Politicians who Lived the Longest
Note that current age (or age at death) is determined crudely by
subtracting the year of birth from current year (or year of death).
Those who died earlier in the year than their birthday would have
been considered one year younger than shown here. The age of those
presumed still living is calculated as of the the last year they were
known, in this database, to be alive.
Lived to age 110:
- Abby Crawford Milton (1881-1991) — also known as
Mrs. George Fort Milton, Sr. — of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn. Born in 1881.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1924,
1936
(alternate). Female.
Advocate for women's voting rights; as a lobbyist helped persuade the
Tennessee legislature to ratify the 19th Amendment. Died in
Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., 1991.
Interment somewhere
in Clearwater, Fla.
Lived to age 105:
- Russell Jump (1895-2000) — of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan. Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., March 16,
1895. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Wichita, Kan., 1952-53. Methodist.
Died in Pratt, Pratt
County, Kan., April 18,
2000. Burial
location unknown.
- Murray Seasongood (1878-1983) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1878. Son of Alfred Seasongood and Emily Fechheimer
Seasongood. Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926-29. Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
21, 1983. Burial
location unknown.
Lived to age 104:
- James N. Folks (1897-2001) — of Horton, Jackson
County, Mich. Born in Hanover, Jackson
County, Mich., October
19, 1897. Married 1919 to Jennie
Strait. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
Spring Arbor Township Supervisor, 1930-58; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-72 (Jackson County 2nd
District 1955-64, 49th District 1965-72); defeated in primary, 1940.
Protestant.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Kiwanis;
Lions.
Died at Tender Care nursing
home, Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
20, 2001. Interment at Horton
Cemetery, Horton, Mich.
- Leonard J. Paterson (1897-2001) — of Applegate, Sanilac
County, Mich. Born in Applegate, Sanilac
County, Mich., April 20,
1897. Republican. Lawyer; Sanilac
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933; member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1939-42; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 24th Circuit, 1953. Died August
24, 2001. Burial
location unknown.
- Edwynne Cutler Rosenbaum (1899-2003) — also known as
E. C. 'Polly' Rosenbaum — of Hayden, Gila
County, Ariz.; Globe, Gila
County, Ariz. Born in Ollie, Keokuk
County, Iowa, September
4, 1899. Married to William
George Rosenbaum. Democrat. Member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1949-95; defeated, 1994;
Presidential Elector for Arizona, 1996.
Female.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; Zonta.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
28, 2003. Burial
location unknown.
- Katharine Gladys Kaufman Smith (c.1892-1996) — also
known as Katharine Smith — of Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Milbank, Grant
County, S.Dak. Socialist. Candidate for New York
state senate 1st District, 1930; candidate for New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1931, 1932. Female.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Peace activist. Died in Riverdale, Prince
George's County, Md., May 4,
1996. Burial
location unknown.
- Reginald H. Sullivan (1876-1980) — of Indianapolis,
Marion
County, Ind. Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 10,
1876. Great-grandson of Oliver
Hampton Smith and Jeremiah
Sullivan; son of Thomas
Lennox Sullivan. Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1911-13; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1930-34, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1932,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Died January
30, 1980. Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
Lived to age 103:
- Richard Porter Butrick (1894-1997) — also known as
Richard P. Butrick — of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y. Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., August 6,
1894. Son of William Wallace Butrick and Ellen Lavina (Taylor)
Butrick; married, May 6,
1932, to Gretchen Daniel. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice
Consul in Valparaiso, 1921-22; Iquique, 1922-23; U.S. Consul in Guayaquil, 1924-26; Hankow, 1927-31; SAINT John, 1932; Shanghai, 1932-38; U.S. Minister to Iceland, 1948-49. Member, Delta
Sigma Pi. Died in 1997.
Burial
location unknown.
- Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1888-1991) — of Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888. Grandson of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); nephew of Nicholas
Fish; son of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1849-1936); married, September
24, 1921, to Grace Chapin (daughter of Alfred
Clark Chapin); married 1967 to Marie
Blackton (died 1974); married to Alice Curtis Desmond (widow of Thomas
Charles Desmond) and Lydia Ambrogio; father of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1926-1996); grandfather of Hamilton
Fish (1954?-). Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1914-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1920-45; defeated,
1944; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1936; derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies. Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; American
Legion; Society
of the Cincinnati; Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Died of heart
failure, in Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y., January
18, 1991. Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
- Elizabeth Hawley Gasque (1886-1989) — also known as
Bessie Gasque; Elizabeth Mills Hawley; Bessie M.
Hawley; Mrs. A. J. Van Exem — of South Carolina.
Born in Richland
County, S.C., February
26, 1886. Married, March 5,
1908, to Allard
Henry Gasque. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1937-39. Female.
Died in 1989.
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C.
- Frank Ray Keyser, Sr. (1898-2001) — also known as
F. Ray Keyser, Sr. — of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt. Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., September
29, 1898. Father of Frank
Ray Keyser, Jr.. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1937-39; superior court judge in
Vermont, 1956-64; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1964-75. Died, in Eden Park Nursing
Home, Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March 7,
2001. Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Chelsea, Vt.
- Maurice Hudson Thatcher (1870-1973) — of Louisville,
Jefferson
County, Ky. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
15, 1870. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1923-33; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1932. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1973. Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
Lived to age 102:
- Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) — of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., September
17, 1822. Son of David Cole and Rachel (Townsend) Cole; married,
January
6, 1853, to Olive Colegrove. Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1856-60; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1863-65; U.S.
Senator from California, 1867-73. Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles,
Los
Angeles County, Calif., November
3, 1924. Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Marvin Reed Dye (1895-1997) — also known as
Marvin R. Dye — of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y. Born in Forestville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 12,
1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1940-45; judge of
New York Court of Appeals; elected 1944. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Delta
Theta Phi. Died October
25, 1997. Burial
location unknown.
- George Morris Gray (1856-1958) — of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan. Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., March 4,
1856. Surgeon;
mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1906-07. Died August
12, 1958. Interment at Quindaro
Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
- Lucy Somerville Howorth (c.1895-1997) — also known
as "Judge Lucy" — of Mississippi. Born in
Greenville, Washington
County, Miss. Daughter of Nellie
Nugent Somerville. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives. Female.
Died in Cleveland, Bolivar
County, Miss., August
23, 1997. Burial
location unknown.
- Harold Raymond Medina (1888-1990) — also known as
Harold R. Medina — of New York. Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
16, 1888. U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1947-51; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1951-58. Member, American Bar
Association. Died in 1990.
Interment at Westhampton
Cemetery, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, N.Y.
- William J. Oberdorffer, Jr. (1855-1957) — of
Stephenson Township, Menominee
County, Mich. Born in Germany,
March
18, 1855. Son of William J. Oberdorffer, Sr. Republican. Member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Menominee County, 1897-1900,
1925-26; defeated in primary, 1926; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1905-11; appointed 1905; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 30th District,
1907-08. Died in 1957.
Interment at Stephenson
Township Cemetery, Stephenson Township, Menominee County, Mich.
Lived to age 101:
- Earl Hanley Beshlin (1870-1971) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Conewango Township, Warren
County, Pa., April 28,
1870. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1917-19. Died in
Warren, Warren
County, Pa., July 12,
1971. Entombed in mausoleum at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
- Jepthah Greer Bill (1823-1924) — of Griswold, New London
County, Conn. Born September
7, 1823. Nephew of Lodowick
Bill; first cousin of James
Alexander Bill; granduncle of James
Bard Bill; great-great-granduncle of Scott
Bill Hirst. Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives. Died December
5, 1924. Interment at Rixtown
Cemetery, Griswold, Conn.
- John Kenneth Caldwell (1881-1982) — also known as
John K. Caldwell — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Piketon, Pike
County, Ohio, October
16, 1881. Son of James Oscar Caldwell and Leila Ada (Cox)
Caldwell; married to Grace Colquhoun Thompson. Republican. Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Consul in Vladivostok, 1916-19; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1938; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1943-45. Presbyterian.
Died in 1982.
Burial
location unknown.
- James Houston Davis (1899-2000) — also known as
Jimmie Davis; "The Singing Governor" —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La. Born in Quitman, Jackson
Parish, La., September
11, 1899. Married to Anna Gordon. Democrat. Delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1944,
1960;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1944-48, 1960-64. Country
musician and author of hit song "You Are My Sunshine"; elected to
the Country Music Hall of
Fame in 1972; star of the movie
Louisiana, as himself. Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
5, 2000. Interment at Davis
Cemetery, Jackson Parish, La.
- Peter Joseph De Muth (1892-1993) — also known as
Peter J. De Muth — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
1, 1892. Son of John De Muth and Barbara (Dietrich) De Muth;
married, October
30, 1928, to Elizabeth Quick. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy
during World War I; real estate
business; building
contractor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1937-39. Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Eagles; Knights
of Columbus; Alpha
Tau Omega. Died in Orange
County, Calif., April 3,
1993. Burial
location unknown.
- Dirk P. Fabrick (1887-1988) — of Choteau, Teton
County, Mont. Born in Wolvega, Netherlands,
October
23, 1887. Son of Pier A. Fabrick and Greta (DeRuyter) Fabrick;
married 1912
to Marion V. Hoyt. Democrat. Farmer; rancher;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1952.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died May 8,
1988. Burial
location unknown.
- Augustin William Ferrin (1875-1976) — also known as
Augustin W. Ferrin — of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y. Born in Little Valley, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
1, 1875. Son of Augustin William Ferrin and Flavilla Jane (Van
Hoosen) Ferrin. Newspaper
reporter; magazine
editor; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1924-26; Tabriz, 1926-28; Teheran, 1928-30; Malaga, 1930-35; Montevideo, 1935-38. Member, Sons of the
Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa. Died, in a nursing
home, in Marion
County, W.Va., March 17,
1976. Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
- Dorothy Frooks (1896-1997) — of New York. Born February
12, 1896. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1920 (Prohibition, 27th District),
1934 (Law Preservation, at-large). Female.
Suffragette; appeared in the movie
Reds (1981). Died April 13,
1997. Interment at Calverton
National Cemetery, Calverton, Long Island, N.Y.
- Henry Richard Gibson (1837-1938) — also known as
Henry R. Gibson — of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn. Born in Kent Island, Queen Anne's
County, Md., December
24, 1837. Cousin of Charles
Hopper Gibson. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1871; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1872,
1880;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1874; law partner of Leonidas
C. Houk, 1876-79; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1895-1905; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1900.
Died May 25,
1938. Cremated; ashes
interred at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
- George Frost Kennan (1904-2005) — also known as
George F. Kennan — of Pennsylvania. Born in Milwaukee,
Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
16, 1904. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Tallinn, 1929; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1952; Yugoslavia, 1961; the government of the Soviet Union declared
him persona
non grata on October 3, 1952; received the 1956 Pulitzer
Prize in History for his book Russia Leaves the War;
received the 1968 Pulitzer
Prize in Biography for his Memoirs; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations. Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 17,
2005. Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
- Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) — of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La. Born in Nebraska, August
20, 1898. Great-great-great-grandson of Richard
Howell; son of Howell
Morgan and Thisba Ann (Hutson) Morgan; married to Margaret
Geddes. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of
state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P.
Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil Company;
dean,
Tulane University Law School, 1963-68. Member, American
Legion. He was the last surviving legislator to have served in
the old Louisiana state capitol. Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 14,
1999. Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
- Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977) — also known as
Nellie Davis Tayloe — of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo. Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
29, 1876. Daughter of James Wynns Tayloe and Elizabeth Blair
(Green) Tayloe; married, September
11, 1902, to William
Bradford Ross. Democrat. Governor of
Wyoming, 1925-27; defeated, 1926; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate). Female. Episcopalian.
First
woman governor in the U.S. Died December
19, 1977. Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
- 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. Cremated; ashes
scattered.
- Silas C. Swallow (1829-1930) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in 1829.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Methodist
minister; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1904; Prohibition candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic. Died in 1930.
Interment at Paxtang
Cemetery, Paxtang, Pa.
- James Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) — also known as
Strom Thurmond — of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.; Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C. Born in Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., December
5, 1902. Married 1947 to Jean
Crouch (1926-1960); married 1968 to Nancy
Janice Moore. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1933-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1948,
1956;
circuit judge in South Carolina, 1938-46; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
South Carolina, 1947-51; States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1948; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1954-56, 1956-; received 14
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1960;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Pi
Kappa Alpha. Died in Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., 2003.
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; statue erected 1999 at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
Lived to age 100:
- John Ries Bartels (1897-1997) — also known as
John R. Bartels — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
8, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1944;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-52; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1959-73;
took senior status 1973. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Trial
Lawyers Association. Died in Long Island Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
13, 1997. Burial
location unknown.
- Roswell Keyes Colcord (1839-1939) — also known as
Roswell K. Colcord — of Carson
City, Nev. Born in Searsport, Waldo
County, Maine, April 25,
1839. Republican. Mining engineer;
Governor
of Nevada, 1891-95; Superintendent, U.S. Mint at Carson City,
1898-1911. Died in Carson
City, Nev., October
30, 1939. Interment at Carson
City Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
- William Cronin (c.1863-1963) — also known as Will
Cronin — of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz. Born in Waterford, Ireland.
Democrat. Chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks. Died,
of cancer, in
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 10,
1963. Interment at Holy
Hope Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
- Avard Dake (1885-1985) — of Saratoga
County, N.Y. Born July 29,
1885. Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1932. Died in 1985.
Burial
location unknown.
- Edward V. Dales (1877-1977) — of Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif. Born September
10, 1877. Mayor
of Riverside, Calif., 1953-54. Died in 1977.
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Riverside, Calif.
- Albert Gallatin Dow (1808-1908) — also known as
Albert G. Dow — of Randolph, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y. Born in Plainfield, Sullivan
County, N.H., 1808.
Son of Solomon Dow (1766-1822) and Phoebe (Buzzell) Dow; married, October
4, 1829, to Nancy Mason (died 1847); married, April 26,
1850, to Lydia Ann Mason (died 1891). Member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1874-75. Died in 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
- Stanley H. Fuld (1903-2003) — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1903. Son of Emanuel I. Fuld and Hermine (Frisch) Fuld;
married, May 29,
1930, to Florence Geringer (died 1975); married to Stella
Rapaport. Republican. Lawyer; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1946-66; appointed 1946; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1967-73. Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias. Died July 22,
2003. Burial
location unknown.
- Todd Menzies George (1879-1979) — of Missouri. Born
in Woodford
County, Ky., February
26, 1879. Mayor
of Lee's Summit, Mo., 1916, 1928, 1930-31. Died November
22, 1979. Interment at Lee's
Summit Cemetery, Lee's Summit, Mo.
- Hugh Gail Guernsey (1892-1992) — of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa. Born near Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, August
10, 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer;
member of Iowa state
senate 3rd District, 1937-40. Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, in Calvin Manor nursing
home, Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
18, 1992. Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
- Augustus Freeman Hawkins (1907-2007) — also known as
Augustus F. Hawkins; Gus Hawkins — of Los
Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., August
31, 1907. Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1935-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1960;
Presidential Elector for California, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-91 (21st District 1963-75,
29th District 1975-91). Black. Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
10, 2007. Burial
location unknown.
- John Netherland Heiskell (1872-1972) — of Little
Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark. Born in Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn., November
2, 1872. Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1913. Editor of the Arkansas Gazette newspaper,
which won a Pulitzer
Prize for Meritorious Public Service in 1958. Died in Little
Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
28, 1972. Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
- John Kilborn (1889-1989) — of Emmet
County, Mich. Born in 1889.
Republican. Emmet County
Sheriff, 1941-54; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Emmet District, 1955-62. Died
in 1989.
Burial
location unknown.
- Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) — also known as
Alf M. Landon — of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan. Born in West Middlesex, Mercer
County, Pa., September
9, 1887. Son of John Manuel Landon and Anne (Mossman) Landon;
married, January
9, 1915, to Margaret Fleming; married, January
15, 1930, to Theo Cobb; father of Nancy
Josephine Landon (who married Howard
Henry Baker, Jr.). Republican. Oil
producer; Governor of
Kansas, 1933-37; candidate for President
of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta. Died October
12, 1987. Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
- Hall Stoner Lusk (1883-1983) — also known as Hall
S. Lusk — of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Beaverton, Washington
County, Ore. Born in Washington,
D.C., September
21, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Oregon
state house of representatives, 1922; circuit judge in Oregon,
1930-37; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1937-60; retired 1960; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1960-61. Died in Beaverton, Washington
County, Ore., May 15,
1983. Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
- Schuyler Merritt (1853-1953) — of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1853. Son of Matthew F. Merritt and Maria (Shaw) Merritt;
married, October
21, 1879, to Frances Hoyt. Republican. Manufacturer;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1917-31, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Merritt Parkway, in southern Connecticut, was named for
him. Died April 1,
1953. Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
- John Lord O'Brian (1874-1974) — of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1874. Son of John O'Brian and Elizabeth (Lord) O'Brian;
married, September
17, 1902, to Alma E. White. Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1907-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1909-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938. Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi. Died in 1974.
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
- William Clement Stone (1902-2002) — also known as
W. Clement Stone — of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 4,
1902. Republican. Insurance
executive; author;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
3, 2002. Burial
location unknown.
- John C. Zimmerman, Sr. (1835-1935) — of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich. Born in Frankfort (Frankfurt am Main), Germany,
May
12, 1835. Married to Elizabeth Dietz. Naturalized U.S. citizen;
brickmason;
merchant;
mayor
of Flint, Mich., 1895-96. Died October
26, 1935. Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
Lived to age 99:
- Miles Clayton Allgood (1878-1977) — also known as
Miles C. Allgood; "Simon" — of Allgood,
Blount
County, Ala. Born in Chapultepec (now Allgood), Blount
County, Ala., February
22, 1878. Son of William Barnett Allgood and Mary Matilda
(Ingram) Allgood; married, February
1, 1917, to Willie Randall Fox; cousin of Clarence
William Allgood. Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1923-35 (7th District 1923-33, 5th
District 1933-35). Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala., March 4,
1977. Interment at Valley
Head Cemetery, Valley Head, Ala.
- Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) — of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington. Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883. Son of Nathaniel Allison and Mattie (Johnson) Allison;
married 1908
to Anna Theresa Swanson; married 1922 to Rose
Rosen; brother of Hortense
Allison (who married Alfred
Wagenknecht); uncle of Helen
Allison Winter (who married Carl
Winter). Arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet. Died
in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982. Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
- James Ware Bradbury (1802-1901) — of Maine. Born in
Parsonfield, York
County, Maine, June 10,
1802. Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1847-53. Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
6, 1901. Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
- Earl Lauer Butz (1909-2008) — also known as Earl
L. Butz — of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind. Born in Albion, Noble
County, Ind., July 3,
1909. Son of Herman Lee Butz and Ada Tillie (Lower) Butz;
married, December
22, 1937, to Mary Emma Powell; uncle of Dave Butz (professional
football player). Economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-76. Member, Kiwanis;
Alpha
Gamma Rho; Alpha
Zeta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha. Resigned
in 1976 following a furor
over a racist
joke. In 1981, he pleaded
guilty to income
tax evasion; sentenced
to five years in prison
(served 30 days) and fined
$10,000. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
2, 2008. Burial
location unknown.
- Arnold Wilson Cowen (b. 1905) — also known as
Wilson Cowen — of Texas. Born near Clifton, Bosque
County, Tex., December
20, 1905. Lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1935-38; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-. Member, American Bar
Association. Still living as of 2004.
- Bayard G. Davis (1864-1963) — of Lawton, Van Buren
County, Mich. Born in Aurelius Township, Ingham
County, Mich., 1864.
Republican. School
teacher; general superintendent, Anchor Line steamship
company, Chicago; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1919-22; defeated in primary, 1926. English
and Irish
ancestry. Died in 1963.
Burial
location unknown.
- Clarence B. Dell (1899-1998) — of Ozark, Mackinac
County, Mich.; St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich. Born in Fibre, Chippewa
County, Mich., May 11,
1899. Son of John Dell and Clarice (King) Dell; married to Irene
A. Davis. Republican. Postmaster; realtor;
Mackinac
County Treasurer, 1931-55, 1957-62; chair of
Mackinac County Republican Party, 1940-54; secretary to U.S. Rep.
Victor
A. Knox; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Chippewa
District, 1961-62. Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
17, 1998. Burial
location unknown.
- Luis Alberto Ferré (1904-2003) — also known
as Luis A. Ferré; "Don Luis" —
of Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico. Born in Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico, February
17, 1904. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention
from Puerto Rico, 1964;
Governor
of Puerto Rico, 1969-73. French
ancestry. Died, of pneumonia
and respiratory
failure, in a hospital
at San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, October
21, 2003. Interment somewhere
in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
- John Nance Garner (1868-1967) — also known as
"Cactus Jack" — of Uvalde, Uvalde
County, Tex. Born near Detroit, Red River
County, Tex., November
22, 1868. Son of John N. Garner and Sarah G. Garner; married, November
25, 1895, to Ettie Rheiner. Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1893-97; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1898-1902; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1900,
1904,
1916,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1903-33; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1931-33; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932;
Vice
President of the United States, 1933-41. Died in Uvalde, Uvalde
County, Tex., November
7, 1967. Interment at Uvalde
Cemetery, Uvalde, Tex.
- Remi Louis Gendron (1898-1997) — also known as
Remi L. Gendron — of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H. Born in St. David, Yamaska, Quebec,
September
5, 1898. Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Claremont
3rd Ward, 1948. Catholic.
Died, in a nursing
home in Unity, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
24, 1997. Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
- Charles Gowen (c.1904-2003) — of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga. Lawyer;
member of Georgia state legislature, 1939-54, 1957-60; candidate for
Governor
of Georgia, 1954. Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 31,
2003. Burial
location unknown.
- Theodore Francis Green (1867-1966) — also known as
Theodore F. Green — of Providence, Providence
County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
2, 1867. Great-great-grandson of Jonathan
Arnold; great-grandnephew of Tristam
Burges and Lemuel
Hastings Arnold; great-grandson of James
Burrill, Jr.; grandnephew of Samuel
Greene Arnold; son of Arnold Green and Cornelia Abby (Burges)
Green. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1907-08; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912,
1916,
1928,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1960;
Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island, 1918; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1933-37; defeated, 1912, 1928, 1930; member of Democratic
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1937-61. Baptist.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon. Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., May 19,
1966. Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
- Artemas Hale (1783-1882) — of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass. Born in Winchendon, Worcester
County, Mass., October
20, 1783. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1824-25, 1827-28, 1838-42; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1833-34; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1845-49; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts, 1864.
Died in Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., August 3,
1882. Interment at Mt.
Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater, Mass.
- Byron Holkenbrink (1903-2002) — of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill. Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., November
30, 1903. Merchant;
mayor
of Jacksonville, Ill., 1963-69. Christian.
Member, American
Association of Retired Persons; Rotary.
Died in Barton W. Stone nursing
home, Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., April 26,
2002; body donated
to science.
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac (1891-1990) — also known
as Edouard V. M. Izac — of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif. Born in Cresco, Howard
County, Iowa, December
18, 1891. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1937-47 (20th District 1937-43,
23rd District 1943-47); defeated, 1934, 1946; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1940,
1944.
Received the Medal
of Honor for actions as a German prisoner of war in 1918. Died in
Fairfax,
Va., January
18, 1990. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett (1807-1906) — of Missouri. Born
in Pittston, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
14, 1807. Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1866; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1870-71. Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
7, 1906. Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
- Nedra Jones (born c.1905) — also known as Nedra
Wilhelm; Mrs. E. Bartow Jones — of Point Pleasant,
Mason
County, W.Va. Married to E.
Bartow Jones; mother of Brereton
Chandler Jones and Bartow
Ned Jones. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1932;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1948.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
- John Henry Lewis (1830-1929) — of Illinois. Born
near Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., July 21,
1830. Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1874; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1881-83. Died January
6, 1929. Interment at Knoxville
Cemetery, Knoxville, Ill.
- Timothy Matlack (1730-1829) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J., 1730.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1777-83; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1780. Died in
Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 14,
1829. Original interment at Free
Quaker Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1905 at
a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Pa.
- Ferdinand Lathrop Mayer (1887-1986) — also known as
Ferdinand L. Mayer — of Indiana. Born in Indianapolis,
Marion
County, Ind., May 25,
1887. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1937-40. Presbyterian.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., 1986.
Interment at Old
First Church Graveyard, Bennington, Vt.
- Frank Brenner Morrison (1905-2004) — also known as
Frank B. Morrison — of Stockville, Frontier
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb. Born May 20,
1905. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nebraska, 1940
(alternate), 1956;
chair of
Frontier County Democratic Party, 1940; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1948, 1954; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1958, 1966, 1970; Governor of
Nebraska, 1961-67. Died April 19,
2004. Cremated.
- LaFayette Lee Patterson (1888-1987) — also known as
LaFayette L. Patterson — of Alexander City, Tallapoosa
County, Ala.; Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala. Born near Delta, Clay
County, Ala., August
23, 1888. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1928-33; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1952.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 3,
1987. Interment at Bethlehem
Cemetery, New Site, Ala.
- Charles Poletti (1903-2002) — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903. Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Urban
League; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Beta Kappa. First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy. The New York Power Authority's plant in Astoria,
Queens, is named for him. Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August 7,
2002. Interment somewhere
in Elizabethtown, N.Y.
- Thomas Porter (1734-1833) — of Tinmouth, Rutland
County, Vt. Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., February
14, 1734. Justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1783-86. Died May 30,
1833. Burial
location unknown.
- Gladys Pyle (1890-1989) — of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak. Born in Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak., October
1, 1890. Republican. Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1923-27; secretary of
state of South Dakota, 1927-31; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1930; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1938-39; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1940.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, League
of Women Voters. Died in South Dakota, March 14,
1989. Burial
location unknown.
- Lemuel Willard Royse (1847-1946) — also known as
Lemuel W. Royse — of Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind. Born near Pierceton, Kosciusko
County, Ind., January
19, 1847. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1895-99; state court
judge in Indiana, 1904-08, 1920-32. Died in Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind., December
18, 1946. Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Warsaw, Ind.
- Frances Catherine Sanborn (1893-1992) — also known
as Frances Sanborn — of Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont. Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., November
17, 1893. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention
from Montana, 1948.
Female.
Catholic.
Died September
23, 1992. Burial
location unknown.
- Minnie M. Schwinger (1904-2003) — of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich. Born March 14,
1904. Married to Louis
C. Schwinger. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1944;
candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1944; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1949-53; candidate in primary
for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Saginaw County
2nd District, 1961. Female.
Died April 5,
2003. Burial
location unknown.
- Harry A. Spencer (b. 1903) — of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb. Born in Bishops, Walton, England,
September
16, 1903. Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1936,
1940;
vice-chair
of Nebraska Republican Party, 1936-38; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court. Methodist.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Acacia; Elks; Lions; Odd
Fellows. Still living as of 2002.
- Charles Horace Stranahan (1845-1944) — also known as
Horace C. Stranahan — of Hood River
County, Ore. Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., February
15, 1845. Son of James K. Stranahan (1807-1896) and Permelia A.
(Reynolds) Stranahan (1812-1891); married, November
11, 1869, to Margaret Anne McKinley (1849-1929). Republican. Farmer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1913. Died, in Vancouver General
Hospital,
Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash., November
7, 1944. Interment at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
- Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996) — also known as
Elbert P. Tuttle — of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga. Born in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 17,
1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1954-68; took
senior status 1968. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981. Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 23,
1996. Interment at All
Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Ga.
- Paine Wingate (1739-1838) — of Stratham, Rockingham
County, N.H. Born in Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass., May 14,
1739. Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1781; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1783, 1795; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1787-88; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1789-93; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1793-95; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1798-1809. Congregationalist.
Died in Stratham, Rockingham
County, N.H., March 7,
1838. Interment at Stratham
Cemetery, Stratham, N.H.
- Francis Marion Ziebach (1830-1929) — also known as
Frank Ziebach — of South Dakota. Born in 1830.
Member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883. Died in 1929.
Interment at Yankton
Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak. Ziebach County,
S.Dak. is named for him.
Lived to age 98:
- Adelbert Ames (1835-1933) — of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass. Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, October
31, 1835. Married, July 21,
1870, to Blanche Butler (daughter of Benjamin
Franklin Butler); father of Butler
Ames. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1868-70, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1870-74; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War. Received the Medal
of Honor in 1894 for action in the Battle of Bull Run, July 21,
1861. Died in Ormond (now Ormond Beach), Volusia
County, Fla., April 12,
1933. Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
- John J. Barton (1906-2004) — of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind. Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 23,
1906. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1964-67. Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus. Died May 4,
2004. Burial
location unknown.
- Bertha M. Bell (1891-1989) — also known as Bertha
M. Hill; Mrs. Frank Bell — of Ephrata, Grant
County, Wash. Born October
19, 1891. Married, December
22, 1908, to Frank
Thomas Bell. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1948.
Female.
Died January
13, 1989. Burial
location unknown.
- Nathaniel Springer Berry (1796-1894) — also known as
Nathaniel S. Berry — of Bristol, Grafton
County, N.H.; Hebron, Grafton
County, N.H. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, September
1, 1796. Son of Abner Berry and Betsey (Springer) Berry; married
1821 to Ruth
Smith. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1828, 1833-34, 1854;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1835-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1840;
common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1841-56; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1861-63. Died in Bristol, Grafton
County, N.H., April 27,
1894. Interment at Homeland
Cemetery, Bristol, N.H.
- Raymond C. Bice (1896-1994) — of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis. Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., April 5,
1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; building
contractor; lumber
dealer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from La Crosse County 1st District, 1949-50;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 32nd District, 1953-68. Died December
14, 1994. Interment somewhere
in La Crosse, Wis.
- Frank Parks Briggs (1894-1992) — also known as
Frank P. Briggs — of Macon, Macon
County, Mo. Born in Armstrong,