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Lloyd Aldrich —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Engineer; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1949, 1950, 1953 (primary).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Shaw Arentz (1913-1994) —
also known as Samuel S. Arentz; Sam Arentz —
of Pioche, Lincoln
County, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 9,
1913.
Republican. Mining
engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Member, American
Legion; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died January
6, 1994 (age 80 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Spruille Braden (1894-1978) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkhorn, Jefferson
County, Mont., March
13, 1894.
Mining
engineer; financier;
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42; Cuba, 1942-45; Argentina, 1945.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Arbitration Association; Navy
League; John
Birch Society.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1978 (age 83 years, 303
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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James Harvey Brown (1906-1995) —
also known as James H. Brown —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak., April
22, 1906.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; vice-chair of
California Democratic Party, 1948-58; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
municipal judge in California, 1964-.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 10,
1995 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bud Campbell —
of Barstow, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Civil engineer; builder;
candidate for mayor
of Barstow, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Sherman Day (1806-1884) —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
11, 1806.
Engineer; historian;
went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1855-56; U.S. Surveyor General of California,
1868-71.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., December
14, 1884 (age 78 years, 307
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Chester Huntington Donaldson (1862-1952) —
also known as Chester Donaldson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ovid, Seneca
County, N.Y., March
28, 1862.
School
teacher and principal; engineer; U.S. Consul in Managua, 1898-1905; Port Limon, 1905-17; Sherbrooke, 1917-18; real estate
broker.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Delta
Epsilon; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
28, 1952 (age 90 years, 245
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Somers, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Chester Donaldson and Mary McCord (Smith) Donaldson; married,
December
23, 1886, to Edith Levy Maduro. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1920) |
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Frederick S. Eaton (1855-1934) —
also known as Fred Eaton —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
23, 1855.
Republican. Engineer; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1898-1900.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons.
Died in Bishop, Inyo
County, Calif., March
12, 1934 (age 78 years, 170
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Big
Pine Cemetery, Big Pine, Calif.
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Harry Lane Englebright (1884-1943) —
also known as Harry L. Englebright —
of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif., January
2, 1884.
Republican. Mining
engineer; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1926-43; died in
office 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died, of an acute heart
condition, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 13,
1943 (age 59 years, 131
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Nevada City, Calif.
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Richard M. Fontanesi (b. 1963) —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., March 9,
1963.
Libertarian. Software
engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 50th District, 2002; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 2004, 2008; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 2006; candidate for
Louisiana
state senate 16th District, 2007.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Arthur Gamon (1883-1967) —
also known as John A. Gamon —
of Glen Ellyn, DuPage
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill., February
9, 1883.
Democrat. Civil engineer; worked for railroads,
1899-1903; salesman, Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.,
Chicago, 1905-14; U.S. Consul in Puerto Cortes, 1914-15; Corinto, 1915-16; Guaymas, 1917; Acapulco, 1917-21; Cobh, 1921-25; U.S. Consul General in London, 1925-28; Marseille, 1928-35.
Died in 1967
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Wheaton
Cemetery, Wheaton, Ill.
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John White Geary (1819-1873) —
also known as John W. Geary —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland
County, Pa., December
30, 1819.
Civil engineer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster at San
Francisco, Calif., 1849; candidate for Governor of
California, 1849; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1850-51; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1856-57; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1867-73.
Methodist.
Died after suffering a heart
attack, in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
8, 1873 (age 53 years, 40
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Francis H. Gentry —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Democrat. Civil engineer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1939-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1942.
Burial location unknown.
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James Malcolm Gleaves (1852-1901) —
also known as James M. Gleaves —
of Shasta, Shasta
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, September
10, 1852.
Republican. School
teacher; mining
engineer; Shasta
County Surveyor; member of California
state senate 2nd District, 1895; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1896;
U.S. Surveyor-General for California, 1898-1901; died in office 1901.
Died, in Waldeck Sanatorium,
San
Francisco, Calif., November
27, 1901 (age 49 years, 78
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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James Owen Greenan (1888-c.1952) —
also known as J. O. Greenan —
of Mina, Mineral
County, Nev.; Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
3, 1888.
Republican. Mining
engineer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nevada, 1940.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., about 1952 (age about 64
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; South
Africa; Washington,
D.C.; Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
31, 1855.
Republican. Mining
engineer; worked on mines in Mexico and South Africa; worked
for Cecil Rhodes; in 1895, he took part in the Jameson raid, an attempt
to overthrow the Boer government in South Africa; was arrested
with other leaders and sentenced
to be hanged; his sentence was commuted, and he was eventually
released to return to the U.S.; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1908;
chair, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 8,
1936 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Elon Huntington Hooker (1869-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
23, 1869.
Progressive. Engineer; founder and president, Hooker Electrochemical
Company; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 10,
1938 (age 68 years, 168
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Republican. Mining
engineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,
Republican National Convention, 1940,
1952,
1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,
February
10, 1899, to Lou
Hoover; father of Herbert
Clark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** of Charles
Lewis Hoover. |
| | | Political family: Hoover
family of Palo Alto, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss — Clarence
C. Stetson |
| | | Hoover Dam
(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River
between Clark
County, Nevada, and Mohave
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Glendale,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Des
Moines, Iowa, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Elkview,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — The minor
planets (asteroids) 932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and
1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), are named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert
Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — Glen
Jeansonne, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —
Kendrick A. Clements, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,
1918-1928 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1965) |
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Herbert Clark Hoover Jr. (1903-1969) —
also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
August
4, 1903.
Republican. Petroleum
geologist;
mining
engineer; inventor;
president, Aeronautical
Radio,
Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; director, Monsanto
Chemical
Company; director, Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation; director, Southern California Edison
Company; director, Hanna Mining
Company; director, Pacific Mutual Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1960.
Died, of cancer,
in Huntington Community Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1969 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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John Flint Kidder (1830-1901) —
also known as John F. Kidder —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.; Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1830.
Republican. Civil engineer; railroad
builder; member of California
state assembly 15th District, 1865-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1892.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif., April
10, 1901 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Original interment at Odd Fellows Masonic Cemetery, Grass Valley, Calif.; reinterment
at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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William G. Kirkland (1913-1999) —
of Huntington Park, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1913.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil engineer;
mayor
of Huntington Park, Calif., 1952.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a hospital
in Martin
County, Fla., December
15, 1999 (age 86 years, 77
days).
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Relatives: Son
of James Allen Kirkland and Nora (Stevens) Kirkland; married, January
15, 1938, to Anna Dudley. |
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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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Ezra Mills Lawton (1864-1931) —
also known as Ezra M. Lawton —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, August
23, 1864.
Electrical
engineer; mining
business; U.S. Consular Agent in Oaxaca, 1908-13; U.S. Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1913-17, 1919-20; Nogales, 1917-18; Guatemala City, 1918-19; Sydney, 1923-27; Sao Paulo, 1929.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 26,
1931 (age 66 years, 307
days).
Entombed at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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C. O'Donnell Lee —
of West Covina, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Engineer; candidate for California
superintendent of public instruction, 1962.
Still living as of 1962.
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Ira Leitner —
of Dublin, Alameda
County, Calif.
Data
network engineer; candidate for mayor of
Dublin, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Loren D. Leman (b. 1950) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Pomona, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
2, 1950.
Republican. Civil engineer; commercial
fisherman; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1988, 1990; member of Alaska
state senate District G, 1993-2002; Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 2002-06.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2006.
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Lodian W. Lodian (b. 1866) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford
County, Conn., July 15,
1866.
Civil engineer; metallurgist;
world traveler; inventor;
claimed to be first
American to cross the Himalayan mountains, 1895; secretary,
international antisemitic convention, Paris, 1900; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1918
(Prohibition), 1921 (Prohibition), 1933 (Law Preservation);
Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922; Law Preservation candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip E. Marria (born c.1922) —
of Monterey Park, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born about 1922.
Engineer; mayor
of Monterey Park, Calif., 1954-55.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Anthony Matich (1927-2008) —
also known as Martin A. Matich —
of Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Loma Linda, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
6, 1927.
Engineer; grading
contractor; his company built over 1,000 miles of roads,
including major expressways and interchanges, as well as airport
runways, flood control channels, landfills, and major buildings; mayor of
Colton, Calif., 1958-60; director, San Bernardino Community Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Navy
League; American
Arbitration Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., April
19, 2008 (age 80 years, 226
days).
Interment at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery, Colton, Calif.
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Herbert Burdett Maxson (1854-1927) —
also known as H. B. Maxson —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in New York, July 14,
1854.
Republican. Civil engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1908; member of Republican
National Committee from Nevada, 1912; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February, 1927
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Hubbard Coon Maxson and Cornelia (Burdick)
Maxson. |
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Robert McClain (b. 1964) —
also known as Bob McClain —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in California, November
15, 1964.
Civil engineer; Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Gerald Mark McNerney (b. 1951) —
also known as Jerry McNerney —
of Pleasanton, Alameda
County, Calif.; Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., June 18,
1951.
Democrat. Engineer; U.S.
Representative from California, 2007-18 (11th District 2007-13,
9th District 2013-18); defeated, 2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2008.
Still living as of 2018.
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Frederick John Mills (1865-1953) —
also known as F. J. Mills —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Topsham, Orange
County, Vt., April
29, 1865.
Republican. Engineer; Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1895-97; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Scottish
ancestry.
On October 3, 1899, in Salt Lake City, he shot
and killed John C. O'Melveny, chief engineer of the Oregon Short
Line Railroad; was arrested
immediately and charged
with first-degree murder; at trial, he claimed the homicide was
justified by the "criminal intimacy" between O'Melveny and his wife,
while he was away in military service; the jury acquitted him in only
15 minutes.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
28, 1953 (age 88 years, 152
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Merritt E. Paddock (1867-1937) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Prophetstown, Whiteside
County, Ill., June 3,
1867.
Mining
engineer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1933-34.
Member, Elks.
Died in May, 1937
(age 69
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Steven T. Polkabla —
of Pacific Grove, Monterey
County, Calif.
Engineer; candidate for mayor
of Pacific Grove, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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John R. Quinn (born c.1890) —
also known as "Square Shooter" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Delano, Kern
County, Calif., about 1890.
Republican. Civil engineer; major in the U.S. Army during
World War I; national commander, American Legion, 1923-24; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1928;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1929.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Quinn. |
| | | Image source: Los Angeles Times, April
28, 1929 |
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler;
married, July 21,
1917, to Hariette P. Jamieson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Edward Schildhauer (b. 1872) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Holstein, Calumet
County, Wis., August
21, 1872.
Republican. Engineer; business
executive; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1948.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi.
Did engineering work on Panama Canal locks, 1906-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Murray Scott (1837-1903) —
also known as Irving M. Scott —
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., December
25, 1837.
Republican. Civil engineer; shipbuilder;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., April
28, 1903 (age 65 years, 124
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Tom Smisek —
of Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Aeronautical
engineer; mayor
of Coronado, Calif., 1996-2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Image source:
San Diego International Airport |
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Richard M. Stadden (1856-1918) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 27,
1856.
Civil engineer and contractor
on railways
and harbor
projects in the U.S. and Mexico; Hawaiian consul at Manzanillo,
1886-87; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1886-87; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Manzanillo, 1906-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Manzanillo, as of 1916-17.
Died, of influenza,
1918
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Victoria Carbajal. |
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Edward F. Stahle (1860-1925) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.; La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in California, 1860.
Republican. Surveyor;
civil engineer; mayor
of Cheyenne, Wyo., 1893; theater
manager.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., January
3, 1925 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Stahle and Eliza Stahle; married to Emma
Griffith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Harry James Stockman (b. 1919) —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 15,
1919.
Republican. Oil company
engineer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
hotel
operator; real estate
developer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1960.
Member, Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Joseph Stockman and Mary Ellen (Lewis) Stockman; married, January
15, 1943, to Betty Bill Romigh. |
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Henry Clifford Stuart (1864-1952) —
also known as Henry C. Stuart; "Stuart
X" —
of Denver,
Colo.; Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Mining
engineer; real estate
investor; author;
director-general, Guaremala Central Railroad;
U.S. Vice Consul General in Guatemala City, 1885-86; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1893.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., May 21,
1952 (age 87 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard Samuel Thomson (b. 1911) —
also known as Leonard S. Thomson —
of Taft, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
6, 1911.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil company
engineer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1964.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Charles Thomson and Ernestina (Fisher) Thomson; married, June 17,
1939, to Helen Isabel Grady. |
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William B. Vaughn (b. 1946) —
also known as Bill Vaughn —
of Lafayette, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
23, 1946.
Democrat. Engineer; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Nelson Platt Wheeler (1841-1920) —
also known as Nelson P. Wheeler —
of Endeavor, Forest
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., November
4, 1841.
Republican. Surveyor;
civil engineer; lumber
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1878-79; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1907-11.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 3,
1920 (age 78 years, 120
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of William French Wheeler and Flora (Atkins) Wheeler; brother of William
Egbert Wheeler; father of Alexander
Royal Wheeler; first cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah
Case; first cousin four times removed of Noah
Phelps; first cousin five times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Asahel
Pierson Case; second cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams and Amos
Pettibone; second cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Elisha
Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; third cousin once removed of Hiram
Bidwell Case; third cousin twice removed of Norman
A. Phelps, John
Smith Phelps and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus
Pettibone and Rufus
Pettibone; fourth cousin of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, William
Lucius Case and Arthur
Burnham Woodford; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Creighton Stratton, Edmund
Holcomb, Francis
William Kellogg, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, Selah
Merrill, William
Walter Phelps, Edmond
Alfred Holcomb, Leonard
Leach Case and Donald
Barr Chidsey. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Carl B. Wirsching —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Engineer; candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1937.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Yost (1853-1933) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Staunton,
Va., April 1,
1853.
Republican. Printer;
civil engineer; mayor
of Staunton, Va., 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1887-89, 1897-99; mining
business.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
25, 1933 (age 79 years, 299
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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David Young III (b. 1905) —
of Boonton, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 1,
1905.
Republican. Civil engineer; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1941-46; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Morris County,
1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1947-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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