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Ben Barton (1823-1898) —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born near Greenville, Greenville District (now Greenville
County), S.C., June 8,
1823.
Democrat. Physician;
postmaster at San
Bernardino, Calif., 1858-61; member of California
state assembly 1st District, 1862-63.
Baptist.
Died December
31, 1898 (age 75 years, 206
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, Calif.
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Charles Eugene Bentley (1841-1905) —
also known as Charles E. Bentley —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa; Butler
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Warners, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April
30, 1841.
Baptist
minister; Nebraska Prohibition state chair, 1895-96; National
candidate for President
of the United States, 1896.
Baptist.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a lodging
house at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
4, 1905 (age 63 years, 280
days).
Interment at Blue
Valley Cemetery, Surprise, Neb.
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George Charles Butte (1877-1940) —
also known as George C. Butte —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 9,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1924; Puerto
Rico attorney general, 1925; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1932.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
American
Society for International Law; American
Law Institute; Alpha
Tau Omega; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following surgery for an intestinal
blockage, in American Hospital,
Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, January
18, 1940 (age 62 years, 254
days).
Interment at Live Oak Cemetery, Dublin, Tex.
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Gary Adrian Condit (b. 1948) —
also known as Gary A. Condit; "Mr.
Blow-Dry" —
of Ceres, Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Born in Salina, Mayes
County, Okla., April
21, 1948.
Democrat. Mayor of
Ceres, Calif., 1974-76; member of California
state assembly, 1983-89; U.S.
Representative from California, 1989-2003 (15th District 1989-93,
18th District 1993-2003); defeated in primary, 2002; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2000.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jesse William Curtis (b. 1865) —
also known as Jesse W. Curtis —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., July 18,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; San
Bernardino County District Attorney, 1899-1903; superior court
judge in California, 1914-23; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1923-26; justice of
California state supreme court, 1926-31.
Baptist. Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Jesse Curtis and Frances Sophia (Cowles) Curtis; married, June 23,
1892, to Ida Lucinda Seymour. |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) —
also known as Frank M. Dixon —
of Alabama.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 25,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the war
and lost his
right leg; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933; Governor of
Alabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
11, 1965 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Wiley S. Drake, Sr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Wiley Drake —
of Buena Park, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Magnolia, Columbia
County, Ark., November
23, 1943.
Minister;
American Independent candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Southern Baptist.
Still living as of 2020.
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Robert Hutchison Finch (1925-1995) —
also known as Robert H. Finch —
of Inglewood, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
9, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948,
1956;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1952, 1954; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1967-69; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1969-70.
Baptist; later Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Kappa
Sigma.
Died October
10, 1995 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roger Sherman Greene (1840-1930) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1840.
Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1870-79; chief
justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1888; Prohibition candidate for
Governor
of Washington, 1890.
Baptist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
17, 1930 (age 89 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio
state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273
days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Originally entombed at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;
married, July 8,
1891, to Florence
Harding. |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Harding High
School, in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding High
School, in Warren,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding Middle
School, in Frankford,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The community
of Harding
Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for
him. — Warren Street,
G Street,
and Harding Street
(now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan,
Alaska, were all named for
him. — Harding Mountain,
in Chelan
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Mount
Harding, in Skagway,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His
Times — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.
Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Duncan Lee Hunter (b. 1948) —
also known as Duncan L. Hunter —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Alpine, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., May 31,
1948.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2009 (42nd District 1981-83,
45th District 1983-93, 52nd District 1993-2009); candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Augustus Eugenio Ingram (b. 1867) —
also known as Augustus E. Ingram —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 9,
1867.
U.S. Vice Consul in Paris, 1903, 1905-06; Antwerp, 1903-04; Nottingham, 1904-05; Stockholm, 1905; Berlin, 1906-07; Montreal, 1907; U.S. Consul in Bradford, 1909-20; U.S. Consul General in Le Havre, as of 1922; Vancouver, as of 1924.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Scott Ingram and Marie Louise (Kincaid) Ingram; married 1891 to Alice
B. Paris. |
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Isaac Smith Kalloch (1832-1887) —
also known as Isaac S. Kalloch —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, July 10,
1832.
Pastor;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1879-81.
Baptist.
Indicted
for adultery,
in East Cambridge, Mass., 1857; tried,
but the jury was unable to agree on a verdict. Shot and
wounded, on August 23, 1879, by newspaper editor Charles DeYoung.
A few months later, before DeYoung was to be tried for the shooting,
Kalloch's son, I. M. Kalloch, shot and killed DeYoung in his office.
Died, of diabetes,
in Whatcom (now part of Bellingham), Whatcom
County, Wash., December
9, 1887 (age 55 years, 152
days).
Interment at Bayview
Cemetery, Bellingham, Wash.
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Marvin Lewis Kline (1903-1974) —
also known as Marvin L. Kline —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Brunswick, Antelope
County, Neb., August
9, 1903.
Republican. Architectural
engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1940;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1941-45; convicted
in 1964 of grand larceny for illegally boosting
his salary as director of a rehabilitation institute, and for diverting
fundraising proceeds; sentenced
to 10 years in prison;
released after three years.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Moose;
Optimist
Club.
Died in Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif., April 9,
1974 (age 70 years, 243
days).
Interment at Cuming City Cemetery, Blair, Neb.
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Clarence Frederick Lea (1874-1964) —
also known as Clarence F. Lea —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born near Highland Springs, Lake
County, Calif., July 11,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; Sonoma
County District Attorney, 1907-17; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1917-49.
Baptist. Member, Redmen;
Woodmen
of the World; Modern
Woodmen; Moose.
Died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., June 20,
1964 (age 89 years, 345
days).
Interment at Franklin
Avenue Odd Fellows Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Calif.
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Barbara Lee (b. 1946) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., July 16,
1946.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1991-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of California
state senate, 1997-98; U.S.
Representative from California, 1998-2018 (9th District
1998-2013, 13th District 2013-18).
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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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.
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Charles Jackson Marcum (1908-1975) —
also known as Charles J. Marcum —
of Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va.; Folsom, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Wayne
County, W.Va., May 30,
1908.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lincoln County, 1941-42.
Baptist. Member, Junior
Order.
Died in 1975
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob McDonald Marcum and Carrie (Hager) Marcum. |
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Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007) —
also known as Juanita M. McDonald —
of Carson, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
7, 1938.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1984,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of California
state assembly, 1993-96; U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 1996-2007; died in
office 2007.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Carson, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
22, 2007 (age 68 years, 227
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
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Ely Eliot Palmer (1887-1977) —
also known as Ely E. Palmer —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Highland, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
29, 1887.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1913-14; Brussels, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Brussels, 1915; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1916-21; Bucharest, 1921-24; U.S. Consul General in Bucharest, 1924-29; Vancouver, 1929-33; Jerusalem, 1933-35; Ottawa, 1935-38; Beirut, 1938-41; Sydney, 1941-44; U.S. Minister to Afghanistan, 1945-48; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1948-49.
Baptist; later Catholic.
Member, Zeta
Psi.
Died in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., August
12, 1977 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, Calif.
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Wallace Monroe Pence (b. 1860) —
of Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif.; San Miguel, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Rozetta Township, Henderson
County, Ill., March
27, 1860.
School
teacher; lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for California
state attorney general, 1910.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert T. Pence and Elizabeth (Conger) Pence; married, January
4, 1893, to Carrie M. Beeman. |
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Albert Lee Reeves Jr. (1906-1987) —
also known as Albert L. Reeves, Jr. —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo., May 31,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Pi
Kappa Delta; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., April
15, 1987 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Francis Church, Pauma Valley, Calif.
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Margie L. Rice —
of Westminster, Orange
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Westminster, Calif., 2001-04.
Female.
Baptist. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2006.
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Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973) —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1912.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1961; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1964
(delegation chair), 1972
(delegation co-chair); Governor of
Arkansas, 1967-71; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arkansas.
Baptist. Member, Urban
League; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died of lung
cancer or pancreatic
cancer, Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., February
22, 1973 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Dana Rohrabacher (b. 1947) —
of Huntington Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 21,
1947.
Republican. Speechwriter for President Ronald
Reagan, 1981-88; U.S.
Representative from California, 1989-2008 (42nd District 1989-93,
45th District 1993-2003, 46th District 2003-08).
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Marshall Thomas (b. 1941) —
also known as William M. Thomas; Bill
Thomas —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho, December
6, 1941.
Republican. College
professor; member of California
state assembly, 1975-78; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2007 (18th District 1979-83,
20th District 1983-93, 21st District 1993-2003, 22nd District
2003-07).
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter R. Tucker Jr. (1924-1990) —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oklahoma, August
27, 1924.
Dentist;
pastor;
mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1981-90; defeated, 1977; died in office 1990.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Died, of stomach
cancer, October
1, 1990 (age 66 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Rayford Tucker III (b. 1957) —
also known as Walter R. Tucker III —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 28,
1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; ordained
minister; mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1991-92; U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 1993-95; resigned
1995.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Sentenced
in 1996 to 27 months in prison
for extortion
and tax
evasion.
Still living as of 2014.
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William David Upshaw (1866-1952) —
also known as William D. Upshaw; "Earnest
Willie" —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., October
15, 1866.
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1919-27; Prohibition
candidate for President
of the United States, 1932.
Baptist. Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
21, 1952 (age 86 years, 37
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Henry Jackson Wells (1823-1912) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
16, 1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1881-83.
Baptist.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
24, 1912 (age 89 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Carlton Wilson (1916-1999) —
also known as Bob Wilson —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Calexico, Imperial
County, Calif., April 5,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-81 (30th District 1953-63,
36th District 1963-73, 40th District 1973-75, 41st District 1975-81).
Presbyterian
or Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Elks; Jaycees.
Died August
21, 1999 (age 83 years, 138
days).
Interment at Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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