director, Union National Bank; owner
of hotels;
Delaware
Republican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1916;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921;
defeated, 1922; resigned 1928.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, from cancer
of the larynx, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
11, 1930 (age 66 years, 335
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at du
Pont Cemetery, Christiana, Del.
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Melvin Carr Eaton (1891-1966) —
also known as Melvin C. Eaton —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., April 2,
1891.
Son of Robert D. Eaton and Maria E. (Smith) Eaton.
Republican. Chemist; director, superintendent, later
vice-president, president and chairman, Norwich Pharmaceutical
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
chair
of Chenango County Republican Party, 1933; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New York
Republican state chair, 1934-36; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Rotary.
Died, following an apparent heart
attack, in St. Charles Hospital,
Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August 1,
1966 (age 75 years, 121
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Jones Fannin (1907-2002) —
also known as Paul J. Fannin —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., January
29, 1907.
Son of Thomas Newton Fannin and Katherine (Davis) Fannin.
Republican. Chemical and petroleum
business; Governor of
Arizona, 1959-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1965-77.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Rotary; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from a stroke, in
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
13, 2002 (age 94 years, 349
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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John Bernard Faust (b. 1898) —
also known as John B. Faust —
of Denmark, Bamberg
County, S.C.
Born in Otranto Plantation (now part of Hanahan), Berkeley
County, S.C., September
18, 1898.
Son of John S. J. Faust and Blanche (Walker) Faust.
Chemical engineer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, 1927; Asuncion, 1929; Paris, 1932; U.S. Consul in Santiago, 1936-38.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Fechter, Sr. (1851-1921) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1851.
Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad;
lost an
arm in an 1877 railroad accident; carting
business; organized Buffalo Rendering Co.; manager,
Buffalo Fertilizer
Co.; president, Minnehaha Mining and
Smelting
Co.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency, real
estate and insurance;
member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1905-06.
Catholic.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 16,
1921 (age about 69
years).
Interment at United
German and French Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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John Fields (b. 1871) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, July 29,
1871.
Son of David T. Fields and Sara (Mosser) Fields.
Republican. Chemist; farmer; banker;
editor, Oklahoma Farmer magazine;
president, Times Co., publishers Oklahoma Daily Times newspaper;
candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1914, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, July 23,
1894.
Chemist; executive vice-president, Parke Davis pharmaceutical
company; village
president of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1948-50; mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Collapsed and died in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton Hotel,
Montreal, Quebec,
April
8, 1957 (age 62 years, 259
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Gil Guillory (b. 1970) —
of The Woodlands, Montgomery
County, Tex.
Born August
25, 1970.
Libertarian. Chemical engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 2000, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Patricia Louise Herbold (b. 1940) —
also known as Patricia L. Herbold; Pat Herbold;
Patricia Louise Kruse —
of Montgomery, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Bellevue, King
County, Wash.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
24, 1940.
Daughter of William J. Kruse and Mary Louise Kruse.
Republican. Chemist; lawyer;
mayor of Montgomery, Ohio, 1986; chair of
King County Republican Party, 2002-04; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Washington, 2004;
U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 2005-.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Patrick Higgins (1893-1955) —
also known as John P. Higgins —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
19, 1893.
Son of Patrick Higgins and Winifred (Gilligan) Higgins.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; chemist;
lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1929-34; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1935-37;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1937-55; died in office 1955.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 2,
1955 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Robert W. Hilton (b. 1868) —
of Smethport, McKean
County, Pa.
Born in Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben
County, N.Y., January
26, 1868.
Democrat. Organizer and executive for several chemical
companies; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from McKean County, 1909; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate 25th District, 1913-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr. (1903-1969) —
also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
August
4, 1903.
Son of Herbert
Clark Hoover and Lou (Henry) Hoover.
Republican. Petroleum geologist;
mining engineer;
inventor;
president, Aeronautical
Radio,
Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; director, Monsanto
Chemical Company; director, Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation; director, Southern California Edison
Company; director, Hanna Mining
Company; director, Pacific Mutual Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1960.
Herbert Hoover Jr. High School, in San Jose, Calif., is named for
him.
Died, of cancer, in
Huntington Community Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1969 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert James Huber (1922-2001) —
also known as Robert J. Huber —
of Troy, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
29, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; president,
Michigan Chrome and Chemical Inc.; mayor of
Troy, Mich., 1959-64; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1965-70; defeated in primary, 1962;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1973-75; defeated,
1974.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary; Elks; American
Legion; Catholic
War Veterans.
Died, of cancer, in
Beaumont Hospital,
Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., April 23,
2001 (age 78 years, 237
days).
Interment at Memory
Gardens Cemetery, Hope, Ark.
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Roy Innis (b. 1934) —
also known as Emile Alfredo Innis —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, June 6,
1934.
Democrat. Chemist; civil rights leader; chairman of the Harlem
chapter, and national board member and vice-chairman of the Congress
of Racial Equality (CORE); candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1993.
African
ancestry. Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Shuford Kirk (1907-2003) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Juniata Township, Tuscola
County, Mich., May 2,
1907.
Son of James
Kirk and Jane Catherine 'Janie' (Borland) Kirk (1880-1971).
Republican. Chemist; farmer; chair of
Tuscola County Republican Party, 1958-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Tuscola County,
1961-62; candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives 84th District, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Exchange
Club.
Died, in McLaren Regional Medical
Center, Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., November
6, 2003 (age 96 years, 188
days).
Interment at Indianfields
Township Cemetery, Caro, Mich.
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Edwin Freemont Ladd (1859-1925) —
also known as Edwin F. Ladd —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Starks, Somerset
County, Maine, December
13, 1859.
Son of John Ladd and Rosilla (Locke) Ladd.
Republican. Chemist; college
professor; president,
North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State
University), 1916-21; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1921-25; died in office 1925.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., June 22,
1925 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Marion Sumner MacCarthy (b. 1874) —
also known as Marion S. MacCarthy —
Born in Ames, Story
County, Iowa, April 2,
1874.
Chemist; railway
superintendent; mining
examiner; U.S. Consular Agent in Alamos, 1908-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Macnaughtan, Jr. (b. 1939) —
also known as Don Macnaughtan —
of New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va.
Born April 13,
1939.
Democrat. Chemist; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1991-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Xi.
Still living as of 1997.
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Relatives:
Married to Marlene Acker. |
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Whitmell Pugh Martin (1867-1929) —
also known as Whitmell P. Martin; Whit P.
Martin —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born near Napoleonville, Assumption
Parish, La., August
12, 1867.
Son of Robert Campbell Martin and Margerite Chism (Littlejohn)
Martin.
Democrat. Chemist; lawyer;
District Attorney, 20th District of Louisiana, 1900-06; district
judge in Louisiana 20th District, 1906-14; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1915-29; died in
office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 6,
1929 (age 61 years, 237
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
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Seabury C. Mastick (b. 1871) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; near Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Warner
Chemical Company; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1921-22;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1923-34; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association; American
Chemical Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Agnes E. Warner. |
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George W. Merck (1894-1957) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Rupert, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 29,
1894.
Son of George Merck and Friedrike (Schenck) Merck.
Republican. Chemist; president (1925-49) and chairman
(1949-57), Merck & Co., pharmaceutical
makers; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1948;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1956.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day, in Orange Memorial Hospital,
Orange, Essex
County, N.J., November
9, 1957 (age 63 years, 225
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Son of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper
in 1933, and was its publisher
until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer, at
George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham (1917-2001; publisher of
the Washington Post). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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Raymond D. Miller (b. 1910) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
30, 1910.
Son of Walter Miller and Bertha (Miller) Miller.
Democrat. Chemical plant foreman; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1951-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 23,
1931, to Virginia Catherine Adkins. |
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Earl David Morton (b. 1918) —
also known as Earl D. Morton —
of Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis.
Born in Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis., November
28, 1918.
Republican. Machine tool inspector; chemical analyst for laundry;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Kenosha County 2nd District, 1957-60.
Still living as of 1960.
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) —
also known as Benjamin F. Mudge —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
11, 1817.
Son of James Mudge and Ruth Mudge.
Lawyer;
school
teacher; chemist; geologist;
mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Murphy (1846-1920) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
3, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; varnish
manufacturer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1886; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1900,
1904;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1902-05; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1904-12; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1908.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
24, 1920 (age 74 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.; statue erected 1925 at Weequhaic
Park, Newark, N.J.
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Melvin Nord (b. 1918) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August 3,
1918.
Son of Sol Nord and Rose (Hertzoff) Nord.
Democrat. Lawyer;
chemical engineer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62.
Member, Sigma Xi.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives:
Married to Eleanor Greenbaum. |
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Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) —
also known as Thomas H. Norton —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., June 30,
1851.
Son of Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton.
Republican. Chemist; newspaper
editor; university
professor; librarian;
U.S. Consul in Harput, 1900-05; Smyrna, 1905-06; Chemnitz, 1906-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; American
Chemical Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Russell Wilber Peterson (b. 1916) —
also known as Russell W. Peterson —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Portage, Columbia
County, Wis., October
3, 1916.
Son of Anton Peterson and Emma (Anthony) Peterson.
Republican. Textile researcher
for du Pont chemical company; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Delaware, 1969-73; defeated, 1972.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Phi Eta
Sigma.
Still living as of 2009.
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Rufus King Polk (1866-1902) —
also known as Rufus K. Polk —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., August
23, 1866.
Democrat. Chemist; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1899-1902; died
in office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1902 (age 35 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Danville, Pa.
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Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968) —
also known as Edgar M. Queeny —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
29, 1897.
Son of John Francis Queeny (1859-1933; founder of Monsanto Chemical
Works in 1901) and Olga (Monsanto) Queeny.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president
(1928-43) and chairman (1943-60), Monsanto Chemical Company;
board chairman, Barnes Hospital;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1956.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo., July 7,
1968 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Roy H. Rogerson (b. 1929) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio
County, W.Va., January
16, 1929.
Son of Russell Rogerson and Lilly (Fisher) Rogerson.
Republican. Chemical engineer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1967-72;
defeated, 1978; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1973-76; defeated, 1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Still living as of 1978.
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James Sanderson (b. 1866) —
Born in England,
May 8,
1866.
Not U.S. citizen; chemical manufacturer; U.S. Consular Agent
in Cadiz, 1908-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Martin Schaefer (1887-1950) —
also known as Edwin M. Schaefer —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., May 14,
1887.
Democrat. Chemical engineer,
and later general superintendent, Morris & Co. meat packers;
St.
Clair County Treasurer, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1933-43; director,
Griesediech-Western Brewery Co.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
8, 1950 (age 63 years, 178
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Stratford (now Trumbull), Fairfield
County, Conn., August 8,
1779.
Son of Gold Selleck Silliman (1732-1790) and Mary (Fish) Silliman.
Republican. Lawyer;
chemist; university
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1856.
The mineral sillimanite was named for
him in 1850.
Died November
24, 1864 (age 85 years, 108
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Joseph E. Sinnott —
also known as Joe Sinnott —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Democrat. Chemist; lawyer; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 2006-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 2008.
Still living as of 2010.
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Robert J. Slingerlend (b. 1915) —
of Lake Orion, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Mecosta
County, Mich., May 4,
1915.
Democrat. Chemical engineer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 63rd District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 1966.
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Allan R. Sorenson (b. 1919) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., December
12, 1919.
Democrat. Chemical engineer;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents; elected 1961.
Protestant.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Audubon
Society.
Still living as of 1963.
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Terrell Higdon Stone (1868-1958) —
also known as T. H. Stone —
of Port St. Joe, Gulf
County, Fla.
Born September
19, 1868.
Son of James
Bennett Stone and Jincy Ann (Yon) Stone (1828-1894).
Founder, postmaster, and mayor of Port St. Joe, Florida;
turpentine business; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1933-35.
Died November
19, 1958 (age 90 years, 61
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Francis Tague (1871-1941) —
also known as Peter F. Tague —
of Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 4,
1871.
Chemist; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1897-98, 1913-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1915-19,
1919-25; defeated (Independent), 1918, 1924; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1917; postmaster.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
17, 1941 (age 70 years, 105
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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William C. Teichmann (b. 1859) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
30, 1859.
Newspaper
correspondent; school
teacher; chemist; U.S. Consul in Eibenstock, 1906-08; Colombo, 1908-09; Stettin, 1909-11; Mannheim, 1914-16; Bluefields, 1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Buel Trowbridge (1929-2006) —
also known as Alexander B. Trowbridge —
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., December
12, 1929.
Son of A. Buel Trowbridge.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
president, Esso Standard Oil Puerto
Rico; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68; vice-chairman, Allied
Chemical Corporation.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 27,
2006 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. Buel Trowbridge; married to Nancy Horst and Eleanor 'Ellie'
Hutzler. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (1838-1903) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born near West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., October
20, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; magazine
publisher; oil
producer; land, lumber, and
coal
mining business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1881-83;
chemist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1903 (age 65 years, 60
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Whetstone Wannamaker, Jr. (b. 1900) —
also known as W. W. Wannamaker, Jr. —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., May 18,
1900.
Son of William Whetstone Wannamaker and Lyall (Matheson) Wannamaker.
Republican. Civil
engineer; general
contractor; director, Orange Cotton
Mills; vice-president, Wateree Chemical Co.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1956-66.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dale Edward Wolf (b. 1924) —
also known as Dale E. Wolf —
of near Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb., September
6, 1924.
Son of Harry Wolf and Irene Wolf.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
vice-president of pharmaceutical
business for the E. I. Du Pont chemical company; Delaware
Director of Development, 1987-88; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1989-92; Governor of
Delaware, 1992-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Xi; Alpha
Zeta.
Still living as of 2009.
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