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Charles Edward Bartlett (b. 1887) — also known as Charles E. Bartlett — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in San Francisco, Calif., June 16, 1887. Republican. Electrician; worked for the Chicago Telephone Company, the Michigan State Telephone Company, and Detroit Edison (electric utility); member, legislative committee, Detroit Federation of Labor and Michigan State Federation of Labor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1923-32; defeated, 1932, 1934; elected (Wet) delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County 1st District 1933, but did not serve; candidate for Michigan state senate 5th District, 1936. Member, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Burial location unknown.   Robert Foster (b. 1947) — also known as Bob Foster — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 1, 1947. Democrat. Utility executive; mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 2006-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2008. Still living as of 2011.   See also Wikipedia article   Walter A. Haas (1889-1979) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., May 11, 1889. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1928-56) and chairman of the Levi Strauss clothing company; director, Crocker-Anglo National Bank, National Ice and Cold Storage Co.; Pacific Gas & Electric Co.; vice-president, Mt. Zion Hospital; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952. Jewish. Died December 7, 1979 (age 90 years, 210 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Abraham Haas and Fannie (Koshland) Haas; married, October 18, 1914, to Elise Stern.   See also Wikipedia article   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.   Relatives: Son of Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Hoover; married, June 25, 1925, to Margaret Watson.   Political family: Hoover family of Palo Alto, California.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Susan Marian Leal (b. 1949) — also known as Susan Leal — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., October 11, 1949. Democrat. Lawyer; Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1993-97; Treasurer of San Francisco, 1997-2003; General Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, 2003-09; candidate for mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2004. Female. Mexican ancestry. Lesbian. Still living as of 2009.   Relatives: Daughter of Raymond Leal and Louise Leal.   See also Wikipedia article   Books by Susan Leal: Running Out of Water : The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve Our Most Precious Resource, with Peter Rogers (2010)   Joseph Edwin Lowes (1848-1905) — also known as Joseph E. Lowes — of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Born near Brantford, Ontario, July 25, 1848. Republican. Physician; president, Dayton Lighting Company; led the building of streetcar lines around Dayton; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896 (alternate), 1900, 1904. English ancestry. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 24, 1905 (age 56 years, 303 days). Entombed at Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of John Lowes and Isabelle (Bateman) Lowes; married, December 28, 1868, to Melozena Bosler; married 1878 to Emma Jane (Robbins) Wheeler.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Harold Orville Mackenzie (b. 1885) — of California; New Jersey. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., April 21, 1885. Republican. General manager, Mount Whitney Power & Electric Co., 1914-16; rancher and fruit grower; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1927-30. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Thomas H. Mackenzie and Helen Gray (Buchanan) Mackenzie.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   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.   Relatives: Son of Sperry Sidney Packard and Ella Lorna (Graber) Packard; married, April 8, 1938, to Lucile Salter.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) — also known as Walter C. Sadler — of Seattle, King County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Elgin, Kane County, Ill., February 15, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil engineer; worked on railroad and hydroelectric projects; lawyer; university professor; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Methodist. Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; American Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma Pi; Tau Beta Pi. Died in Los Angeles County, Calif., October 14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler; married, July 21, 1917, to Hariette P. Jamieson.   See also Wikipedia article Frederick Douglas Vibert (1873-1954) — also known as Fred D. Vibert — of Cloquet, Carlton County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Gaspé, Quebec, November 14, 1873. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper editor and publisher; real estate business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1908; mayor of Cloquet, Minn., 1900; postmaster at Cloquet, Minn., 1911; member of Minnesota state senate 54th District, 1915-22; agricultural agent, Minnesota Power and Light. Member, Freemasons. Died in Los Angeles County, Calif., March 25, 1954 (age 80 years, 131 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Robert Douglas Vibert and Ellen (Hollick) Vibert.   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917

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