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Hotelier and Innkeeper Politicians in the District of Columbia

George Edward Allen (1896-1973) — also known as George E. Allen — of Washington, D.C. Born in Booneville, Prentiss County, Miss., February 29, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; hotel business; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1933-38, 1939-40; resigned 1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1936; Secretary of Democratic National Committee, 1943; speechwriter for Pres. Harry Truman; director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1946. Methodist. Member, Kappa Sigma. Close friend of presidents Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower. Died, following a heart attack, in the Eisenhower Medical Center, Palm Desert, Riverside County, Calif., April 23, 1973 (age 77 years, 0 days). Interment somewhere in Booneville, Miss.   Relatives: Son of Sam P. Allen and Mollie (Plaxico) Allen; married, September 10, 1930, to Mary Keane.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Edward McMathers Beers (1877-1932) — also known as Edward M. Beers — of Mt. Union, Huntingdon County, Pa. Born in Nossville, Huntingdon County, Pa., May 27, 1877. Republican. Farmer; hotel manager; director Grange Trust Company, Huntingdon, Pa.; director, First National Bank, Mt. Union, Pa.; mayor of Mt. Union, Pa., 1910-14; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1914-23; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1923-32; died in office 1932. Methodist. Died, of influenza, in the Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 21, 1932 (age 54 years, 330 days). Interment at Mt. Union Cemetery, Mt. Union, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Anderson Beers and Mary E. (Parsons) Beers; married 1910 to Iva Clarissa Ewing.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) — also known as Leonard Irving — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., March 24, 1898. Democrat. Railroad work; theater manager; hotel manager; construction worker; president and business agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S. Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53; defeated, 1952. Congregationalist. Member, Eagles. Died in Washington, D.C., March 8, 1962 (age 63 years, 349 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.   Relatives: Married 1918 to Effie A. Bjornstad.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Harry Alexander McBride (1887-1961) — also known as Harry A. McBride — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., October 14, 1887. Manager of printing and advertising for a hotel, 1905-08; U.S. Consular Agent in Bilbao, 1909-10; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Barcelona, 1910-11; Zurich, 1911-13; Boma, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Boma, 1915-16; London, 1916-17; Malaga, 1923-29; U.S. Consul in London, 1917-18; Warsaw, 1919-20; Acting General Receiver of Customs and Financial Advisor for Liberia, 1918-19. Died in 1961 (age about 73 years). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Alexander McBride and Frances Ellen (Tyler) McBride; married 1915 to Ruth K. Quine; father of Robert Henry McBride.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Eugene F. Sullivan — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Washington, D.C. Democrat. Hotel manager; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Jackson County 4th District, 1913-16. Burial location unknown.

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