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Michael Alarid (1919-2007) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo., March
13, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; supermarket
owner; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1965-66; member of New
Mexico state senate, 1967-72, 1985-92 (34th District 1967-72,
12th District 1985-92).
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died August
1, 2007 (age 88 years, 141
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) —
also known as Gordon Allott —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., January
2, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1948,
1952,
1956
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair), 1972;
Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1950-55; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1955-73; defeated, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Delta
Sigma Pi.
Died, of cancer,
in Swedish Medical
Center, Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., January
17, 1989 (age 82 years, 15
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Teller Ammons (1895-1972) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., December
3, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1930-35; Governor of
Colorado, 1937-39; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died January
16, 1972 (age 76 years, 44
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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George J. Baker (1898-1964) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Missouri Valley, Harrison
County, Iowa, March
17, 1898.
Democrat. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1934-47; secretary
of state of Colorado, 1949-53, 1955-63.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in May, 1964
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Glenn Brotzman (1922-2004) —
also known as Donald G. Brotzman —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born near Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., June 28,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1951-52; member of Colorado
state senate, 1953-56; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1956; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1963-65, 1967-75;
defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., September
15, 2004 (age 82 years, 79
days).
Interment at Green
Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, Colo.
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William Cato Cramer (1922-2003) —
also known as William C. Cramer; Bill Cramer;
"Mr. Republican" —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.; Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
4, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Florida state legislature, 1950-52; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-71 (1st District 1955-63, 12th
District 1963-67, 8th District 1967-71); defeated, 1952; first
Republican congressman from Florida since Reconstruction; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1956,
1960,
1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1964-68; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1970; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Florida.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets;
Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Order
of Ahepa.
Died, from complications of a heart
attack, in South Pasadena, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
18, 2003 (age 81 years, 75
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memory Gardens, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Edward Charles Day Jr. (b. 1908) —
also known as Edward C. Day, Jr. —
of Colorado.
Born in Denver,
Colo., December
21, 1908.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; municipal judge in
Colorado, 1947-48; district judge in Colorado, 1948-56; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1957-76; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1962-63.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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John David Dingell Jr. (1926-2019) —
also known as John D. Dingell; "Big John";
"The Truck" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., July 8,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65,
16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1968,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Polish
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; National Rifle
Association.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., February
7, 2019 (age 92 years, 214
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Grace Blossom (Bigler) Dingell and John
David Dingell; married 1952 to Helen
Henebry; married 1981 to Deborah
Ann Insley; father of Christopher
D. Dingell. |
| | Political family: Dingell
family of Detroit, Michigan. |
| | Cross-reference: Doug
Ross |
| | John Dingell Drive,
in Detroit Metro Airport,
Romulus,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The John D. Dingell VA
Medical Center, in Detroit,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The John D. Dingell Jr. Memorial Bridges,
which take Stadium Boulevard over State Street and the Ann Arbor
Railroad tracks, in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, are named for
him. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) —
also known as Peter H. Dominick —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1957-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1963-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., March
18, 1981 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Henry Lawrence Hinkley (b. 1896) —
also known as H. Lawrence Hinkley —
of Logan
County, Colo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., May 16,
1896.
Republican. Lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1945-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Gail Leonard Ireland (1895-1988) —
also known as Gail L. Ireland —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., November
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1941-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1948.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1988
(age about
92 years).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Stephen Lucid Robert McNichols (1914-1997) —
also known as Stephen L. R. McNichols; Steve
McNichols —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., March 7,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; FBI
agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Colorado
state senate, 1949-54; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1955-57; Governor of
Colorado, 1957-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1960,
1968;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1963-68; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of heart
failure, at University Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., November
25, 1997 (age 83 years, 263
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Rice William Means (1877-1949) —
also known as Rice W. Means; "Puffed
Rice" —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
16, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Adams
County Judge, 1902-04; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1924-27.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; American
Legion; Ku Klux Klan.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
30, 1949 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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O. Otto Moore (b. 1896) —
of Colorado.
Born in Floyds Knobs, Floyd
County, Ind., June 14,
1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1949-69; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1957-58.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Alan Kooi Simpson (b. 1931) —
also known as Alan K. Simpson —
of Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., September
2, 1931.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Park County, 1964-77; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97; appointed 1979.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Eagles;
Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2014.
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Floyd L. Snyder Sr. (1901-1983) —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Stonington, Baca
County, Colo., February
27, 1901.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; abstract and
title business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 11th District,
1947-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Forty and
Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in 1983
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Albert Jack Tomsic (b. 1925) —
also known as Albert J. Tomsic —
of Walsenburg, Huerfano
County, Colo.
Born in Delagua, Las Animas
County, Colo., April
26, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1953-62; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1961-62; Huerfano
County Attorney; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1962.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank L. Tomsic and Mary (Jerman) Tomsic; married, August
20, 1955, to Patricia Ann Sudar. |
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