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Tulare County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Tulare County

Index to Locations Porterville Home of Peace Cemetery Tulare Tulare Cemetery Visalia Visalia Public Cemetery Home of Peace Cemetery Porterville, Tulare County, California Politicians buried here:   Albert Edward Carter (1881-1964) — also known as Albert E. Carter — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born near Visalia, Tulare County, Calif., July 5, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from California 6th District, 1925-45; defeated, 1944. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Woodmen; Moose; Elks; Native Sons of the Golden West; Phi Alpha Delta. Died at Providence Hospital, Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., August 8, 1964 (age 83 years, 34 days). Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David Francis Carter and Elizabeth E. (Reeves) Carter; married, December 30, 1905, to Martha Lee Grimsley.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Tulare Cemetery Tulare, Tulare County, California Politicians buried here:   Alfred James Elliott (1895-1973) — also known as Alfred J. Elliott — of Tulare, Tulare County, Calif. Born in Guinda, Yolo County, Calif., June 1, 1895. Democrat. Farmer; U.S. Representative from California 10th District, 1937-49. Died in a hospital at Tulare, Tulare County, Calif., January 17, 1973 (age 77 years, 230 days). Interment at Tulare Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, August 1, 1914, to Jessie June Soults.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Robert Bruce Mathias (1930-2006) — also known as Bob Mathias — of Tulare, Tulare County, Calif.; Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Tulare, Tulare County, Calif., November 17, 1930. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 18th District, 1967-75. Methodist. Won Olympic gold medals in decathalon in 1948 and 1952; starred as himself in a 1954 movie, "The Bob Mathias Story"; inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1983. Died, of cancer, in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., September 2, 2006 (age 75 years, 289 days). Interment at Tulare Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Milfred Mathias and Lillian (Harris) Mathias; married, June 17, 1953, to Melba Wiser; married 1977 to Gwendolyn (Haven) Alexander (ex-wife of William Vollie Alexander Jr.).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile Visalia Public Cemetery Visalia, Tulare County, California Politicians buried here:   Winifred Switzer — of Visalia, Tulare County, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1940. Female. Interment at Visalia Public Cemetery.

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