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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 Alexander (1839-1923) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
September
21, 1839.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; feed
and grain
business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909-13.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic; Moose.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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George Washington Ballard (b. 1904) —
also known as George W. Ballard —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Vinita, Cherokee Nation County, Indian Territory (now Craig
County, Okla.), February
22, 1904.
Democrat. Member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948,
1952.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Julian Beck (1905-1992) —
of San Fernando, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1905.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 41st District, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Died August
18, 1992 (age 87 years, 97
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Eternal
Valley Memorial Park, Santa Clarita, Calif.
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Richard Ely Bird (1878-1955) —
also known as Richard E. Bird —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
4, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas 18th District, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1955 (age 76 years, 67
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe (1874-1938) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bledsoe —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., February
8, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1900-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1914-25;
resigned 1925; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1925.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in Crestline, San
Bernardino County, Calif., October
30, 1938 (age 64 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Willis Winter Bradley (1884-1954) —
also known as Willis W. Bradley —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ransomville, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 28,
1884.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of
Guam, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; member of California
state assembly, 1953-54; died in office 1954.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Received the Medal
of Honor, for action on U.S.S. Pittsburgh, July 23, 1917.
Suffered a heart
attack during the noon recess of a legislative hearing,
and died soon after at Cottage Hospital,
Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., August
27, 1954 (age 70 years, 60
days).
Interment at Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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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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Dwight M. Britton (1886-1981) —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Williamsburg, Clermont
County, Ohio, August
7, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; St.
Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1920; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1922 (St. Joseph County), 1948
(St. Joseph District); candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1953.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Phi
Kappa Tau; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in Morro Bay, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., November
4, 1981 (age 95 years, 89
days).
Interment at Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Ohio.
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George Burnham (1868-1939) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Minn.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
December
28, 1868.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; retail shoe
business; real estate
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from California 20th District, 1933-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 28,
1939 (age 70 years, 182
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Kit Francis Clardy (1892-1961) —
also known as Kit F. Clardy; "Michigan's
McCarthy" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Palos Verdes Estates, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Butler, Bates
County, Mo., June 17,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Creston Transfer
Company; director, Truckaway
Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1953-55; defeated,
1950, 1954, 1956.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died in Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
5, 1961 (age 69 years, 80
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Henry Vance Clymer (1865-1934) —
also known as H. Vance Clymer —
of Yuma, Yuma
County, Ariz.; Fairfield, Solano
County, Calif.
Born in Marion
County, Ore., August
5, 1865.
Republican. Physician;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; American Medical
Association.
Died in Fairfield, Solano
County, Calif., October
4, 1934 (age 69 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nathaniel Parrish Conrey (1860-1936) —
also known as Nathaniel P. Conrey —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Franklin
County, Ind., June 30,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1899-1900; superior court judge in California,
1900-09; Judge,
California Court of Appeal 2nd District, 1913-35; justice of
California state supreme court, 1935-36; died in office 1936.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died, of complications from a spinal injury suffered in a fall, in
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
2, 1936 (age 76 years, 125
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of David La Rue Conrey and Hannah (Jameson) Conrey; married, November
21, 1890, to Ethelwyn Wells. |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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Jesse William Curtis (b. 1865) —
also known as Jesse W. Curtis —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., July 18,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; San
Bernardino County District Attorney, 1899-1903; superior court
judge in California, 1914-23; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1923-26; justice of
California state supreme court, 1926-31.
Baptist.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Jesse Curtis and Frances Sophia (Cowles) Curtis; married, June 23,
1892, to Ida Lucinda Seymour. |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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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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Edward Augustus Ducker (b. 1870) —
also known as Edward A. Ducker —
of Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., February
26, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Humboldt
County District Attorney, 1905-10; district judge in Nevada 6th
District, 1911-18; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1918-31; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1929-31.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Ducker and Augusta (Woodward) Ducker; married,
March
30, 1903, to Dollie B. Guthrie. |
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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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John Donnan Fredericks (1869-1945) —
also known as John D. Fredericks —
of Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Burgettstown, Washington
County, Pa., September
10, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1903-15; candidate for Governor of
California, 1914; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1923-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
26, 1945 (age 75 years, 350
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, 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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Henry Miller Hammond (1874-1941) —
also known as Harry M. Hammond —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1874.
Republican. Streetcar
conductor; building
materials business; postmaster at Alameda,
Calif., 1916, 1921-34 (acting, 1916).
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Killed in an automobile
accident in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
10, 1941 (age 66 years, 309
days). His wife was injured in the crash, and died the next day.
Cremated.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio
state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273
days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Originally entombed at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;
married, July 8,
1891, to Florence
Harding. |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Harding High
School, in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding High
School, in Warren,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding Middle
School, in Frankford,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The community
of Harding
Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for
him. — Warren Street,
G Street,
and Harding Street
(now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan,
Alaska, were all named for
him. — Harding Mountain,
in Chelan
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Mount
Harding, in Skagway,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His
Times — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.
Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Benjamin Harrison (1888-1960) —
of Needles, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., December
18, 1888.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1937-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died August
13, 1960 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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William P. James (b. 1870) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
10, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1905-10; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1910-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1923.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David James and Jane (Parry) James; married 1896 to Ella
V. Haas. |
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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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William Kettner (1864-1930) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
20, 1864.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 1913-21; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1916,
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1928
(alternate).
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., November
11, 1930 (age 65 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Charles McFerson Mannon (b. 1876) —
also known as Charles M. Mannon —
of Ukiah, Mendocino
County, Calif.
Born in San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., October
12, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1916
(alternate), 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Alexander Pollock Moore (1867-1930) —
also known as Alexander P. Moore —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
10, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1916;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1923-25; Peru, 1928-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
17, 1930 (age 62 years, 99
days).
Entombed at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Edward Neblett (1818-1907) —
of Weaverville, Trinity
County, Calif.; Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., July 18,
1818.
Whig. Hatter; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; Trinity
County Sheriff, 1855-57; member of California
state assembly 21st District, 1858-59; banker; hardware
business; mayor
of Santa Rosa, Calif., 1876-78.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., January
19, 1907 (age 88 years, 185
days).
Interment at Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Calif.
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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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Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) —
also known as Henry Z. Osborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
4, 1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1890-1900; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1890-94; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1917-23; defeated,
1914; died in office 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
8, 1923 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Enoch Homer Pardee (1826-1896) —
also known as Enoch H. Pardee —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y., April 1,
1826.
Republican. Physician;
member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1871-73; mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1876-78; member of California
state senate, 1880.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
21, 1896 (age 70 years, 173
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, 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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Hollis Monroe Peavey (b. 1897) —
also known as Hollis M. Peavey —
of Huntington Park, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Riceville, Mitchell
County, Iowa, March
27, 1897.
Republican. Mayor
of Huntington Park, Calif., 1942-44, 1947-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Musician
and leader of Peavy's Jazz Bandits, one of the first
jazz bands.
Burial location unknown.
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George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) —
also known as George C. Perkins —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kennebunkport, York
County, Maine, August
23, 1839.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
miller;
steamship
business; member of California
state senate, 1869-76; Governor of
California, 1880-83; U.S.
Senator from California, 1893-1915; appointed 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., February
26, 1923 (age 83 years, 187
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Harry E. Reynolds (b. 1903) —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
13, 1903.
Democrat. Advertising
business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1944,
1948;
chair
of San Bernardino County Democratic Party, 1946; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1946-50; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Eagles;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Ellsworth Wagner Rowell (1886-1953) —
also known as E. W. Rowell;
"Bert" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in California, March
29, 1886.
Republican. Locomotive
engineer; printing
business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1930-33; defeated, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1937;
candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 27,
1953 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married, November
2, 1906, to Daphne Cohen; married 1933 to Izetta
mae Daugaard. |
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Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931 |
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Meredith Pinxton Snyder (1859-1937) —
also known as Meredith P. Snyder; Pinky
Snyder —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., October
22, 1859.
Democrat. Mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1896-98, 1900-04, 1919-21; defeated,
1898, 1904, 1917, 1921.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died of bladder
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 7,
1937 (age 77 years, 167
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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William Dennison Stephens (1859-1944) —
also known as William D. Stephens —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Eaton, Preble
County, Ohio, December
26, 1859.
Republican. Merchant;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909; U.S.
Representative from California, 1911-16 (7th District 1911-13,
10th District 1913-16); resigned 1916; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1916-17; Governor of
California, 1917-23.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in the Santa Fe Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
25, 1944 (age 84 years, 121
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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