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James Carson Needham (1864-1942) —
also known as James C. Needham —
of Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born, in an covered
wagon en route to California, at Carson
City, Nev., September
17, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for California
state senate, 1890; U.S.
Representative from California, 1899-1913 (7th District
1899-1903, 6th District 1903-13); superior court judge in California,
1919-34.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif., July 11,
1942 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Modesto, Calif.
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Shawn Nelson —
of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.
Lawyer; mayor
of Fullerton, Calif., 2004-05, 2006-.
Still living as of 2007.
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Harry P. Newblatt (1926-2002) —
of Genesee
County, Mich.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born February
10, 1926.
Candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1974; lawyer.
Died April
10, 2002 (age 76 years, 59
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Griffith Newlands (1848-1917) —
also known as Francis G. Newlands —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., August
28, 1848.
Lawyer; trustee of the estate of U.S. Senator William
Sharon, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1903-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1917 (age 69 years, 118
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Chevy
Chase Circle, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Cecil Newman (1917-1996) —
also known as Frank C. Newman —
of California.
Born in Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif., July 17,
1917.
Lawyer; law
professor; justice of
California state supreme court, 1977-82.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., February
18, 1996 (age 78 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Johnston Newman and Anna (Dunn) Newman; married, January
14, 1940, to Frances Burks. |
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John Francis Neylan (1885-1960) —
also known as John F. Neylan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; counsel to, and close associate of, William
Randolph Hearst; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member, University of California Board of Regents,
1928-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a pulmonary
condition, in University Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
19, 1960 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) —
also known as Richard M. Nixon; "Tricky
Dick"; "Searchlight" —
of Whittier, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Yorba Linda, Orange
County, Calif., January
9, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from California, 1950-53; appointed 1950; resigned 1953;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
Vice
President of the United States, 1953-61; President
of the United States, 1969-74; defeated, 1960; candidate for Governor of
California, 1962; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964.
Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Order of
the Coif.
Discredited by the Watergate scandal,
as many of his subordinates were charged with crimes; in July 1974,
the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted three articles of
impeachment against him, over obstruction
of justice, abuse
of power, and contempt
of Congress; soon after, a tape recording emerged which directly
implicated
him in the Watergate
break-in; with impeachment certain, he resigned;
pardoned
in 1974 by President Gerald
R. Ford.
Died, from a stroke,
at New York
Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1994 (age 81 years, 103
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon and Hannah (Milhous) Nixon; married,
June
21, 1940, to Thelma
Catherine Ryan; father of Julie Nixon (daughter-in-law of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; granddaughter-in-law of Dwight
David Eisenhower); second cousin of John
Duffy Alderson. |
| | Political families: Lee-Randolph
family; Carroll
family of Maryland; Eisenhower-Nixon
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: Maurice
H. Stans — John
H. Holdridge — Clark
MacGregor — Harry
L. Sears — Harry
S. Dent — Christian
A. Herter, Jr. — John
N. Mitchell — G.
Bradford Cook — Raymond
Moley — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Nils
A. Boe — Murray
M. Chotiner — Richard
Blumenthal — G.
Gordon Liddy — Robert
D. Sack — Edward
G. Latch — William
O. Mills — Meyer
Kestnbaum |
| | Campaign slogan (1968): "Nixon's the
One!" |
| | Epitaph: "The greatest honor history
can bestow is the title of peacemaker." |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | Books by Richard M. Nixon: RN
: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) — Beyond
Peace (1994) — 1999:
Victory Without War (1988) — Leaders
(1982) — Memoirs —
Six
Crises (1962) — The
Challenges We Face (1960) — In
the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal
(1990) — No
More Vietnams (1985) — The
Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon (1974) — Real
Peace (1984) — The
Real War (1980) — Seize
The Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World
(1992) |
| | Books about Richard M. Nixon: Melvin
Small, The
Presidency of Richard Nixon — Joan Hoff, Nixon
Reconsidered — Jonathan Aitken, Nixon
: A Life — Garry Wills, Nixon
Agonistes : The Crisis of the Self-Made Man — Thomas
Monsell, Nixon
on Stage and Screen : The Thirty-Seventh President As Depicted in
Films, Television, Plays and Opera — Stephen E.
Ambrose, Nixon
: Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 — Richard
Reeves, President
Nixon: Alone in the White House — Roger Morris, Richard
Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician —
Robert Mason, Richard
Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority — Jules
Witcover, Very
Strange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon
& Spiro Agnew |
| | Critical books about Richard M. Nixon:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Lance Morrow,
The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power — Don Fulsom, Nixon's
Darkest Secrets: The Inside Story of America's Most Troubled
President |
| | Image source: United States Mint
engraving |
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Samuel Frederick Noon (1879-1966) —
also known as S. Fred Noon —
of Nogales, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
3, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nogales, as of 1905; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Arizona, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
English
ancestry.
Died September
20, 1966 (age 86 years, 321
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Albert Norris (1927-2017) —
also known as William A. Norris —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Turtle Creek, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
30, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
law clerk for Justice William
O. Douglas, 1955-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1964,
1968,
1972;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1980-94; took
senior status 1994.
Died January
21, 2017 (age 89 years, 144
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ray J. O'Brien (b. 1889) —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Mare Island, Solano
County, Calif., November
2, 1889.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit
judge in Hawaii, 1922-25, 1943-45; Judge, Hawaii Territory Tax Appeal
Court, 1925-41; U.S.
Attorney for Hawaii, 1945-51.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John O'Brien and Katherine (Hayes) O'Brien; married 1923 to Ruth
Louise True. |
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William Augustine O'Brien (b. 1903) —
also known as William A. O'Brien —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 26,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1930-33; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(alternate); secretary of
California Republican Party, 1946.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Ambrose O'Connell (1881-1962) —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born near Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, July 9,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
work; assistant to postmaster general James
A. Farley, 1933-39; Second Assistant Postmaster General, 1939-40;
First Assistant Postmaster General, 1940-43; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1944-48.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., October
13, 1962 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John A. O'Connell (c.1920-2000) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born about 1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1955-63; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1962.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, at the California Pacific Medical
Center, San
Francisco, Calif., March 4,
2000 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Warren Olney (1841-1921) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Davis
County, Iowa, March
11, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from
California, 1896; director, California Title
Insurance and Trust Company; president, South San Francisco Dock
Company; mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1903-05.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 2,
1921 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Warren Olney Jr. (b. 1870) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., October
15, 1870.
Lawyer; law
professor; general counsel and receiver, Western Pacific Railway;
justice
of California state supreme court, 1919-21.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Culbert Levy Olson (1876-1962) —
also known as Culbert L. Olson —
of Utah; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Fillmore, Millard
County, Utah, November
7, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Utah
state senate, 1916-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Utah, 1920;
member of California
state senate, 1935-39; Governor of
California, 1939-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-43; California
Democratic state chair, 1944-46.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Died at a rest
home in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
13, 1962 (age 85 years, 157
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Leonard Padilla (b. 1939) —
of California.
Born in 1939.
Lawyer; Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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George True Page (1859-1941) —
also known as George T. Page —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Spring Bay, Woodford
County, Ill., September
22, 1859.
Lawyer; bank
director; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1919-30; took
senior status 1930.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., November
4, 1941 (age 82 years, 43
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1922) —
also known as Thomas N. Page —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Oakland Plantation, Hanover
County, Va., April
23, 1853.
Lawyer; author;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1913-19.
Died in Oakland Plantation, Hanover
County, Va., November
1, 1922 (age 69 years, 192
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Joseph Pagliaro Jr. (b. 1940) —
also known as Frank J. Pagliaro, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
10, 1940.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for California
state assembly, 1970; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1970-73; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
mayor
of Burlingame, Calif., 1988-89, 1992-93.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Sigma
Nu; Lions.
Still living as of 1993.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Joseph Pagliaro and Edith (Bennett) Pagliaro; married 1969 to Bonnie
Kay Dickason. |
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman
car porter; lawyer; Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
Black magistrate, 1936, and first
Black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
30, 1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ronald Jason Palmieri (b. 1950) —
of Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
5, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Victor Henry Palmieri (b. 1930) —
also known as Victor H. Palmieri —
of Malibu, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
16, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1968;
U.S. Ambassador to , 1979-81.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Beta
Gamma Sigma.
Still living as of 1991.
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Leon Edward Panetta (b. 1938) —
also known as Leon E. Panetta —
of Carmel Valley, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif., June 28,
1938.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen Thomas
H. Kuchel, 1966-69; U.S.
Representative from California, 1977-93 (16th District 1977-93,
17th District 1993); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1988
(speaker).
Catholic.
Director, Office of Management and Budget, 1993-94; White House chief
of staff, 1994-96.
Still living as of 2014.
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Virginia Papan —
also known as Gina Papan —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for California
state assembly 19th District, 2002.
Female.
Greek
ancestry. Member, Lions; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2007.
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Sean Randall Parnell (b. 1962) —
also known as Sean Parnell —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Hanford, Kings
County, Calif., November
19, 1962.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1992, 1994; member of Alaska
state senate District I, 1997-2000; Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 2006-09; Governor of
Alaska, 2009-14.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Russell E. Parsons —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1950.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Pashayan Jr. (b. 1941) —
also known as Chip Pashayan —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., March
27, 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1979-91; defeated,
1990.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul Peek (1904-1987) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Iowa, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1937-39; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1939; California
Democratic state chair, 1939; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940;
secretary
of state of California, 1940-42.
Methodist.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Christine Pelosi (b. 1966) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in California, May 5,
1966.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2008; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Female.
Still living as of 2019.
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Wallace Monroe Pence (b. 1860) —
of Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif.; San Miguel, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Rozetta Township, Henderson
County, Ill., March
27, 1860.
School
teacher; lawyer; Prohibition candidate for California
state attorney general, 1910.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert T. Pence and Elizabeth (Conger) Pence; married, January
4, 1893, to Carrie M. Beeman. |
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Cornelius Welles Pendleton (1859-1936) —
also known as Cornelius W. Pendleton —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly 71st District, 1893-96, 1899-1900; member of California
state senate, 1901-04; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1907-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Union
League.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
17, 1936 (age 77 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Richard Foster Perkins (1809-1868) —
also known as Richard F. Perkins —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
12, 1809.
Lawyer; postmaster at Augusta,
Maine, 1842-43; San
Francisco, Calif., 1864-68; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1844-45.
Died aboard
the passenger ship Colorado, on a voyage from San Francisco to
New York, in the North
Pacific Ocean, October
13, 1868 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Buried at sea in North Pacific Ocean.
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Michael Anthony Peroutka (b. 1952) —
also known as Michael Peroutka —
of Millersville, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
7, 1952.
Lawyer; Constitution candidate for President
of the United States, 2004; Constitution candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Bohemian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Eric J. Perrodin (b. 1959) —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born February
26, 1959.
Police
officer; lawyer; mayor
of Compton, Calif., 2001-.
Still living as of 2007.
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Horace Garvin Platt (1852-1910) —
also known as Horace G. Platt —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; orator;
member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1881-83; Vice-Consul
for Russia in San
Francisco, Calif., 1892-1903; president of a San Francisco streetcar
line.
Died, in Adler Sanatorium,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
29, 1910 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Howard Wallace Pollock (1920-2011) —
also known as Howard W. Pollock —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
11, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lost his
right arm in a grenade explosion; lawyer; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1953-54; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1967-71; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1972.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., January
9, 2011 (age 90 years, 273
days).
Interment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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John Gotea Pressley (1833-1895) —
of Kingstree, Williamsburg District (now Williamsburg
County), S.C.
Born in Williamsburg District (now Williamsburg
County), S.C., May 24,
1833.
Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Williamsburg,
1860-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., July 5,
1895 (age 62 years, 42
days).
Interment at Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of John Brockington Pressley and Sarah (Gotea) Pressley; married to
Julia Caroline Burckmyer. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Sol Price (1916-2009) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
23, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; Retailer
who started the "warehouse club" model copied by Sam's Club and
others; his Price Club chain merged with Costco; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960;
philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
14, 2009 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Prince (1854-1939) —
also known as George W. Prince —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Tazewell
County, Ill., March 4,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Knox County Republican Party, 1884; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1888-91; candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1913 (10th District 1895-1903,
15th District 1903-13).
Died in 1939
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Anthony Joseph Principi (b. 1944) —
also known as Anthony J. Principi —
of Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April
16, 1944.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; staff director for U.S. Sen. Alan
Simpson, 1984-86; U.S.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2001-05; resigned 2005; lobbyist
for Pfizer drug
company; chairman, QTC Management.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jay Robert Pritzker (b. 1965) —
also known as J. B. Pritzker —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif., January
19, 1965.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1998; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2008,
2016;
Governor
of Illinois, 2019-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2019.
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Claude Fouts Purkitt (1875-1930) —
also known as Claude F. Purkitt —
of Willows, Glenn
County, Calif.
Born in Fouts Springs, Colusa
County, Calif., September
7, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state senate, 1914-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1916;
superior court judge in California, 1921-28; California
Democratic state chair, 1922-28.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Willows, Glenn
County, Calif., January
11, 1930 (age 54 years, 126
days).
Interment at Willows
Cemetery, Willows, Calif.
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