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Richard Steere Aldrich (1884-1941) —
also known as Richard S. Aldrich —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
29, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1915-16; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1916,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1924;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1923-33; director,
Providence Journal newspaper,
Providence National Bank,
Providence Washington Insurance Co.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
25, 1941 (age 57 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Rodney McKinnie Alexander (b. 1946) —
also known as Rodney Alexander —
of Quitman, Jackson
Parish, La.
Born in Bienville, Bienville
Parish, La., December
5, 1946.
Insurance agent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1987-2002; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 2004.
Still living as of 2014.
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William John Browning (1850-1920) —
also known as William J. Browning —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., April
11, 1850.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; postmaster at Camden,
N.J., 1889-94; insurance business; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1911-20; died in
office 1920.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the barber shop of the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., March
24, 1920 (age 69 years, 348
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Thomas Henry Cullen (1868-1944) —
also known as Thomas H. Cullen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
29, 1868.
Democrat. Marine
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1896-98; member of
New
York state senate 3rd District, 1899-1918; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1919-44; died in
office 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1940
(alternate); member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930-36; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 5th District, 1938.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1944 (age 75 years, 338
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Frank Frick Jr. (1865-c.1941) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., October
22, 1865.
Grain exporter;
Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Baltimore,
Md., 1897-1903; insurance business.
Died about 1941 (age about 76
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William W. Frick and Leslie (Witherspoon) Frick; married 1898 to Mary
Clement Devries. |
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William Julius Harris (1868-1932) —
also known as William J. Harris —
of Cedartown, Polk
County, Ga.
Born in Cedartown, Polk
County, Ga., February
3, 1868.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of Georgia
state senate, 1911-12; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1912-13; director, U.S. Census Bureau,
1913-15; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair, Federal
Trade Commission, 1917-18; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1919-32; died in office 1932; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1928.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
18, 1932 (age 64 years, 75
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga.
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Christian Archibald Herter Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil
Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company;
law
professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894-1956) —
also known as Carl Hinshaw —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1939-56 (11th District 1939-43,
20th District 1943-56); defeated, 1936; died in office 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948.
Died, of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
5, 1956 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Karl Earl Mundt (1900-1974) —
also known as Karl E. Mundt —
of Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born in Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., June 3,
1900.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1939-48; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1948-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; Kiwanis;
Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Kappa Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
16, 1974 (age 74 years, 74
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Madison, S.Dak.
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Earl Benjamin Nelson (b. 1941) —
also known as Ben Nelson —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., May 17,
1941.
Democrat. Lawyer;
insurance executive; Governor of
Nebraska, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 2001-13; defeated, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Carlton Prouty (1864-1931) —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
insurance business; real estate
dealer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1908.
In May, 1913, he was fined
$500, and sentenced
to three months in the county
jail, for having violated the Illinois law which prohibits the remarriage
of divorced persons within one year; he had married his former
stenographer four days after being divorced from his first wife.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., December
10, 1931 (age 67 years, 20
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Daniel Joseph Riordan (1870-1923) —
also known as Daniel J. Riordan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 7,
1870.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1901, 1906-23 (8th District
1899-1901, 1906-13, 11th District 1913-23); died in office 1923;
member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1903-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
28, 1923 (age 52 years, 295
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Simon Wolf (b. 1836) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Himzweiler, Bavaria, Germany,
October
28, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds, 1869-78; insurance
business; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1881-82.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Wolf and Amalia Wolf. |
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Robert John Wynne (1851-1922) —
also known as Robert J. Wynne —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1851.
Telegrapher;
journalist;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in London, 1905-10; insurance executive.
Catholic.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1922 (age 70 years, 113
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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