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Alva Blanchard Adams Jr. (1915-1981) —
also known as Alva B. Adams, Jr. —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., October
21, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; hardware
business; banker; corporate director, Standard Fire Brick
Co., KCRT radio
station, Trinidad, Colo.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1954, 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Died, while being treated for a heart
condition, in a hospital
at Denver,
Colo., December
3, 1981 (age 66 years, 43
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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William Lester Armstrong (1937-2016) —
also known as William L. Armstrong; Bill
Armstrong —
of Aurora, Adams
County, Colo.; Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., March
16, 1937.
Republican. Radio station
president; banker; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1963-64; member of Colorado
state senate, 1965-72; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 5th District, 1973-79; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1979-91; president,
Colorado Christian University, 2006.
Died, from cancer,
in Denver,
Colo., July 5,
2016 (age 79 years, 111
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles A. Baer (b. 1908) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., March 9,
1908.
Republican. Banker; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1948.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Margaret M. (Kopp) Baer; married to M. Louise
Williams. |
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Arthur Atwood Ballantine Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; bank director; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Jim Bates (b. 1941) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Denver,
Colo., July 21,
1941.
Democrat. Banker; aerospace
business; U.S.
Representative from California 44th District, 1983-91; defeated,
1990; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1984.
Still living as of 2014.
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Claudius Kedzie Boettcher (1875-1957) —
also known as Claude K. Boettcher —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo., January
10, 1875.
Republican. Packing
business; banker; major in the U.S. Army during World War
I; chairman, Denver and Intermountain Railway;
president, Brown Palace Hotel;
director, Great Western Sugar Co.;
director, Denver Dry Goods
Co.; vice-president of several electric
utilities; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1944.
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry.
Died in Denver,
Colo., June 9,
1957 (age 82 years, 150
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Cardwell Burger (b. 1866) —
also known as James C. Burger —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1866.
Republican. Banker; insurance
executive; member of Colorado
state senate, 1910; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James C. Burger, Sr.; married 1888 to Edith
M. Brown. |
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Albert E. Carlton (born c.1862) —
of Cripple Creek, Teller
County, Colo.; Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Indiana, about 1862.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1916
(alternate), 1920;
sugar
executive.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Willson Farr (1887-1965) —
also known as Harry W. Farr —
of Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Greeley, Weld
County, Colo., August
17, 1887.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1940
(alternate), 1952;
president, Home Light and
Power Co., 1944-61; bank director.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died March 3,
1965 (age 77 years, 198
days).
Interment at Linn
Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colo.
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William West Grant Jr. (b. 1881) —
also known as W. W. Grant, Jr. —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, June 27,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank director;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1928;
delegate
to Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William West Grant and Mary Adeline (Moseley) Grant; married, November
3, 1906, to Gertrude Hendrie. |
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Donald Hardy (b. 1912) —
also known as Don Hardy —
of Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo.
Born in Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo., February
16, 1912.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; bank director; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Guy Urban Hardy and Jessie Marion (Mack) Hardy; married, September
21, 1938, to Martha Eugenia Sidebottom. |
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Irving Howbert (1846-1934) —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind., April
11, 1846.
Republican. Banker; El
Paso County Clerk, 1869-79; member of Colorado
state senate, 1882-86; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912;
Colorado
Republican state chair, 1894-95.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., December
21, 1934 (age 88 years, 254
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Gerald Hughes (b. 1875) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., July 8,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); chairman, First National Bank
of Denver; director, Denver and Salt Lake Railway.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Kramer (1829-1896) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Halle, Germany,
December
22, 1829.
Banker; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1873-75, 1881-87.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., September
8, 1896 (age 66 years, 261
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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William Henry Leonard (1873-1947) —
also known as W. H. Leonard —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1873.
Republican. Miner; cattle
trader; organizer and president, Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing
Co.; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., May 29,
1947 (age 74 years, 61
days).
Interment at Will
Rogers Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Samuel Danford Nicholson (1859-1923) —
also known as Samuel D. Nicholson —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.
Born in Springfield, Prince
Edward Island, February
22, 1859.
Republican. President and general manager, Western Mining Co.;
director, Denver National Bank, American National Bank
(Leadville, Colo.), First National Bank (Monte Vista, Colo.);
mayor
of Leadville, Colo., 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1914, 1916; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from liver
cancer, in Denver,
Colo., March
24, 1923 (age 64 years, 30
days).
Entombed at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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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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George Alexander Parks (1883-1984) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Denver,
Colo., May 29,
1883.
Mining
engineer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1925-33; vice-president, First National
Bank of Juneau.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, May 11,
1984 (age 100 years,
348 days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska; memorial monument at Newcomb
Park, Wasilla, Alaska.
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Amos Newton Parrish (1851-1928) —
also known as A. Newton Parrish —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Missouri, April 2,
1851.
Republican. Rancher;
banker; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1890; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1908
(alternate), 1912.
Shot
and killed,
along with his son, John
F. Parrish, by the Fleagle Gang, who were robbing the First
National Bank, in
Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo., May 23,
1928 (age 77 years, 51
days). The gang members were captured in 1929, tried, convicted,
sentenced to death and excuted.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Lamar, Colo.
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James Hamilton Peabody (1852-1917) —
also known as James H. Peabody —
of Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo.
Born in Topsham, Orange
County, Vt., August
21, 1852.
Republican. Merchant;
Fremont
County Clerk, 1885-89; president, First National Bank;
president, Electric
Light Company of Canon City; mayor of Canon City; Governor of
Colorado, 1903-05, 1905; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Died November
23, 1917 (age 65 years, 94
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Canon City, Colo.
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Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877-1933) —
also known as Karl C. Schuyler —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., April 3,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; bank director; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1916;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1932-33; defeated, 1920, 1932.
Struck
by an automobile, and subsequently died in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1933 (age 56 years, 119
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Schuyler and Eleanor 'Nellie' (Farnan) Schuyler; married
to Delia Alsena Shepard (who later married Eugene
Donald Millikin); grandnephew of George
Washington Schuyler; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Eugene
Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (1869-1940) —
also known as Oliver H. Shoup —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Champaign
County, Ill., December
13, 1869.
Republican. Oil
business; mining
business; banker; Governor of
Colorado, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died September
30, 1940 (age 70 years, 292
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Philip B. Stewart (1865-1957) —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Vermont, 1865.
Republican. Banker; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1915-16; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1915-16; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1957
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Lathrop Strang (1929-2014) —
also known as Michael L. Strang —
of Carbondale, Garfield
County, Colo.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 17,
1929.
Republican. Rancher;
investment banker; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1985-87; defeated,
1986.
Died in Carbondale, Garfield
County, Colo., January
12, 2014 (age 84 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Ellery Sweet (1869-1942) —
also known as William E. Sweet —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
27, 1869.
Investment banker; Governor of
Colorado, 1923-25; defeated (Republican), 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1924;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1926, 1936 (primary).
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 9,
1942 (age 73 years, 102
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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John Boyd Thacher II (1882-1957) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Leadville, Lake
County, Colo., October
26, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1926-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; judge
of Albany County Children's Court, 1940-47.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
25, 1957 (age 74 years, 181
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John David Vanderhoof (1922-2013) —
also known as John D. Vanderhoof —
of Glenwood Springs, Garfield
County, Colo.
Born in Rocky Ford, Otero
County, Colo., May 27,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
banker; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1951-70; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1963-64, 1967-70;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1960
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1971-73; Governor of
Colorado, 1973-75.
Methodist.
Died in Glenwood Springs, Garfield
County, Colo., September
19, 2013 (age 91 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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