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William Herbert Adams (1861-1954) —
also known as William H. Adams; Billy
Adams —
of Alamosa, Alamosa
County, Colo.
Born in Blue Mounds, Dane
County, Wis., February
15, 1861.
Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1887-89; member of Colorado
state senate, 1889-1927; Governor of
Colorado, 1927-33.
Congregationalist.
Died, of a heart
ailment, February
4, 1954 (age 92 years, 354
days).
Interment at Alamosa
Cemetery, Alamosa, Colo.
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Stanley William Akers (1922-1979) —
also known as Stanley W. Akers —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Bayfield, La Plata
County, Colo., December
12, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1967-78; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1973-76.
Congregationalist or Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in July, 1979
(age 56
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clyde William Akers and Norma Cecil (Plunkett) Akers; married, September
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Charles D. Bromley (1899-1968) —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo., November
19, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1924,
1952
(alternate).
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Chi
Psi.
Died in January, 1968
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Hanks Brown (b. 1940) —
also known as Hank Brown —
of Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., February
12, 1940.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1973-77; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1978; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 4th District, 1981-91; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1991-97.
Congregationalist.
President,
University of Northern Colorado, from 1998.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Carleton G. Howe (1898-1993) —
of Dorset, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Colorado, March 4,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Dorset, 1945-46; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1947-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Congregationalist.
Died in 1993
(age about
95 years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Vt.
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Clarence Leo Ireland (b. 1889) —
also known as Clarence L. Ireland —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo., December
5, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Colorado
state attorney general, 1931-32; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1956.
Episcopalian
or Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Byron Lindberg Johnson (1917-2000) —
also known as Byron L. Johnson —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
12, 1917.
Democrat. Economist;
university
professor; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1955-56; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1959-61; defeated,
1956, 1960, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1960,
1968.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., January
6, 2000 (age 82 years, 86
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Walter Walfred Johnson (1904-1987) —
also known as Walter W. Johnson —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., April
16, 1904.
Democrat. Member of Colorado
state senate, 1941-49, 1951-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1946; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1949-50; Governor of
Colorado, 1950-51.
Congregationalist. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
23, 1987 (age 82 years, 341
days).
Interment somewhere
in Pueblo, Colo.
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John Arthur Love (1916-2002) —
also known as John A. Love —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Gibson City, Ford
County, Ill., November
29, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Colorado
Republican State Central Committee, 1960; Governor of
Colorado, 1963-73; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1964.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died January
21, 2002 (age 85 years, 53
days).
Cremated.
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Ruth G. Moon (d. 1959) —
of Benewah
County, Idaho.
Born in Julesburg, Sedgwick
County, Colo.
Democrat. Idaho
state treasurer, 1945-47, 1955-59; died in office 1959.
Female.
Congregationalist. Member, Soroptimists.
Died June 20,
1959.
Burial location unknown.
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Patricia Scott Schroeder (b. 1940) —
also known as Patricia Schroeder; Pat Schroeder;
Patricia Nell Scott —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 30,
1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1973-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1988,
1996;
Co-Chair, 1984;
co-chair, Credentials Committee, co-chair, 1988;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; League of Women
Voters.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1995.
Still living as of 2014.
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David Evans Skaggs (b. 1943) —
also known as David E. Skaggs —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
22, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; lawyer;
aide to U.S. Rep. Timothy
E. Wirth, 1975-77; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1981-86; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1987-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1996.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Moses E. Smith (1883-1952) —
of Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Missouri, 1883.
Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1935-36.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1952
(age about
69 years).
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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William Newell Vaile (1876-1927) —
also known as William N. Vaile —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., June 22,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1919-27; defeated,
1916; died in office 1927.
Congregationalist. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from heart
disease, while riding in an
automobile in or near Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, July 2,
1927 (age 51 years, 10
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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