| | 
Clarence Henry Adams (1905-1987) —
also known as Clarence H. Adams —
of Bloomfield, Hartford
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ogunquit, Wells, York
County, Maine, November
1, 1905.
Republican. Securities administrator for Connecticut Banking
Department, 1931-52; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1952-56; president and trustee, Boston Celtics professional
basketball team, 1965-68.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Jesters;
Shriners.
Died, in the Maine Medical
Center, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 10,
1987 (age 81 years, 190
days).
Interment at Ocean View Cemetery, Wells, Maine.
|
| |
Gene Archer (1913-1978) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Brookeville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., September
15, 1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; radio show
host; singer;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
board member, Washington Redskins football team, 1956-73; also
provided halftime entertainment at games; president,
Washington-Baltimore local, American Federation of Television and
Radio Artists, 1969-70.
Died, from cancer,
in the Montgomery General Hospital,
Olney, Montgomery
County, Md., October
4, 1978 (age 65 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
| |  |
Relatives: Son
of Ulysses Grant Archer and Alice (Jarett) Archer; married to Juanita
White. |
|
| |
David Bing (b. 1943) —
also known as Dave Bing —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
24, 1943.
Played professional basketball for the Detroit Pistons and
other teams, 1966-75; named to the Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1990; founder, president, and chairman of Bing Steel
(later, The Bing Group), supplier to automobile
manufacturers; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2009-13.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
|
 |
Robert Emmet Hannegan (1903-1949) —
also known as Robert E. Hannegan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940;
speaker, 1944;
U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1943; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1944-47; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1945-47; part owner of the St. Louis
Cardinals baseball team, 1947-49.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died suddenly from a heart
ailment, in St.
Louis, Mo., October
6, 1949 (age 46 years, 98
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of John Patrick Hannegan and Anna (Holden) Hannegan; married, November
14, 1929, to Irma Protzmann. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Truman
Library |
|
| |
Walter Perry Johnson (1887-1946) —
also known as Walter P. Johnson —
of Germantown, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born near Humboldt, Allen
County, Kan., November
6, 1887.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1940.
Professional baseball pitcher with Washington Senators,
1907-27; won 417 games, second only to Cy Young; held major league
record in career strikeouts (3508) from 1921 until 1983; holds record
for career shutouts (110) and other records; was pitcher at the 1910
baseball game at which William
H. Taft became the first
President to attend Opening Day; also was manager of the Washington
Senators and the Cleveland Indians; elected to the Baseball
Hall of Fame in 1936.
Died, of a brain
tumor in Georgetown Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
10, 1946 (age 59 years, 34
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
|
| |
Herbert H. Kohl (b. 1935) —
also known as Herb Kohl —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
7, 1935.
Democrat. Wisconsin
Democratic state chair, 1975-77; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1989-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Owner of Milwaukee Bucks pro basketball team.
Still living as of 2014.
|
| |
Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports reporter; editor, manager, and publisher
of newspapers;
vice-chair
of Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov.
Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
|
| |
Morris King Udall (1922-1998) —
also known as Morris K. Udall; Mo Udall —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz., June 15,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; played
professional basketball with the Denver Nuggets, 1948-49; lawyer;
co-founder and director, Bank of
Tucson; Pima
County Attorney, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1956,
1972;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Arizona 2nd District, 1961-91; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Lost
an eye in an accident when he was a boy. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1996.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1998 (age 76 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Pima County, Ariz.; cenotaph at St.
Johns Cemetery, St. Johns, Ariz.
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)