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Ned Culbertson Abbott (1874-1960) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., March 9,
1874.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; newspaper
reporter; author;
instructor in U.S. schools in Philippine Islands, 1901-04; superintendent
of schools; candidate for Nebraska
superintendent of public instruction, 1908; superintendent,
Nebraska School for the Blind, from 1913.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
24, 1960 (age 85 years, 352
days).
Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Frank Pollard Adams (1908-1982) —
also known as Frank P. Adams —
of Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
25, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
treasurer
of California Republican Party, 1971-73.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in June, 1982
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edson Adams and Jessie (Fox) Adams; married, September
9, 1950, to Analisa Bosche. |
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Albert Douglass Ayres (1874-1944) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fort Bidwell, Modoc
County, Calif., June 25,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1911-13.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died October
3, 1944 (age 70 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Irvin Ayres and Annie Laura (Poore) Ayres; married to Emma
McCormick and Enola Sims. |
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Fred Jason Babcock (1891-1973) —
also known as Fred J. Babcock —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho, August
15, 1891.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Nez
Perce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1926-28; Idaho
state attorney general, 1931-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in March, 1973
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jason Eugene Babcock and Bertha Rebecca (Peyton)
Babcock. |
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Albert Raymond Barnes (1865-1944) —
also known as A. R. Barnes —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Attica, Fountain
County, Ind., March
18, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; Utah
state attorney general, 1909-17; district judge in Utah, 1925.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Epsilon.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 20,
1944 (age 79 years, 124
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Edward Clark Bellows (1856-1929) —
also known as Edward C. Bellows —
of New Hartford, Butler
County, Iowa; Washington; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., May 8,
1856.
Republican. Banker;
member of Washington state legislature, 1890; U.S. Consul General in
Yokohama, as of 1900-05; California Corporation Commissioner,
1918-22.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
27, 1929 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Bristol Bellows and Eusebia (Dickinson) Bellows; married,
August
28, 1883, to Ida Isabel Perry. |
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Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe (1874-1938) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bledsoe —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., February
8, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1900-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1914-25;
resigned 1925; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1925.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of the Revolution; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in Crestline, San
Bernardino County, Calif., October
30, 1938 (age 64 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Andrew Burkett (1913-1999) —
also known as William A. Burkett —
of Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in Herman, Washington
County, Neb., July 1,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for secretary
of state of Nebraska, 1936; banker;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1978.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American
Bankers Association; Amvets;
Rotary.
Wrote a 500-word history of the United States which was chosen in a
contest to be inscribed at Mount Rushmore.
Died, of heart
failure, in Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif., November
12, 1999 (age 86 years, 134
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Burkett and Mary (Dill) Burkett; married, October
5, 1940, to Juliet Ruth Johnson. |
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Clarence Monroe Burton (1853-1932) —
also known as Clarence M. Burton —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Whiskey Diggins, Sierra
County, Calif., November
18, 1853.
Lawyer;
member, Detroit Board of Education, 1900-11; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1907-08.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Founder of the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public
Library.
Died October
23, 1932 (age 78 years, 340
days).
Interment at Grand
Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Image source:
Bench & Bar of Michigan (1918) |
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Jesse William Curtis (b. 1865) —
also known as Jesse W. Curtis —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., July 18,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; San
Bernardino County District Attorney, 1899-1903; superior court
judge in California, 1914-23; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1923-26; justice of
California state supreme court, 1926-31.
Baptist.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; American Bar
Association; Sons of the Revolution; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Jesse Curtis and Frances Sophia (Cowles) Curtis; married, June 23,
1892, to Ida Lucinda Seymour. |
| | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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Erle Roy Dickover (1888-1963) —
also known as Erle R. Dickover —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1888.
Bookkeeper;
manager of an auto
livery company, 1909; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Dairen, 1916; Kobe, 1916-21; U.S. Consul in Kobe, 1921-32; U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, as of 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died April
18, 1963 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) —
also known as Richard Donovan; Dick
Donovan —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New Rochelle Hospital,
New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
24, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; police
officer; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;
died in office 1971.
Catholic;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, and died soon after, in a hospital
at Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., November
21, 1971 (age 45 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif.
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Benjamin Folsom (b. 1847) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Folsomdale, Wyoming
County, N.Y., December
5, 1847.
Journalist;
lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Sheffield, 1886-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin R. Folsom and Mary (Rathbone) Folsom; married, October
11, 1893, to Ella Blanchard Howard. |
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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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John Jewett Garland (1902-1968) —
also known as John J. Garland —
of San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
20, 1902.
Republican. Realtor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
30, 1968 (age 66 years, 224
days).
Interment at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.; cenotaph at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y.
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Bertrand Wesley Gearhart (1890-1955) —
also known as Bertrand W. Gearhart; Bud
Gearhart —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., May 31,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to California convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1935-49; defeated,
1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1948.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Sons of the American Revolution;
Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Among the founders of the American Legion.
Died in a hospital
at San
Francisco, Calif., October
11, 1955 (age 65 years, 133
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
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Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. (b. 1938) —
also known as Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. —
of Burbank, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 15,
1938.
U.S.
Representative from California, 1969-83 (27th District 1969-75,
20th District 1975-83); candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982; Constitution candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom; Sons of the American Revolution.
Still living as of 2008.
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George Juan Hatfield (1887-1953) —
also known as George J. Hatfield —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Stevinson, Merced
County, Calif.
Born, of American parents, in Waterloo, Ontario,
October
29, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1935-39; member of California
state senate, 1943-53; died in office 1953.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
15, 1953 (age 66 years, 17
days).
Interment at Stevinson Sunnyside Cemetery, Stevinson, Calif.
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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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Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970) —
also known as Edgar W. Hiestand —
of Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1888.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1953-63; defeated,
1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1960.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Rotary;
John
Birch Society.
Died, of a kidney
infection and pneumonia,
at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1970 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927) —
also known as Henry E. Huntington —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
27, 1850.
Republican. Owned and expanded the streetcar
and trolley system in Southern California; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Died, from kidney
disease and pneumonia,
in Lankenau Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 23,
1927 (age 77 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Solon Huntington and Harriet (Saunders) Huntington; married 1873 to Mary
Alice Prentice; married 1913 to
Arabella Duval 'Belle' (Yarrington) Huntington. |
| | The city
of Huntington
Beach, California, is named for
him. — The city
of Huntington
Park, California, is named for
him. — Huntington Lake,
in Fresno
County, California, is named for
him. — The Huntington Hotel
(built 1907 as Hotel Wentworth; expanded and reopened 1914 as the
Huntington Hotel; demolished 1989 and rebuilt; now Langham Huntington
hotel) in Pasadena,
California, is named for
him. — The Huntington Library,
Art
Museum, and Botanical
Gardens, on his former estate, in San
Marino, California, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1961) was named for
him. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896) —
also known as William R. Marshall —
of St. Croix Falls, Polk
County, Wis.; St. Anthony, Hennepin
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., October
17, 1825.
Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1848; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 5th District, 1849; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1866-70; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1874, 1876; appointed 1874,
1876.
Swedenborgian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Succeeded in removing the word "white" (race) from the Minnesota
state constitution.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
8, 1896 (age 70 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Seabury C. Mastick (b. 1871) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; near Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Warner Chemical
Company; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1921-22;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1923-34; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association; American
Chemical Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896 to Agnes
E. Warner. |
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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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