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Alphonzo Edward Bell Jr. (1914-2004) —
also known as Alphonzo Bell —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
19, 1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
president, Bell Oil Company, 1947-59; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1956;
California
Republican state chair, 1956-59; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1956-59; U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-77 (16th District 1961-63,
28th District 1963-75, 27th District 1975-77); candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1969; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1976.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in St. John's Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
25, 2004 (age 89 years, 219
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Claude Stout Brinegar (1926-2009) —
also known as Claude Brinegar; Claude Rawles
Stout —
Born in Rockport, Mendocino
County, Calif., December
16, 1926.
Oil executive; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March
13, 2009 (age 82 years, 87
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Henry Buck (1887-1942) —
also known as Frank H. Buck —
of Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif.
Born near Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif., September
23, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
grower;
director of oil and lumber
companies; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1933-42; died in
office 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Theta
Delta Chi.
Died, of "apoplexy" (stroke),
in Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1942 (age 54 years, 359
days).
Interment at Vacaville-Elmira
Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
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John Harley Burke (1894-1951) —
also known as John H. Burke —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Excelsior, Richland
County, Wis., June 2,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
oil producer; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1933-35.
Died in a hospital
at Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 14,
1951 (age 56 years, 346
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) —
of Verona, Essex
County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex
County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., September
5, 1855.
Grocer; invented
and manufactured
the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex
County Freeholder; real estate
business; New York representative for Union Oil Company of
California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital
1924; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27.
Methodist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
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Frank Frankel (1886-1975) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born October
2, 1886.
Mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1924, 1930-33; defeated, 1925 (Democratic
primary), 1925 (Republican), 1929 (Democratic primary); founder of
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
indicted
in September 1927 on charges
of maintaining a gambling
place; the charges were later dropped; in December 1929, his right to
take office as mayor was unsuccessfully challenged
by the Long Beach police chief, based on vote
fraud (for which many had been arrested and prosecuted) and the
expectation that Frankel would tolerate
gambling in the city; indicted
in January 1933 for fraud
over his transfer of $90,000 in city funds to the Long Beach Trust
Company, which subsequently closed; the indictment was dismissed in
February; indicted
again in May 1933, along with two city council members, over the
diversion of $750,000 of state and county tax revenue to city
projects; pleaded not guilty; no trial was held; the indictment was
dismissed in 1937; oil producer.
Died, in a hospital
at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 12,
1975 (age 88 years, 253
days).
Interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.
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Spencer Pettis Gracey (1865-1933) —
also known as Spencer P. Gracey —
of Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
18, 1865.
Opera
singer; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, as of 1898; U.S. Consular Marshal in Foochow, as of 1898; worked for Standard Oil company in
Japan and China; foreign
exchange broker.
Died, from peritonitis
and heart
failure, in International Hospital,
Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China,
January
15, 1933 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Edmond William Griffith (1862-1932) —
also known as E. W. Griffith —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in L'Avenir, Quebec,
September
9, 1862.
Republican. Oil dealer; lumber
merchant; building
contractor; real estate
developer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1924
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); member of Nevada
state senate, 1921-22; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1922; candidate for mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1925.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., October
31, 1932 (age 70 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Edward Hellman Heller (1900-1961) —
also known as Edward H. Heller —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
15, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; financier;
director, and member executive committee, Wells Fargo Bank;
director, Permanente Cement
Co., Bandini Petroleum Co., Olympic Radio and
Television, Inc., Heller Land
Co., Permanente Steamship
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1960;
Regent, University of California, 1942-58.
Jewish.
Died in Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
18, 1961 (age 61 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter William Herger (b. 1945) —
also known as Wally Herger —
of Roseville, Placer
County, Calif.; Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; Chico, Butte
County, Calif.
Born in Yuba City, Sutter
County, Calif., May 20,
1945.
Republican. Oil executive; member of California
state assembly, 1981-87; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1987-2013.
Mormon.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas Stephen Hogan (1869-1957) —
also known as Thomas S. Hogan —
of Montana; Midland, Midland
County, Tex.
Born in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis., December
23, 1869.
Oil business; candidate for Montana
state house of representatives, 1894; secretary
of state of Montana, 1897-1901; Silver Republican candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Montana at-large, 1898; Independent
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1900; member of Montana
state senate, 1910-14; in Midland, Texas, he built the Yucca movie
theater (1927) and the 12-story Hogan Building (1929), the city's
first
"skyscaper".
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
25, 1957 (age 87 years, 276
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Herbert Clark Hoover Jr. (1903-1969) —
also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
August
4, 1903.
Republican. Petroleum geologist;
mining
engineer;
inventor;
president, Aeronautical
Radio,
Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; director, Monsanto
Chemical
Company; director, Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation; director, Southern California Edison
Company; director, Hanna Mining
Company; director, Pacific Mutual Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1960.
Died, of cancer,
in Huntington Community Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1969 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Gladys O'Donnell (b. 1904) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 2,
1904.
Republican. Aviation
business; flight
instructor; oil production; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1952,
1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Soroptimists.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to George Osmer Berry. |
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David Packard (1912-1996) —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
7, 1912.
Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard
electronics and computer
company; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, Pacific
Gas &
Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens National Bank,
General Dynamics Corp., U.S. Steel Corp.,
Trans World Airways,
Standard Oil of California, Caterpillar Tractor
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; philanthropist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta
Pi; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Stanford University Hospital,
Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March
26, 1996 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Edwin Wendell Pauley, Sr. (1903-1981) —
also known as Edwin W. Pauley —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Indiana, January
7, 1903.
Democrat. President, Fortuna Petroleum, and involved in other
oil companies; Regent, University of California, 1938-72; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1944; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1944
(speaker),
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1944-47; part owner of the
Los Angeles Rams football
team; director, Western Airlines.
Died July 28,
1981 (age 78 years, 202
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Harold Charles Ramser (1908-1989) —
also known as Harold C. Ramser —
of West Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ashton, Spink
County, S.Dak., February
3, 1908.
Republican. President, owner, Upholstery
Supply Co.; oil producer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1960.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 15,
1989 (age 81 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Charles Ramser and Friedreka (Skibbe) Ramser; married, February
3, 1928, to Elizabeth Bartram Eves. |
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Henry Salvatori (1901-1997) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Rome, Italy,
March
28, 1901.
Republican. Geophysicist;
petroleum geologist;
founder and chairman, Western Geophysical Corp.; director, Litton
Industries; director, Transamerica Corp.; director, Citizens National
Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960,
1964,
1968,
1972;
helped launch Ronald
Reagan's political career in 1964-66; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Italian
ancestry.
Died July 7,
1997 (age 96 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry James Stockman (b. 1919) —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 15,
1919.
Republican. Oil company engineer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; hotel
operator; real estate
developer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1960.
Member, Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Joseph Stockman and Mary Ellen (Lewis) Stockman; married, January
15, 1943, to Betty Bill Romigh. |
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Carl Plin Taylor (1884-1968) —
also known as Carl P. Taylor —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., January
2, 1884.
Worked on construction of the Panama
Canal; steel construction
business; built many oil storage tanks; candidate for mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1939.
Died in Lynwood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
25, 1968 (age 84 years, 23
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Roland Lyman Taylor and Marion (JacksoN) Taylor; married, November
29, 1905, to Mayme Alice Brokaw; married 1916 to Etta
L. Porter. |
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Star-Tribune, September 27, 1939 |
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Leonard Samuel Thomson (b. 1911) —
also known as Leonard S. Thomson —
of Taft, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
6, 1911.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil
company engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1964.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Charles Thomson and Ernestina (Fisher) Thomson; married, June 17,
1939, to Helen Isabel Grady. |
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