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Earl Clinton Adams (1892-1986) —
also known as Earl C. Adams —
of San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., May 12,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1960,
1964
(alternate); treasurer of
California Republican Party, 1967.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
31, 1986 (age 93 years, 323
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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George Felix Allen Jr. (b. 1952) —
also known as George F. Allen, Jr. —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 8,
1952.
Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1991-93; Governor of
Virginia, 1994-98; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2001-07; defeated, 2006; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008.
Episcopalian or Presbyterian.
Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Joseph Allen Jr. (1899-1995) —
also known as John J. Allen, Jr. —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; McCall, Valley
County, Idaho.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
27, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1947-59; defeated,
1958; Undersecretary of Commerce for Transportation, 1959-61; mayor
of McCall, Idaho, 1989-93.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Kiwanis;
Native
Sons of the Golden West; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Cascade, Valley
County, Idaho, March 7,
1995 (age 95 years, 100
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at McCall Cemetery, McCall, Idaho.
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Glenn Malcolm Anderson (1913-1994) —
also known as Glenn M. Anderson —
of Hawthorne, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Harbor City, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
21, 1913.
Democrat. Merchant;
mayor
of Hawthorne, Calif., 1940-42; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1943-50; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1948-50; California
Democratic state chair, 1950-52; candidate for California
state senate, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1988;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1959-67; U.S.
Representative from California, 1969-93 (17th District 1969-73,
35th District 1973-75, 32nd District 1975-93).
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Redmen;
Native
Sons of the Golden West; Toastmasters.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, at San Pedro Peninsula Hospital
Pavilion, San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
13, 1994 (age 81 years, 295
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
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Bennett Archambault —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Republican. Manufacturer;
president, Stewart-Warner Corp.; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Joseph Archambault and May (Smales) Archambault; married to
Margaret Henrietta Morgan. |
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Constance Dean Armitage (b. 1920) —
also known as Constance D. Armitage; Constance Dean;
Mrs. Norman C. Armitage —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 13,
1920.
Republican. College
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Carolina, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972
(speaker);
vice-chair
of South Carolina Republican Party, 1960-62.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Robert Armstrong Dean and Constance (Lawrence) Dean;
married, September
20, 1941, to Norman Cudworth Armitage. |
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Julean Herbert Arnold (b. 1876) —
also known as Julean H. Arnold —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., July 19,
1876.
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Dalny, 1904; Foochow, 1906; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1904-06; U.S. Consul in Tamsui, 1906-08; Amoy, 1908-12; Chefoo, 1912-14; U.S. Consul General in Hankow, 1914.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Henry Arnold and Kate (Brissel) Arnold; married 1907 to Clara
Gertrude Davis. |
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Stanley Nelson Barnes (1900-1990) —
also known as Stanley N. Barnes —
of San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Baraboo, Sauk
County, Wis., May 1,
1900.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1947-53; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1956-70; took
senior status 1970.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died March 5,
1990 (age 89 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louise Taylor Beckwith (b. 1882) —
also known as Louise Beckwith —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., August
15, 1882.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1944.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866-1935) —
also known as R. Livingston Beeckman —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
15, 1866.
Republican. Stockbroker;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1909-11; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1912-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1924;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1915-21; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1922.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of apparently of a heart
attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., January
21, 1935 (age 68 years, 281
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Robert Clinton Belloni (1919-1999) —
also known as Robert C. Belloni —
of Myrtle Point, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Riverton, Coos
County, Ore., April 4,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; chair of
Coos County Democratic Party, 1957; circuit judge in Oregon,
1957-67; U.S.
District Judge for Oregon, 1967-84; took senior status 1984.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Rotary.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at a retirement
home in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
3, 1999 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Edward Belloni and Della (Clinton) Belloni; married, January
26, 1946, to Doris A. Adams. |
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Joanne Kleinhofer Benjamin (b. 1945) —
also known as Joanne Kleinhofer —
of Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., March
20, 1945.
Democrat. School
teacher; mayor
of Los Gatos, Calif., 1984-85, 1988-90.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Junior
League.
Still living as of 1990.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Burkhart A. Kleinhofer and Marie Elizabeth (Liggett)
Kleinhofer; married, June 24,
1967, to James Edward Benjamin. |
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Claudia Bill-de la Peña —
of Thousand Oaks, Ventura
County, Calif.
Television
journalist; mayor
of Thousand Oaks, Calif., 2004-05, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2020-21.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 2022.
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Image source:
City of Thousand Oaks |
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Karl Morgan Block —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Republican. Bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1956.
Episcopalian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Nicholas Bolander (1831-1897) —
also known as Henry N. Bolander —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Schlüchtern, Hesse, Germany,
February
22, 1831.
Republican. California
superintendent of public instruction, 1871-75.
Lutheran;
later Episcopalian. German
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
State Botanist for California Geological Survey, 1864-67; discovered
many plant species.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
28, 1897 (age 66 years, 187
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Hills Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Douglas Harry Bosco (b. 1946) —
also known as Douglas H. Bosco —
of Occidental, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 28,
1946.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1979-83; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1980,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1983-91; defeated,
1990.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward Everett Brodie (1876-1939) —
of Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Fort Stevens, Clatsop
County, Ore., March
12, 1876.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; chair of
Clackamas County Republican Party, 1916-21; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1921-25; Finland, 1930-33; member of Oregon
Republican State Central Committee, 1928-30.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died June 27,
1939 (age 63 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles E. Bunnell —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dimock, Susquehanna
County, Pa., January
12, 1878.
Democrat. Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president
of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later
University of Alaska), 1921-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a nursing
home in Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
1, 1956 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Birch
Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University
of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell; married, July 24,
1901, to Mary Anna Kline. |
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Fred Warner Carpenter (1873-1957) —
of San Anselmo, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn., December
12, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to William
H. Taft, when he was Governor of the Philippine Islands,
Secretary of War, and President of the United States; U.S. Minister
to Morocco, 1910-12; Siam, 1912-13.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Chi.
Died in 1957
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Sterling Douglas Carr (b. 1876) —
also known as Sterling Carr —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Monterey
County, Calif., November
25, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1924-25.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sterling Carr and Florida Nichols Carr; married, July 18,
1927, to Mary Grayson Hinckley. |
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Frederick Percival Champ (1896-1976) —
also known as F. P. Champ —
of Logan, Cache
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 4,
1896.
Democrat. Banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1928;
director, St. Mark's Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Bankers Association; American
Forestry Association; American
Arbitration Association; Newcomen
Society; Rotary.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
15, 1976 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of George Herbert Champ and Alla Dora (Cochran) Champ; married, December
29, 1921, to Frances Elizabeth Winton. |
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memorial |
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(1954) |
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Barbara L. Cubin (b. 1946) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif., November
30, 1946.
Republican. School
teacher; social
worker; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1987-91; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1992-94; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1995-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward Michael Davis (b. 1916) —
also known as Ed Davis —
of Canoga Park, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
15, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chief of
police, Los Angeles, 1969-78; member of California
state senate, 1980-83.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Leonard Davis and Lillian Fox Davis; married 1940 to
Virginia Osborne. |
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McClintock |
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Courken George Deukmejian (b. 1928) —
also known as George Deukmejian;
"Duke" —
of California.
Born in Menands, Albany
County, N.Y., June 6,
1928.
Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1963-67; member of California
state senate, 1967-79; California
state attorney general, 1979-83; Governor of
California, 1983-91.
Episcopalian. Member, Navy
League; American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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Julian Carey Dixon (1934-2000) —
also known as Julian C. Dixon —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
8, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2000 (28th District 1979-93,
32nd District 1993-2000); died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988,
1996,
2000;
chair, Rules Committee, chair, 1984.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a hospital
in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
8, 2000 (age 66 years, 122
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Louis Goethe Dreyfus Jr. (1889-1973) —
also known as Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr. —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., November
23, 1889.
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Berlin, 1911-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Callao, 1912-13; U.S. Consular Agent in Quibdo, 1913-14; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Berlin, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1915; Budapest, 1915-16; U.S. Consul in Budapest, 1916; Sofia, 1916; Malaga, 1917-18; Paris, as of 1919; Palermo, as of 1920-21; Dresden, 1925; U.S. Consul General in Copenhagen, as of 1932; U.S. Minister to Iran, 1939-44; Afghanistan, 1940-42; Iceland, 1944-46; Sweden, 1946-47; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1949-51.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1973
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Coert du Bois (1881-1960) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., November
10, 1881.
Forester;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1919-20; Naples, 1920-21; Port Said, 1922; U.S. Consul General in Batavia, 1927-30; Genoa, 1931; Naples, 1931-35; Havana, as of 1938.
Episcopalian.
His two daughters, Jane and Betty, ages 20 and 23, in grief over the
deaths of two RAF airmen they had fallen in love with, killed
themselves by jumping together from a British plane in 1935.
Died, in Westerly Hospital,
Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., March 6,
1960 (age 78 years, 117
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Stonington, Conn.
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Mervyn Malcolm Dymally (1926-2012) —
also known as Mervyn M. Dymally —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cedros, Trinidad,
May
12, 1926.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1963-66, 2003-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964,
1968,
1988,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state senate, 1967-75; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1975-79; defeated, 1978; U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1981-93; Honorary
Consul for Benin in Inglewood,
Calif., 1993-2007.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; NAACP; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
7, 2012 (age 86 years, 148
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Calif.
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Raymond C. Ede (1907-1993) —
of Carlsbad, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Vinton, Plumas
County, Calif., February
13, 1907.
Mayor
of Carlsbad, Calif., 1955-56.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary.
Died, of heart
failure, in Carlsbad, San Diego
County, Calif., April
18, 1993 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Eternal
Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, Calif.
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George Franklin Edmunds (1828-1919) —
also known as George F. Edmunds —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
1, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1854-55, 1857-59;
Speaker
of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1857-59; member of
Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1861-62; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1865-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880,
1884.
Episcopalian.
Author of Edmunds Act for suppression of polygamy in Utah, 1882.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
27, 1919 (age 91 years, 26
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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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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Anne H. Evans —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in California.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 4th District, 1969-70.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 1970.
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Harry Wilson Falk Jr. (1916-1980) —
also known as Harry W. Falk, Jr. —
of Ukiah, Mendocino
County, Calif.
Born in Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif., September
12, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died in June, 1980
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Interment at Ocean
View Cemetery, Eureka, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Wilson Falk and M. E. (McLarty) Falk; married to Madge
Taylor. |
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Sam Farr (b. 1941) —
of Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1941.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of California
state assembly, 1981-93; U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as Vic Fazio —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
11, 1942.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-99 (4th District 1979-93,
3rd District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) —
also known as Stephen J. Field —
of Yuba
County, Calif.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
4, 1816.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1851-52; justice of
California state supreme court, 1857-63; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1859-63; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-97; arrested
in San Francisco, August 16, 1889, on charges
of being party to the alleged murder
of David
S. Terry; released on bail; ultimately the killing was ruled to
be justifiable homicide.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1899 (age 82 years, 156
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Graham Finlayson (1864-1947) —
also known as Frank G. Finlayson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia,
March
24, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1893-94; superior court judge in California,
1911-19; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1919-26; justice of
California state supreme court, 1926.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
9, 1947 (age 82 years, 322
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of James Ross Finlayson and Elizabeth (Goodsir) Finlayson; married,
July
10, 1895, to Agnes Thayer. |
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Benjamin Folsom (b. 1847) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Folsomdale, Wyoming
County, N.Y., December
5, 1847.
Journalist;
lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Sheffield, 1886-93.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin R. Folsom and Mary (Rathbone) Folsom; married, October
11, 1893, to Ella Blanchard Howard. |
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913-2006) —
also known as Gerald R. Ford; Jerry Ford; Leslie
Lynch King Jr.; "Passkey" —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., July 14,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned
1973; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of
President KNDY, 1963-64; Vice
President of the United States, 1973-74; President
of the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.
Episcopalian. English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Forty and
Eight; Jaycees;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Humane
Society; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Shot
at in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975.
On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cult
leader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loaded
pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired.
On September 22, Sara Jane Moore fired a
shot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were
convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1999.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., December
26, 2006 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Gerald
R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr.; son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr.
and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King Ford; half-brother of Thomas
G. Ford Sr.; married, October
15, 1948, to Betty
Warren. |
| | | Political family: Ford
family of Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Richard
M. Nixon — L.
William Seidman |
| | | The Gerald R. Ford Freeway
(I-196), in Kent,
Ottawa,
and Allegan
counties, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Gerald R. Ford International
Airport (opened 1963, given present name 1999), near Grand
Rapids, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Gerald R. Ford Federal
Building and U.S.
Courthouse, in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Gerald R. Ford: A
Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(1983) |
| | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John Robert
Greene, The
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,
Gerald
R. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —
James Cannon, Time
and Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —
Douglas Brinkley, Gerald
R. Ford |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Leland Merritt Ford (1893-1965) —
also known as Leland M. Ford —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Surveyor;
rancher;
real
estate broker; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1939-43; defeated,
1942.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Santa Monica Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
27, 1965 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Arthur Monroe Free (1879-1953) —
also known as Arthur M. Free —
of Mountain View, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
15, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; Santa
Clara County District Attorney, 1907-19; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1921-33; defeated,
1932.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Suffered a skull fracture in a fall on a
flight of stairs at home, and died the next day at San Jose Hospital,
San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., April 1,
1953 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
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John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) —
also known as "The Pathfinder"; "The
Champion of Freedom" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
21, 1813.
Republican. Explorer;
Military
Governor of California, 1847; arrested
for mutiny,
1847; court-martialed;
found
guilty of mutiny,
disobedience,
and conduct
prejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres. James
K. Polk; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate for President
of the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1878-81; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Episcopalian. French
ancestry.
Died, of peritonitis,
in a hotel
room at New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1890 (age 77 years, 173
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 at Rockland
Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont; married, October
19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter of Thomas
Hart Benton). |
| | | Political families: Benton
family of Missouri and Tennessee; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Selah
Hill |
| | | Fremont County,
Colo., Fremont County,
Idaho, Fremont County,
Iowa and Fremont County,
Wyo. are named for him. |
| | | Fremont Peak,
in Monterey
County and San Benito
County, California, is named for
him. — Fremont Peak,
in Coconino
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
California, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
Ohio, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Fremont (built 1941 at Terminal
Island, California; mined and wrecked in Manila
Bay, Philippines, 1945) was named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: John
F. Hill
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,
Free Men, Fremont." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by John C. Fremont: Memoirs
of My Life and Times |
| | | Books about John C. Fremont: Tom
Chaffin, Pathfinder:
John Charles Fremont and the Course of American
Empire — David Roberts, A
Newer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the
American West — Andrew Rolle, John
Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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John Jewett Garland (1902-1968) —
also known as John J. Garland —
of San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
20, 1902.
Republican. Realtor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
30, 1968 (age 66 years, 224
days).
Interment at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.; cenotaph at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y.
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Irene Hazard Gerlinger (1876-1960) —
also known as Irene Strang Hazard; Mrs. George T.
Gerlinger —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New York, December
3, 1876.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1940-48.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Kappa Gamma.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., April 5,
1960 (age 83 years, 124
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Newton Whiting Gilbert (1862-1939) —
also known as Newton W. Gilbert —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 24,
1862.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1901-05; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1905-06; resigned
1906; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1913; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Philippine Islands, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Santa Ana, Orange
County, Calif., July 5,
1939 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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Charles Hinman Graves (1839-1928) —
also known as Charles H. Graves; Charley
Graves —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
14, 1839.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1873-76; mayor of
Duluth, Minn., 1882, 1883; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 46, 1889-90; U.S.
Minister to Sweden, 1905-13; Norway, 1905-06.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., October
7, 1928 (age 89 years, 54
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fletcher Wyche Greer (b. 1874) —
also known as Fletcher W. Greer —
of Brawley, Imperial
County, Calif.
Born in Horn Lake, DeSoto
County, Miss., November
6, 1874.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1928,
1936,
1944
(alternate); candidate for California
state senate, 1932; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1950.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John Henry Grout (1857-1936) —
also known as John H. Grout —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., December
4, 1857.
Republican. U.S. Consul in Bermuda, 1893; Malta, 1898-1908; Odessa, 1908-14; Milan, 1914-17; Santander, 1917-20; Hull, 1920-24.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 6,
1936 (age 78 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Grout (1832-1899) and Olive Adeline 'Ada' (Munroe)
Grout; married, January
14, 1880, to Josephine Russell; married, June 11,
1904, to Kitty Emily Austin. |
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Katherine Hoffman Haley (1919-1999) —
also known as Kay Haley; Katherine C. Hoffman; Mrs.
Robert Haley —
of Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Oxnard, Ventura
County, Calif., August
17, 1919.
Republican. Rancher who
raised champion shorthorn cattle and quarter horses; her most famous
horse, Mr. Spats, was a favorite of Ronald
Reagan; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1964.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died December
25, 1999 (age 80 years, 130
days).
Interment at Ivy
Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Walter Hoffman and Edith (Hobson) Hoffman; married to
Robert G. Haley. |
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George Juan Hatfield (1887-1953) —
also known as George J. Hatfield —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Stevinson, Merced
County, Calif.
Born, of American parents, in Waterloo, Ontario,
October
29, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1935-39; member of California
state senate, 1943-53; died in office 1953.
Episcopalian. Member, Order of
the Coif; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
15, 1953 (age 66 years, 17
days).
Interment at Stevinson Sunnyside Cemetery, Stevinson, Calif.
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Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) —
also known as Albert W. Hawkes —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
20, 1878.
Republican. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Newcomen
Society; Union
League.
Died in Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., May 9,
1971 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N.J.
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Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) —
also known as Charles B. Henderson —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 8,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Elko
County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1936;
president and director, Elko Telephone
and Telegraph Company; director, Western Pacific Railroad.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) —
also known as Warren G. Hooper —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 2,
1904.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1939-44; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.
Episcopalian. Member, Theta
Kappa Nu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
During a grand jury investigation,
admitted
to taking
bribes and was given immunity
from prosecution in return for his testimony against others;
however, four days before the hearing, he was shot and
killed
in his
car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson
County, Mich., January
11, 1945 (age 40 years, 254
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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John Mills Houston (1890-1975) —
also known as John M. Houston —
of Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Formoso, Jewell
County, Kan., September
15, 1890.
Democrat. Actor;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumber
dealer; mayor of
Newton, Kan., 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1935-43; defeated, 1942;
member, National Labor Relations Board, 1943-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Died in Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., April
29, 1975 (age 84 years, 226
days).
Entombed at Melrose
Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Calif.
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Michael Huffington (b. 1947) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
3, 1947.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1993-95; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1994; philanthropist.
Episcopalian. Bisexual.
Still living as of 2014.
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John St. John Irby (1867-1924) —
also known as John S. Irby —
of Denver,
Colo.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vernon Hill, Halifax
County, Va., August
9, 1867.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; private secretary to Mayor Robert
W. Speer of Denver, 1904-12; member of Colorado
state senate, 1909-13; private secretary to U.S. Senator James
D. Phelan, 1915-17; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1917-21.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1924
(age about
56 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Meade Adams Irby and Amanda Tanner (James) Irby; married, October
12, 1901, to Harriet Ryland. |
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Gardiner Johnson (b. 1905) —
of Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
10, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1934-; member of California
state assembly, 1935-47; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1960,
1964,
1968;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1964-68.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Hiram Warren Johnson (1866-1945) —
also known as Hiram W. Johnson —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
2, 1866.
Lawyer;
Governor
of California, 1911-17; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1912,
1920
(alternate); Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; U.S.
Senator from California, 1917-45; died in office 1945; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1920,
1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
6, 1945 (age 78 years, 338
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Jan Laverty Jones (b. 1949) —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
16, 1949.
Democrat. Mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1991-99; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1994 (primary), 1998; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 2000.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2000.
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William Matthew Ketchum (1921-1978) —
also known as William M. Ketchum —
of Paso Robles, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
2, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; dairy farmer; automobile
parts business; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1964-66; member of California
state assembly 29th District, 1967-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1973-78 (36th District 1973-75,
18th District 1975-78); died in office 1978.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Kappa Psi; Farm
Bureau.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died soon after, at Kern Medical
Center, Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., June 24,
1978 (age 56 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Claude Roy Kirk Jr. (1926-2011) —
also known as Claude R. Kirk, Jr. —
of Florida.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., January
7, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; insurance
business; Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1964; Governor of
Florida, 1967-71; defeated in Democratic primary, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., September
28, 2011 (age 85 years, 264
days).
Interment at South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth Beach, Fla.
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Thomas Henry Kuchel (1910-1994) —
also known as Thomas H. Kuchel —
of Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif., August
15, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1936-39; member of California
state senate, 1940-43; California
Republican state chair, 1940-41; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1953-69; defeated in primary, 1968.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died of lung
cancer in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
21, 1994 (age 84 years, 98
days).
Interment at Anaheim
Cemetery, Anaheim, Calif.
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Flavel Sweeten Luther (1850-1928) —
also known as Flavel S. Luther —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Windham
County, Conn., March
26, 1850.
Republican. School
teacher; college
professor; president,
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1904-19; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1907-08.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Died in 1928
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Flavel S. Luther and Jane (Lillie) Luther; married, November
2, 1871, to Isabel Blake Ely. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Legislative History and
Souvenir of Connecticut |
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Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 6,
1860.
Lawyer;
general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S. Steel
Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Mission Canyon, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
4, 1931 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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William Somers Mailliard (1917-1992) —
also known as William S. Mailliard —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Belvedere, Marin
County, Calif., June 10,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-49; secretary to Gov. Earl
Warren, 1949-51; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-74 (4th District 1953-63,
6th District 1963-74); defeated, 1948; resigned 1974.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Dulles International Airport,
Chantilly, Fairfax
County, Va., June 10,
1992 (age 75 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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George Thomas Marye Jr. (1849-1933) —
also known as George T. Marye —
of Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
13, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; California
Democratic state chair, 1888-93; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1914-16.
Anglican. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died September
2, 1933 (age 83 years, 263
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Seabury C. Mastick (b. 1871) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; near Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Warner Chemical
Company; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1921-22;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1923-34; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association; American
Chemical Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896 to Agnes
E. Warner. |
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Catherine Dean Barnes May (1914-2004) —
also known as Catherine Dean May; Catherine Dean
Barnes; Mrs. James O. May —
of Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash., May 18,
1914.
Republican. School
teacher; radio
writer and commentator; member of Washington
state house of representatives 14th District, 1952-58; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1959-71; defeated,
1970.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., May 28,
2004 (age 90 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads;
president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1908; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937-39.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo;
married, November
18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming; married, May 7,
1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (daughter of Woodrow
Wilson and Ellen
Wilson); married, September
14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross; great-grandson of John
Floyd. |
| | | Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Byron
R. Newton — Nat
Rogan |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Federal
Reserve History |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, May
1919 |
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David Martin McIntosh (b. 1958) —
also known as David M. McIntosh —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 8,
1958.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1995-2001; candidate
for Governor of
Indiana, 2000.
Episcopalian. Member, Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2014.
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John J. Miller (1932-1985) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born July 28,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1967-78 (17th District 1967-74, 13th District
1975-78); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972;
Judge,
California Court of Appeal 1st District, 1978-85.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association; National
Lawyers Guild; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of diabetes,
on February
16, 1985 (age 52 years, 203
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Justin Miller (1888-1973) —
also known as Justin Miller —
of Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Crescent City, Del Norte
County, Calif., November
17, 1888.
Lawyer;
Kings
County District Attorney, 1915-18; law
professor; Associate
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1937-45;
resigned 1945; chairman and general counsel, National Association of
Radio and
Television Broadcasters.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Sigma Rho; Delta
Chi; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died, in a hospital
at Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1973 (age 84 years, 61
days).
Interment at Grangeville
Cemetery, Armona, Calif.
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Frank Kanning Mott (1866-1958) —
also known as Frank K. Mott; "The Mayor Who Built
Oakland" —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
21, 1866.
Hardware
business; mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1905-15.
Episcopalian.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., December
16, 1958 (age 92 years, 329
days).
Cremated.
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Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) —
also known as Tasker L. Oddie —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; mining
business; Nye
County District Attorney, 1900-02; member of Nevada
state senate, 1904-08; Governor of
Nevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1950 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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Joseph Palmer II (1914-1994) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; California.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 16,
1914.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mexico City, 1940; Nairobi, 1941-45; U.S. Consul in London, 1949; U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, 1960-64; Libya, 1969.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1994
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Smith Patton (1856-1927) —
also known as George S. Patton; Frenchy Patton;
George William Patton —
of San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
30, 1856.
Democrat. Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1884-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1892;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1894; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from California, 1916.
Episcopalian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 10,
1927 (age 70 years, 253
days).
Interment at Church
of Our Savior Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of George Smith Patton (1833-1864); married to Ruth Wilson (daughter
of Benjamin
Davis Wilson); father of Gen. George S. Patton,
Jr. |
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Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958) —
also known as Lawrence C. Phipps —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Amityville, Berks
County, Pa., August
30, 1862.
Republican. Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1919-31; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 1,
1958 (age 95 years, 183
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Frank C. Prescott (1859-1934) —
of California.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., November
15, 1859.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of California
state assembly, 1903-06; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1905-06.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1934 (age 74 years, 52
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; dean,
Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.
Episcopalian. Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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Edward D. Roberts (1864-1920) —
of Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Cambria, Columbia
County, Wis., July 18,
1864.
Republican. California
state treasurer, 1911-15; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1912.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, three days after surgery for acute appendicitis,
at Ramona Hospital,
San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., August
4, 1920 (age 56 years, 17
days).
Entombed at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke
and Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor
Roosevelt; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (who later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April
14, 1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider; married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens; married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; third great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; first cousin once removed of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Warren
Delano Robbins, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Monroe; first cousin five times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr., Philip
DePeyster and Jabez
Williams Huntington. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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George Montgomery Scott (1835-1915) —
also known as George M. Scott —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Chazy, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 27,
1835.
Hardware
business; mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1890-92.
Episcopalian.
Died in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
19, 1915 (age 80 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham Jefferson Seay (1832-1915) —
also known as A. J. Seay —
of Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., November
28, 1832.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1870 (2nd District), 1872
(Republican, 5th District), 1874 (Republican, 5th District); circuit
judge in Missouri, 1875-87; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1890-92; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1892-93.
Episcopalian.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
22, 1915 (age 83 years, 24
days).
Interment at Kingfisher
Cemetery, Kingfisher, Okla.
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George G. Seibels Jr. (1913-2000) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., July 16,
1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1967-75; defeated, 1975; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1972;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1979-91; defeated, 1962;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Episcopalian. Member, Jaycees.
Played one season of professional football
with Richmond in the South Atlantic Professional League.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
28, 2000 (age 86 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
Antebellum Home, Birmingham, Ala.
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George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) —
also known as George P. Shultz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
13, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1969-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1982-89; survived an assassination
attempt in South America, August 1988; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1989.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
6, 2021 (age 100 years,
55 days).
Interment at Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Mass.
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Edwin Forrest Sweet (1847-1935) —
also known as Edwin F. Sweet —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Dansville, Livingston
County, N.Y., November
21, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1904-06; defeated, 1906; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1908, 1912; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1913-21; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif., April 2,
1935 (age 87 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Orray Taft Jr. (b. 1909) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
21, 1909.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Guadalajara, 1932; Warsaw, as of 1934-38; Algiers, 1942; U.S. Consul in Mexicali, 1942; Havana, 1943-45; Vancouver, 1945-48; Tripoli, 1949-51; Sydney, 1956-60.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orray Taft and Mary Margaret (Aylesworth) Taft; married, September
11, 1933, to Janet Chapman Davidson. |
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Lionel Van Deerlin (1914-2008) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 25,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; journalist;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-81 (37th District 1963-73,
41st District 1973-75, 42nd District 1975-81); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., May 17,
2008 (age 93 years, 297
days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery, San Luis Rey, Calif.
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James Eugene Walker (1908-1972) —
also known as James E. Walker —
of Orange, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Miles City, Custer
County, Mont., July 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; writer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1940; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-54; chair of
Orange County Democratic Party, 1942-44; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1944; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; member of California
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1946-52; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Society for International Law; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in May, 1972
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sharpless Walker and Gladys (James) Walker; married, June 10,
1930, to Murrel K. Knox. |
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Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) —
also known as Caspar W. Weinberger; Cap Weinberger;
"Cap the Knife" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
18, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); California
Republican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade Commission,
1969-70; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1970; chair, Federal Trade
Commission; director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1981-87.
Episcopalian. Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall any prosecution
for alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, he
was pardoned
by President George
Bush in 1992.
Died, of kidney
ailments and pneumonia,
in Eastern Maine Medical
Center, Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
28, 2006 (age 88 years, 222
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Richard Williams (1909-1998) —
also known as John R. Williams; Jack
Williams —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1909.
Republican. Program director, KOY radio
station; director, KetchikanUC radio
station; newspaper
columnist;
mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1956-60; Governor of
Arizona, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, Jaycees.
Died August
24, 1998 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frances Elizabeth Willis (1899-1983) —
also known as Frances E. Willis —
of Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Metropolis, Massac
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
College
professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Valparaiso, 1928-31; Santiago, 1931-32; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1940-43; London, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1953-57; Norway, 1957-61; Ceylon, 1961-64.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
She was the first
female career foreign service officer to serve as Ambassador.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., July 23,
1983 (age 84 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874-1925) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1874.
Democrat. Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1915-23; became one of the
nation's best-known prosecutors; Democratic candidate for Governor of
California, 1918 (primary), 1922.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a liver
ailment, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 8,
1925 (age 50 years, 250
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Donald Edwin Young (b. 1933) —
also known as Don Young —
of Fort Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska.
Born in Meridian, Sutter
County, Calif., June 9,
1933.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1967-70; member of Alaska
state senate, 1971-73; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1973-.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
National
Education Association; Elks; Lions; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2019.
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Evelle Jansen Younger (1918-1989) —
also known as Evelle J. Younger —
of California.
Born in Stamford, Harlan
County, Neb., June 19,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; FBI
agent; lawyer;
municipal judge in California, 1953-58; superior court judge in
California, 1958-64; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1964-70; California
state attorney general, 1971-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1978.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Alpha
Tau Omega; Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerotic
cardiovascular
disease, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 4,
1989 (age 70 years, 319
days).
Interment at Los
Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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