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Politicians in Finance in California

  Howard F. Ahmanson (1906-1968) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in 1906. Republican. Insurance business; financier; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956. Died June 18, 1968 (age about 61 years). Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman and Margaret Atherton (Foster) Beeckman; married, October 8, 1902, to Eleanor Thomas; married 1923 to Edna (Marston) Burke; uncle of Katherine Steward (who married Hallett C. Johnson); descendant *** of Robert Livingston the Elder, Philip Livingston and Robert R. Livingston.
  Political families: Cooke family of Ohio and Pennsylvania; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography
  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
  Ned Romeyn Healy (1905-1977) — also known as Ned R. Healy — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., August 9, 1905. Democrat. Stock and bond salesman; office manager; U.S. Representative from California 13th District, 1945-47; defeated, 1946, 1948; automobile parts business. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 10, 1977 (age 72 years, 32 days). Cremated; ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Hellman Heller (1900-1961) — also known as Edward H. Heller — of Menlo Park, San Mateo County, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo County, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., March 15, 1900. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; financier; director, and member executive committee, Wells Fargo Bank; director, Permanente Cement Co., Bandini Petroleum Co., Olympic Radio and Television, Inc., Heller Land Co., Permanente Steamship Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928 (alternate), 1936, 1940, 1960; Regent, University of California, 1942-58. Jewish. Died in Atherton, San Mateo County, Calif., December 18, 1961 (age 61 years, 278 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Emanuel S. Heller and Clara (Hellman) Heller; married, May 26, 1925, to Elinor Raas.
  Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938) — also known as Clarence H. Mackay — of Roslyn, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in San Francisco, Calif., April 17, 1874. Republican. Financier; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Catholic. Irish and English ancestry. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 12, 1938 (age 64 years, 209 days). Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John William Mackay and Marie Louise Antoinette (Hungerford) Mackay; married, May 17, 1898, to Katherine Alexander Duer; married, July 18, 1931, to Anna Case; father of Katherine Duer Mackay (who married Kenneth O'Brien) and Ellin Blanca Mackay; second cousin twice removed of Orville Hungerford; third cousin twice removed of Amaziah Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Leveret Brainard.
  Political families: Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The Mackay Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, are named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Eugene Meyer Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) — also known as Eugene Meyer — of Mt. Kisco, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 31, 1875. Republican. Stockbroker; banker; instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928; Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper in 1933, and was its publisher until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946. Jewish. Died, from heart disease and cancer, at George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1959 (age 83 years, 259 days). Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Time Magazine, May 31, 1932
  Joanna Rees (b. 1964) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., November 14, 1964. Venture capitalist; candidate for mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 2011. Female. Still living as of 2011.
  Relatives: Daughter of John Rees and Joan (Pernetti) Rees; married to John Hamm.
  See also Wikipedia article
Nat Rogan Nat Rogan (c.1882-1943) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Chula Vista, San Diego County, Calif. Born in Ripley, Tippah County, Miss., about 1882. Democrat. Real estate business; financier; campaign manager for U.S. Sen. William G. McAdoo, 1932; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 6th California District, 1935-43; resigned 1943. Died, following a heart attack, in Mercy Hospital, San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., August 8, 1943 (age about 61 years). Cremated.
  Image source: Los Angeles Times, August 9, 1943
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