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Thomas Hodge Allen (b. 1945) —
also known as Tom Allen —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, April
16, 1945.
Democrat. Staff, Maine Gov. Kenneth
M. Curtis, 1968; staff, U.S. Sen. Edmund
S. Muskie, 1970-71; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1991-92; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maine, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maine, 2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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Brian Norton Baird (b. 1956) —
also known as Brian Baird —
of Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash.
Born in Chama, Rio Arriba
County, N.M., March 7,
1956.
Democrat. Psychologist;
university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1999-; defeated,
1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Protestant. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Edgar Borah (1865-1940) —
also known as William E. Borah; "The Lion of
Idaho" —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill., June 29,
1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1896; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho, 1904,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1932;
U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1907-40; died in office 1940; member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1908-12; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1936.
Protestant. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1940 (age 74 years, 204
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Edward Espenett Case (b. 1952) —
also known as Ed Case —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, September
27, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer;
staff member for U.S. Rep. Spark
M. Matsunaga, 1975-77; member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1994-2002; candidate for Governor of
Hawaii, 2002; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 2002-07; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 2004;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 2006.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Wilfred Cobey Jr. (b. 1939) —
also known as William W. Cobey, Jr.; Bill
Cobey —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
1939.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1985-87;
defeated, 1986.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Curtis (1860-1936) —
also known as "Square Shooter"; "The
Whisperer" —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in a log
cabin at Eugene (now part of Topeka), Shawnee
County, Kan., January
25, 1860; his mother was one-quarter blood Kansa/Osage Indian.
Republican. Lawyer; Shawnee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1884-88; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1893-1907 (4th District 1893-99, 1st
District 1899-1907); resigned 1907; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1907-13, 1915-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1908;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1924,
1928;
Vice
President of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932.
Protestant. English,
French,
and Kansa/Osage
Indian ancestry.
Died of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1936 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Ronald Vernie Dellums (1935-2018) —
also known as Ronald V. Dellums —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
24, 1935.
Democrat. Social
worker; U.S.
Representative from California, 1971-98 (7th District 1971-75,
8th District 1975-93, 9th District 1993-98); arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1988,
1996,
2008;
mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 2007-11.
Protestant. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
2018 (age 82 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Arrington Liggins Dixon (b. 1942) —
also known as Arrington Dixon —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
3, 1942.
Democrat. City council member, Washington, D.C.; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 2004-08.
Protestant. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2008.
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Relatives: Son
of James Washington Dixon and Sallie Arrington Dixon; married 1966 to Sharon
Pratt. |
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Clarence Edward Gauss (1887-1960) —
also known as Clarence E. Gauss —
of Connecticut; Washington,
D.C.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
12, 1887.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1907-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1912-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1915; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1915-16; Tientsin, 1916; Amoy, 1916-19; Tsinan, 1919-23; U.S. Consul General in Mukden, 1923-24; Tsinan, 1924-26; Shanghai, 1926-27, 1935-38; Tientsin, 1927-31; Paris, 1935; U.S. Minister to Australia, 1940-41; U.S. Ambassador to China, 1941-44.
Protestant.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1960 (age 73 years, 87
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Fred Latimer Hadsel (b. 1916) —
also known as Fred L. Hadsel —
of Washington,
D.C.; Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, March
11, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, 1969-71; Ghana, 1971.
Protestant. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Eta Sigma.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Rush D. Holt (b. 1948) —
of Hopewell Township, Cumberland
County, N.J.; Pennington, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., October
15, 1948.
Democrat. College
professor; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2013.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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Michael M. Honda (b. 1941) —
also known as Mike Honda —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Walnut Grove, Solano
County, Calif., June 27,
1941.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of California
state assembly, 1996-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California 15th District, 2001-; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jay Robert Inslee (b. 1951) —
also known as Jay Inslee —
of Selah, Yakima
County, Wash.; Bainbridge Island, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Washington, February
9, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1988-92; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1993-95, 1999- (4th District
1993-95, 1st District 1999-2006); defeated, 1994; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Washington, 2000,
2004,
2008;
Governor
of Washington, 2013-; defeated in primary, 1996.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2019.
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William Patton Kent (1857-1936) —
also known as William P. Kent —
of Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va.; Staunton,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., March 8,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; livestock
raiser; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1896;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul
General in Guatemala City, 1906-09; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1906; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1909; U.S. Consul in Newchwang, 1910-14; Leipzig, as of 1916-17; Berne, as of 1919; Belfast, 1920-23; Hamilton, 1923-24.
Protestant. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from pneumonia,
in the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1936 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at East
End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
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Robert Marion LaFollette Jr. (1895-1953) —
also known as Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., February
6, 1895.
Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1925; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1925-47; defeated in Republican primary,
1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1932.
Protestant.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the bathroom of his home, in Washington,
D.C., February
24, 1953 (age 58 years, 18
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert
Marion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette; brother of Philip
Fox LaFollette; married, September
17, 1930, to Rachel Wilson Young; father of Bronson
Cutting LaFollette. |
| | | Political family: LaFollette
family of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.:
Roger T. Johnson, Robert
M. LaFollette, Jr. and the Decline of the Progressive Party in
Wisconsin — Bernard A. Weisberger, The
LaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in Progressive
America — Patrick J. Maney, Young
Bob : A Biography of Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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Hyrum Rex Lee (1910-2001) —
also known as H. Rex Lee —
of Washington,
D.C.; La Mesa, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Rigby, Jefferson
County, Idaho, April 8,
1910.
Democrat. Economist;
Governor
of American Samoa, 1961-67, 1977-78; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1968-73.
Protestant.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., July 26,
2001 (age 91 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dennis Moore (b. 1945) —
of Lenexa, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Anthony, Harper
County, Kan., November
8, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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Claude VanCleve Parsons (1895-1941) —
also known as Claude V. Parsons —
of Golconda, Pope
County, Ill.
Born near McCormick, Pope
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Democrat. Farmer; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1930-41; defeated,
1940.
Protestant. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 45 years, 228
days).
Interment at Zion
Church Cemetery, Near Ozark, Johnson County, Ill.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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John Jacob Rhodes III (1943-2011) —
also known as John J. Rhodes III —
of Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Safford, Graham
County, Ariz.
Born in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., September
8, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1987-93; defeated,
1992; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 2008.
Protestant. Member, Rotary.
Suffered injuries in an automobile
accident, and died three months later as a result, in Washington,
D.C., January
20, 2011 (age 67 years, 134
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Bobby Lee Rush (b. 1946) —
also known as Bobby L. Rush —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., November
23, 1946.
Democrat. Candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1978; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1999.
Protestant. African
ancestry.
As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison
on a weapons
charge.
Still living as of 2014.
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