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Engineer Politicians in California

  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Shaw Arentz (1879-1934) and Harriet (Keep) Arentz; married, February 5, 1940, to Mary Alice Meagher.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden; married, September 5, 1915, to Maria Humeres=del=Solar; married 1964 to Verbena Williams Hebbard.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  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.
  Bud Campbell — of Barstow, San Bernardino County, Calif. Civil engineer; builder; candidate for mayor of Barstow, Calif., 2004. Still living as of 2004.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Day and Martha (Sherman) Day; married 1832 to Elizabeth Ann King; grandson of Roger Sherman; granduncle of Thomas Day Thacher and Roger Kent; first cousin of Roger Sherman Baldwin, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, William Maxwell Evarts and George Frisbie Hoar; first cousin once removed of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar, Maxwell Evarts and Arthur Outram Sherman; first cousin twice removed of Henry de Forest Baldwin and Roger Sherman Hoar; first cousin thrice removed of Archibald Cox; second cousin twice removed of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and John Frederick Addis; second cousin thrice removed of John Stanley Addis; third cousin once removed of John Adams Dix.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Chester Donaldson 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.
  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)
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin S. Eaton; married to Helen Lucretia Burdick; married 1904 to Alice Slosson.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William Fellows Englebright and Kittie F. (Holland) Englebright; married, December 14, 1912, to Marie Grace Jackson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Richard M. Fontanesi 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.
  See also OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: League of Women Voters of California
  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.
  Relatives: Son of B. H. Gamon and Jennie T. (Daniels) Gamon; married, October 1, 1907, to Minnie Moulton.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Geary County, Kan. is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Elmira Gleaves and James S. Gleaves.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of James Edward Greenan and Margaret A. (Galligan) Greenan; married, October 1, 1923, to Edith Emmons; married, March 17, 1940, to Gladys Ryan; married, March 14, 1946, to Ruth Hutchinson.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Pindell Hammond and Sarah Elizabeth (Hays) Hammond; married, January 1, 1881, to Natalie Harris.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John H. Hammond (built 1944 at Brunswick, Georgia; mined and wrecked in Tyrrhenian Sea, 1945) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Horace B. Hooker and Susan (Huntington) Hooker; married 1901 to Blanche Ferry (daughter of Dexter Mason Ferry; sister of Dexter Mason Ferry Jr.); grandfather of John Davison Rockefeller IV.
  Political family: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Herbert Hoover 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.
  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)
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Hoover; married, June 25, 1925, to Margaret Watson.
  Political family: Hoover family of Palo Alto, California.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Kidder and Elvira (Parker) Kidder; married 1873 to Sarah Ann Clark.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of James Allen Kirkland and Nora (Stevens) Kirkland; married, January 15, 1938, to Anna Dudley.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Frank R. Kline and Anna (Gunthorpe) Kline; married, November 23, 1929, to Lucille Knight.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Lawton and Mary Louisa (Amlin) Lawton; married 1887 to Mary Louise Porter; first cousin twice removed of Edward Wing Lawton.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Ira Leitner — of Dublin, Alameda County, Calif. Data network engineer; candidate for mayor of Dublin, Calif., 2004. Still living as of 2004.
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Kalos I. Lodian and Anita (Mana) Lodian.
  See also OurCampaigns candidate detail
  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.
Martin A. Matich 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.
  Relatives: Son of John Matich and Williamina (Davidson) Matich; married, September 3, 1964, to Evelyn Winter.
  The Martin A. Matich Highway (Route 210), from San Bernardino to Redlands, California, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: The Press-Enterprise, April 21, 2008
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Hubbard Coon Maxson and Cornelia (Burdick) Maxson.
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of John E. McNerney and Rosemary (Tischhauser) McNerney.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Mills and Elizabeth (Laird) Mills; married, April 19, 1893, to Laura Eliza Hopf.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  Steven T. Polkabla — of Pacific Grove, Monterey County, Calif. Engineer; candidate for mayor of Pacific Grove, Calif., 2004. Still living as of 2004.
John R. Quinn 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.
  Relatives: Son of Harry Quinn.
  Image source: Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1929
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler; married, July 21, 1917, to Hariette P. Jamieson.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of John Scott and Elizabeth (Littig) Scott; married, October 7, 1863, to Laura Hord.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Irving M. Scott (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1960) was named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Tom Smisek Tom Smisek — of Coronado, San Diego County, Calif. Aeronautical engineer; mayor of Coronado, Calif., 1996-2008. Still living as of 2008.
  Image source: San Diego International Airport
  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.
  Relatives: Married to Victoria Carbajal.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Stahle and Eliza Stahle; married to Emma Griffith.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Harry Joseph Stockman and Mary Ellen (Lewis) Stockman; married, January 15, 1943, to Betty Bill Romigh.
Henry Clifford Stuart 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.
  Relatives: Son of John Stuart and Sarah (Fowler) Stuart; married, December 11, 1894, to Grace Ingersoll Patchin.
  Books by Henry Clifford Stuart: A Prophet in His Own Country: Being the Letters of Stuart X [Pseud.] to Many Men On Many Occasions
  Image source: Los Angeles Times, November 16, 1929
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Charles Thomson and Ernestina (Fisher) Thomson; married, June 17, 1939, to Helen Isabel Grady.
  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.
  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.
  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
  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.
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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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