| | 
Bert A. Betts (b. 1923) —
of Lemon Grove, San Diego
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August
16, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
accountant; California
state treasurer, 1959-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Foresters;
Eagles;
Alpha
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
| |  |
Relatives: Son
of Bert A. Betts, Sr. and Alma (Jorgenson) Betts; married to Barbara
Lang. |
|
| |
Lionel Cade (1918-1990) —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Texas, August
14, 1918.
Accountant; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1977-81; defeated, 1973, 1981.
African
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, while suffering from emphysema,
April
3, 1990 (age 71 years, 232
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
|
| |
John Campbell (b. 1955) —
of Irvine, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in California, July 19,
1955.
Republican. Accountant; U.S.
Representative from California 48th District, 2005-.
Still living as of 2014.
|
| |
Moon K. Choe —
of Marina, Monterey
County, Calif.
Accountant; realtor;
candidate for mayor of
Marina, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
George Christopher (1907-2000) —
also known as George Christopheles —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Arcadia, Greece,
December
8, 1907.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; accountant; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956
(alternate; speaker),
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1956-64; defeated, 1951; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1962; candidate for Governor of
California, 1966.
Greek
ancestry.
As mayor, was instrumental in convincing the New York Giants baseball
team to move to San Francisco, as well as the construction of
Candlestick Park for the team.
Died, from a stroke,
in San
Francisco, Calif., September
14, 2000 (age 92 years, 281
days).
Interment at Greek
Orthodox Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
|
| |
Erle Roy Dickover (1888-1963) —
also known as Erle R. Dickover —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1888.
Bookkeeper; manager of an auto
livery company, 1909; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Dairen, 1916; Kobe, 1916-21; U.S. Consul in Kobe, 1921-32; U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, as of 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died April
18, 1963 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
|
| |
Gabriel John Gallina (1926-2002) —
also known as Gabriel Gallina —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va., March
11, 1926.
Democrat. Candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1948;
auditor; Assistant Director, Port of
San Diego.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., September
15, 2002 (age 76 years, 188
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
|
 |
John Hanible Hamilton (b. 1862) —
also known as John H. Hamilton —
of New York; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., September
8, 1862.
Merchant;
accountant; U.S. Consular Agent in Manaos, 1905-11; tile
manufacturer.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of George Hamilton; married, April
14, 1913, to Sallie Wyman. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1924) |
|
| |
Bill Harrison —
of Fremont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Fremont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Accountant; mayor
of Fremont, Calif., 2012-.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2014.
|
| |
Glenard Paul Lipscomb (1915-1970) —
also known as Glenard P. Lipscomb —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
19, 1915.
Republican. Accountant; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; member of California
state assembly, 1947-53; U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 1953-70; died in
office 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
1, 1970 (age 54 years, 166
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
|
| |
Samuel Mardian Jr. (1919-2015) —
also known as Sam Mardian, Jr. —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 24,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
accountant; construction
executive; campaign manager for Gov. Howard
Pyle, 1954; mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1960-64; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
23, 2015 (age 96 years, 152
days).
Interment at Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Ariz.
|
| |
Eugene Nabel (1879-1965) —
also known as Emil Eugene Nabel —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Chemnitz, Germany,
October
28, 1879.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
reporter; accountant; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in St. Gall, 1907-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Amsterdam, 1914-19; Rotterdam, as of 1922-32; Zurich, as of 1938-43.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1965 (age 85 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
C. Norris Poulson (1895-1982) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Haines, Baker
County, Ore., July 23,
1895.
Republican. Accountant; member of California
state assembly, 1938-42; U.S.
Representative from California, 1943-45, 1947-53 (13th District
1943-45, 1947-53, 24th District 1953); defeated, 1944; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1953-61; defeated, 1961; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Orange, Orange
County, Calif., September
25, 1982 (age 87 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.
|
| |
Bradley J. Sherman (b. 1954) —
also known as Brad Sherman —
of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
24, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer;
accountant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1997-2008 (24th District
1997-2003, 27th District 2003-08).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
|
| |
Maurice Hubert Stans (1908-1998) —
also known as Maurice H. Stans —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn., March
22, 1908.
Accountant; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1969-72.
Catholic.
Indicted
in 1973, along with John
N. Mitchell, for perjury
and obstruction
over a contribution
from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried
and acquitted; later pleaded
guilty to five violations of campaign
finance laws and paid a fine of
$5,000.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died five days later, at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
14, 1998 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Oscar A. Velasco —
of Carson, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Republican. Accountant; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 2002; candidate
for mayor of
Carson, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Rose Ann Vuich (c.1927-2001) —
of Dinuba, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born about 1927.
Democrat. Accountant; farmer;
member of California
state senate, 1977-92.
Female.
Serbian
ancestry.
First
woman member of the California Senate.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease and Alzheimer's
disease, in Dinuba, Tulare
County, Calif., August
30, 2001 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Alfred A. Wright (born c.1870) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., about 1870.
Accountant; writer;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1921.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)