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John Edward Raker (1863-1926) —
also known as John E. Raker —
of Alturas, Modoc
County, Calif.
Born near Knoxville, Knox
County, Ill., February
22, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for California
state senate, 1898; superior court judge in California, 1905-10;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1908,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); California
Democratic state chair, 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from California, 1911-26 (1st District 1911-13,
2nd District 1913-26); died in office 1926.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
22, 1926 (age 62 years, 334
days).
Interment at Susanville
Cemetery, Susanville, Calif.
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Leon Douglas Ralph (1932-2007) —
also known as Leon D. Ralph —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
20, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
administrative assistant to California House Speaker Jess
Unruh; member of California
state assembly, 1967-76; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
minister.
African
Methodist Episcopal; later Church
of God. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; NAACP.
Died, in Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
6, 2007 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph; married, September
27, 1951, to Martha Ann Morgan; married to Ruth
Banda. |
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James Harvey Ralston (1807-1864) —
also known as James H. Ralston —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.; Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Austin, Lander
County, Nev.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., October
12, 1807.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; circuit
judge in Illinois 5th Circuit, 1837; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-39; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of Illinois
state senate, 1841-45; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1841; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46; served in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1853-54; candidate for chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1856; delegate
to Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863.
Member, Freemasons.
Died after becoming lost in a snowstorm,
in Nye
County, Nev., May 8,
1864 (age 56 years, 209
days).
Interment somewhere
in Austin, Nev.
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Henry Frazier Reams (1897-1971) —
also known as Frazier Reams —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
15, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1951-55.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
15, 1971 (age 74 years, 243
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Rollin Raymond Rees (1865-1935) —
also known as Rollin R. Rees —
of Minneapolis, Ottawa
County, Kan.
Born in Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, January
10, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; Ottawa
County Attorney, 1895-99; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1899-1902; district judge in
Kansas 30th District, 1903-10; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1911-13.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 30,
1935 (age 70 years, 140
days).
Interment at Fairhaven
Memorial Park, Santa Ana, 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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Edward D. Roberts (1864-1920) —
of Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Cambria, Columbia
County, Wis., July 18,
1864.
Republican. California
state treasurer, 1911-15; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, three days after surgery for acute appendicitis,
at Ramona Hospital,
San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., August
4, 1920 (age 56 years, 17
days).
Entombed at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Edwin Ewing Roberts (1870-1933) —
also known as Edwin E. Roberts; E. E.
Roberts —
of Carson
City, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Pleasant Grove, Sutter
County, Calif., December
12, 1870.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1911-19; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1912,
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918; mayor of
Reno, Nev., 1920.
Member, Freemasons; Woodmen.
Died in 1933
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Reno, Nev.
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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. |
| | | Image source: Casper (Wyoming)
Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931 |
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney
ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hubert Baxter Scudder (1888-1968) —
also known as Hubert B. Scudder —
of Sebastopol, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Sebastopol, Sonoma
County, Calif., November
5, 1888.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of California
state assembly, 1925-41; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1949-59.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died at Palm Drive Hospital,
Sebastopol, Sonoma
County, Calif., July 4,
1968 (age 79 years, 242
days).
Interment at Sebastopol
Cemetery, Sebastopol, Calif.
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Samuel Morgan Shortridge (1861-1952) —
also known as Samuel M. Shortridge —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, August
3, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S.
Senator from California, 1921-33.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Redmen.
Died January
17, 1952 (age 90 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
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Ezra L. Smith (1837-1921) —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Vermont, 1837.
Member of California
state assembly 15th District, 1865-67.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
22, 1921 (age about 83
years).
Cremated.
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H. Allen Smith (1909-1998) —
of Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Dixon, Lee
County, Ill., October
8, 1909.
Republican. FBI
agent; member of California
state assembly, 1949-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California; U.S.
Representative from California 20th District, 1957-73; delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1960,
1972.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 4,
1998 (age 88 years, 239
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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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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Augustus Daniel Splivalo (1840-1911) —
of California.
Born, of Italian and Dalmatian parents, in the South
Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, on his father's ship, the
Santa Teresa, May 24,
1840.
Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1871-73.
Catholic.
Italian
and Dalmatian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of nephritis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., December
12, 1911 (age 71 years, 202
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) —
also known as Leland Stanford —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., March 9,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
builder and president, Central Pacific Railroad;
founder
of Stanford University; Governor of
California, 1862-63; defeated, 1859; U.S.
Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 21,
1893 (age 69 years, 104
days).
Entombed at Stanford
University, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Abel Stearns (1798-1871) —
also known as "Cara de Caballo"; "Horse
Face" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Lunenburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
9, 1798.
Delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1849; member of California
state assembly, 1851-52, 1861-62 (2nd District 1851-52, 1st
District 1861-62).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
23, 1871 (age 73 years, 195
days).
Original interment somewhere
in San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Hall Stephens (1847-1924) —
also known as John H. Stephens —
of Vernon, Wilbarger
County, Tex.
Born in Shelby
County, Tex., November
22, 1847.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1886-88; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1897-1917.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
18, 1924 (age 76 years, 362
days).
Interment at East
View Cemetery, Vernon, Tex.
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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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Henry Elbert Stubbs (1881-1937) —
also known as Henry E. Stubbs —
of Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Coleman
County, Tex., March 4,
1881.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1933-37; died in
office 1937.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Redmen.
Died February
28, 1937 (age 55 years, 361
days).
Interment at Santa
Maria Cemetery, Santa Maria, Calif.
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Owen Paul Sutton (1821-1881) —
also known as Owen P. Sutton —
of California.
Born in Naples, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
8, 1821.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker;
member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1863; real estate
business.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
1, 1881 (age 60 years, 24
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1946 at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John Gayer Terry (b. 1897) —
also known as John G. Terry —
of Pixley, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born in Rockville, Bates
County, Mo., July 12,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1946; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Cameron Erskine Thom (1825-1915) —
also known as Cameron E. Thom —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va., June 20,
1825.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1854-57, 1869-73, 1877-79;
member of California
state senate, 1858-59; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1882-84.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
2, 1915 (age 89 years, 227
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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William Isham Traeger (1880-1935) —
also known as William I. Traeger —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Porterville, Tulare
County, Calif., February
26, 1880.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 15th District, 1933-35.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died January
20, 1935 (age 54 years, 328
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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James A. Trotter (1852-1928) —
of Vassar, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Schoharie
County, N.Y., March, 1852.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Vassar village Clerk, 1877-80;; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; postmaster of Vassar,
Mich., 1902.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1928
(age about
76 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Mich.
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Thomas Arthur Turner (1878-1943) —
also known as Arthur Turner —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., February
11, 1878.
Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1908-11.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 253
days).
Interment at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif.
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James Boyd Utt (1899-1970) —
also known as James B. Utt —
of Santa Ana, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Tustin, Orange
County, Calif., March
11, 1899.
Republican. Appraiser;
lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-70 (28th District 1953-63,
35th District 1963-70); died in office 1970; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Izaak
Walton League; Lions; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons; Shriners.
Suffered a heart
attack during religious
services at a church
in Washington, D.C., and died soon after at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 1,
1970 (age 70 years, 355
days).
Interment at Santa Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana, Calif.
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Frederick Douglas Vibert (1873-1954) —
also known as Fred D. Vibert —
of Cloquet, Carlton
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Gaspé, Quebec,
November
14, 1873.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1908;
mayor
of Cloquet, Minn., 1900; postmaster at Cloquet,
Minn., 1911; member of Minnesota
state senate 54th District, 1915-22; agricultural agent,
Minnesota Power and
Light.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
25, 1954 (age 80 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Douglas Vibert and Ellen (Hollick) Vibert. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Edwin Winslow Wade (1903-1976) —
also known as Edwin W. Wade —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak., October
15, 1903.
Mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1960-75.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Navy
League.
Died in June, 1976
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry M. Wade and Marian A. (Eaton) Wade; married, November
18, 1925, to Mary Bruce Garrick. |
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Marion Russell Walker (b. 1915) —
also known as Marion R. Walker —
of Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif., January
7, 1915.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Ventura County Democratic Party, 1946-50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 1950; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Methodist.
Member, Lions;
Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Russell Walker and Lena (Cannon) Walker; married to Dorothy
Burke. |
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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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Earl Warren (1891-1974) —
also known as "Superchief" —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
19, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Alameda
County District Attorney, 1925-39; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
Temporary Chair, 1944;
California
Republican state chair, 1934-36; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1936-38; California
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
California, 1943-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1948; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69; chair, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi; Exchange
Club.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1981.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1974 (age 83 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jonathan Whealdon (1832-1863) —
of Yuba
County, Calif.
Born in Ohio, February
13, 1832.
Member of California
state assembly 15th District, 1859-60.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev., 1863
(age about
31 years).
Interment somewhere
in Virginia City, Nev.
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Stephen Girard Whipple (1823-1895) —
also known as Stephen G. Whipple —
of Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
5, 1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly, 1854-55, 1857-58, 1863 (12th District 1854-55,
1857-58, 27th District 1863); served in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Member, Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif., October
21, 1895 (age 71 years, 350
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Grove Cemetery, Eureka, Calif.
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George Addison Whiting (1827-1903) —
also known as George A. Whiting —
of California.
Born in Holliston, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
20, 1827.
Member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1871-73.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died, of heart
disease, in Holliston, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
14, 1903 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Lake
Grove Cemetery, Holliston, Mass.
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Albion Paris Whitney (1825-1884) —
also known as A. P. Whitney —
of Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Corinth, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
15, 1825.
Republican. Lumber
business; grocer; grain
shipper; member of California
state senate, 1875; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1876.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
10, 1884 (age 58 years, 148
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hill Memorial Park, Petaluma, Calif.
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Paul Revere Williams (1894-1980) —
also known as Paul R. Williams —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
18, 1894.
Republican. Architect;
first
African-American architect west of the Mississippi, and first to be
member of the American Institute of Architects; designed many
Southern California landmarks, including the homes of Hollywood
celebrities; received the Spingarn
Medal in 1953; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1952,
1960;
member, California Housing Commission and California Civil Rights
Commission.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Institute of Architects; Freemasons.
Died, from diabetes,
in California Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
23, 1980 (age 85 years, 339
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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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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Will C. Wood (c.1881-1939) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Elmira, Solano
County, Calif., about 1881.
Republican. California
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-27; resigned 1927;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1928.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif., May 15,
1939 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Fred Langdon Woodworth (1877-1944) —
also known as Fred L. Woodworth —
of Caseville, Huron
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Caseville, Huron
County, Mich., January
8, 1877.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1909-12; member
of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1913-16; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Michigan, 1921-33; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1928; chair of
Wayne County Republican Party, 1934-35.
Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 4,
1944 (age 67 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Edwin Young (b. 1933) —
also known as Don Young —
of Fort Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska.
Born in Meridian, Sutter
County, Calif., June 9,
1933.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1967-70; member of Alaska
state senate, 1971-73; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1973-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; National
Education Association; Elks; Lions; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2019.
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Milton K. Young (1868-1953) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., April 7,
1868.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1908,
1912,
1932;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; Democratic
candidate for Governor of
California, 1930, 1934 (primary).
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died at St. Vincent's Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1953 (age 85 years, 2
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Evelle Jansen Younger (1918-1989) —
also known as Evelle J. Younger —
of California.
Born in Stamford, Harlan
County, Neb., June 19,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; FBI
agent; lawyer;
municipal judge in California, 1953-58; superior court judge in
California, 1958-64; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1964-70; California
state attorney general, 1971-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Alpha
Tau Omega; Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerotic
cardiovascular
disease, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 4,
1989 (age 70 years, 319
days).
Interment at Los
Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Jesse Arthur Younger (1893-1967) —
also known as J. Arthur Younger —
of San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., April
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-67 (9th District 1953-63,
11th District 1963-67); died in office 1967; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, of leukemia,
at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1967 (age 74 years, 70
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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