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Arthur Henry Almendinger (1891-1953) —
also known as Arthur H. Almendinger —
of West Chicago, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in West Chicago, DuPage
County, Ill., March 9,
1891.
Son of Henry W. Almendinger (1863-1935) and Barbara Almendinger
(1868-1953).
Railroad
signal foreman; electrical contractor; mayor
of West Chicago, Ill., 1935-38.
Died in 1953
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Glen
Oak Cemetery, West Chicago, Ill.
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Richard H. Applebaum (1936-1969) —
of St. John, Putnam
County, Mo.
Born November
11, 1936.
Democrat. Electrician; member of Missouri
state house of representatives 34th District, 1969; died in
office 1969.
Died in St. John, Putnam
County, Mo., January
27, 1969 (age 32 years, 77
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Taggard Appleton (1884-1961) —
also known as Arthur T. Appleton —
of Dublin, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Dublin, Cheshire
County, N.H., May 8,
1884.
Son of Charles Francis Appleton (1856-1943) and Lillian Gertrude
(Jones) Appleton (1857-1932).
Republican. Electrical contractor; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 4th District; elected 1938.
Died in Dublin, Cheshire
County, N.H., August
16, 1961 (age 77 years, 100
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Edward Bartlett (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles E. Bartlett —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 16,
1887.
Republican. Electrician; worked for the Chicago Telephone
Company, the Michigan State Telephone
Company, and Detroit Edison (electric
utility); member, legislative
committee, Detroit Federation of Labor and Michigan State
Federation of Labor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-32; defeated, 1932, 1934; elected (Wet) delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District 1933, but did not serve; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1936.
Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Burial
location unknown.
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John C. Bellingham —
of Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland.
Socialist. Electrical worker; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 1st District, 1920.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter C. Bishop (b. 1862) —
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., March 14,
1862.
Electrician; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Durango, 1896-97, 1902-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Breitenbach (1897-1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 17,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; railway
signalman; electrical contractor; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 13th District, 1925-34; member
of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1936.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, following an operation for appendicitis,
in Hamilton Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 13,
1937 (age 40 years, 26
days).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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James Harvey Brown (1906-1995) —
also known as James H. Brown —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak., April 22,
1906.
Democrat. Electrical engineer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; vice-chair of
California Democratic Party, 1948-58; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
municipal judge in California, 1964-.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 10,
1995 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Cole Bryan (1919-1997) —
also known as Edward C. Bryan; Ed Bryan —
of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
22, 1919.
Son of Kenneth Cole Bryan and Mary (Hayes) Bryan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; surveyor;
electrical engineer;
business
executive; delegate to
Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950, 1968; Hawaii
Territory Republican Party chair, 1957-58; housing director, Ewa
Sugar
Company; board member, St. Francis Hospital.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., May 27,
1997 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean.
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Relatives:
Married to Shada I. Pflueger (1923-1973). |
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Herbert H. Carlson (born c.1933) —
also known as Herb Carlson —
of Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., about 1933.
Electrical engineer;
clothing
merchant; mayor
of Petoskey, Mich.; elected 1990, 1991; defeated, 1992, 1995;
elected 1999; defeated, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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Ralph Nathaniel Clark —
of Ivoryton, Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Republican. Electrician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Essex, 1935-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles F. Cline (b. 1881) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
electrician; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1924-29.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Patrick Connors (b. 1892) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 23,
1892.
Democrat. Electrical engineer;
employed by Ford Motor
Company for 16 years; real estate
sales; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District;
elected 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maximo Ferdinand Croskey (b. 1887) —
also known as Maximo F. Croskey —
Born in Asuncion, Paraguay,
May
31, 1887.
Not U.S. citizen; electrical engineer;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Asuncion, 1911-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Asuncion, 1917.
Paraguayan
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence William Gilley (b. 1919) —
also known as Clarence W. Gilley —
of Rhinelander, Oneida
County, Wis.
Born in Rhinelander, Oneida
County, Wis., May 11,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
electrician; electrical contractor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Florence, Forest and Oneida counties, 1949-50.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1950.
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John Hamilton (b. 1892) —
of Grantsville, Calhoun
County, W.Va.
Born in Grantsville, Calhoun
County, W.Va., January
18, 1892.
Son of John M. Hamilton and Minnie (Cook) Hamilton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; electrical
contractor; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Calhoun County, 1951-52.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Otis Howe (b. 1871) —
also known as Arthur O. Howe —
of Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Newfane, Windham
County, Vt., March 7,
1871.
Son of Marshall
Otis Howe and Gertrude Isabel (Dexter) Howe.
Republican. Electrical engineer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1931-33, 1937, 1945; member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1947.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence L. Lathrop (b. 1872) —
of Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, June 23,
1872.
Son of Christopher Columbus Lathrop (1844-1921) and Rosamond (Lapham)
Lathrop (1845-1932).
Republican. Electrician; railroad
signalman; railroad
claims agent; chair of
Allegany County Republican Party, 1933-45; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 44th District, 1938.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, March 26,
1894, to Josephine Longdon Blauvelt (1874-1948). |
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Ezra Mills Lawton (b. 1864) —
also known as Ezra M. Lawton —
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, August
23, 1864.
Electrical engineer;
mining
business; U.S. Consular Agent in Oaxaca, 1908-11; U.S. Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-17; Guatemala City, 1919-20; Sao Paulo, 1921; Sydney, 1926; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, 1927-29.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas R. Layden (b. 1866) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
26, 1866.
Republican. Machinist;
electrical contractor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1904-05,
1910-11; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Werner Justus Leitner (b. 1870) —
also known as Werner J. Leitner —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
20, 1870.
Electrician; engineer-in-chief, Maracaibo Electric
Light Company; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Maracaibo, 1910-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Brian Leland —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Electrician; candidate for mayor of
Bozeman, Mont., 2009.
Still living as of 2010.
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Cloid Irwin Level (1895-1977) —
also known as Cloid I. Level —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Odebolt, Sac
County, Iowa, May 23,
1895.
Son of James William Level (born 1863) and Mary Ann (Lesher) Level
(1866-1946).
Electrician; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 1939.
Died in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee
County, Wis., June 7,
1977 (age 82 years, 15
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James William Level (born 1863) and Mary Ann (Lesher) Level
(1866-1946); married to Ethelda Ruth Swartwood (1899-1992;
great-granddaughter of Daniel
Baker Swartwood). |
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Charles Ludlow Livingston (b. 1870) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 10,
1870.
Electrical engineer;
lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-10; Swansea, 1910-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Archibald Macdonald (born c.1862) —
of Putnam, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, about 1862.
Republican. Electrician; mayor of
Putnam, Conn., 1911, 1922; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Putnam, 1913-16; member of Connecticut
state senate 28th District, 1917-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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John G. Malone (b. 1877) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
27, 1877.
Republican. Accountant;
electrical contractor; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1912-19.
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. Markes (b. 1933) —
of Westland, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 23,
1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
electrical engineer;
candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
20th District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 36th District, 1973-76; defeated,
1976.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1976.
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James J. McDermott —
of Warehouse Point, East Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Carpenter;
electrician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Windsor, 1941.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Brian M. McLaughlin (b. 1952) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 30,
1952.
Democrat. Electrician; member of New York
state assembly 25th District, 1993-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000.
Catholic.
Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Still living as of 2005.
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Cecil Mitchell (b. 1907) —
of Newtown, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Wanda, Logan
County, W.Va., July 19,
1907.
Democrat. Miner;
electrician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1959-62.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Redmen;
Rotary;
United
Mine Workers.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry B. Morse —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Electrical engineer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1933-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter J. Murdock (born c.1944) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born about 1944.
Democrat. Electrician; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1982-89; defeated, 1981, 1989.
Still living as of 2006.
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William Herbert Murphy (1889-1942) —
Born in Berlin, Germany,
April
11, 1889.
Son of George
Herbert Murphy and Margarethe Schmidt Murphy.
Electrical engineer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Coburg, 1914; served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, Freemasons.
While flying a reconnaissance mission, his plane
was shot
down over Surabaya, Indonesia,
February
3, 1942 (age 52 years, 298
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married to Catharine Probey. |
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Louis Paladini —
of Derby, New Haven
County, Conn.
Electrician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Derby, 1939-40; defeated
(Republican), 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Stanley Phillips (b. 1880) —
Born in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 24,
1880.
Electrician; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Cardiff, 1905-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allen Phillips —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Electrician; candidate for mayor of
Austin, Tex., 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Ernest Lincoln Phillips (b. 1877) —
also known as Ernest L. Phillips —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
14, 1877.
Electrician; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Cardiff, 1899-1905; U.S. Consular Agent in La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1905-08; SAINT Helens, 1908-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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William R. Sharpe, Jr. (b. 1928) —
also known as William R. Sharpe; Bill
Sharpe —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., October
28, 1928.
Son of William R. Sharpe and Helen (Whitwam) Sharpe.
Democrat. Electrical engineer;
electrical contractor; member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1961-80, 1985-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Moose; Odd
Fellows; International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Still living as of 2000.
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Earle H. Stickney (1883-1945) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Hudson Falls, Washington
County, N.Y., 1883.
Republican. Electrical contractor; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1932-33, 1936-39; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died June 8,
1945 (age about 61
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Alex Stolt (1900-2001) —
also known as Bill Stolt —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1900.
Electrician; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1941-44.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, in the Anchorage Pioneers
Home, Anchorage,
Alaska, February
28, 2001 (age 100 years,
238 days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Walter T. Stuart —
of Valdez, Valdez-Cordova
census area, Alaska; Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska.
Electrician; mayor of
Valdez, Alaska, 1923, 1933; regent, University of Alaska, 1941-57.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Suski (1928-1992) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., September
9, 1928.
Democrat. Electrician; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 80th District, 1965-72; defeated
in primary, 1956 (Genesee County 1st District), 1958 (Genesee County
1st District), 1960 (Genesee County 1st District), 1972 (80th
District), 1977 (80th District); candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1974.
Catholic.
Died in 1992
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1955
to Elaine Fink. |
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Henry Odin Tilton (b. 1885) —
also known as Henry O. Tilton —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 1,
1885.
Son of Josiah Odin Tilton and Hattie (French) Tilton.
Republican. Electrical engineer;
local sales manager, General Electric; director, Stratton and Co.,
Concord, N.H.; director, New England Confectionary
Co., Cambridge, Mass.; candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1933; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth L. Vaughan (born c.1924) —
Born about 1924.
Libertarian. Electrical engineer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Thomas Wilson Voetter (b. 1869) —
also known as Thomas W. Voetter —
of New Mexico.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 10,
1869.
Electrician; foundry
worker; railroad
employee; U.S. Consul in Saltillo, 1907-11; La Guaira, 1911-14; Antofagasta, 1915-21; Caracas, 1924; Curacao, 1926-29; Guaymas, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Erwin Wilson (1890-1961) —
also known as Charles E. Wilson; "Engine
Charlie" —
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 18,
1890.
Electrical engineer;
president, General
Motors, 1941-53; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1953-57.
Famed for saying, during his confirmation hearings, that "for years I
thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and
vice versa.".
Died in Norwood, East
Feliciana Parish, La., September
26, 1961 (age 71 years, 70
days).
Interment at Acacia
Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Mich.
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