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George Alexander (1839-1923) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
September
21, 1839.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; feed
and grain
business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909-13.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic; Moose.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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James Graeme Arbuckle (c.1839-1921) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Scotland,
about 1839.
Banker;
Consul
for Colombia in St.
Louis, Mo., 1898-1907; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in St.
Louis, Mo., 1911-18.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 1,
1921 (age about 82
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Walter Donald Catton (1856-1895) —
also known as Walter D. Catton —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., October
21, 1856.
Shipping
executive; Vice-Consul
for Chile in San
Francisco, Calif., 1888-95.
Scottish and English
ancestry.
Died in Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif., December
30, 1895 (age 39 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Charles Catton and Anna Maria (Cocking) Catton; married, January
10, 1884, to Annie Amelia Leland. |
| | | Image source: San Francisco Call,
December 31, 1895 |
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Thomas Barbour Crawford (1871-1944) —
also known as Thomas Crawford —
of Centralia, Lewis
County, Wash.; Turlock, Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Born in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland,
September
7, 1871.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif., April 2,
1944 (age 72 years, 208
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Alexander Dallas (b. 1837) —
of Moreno (now part of Moreno Valley), Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Scotland,
1837.
Farmer;
postmaster at Moreno,
Calif., 1896-1905.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) —
also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink
Lady" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., November
25, 1900.
Actress
and opera
singer, 1922-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(speaker),
1948;
vice-chair
of California Democratic Party, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1945-51; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent).
Female.
Scottish and Irish
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of cancer,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1980 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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Clinton Eastwood Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Clint Eastwood —
of Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif.; Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., May 31,
1930.
Republican. Movie
actor, producer,
director;
restaurant
and hotel
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
speaker, 2012;
mayor, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1986-88.
Scottish, Irish, Dutch,
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913-2006) —
also known as Gerald R. Ford; Jerry Ford; Leslie
Lynch King Jr.; "Passkey" —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., July 14,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned
1973; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of
President KNDY, 1963-64; Vice
President of the United States, 1973-74; President
of the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Forty and
Eight; Jaycees;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Humane
Society; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Shot
at in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975.
On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cult
leader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loaded
pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired.
On September 22, Sara Jane Moore fired a
shot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were
convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1999.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., December
26, 2006 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Gerald
R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr.; son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr.
and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King Ford; half-brother of Thomas
G. Ford Sr.; married, October
15, 1948, to Betty
Warren. |
| | | Political family: Ford
family of Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Richard
M. Nixon — L.
William Seidman |
| | | The Gerald R. Ford Freeway
(I-196), in Kent,
Ottawa,
and Allegan
counties, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Gerald R. Ford International
Airport (opened 1963, given present name 1999), near Grand
Rapids, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Gerald R. Ford Federal
Building and U.S.
Courthouse, in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Gerald R. Ford: A
Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(1983) |
| | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John Robert
Greene, The
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,
Gerald
R. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —
James Cannon, Time
and Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —
Douglas Brinkley, Gerald
R. Ford |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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George Hearst (1820-1891) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Sullivan, Franklin
County, Mo., September
3, 1820.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1865-67; U.S.
Senator from California, 1886, 1887-91; died in office 1891.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1891 (age 70 years, 178
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Joseph Preston Hotchkis (1893-1989) —
also known as Preston Hotchkis —
of San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 19,
1893.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1932
(alternate), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1964.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
25, 1989 (age 95 years, 220
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Barbara M. Lathrop (1896-1973) —
also known as Barbara Isabella Mitchell —
of Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
7, 1896.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1932.
Female.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 1,
1973 (age 76 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Shirley MacLaine (b. 1934) —
also known as Shirley MacLean Beaty —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April
24, 1934.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960 ; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968,
1972.
Female.
English,
Irish,
and Scottish ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Albert Joseph McCartney (1878-1965) —
of Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, July 3,
1878.
Republican. Minister;
pastor, Covenant-First Presbyterian Church (later National
Presbyterian Church), 1930-50; offered prayer, Republican National
Convention, 1936,
1940;
commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
20, 1965 (age 87 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Miller McClintock II (b. 1956) —
also known as Tom McClintock —
of Roseville, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 10,
1956.
Republican. Journalist;
chair
of Ventura County Republican Party, 1979-81; chief of staff for
State Senator Ed
Davis, 1980-82; member of California
state assembly, 1983-92, 1997-2000 (36th District 1983-92, 38th
District 1997-2000); candidate for California
state controller, 1994, 2002; member of California
state senate 19th District, 2001-08; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2006; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 2009-; defeated,
1992.
Scottish ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Frederick John Mills (1865-1953) —
also known as F. J. Mills —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Topsham, Orange
County, Vt., April
29, 1865.
Republican. Engineer;
Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1895-97; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Scottish ancestry.
On October 3, 1899, in Salt Lake City, he shot
and killed John C. O'Melveny, chief engineer of the Oregon Short
Line Railroad; was arrested
immediately and charged
with first-degree murder; at trial, he claimed the homicide was
justified by the "criminal intimacy" between O'Melveny and his wife,
while he was away in military service; the jury acquitted him in only
15 minutes.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
28, 1953 (age 88 years, 152
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Elliott Millsop (1898-1967) —
also known as Thomas E. Millsop —
of Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., December
4, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; steel
executive; mayor
of Weirton, W.Va., 1947-55; candidate for Presidential Elector
for West Virginia; delegate to Republican National Convention from
West Virginia, 1952.
Scottish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Jesters;
Lions;
Moose;
Eagles;
Rotary;
Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va., September
12, 1967 (age 68 years, 282
days).
Interment at Chestnut Ridge Cemetery, Florence, Pa.
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George Smith Patton (1856-1927) —
also known as George S. Patton; Frenchy Patton;
George William Patton —
of San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
30, 1856.
Democrat. Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1884-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1892;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1894; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from California, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 10,
1927 (age 70 years, 253
days).
Interment at Church
of Our Savior Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of George Smith Patton (1833-1864); married to Ruth Wilson (daughter
of Benjamin
Davis Wilson); father of Gen. George S. Patton,
Jr. |
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Joseph Scott (1867-1958) —
also known as "Mr. Los Angeles" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Los Angeles School Board, 1904-15; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1948;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Catholic.
Irish
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1958
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; statue at Los
Angeles County Courthouse Grounds, Los Angeles, Calif.
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James Maitland Stewart (1908-1997) —
also known as Jimmy Stewart —
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., May 20,
1908.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; one of
America's most famous film
actors; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Moose.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 1985.
Died, from pulmonary
embolism and cardiac
arrest, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 2,
1997 (age 89 years, 43
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Max Angus Templeton (1879-1942) —
also known as Max A. Templeton —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., June 20,
1879.
Mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1933-41; defeated, 1940.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
16, 1942 (age 62 years, 241
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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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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