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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, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Lions; Farm Bureau; Kiwanis. 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, Zonta; Order of the Eastern Star. 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
  
  

• William Augustus Bootle (1902-2005) — also known as William A. Bootle — of Macon, Bibb County, Ga. Born in Walterboro, Colleton County, S.C., August 19, 1902. Son of Philip Loraine Bootle and Laura Lilla (Benton) Bootle; married, November 24, 1928, to Virginia Childs. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1929-33; U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1954-72; took senior status 1972. Baptist. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons; Civitan. Died January 25, 2005. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Richard Oliver Elliot (1873-1976) — of Thomaston, Knox County, Maine. Born in Thomaston, Knox County, Maine, February 6, 1873. Son of George Elliot and Ella (Libby) Elliot; married, June 29, 1898, to Lannia Grant. Democrat. Shipbuilder; banker; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1913; member of Maine state senate, 1923. Congregationalist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons. Died March 5, 1976. 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. Insurance business; 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; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1938; derided by Franklin Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican opponents of his New Deal policies. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Society of the Cincinnati; Grange; Farm Bureau. 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 of New York and Virginia
  • 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 memorial.
  
  
• 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, Freemasons; Delta Theta Phi; American Bar Association; American Legion. 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 Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 16, 1888. Son of Joaquin A. Medina and Elizabeth (Fash) Medina; married, June 6, 1911, to Ethel Forde Hillyer (1888-1971). Lawyer; law professor; 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; took senior status 1958. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Died in Westwood, Bergen County, N.J., March 14, 1990. Interment at Westhampton Cemetery, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, N.Y.
  • Portrait: 1949.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• 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. Farmer; 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.
  
  

• Paul R. Achin (1880-1981) — of Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. Born January 1, 1880. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952. Died in 1981. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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, June 16, 1908, to Grace Colquhoun Thompson. Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Yokohama, 1909; U.S. Vice Consul in Dalny, 1911; U.S. Consul in Vladivostok, 1914-20; Kobe, 1920; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, 1932-35; Tientsin, 1935-38; 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; NNDB dossier; 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; Alpha Tau Omega; Knights of Columbus; Eagles. 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, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the Revolution. 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. Son of Woolman Gibson and Catherine (Carter) Gibson; married 1863 to Frances M. Reed; cousin of Charles Hopper Gibson. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Tennessee state senate, 1871-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1872, 1880; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1875-76; 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.
  • Portrait: 1962.
  • See also: NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  • 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 of New York and Virginia
  
  
• George Alexander Parks (1883-1984) — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in Denver, Colo., May 29, 1883. Son of James Parks and Mary Leach (Ferguson) Parks. Mining engineer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of Alaska Territory, 1925-33; vice-president, First National Bank of Juneau. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Juneau, Alaska, May 11, 1984. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska; memorial monument at Newcomb Park, Wasilla, Alaska.
  • See also: NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• 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; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1928, 1940, 1944, 1948 (alternate); Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee, 1929. 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; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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. Son of John William Thurmond and Eleanor Gertrude Thurmond; married 1947 to Jean Crouch; 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, 1952, 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, 1972, 1988. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Pi Kappa Alpha. Died in Edgefield, Edgefield County, S.C., June 26, 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
  • Portrait: 1948.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • 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
  
  

• Julius Acevez (1907-2007) — of La Mesa, San Diego County, Calif. Born April 30, 1907. Mayor of La Mesa, Calif., 1960. Died July 9, 2007. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Died in Long Island Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 13, 1997. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Frances Richmond Bickert (1887-1987) — also known as Frances Bickert; Frances Richmond — of Albia, Monroe County, Iowa. Born in Albia, Monroe County, Iowa, October 14, 1887. Daughter of Levi Tiltson Richmond and Elizabeth Winifred (Malone) Richmond; married, September 10, 1913, to John Henry Bickert. Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1940, 1952 (alternate). Female. Catholic. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died in 1987. 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.
  • 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., 1953-60. 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.
  
  
• Jasper Newton Fallis (1872-1972) — also known as J. Newton Fallis — of Meridian, Bosque County, Tex.; Clifton, Bosque County, Tex. Born in Bosque County, Tex., September 22, 1872. Son of Jasper N. Fallis and Sally E. (McFarland) Fallis (1842-1877); married, May 16, 1897, to Ada Rebecca Snell (1878-1973). Democrat. Real estate agent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912 (alternate), 1940. Died in Clifton, Bosque County, Tex., 1972. Interment at Clifton Cemetery, Clifton, Tex.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• 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; Knights of Pythias; B'nai B'rith. 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, 1964, 1988; Presidential Elector for California, 1944; U.S. Representative from California, 1963-91 (21st District 1963-75, 29th District 1975-91). Methodist. African ancestry. 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; Odd Fellows; Elks; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., October 12, 1987. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
  • Cross-reference: Frederick Andrew Seaton
  • See also Baker-Landon-Dirksen-Kassebaum family of Tennessee
  • Portrait: 1936.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  • 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; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• 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; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Albert Dean Rosellini (b. 1910) — also known as Albert D. Rosellini — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., January 21, 1910. Son of John Rosellini and Annunziata (Pagni) Rosellini; married, June 1, 1938, to Ethel McNeil (1912-2002). Democrat. Lawyer; member of Washington state senate 33rd District, 1939-47; Governor of Washington, 1957-65. Catholic. Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Kiwanis. Still living as of 2010.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Albert D. Rosellini: Payton Smith, Rosellini: Immigrants' Son and Progressive Governor
  
  
• 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 of Washington
  
  
• Sidney Barthwell (1906-2005) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Cordele, Crisp County, Ga., February 17, 1906. Son of Jack Barthwell and Sarah (Eubanks) Barthwell; married to Gladys Marie Whitfield. Democrat. Pharmacist; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2nd District, 1961-62. Congregationalist. African ancestry. Member, Urban League; Kappa Alpha Psi; Sigma Pi Phi. Died June 23, 2005. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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, Alpha Gamma Rho; Sigma Xi; Sigma Delta Chi; Tau Kappa Alpha; Alpha Zeta; Kiwanis. 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 Kensington, Montgomery County, Md., February 2, 2008. Interment at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Ind.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• 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; Uvalde County Judge, 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.
  • Portraits: 1931; 1935; 1939.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • 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 (alternate), 1916, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 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; Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Society of the Cincinnati; American Bar Association. 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; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• 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, Rotary; American Association of Retired Persons. 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.; McCook, Red Willow County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Born May 20, 1905. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1940 (alternate), 1952, 1956, 1964; 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; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Earl Le Noir Packer (1894-1993) — also known as Earl L. Packer — of Ogden, Weber County, Utah; Logan, Cache County, Utah. Born in Ogden, Weber County, Utah, November 19, 1894. Son of Sylvester J. Packer and Ellen Edith (Hashberger) Packer; married, October 1, 1929, to Iris M. Decker. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Riga, 1922; Reval, 1922; U.S. Consul in Budapest, 1940; Dresden, 1941; Dublin, 1941; U.S. Consul General in Rangoon, 1946; Tunis, 1947-50. Died December 26, 1993. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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. U.S. Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1952; Independent Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1968. 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 at-large, 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, Urban League; American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias; Elks; 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, 1783-85. 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; Lions; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd Fellows; Elks; Acacia. 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.
  
  

• Frank D. Allen (1892-1990) — of Akron, Washington County, Colo. Born in Joplin, Jasper County, Mo., August 2, 1892. Married, December 30, 1916, to Leah Clathworthy. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1956. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Alpha Delta; Freemasons. Died October 31, 1990. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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 (1847-1939) (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; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• William Henry Avery (b. 1911) — also known as William H. Avery — of Wakefield, Clay County, Kan. Born in Wakefield, Clay County, Kan., August 11, 1911. Republican. Member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1951-55; U.S. Representative from Kansas, 1955-65 (1st District 1955-63, 2nd District 1963-65); Governor of Kansas, 1965-67; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1968. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Lions. Still living as of 2009.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• 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; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964; mayor of Indianapolis, Ind., 1964-67. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died May 4, 2004. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Bertha May Bell (1891-1989) — also known as Bertha M. Bell; 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. Interment at Ephrata Cemetery, Ephrata, Wash.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• 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, Howard County, Mo., February 25, 1894. Democrat. Member of Missouri state senate 9th District, 1933-45; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1945-47; defeated, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1948. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary; Sigma Delta Chi. Died September 23, 1992. Interment at Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Fayette, Mo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ernest J. Bryant (1873-1971) — of Sand Creek, Lenawee County, Mich. Born in Michigan, May 2, 1873. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Lenawee County 2nd District, 1907-10; member of Michigan state senate 19th District, 1917-22; defeated, 1914, 1922, 1930. English ancestry. Died in 1971. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Isabella Walton Cannon (1904-2002) — also known as Isabella W. Cannon; Isabella McLean Bett Walton; "Little Old Lady in Tennis Shoes" — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, May 12, 1904. School teacher; mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 1977-79; defeated, 1979. Female. United Church of Christ. Member, League of Women Voters. Died, in Raleigh Community Hospital, Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., February 13, 2002. Interment at St. Mark's Cemetery, Claremont, N.C.
  
  
• Fenimore Chatterton (1860-1958) — of Wyoming. Born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., July 21, 1860. Republican. Member of Wyoming state senate, 1890; Wyoming Republican state chair, 1893-94; secretary of state of Wyoming, 1899-1907; Governor of Wyoming, 1903-05. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died May 9, 1958. Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) — also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt; Mrs. Ralph E. Church — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 13, 1892. Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe) Stitt; married, December 21, 1918, to Ralph Edwin Church. Republican. Psychologist; U.S. Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964. Female. Methodist. Member, League of Women Voters; Phi Beta Kappa; American Association of University Women; Delta Kappa Gamma; Zonta; Beta Sigma Phi; American Legion Auxiliary. Died May 26, 1990. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ernest E. Debs (1904-2002) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in 1904. Liberty candidate for U.S. Representative from California 17th District, 1932; member of California state assembly, 1943; member, Los Angeles City Council, 1947-58; Los Angeles County Supervisor, 1958-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960, 1964. Died in 2002. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Olcott Hawthorne Deming (1909-2007) — also known as Olcott H. Deming — Born in Westchester County, N.Y., February 28, 1909. Great-grandson of Nathaniel Hawthorne; son of William Champion Deming and Imogen (Hawthorne) Deming; married to Louise Macpherson (died 1976); father of Rust Macpherson Deming. U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, 1963-66. Died, of septicemia, at a hospice in Washington, D.C., March 20, 2007. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Deming family of Maryland and New York
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1882-1980) — also known as Charles S. Dewey — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, November 10, 1882. Father of Suzette de Marigny Dewey (who married Frederick Moulton Alger, Jr.). Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated, 1938, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Psi. As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency. Died December 27, 1980. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Alger family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Goodchild Dow (1905-2003) — also known as John G. Dow — of Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 6, 1905. Son of Joy Wheeler Dow (born 1859) and Elizabeth (Goodchild) Dow. Democrat. Candidate for New York state senate 33rd District, 1954; candidate for New York state assembly from Rockland County, 1956; U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1965-69, 1971-73; defeated, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1982, 1990; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1968. The Tappan Post Office building was named for him a few months after he died. Died in Suffern, Rockland County, N.Y., March 11, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Cornelius Van Hemert Engert (1887-1985) — Born in Vienna, Austria of Dutch parents, December 31, 1887. U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1936; Afghanistan, 1942-45. Dutch ancestry. Died in 1985. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• McIntyre Faries (1896-1994) — of South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif.; San Marino, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Wei Hsien, Shantung, China, April 17, 1896. Son of William R. Faries and Priscilla Ellen (Chittick) Faries. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1936, 1940 (alternate), 1944, 1948, 1952; member of Republican National Committee from California, 1947-52. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association; Phi Gamma Delta. Died September 29, 1994. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Wilson Fifer (1840-1938) — also known as Joseph W. Fifer; "Private Joe" — of Bloomington, McLean County, Ill. Born in Staunton, Va., October 28, 1840. Son of John Fifer and Mary (Daniels) Fifer; married to Gertrude Lewis; father of Florence Fifer Bohrer. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; McLean County State's Attorney, 1872-80; member of Illinois state senate, 1881-84; Governor of Illinois, 1889-93; defeated, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1896 (Speaker); member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1899-1905; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention 26th District, 1920-22. Unitarian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., August 6, 1938. Interment at Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Hiram Leong Fong (1906-2004) — also known as Hiram L. Fong; Yao Leong Fong — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, October 15, 1906. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Herbert Y. C. Choy; member of Hawaii territorial House of Representatives, 1939-54; Speaker of Hawaii Territory House of Representatives, 1949-54; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1952, 1956; U.S. Senator from Hawaii, 1959-77; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii, 1960, 1964 (delegation chair), 1972 (delegation chair). Congregationalist. Chinese ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions. Died in Kahaluu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, August 18, 2004. Interment at Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Iona Station, Ontario, October 15, 1908. Son of William Archibald 'Archie' Galbraith and Catherine (Kendall) Galbraith; married, September 17, 1937, to Catherine 'Kitty' Atwater; father of Peter Woodard Galbraith and James Kenneth Galbraith. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist; university professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972. Scottish ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American Economic Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000. Died, of pneumonia, in Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., April 29, 2006. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Galbraith family of Massachusetts
  • Portraits: 1962; 1968.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  • Books by John Kenneth Galbraith: Ambassador's Journal : A Personal Account of the Kennedy Years (1969); The Affluent Society (1958); The Great Crash : 1929 (1954); A Short History of Financial Euphoria; Money : Whence it Came, Where it Went (1975); A Tenured Professor (1990); Name-Dropping : From FDR On (1999); A Life In Our Times (1981); The New Industrial State (1967)
  • Books about John Kenneth Galbraith: Richard Parker, John Kenneth Galbraith : His Life, His Politics, His Economics
  
  
• James Hilary Gildea (1890-1988) — also known as James H. Gildea — of Pennsylvania. Born in Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pa., October 21, 1890. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1935-39; defeated, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956. Died in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., June 5, 1988. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Summit Hill, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David Gray, Jr. (1870-1968) — of Florida. Born in 1870. U.S. Minister to Ireland, 1940-47. Died in 1968. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Ridgway Grundy (1863-1961) — also known as Joseph R. Grundy — of Bristol, Bucks County, Pa. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., January 13, 1863. Son of William H. Grundy and Mary Lamb (Ridgway) Grundy. Republican. Woollen manufacturer; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1944; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1929-30. Quaker. Died in 1961. Interment at Beechwood Cemetery, Hulmeville, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David Bruce Haight (1906-2004) — also known as David B. Haight — of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho, September 2, 1906. Grandfather of Jon Meade Huntsman, Jr.. Hardware store owner; mayor of Palo Alto, Calif., 1961-63. Mormon. Died July 31, 2004. Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Thomas Norton Hart (1829-1927) — also known as Thomas N. Hart — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in North Reading, Middlesex County, Mass., January 20, 1829. Republican. Mayor of Boston, Mass., 1889-90, 1900-02; defeated, 1886, 1893, 1901; postmaster. Died October 4, 1927. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  
  
• George Holbrook Hawes (1904-2002) — also known as George Hawes — of Ely, White Pine County, Nev.; Carson City, Nev. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, May 10, 1904. School teacher; automobile dealer; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1951-55; defeated, 1958 (Republican), 1972 (Democratic); candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, 1954. Member, Rotary; Elks. Member of an elected hospital board in 1988-98, making him probably the oldest elected official in the history of Nevada. Died, at the Evergreen Healthcare Center nursing home, Carson City, Nev., April 9, 2002. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edwin F. Jaeckle (1894-1992) — also known as Ed Jaeckle — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., October 27, 1894. Son of Jacob Jaeckle and Mary (Marx) Jaeckle; married to Grace Drechsel. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; chair of Erie County Republican Party, 1935-42; New York Republican state chair, 1940-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948. Died May 14, 1992. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
  
  
• Virginia Ellis Jenckes (1877-1975) — also known as Virginia E. Jenckes; Virginia Ellis Somes — of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind. Born in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., November 6, 1877. Daughter of James Ellis Somes and Mary (Oliver) Somes; married, February 22, 1912, to Ray Green Jenckes. Democrat. Farmer; U.S. Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1933-39. Female. Episcopalian. Died in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., January 9, 1975. Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Simpson Johnston (1867-1965) — also known as Henry S. Johnston — of Perry, Noble County, Okla. Born near Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., December 30, 1867. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912; Governor of Oklahoma, 1927-29. Impeached and removed from office as Governor in 1929. Died in Perry, Noble County, Okla., January 7, 1965. Interment somewhere in Perry, Okla.
  
  
• Richard R. Jones (1910-2008) — also known as Dick Jones — of Powell, Park County, Wyo. Born in Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont., September 5, 1910. Son of Alfred Jones and Elsa Jones; married 1932 to Estes 'Jackie' Clarke (died 1984); married 1987 to Evelyn Nelson. Republican. Founder and owner of Dick Jones Trucking Company; member of Wyoming state house of representatives from Park County, 1955-56; member of Wyoming state senate from Park County, 1957-74; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1964 (delegation chair); candidate for Governor of Wyoming, 1974. Swedish ancestry. Died in Powell, Park County, Wyo., August 20, 2008. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Mary Laffoon (1874-1972) — also known as Mary Nisbet; Mrs. Ruby Laffoon — of Madisonville, Hopkins County, Ky. Born February 13, 1874. Married, January 31, 1894, to Ruby Laffoon. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1960. Female. Died June 5, 1972. Interment at Grapevine Cemetery, Madisonville, Ky.
  • See also Laffoon family of Kentucky
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Joseph Edward Lumbard (1901-1999) — also known as J. Edward Lumbard — of New York; Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 18, 1901. Son of Joseph Edward Lumbard and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard; married, September 4, 1929, to Polly Poindexter. Republican. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947; defeated, 1947; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-55; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-71; took senior status 1971. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the Revolution. Died in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., June 3, 1999. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Wendell L. Lund (c.1906-2004) — of Escanaba, Delta County, Mich. Democrat. Lawyer; director of New Deal agencies in the 1930s; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1940; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948. Died, in a nursing-care facility in Williamsburg, Va., December 25, 2004. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) — also known as Mike Mansfield — of Missoula, Missoula County, Mont. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 16, 1903. Son of Patrick Mansfield and Josephine (O'Brien) Mansfield; married, September 13, 1932, to Maureen Hayes. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining engineer; university professor; U.S. Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1996, 2000; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1977-88. Irish ancestry. Member, Alpha Tau Omega. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. Died, of congestive heart failure, at the Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., October 5, 2001. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Portrait: 1964.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Mike Mansfield: Don Oberdorfer, Senator Mansfield : The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat
  
  
• Franklin Menges (1858-1956) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1858. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1925-31. Died in 1956. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) — also known as Charles S. Mott; C. S. Mott — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 2, 1875. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; mayor of Flint, Mich., 1912-14, 1918-19; defeated, 1914; candidate in Republican primary for Governor of Michigan, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924, 1940; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1964. Episcopalian. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis; Rotary. Vice-president of General Motors. Philanthropist; founder of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Died in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., February 18, 1973. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
  
  
• Dana Gardner Munro (1892-1990) — also known as Dana G. Munro — of New Jersey. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., July 18, 1892. Son of Dana Carleton Munro and Alice Gardner (Beecher) Munro; married 1920 to Margaret Bennett Wiley. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1920-21; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1930-32. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1990. Interment somewhere in Waquoit, Mass.
  
  
• Edward Clay O'Rear (1863-1961) — also known as Edward C. O'Rear — of Montgomery County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky. Born in Camargo, Montgomery County, Ky., February 2, 1863. Son of Daniel O'Rear and Sibba O'Rear; fourth cousin by marriage of James Hervey Hazelrigg; married, November 29, 1882, to Virginia Lee Hazelrigg; third cousin of John Davis O'Rear; father of James Bigstaff O'Rear. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1884; Montgomery County Judge, 1894-98; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1907-11; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Woodford County, Ky., September 12, 1961. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
  • See also Bartlett-O'Rear family of Kentucky and New Hampshire
  
  
• George William Palmer (1818-1916) — also known as George W. Palmer — of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y. Born in Hoosick, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 13, 1818. Nephew of John Palmer; cousin of William Elisha Haynes. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856; U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1857-61; member of New York state assembly from Clinton County, 1885-86. Died in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y., March 12, 1916. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
  • See also Palmer family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William R. Peterson (c.1894-1992) — of Portland, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Portland, 1939-40; member of Connecticut state senate; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952. Died in a nursing home at Portland, Middlesex County, Conn., December 11, 1992. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Samuel Williams Reynolds (1890-1988) — also known as Sam W. Reynolds — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., August 11, 1890. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1936, 1952; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1954. Died in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., March 20, 1988. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Leo A. Riordan (c.1909-2007) — of New York; Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Democrat. Candidate for New York state senate 28th District, 1940; served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Died in Valley Village, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., 2007. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Adolph J. Rodenbeck (1862-1960) — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., 1862. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1899-1901; mayor of Rochester, N.Y., 1902; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1903-16; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; Justice of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1916-32. German ancestry. Died in 1960. Burial location unknown.
  • Portrait: 1901.
  
  
• John Henry Smith (1858-1956) — also known as John H. Smith; J. H. Smith — of Everett, Snohomish County, Wash. Born in Dousman, Waukesha County, Wis., September 12, 1858. Mayor of Everett, Wash., 1924-28. One of the founders of the city of Anchorage, Alaska. Died in Everett, Snohomish County, Wash., February 15, 1956. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) — also known as Margaret Chase — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, December 14, 1897. Daughter of George Emery Chase and Carrie (Murray) Chase; married, May 14, 1930, to Clyde Harold Smith. Republican. School teacher; business executive for Maine Telephone & Telegraph Co., for a country newspaper, and for the Cummings Woolen Co.; member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1930-36; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1940-49; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1949-73; defeated, 1972; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964. Female. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. Died May 29, 1995. Cremated; ashes interred at Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine.
  • Portrait: 1960.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Margaret Chase Smith: Janann Sherman, No Place for a Woman : A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith
  
  
• Wesley J. Stearns (1868-1966) — of Stanton, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in Iowa, May 20, 1868. Republican. Meat merchant; farmer; Montcalm County Treasurer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Montcalm County, 1917-20. English ancestry. Died in 1966. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Claude H. Stevens (1884-1982) — of Highland Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1884. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 18th District, 1929-32. Died in 1982. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) — of Statesburg, Sumter County, S.C. Born in Hanover County, Va., August 14, 1734. Grandfather of Thomas De Lage Sumter. Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of South Carolina state senate, 1781-82; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1789-93, 1797-1801 (at-large 1789-93, 1797-99, 4th District 1799-1801); U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1801-10; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1809-19. Died near Statesburg, Sumter County, S.C., June 1, 1832. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Thomas Walter Swan (1877-1975) — Born December 20, 1877. Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1926-53. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1975. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Aldrich Tateum (1859-1957) — also known as William A. Tateum — of Kent County, Mich. Born in 1859. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District, 1893-94; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1893. Died May 15, 1957. Interment at Newaygo Cemetery, Newaygo, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Carl Vinson (1883-1981) — also known as "Father of the Two-Ocean Navy" — of Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga. Born in Baldwin County, Ga., November 18, 1883. Granduncle of Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1909-12; county judge in Georgia, 1912-14; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1914-65 (10th District 1914-33, 6th District 1933-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952. Methodist. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Died June 1, 1981. Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Elsie Cryder Woodward (1883-1981) — also known as Elsie C. Woodward; Elizabeth Ogden Cryder; Mrs. William Woodward — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 21, 1883. Third cousin once removed of Joseph Rodman West; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Corbit and William Webb, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Preston Lea; daughter of Duncan Cryder (1843-1913; tea importer) and Elizabeth (Ogden) Cryder (died 1915); married, October 24, 1904, to William Woodward (1876-1953; banker; owner and breeder of race horses); fourth cousin of Elizabeth Roberts Canby (who married Edward Green Bradford); grandmother of William Woodward III. Philanthropist; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 13, 1981. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also VanBuren-Cantine-Phelps-Lea family of New York
  
  

• Dorothy K. Adrounie (1891-1988) — also known as Dorothy Kalaidjian; Mrs. H. A. Adrounie — of Hastings, Barry County, Mich. Born in Everek, Ankara, Turkey, September 11, 1891. Daughter of Tatios Kalaidjian and Rose (Minasian) Kalaidjian; married, August 9, 1912, to Harry A. Adrounie. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964. Female. Presbyterian. Armenian ancestry. Died in Hastings, Barry County, Mich., April 2, 1988. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Arla A. Albaugh (1906-2003) — of Ohio; Pennsylvania; Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla. Born March 7, 1906. Socialist Labor candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1944; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1946; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1962; Socialist Labor candidate for Pennsylvania state auditor general, 1964. Died January 15, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Bertha Baur (1870-1967) — also known as Bertha E. Duppler; Mrs. Jacob Baur — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wis., October 14, 1870. Married, November 23, 1908, to Jacob Baur (1856-1912; chemist; founder and head of Liquid Carbonic Company); step-sister-in-law of Katherine 'Kate' Metzel (who married Eugene Victor Debs). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1936; member of Republican National Committee from Illinois, 1937-43. Female. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 10, 1967. Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
  
  
• Mary V. Beck (1908-2005) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Ford City, Armstrong County, Pa., February 29, 1908. Daughter of Michael Beck and Anna (Woytowych) Beck. Democrat. Social worker; lawyer; member, Detroit City Council, 1950-70 (first woman to be elected); candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1950; candidate in primary for mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1969. Female. Eastern Orthodox. Ukrainian ancestry. Died, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich., January 30, 2005. Interment at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, South Bound Brook, N.J.
  • Campaign slogan (1969): "Sweep the Deck with Mary Beck."
  
  
• Ellis Yarnal Berry (1902-1999) — also known as E. Y. Berry — of McLaughlin, Corson County, S.Dak. Born in Larchwood, Lyon County, Iowa, October 6, 1902. Son of William S. Berry and Kitty (Teghtmeyer) Berry; married, March 4, 1928, to Rose Hartinger. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; member of South Dakota state senate, 1939-43; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1951-71; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Delta Theta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi. Died in Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak., April 1, 1999. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Insley Blair (1802-1899) — also known as John I. Blair — of Blairstown, Warren County, N.J. Born in Warren County, N.J., August 22, 1802. Married to Nancy Ann Locke (1804-1888). Republican. Merchant; postmaster; manufacturer; railroad builder; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860, 1868; candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1868. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Died in Blairstown, Warren County, N.J., December 2, 1899. Interment at Gravel Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Charles Grosvenor Bond (1877-1974) — also known as Charles G. Bond — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May 29, 1877. Nephew of Charles Henry Grosvenor; son of William W. Bond and Frances (Currier) Bond; married, June 27, 1905, to Bertha Paterson. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Union League. Died in Bound Brook, Somerset County, N.J., January 10, 1974. Cremated; ashes interred at West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Norris Brown (1863-1960) — of Kearney, Buffalo County, Neb. Born in Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, May 2, 1863. Son of William Henry Harrison Brown and Eliza Ann (Phelps) Brown; married, November 28, 1885, to Lula K. Beeler (died 1925); married, February 5, 1927, to Ann L. Howland (died 1939). Republican. Lawyer; Nebraska state attorney general, 1905-07; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1907-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1908; law partner of Irving F. Baxter. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., January 5, 1960. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Festus Orestes Butt (1875-1972) — also known as Festus O. Butt; F. O. Butt — of Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Ark. Born near Chicago, Cook County, Ill., 1875. Son of William Alvin Butt; father of Thomas Franklin Butt. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Arkansas state house of representatives; member of Arkansas state senate. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died June 30, 1972. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
  
  
• Victor Laurence August Christgau (1894-1991) — also known as Victor Christgau — of Austin, Mower County, Minn. Born in Austin, Mower County, Minn., September 20, 1894. Son of Fred Christgau and Adeline (Vanselow) Christgau; married, July 30, 1931, to Muriel Josephine Doyle. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Minnesota state senate, 1927-29; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1929-33; defeated (Independent), 1932. Lutheran. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in Washington, D.C., October 10, 1991. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jacob Sechler Coxey (1854-1951) — also known as Jacob S. Coxey; "General Coxey" — of Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. Born in Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pa., April 16, 1854. Greenback candidate for Ohio state senate 21st District, 1885; candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1894 (People's, 18th District), 1922 (18th District), 1924 (Independent, 16th District), 1926 (Republican primary, 16th District), 1928 (Independent, 16th District), 1930 (Republican primary, 16th District), 1936 (Union, 16th District), 1938 (Democratic primary, 16th District), 1942 (Democratic primary, 16th District); People's candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1895, 1897; candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1916, 1928 (Republican primary), 1932 (Republican primary), 1934 (Republican primary); mayor of Massillon, Ohio, 1931-33; defeated, 1933 (Republican primary), 1941 (Democratic primary), 1943 (Democratic); Farmer-Labor candidate for President of the United States, 1932. Leader of bands of unemployed (dubbed "Coxey's Army") asking Congress to provide money for jobs, 1894 and 1914. Died in 1951. Interment at Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio.
  
  
• Isidore Dollinger (1903-2000) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 13, 1903. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1937-44; member of New York state senate 26th District, 1945-48; U.S. Representative from New York, 1949-61 (24th District 1949-53, 23rd District 1953-61); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1956, 1960, 1964; Bronx County District Attorney, 1960-68; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1968-75. Jewish. Died in White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., January 30, 2000. Burial location unknown.
  • Cross-reference: Melville E. Abrams
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Baylis Earle (1766-1863) — of South Carolina. Born in North Carolina, October 23, 1766. Cousin of Samuel Earle; nephew of Elias Earle. U.S. Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1803-05; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died in Anderson County, S.C., February 3, 1863. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Anderson County, S.C.
  • See also Earle family of South Carolina
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ephraim Ralph Eckley (1811-1908) — of Carroll County, Ohio. Born near Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 9, 1811. Republican. Member of Ohio state senate, 1843-46, 1849-50; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1851; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1853-57; candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1853; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1863-69. Died in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, March 27, 1908. Interment at Grand View Cemetery, Carrollton, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ivor David Fenton (1889-1986) — also known as Ivor D. Fenton — of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pa. Born in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pa., August 3, 1889. Married, June 23, 1915, to Theresa Lewis. Republican. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-63 (13th District 1939-45, 12th District 1945-63); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956, 1960. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Medical Association. Died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., October 23, 1986. Interment at German Protestant Cemetery, Mahonoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Franklin S. Forsberg (1905-2002) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 21, 1905. Married to Ann Rountree. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; publishing executive; U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1981-85. Swedish ancestry. Died in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., March 29, 2002. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harriet Gould Forward (1883-1980) — also known as Mrs. Walter F. Forward, Sr. — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Hebron, Thayer County, Neb., February 11, 1883. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1940. Female. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., January 31, 1980. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  
  
• Carl Edward Richard Fuester (1876-1973) — also known as Dick Fuester — of Iowa. Born in Blue Island, Cook County, Ill., May 17, 1876. Member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1933-37; candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture, 1938. Died in Denison, Crawford County, Iowa, July 1, 1973. Interment at Ida Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Iowa.
  
  
• Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885) — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, 1788. Brother of Moses Hicks Grinnell. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1843-51. Died in 1885. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Clifford Peter Hansen (b. 1912) — also known as Clifford P. Hansen — of Jackson, Teton County, Wyo. Born in Zenith, Teton County, Wyo., October 16, 1912. Father of Mary Hansen Mead. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1960 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); Governor of Wyoming, 1963-67; U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Shriners; Newcomen Society. Still living as of 2009.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Florence Jaffray Harriman (1870-1967) — also known as Florence J. Harriman; Daisy Harriman; Florence Jaffray Hurst — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 21, 1870. Daughter of Francis William Jones Hurst and Caroline Elise (Jaffray) Hurst; married, November 13, 1889, to J. Borden Harriman (died 1914). Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1928; U.S. Minister to Norway, 1937-40; member of Democratic National Committee from District of Columbia, 1948. Female. Died in 1967. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Ervin J. Haskill (1906-2003) — of Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Lapeer County, Mich., August 22, 1906. Son of William Haskill and Minnie (Westendoff) Haskill; married to Marion S. McGonegle. Republican. Farmer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Lapeer County, 1961-62. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Odd Fellows. Died January 6, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Hill (1795-1892) — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., January 10, 1795. U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1817-21. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., January 16, 1892. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Andrew W. Hockenhull (1877-1974) — of New Mexico. Born January 16, 1877. Governor of New Mexico, 1933-35. Died June 20, 1974. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Archie Holmes (c.1912-2009) — also known as John A. Holmes — of Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa; Olin, Jones County, Iowa. Democrat. Candidate for Iowa state senate 24th District, 1970. Died, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, March 14, 2009. Interment at Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming, Iowa.
  
  
• William Lloyd Imes (1889-1986) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., December 29, 1889. Son of Benjamin A. Imes and Elizabeth (Wallace) Imes; married, September 9, 1915, to Grace Virginia Frank. Minister; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; president, Knoxville College, 1943-47. Presbyterian. African ancestry. Died in 1986. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Addison Davis James (1850-1947) — also known as Addison D. James — of Penrod, Muhlenberg County, Ky. Born near Morgantown, Butler County, Ky., February 27, 1850. Grandfather of John Albert Whitaker. Republican. Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1890; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1891-93; member of Kentucky state senate, 1895; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1907-09; defeated, 1890. Died in Penrod, Muhlenberg County, Ky., June 10, 1947. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Arthur William Jewett (1896-1993) — also known as Arthur W. Jewett — of Mason, Ingham County, Mich. Born December 22, 1896. Son of Arthur William Jewett (1869-1931) and Lulu Jane Jewett. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District, 1936, 1938. Died November 24, 1993. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Vann M. Kennedy (born c.1905) — of Austin, Travis County, Tex.; Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex. Democrat. Secretary of Texas Democratic Party, 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940, 1948, 1952. Owner and operator of television and radio stations. Still living as of 2002.
  
  
• Frank W. Kuehl (1894-1991) — of Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wis. Born September 14, 1894. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1924. Died November 19, 1991. Interment at Parklawn Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
  
  
• Charles Drummond Lawrence (1878-1975) — Born in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, August 5, 1878. Judge of U.S. Customs Court, 1943. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died February 12, 1975. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Bracken Lee (1899-1996) — also known as J. Bracken Lee — of Price, Carbon County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Price, Carbon County, Utah, January 7, 1899. Son of Arthur J. Lee and Ida M. (Leiter) Lee; married, February 23, 1928, to Margaret Draper. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance business; Governor of Utah, 1949-57; defeated in primary, 1956; mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1960-72; Conservative candidate for President of the United States, 1960. Protestant. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in a nursing home in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 20, 1996. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  • Books about J. Bracken Lee: Dennis L. Lythgoe, Let 'em holler : a political biography of J. Bracken Lee
  
  
• Moses E. Lewis (1854-1951) — of Florence, Fremont County, Colo. Born in Coal Valley, Rock Island County, Ill., July 26, 1854. Republican. Member of Colorado state senate, 1905-09; Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 1915-17; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1928. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 13, 1951. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Carl Gottfred Lindquist (1896-1993) — also known as Carl G. Lindquist; "Iron Man" — of Iron River, Iron County, Mich. Born in Norway, Dickinson County, Mich., December 9, 1896. Son of Aldo Lindquist (1857-1922) and Hannah Lindquist (1869-1952); married, August 21, 1929, to Sylvia Peterson (1901-1997). Republican. Dairy farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1941-54 (Iron County 1941-44, Iron District 1945-54); defeated, 1954, 1962; candidate for Michigan state senate 31st District, 1956; candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Iron District, 1961. Lutheran. Swedish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; American Association of Retired Persons. Died, in Crystal Manor nursing home, Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich., March 9, 1993. Interment at Bates Township Cemetery, Mapleton, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Franklin MacVeagh (1837-1934) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chester County, Pa., November 22, 1837. Son of Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh; brother of Isaac Wayne MacVeagh; married to Emily Eames; uncle of Charles MacVeagh; granduncle of Lincoln MacVeagh. Lawyer; wholesale grocer; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1909-13. Died July 6, 1934. Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family of New York and Virginia
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Herbert Brown Maw (1893-1990) — also known as Herbert B. Maw — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born March 11, 1893. Democrat. Governor of Utah, 1941-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1948, 1952. Died November 17, 1990. Interment at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• James Clark McGrew (1813-1910) — also known as James C. McGrew — of Kingwood, Preston County, W.Va. Born near Brandonville, Monongalia County, Va. (now W.Va.), September 14, 1813. Republican. Delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1863-65; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1869-73. Died in Kingwood, Preston County, W.Va., September 18, 1910. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Kingwood, W.Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Gertrude McMahon (1896-1993) — also known as Gertrude F. Vaughan — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born October 12, 1896. Married to Edward Ward McMahon. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924. Female. Died April 15, 1993. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Newt Virgus Mills (1899-1996) — also known as Newt V. Mills — of Monroe, Ouachita Parish, La. Born in Louisiana, 1899. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1937-43. Died May 15, 1996. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Paul Henry Nitze (1907-2004) — also known as Paul H. Nitze — of Washington, D.C. Born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., January 16, 1907. Married 1932 to Phyllis Pratt (died 1987); married 1993 to Elizabeth Scott Porter. U.S. Ambassador to , 1986-89. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985. Died, of pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., October 19, 2004. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Charles County, Md.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Franklin Page (1890-1987) — of North Dakota. Born in Hamilton, Pembina County, N.Dak., March 1, 1890. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North Dakota state house of representatives, 1935-39; member of North Dakota state senate, 1941-57. Methodist. Died of kidney failure, at Cavalier, Pembina County, N.Dak., November 17, 1987. Interment at Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, N.Dak.
  
  
• Viola R. Pinanski (1897-1994) — also known as Viola Rottenberg — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 24, 1897. Daughter of Julius Rottenberg and Fannie (Berg) Rottenberg; married, August 10, 1920, to Abraham E. Pinanski. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1956 (alternate); hospital trustee. Female. Jewish. Died January 11, 1994. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Pitcher (1795-1892) — of Spencer County, Ind.; Posey County, Ind. Born in Watertown, Litchfield County, Conn., August 22, 1795. Lawyer; Spencer County Sheriff, 1826-30; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1830-31; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana state senate, 1841-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1848; candidate for delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Reputed to have loaned law books to the young Abraham Lincoln. Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey County, Ind., August 2, 1892. Interment at Hedges Central Elementary School Playground, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
  
  
• George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe (1877-1974) — also known as George L. Radcliffe — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Lloyds, Dorchester County, Md., August 22, 1877. Son of John Anthony Le Compte Radcliffe and Sophie D. (Travers) Radcliffe; married, June 6, 1906, to Mary McKim Marriott. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of state of Maryland, 1919-20; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1935-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons. Died in Baltimore, Md., July 29, 1974. Interment at Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Maurice Schecter (1904-2001) — of St. Louis, Mo.; Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., June 27, 1904. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1935-40; member of Missouri state senate 13th District, 1961-76. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; B'nai B'rith. Died, from complications of pneumonia, in Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Town and Country, St. Louis County, Mo., January 31, 2001. Interment at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery No. 2, Creve Coeur, Mo.
  
  
• Daniel Sheffer (1783-1880) — of Pennsylvania. Born in York, York County, Pa., May 24, 1783. Democrat. State court judge in Pennsylvania, 1813-37; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1837-39. Died in York Springs, Adams County, Pa., February 16, 1880. Interment at Old Lutheran Cemetery, York Springs, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Sam Steinfeld (born c.1907) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1940, 1956; chief justice of Kentucky state supreme court. Still living as of 2004.
  
  
• Irving Joseph Symons (1907-2004) — also known as Irving J. Symons — of Sonora, Tuolumne County, Calif. Born in Sonora, Tuolumne County, Calif., November 21, 1907. Son of Thomas Frederick Symons and Mary Ellen (Barry) Symons. Republican. Merchant; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Presidential Elector for California, 1952. Died December 26, 2004. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Milford Frank Vanik (1906-2003) — also known as Mel Vanik — of Bellevue, King County, Wash. Born July 29, 1906. Aeronautical engineer; mayor of Bellevue, Wash., 1977-78. Died, from complications of pneumonia, at Cascade Vista Convalescent Center, Redmond, King County, Wash., January 30, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Capus Miller Waynick (1889-1986) — also known as Capus M. Waynick — of High Point, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Rockingham County, N.C., December 23, 1889. Son of Joshua James N. Waynick and Anna (Moore) Waynick; married, June 19, 1915, to Elizabeth McBee. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper editor; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1931; member of North Carolina state senate, 1933-35; North Carolina state highway commissioner, 1935-37; North Carolina Democratic state chair, 1948; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1949-51; Colombia, 1951-53; Adjutant General of North Carolina, 1957-61. Presbyterian. Died in a nursing facility in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., September 7, 1986. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles F. Wennerstrum (1889-1986) — of Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa. Born in Cambridge, Henry County, Ill., October 11, 1889. Son of Charles F. Wennerstrum and Anna Mathilda (Vinstrand) Wennerstrum; married, February 14, 1925, to Helen F. Rogers. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in Iowa 2nd District, 1930-40; justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1941-58. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Rotary; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif. Died in 1986. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Theodore B. Werner (1892-1989) — also known as "Dates" — of Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak. Born in Ossian, Winneshiek County, Iowa, June 2, 1892. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; printing business; postmaster; mayor of Rapid City, S.Dak., 1929-30; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1944. Died in 1989. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William West (1822-1919) — of Ames, Story County, Iowa. Born in Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio, 1822. Married 1847 to Harriet J. Porter. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1848; hotelier; mayor of Ames, Iowa, 1870-71. Methodist. Died in Ames, Story County, Iowa, December 29, 1919. Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
  
  
• James Russell Wiggins (1903-2000) — also known as J. Russell Wiggins — Born in Luverne, Rock County, Minn., December 4, 1903. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1968-69. Member, Freemasons. Managing editor of the Washington Post newspaper, 1947-66. Died in Brooklin, Hancock County, Maine, November 19, 2000. Interment at Rural Cemetery, Sedgwick, Maine.
  
  
• Ralph LeRoy Williams (1902-1999) — also known as Ralph L. Williams — of Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colo. Born in Pratt, Pratt County, Kan., September 9, 1902. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1952. Died in Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colo., June 7, 1999. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Williamson, Jr. (1875-1972) — of Oacoma, Lyman County, S.Dak.; Custer, Custer County, S.Dak. Born near New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa, October 7, 1875. Son of William Williamson and Mary (Erland) Williamson; married to Victoria Dice. Republican. Lawyer; Lyman County State's Attorney, 1905-08, 1910-11; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1911-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1912; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 3rd District, 1921-33; defeated, 1932. Congregationalist. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Died in Custer, Custer County, S.Dak., July 15, 1972. Interment at Pine Lawn Memorial Park, Rapid City, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Massey Harrison Wilson (1869-1966) — of Alabama. Born in Clarke County, Ala., October 10, 1869. Delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; Alabama state attorney general, 1903-07. Presbyterian. Died in Oak Hill, Wilcox County, Ala., March 29, 1966. Interment at Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Oak Hill, Ala.
  
  
• William Willard Wirtz (b. 1912) — also known as Willard Wirtz — of Winnetka, Cook County, Ill. Born in DeKalb, DeKalb County, Ill., March 14, 1912. Democrat. U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1962-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964. Methodist. Still living as of 2009.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Crispus Attucks Wright (c.1904-2001) — also known as Chris Wright — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 26th District, 1958. African ancestry. In 1997, donated $2 million to the University of Southern California's law school, which was the largest-ever gift to USC by an African American. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 4, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jerauld Wright (1898-1995) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., June 4, 1898. U.S. Ambassador to China (Taiwan), 1963-65. Died in 1995. Burial location unknown.
  
  

• Morris Aarons (1907-2003) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born February 16, 1907. Republican. Candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1954; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1970; New York County Surrogate, 1971. Died December 1, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Joseph Allen, Jr. (1899-1995) — also known as John J. Allen, Jr. — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif.; McCall, Valley County, Idaho. Born in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., November 27, 1899. Son of John Joseph Allen, Sr. and Cathryn (Liston) Allen; married, June 16, 1926, to Carol Cook (1904-1957); married 1957 to Sally Clement (born 1924). Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from California 7th District, 1947-59; defeated, 1958; mayor of McCall, Idaho, 1989-93. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Odd Fellows; Woodmen; Kiwanis; Native Sons of the Golden West; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died March 7, 1995. Cremated.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Daniel Webster Ambrose, Jr. (1896-1992) — also known as Daniel W. Ambrose, Jr. — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Pickens, Holmes County, Miss., September 8, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948. Episcopalian. African ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi; Elks; National Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in 1992. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Jennings Bailey (1867-1963) — of Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn.; Washington, D.C. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., June 6, 1867. Son of James E. Bailey and Elizabeth Margaret (Lusk) Bailey; married 1898 to Lucy O'Bryan. Lawyer; justice of District of Columbia supreme court, 1918-36; U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1936-50; took senior status 1950. Died in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1963. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Frank J. Balcer, Sr. (1896-1992) — of Millington, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., August 16, 1896. Democrat. Farmer; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1958, 1960. Died, in Hills and Dales Hospital, Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich., June 25, 1992. Interment at Millington Township Cemetery, Millington, Mich.
  
  
• Lewis H. Barlow (1868-1964) — of Gillette, Campbell County, Wyo. Born October 3, 1868. Mayor of Gillette, Wyo., 1907-12. Died March 31, 1964. Interment at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Gillette, Wyo.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Perry Belmont (1851-1947) — of Babylon, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 28, 1851. Son of August Belmont (1816-1890) and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont; married 1899 to Jessie Robbins; brother of August Belmont (1853-1924) and Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1881-88; resigned 1888; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1912; major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; American Legion. Died in Newport, Newport County, R.I., May 25, 1947. Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Francis Bergan (1902-1998) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., April 20, 1902. Son of Michael Bergan and Mary Bergan. Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1936-58; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 30th District, 1938; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department, 1949; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1963-72; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1967. Member, Elks. Died at the Teresian House nursing home, in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., March 23, 1998. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Eugene Black (1879-1975) — of Clarksville, Red River County, Tex. Born near Blossom, Lamar County, Tex., July 2, 1879. Son of Alexander Wesley Black and Talula Ann 'Lulu' (Shackelford) Black; married, March 15, 1903, to Mamie Coleman. Democrat. Lawyer; wholesale grocer; U.S. Representative from Texas 1st District, 1915-29. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., May 22, 1975. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Alfred Bliss (1871-1967) — also known as Charles A. Bliss — of Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif. Born in Forest Home, Amador County, Calif., September 3, 1871. Son of Jeremiah Bliss and Mary Barbara (Yager) Bliss; married, April 23, 1905, to Evalene Brown (1888-1948). Lawyer; mayor of Sacramento, Calif., 1920-21; member of California state legislature. Died October 2, 1967. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Horace Boies (1827-1923) — of Erie County, N.Y.; Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Born in Aurora, Erie County, N.Y., December 7, 1827. Son of Heber Boies and Hattie (Henshaw) Boies; married, May 10, 1848, to Adella King (died 1855); married to Versalia M. Barber. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1857; Governor of Iowa, 1890-94; defeated, 1893; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1892; candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1902. French and English ancestry. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 4, 1923. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
  • Portrait: 1902.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• John Thomas Browne (1845-1941) — also known as John T. Browne; "The Fighting Irishman"; "Honest John" — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Ballylanders, County Limerick, Ireland, March 23, 1845. Married, September 13, 1871, to Mollie Bergin. Mayor of Houston, Tex., 1892-96; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1897-99, 1907. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Ancient Order of Hibernians. Died, of pneumonia, in Houston, Harris County, Tex., August 19, 1941. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  
  
• George W. Brownlee (1902-1998) — of Montana. Born in Bowdon, Wells County, N.Dak., June 28, 1902. Member of Montana state house of representatives, 1967-71. Died of congestive heart failure, in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., March 12, 1998. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Stanford, Mont.
  
  
• George Seabrook Bryan (1809-1905) — also known as George S. Bryan — Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., May 22, 1809. Married to Rebecca L. Dwight (1822-1908); father of John P. Kennedy Bryan. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for South Carolina, 1866-86; retired 1886. Died in Flat Rock, Henderson County, N.C., September 28, 1905. Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Wikipedia article; Judgepedia article; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Herschel Bullen (1870-1966) — of Logan, Cache County, Utah. Born in Richmond, Cache County, Utah, November 13, 1870. Son of Herschel Bullen and Emma (Gibbs) Bullen; married to Mary Hendricks (1875-1950); half-brother of Roy Bullen. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1904, 1928. Died February 2, 1966. Interment at Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Utah.
  
  
• Adrian Paul Burke (1904-2000) — also known as Adrian P. Burke — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., October 2, 1904. Son of Thomas F. Burke and Rose Mary Daw Burke; married, December 27, 1934, to Edith Martin. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1938; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1955-73. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Lauderhill, Broward County, Fla., September 3, 2000. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Clarence Godber Burton (1886-1982) — also known as Clarence G. Burton — of Lynchburg, Va. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., December 14, 1886. Democrat. Mayor of Lynchburg, Va., 1946; U.S. Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1948-53. Died in Lynchburg, Va., January 18, 1982. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Cilley (1791-1887) — of Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., January 4, 1791. Nephew of Bradbury Cilley; brother of Jonathan Cilley. Democrat. U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1846-47. Died in Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., September 16, 1887. Interment at General Joseph Cilley Burying Ground, Nottingham, N.H.
  • See also Cilley family of New Hampshire
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• C. H. Ranulf Compton (1878-1974) — also known as Ranulf Compton — of Madison, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Poe, Allen County, Ind., September 16, 1878. Republican. U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1943-45; defeated, 1940, 1944. Died in Madison, New Haven County, Conn., January 26, 1974. Interment at West Cemetery, Madison, Conn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Wallace Crapo (1830-1926) — also known as William W. Crapo — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Mass., May 16, 1830. Son of Henry Howland Crapo and Mary A. (Slocum) Crapo; married, January 22, 1857, to Sarah A. D. Tappan. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives from New Bedford, 1857; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1875-83; member of Republican National Committee from Massachusetts, 1884. Died in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., February 28, 1926. Interment at Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
  • See also Crapo family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ralph W. Crego (1893-1989) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born September 21, 1893. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1943-61; defeated, 1942, 1961. Died in Meridian Township, Ingham County, Mich., May 28, 1989. Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park, Near Lansing, Eaton County, Mich.
  
  
• James J. Crisona (1907-2003) — of Arverne, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Neponsit, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 30, 1907. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 12th District, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1955-57; defeated, 1946; resigned 1957; borough president of Queens, New York, 1958-59; Justice of New York Supreme Court 10th District, 1960. Member, American Bar Association; Knights of Columbus; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died September 4, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Burton Melvin Cross (1902-1998) — also known as Burton M. Cross — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, November 15, 1902. Son of Burton M. Cross and Harriett (Thompson) Cross; married, November 1, 1927, to Olena R. Moulton. Republican. Florist; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1941-44; member of Maine state senate 7th District, 1945-52; Governor of Maine, 1952-55. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died in a hospital at Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, October 22, 1998. Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• George Burton Crow (1846-1942) — also known as George B. Crow — of Ripley, Jackson County, W.Va. Born in Monroe County (part now in Noble County), Ohio, November 9, 1846. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Jackson County, 1887-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1920, 1924 (alternate). Died in Ripley, Jackson County, W.Va., February 1, 1942. Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Ripley, W.Va.
  
  
• Laurence Curtis (1893-1989) — also known as Lawrence Curtis — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 3, 1893. Son of Louis Curtis and Fanny Leland (Richardson) Curtis. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lost a leg during Navy training exercises; lawyer; secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1921-22; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1933-36; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1936-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944 (alternate), 1960; Massachusetts state treasurer, 1947-48; defeated, 1948; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1953-63. Episcopalian. Member, Disabled American Veterans; American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died July 11, 1989. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Larry S. Davidow (1895-1991) — also known as Lazarus S. Davidow — of Michigan. Born in Baltimore, Md., November 15, 1895. Lawyer; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Michigan, 1920; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1920 (Socialist, 13th District), 1926 (Republican primary, 1st District), 1938 (Democratic primary, 17th District), 1942 (Democratic primary, 17th District); candidate in Republican primary for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County 5th District, 1961. Died March 9, 1991. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Mathilda M. Deavers (c.1906-2002) — also known as Mathilda M. Starcevic — of Illinois; California. Daughter of Mary J. Starcevic; married to Brian Deavers; sister of Elizabeth Starcevic Stanich. Socialist Labor candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1936. Female. Died in 2002. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Starcevic-Stanich-Deavers family of California
  
  
• Carmine G. DeSapio (1908-2004) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 10, 1908. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; leader of Tammany Hall, 1949-61; leader of New York County Democratic Party, 1955; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1957; convicted in 1969 on Federal bribery conspiracy charges; served two years in prison. Italian ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 27, 2004. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  • Portrait: 1955.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Gertrude Walton Donahey (1908-2004) — also known as Gertrude Donahey; Gertrude Walton — of Alliance, Stark County, Ohio. Born in Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, August 4, 1908. Married to John William Donahey (son of Alvin Victor Donahey). Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964; Ohio treasurer of state, 1971-83. Female. Episcopalian. Died in Bexley, Franklin County, Ohio, July 11, 2004. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Donahey family of Ohio
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Forrest C. Donnell (1884-1980) — of Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Mo. Born in Quitman, Nodaway County, Mo., August 20, 1884. Son of John Cary Donnell and Barbara Lee (Waggoner) Donnell; married, January 29, 1913, to Hilda Hays. Republican. Lawyer; Governor of Missouri, 1941-45; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1945-51; defeated, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1948. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Died in St. Louis, Mo., March 3, 1980. Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• James S. Farnsworth (1907-2003) — of Otsego, Allegan County, Mich.; Allegan, Allegan County, Mich.; Plainwell, Allegan County, Mich. Born in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Mich., June 29, 1907. Son of Lewis Farnsworth and Etta (Griffith) Farnsworth; married to Margery Meyle. Republican. Automobile dealer; mayor of Otsego, Mich., 1940-41; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Allegan County, 1961-62; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1963-74 (Allegan County 1963-64, 55th District 1965-72, 54th District 1973-74); defeated in primary, 1974. Protestant. Member, Rotary; Elks; Farm Bureau. Died in Florida, June 26, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John W. Fribley (1906-2002) — of Pana, Christian County, Ill. Born in Assumption, Christian County, Ill., August 3, 1906. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; member of Illinois state senate 40th District, 1935-53. Member, Farm Bureau. Died March 20, 2002. Interment at Rosamond Cemetery, Rosamond, Ill.
  
  
• Lillian Gulker (born c.1914) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Sunrise, Broward County, Fla.; New Jersey. Liberal. Candidate for New York state senate 26th District, 1954, 1956. Female. Still living as of 2010.
  
  
• Vincent Hallinan (1896-1992) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., December 16, 1896. Married 1932 to Vivian Moore (1910-1999). Progressive. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; innovator in courtroom tactics; defense attorney for longshoreman union leader Harry Bridges, who had been accused of being a Communist; jailed six months for contempt of court in 1952; candidate for President of the United States, 1952; indicted in 1953 on income tax evasion charges; convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Irish ancestry. Died in San Francisco, Calif., October 2, 1992. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Harold Overton Hatcher (1907-2003) — also known as Harold O. Hatcher — of Illinois; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C. Born in Greensburg, Green County, Ky., March 7, 1907. Son of Overton Hatcher and Edna Mitchell Hatcher; married 1930 to Josephine Timmerman. Socialist. Congregationalist minister; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934. Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C., August 6, 2003. Cremated.
  • Books about Harold Hatcher: Mike Hembree, The Seasons of Harold Hatcher
  
  
• Charles B. Hays (1862-1958) — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., November 15, 1862. Married 1889 to Luella Phillips. Democrat. Builder; real estate developer; paper manufacturer; mayor of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1912. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., May 31, 1958. Interment at Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
  
  
• Frederick S. Heiskell (1786-1882) — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., 1786. Newspaper publisher; farmer; mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., 1835. Died in 1882. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frederick Holbrook (1813-1909) — of Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt. Born in East Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., February 15, 1813. Governor of Vermont, 1861-63. Died in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt., April 28, 1909. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Harry Palmer Jeffrey (1901-1997) — also known as Harry P. Jeffrey — of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, December 26, 1901. Son of Samuel E. Jeffrey and Grace (Wilson) Jeffrey; married, September 11, 1935, to Susan V. Gummer. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1943-45. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Freemasons. Co-author of G.I. Bill of Rights. Died in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, January 4, 1997. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter Henry Judd (1898-1994) — also known as Walter H. Judd — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Rising City, Butler County, Neb., September 25, 1898. Married 1932 to Miriam Louise Barber. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1943-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1948 (alternate), 1952 (alternate), 1956, 1960, 1964. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Phi Beta Kappa; American Legion. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981. Died in Mitchellville, Prince George's County, Md., February 13, 1994. Interment at Blue Valley Cemetery, Surprise, Neb.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Warren Keifer (1836-1932) — also known as J. Warren Keifer — of Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. Born in Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, January 30, 1836. Son of Joseph Keifer and Mary (Smith) Keifer; married, March 22, 1860, to Eliza Stout. Republican. Lawyer; banker; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio state senate, 1868-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1876, 1908; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-85, 1905-11 (8th District 1877-79, 4th District 1879-81, 8th District 1881-85, 7th District 1905-11); defeated, 1910; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1881-83; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; United Spanish War Veterans. Died April 22, 1932. Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Shuford Kirk (1907-2003) — of Caro, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Juniata Township, Tuscola County, Mich., May 2, 1907. Grandson of William Kirk; son of James Kirk and Jane Catherine 'Janie' (Borland) Kirk (1880-1971); married, May 26, 1928, to Bernice Braun (1906-2006). Republican. Chemist; farmer; chair of Tuscola County Republican Party, 1958-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Tuscola County, 1961-62; candidate in primary for Michigan state house of representatives 84th District, 1964. Presbyterian. Member, Exchange Club. Died, in McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, Genesee County, Mich., November 6, 2003. Interment at Indianfields Township Cemetery, Caro, Mich.
  • See also Kirk family of Michigan
  
  
• Thomas Joseph Lane (1898-1994) — also known as Thomas J. Lane — of Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., July 6, 1898. Son of Patrick Lane and Mary (Cahill) Lane. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1927-38; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1939-41; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1941-63; defeated, 1962; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1965-70. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus; Ancient Order of Hibernians. Died in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., June 14, 1994. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, North Andover, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Herbert Lasky (1907-2003) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in London, England, June 10, 1907. Republican. Candidate for New York state senate 14th District, 1932; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1948. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 14, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Blanche Revere Long (1902-1998) — also known as Blanche R. Long; Blanche B. Revere — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Covington, St. Tammany Parish, La., December 17, 1902. Daughter of Robert H. Revere and Beulah (Talley) Revere; married, August 17, 1932, to Earl Kemp Long (brother of George Shannon Long and Huey Pierce Long). Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1956, 1960; member of Democratic National Committee from Louisiana, 1956-63. Female. Methodist. In 1959, when her husband, Gov. Earl Long made a speech to the legislature defending the right of blacks to vote, she committed him to a state mental institution. Died, May, 1998. Interment at Lake Lawn Cemetery, Metairie, La.
  • See also Long family of Louisiana
  
  
• Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) — also known as Alice Roosevelt Longworth; Alice Lee Roosevelt; "Princess Alice" — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 12, 1884. Daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt (1861-1884); married, February 17, 1906, to Nicholas Longworth; first cousin of Corinne Robinson Alsop; half-sister of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936, 1940; newspaper columnist. Female. Died, from pneumonia, emphysema, and cardiac arrest, in Washington, D.C., February 20, 1980. Cremated; ashes interred at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family of New York and Virginia
  • Portraits: 1902; 1927.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  • Books about Alice Roosevelt Longworth: Carol Felsenthal, Princess Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth
  
  
• Sherman L. Loupee (1872-1968) — of Dowagiac, Cass County, Mich. Born in Union, Cass County, Mich., September 4, 1872. Son of Oscar Loupee and Anna (Jones) Loupee; married 1894 to Gertrude Hitchcox. Republican. Physician; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1939-48 (Cass County 1939-44, St. Joseph District 1945-48); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1956. Congregationalist or Baptist. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died in 1968. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Albert Branson Maris (1893-1989) — of Yeadon, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 19, 1893. Son of Robert Wood Maris and Elma (Branson) Maris. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of Delaware County Democratic Party, 1924-30; member of Pennsylvania Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-34; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1936-38; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1938-58. Quaker. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died in 1989. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Abraham Lincoln Marovitz (1905-2001) — also known as A. L. Marovitz — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis., August 10, 1905. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois state senate 19th District, 1939-50; superior court judge in Illinois, 1950-63; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1963. Lithuanian ancestry. Died in 2001. Interment at Jewish Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
  
  
• Charles W. Masterson (c.1862-1958) — of Washington. Uncle of Salathiel Charles Masterson. Democrat. Piano tuner; candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington 4th District, 1916. Blind from age eight, due to an overdose of quinine (used to treat cholera). Died in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Wash., 1958. Interment somewhere in Walla Walla, Wash.
  
  
• Emma Guffey Miller (1874-1970) — also known as Emma G. Miller; Mary Emma Guffey — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pa. Born in Guffey Station, Westmoreland County, Pa., July 6, 1874. Daughter of John Guffey and Barbaretta (Hough) Guffey; married 1902 to Carroll Miller (1875-1949); sister of Joseph F. Guffey. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924, 1928, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; member of Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1932-70; delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Died, from a heart attack, February 23, 1970. Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  
  
• John Gerald Milton (1881-1977) — also known as John Milton — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 21, 1881. Democrat. U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hudson County, 1947. Died in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., April 14, 1977. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Daniel Grove Moler (b. 1908) — also known as D. Grove Moler — of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va.; Mullens, Wyoming County, W.Va. Born in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, W.Va., December 16, 1908. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state senate, 1937-40 (15th District 1937-38, 16th District 1939-40); member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1949; Wyoming County Prosecuting Attorney. Episcopalian. Member, Theta Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Sons of Confederate Veterans. Still living as of 2004.
  
  
• Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) — also known as Levi P. Morton — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Shoreham, Addison County, Vt., May 16, 1824. Son of Rev. Daniel Oliver Morton and Lucretia (Parsons) Morton; brother of Daniel O. Morton; married to Lucy Kimball (died 1871); married 1873 to Anna Livingston Street. Republican. Dry goods merchant; banker; U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1879-81; U.S. Minister to France, 1881-85; Vice President of the United States, 1889-93; Governor of New York, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1896. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Union League. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 16, 1920. Interment at Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Robert S. Chilton, Jr.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Helen Nute (1898-1994) — of North Conway, Conway, Carroll County, N.H. Born in 1898. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1972. Female. Died in 1994. Interment at Conway Cemetery, Conway, N.H.
  
  
• James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004) — also known as James K. Penfield — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 9, 1908. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, 1961. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., September 11, 2004. Cremated; ashes interred at Longbranch Cemetery, Longbranch, Wash.
  
  
• John Phillips (1887-1983) — of Banning, Riverside County, Calif. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., September 11, 1887. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of California state assembly, 1932-36; member of California state senate, 1936-42; U.S. Representative from California, 1943-57 (22nd District 1943-53, 29th District 1953-57); delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1944, 1948 (alternate), 1952, 1956, 1960. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans. Died in Palm Springs, Riverside County, Calif., December 18, 1983. Interment at Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958) — also known as Lawrence C. Phipps — of Denver, Colo. Born in Washington County, Pa., August 30, 1862. Son of Rev. William Henry Phipps and Agnes (McCall) Phipps. Republican. Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie Steel Corporation; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1919-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1920, 1924, 1928; member of Republican National Committee from Colorado, 1932. Episcopalian. Died in 1958. Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jennings Randolph (1902-1998) — of Elkins, Randolph County, W.Va.; Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va. Born in Salem, Harrison County, W.Va., March 8, 1902. Son of Ernest Randolph and Idell (Bingman) Randolph; married, February 18, 1933, to Mary Katherine Babb. Democrat. Newspaper editor; university professor; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1933-47; defeated, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1948, 1952, 1956; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1958-85. Baptist. Member, Lions; Tau Kappa Alpha; Rotary. Died in 1998. Interment at Seventh-Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, W.Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954) — also known as Joseph E. Ransdell — of Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La. Born in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La., October 7, 1858. Son of John H. Ransdell and Amanda (Terrell) Ransdell; married, November 15, 1885, to Olive Irene Powell. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1899-1913; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1913-31; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1920. Died in Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La., July 27, 1954. Interment at Lake Providence Cemetery, Lake Providence, La.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) — also known as Stanley F. Reed — of Maysville, Mason County, Ky.; Washington, D.C. Born in Minerva, Mason County, Ky., December 31, 1884. Son of Dr. John A. Reed and Frances (Forman) Reed; married, May 11, 1908, to Winifred Elgin. Democrat. Lawyer; counsel, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920, 1936; U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; American Bar Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Phi. Died in Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2, 1980. Interment at Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Stanley Reed: John D. Fassett, New Deal Justice: The Life of Stanley Reed of Kentucky
  
  
• Peter Wallace Rodino, Jr. (1909-2005) — also known as Peter W. Rodino, Jr. — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 7, 1909. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 1949-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964, 1988; law professor. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Died, of congestive heart failure, in West Orange, Essex County, N.J., May 7, 2005. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J.
  • Portrait: 1974.
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Forrest Rozzell (1908-2004) — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born in Gore, Sequoyah County, Okla., August 18, 1908. Democrat. Member of Arkansas state house of representatives, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1952, 1956 (alternate). Disciples of Christ. Died in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., September 4, 2004. Interment at Crestlawn Memorial Park, Conway, Ark.
  
  
• Henry Salvatori (1901-1997) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Rome, Italy, March 28, 1901. Son of Frank Salvatori and Francis (DiGiulio) Salvatori; married, November 22, 1937, to Grace Ford. Republican. Geophysicist; petroleum geologist; founder and chairman, Western Geophysical Corp.; director, Litton Industries; director, Transamerica Corp.; director, Citizens National Bank; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972; helped launch Ronald Reagan's political career in 1964-66. Italian ancestry. Died July 7, 1997. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Joseph Horace Shull (1848-1944) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Northampton County, Pa., August 17, 1848. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1886-91; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1903-05. Died in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa., August 9, 1944. Interment at Stroudsburg Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Douglas Silliman (1805-1901) — also known as Benjamin D. Silliman — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., September 14, 1805. Son of Gold Selleck Silliman (1777-1868); nephew of Benjamin Silliman. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County, 1838; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839 (Speaker); Whig candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1843; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-66; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1872; Republican candidate for New York state attorney general, 1873. At the time of his death, he was the oldest practicing lawyer in New York State, and the oldest graduate of Yale University. Died, from bronchial pneumonia, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 24, 1901. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also Trumbull family of Connecticut
  
  
• Milward Lee Simpson (1897-1993) — also known as Milward L. Simpson — of Cody, Park County, Wyo. Born in a log cabin, Jackson, Teton County, Wyo., November 12, 1897. Father of Alan Kooi Simpson. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1926-27; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1936, 1952; Governor of Wyoming, 1955-59; defeated, 1958; U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1962-67; defeated, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Rotary; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Alpha Tau Omega. Died, of Parkinson's disease, in a nursing home at Cody, Park County, Wyo., June 10, 1993. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
  • Cross-reference: James G. Watt
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Gale Hamilton Stalker (1889-1985) — also known as Gale H. Stalker — of Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y.; Palm Bay, Brevard County, Fla. Born in Long Eddy, Sullivan County, N.Y., November 7, 1889. Republican. Lumber business; banker; U.S. Representative from New York 37th District, 1923-35. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died November 4, 1985. Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Ormond Beach, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jessie Sumner (1898-1994) — of Milford, Iroquois County, Ill. Born in Illinois, 1898. Republican. State court judge in Illinois, 1937; U.S. Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1939-47. Female. Died in 1994. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Carl Taylor (1905-2001) — of Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wis. Born, in a sod house, in Oklahoma, December 7, 1905. Married 1926 to Alma Neely (died 1996); father of Don L. Taylor. Republican. Banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1944, 1952. Died, in Avalon Manor Nursing Home, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wis., September 22, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Isaac Hamilton Taylor (1840-1936) — of Ohio. Born in Ohio, April 18, 1840. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1885-87; state court judge in Ohio, 1889. Died December 18, 1936. Interment at Westlawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Howard Hobson Tewksbury (1895-1991) — also known as Howard H. Tewksbury — of New Hampshire. Born in Westborough, Worcester County, Mass., October 27, 1895. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1950-52. Died in 1991. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Samuel Thatcher (1776-1872) — Born in Massachusetts, 1776. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1801; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1802-05; member of Maine state legislature, 1824. Died in 1872. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Serrano Villard (1900-1996) — also known as Henry S. Villard — of New York. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 30, 1900. Great-grandson of William Lloyd Garrison (abolitionist). Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Libya, 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1960-61; Mauritania, 1960. Died of pneumonia, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 21, 1996. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• William Fletcher Warren (1896-1992) — also known as Fletcher Warren — of Wolfe City, Hunt County, Tex. Born in Wolfe City, Hunt County, Tex., March 3, 1896. Married to Wilhelmina Kuenstler. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1924-25; U.S. Consul in Budapest, 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1945-47; Paraguay, 1947-50; Venezuela, 1951-56; Turkey, 1956-60. Died January 8, 1992. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Wolfe City, Tex.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Amos Richard Webber (1852-1948) — also known as Amos R. Webber — of Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. Born in Hinckley, Medina County, Ohio, January 21, 1852. Republican. Common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1901-04, 1922-35; U.S. Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1904-07. Church of Christ. Died in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, February 25, 1948. Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery, Elyria, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Eliakim Weeks (1853-1949) — also known as John E. Weeks — of Salisbury, Addison County, Vt.; Middlebury, Addison County, Vt. Born in Salisbury, Addison County, Vt., June 14, 1853. Republican. Farmer; state court judge in Vermont, 1884-86, 1902-04; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1888, 1912, 1915; member of Vermont state senate, 1896; Governor of Vermont, 1927-31; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1931-33; Dry candidate for delegate to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Congregationalist. Died in Middlebury, Addison County, Vt., September 10, 1949. Interment at Salisbury Cemetery, Salisbury, Vt.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Daniel D. Whitney (1818-1914) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in 1818. Democrat. Mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1886-87. Died in 1914. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Arthur E. Wood (1870-1966) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., August 12, 1870. Married, December 22, 1903, to Grace Grover. Republican. Milliner; banker; business executive; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1917-18; member of Michigan state senate, 1919-32, 1935-36, 1943-44, 1947-48 (3rd District 1919-26, 4th District 1927-32, 1935-36, 1943-44, 1947-48); defeated, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in 1966. Burial location unknown.
  
  

• Thomas Gerstle Abernethy (1903-1998) — also known as Thomas G. Abernethy; Tom Abernethy — of Eupora, Webster County, Miss.; Okolona, Chickasaw County, Miss. Born in Eupora, Webster County, Miss., May 16, 1903. Son of Thomas Franklin Abernethy and Minnie Agnes (Jenkins) Abernethy; married, July 5, 1936, to Alice Margaret Lamb. Democrat. Mayor of Eupora, Miss., 1927-29; U.S. Representative from Mississippi, 1943-73 (4th District 1943-53, 1st District 1953-73); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1948, 1956 (alternate), 1960. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Lambda Chi Alpha; Exchange Club. Died in Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., June 11, 1998. Interment at Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Frank Edward Agan (1906-2001) — also known as Frank E. Agan — of Ely, White Pine County, Nev.; East Ely, White Pine County, Nev.; Greeley, Weld County, Colo. Born in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, March 4, 1906. Son of Benjamin T. Agan and Etta M. (Hittle) Agan; married, July 20, 1935, to Evelyn B. Henderson. Republican. Accountant for Nevada Northern Railway; member of Nevada Republican State Executive Committee, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1948; chair of White Pine County Republican Party, 1948. Methodist. Member, Lions; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners. Died May 5, 2001. Cremated; ashes interred at Serenity Falls Columbarium, Morgan County, Colo.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Bailey Aldrich (1907-2002) — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 23, 1907. Son of Talbot Aldrich and Eleanor (Little) Aldrich; married, August 13, 1932, to Elizabeth Perkins. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts, 1954-59; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1959-72; took senior status 1972. Member, American Judicature Society; Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., September 25, 2002. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• George W. Alger (1872-1967) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., November 12, 1872. Son of Charles J. Alger and Harriot (Murdoch) Alger; married, August 20, 1903, to Grace E. Drew. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930 (Republican), 1932 (Independent); labor arbitrator; impartial chairman of garment industry labor relations, 1931-35; state commissioner to investigate mortgage guarantee companies in 1930s; special master directing reorganization of the R.K.O. movie company, 1937 member and chair of Motion Picture Appeal Board, 1941 member, President's Loyalty Review Board after World War II. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 19, 1967. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Birdie Amsterdam (1901-1996) — also known as "First Lady of the Judiciary" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 25, 1901. Daughter of Joseph Amsterdam (band leader) and Essie Amsterdam. Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1958-75. Female. Jewish. Died, in Beth Israel Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 8, 1996. Interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Elmer Lee Andersen (1909-2004) — also known as Elmer L. Andersen — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 17, 1909. Son of Arne Andersen and Jennie Olivia (Johnson) Andersen; married to Eleanor Johnson. Republican. Glue manufacturing business; dairy farmer; newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1948, 1964; member of Minnesota state senate, 1949-59; Governor of Minnesota, 1961-63; defeated, 1962. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Rotary. Died, in a hospital at St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., November 15, 2004. Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  • Books by Elmer L. Andersen: A Man's Reach, with Lori Sturdevant (2000); I Trust To Be Believed: Speeches And Reflections (2004)
  
  
• Martin Frederick Ansel (1850-1945) — of Greenville, Greenville County, S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., December 12, 1850. Son of John Jacob Ansel and Frederika (Bauer) Ansel; married, February 21, 1878, to Ophelia A. Speight (1858-1894); married, August 23, 1898, to Addie R. Harris. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1882-88; Governor of South Carolina, 1907-11; defeated, 1902; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1912. Died in Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., August 24, 1945. Interment at Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Norman Armour (1887-1982) — of Gladstone, Somerset County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Brighton, England of American parents, October 14, 1887. Son of George Allison Armour and Harriette (Foote) Armour; married, February 2, 1919, to Princess Myra Koudacheff. Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1932-33, 1933-35; Canada, 1935-38; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1938-39; Argentina, 1939-44; Spain, 1945; Venezuela, 1950-51; Guatamala, 1954-55. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter protesting U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 27, 1982. Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• William Hepburn Armstrong (1824-1919) — also known as William H. Armstrong — of Lycoming County, Pa. Born in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa., September 7, 1824. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Lycoming County, 1861-62; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1869-71. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., May 14, 1919. Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Roger Arnebergh (1909-2004) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., August 17, 1909. Son of Targe Arnebergh and Amelia (Graagaard) Arnebergh; married, May 1, 1937, to Emilie K. Rogers. Republican. Lawyer; member of California Republican State Central Committee, 1942-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952, 1964; Los Angeles City Attorney, 1953-73. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association. Died in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 25, 2004. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (1874-1969) — also known as Charlotta Bass — of California. Born February 14, 1874. Editor and publisher of the California Eagle, 1912-1951.; Independent Progressive candidate for U.S. Representative from California 14th District, 1950; Progressive candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1952. Female. African ancestry. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, at the Su Ray Convalescent Home, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 12, 1969. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
  
  
• Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard (1880-1975) — also known as Elizabeth Bradford du Pont; Mrs. Thomas Francis Bayard — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born January 23, 1880. Daughter of Alexis I. du Pont; married, October 3, 1908, to Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.; mother of Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1944. Female. Died September 14, 1975. Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family of New York and Virginia
  
  
• Abraham David Beame (1906-2001) — also known as Abraham D. Beame; Abe Beame; "Spunky" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in London, England, March 20, 1906. Democrat. Accountant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960 (alternate), 1964, 1980; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1974-77; defeated, 1965, 1977. Jewish. First Jewish mayor of New York City. Died, from complications after heart surgery, in New York University Medical Center, New York, New York County, N.Y., February 10, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  • Portrait: 1975.
  • Campaign slogan (1973): "New York needs what Abe Beame knows."
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Howard Clair Belton (1893-1988) — also known as Howard C. Belton — of Canby, Clackamas County, Ore. Born in Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa, January 2, 1893. Married, October 27, 1917, to Mae C. Brown (1894-1982). Republican. Member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1933; member of Oregon state senate, 1939-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1944, 1952; Oregon state treasurer, 1960-65; appointed 1960; defeated, 1964. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Phi Kappa Phi; Kiwanis; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners. Died in Canby, Clackamas County, Ore., November 21, 1988. Interment at Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
  • Epitaph: "In Loving Memory."
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Wallace Foster Bennett (1898-1993) — also known as Wallace F. Bennett — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, November 13, 1898. Son of John Foster Bennett and Rosetta (Wallace) Bennett; married, September 6, 1922, to Frances Marion Grant; father of Robert Foster Bennett. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; paint manufacturer; automobile dealer; U.S. Senator from Utah, 1951-73, 1974-75. Mormon. Member, Rotary. Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, December 19, 1993. Interment at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994) — Born in Whitney, Franklin County, Idaho, August 4, 1899. Son of George Taft Benson and Sarah (Dunkley) Benson; distant relative of Robert Alphonso Taft, Robert Taft, Jr. and Robert Alphonso Taft II; married, September 10, 1926, to Flora Smith Amussen. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-61. Mormon. Member, Farm Bureau; Alpha Zeta. President of the Mormon Church 1985-94. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, May 29, 1994. Interment at Whitney Cemetery, Whitney, Idaho.
  • See also Taft family of Ohio
  • Portraits: 1953; 1956.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Carl Rudolf Berghult (1905-2000) — also known as Carl R. Berghult — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn. Born April 15, 1905. Mayor of Duluth, Minn., 1937-41. Died in Arlington, Tarrant County, Tex., February 15, 2000. Cremated; ashes interred at Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
  
  
• Ernani Bernardi (1911-2006) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Standard, Putnam County, Ill., October 11, 1911. Big band era musician; saxophone and clarinet player; candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1993. Died January 4, 2006. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Theodore Moody Berry (1905-2000) — also known as Theodore M. Berry; Ted Berry — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Maysville, Mason County, Ky., November 5, 1905. Son of Daniel Berry and Cora (Parks) Berry; married 1938 to Johnnie Mae Newton (1910-2002). Democrat. Lawyer; associate general counsel, Dunbar Life Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1972; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972-75. Methodist. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons; NAACP; Urban League; Alpha Phi Alpha; Sigma Pi Phi. First black mayor of Cincinnati. Died October 15, 2000. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Horace Binney (1780-1875) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 4, 1780. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1806-07; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1833-35. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 12, 1875. Interment at St. James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Carl W. Bischoff (1895-1990) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Warren, Macomb County, Mich. Born in East Tawas, Iosco County, Mich., April 23, 1895. Married 1920 to Louise Weideman. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; machinist; carpenter; builder; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1933-34; defeated in primary, 1936; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1939; member of Michigan state senate 1st District, 1939-40; defeated in primary, 1934, 1940. German ancestry. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons. Died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., January 30, 1990. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George M. Bourquin (1863-1958) — of Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont.; Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont. Born in Warren County, Pa., June 24, 1863. Son of Justin Bourquin and Celestine (Ducray) Bourquin; married, September 25, 1891, to Mary M. Ratigan. Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Montana, 1905-09; U.S. District Judge for Montana, 1912-34; took senior status 1934; candidate for U.S. Senator from Montana, 1934. Died November 15, 1958. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Charles Brand (1871-1966) — of Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. Born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, November 1, 1871. Son of John F. Brand and Fannie E. (Patrick) Brand; married, October 24, 1894, to Louise J. Vance. Republican. Farmer; manufacturer; banker; member of Ohio state senate, 1921-22; U.S. Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1923-33. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Moose; Eagles. Died in Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Fla., May 23, 1966. Interment at Melbourne Cemetery, Melbourne, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Katharine Kennedy Brown (1891-1986) — also known as Katharine Kennedy; Mrs. Kleon Thaw Brown — of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, July 16, 1891. Daughter of Grafton Claggett Kennedy (1859-1909) and Louise (Achey) Kennedy (1860-1945); married, April 20, 1921, to Kleon Thaw Brown (died 1925). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928 (alternate), 1932, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 (alternate); member of Ohio Republican State Central Committee, 1928-50; member of Republican National Committee from Ohio, 1932-67; Vice-Chair of Republican National Committee, 1944-52. Female. Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution; Junior League; Colonial Dames. Died, in the Kettering Covalescent Center nursing home, Kettering, Montgomery County, Ohio, November 10, 1986. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
  
  
• Dwight Willard Burney (1892-1987) — also known as Dwight W. Burney — of Nebraska. Born in Hartington, Cedar County, Neb., January 7, 1892. Son of Willard H. Burney. Member of Nebraska unicameral legislature, 1945-57; Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, 1957-60, 1961-65; Governor of Nebraska, 1960-61. Member, Freemasons. Died in Hartington, Cedar County, Neb., March 10, 1987. Interment at Hartington Cemetery, Hartington, Neb.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Orlando Burrell (1826-1921) — of Carmi, White County, Ill. Born in Newton, Bradford County, Pa., July 26, 1826. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; county judge in Illinois, 1873-81; White County Sheriff, 1892-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1892; U.S. Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1895-97; defeated, 1896. Died in Carmi, White County, Ill., June 7, 1921. Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery, Carmi, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John David Butler (1915-2010) — also known as John D. Butler — of San Diego, San Diego County, Calif. Born in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., August 4, 1915. Son of John Butler and Adeline (Lagomarsino) Butler; married 1953 to Helen Emrick; married 1961 to Virginia (Franklin) Egenolf. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; mayor of San Diego, Calif., 1951-55. First native of San Diego to serve as mayor. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., February 9, 2010. Interment at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. (b. 1914) — also known as Harry F. Byrd, Jr. — of Winchester, Va. Born in Winchester, Va., December 20, 1914. Grandson of Richard Evelyn Byrd; son of Harry Flood Byrd and Anne Douglas (Beverley) Byrd; married, August 9, 1941, to Gretchen Bigelow Thomson (1917-1989) (niece of James McIlhany Thomson; sister of James McIhany Thomson). Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940; member of Virginia state senate, 1947-65; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1965-83. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Elks; Moose; Eagles. Still living as of 2009.
  • See also Byrd-Clark-Flood-Thomson family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Albert Franklyn Canwell (1907-2002) — also known as Albert F. Canwell — of Spokane, Spokane County, Wash. Born in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., January 11, 1907. Republican. Member of Washington state house of representatives, 1947-48; candidate for Washington state senate, 1948; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Washington, 1950; candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington at-large, 1952, 1954. Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Un-American Activities, known as the Canwell Committee, which held hearings in 1948 to investigate alleged Communist infiltration of the University of Washington; three tenured professors were fired for suspected associations with Communists or refusal to answer the committee's questions. Died in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., April 1, 2002. Interment at Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Wash.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832) — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., September 19, 1737. Cousin of Charles Carroll, Barrister and Daniel Carroll; great-grandfather of John Lee Carroll; great-great-grandfather of John Howell Carroll; great-great-great-grandfather of Suzanne Howell Carroll (who married John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill). Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776-81; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Maryland state senate, 1777-1800; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1789-92. Catholic. Died in Baltimore, Md., November 14, 1832. Interment at Doughoregan Manor Chapel, Ellicott City, Md. Carroll counties in Ark., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Md., Miss., Mo., N.H., Ohio and Va., East Carroll Parish, La. and West Carroll Parish, La., are named for him.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family of New York and Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• James C. Carter, Jr. (1903-1998) — of Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Ky. Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Ky., December 7, 1903. Son of James Clarke Carter; married, October 20, 1925, to Panquita Parmentier; brother of Tim Lee Carter. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 37th District, 1936-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1960. Baptist. Died in 1998. Interment at Evans-Oak Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
  • See also Carter family of Kentucky
  
  
• Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) — also known as Elbert N. Carvel; "Big Bert" — of Laurel, Sussex County, Del. Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., February 9, 1910. Son of Arnold Wrightson Carvel and Elizabeth (Nostrand) Carvel; married, December 17, 1932, to Ann Hall Valliant. Democrat. Fertilizer manufacturer; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, 1945-49; Delaware Democratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; Governor of Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Lions; Grange; Sigma Delta Kappa; Alpha Zeta. Died in Laurel, Sussex County, Del., February 6, 2005. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Charles Russell Clason (1890-1985) — also known as Charles R. Clason — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, September 3, 1890. Son of Oliver Barrett Clason and Lizzie Julia (Trott) Clason; married, August 4, 1928, to Emma M. Pattillo. Republican. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1937-49; defeated, 1934, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1956, 1960. Methodist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Rotary. Died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., July 7, 1985. Interment at Longmeadow Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alfred Barnes Connable, Jr. (1904-1999) — also known as Alfred B. Connable — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., February 20, 1904. Nephew of Julius Caesar Burrows; son of Alfred B. Connable, Sr. and Frances (Peck) Connable (died 1929); married, April 15, 1927, to Dorothy Jean Malcomson. Republican. Member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1942-57; defeated, 1957. Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; Pi Delta Epsilon; Alpha Kappa Psi; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., November 16, 1999. Interment at Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
  • See also Connable-Burrows family of Michigan
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Marvin L. Coon (1907-2002) — of Michigan. Born August 6, 1907. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state senate 32nd District, 1928; candidate for Michigan state auditor general, 1946. Died May 28, 2002. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Roscoe Pulaski Copeland (1838-1933) — also known as Roscoe P. Copeland — of Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, March 6, 1838. Son of Royal Copeland (1790-1861) and Alice (Davis) Copeland (1797-1877); brother of Joseph Tarr Copeland; fourth cousin once removed of George Morey Copeland; married, March 6, 1862, to Frances Jane Holmes (born 1843); father of Royal Samuel Copeland. Flour and grain business; village president of Dexter, Michigan. Died in 1933. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Copeland family
  
  
• Carl Thomas Curtis (1905-2000) — also known as Carl T. Curtis — of Minden, Kearney County, Neb. Born near Minden, Kearney County, Neb., March 15, 1905. Son of Frank O. Curtis and Alberta Mae (Smith) Curtis; married, June 6, 1931, to Lois Wylie-Atwater. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Kearney County Attorney, 1931-34; U.S. Representative from Nebraska, 1939-55 (4th District 1939-43, 1st District 1943-55); U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1955-79; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1964, 1976. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Rotary; Theta Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Pi Kappa Delta. Died, of congestive heart failure, at Bryan-LGH Medical Center West, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb., January 24, 2000. Interment at Minden Cemetery, Minden, Neb.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Wesley Davis, Sr. (1889-1984) — also known as John W. Davis — of Delta, Delta County, Colo. Born January 14, 1889. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1940 (alternate), 1944. Died September 16, 1984. Interment at Delta Cemetery, Delta, Colo.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Stanley J. Davis (1908-2003) — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Poland, May 8, 1908. Democrat. Florist; mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1949-50, 1958-63; candidate for Michigan state senate 17th District, 1950; candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kent County 1st District, 1961; member of Michigan state house of representatives 92nd District, 1965-72; defeated, 1972, 1974. Catholic. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus. Died January 23, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Johannes DePeyster (1694-1789) — also known as John DePeyster — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 0. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1729-31, 1732-33. Died in 1789. Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  
  
• Lester Jesse Dickinson (1873-1968) — also known as L. J. Dickinson — of Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in Derby, Lucas County, Iowa, October 20, 1873. Son of Levi D. Dickinson and Willamine (Morton) Dickinson; married, August 21, 1901, to Myrtle Call; cousin of Fred Dickinson Letts. Republican. Lawyer; Kossuth County Attorney; member of Iowa Republican State Central Committee, 1914-18; U.S. Representative from Iowa 10th District, 1919-31; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1931-37; defeated, 1936, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1932. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, June 4, 1968. Interment at Algona Cemetery, Algona, Iowa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Emily Taft Douglas (1899-1994) — also known as Emily Taft — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 10, 1899. Daughter of Lorado Taft (sculptor) and Ada (Bartlett) Taft; married 1931 to Paul Howard Douglas. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1944; U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1945-47; defeated, 1946. Female. Unitarian. Member, League of Women Voters. Died January 28, 1994. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Guilford Dudley, Jr. (1907-2002) — Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., 1907. Son of Guilford Dudley, Sr. and Anne (Dallas) Dudley (died 1955). Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president, Life & Casualty Insurance Co., 1952-69; U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, 1969-71. Died in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., June 13, 2002. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  
  
• Carl P. Dunifon (1896-1991) — of Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio; Silver City, Grant County, N.M. Born in Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio, February 25, 1896. Married 1966 to Erma Alice Whitmore. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Van Wert County District Attorney; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1932. Died in New Mexico, December 20, 1991. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Scott Everton (1908-2003) — of Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Mass. Born March 7, 1908. President, Kalamazoo College, 1949-53; U.S. Ambassador to Burma, 1961-63; president of Robert College (now Bogazici University), Istanbul, Turkey, 1968-71. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died January 23, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Paul Jones Fannin (1907-2002) — also known as Paul J. Fannin — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., January 29, 1907. Married, May 6, 1934, to Elma Addington; father of Bob Fannin. Republican. Chemical and petroleum business; Governor of Arizona, 1959-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1960, 1964 (delegation chair); U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1965-77. Methodist. Member, Elks; Moose; Rotary; Kappa Sigma. Died, from a stroke, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., January 13, 2002. Interment at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  
  
• Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835-1930) — also known as Rebecca Ann Latimer — of Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga. Born near Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga., June 10, 1835. Daughter of Charles Latimer and Eleanor Ann (Swift) Latimer; married, October 11, 1853, to William Harrell Felton. Democrat. U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1922. Female. First woman in the U.S. Senate. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., January 24, 1930. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Ga.
  • Portrait: c.1922.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Ransom L. Ford (1878-1973) — of Montrose, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Byron, Shiawassee County, Mich., February 12, 1878. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in 1973. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank J. Forshee (1896-1991) — of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 10, 1896. Son of John Forshee and Virginia (Cowen) Forshee; brother of Ray Louis Forshee. Democrat. Farmer; candidate for supervisor of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940. Irish and German ancestry. Died, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., January 15, 1991. Cremated.
  
  
• Hadwen Carlton Fuller (1895-1990) — also known as Hadwen C. Fuller — of Parish, Oswego County, N.Y. Born in West Monroe, Oswego County, N.Y., August 28, 1895. Republican. Banker; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Oswego County, 1943; U.S. Representative from New York, 1943-49 (32nd District 1943-45, 35th District 1945-49); defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944 (alternate), 1948. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Elks; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in 1990. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Monroe Goldwater (1885-1980) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 11, 1885. Married to Lea Prinstein; father of Richard M. Goldwater. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Edward J. Flynn; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948 (alternate), 1952 (alternate), 1956, 1960, 1964. Jewish. The Monroe Goldwater high school in Elat, Israel is named for him. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 21, 1980. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Georgia Neese Clark Gray (1900-1995) — also known as Georgia Neese Gray — of Richland, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in Richland, Shawnee County, Kan., January 27, 1900. Democrat. Banker; member of Democratic National Committee from Kansas, 1936-64; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1960. Female. Treasurer of the United States, 1949-53. Died October 26, 1995. Interment at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Richland, Kan.
  
  
• Felix Hébert (1874-1969) — of West Warwick, Kent County, R.I. Born near St. Hyacinthe, Quebec of American parents, December 11, 1874. Son of Edward Hébert and Catherine (Vandale) Hébert; married, September 18, 1900, to Virginia Provost. Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Rhode Island, 1909-28; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1929-35; member of Republican National Committee from Rhode Island, 1944-52. Catholic. Died in Warwick, Kent County, R.I., December 14, 1969. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Warwick, R.I.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Willard Hall (1780-1875) — of Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Westford, Middlesex County, Mass., December 24, 1780. Democrat. Secretary of state of Delaware, 1811; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1817-21; resigned 1821; delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1821; member of Delaware state senate, 1822; federal judge, 1823. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., May 10, 1875. Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Averell Harriman (1891-1986) — also known as W. Averell Harriman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 15, 1891. Son of Edward Henry Harriman; married, September 21, 1915, to Kitty Lawrence (divorced 1929); married, February 21, 1930, to Marie Whitney (died 1970); married, September 27, 1971, to Pamela Hayward. Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1943-46; Great Britain, 1946; , 1961, 1965-69; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1946-48; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1952, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; Governor of New York, 1955-59; defeated, 1958. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Knights of Pythias; Skull and Bones. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Died in Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, N.Y., July 26, 1986. Interment at Arden Farm Graveyard, Arden, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Jonathan B. Bingham
  • See also Harriman-Hayward family of New York
  • Portraits: 1955; 1963; 1968.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave memorial.
  • Books about Averell Harriman: Walter Isaacson, The Wise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made
  
  
• Carl Trumbull Hayden (1877-1972) — also known as Carl Hayden — of Tempe, Maricopa County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Hayden's Ferry (now Tempe), Maricopa County, Ariz., October 2, 1877. Son of Charles Trumbull Hayden and Sallie Calvert (Davis) Hayden; married, February 15, 1908, to Nan Downing. Democrat. Flour mill business; Maricopa County Treasurer, 1905-06; Maricopa County Sheriff, 1907-12; U.S. Representative from Arizona at-large, 1912-27; U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1927-69. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Rotary; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Sons of the American Revolution. Served a record 56 consecutive years in Congress. Died in Mesa, Maricopa County, Ariz., January 25, 1972. Cremated; ashes interred at Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Ariz.
  • Portrait: c.1925.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Carl Hayden: Jack L. August, Jr., Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in the American Southwest
  
  
• John Heft, Jr. (1893-1988) — of Killingworth, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in 1893. Democrat. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Killingworth, 1939-40. Died in 1988. Interment somewhere in Deep River, Conn.
  
  
• William Henry Hill (1877-1972) — also known as William H. Hill — of Johnson City, Broome County, N.Y. Born in Plains, Luzerne County, Pa., March 23, 1877. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; village president of Lestershire, New York, 1898-1901; postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1924, 1928, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; member of New York state senate 39th District, 1915-18; U.S. Representative from New York 34th District, 1919-21; chair of Broome County Republican Party, 1940-45, 1955; member of New York Republican State Executive Committee, 1945. Died in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., July 24, 1972. Interment at Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Henry Hoeppel (1881-1976) — also known as John H. Hoeppel — of Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Tell City, Perry County, Ind., February 10, 1881. Married, November 11, 1907, to Annie Seitz. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from California 12th District, 1933-37; defeated (Prohibition), 1946. Catholic. Member, Elks; Moose; American Legion; United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Convicted in 1936 of conspiring to sell an appointment to West Point; sentenced to prison. Died at Huntington Care Center, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 21, 1976. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry R. Holbrook (1866-1961) — of Saratoga County, N.Y. Born in Saratoga County, N.Y., July 31, 1866. Married to Goldie Reed. Prohibition candidate for New York state assembly from Saratoga County, 1919. Died in Viroqua, Vernon County, Wis., February 1, 1961. Interment somewhere in Viroqua, Wis.
  
  
• Gardner Howe (1759-1854) — of Dover, Windham County, Vt. Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Mass., November 20, 1759. Son of Jotham Howe (1728-1809) and Priscilla (Rice) Howe (1731-1819); first cousin of Jonah Howe and Nathan Howe; married, October 29, 1789, to Abigail Sherman (1771-1843); second cousin thrice removed of Nathaniel Bradley Baker; first cousin twice removed of Charles Augustus Eldredge; third cousin thrice removed of James Henry Howe; grandfather of Marshall Otis Howe; great-grandfather of Frank E. Howe and Arthur Otis Howe. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; farmer; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1816, 1823. Died July 4, 1854. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Howe family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Roman Lee Hruska (1904-1999) — also known as Roman L. Hruska — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in David City, Butler County, Neb., August 16, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1953-54; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1954-76; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1976. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Kiwanis; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., April 25, 1999. Interment at Bohemian National Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Lamar Jeffers (1888-1983) — of Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala. Born in Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala., April 16, 1888. Son of William Henry Jeffers and Anna Frances (Jenkins) Jeffers; married, November 1, 1911, to Martha Ruth Barton. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1921-35. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., June 1, 1983. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Velma Marjorie Dreyfus Jeter (1903-1998) — also known as Velma Jeter; Velma Marjorie Dreyfus — of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Tex.; Orange, Orange County, Tex. Born in New Iberia, Iberia Parish, La., July 15, 1903. Daughter of Jules Dreyfus and Victoria (Smith) Dreyfus; married 1926 to Clell Edward Jeter. Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1980, 1996. Female. African ancestry. Member, NAACP. Died