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Alvin M. Bentley Jr. (b. 1941) —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., May 27,
1941.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1968;
chair
of Shiawassee County Republican Party, 1968-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, Farm Bureau.
Still living as of 1973.
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Usher Lloyd Burdick (1879-1960) —
also known as Usher L. Burdick —
of Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak.
Born in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., February
21, 1879.
Republican. Member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-09; Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1911-12; Williams
County State's Attorney, 1913; law partner of ex-Gov. John
Burke in 1920s; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1935-45, 1949-59;
defeated, 1932; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Dakota, 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Farm Bureau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
19, 1960 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-2010) —
also known as Robert C. Byrd; Cornelius Calvin Sale
Jr.; "King of Pork" —
of Sophia, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1917.
Democrat. Grocer; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Lions;
Farm Bureau; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Ku Klux Klan.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., June 28,
2010 (age 92 years, 220
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward H. Cunningham (1869-1930) —
of Newell, Buena
Vista County, Iowa.
Born in Burlington, Racine
County, Wis., December
14, 1869.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1909-14; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1913-14; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1916;
member, Federal Reserve Board, 1923-30.
Member, Farm Bureau.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1930 (age 60 years, 349
days).
Interment at Newell Cemetery, Newell, Iowa.
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Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Al Gore; "Ozone Man";
"Sundance" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March
31, 1948.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1977-85 (4th District 1977-83, 6th
District 1983-85); U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1985-93; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1988;
Vice
President of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for President
of the United States, 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm Bureau.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2007 for his work on global warming.
Still living as of 2022.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert
Arnold Gore and Pauline (LaFon) Gore; married, May 19,
1970, to Mary
Elizabeth Aitcheson; second cousin of Mary Benton Gore (who
married Gordon
Evans Dean); second cousin once removed of Louise
Gore. |
| | | Political family: Gore
family of Carthage, Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Gore
Vidal |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Al Gore: Earth
in the Balance : Ecology and the Human Spirit
(1993) |
| | | Books about Al Gore: David Maraniss &
Ellen Nakashima, The
Prince of Tennessee : The Rise of Al Gore — Bill
Turque, Inventing
Al Gore: A Biography — Bob Zelnick, Gore
: A Political Life — Joseph Kaufman, The
World According to Al Gore : An A-to-Z Compilation of His Opinions,
Positions, and Public Statements — Alexander Cockburn
& Jeffrey St. Clair, Al
Gore : A User's Manual — Roger Simon, Divided
We Stand : How Al Gore Beat George Bush and Lost the
Presidency — Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Rebecca Stefoff, Al
Gore : Vice President (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Al Gore: Bill
Sammon, At
Any Cost : How Al Gore Tried to Steal the Election —
Bernard Goldberg, 100
People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is
#37) |
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