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George Edward Allen (1896-1973) —
also known as George E. Allen —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Booneville, Prentiss
County, Miss., February
29, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
hotel business; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1933-38, 1939-40;
resigned 1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1936;
Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1943; speechwriter
for Pres. Harry
Truman; director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1946.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Close friend of presidents Roosevelt,
Truman,
and Eisenhower.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Eisenhower Medical
Center, Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., April
23, 1973 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Booneville, Miss.
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H. H. Birkholm (1847-1912) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Denmark,
September
23, 1847.
Ship
captain; hotelier; Consul
for Denmark in San
Francisco, Calif., 1898-1910.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
8, 1912 (age 64 years, 107
days).
Interment at Olivet
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Tito Carinci (1928-2006) —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born December
15, 1928.
President and manager of the Glenn Hotel and the Tropicana bar and
casino; arrested
in 1961 on obstruction
of justice charges;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Newport, Ky., 1963.
Died November
12, 2006 (age 77 years, 332
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clinton Eastwood Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Clint Eastwood —
of Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif.; Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., May 31,
1930.
Republican. Movie
actor, producer,
director;
restaurant
and hotel owner; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1972;
speaker, 2012;
mayor, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1986-88.
Scottish,
Irish,
Dutch,
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Eric Ensign (b. 1958) —
also known as John E. Ensign —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Roseville, Placer
County, Calif., March
25, 1958.
Republican. Veterinarian;
hotel and casino manager; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1995-99; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 2001-; defeated, 1998; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 2008.
Pentecostal.
Italian,
German,
and Filipino
ancestry.
In June 2009, he admitted
to an extramarital
affair with Cindy Hampton, a member of his campaign staff and the
wife of his Senate aide Doug Hampton. In an unsuccessful attempt to
keep the Hamptons quiet about the affair, he gave them $96,000 (an illegally
undisclosed severance payment) through his parents. He also used
his influence to set up Jeff Hampton as a lobbyist,
in violation of laws restricting lobbying by former congressional
aides. A grand jury investigation
is in progress.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Semple Green (1832-1905) —
also known as Will S. Green —
of Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born December
26, 1832.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hotel-keeper; steamboat
captain; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly 25th District, 1867-69; California
state treasurer, 1898-99; promoter of irrigation projects.
Elected to the California Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died July 2,
1905 (age 72 years, 188
days).
Interment somewhere
in Colusa, Calif.; memorial monument at Will
S. Green Memorial, Near Hamilton City, Glenn County, Calif.
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Patrick Henry McGarry (1860-1935) —
also known as Patrick H. McGarry —
of Walker, Cass
County, Minn.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June, 1860.
Hotel-keeper; first village president, Walker, Minn.; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 52, 1909-10, 1913-14;
member of Minnesota
state senate 52nd District, 1915-22; resort
owner.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in California, 1935
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John R. Pollock (b. 1865) —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 22,
1865.
Mining
business; hotel manager; U.S. Consular Agent in Fernie, 1901-08; U.S. Vice Consul in Fernie, 1908-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Keith Smiley (1828-1912) —
also known as Albert K. Smiley —
Born in Vassalboro, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
17, 1828.
School
principal; created a resort hotel, now known as Mohonk
Mountain House, where many important conferences were held; member,
U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners, 1879-1912; Prohibition candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1888.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., December
2, 1912 (age 84 years, 260
days).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) —
also known as John D. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
16, 1853.
Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship
Company; president, Western Sugar
Company; owned the Hotel de Coronado, the San Diego Electric
Railway, newspapers
in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway,
from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896,
1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1896.
German
ancestry.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 7,
1926 (age 72 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph
Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie
C. Siebein. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | The Spreckels Theatre,
in San
Diego, California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Elementary
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Park,
in Coronado,
California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Harry James Stockman (b. 1919) —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 15,
1919.
Republican. Oil company
engineer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; hotel
operator; real estate
developer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1960.
Member, Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Joseph Stockman and Mary Ellen (Lewis) Stockman; married, January
15, 1943, to Betty Bill Romigh. |
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Benjamin Harrison Swig (1893-1980) —
also known as Benjamin H. Swig —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., November
17, 1893.
Democrat. Chairman, Fairmont Hotel Co.; chairman, Western Dairy
Products, Inc.; president, Security Title Insurance
Co., Benefit Standard Life
Insurance Co., Beneficial Fire and
Casualty Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1980
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Carey Troyer (1899-1962) —
also known as William C. Troyer —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif.
Born in Friend, Saline
County, Neb., January
13, 1899.
Republican. Hotel manager; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1944,
1948
(alternate).
Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., August
1, 1962 (age 63 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leroy Ellsworth Troyer and Mary E. Troyer. |
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Peter Victor Ueberroth (b. 1937) —
also known as Peter V. Ueberroth —
of Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1937.
Republican. President and organizer of the 1984 Summer Olympics;
commissioner of Major League Baseball,
1984-89; chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee; corporate director
of Coca-Cola
and Hilton Hotels; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2014.
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Karl Christian Weber (1902-1991) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Austria,
April
18, 1902.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; president and general manager, Hotel
Whitcomb; laundry
business; Honorary
Consul for Austria in San
Francisco, Calif., 1950-59.
Died April 8,
1991 (age 88 years, 355
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Alois Weber and Aloisia (Winner) Weber; married, July 25,
1927, to Dorothy Anne Wynne. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Eminent Americans
(1954) |
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William Mills Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932) —
also known as William Wrigley, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
30, 1861.
Republican. Founder, Wrigley chewing
gum company; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball
team; owner, Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, Ariz.; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team.
Died, from a stroke,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
26, 1932 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Originally entombed at Wrigley
Memorial and Botanical Gardens, Avalon, Calif.; re-entombed in
mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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