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George L. Argyros Sr. (b. 1937) —
of Costa Mesa, Orange
County, Calif.; Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1937.
Republican. Real estate
investor; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 2001-04; Andorra, 2001-04; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 2008,
2012.
Greek
ancestry.
Owner of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, 1981-89.
Still living as of 2012.
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Carlos Alan Autry (b. 1952) —
also known as Alan Autry; Carlos Brown —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., July 31,
1952.
Republican. Played pro football for the Green Bay Packers in
1975-76; television and movie actor;
mayor
of Fresno, Calif., 2001-09; radio news
talk show host.
Still living as of 2014.
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H. Monroe Browne (1917-2006) —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Wheatland, Yuba
County, Calif.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; cattle feeding
business; president, Hartman Concrete
Materials, and McCoy Tire and
Recap Company; race horse owner; president and CEO,
Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1975-81; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1981-85; Western Samoa, 1981-85.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Wheatland, Yuba
County, Calif., June 13,
2006 (age 89 years, 35
days).
Interment at Wheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, Calif.
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Ronald Wayne Burkle (b. 1952) —
also known as Ron Burkle —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Pomona, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
12, 1952.
Democrat. Founder, Yucaipa Companies private equity firm, invested in
grocery
and supermarket
chains; part owner, Pittsburgh Penguins professional hockey
team; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2004.
Member, Urban
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Christopher (1907-2000) —
also known as George Christopheles —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Arcadia, Greece,
December
8, 1907.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; accountant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956
(alternate; speaker),
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1956-64; defeated, 1951; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1962; candidate for Governor of
California, 1966.
Greek
ancestry.
As mayor, was instrumental in convincing the New York Giants
baseball team to move to San Francisco, as well as the
construction of Candlestick Park for the team.
Died, from a stroke,
in San
Francisco, Calif., September
14, 2000 (age 92 years, 281
days).
Interment at Greek
Orthodox Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Michael Curb (b. 1944) —
also known as Mike Curb —
of California; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
24, 1944.
Republican. Musician; record
company executive; race car owner; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1979-83; defeated, 1986; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982.
In 2003, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2014.
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Curt Flood (1938-1997) —
also known as Charles Curtis Flood —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
18, 1938.
Democrat. Professional baseball player in 1959-71; sued to
overturn the reserve clause and make players free agents; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988.
African
ancestry.
Died, from throat
cancer and pneumonia,
in UCLA Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1997 (age 59 years, 2
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Jack French Kemp (1935-2009) —
also known as Jack Kemp —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
1935.
Republican. Professional football player, National and
American Football Leagues, 1957-70; cofounder
and president,
American Football League Players Association; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-89 (39th District 1971-73,
38th District 1973-83, 31st District 1983-89); candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1989-93; candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1996.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of cancer,
in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2009 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest A. Moross (c.1874-1949) —
of Mosherville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born about 1874.
Manager for Indianapolis Speedway, and for many early 20th century
race car drivers; retired from automobile racing in 1916;
candidate in Republican primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale County, 1930;
Communist candidate for Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1932; in 1933, he refused to renew
his car's license
plates as a protest
against the cost; when his car was seized, he and his wife locked the
doors and remained
inside it for a month; finally police broke into the car and arrested
them; convicted
of resisting
arrest, and sentenced
to 30 days in jail.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 4,
1949 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Paul Francis Pelosi (b. 1940) —
also known as Paul F. Pelosi —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
15, 1940.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California; former
owner of the Sacramento Mountain Lions professional football
team.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) —
also known as Ronald Reagan; "Dutch";
"The Gipper"; "The Great
Communicator"; "The Teflon President";
"Rawhide" —
of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Tampico, Whiteside
County, Ill., February
6, 1911.
Republican. Worked as a sports broadcaster
in Iowa in the 1930s, doing local radio broadcast
of Chicago Cubs baseball games; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; professional actor
in 1937-64; appeared in dozens of films
including Kings Row, Dark Victory, Santa Fe
Trail, Knute Rockne, All American, and The Winning
Team; president of
the Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
California, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1968,
1976;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; President
of the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside the
Washington Hilton hotel, he and three others were shot
and wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1993.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Lions; American
Legion; Tau
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from pneumonia
and Alzheimer's
disease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
2004 (age 93 years, 120
days).
Interment at Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married, January
25, 1940, to Jane Wyman; married, March 4,
1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923; actress)
and Nancy
Davis (1921-2016); father of Maureen
Elizabeth Reagan. |
| | | Political family: Reagan
family of Bel Air and Simi Valley, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Katherine
Hoffman Haley — Dana
Rohrabacher — Donald
T. Regan — Henry
Salvatori — L.
William Seidman — Christopher
Cox — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Bay
Buchanan — Edwin
Meese III |
| | | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
(opened 1941; renamed 1998), in Arlington,
Virginia, is named for
him. — Mount
Reagan (officially known as Mount Clay), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — The Ronald Reagan Building
and International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle, Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Ronald Reagan: Ronald
Reagan : An American Life |
| | | Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon,
President
Reagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon, Governor
Reagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer, Reagan's
War : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph
Over Communism — Lee Edwards, Ronald
Reagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor, God
and Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary Beth
Brown, Hand
of Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of Ronald
Reagan — Edmund Morris, Dutch:
A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan, When
Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — Peter
J. Wallison, Ronald
Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His
Presidency — Dinesh D'Souza, Ronald
Reagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary
Leader — William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley, Reagan's
Revolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It
All — Richard Reeves, President
Reagan : The Triumph of Imagination — Ron Reagan, My
Father at 100 — Newt & Callista Gingrich & David N.
Bossie, Ronald
Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny — William F. Buckley,
The
Reagan I Knew — Chris Matthews, Tip
and the Gipper: When Politics Worked |
| | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:
Haynes Johnson, Sleepwalking
Through History: America in the Reagan Years — William
Kleinknecht, The
Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street
America |
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Kurt E. Rightmyer (b. 1964) —
also known as "Tachikaze" —
of Covina, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in 1964.
Middleweight sumo wrestler; Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Albert J. Ruffo (1908-2003) —
also known as Al Ruffo —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born July 1,
1908.
Athletic
coach; lawyer; mayor
of San Jose, Calif., 1946-48; helped found the San Francisco
49ers pro football team; part owner of the team for 24 years.
Italian
ancestry.
Died February
10, 2003 (age 94 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George G. Seibels Jr. (1913-2000) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., July 16,
1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1967-75; defeated, 1975; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1972;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1979-91; defeated, 1962;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees.
Played one season of professional football with Richmond in
the South Atlantic Professional League.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
28, 2000 (age 86 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
Antebellum Home, Birmingham, Ala.
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Brian Setencich (born c.1962) —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born about 1962.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1995-96; defeated, 1996; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1995-96.
Professional basketball player in Europe. Charged
with bribery
and mail fraud; tried
and acquitted in February, 2000. Charged
with tax
evasion; tried in
federal court and convicted
in June, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Peter Victor Ueberroth (b. 1937) —
also known as Peter V. Ueberroth —
of Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1937.
Republican. President and organizer of the 1984 Summer Olympics;
commissioner of Major League Baseball, 1984-89; chairman of
the U.S. Olympic Committee; corporate director of Coca-Cola
and Hilton
Hotels; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward Vincent (b. 1934) —
also known as Ed Vincent —
of Inglewood, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, 1934.
Democrat. Played professional football for the Los Angeles
Rams in 1956; mayor
of Inglewood, Calif., 1983-95; member of California
state assembly 51st District, 1996-2000; member of California
state senate 25th District, 2001-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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William Mills Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932) —
also known as William Wrigley, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
30, 1861.
Republican. Founder, Wrigley chewing
gum company; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball team; owner,
Arizona Biltmore Hotel,
Phoenix, Ariz.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
Died, from a stroke,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
26, 1932 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Originally entombed at Wrigley
Memorial and Botanical Gardens, Avalon, Calif.; re-entombed in
mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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