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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.
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Steve Apodaca (c.1951-2001) —
of San Clemente, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Downey, Los Angeles
County, Calif., about 1951.
Republican. Insurance broker; political
consultant; candidate for California
state assembly 73rd District, 1998.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in San Clemente, Orange
County, Calif., April 2,
2001 (age about 50
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Nita Wentner Ashcraft —
also known as Nita Ashcraft —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Napa, Napa
County, Calif.
Republican. Real estate
agent; insurance broker; member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1966-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1968,
1972,
1992.
Female.
Protestant.
Still living as of 1992.
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Relatives:
Married to Wayne W. Wentner and Hale Ashcraft. |
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Leland Milton Backstrand (1899-1964) —
also known as Leland M. Backstrand —
of Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1899.
Republican. Insurance and real
estate business; member of California
state assembly, 1953-60; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1960;
member of California
state senate, 1961-64.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Optimist
Club; American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in 1964
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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Louis J. Baerthel (1866-1931) —
also known as "Daddy" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Illinois, July 24,
1866.
Real
estate and insurance business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1928-29; defeated, 1929.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
20, 1931 (age 64 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius E. Baerthel and Catherine (Loess) Baerthel; married to
Barbara M. Apperle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) —
also known as John J. Bagley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., July 24,
1832.
Republican. Cigar
manufacturer; president, Michigan Mutual Life Insurance
Company, 1867-72; bank
director; Governor of
Michigan, 1873-76.
Unitarian.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., July 27,
1881 (age 49 years, 3
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas J. Bane (1913-1999) —
also known as Tom Bane —
of Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Tarzana, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
28, 1913.
Democrat. Insurance agent; member of California
state assembly, 1959-64, 1975-92 (42nd District 1959-64, 40th
District 1975-92); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 27th District, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Lions; Toastmasters.
Died, from a respiratory
illness, in Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
11, 1999 (age 85 years, 104
days).
Interment at Eden Memorial Park, Mission Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Rudolph Beck (born c.1877) —
of Oxnard, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born about 1877.
Insurance business; mayor of
Oxnard, Calif., 1950-54.
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest King Bramblett (1901-1966) —
also known as Ernest K. Bramblett —
of Pacific Grove, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., April
25, 1901.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Pacific Grove, Calif., 1938-46; U.S.
Representative from California, 1947-55 (11th District 1947-53,
13th District 1953-55).
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Elks; Moose; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Investigated
by a federal grand jury in Washington over payroll padding in his
office; he had hired his
wife, received kickbacks
from employees who did no work, and made false
statements to the House disbursing officer; indicted
on 18 counts in June 1953; pleaded not guilty; tried in
February 1954; convicted
on seven counts; his conviction was stayed pending appeal, but
ultimately upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; fined
$5,000, placed on one-year probation,
and separately required to pay restitution.
Died December
27, 1966 (age 65 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Bryant (1831-1888) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Effingham, Carroll
County, N.H., October
30, 1831.
Democrat. Gold miner;
wholesale
liquor merchant; importer and dealer in safes and locks;
insurance business; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1875-79.
Jumped
or fell
from the ferry steamer Encinal, and drowned
in San
Francisco Bay, May 11,
1888 (age 56 years, 194
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Ephraim Willard Burr (1809-1894) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., March 7,
1809.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker;
insurance executive; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1856-59.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 20,
1894 (age 85 years, 135
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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George Ira Cochran (b. 1863) —
also known as George I. Cochran —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oshawa, Ontario,
July
1, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Member, Union
League.
Entombed at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. George Cochran and Catherine Lynch (Davidson) Cochran;
married, August
6, 1890, to Alice Maude McClung; married, April 3,
1907, to Isabelle May McClung. |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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David Christopher Crevelt (b. 1958) —
also known as David C. Crevelt —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Redwood City, San Mateo
County, Calif., June 10,
1958.
Republican. Insurance broker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1986.
Catholic.
Member, Theta
Chi; Lions.
Still living as of 1990.
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Relatives: Son
of John Theodore Crevelt and Audrey Joan (Stanford)
Crevelt. |
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Charles Calhoun Dail (1909-1968) —
also known as Charles C. Dail —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
11, 1909.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1948;
mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1955-63.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., July 13,
1968 (age 59 years, 184
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Charles W. Dempster (c.1879-1941) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, about 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1901-02; Supreme Secretary of the
Fraternal Brotherhood, an insurance union; on February 1,
1917, when he was ousted
by the brotherhood's Supreme Council on grounds of insubordination,
he drew
a revolver and held the council at bay for ten minutes; after
being disarmed by a private detective, he was arrested
for disturbing the peace; candidate for California
state senate 31st District, 1920; member of California
state assembly, 1931-34 (57th District 1931-32, 61st District
1933-34); candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1932, 1933 (primary).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 20,
1941 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace Warner. |
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Kenneth Warren Dyal (1910-1978) —
also known as Kenneth W. Dyal; Ken Dyal —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Bisbee, Cochise
County, Ariz., July 9,
1910.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; postmaster at
San
Bernardino, Calif., 1947-54 (acting, 1947-49); insurance
executive; U.S.
Representative from California 33rd District, 1965-67.
Mormon.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 12,
1978 (age 67 years, 307
days).
Interment at Montecito
Memorial Park, Colton, Calif.
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Frederick Bartlett Fancher (1852-1944) —
also known as Frederick B. Fancher —
of Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., April 2,
1852.
Republican. Insurance business; farmer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Stutsman
County, 1889; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1894-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1899-1901; wholesale
grocer.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1944 (age 91 years, 283
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Clarence F. Graebner (1899-1967) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., October
13, 1899.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1947-54; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1955-62.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died in Torrance, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
23, 1967 (age 67 years, 133
days).
Entombed at Oakwood
Memorial Mausoleum, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894-1956) —
also known as Carl Hinshaw —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1939-56 (11th District 1939-43,
20th District 1943-56); defeated, 1936; died in office 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948.
Died, of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
5, 1956 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Nhut Ho (born c.1940) —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born about 1940.
Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 2004.
Vietnamese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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Joseph Franklin Holt III (1924-1997) —
also known as Joseph F. Holt; Joe Holt —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 6,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
insurance business; public
relations business; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1948,
1956;
speaker, 1952;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1953-61.
Died in Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 14,
1997 (age 73 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Clark Hoover Jr. (1903-1969) —
also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
August
4, 1903.
Republican. Petroleum
geologist;
mining
engineer;
inventor;
president, Aeronautical
Radio,
Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; director, Monsanto
Chemical
Company; director, Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation; director, Southern California Edison
Company; director, Hanna Mining
Company; director, Pacific Mutual Insurance Company; delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1960.
Died, of cancer,
in Huntington Community Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1969 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Frank Darr Jackson (1854-1938) —
also known as Frank D. Jackson —
of Iowa.
Born in Arcade, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
26, 1854.
Secretary
of state of Iowa, 1885-91; Governor of
Iowa, 1894-96; insurance executive.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., November
16, 1938 (age 84 years, 294
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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Henry Kuiper (born c.1941) —
of El Centro, Imperial
County, Calif.
Born about 1941.
Republican. Insurance agent; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Keith Land —
of Lodi, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Insurance business; mayor of
Lodi, Calif., 1998-99.
Still living as of 1999.
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Charles Jeremy Lewis (b. 1934) —
also known as Jerry Lewis —
of Highland, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., October
21, 1934.
Republican. Insurance business; member of California
state assembly, 1969-78; candidate for California
state senate, 1973; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2008 (37th District 1979-83,
35th District 1983-93, 40th District 1993-2003, 41st District
2003-08); delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1992.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Knud Henry Lund (1832-1919) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Norway,
October
5, 1832.
Commission
merchant; importer
and exporter; marine
insurance business; Consul
for Sweden & Norway in San
Francisco, Calif., 1885-1903; Consul
for Norway in San
Francisco, Calif., 1910-11.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
5, 1919 (age 86 years, 123
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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James Henry MacLafferty (1871-1937) —
also known as James H. MacLafferty —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., February
27, 1871.
Republican. Lumber
business; insurance business; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1922-25.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Lions.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 9,
1937 (age 66 years, 102
days).
Cremated.
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Stephen Malatesta (b. 1887) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
25, 1887.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
broker; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1946-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gaetano Malatesta and Assunta (Leveroni) Malatesta; married, August
29, 1945, to Mary Fitch Wilcox. |
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Isaac Augustus Manning (1864-1942) —
also known as Isaac A. Manning —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Abington, Wayne
County, Ind., January
14, 1864.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; newspaper
reporter; real
estate and insurance business; coffee
planter;
U.S. Consular Agent in Matagalpa, 1899-1905; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1907-09; La Guaira, 1909-11; Barranquilla, 1911-16.
Congregationalist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
17, 1942 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Edward P. Meany (1854-1938) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 13,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, New Mexico Central and Southern Railway;
one of the organizers of the American Bell
Telephone Company, and counsel to American Telephone and
Telegraph Company; director, Colonial Life Insurance Company
of America; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1896,
1900;
chair
of Morris County Democratic Party, 1914.
Irish
and English
ancestry.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., November
24, 1938 (age 84 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Augustine Meany and Maria Lavina (Shannon) Meany; married
to Rosalie Behr; married 1923 to Andrie
Chesnal. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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R. C. Miller —
of El Monte, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Insurance agent; mayor
of El Monte, Calif., 1948-55.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Yoshio Mineta (b. 1931) —
also known as Norman Y. Mineta; Norm
Mineta —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
12, 1931.
Democrat. Insurance business; mayor
of San Jose, Calif., 1971-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972
(alternate), 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988
(Co-Chair;
speaker),
2000;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1975-95 (13th District 1975-93,
15th District 1993-95); resigned 1995; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 2000-01; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 2001-06.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Bradstreet Stinson Rairden (1858-1944) —
also known as Bradstreet S. Rairden —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
7, 1858.
Ship
captain; insurance agent; U.S. Consul in Batavia, 1892-97, 1900-17; Riviere du Loup, 1917-20; Curaçao, 1920-24; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Batavia, 1898-1900.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
9, 1944 (age 86 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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Percy Wallace Rairden (1889-1970) —
also known as Percy W. Rairden —
Born in Anjer, Java (Anyer, Indonesia),
November
14, 1889.
Insurance agent; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Batavia, 1911-14.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
24, 1970 (age 80 years, 314
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel C. Reed (1847-1938) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Wisconsin, June, 1847.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1884;
mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1897-99; defeated, 1887.
Died March
12, 1938 (age 90 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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John Harbin Rousselot (1927-2003) —
also known as John H. Rousselot —
of San Gabriel, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
1, 1927.
Republican. Insurance agent; public
relations consultant; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-63, 1970-83 (25th District
1961-63, 24th District 1970-75, 26th District 1975-83); defeated,
1982.
Member, John
Birch Society.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Irvine Medical
Center, Irvine, Orange
County, Calif., May 11,
2003 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Frederick Seward (1840-1910) —
also known as George F. Seward —
of California; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., November
8, 1840.
U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1861-63; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1863-76; U.S. Minister to China, 1876-80; president, Fidelity and Casualty Company
of New York, 1893-1910.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1910 (age 70 years, 20
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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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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Richard Joseph Welch (1869-1949) —
also known as Richard J. Welch —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, 1869.
Republican. Insurance broker; real estate
business; member of California
state senate, 1901-13; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1926-49; died in
office 1949.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles.
While traveling by
train, suffered a heart
attack, and died the next day, in a hospital
at Needles, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
10, 1949 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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William Joseph Wynn (1860-1935) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 12,
1860.
Democrat. Machinist;
U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1903-05;
insurance business.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
4, 1935 (age 74 years, 206
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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