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Farmer Politicians in Colorado
including Planters, Ranchers, Growers, Animal Breeders

Elias Milton Ammons (1860-1925) — of Douglas County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Macon County, N.C., July 28, 1860. Democrat. Rancher; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1890-94; Speaker of the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1893-94; member of Colorado state senate, 1898-1902; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 1904, 1906; Governor of Colorado, 1913-15. Member, Lions. Died in Denver, Colo., May 20, 1925 (age 64 years, 296 days). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.   Relatives: Son of Jehu R. Ammons and Margaret C. (Brendle) Ammons; married, January 29, 1889, to Elizabeth Fleming; father of Teller Ammons.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles McBride Armstrong (1891-1964) — also known as Charles M. Armstrong — of Denver, Colo. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 27, 1891. Republican. Ranch operator; secretary of state of Colorado, 1927-35; Colorado state treasurer, 1935-36, 1939-40; Colorado state auditor, 1941-43. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Exchange Club. Died in December, 1964 (age 73 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1910 to Helen Howbert; married, November 22, 1934, to Alice N. Nelson.   Robert Louis Beauprez (b. 1948) — also known as Bob Beauprez — of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colo.; Lafayette, Boulder County, Colo. Born in Lafayette, Boulder County, Colo., September 22, 1948. Republican. Farmer; business owner; Colorado Republican state chair, 1999-2002; candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado; U.S. Representative from Colorado 7th District, 2003-07; candidate for Governor of Colorado, 2006; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 2012. Catholic. Still living as of 2014.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   William Erb Bledsoe (b. 1919) — also known as William E. Bledsoe — of Hugo, Lincoln County, Colo. Born in Aroya, Cheyenne County, Colo., July 27, 1919. Republican. Rancher; member of Colorado state senate, 1958; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1960, 1964. Member, Lions. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, February 2, 1947, to Helen Rooney.   C. C. Chadwick — of Colorado. Socialist. Farmer; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Colorado, 1920. Burial location unknown.   Fred Nelson Cummings (1864-1952) — also known as Fred N. Cummings — of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colo. Born near Groveton, Northumberland, Coos County, N.H., September 18, 1864. Democrat. Farmer; U.S. Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1933-41; defeated, 1940. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colo., November 10, 1952 (age 88 years, 53 days). Interment at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colo.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Edwin Carl Johnson (1884-1970) — also known as Edwin C. Johnson; "Big Ed" — of Craig, Moffat County, Colo. Born in Scandia, Republic County, Kan., January 1, 1884. Democrat. Railroad work; telegrapher; farmer; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1923-31; Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 1931-32; Governor of Colorado, 1933-37, 1955-57; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1937-55; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1952. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Grange. Died in Denver, Colo., May 30, 1970 (age 86 years, 149 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.   Relatives: Son of Nels Johnson and Anna Belle (Lunn) Johnson; married, February 17, 1907, to Fern Claire Armitage.    — The Johnson Tunnel (opened 1979), which carries eastbound I-70 under the Continental Divide, in the Rocky Mountains, from Summit County to Clear Creek County, Colorado, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Evert Harris Kittell (1856-1937) — of near Rockville, Sherman County, Neb.; Cortez, Montezuma County, Colo.; Bloomfield, San Juan County, N.M. Born in Shabbona Grove, DeKalb County, Ill., November 14, 1856. Pharmacist; farmer; member of Nebraska state house of representatives 57th District, 1903-04. Died, from heart disease, in a hospital at Durango, La Plata County, Colo., April 5, 1937 (age 80 years, 142 days). Interment at Cortez Cemetery, Cortez, Colo.   Relatives: Son of George W. Kittell and Rachel Melinda (Porter) Kittell; married, July 11, 1889, to Eva Callen; father of Arthur Callen Kittell (who married Virginia Anna Harmon); grandfather of Arthur Callen Kittell Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Pierpont Edwards; second cousin thrice removed of John Davenport, Aaron Burr, James Davenport, Theodore Dwight and Henry Waggaman Edwards; third cousin twice removed of Theodore Davenport; fourth cousin of Ezra H. Frisby; fourth cousin once removed of George Isaac Sherwood, David B. Sherwood and Frank Maurice Frisby.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial 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.   Relatives: Son of John Comley Parrish and Mary Ann (Prichard) Parrish; married to May Labrick; father of John Festus Parrish; second cousin once removed of Harry Wayne Hamilton Sr..   Political family: Parrish family of Lamar, Colorado.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Fleagle Gang: Betrayed by a Fingerprint   John Tony Salazar (b. 1953) — also known as John T. Salazar — of Manassa, Conejos County, Colo. Born in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colo., July 21, 1953. Democrat. Farmer; rancher; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 2003-04; U.S. Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 2005-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 2008. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Brother of Kenneth Lee Salazar.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   John W. Shawcroft (1874-1964) — of La Jara, Conejos County, Colo. Born in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, Utah, December 13, 1874. Republican. Farmer; rancher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1940 (alternate), 1944; member of Colorado state senate, 1950. Mormon. Died in La Jara, Conejos County, Colo., November 27, 1964 (age 89 years, 350 days). Interment somewhere in Sanford, Colo.   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Josef Winkler III (1928-2002) — also known as Joe Winkler — of Douglas County, Colo. Born in Douglas County, Colo., April 23, 1928. Rancher; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado state senate, 1979-86. Catholic. Austrian ancestry. Died, from an infection, in Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, Colo., July 18, 2002 (age 74 years, 86 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Josef Winkler II and Rose Paoli Winkler; married, February 11, 1966, to Lois Simon.

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