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Hugo H. Bayona (b. 1928) —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 23,
1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
laboratory technician; nonprofit organization
executive; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1972.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Jose M. Bayona and Enriqueta (Herrera) Bayona; married 1950 to Alline
Aston. |
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Edward Bright Bruce (1879-1943) —
also known as Edward Bruce —
Born in Dover Plains, Dutchess
County, N.Y., April
13, 1879.
Lawyer;
artist;
lobbyist;
arts administrator; member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts,
1940-43.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., January
26, 1943 (age 63 years, 288
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Thomas F. Feeley —
of California.
Socialist. Laborer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1918; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from California, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) —
also known as "The Pathfinder"; "The
Champion of Freedom" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
21, 1813.
Republican. Explorer; Military
Governor of California, 1847; arrested
for mutiny,
1847; court-martialed;
found
guilty of mutiny,
disobedience,
and conduct
prejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres. James
K. Polk; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate for President
of the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1878-81; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Episcopalian.
French
ancestry.
Died, of peritonitis,
in a hotel
room at New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1890 (age 77 years, 173
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 at Rockland
Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont; married, October
19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter of Thomas
Hart Benton). |
| | | Political families: Benton
family of Missouri and Tennessee; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Selah
Hill |
| | | Fremont County,
Colo., Fremont County,
Idaho, Fremont County,
Iowa and Fremont County,
Wyo. are named for him. |
| | | Fremont Peak,
in Monterey
County and San Benito
County, California, is named for
him. — Fremont Peak,
in Coconino
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
California, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
Ohio, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Fremont (built 1941 at Terminal
Island, California; mined and wrecked in Manila
Bay, Philippines, 1945) was named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: John
F. Hill
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| | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,
Free Men, Fremont." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by John C. Fremont: Memoirs
of My Life and Times |
| | | Books about John C. Fremont: Tom
Chaffin, Pathfinder:
John Charles Fremont and the Course of American
Empire — David Roberts, A
Newer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the
American West — Andrew Rolle, John
Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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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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Ned Romeyn Healy (1905-1977) —
also known as Ned R. Healy —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
9, 1905.
Democrat. Stock and bond
salesman; office manager; U.S.
Representative from California 13th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946, 1948; automobile
parts business.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
10, 1977 (age 72 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. (b. 1960) —
also known as Jon Huntsman, Jr. —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March
26, 1960.
Republican. Business executive; U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 1992-93; Governor of
Utah, 2005-; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Utah, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Mormon.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Youngest U.S. Ambassador of the 20th century.
Still living as of 2014.
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Clara Kahler (b. 1880) —
also known as Clara Felecia Goodman —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Auburn, DeKalb
County, Ind., March 8,
1880.
Democrat. Stenographer; actress;
candidate for California
state senate, 1946.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Benedict Goodman and Margaret (Von Hohenstein) Goodman;
married to John Kahler. |
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Henrique J. Laidley (1828-1904) —
also known as Henrique Laidley; Henry
Laidley —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Portugal,
June
24, 1828.
Debt collector; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in San
Francisco, Calif., 1870-1904.
English
and Portugese
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his consular
office, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
7, 1904 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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William Joseph McCafferty (b. 1889) —
also known as William J. McCafferty —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., September
23, 1889.
Stenographer; U.S. Vice Consul in Melbourne, 1917-20; Auckland, 1920-21; Hong Kong, 1921-23; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1923; Amoy, 1923; San Salvador, 1924-27; Chihuahua, 1929-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Henry McGarry (1860-1935) —
also known as Patrick H. McGarry —
of Walker, Cass
County, Minn.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June, 1860.
Hotel-keeper;
first village president, Walker, Minn.; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 52, 1909-10, 1913-14;
member of Minnesota
state senate 52nd District, 1915-22; resort owner.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in California, 1935
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Scott A. Mednick (b. 1956) —
of Calabasas, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in 1956.
Democrat. Business executive; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Devin Nunes (b. 1973) —
of Tulare, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born in Tulare, Tulare
County, Calif., October
1, 1973.
Republican. Farmer;
business owner; U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 2003-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Genevieve Nutto (1902-1993) —
also known as Genevieve Heffernan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., October
23, 1902.
Republican. Stenographer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1950.
Female.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died in Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif., May 2,
1993 (age 90 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Heffernan and Anna M. Heffernan. |
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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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Alma Pedroza (1917-1999) —
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
22, 1917.
Democrat. Opera
singer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960 ; travel agency owner.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest while suffering from lung
cancer and colon
cancer, in Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
16, 1999 (age 81 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alfonso Pedroza. |
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G. J. Rindler —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Socialist. Janitor; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1925.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Schildhauer (b. 1872) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Holstein, Calumet
County, Wis., August
21, 1872.
Republican. Engineer;
business executive; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1948.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi.
Did engineering work on Panama Canal locks, 1906-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Lionel Sanford Steinberg (b. 1919) —
also known as Lionel Steinberg —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.; Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., April
20, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; farmer;
business executive; chair of
Fresno County Democratic Party, 1952-58; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate).
Jewish.
Member, Urban
League; NAACP; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Steinberg and Selma (Steinberg) Steinberg; married, April
10, 1949, to Mary Louise Endfield. |
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