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Frank Henry Buck (1887-1942) —
also known as Frank H. Buck —
of Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif.
Born near Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif., September
23, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
grower;
director of oil and lumber
companies; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1933-42; died in
office 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Theta
Delta Chi.
Died, of "apoplexy" (stroke),
in Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1942 (age 54 years, 359
days).
Interment at Vacaville-Elmira
Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
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Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) —
also known as Howard A. Coffin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 11,
1877.
Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book
publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car
Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire
and Rubber
Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed
Steel Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car
Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star
Oil Refining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum
Oil Company, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1944, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) —
also known as Fred L. Crawford —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born near Dublin, Erath
County, Tex., May 5,
1888.
Republican. Accountant;
builder, financier, and operator of beet sugar
mills; director, Michigan National Bank;
director, Petroleum Transit Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated in
primary, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1957 (age 68 years, 343
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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John Joseph Dempsey (1879-1958) —
also known as John J. Dempsey —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in White Haven, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Oil producer; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1935-41, 1951-58; died
in office 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Mexico, 1940,
1944,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Governor of
New Mexico, 1943-47.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1958 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Rosario
Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Joseph F. Guffey (1875-1959) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., December
29, 1875.
Democrat. Utility
executive; oil business; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1920-36; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47; defeated, 1946; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1959 (age 83 years, 67
days).
Interment at West
Newton Cemetery, West Newton, Pa.
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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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Alexander Buel Trowbridge (1929-2006) —
also known as Alexander B. Trowbridge —
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., December
12, 1929.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
president, Esso Standard Oil Puerto Rico; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68; vice-chairman, Allied Chemical
Corporation.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
27, 2006 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. Buel Trowbridge; married to Nancy Horst and Eleanor 'Ellie'
Hutzler. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) —
also known as Lewis F. Watson —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Crawford
County, Pa., April
14, 1819.
Republican. Lumber
business; oil producer; railroad
builder; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of heart
disease, at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1890 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, and
for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot Dome scandal of
the 1920s.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married, June 23,
1908, to Janie C. Clay. |
| | | The champion racehorse
"Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair. |
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