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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.
  
  

• 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.
  
  

• 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.
  • See also Sullivan family of Indiana
  
  

• 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.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Bill family of Connecticut
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Jimmie Davis: Gus Weill, You are my sunshine : the Jimmie Davis story : an affectionate biography; Kenny Gill, Jimmie Davis: More Than Sunshine
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about George Kenan: Walter Isaacson, The Wise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• 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.
  • Cross-reference: Charles E. Simons, Jr.; Joe Wilson; John Light Napier; Robert Adams
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Strom Thurmond: Essie May Washington-Williams, Dear Senator : A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond; Jack Bass & Marilyn W. Thompson, Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond; R. J. Duke, The Centennial Senator: True Stories of Strom Thurmond from the People Who Knew Him Best
  
  

• 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.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Baker-Landon-Dirksen-Kassebaum family of Tennessee
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  • Books by Alfred M. Landon: America at the Crossroads (out of print)
  • Books about Alfred M. Landon: Donald R. McCoy, Landon of Kansas (out of print)
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Wagenknecht-Winter family
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about John Nance Garner: O. C. Fisher, Cactus Jack : A Biography of John Nance Garner (for young readers); Maurine Walpole Liles, The Boy of Blossom Prairie Who Became Vice-President (for young readers, out of print)
  
  
• 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.
  • Cross-reference: John A. Notte, Jr.
  • See also Arnold family of Rhode Island
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Jones family of West Virginia
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • Cross-reference: Norman A. Otto
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • Books about Elbert Tuttle: Jack Bass, Unlikely Heroes
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

• 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.
  • See also Ames-Butler family of Massachusetts
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• 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,