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Politician Writers in Colorado

Vivian Burnett (1876-1937) — of Denver, Colo.; Plandome Manor, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Paris, France, April 5, 1876. Newspaper reporter; author; editor; music composer; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Christian Scientist. Model for the title character in his mother's book, Little Lord Fauntleroy. While sailing his yawl, Delight III, he helped rescue people from an overturned sailboat, and then collapsed and died, probably of a heart attack, on Long Island Sound, July 25, 1937 (age 61 years, 111 days). Interment at Roslyn Cemetery, Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Swan Moses Burnett and Frances Eliza (Hodgson) Burnett; married, November 21, 1914, to Constance Clough Buel.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Allison Hartwell Eid (b. 1965) — also known as Allison H. Eid; Allison Lynn Hartwell — Born in Seattle, King County, Wash., 1965. Republican. Special assistant and speechwriter to U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett; lawyer; law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jerry E. Smith; justice of Colorado state supreme court, 2006-17; appointed 2006; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 2017-. Female. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Still living as of 2018.   Relatives: Married to Troy A. Eid.   See also Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges   Frank J. Hayes (b. 1882) — of Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colo. Born in Mt. Olive, Macoupin County, Ill., May 4, 1882. Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 1937-39. Member, United Mine Workers. President of United Mine Workers in 1918; noted orator and poet. Burial location unknown.   William Russell Hochman (1921-2019) — also known as William Hochman; Bill Hochman — of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., August 28, 1921. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; college professor; historian; secretary of Colorado Democratic Party, 1961-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1968 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker). Member, American Civil Liberties Union; American Historical Association. Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., March 23, 2019 (age 97 years, 207 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Julius Hochman and Ruth Hochman.   Helen Ring Robinson (1860-1923) — also known as Helen Ring — of Denver, Colo. Born in Eastport, Washington County, Maine, February 21, 1860. Democrat. Writer; member of Colorado state senate, 1913-16. Female. Episcopalian. First woman elected to Colorado Senate; second woman state senator in the United States. Author of a minimum wage law for women; also introduced a bill allowing women to serve as jurors. Died in Denver, Colo., July 10, 1923 (age 63 years, 139 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Daughter of Thomas Warren Ring and Mary Margaret (Thompson) Ring; married, February 13, 1902, to Ewing Robinson.   See also Wikipedia article Henry Clifford Stuart (1864-1952) — also known as Henry C. Stuart; "Stuart X" — of Denver, Colo.; Washington, D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 10, 1864. Mining engineer; real estate investor; author; director-general, Guaremala Central Railroad; U.S. Vice Consul General in Guatemala City, 1885-86; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1893. Died in Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., May 21, 1952 (age 87 years, 163 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of John Stuart and Sarah (Fowler) Stuart; married, December 11, 1894, to Grace Ingersoll Patchin.   Books by Henry Clifford Stuart: A Prophet in His Own Country: Being the Letters of Stuart X [Pseud.] to Many Men On Many Occasions   Image source: Los Angeles Times, November 16, 1929   Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) — also known as Albion W. Tourgee — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake County, N.C.; Denver, Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula County, Ohio, May 2, 1838. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper editor; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author; U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905. French Huguenot and Swiss ancestry. Died, of acute uremia, due to an infected wound, in Bordeaux, France, May 21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mayville Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Louisa Emma (Winegar) Tourgee and Valentine Tourgee; married 1863 to Emma Doiska Kilbourne; uncle of Clyde Carlos Tourgee.   See also Wikipedia article   Jacob Hendrick Trapp (1899-1992) — also known as Jacob Trapp — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Denver, Colo.; Summit, Union County, N.J.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich., April 12, 1899. Democrat. Unitarian minister; poet; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1968. Unitarian-Universalist. Dutch ancestry. Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M., December 28, 1992 (age 93 years, 260 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Willen Jansz Trapp and Aafke 'Effie' (Hertog) Trapp; married, July 13, 1925, to Helen B. Whitmore.

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