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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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Stephen Emil Anderson (1895-1978) —
also known as Steve E. Anderson —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Hanska, Brown
County, Minn., August
23, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; state bank
examiner; South
Dakota state auditor, 1945-50.
Catholic.
Member, Elks;
Kiwanis; American
Legion.
Died August
6, 1978 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Interment at Riverside
National Cemetery, Riverside, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Goodman Anderson and Emily (Helling) Anderson; married to Vera M.
Capesius. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Warren Hendry Atherton (1891-1976) —
also known as Warren H. Atherton —
of Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., December
28, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; storage
corporation executive; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate).
Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in March, 1976
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dwight C. Atherton and Elizabeth (Hendry) Atherton; married, July 7,
1917, to Anne Holt; married, August
17, 1952, to Marietta Monachino Cochran. |
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John Finley Baldwin Jr. (1915-1966) —
also known as John F. Baldwin, Jr. —
of Martinez, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 28,
1915.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1955-66 (6th District 1955-63,
14th District 1963-66); died in office 1966.
Member, Sierra
Club; Kiwanis.
Died, of cancer,
at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 9,
1966 (age 50 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oakmont
Memorial Park, Lafayette, Calif.
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Guy Vernon Bennett (b. 1880) —
also known as G. Vernon Bennett —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, February
17, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; university
professor; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938-40, 1948; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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George Edward Brown Jr. (1920-1999) —
also known as George E. Brown, Jr. —
of Monterey Park, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Holtville, Imperial
County, Calif., March 6,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Monterey Park, Calif., 1956-58; member of California
state assembly, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968
(alternate), 1972,
1988,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-71, 1973-99 (29th District
1963-71, 38th District 1973-75, 36th District 1975-93, 42nd District
1993-99); died in office 1999; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Methodist.
Member, Urban
League; Kiwanis; American
Legion; Amvets.
Died, of an infection
following earlier heart
valve replacement surgery, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 15,
1999 (age 79 years, 131
days).
Cremated.
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Delwin Morgan Clawson (1914-1992) —
also known as Del M. Clawson —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Downey, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Thatcher, Graham
County, Ariz., January
11, 1914.
Republican. Mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1957-63; U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-79 (23rd District 1963-75,
33rd District 1975-79).
Mormon.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Downey, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 5,
1992 (age 78 years, 115
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
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Caswell Jones Crebs (1912-1988) —
also known as Caswell J. Crebs —
of Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill.
Born in Carmi, White
County, Ill., January
14, 1912.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois 2nd Circuit, 1945-64; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 5th District, 1969-70, 1975-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks;
Kiwanis; Moose; Grange;
Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in Fountain Valley, Orange
County, Calif., March 5,
1988 (age 76 years, 51
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) —
also known as Frank M. Dixon —
of Alabama.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 25,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the war
and lost his
right leg; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933; Governor of
Alabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
11, 1965 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) —
also known as Richard Donovan; Dick
Donovan —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New Rochelle Hospital,
New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
24, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; police
officer; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;
died in office 1971.
Catholic;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Elks;
Kiwanis; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, and died soon after, in a hospital
at Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., November
21, 1971 (age 45 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif.
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Clyde Gilman Doyle (1887-1963) —
also known as Clyde Doyle —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; South Gate, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 11,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1945-47, 1949-63 (18th District
1945-47, 1949-53, 23rd District 1953-63); defeated, 1946; died in
office 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1948,
1960.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Kiwanis.
Died of a heart
attack in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., March
14, 1963 (age 75 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Robert Maurice Ebiner (b. 1927) —
of West Covina, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
2, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1963-68; campaign manager,
U.S. Rep. Ronald
B. Cameron, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1983.
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Relatives:
Married 1951 to Pamela
H. Van Sluyters. |
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Bob Engler —
of Thousand Oaks, Ventura
County, Calif.
Fire
chief; mayor
of Thousand Oaks, Calif., 2021-.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2022.
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Image source:
City of Thousand Oaks |
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Frank Feldhaus —
also known as "Mr. Anaheim" —
of Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.
Candidate for mayor
of Anaheim, Calif., 2002.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2002.
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Rupert Emil Flower (1896-1964) —
also known as Rupert Flower —
of Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born in Monticello, Green
County, Wis., September
18, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; optometrist;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1948.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in 1964
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Susan Golding (b. 1945) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., August
18, 1945.
Republican. Mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1992-2000.
Female.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis; Navy
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Brage Golding and Hilda Fay (Wolf) Golding; married, July 22,
1984, to Richard T. Silberman. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Bill Harrison —
of Fremont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Fremont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Accountant;
mayor
of Fremont, Calif., 2012-.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Robert Louis Leggett (1926-1997) —
also known as Robert L. Leggett —
of Vallejo, Solano
County, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Contra
Costa County, Calif., July 26,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1961-62; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1963-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1964,
1968
(alternate).
Member, Kiwanis; Elks; Redmen;
Sons
of Italy; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died of a heart
attack, in Orange, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1997 (age 71 years, 18
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Glenard Paul Lipscomb (1915-1970) —
also known as Glenard P. Lipscomb —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
19, 1915.
Republican. Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1947-53; U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 1953-70; died in
office 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Kiwanis; Elks.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
1, 1970 (age 54 years, 166
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Samuel Mardian Jr. (1919-2015) —
also known as Sam Mardian, Jr. —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 24,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; accountant;
construction
executive; campaign manager for Gov. Howard
Pyle, 1954; mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1960-64; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
23, 2015 (age 96 years, 152
days).
Interment at Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Ariz.
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William Micajah Martin (1917-1992) —
also known as William M. Martin —
of Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.; West Covina, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 30,
1917.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Kings County Republican Party, 1950-53; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1952;
member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1952-53; municipal judge in
California, 1957-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Moose;
Kiwanis; Exchange
Club.
Died May 8,
1992 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Alfred Martin and Caroline (Mandel) Martin; married, November
27, 1956, to Verna Jean Hill. |
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Carroll Wilmot Parcher (1903-1992) —
also known as Carroll W. Parcher; "Mr.
Glendale" —
of Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
13, 1903.
Republican. Newspaper
editor-publisher, columnist;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1952,
1956
(alternate); mayor
of Glendale, Calif., 1977-78, 1979-81, 1984-85.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Died, of cancer,
in Glendale Adventist Medical
Center, Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
31, 1992 (age 88 years, 200
days).
Interment at Grand View Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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George Cooper Pardee (1857-1941) —
also known as George C. Pardee —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 25,
1857.
Physician;
mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1893-95; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1900,
1904,
1912,
1924;
Governor
of California, 1903-07; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
1, 1941 (age 84 years, 38
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Edwin Reinecke (1924-2016) —
also known as Ed Reinecke —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Medford, Jackson
County, Ore., January
7, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 27th District, 1965-69; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1969-74; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1974; California
Republican state chair, 1983-85.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis.
Died in Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif., December
24, 2016 (age 92 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Margie L. Rice —
of Westminster, Orange
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Westminster, Calif., 2001-04.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2006.
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Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) —
also known as Friend W. Richardson; William
Richardson —
of California.
Born in Michigan, December
1, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; California
state treasurer, 1915-23; Governor of
California, 1923-27.
Quaker.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Rotary;
Kiwanis; Moose.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
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Deborah Robertson —
of Rialto, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in California.
Mayor
of Rialto, Calif., 2013-; defeated, 2008.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2014.
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Bill Sublette (b. 1963) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Walnut Creek, Contra
Costa County, Calif., April
12, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 40th District, 1993-; candidate
for mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 2003.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Theta; Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2003.
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George M. Vermillion —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1954-57.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died of a heart
attack.
Burial location unknown.
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Chesley Mathew Walter (b. 1889) —
also known as Chesley M. Walter —
of Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill., November
19, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1944.
Member, Kiwanis; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Walter and Catherine (Duffy) Walter; married 1912 to Fannie
Machen; married, May 24,
1941, to Dorothy Mills Smith. |
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Claude A. Watson (b. 1885) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Wexford
County, Mich., June 26,
1885.
Ordained
minister; lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; Prohibition candidate for
California
state attorney general, 1938, 1942, 1946; Prohibition candidate
for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948.
Free
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Herbert Wilson (1917-1984) —
also known as Charles H. Wilson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Magna, Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
15, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Kiwanis.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1978 for accepting a $1,000
wedding gift from a key figure in the Koreagate scandal;
censured
by the House of Representatives in 1980 for financial
misconduct; no criminal charges were filed.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Southern Maryland Hospital,
Clinton, Prince
George's County, Md., July 21,
1984 (age 67 years, 157
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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