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  James Calhoun Adkins Jr. (1915-1994) — also known as James C. Adkins, Jr. — of Alachua County, Fla. Born in Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla., January 18, 1915. Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1964-69; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1969-87. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Pi Kappa Alpha; Phi Delta Phi; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Lions; Woodmen; Elks; Moose; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons. Died June 24, 1994 (age 79 years, 157 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Calhoun Adkins, Sr. and Elizabeth (Edwards) Adkins; married, July 15, 1952, to Ethel Fox.
  George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) — also known as George W. Anderson — of Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Acworth, Sullivan County, N.H., September 1, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1917-18; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took senior status 1931. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Economic Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons. Died in DeLand, Volusia County, Fla., February 14, 1938 (age 76 years, 166 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Son of David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson; married 1897 to Minnie E. Mitchell; married, January 25, 1908, to Addie Earle Kenerson.
  Winston Eugene Arnow (1911-1994) — also known as Winston E. Arnow — of Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla. Born in Micanopy, Alachua County, Fla., March 13, 1911. Lawyer; municipal judge in Florida, 1940-42, 1946-49; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1967-81; took senior status 1981. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Tau Kappa Alpha; Blue Key; Elks; Rotary. Died in Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla., November 28, 1994 (age 83 years, 260 days). Interment at Roberts Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Leslie Arnow and Mabel (Thrasher) Arnow; married, January 11, 1941, to Frances Day Cease.
  The Winston E. Arnow Federal Building, in Pensacola, Florida, is named for him.
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Sidney Myer Aronovitz (1920-1997) — also known as Sidney M. Aronovitz — of Florida. Born in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., June 20, 1920. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1976-88; took senior status 1988. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died of a kidney ailment, in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., January 8, 1997 (age 76 years, 202 days). Burial location unknown.
  Carl Clyde Atkins (1914-1999) — also known as C. Clyde Atkins — of Stuart, Martin County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla.; Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Fla. Born in Washington, D.C., November 23, 1914. Lawyer; founder-trustee, Lawyers Title Guaranty Fund, 1948-66; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1966-99; died in office 1999. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi Kappa Tau; Phi Alpha Delta; Tau Kappa Alpha; Kiwanis. Died in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., March 11, 1999 (age 84 years, 108 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of C. C. Atkins and Marguerite (Criste) Atkins; married, January 18, 1937, to Esther Castillo.
  The C. Clyde Atkins U.S. Courthouse, in Miami, Florida, is named for him.
  William Julius Barker (1886-1968) — also known as William J. Barker — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., June 25, 1886. Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59; took senior status 1959. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died April 13, 1968 (age 81 years, 293 days). Interment somewhere in Tampa, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker; married, October 20, 1916, to Pauline Eleanor Bigham.
Wilfred G. Bassett Wilfred George Bassett (1911-1986) — also known as Wilfred G. Bassett — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., May 26, 1911. Republican. School principal; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District, 1951-64; defeated, 1964; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1966. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; American Legion; Delta Theta Phi; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., February 5, 1986 (age 74 years, 255 days). Interment at East Liberty Cemetery, Liberty Township, Jackson County, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Edgar Franklin Bassett and Estella Maggie (Remey) Bassett; married 1933 to Vera Agnes Scheffel.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58
  Clarence Nathaniel Bergstrom (1895-1969) — also known as Clarence N. Bergstrom — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Florida. Born in Blue Island, Cook County, Ill., July 8, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932 (alternate), 1940; member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1942-43; Judge, Illinois Court of Claims, 1947. Methodist. Member, Phi Alpha Delta; Freemasons; American Bar Association; American Legion. Died in September, 1969 (age 74 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) — also known as James L. Blair — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., April 2, 1854. Lawyer; president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; general counsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), 1901-03; indicted in December, 1903, for forgery of two deeds of trust to obtain a loan from an estate he managed. Member, American Bar Association; Loyal Legion; Sons of the Revolution. Died, either from suicide (which he had attempted at least twice before) or from "congestion of the brain", in Eustis, Lake County, Fla., January 16, 1904 (age 49 years, 289 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Francis Preston Blair Jr. and Apolline Agatha (Alexander) Blair; nephew of Montgomery Blair; grandson of Francis Preston Blair; great-grandson of James Blair; first cousin of Francis Preston Blair Lee and Gist Blair; first cousin once removed of Edward Brooke Lee; first cousin twice removed of Blair Lee III and Edward Brooke Lee Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of John Eager Howard; third cousin once removed of William Julian Albert and Joseph Wingate Folk; third cousin twice removed of George Howard, Benjamin Chew Howard and Carey Estes Kefauver; third cousin thrice removed of George Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas and John Nicholas; fourth cousin of Talbot Jones Albert and Ethel Gist Cantrill.
  Political family: Lee-Randolph family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward F. Boardman (b. 1912) — of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in 1912. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, 1961-69. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Alan Stephenson Boyd (b. 1922) — also known as Alan S. Boyd — of Washington, D.C. Born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., July 20, 1922. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Secretary of Transportation, 1967-69; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1968. Member, American Bar Association; Kiwanis. Still living as of 2018.
  Relatives: Son of Clarence Boyd and Elizabeth (Stephenson) Boyd; married, April 3, 1943, to Flavil Juanita Townsend.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Joseph A. Boyd Jr. (1916-2007) — of Hialeah, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Hoschton, Jackson County, Ga., November 16, 1916. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1969-87. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions. Died, of heart failure, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., October 26, 2007 (age 90 years, 344 days). Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
  Relatives: Married to Ann Stripling.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward William Brooke III (1919-2015) — also known as Edward W. Brooke — of Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Washington, D.C., October 26, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; candidate for secretary of state of Massachusetts, 1960; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1963-67; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978. Episcopalian. African ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Amvets; Alpha Phi Alpha. First Black U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of the Spingarn Medal in 1967. Died in Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Fla., January 3, 2015 (age 95 years, 69 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Edward W. Brooke and Helen (Seldon) Brooke; married, June 7, 1947, to Remigia Ferrari Scacco.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Armstead Brown (1875-1951) — also known as Thomas Armstead Brown — of Lafayette, Chambers County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Talbotton, Talbot County, Ga., June 6, 1875. Lawyer; Chambers County Solicitor, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15; general solicitor, Florida East Coast Railway, and Florida East Coast Hotel Co.; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-46; chief justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-26. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Kiwanis. Died October 29, 1951 (age 76 years, 145 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Clay 'Harry' Brown and Susan Agnes 'Susie' (Dowdell) Brown; married, November 21, 1901, to Elizabeth Dowdell; nephew of James Render Dowdell; grandson of James Ferguson Dowdell; grandnephew of William Crawford Dowdell; first cousin once removed of William James Samford; second cousin of Joseph Meriwether Terrell, William Hodges Samford and Thomas Drake Samford.
  Political family: Candler family of Georgia.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cecil Farris Bryant (1914-2002) — also known as C. Farris Bryant — of Ocala, Marion County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in Ocala, Marion County, Fla., July 26, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1942, 1946-55; Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1952, 1960 (alternate), 1968; Governor of Florida, 1961-65. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons; Shriners; American Legion; Jaycees; Alpha Kappa Psi; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi. Died, in a hospital at Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., March 1, 2002 (age 87 years, 218 days). Interment at Highland Memorial Park, Ocala, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Cecil Bryant and Lela (Farris) Bryant; married, September 18, 1940, to Julia Burnett.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Adrian Paul Burke (1904-2000) — also known as Adrian P. Burke — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., October 2, 1904. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1938; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1955-73. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Lauderhill, Broward County, Fla., September 3, 2000 (age 95 years, 337 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas F. Burke and Rose Mary Daw Burke; married, December 27, 1934, to Edith Martin.
  John Levi Cable (1884-1971) — also known as John L. Cable — of Lima, Allen County, Ohio. Born in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, April 15, 1884. Republican. Lawyer; director and counsel, Lima Telephone and Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone Co., Lima Toledo Railroad, Lima City Street Railway Co.; Allen County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33; defeated, 1912; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Episcopalian or Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Grange; Junior Order; Kiwanis. Died in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, September 15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153 days). Entombed at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Davis J. Cable and Mary (Harnley) Cable; married to Rhea Watson; great-grandson of Joseph Cable.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) — also known as Mary S. Coleman; Mary Leslie Stallings — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Forney, Kaufman County, Tex., June 24, 1914. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1973-82; resigned 1982; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1979-82; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1984. Female. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Junior League; Altrusa; American Legion Auxiliary; American Association of University Women; Beta Sigma Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Omicron Pi. Died, of cancer, in Ocala, Marion County, Fla., November 27, 2001 (age 87 years, 156 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
  Relatives: Daughter of Leslie C. Stallings and Agnes (Huther) Stallings; married 1939 to Creighton R. Coleman.
  See also Wikipedia article — Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society
  Linton McGee Collins (1902-1972) — also known as Linton M. Collins — of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla.; Washington, D.C. Born in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Ga., June 21, 1902. Lawyer; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-72; died in office 1972. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Phi Delta Theta; Rotary. Died in Washington, D.C., April 12, 1972 (age 69 years, 296 days). Interment at Crescent Hill Cemetery, Helen, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Beulah Edna (Rogers) Collins and Ernest Clyde Collins; married, January 30, 1934, to Josephine Staten Hardman (daughter of Lamartine Griffin Hardman).
  Political family: Collins-Hardman family of Helen, Georgia.
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Thomas LeRoy Collins (1909-1991) — also known as LeRoy Collins — of Florida. Born in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., March 10, 1909. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1934-40; member of Florida state senate 8th District, 1940-54; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of Florida, 1955-61; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956; candidate for U.S. Senator from Florida, 1968. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died of cancer, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., March 12, 1991 (age 82 years, 2 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Marvin H. Collins and Mattie (Brandon) Collins; married, June 29, 1932, to Mary Call Darby (great-granddaughter of Richard Keith Call).
  Political family: Call family of Tallahassee, Florida (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The LeRoy Collins state office building (built 1962), in Tallahassee, Florida, is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Books about Leroy Collins: Tom Wagy, Governor Leroy Collins of Florida : Spokesman of the New South — Martin A. Dyckman, Floridian of His Century: The Courage of Governor LeRoy Collins
  George W. Cornell (1896-1988) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 29, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state senate 31st District, 1959-64; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 36th District, 1967. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla., March 24, 1988 (age 91 years, 177 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Cornell and Minnie C. Cornell; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Cornell.
  Political families: Cornell family of New York; Hatfield-Cornell-Woolsey family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) — also known as Fred H. Davis — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., May 18, 1894. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Leon County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Reserve Officers Association; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of Confederate Veterans; Phi Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; Lions. Died in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., June 20, 1937 (age 43 years, 33 days). Interment at Old City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married, February 3, 1921, to Frances M. Chambers.
  Epitaph: "Lawyer - Statesman - Jurist - Soldier."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Thomas E. Dewey Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) — also known as Thomas E. Dewey — of Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., March 24, 1902. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940; Governor of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952 (speaker), 1956. Episcopalian. English and French ancestry. Member, Freemasons; American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Farm Bureau; Grange; Phi Mu Alpha; Phi Delta Phi. Died, from a heart attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., March 16, 1971 (age 68 years, 357 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of George Martin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16, 1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of Jefferson Finis Davis); nephew of Edmond Otis Dewey; first cousin four times removed of David Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Glasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed of Luther Waterman and Joshua Coit; third cousin thrice removed of John Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of James Gillespie Blaine III.
  Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Upham family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Eastman family; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Abbott family of Salinas, California; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Herbert Brownell, Jr. — Charles C. Wing — Martin T. Manton — Herman Methfessel
  The Thomas E. Dewey Thruway, which runs through Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Greene, Albany, Schenectady, Montgomery, Herkimer, Oneida, Madison, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Monroe, Genesee, Erie, and Chautauqua counties in New York, is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M. Stolberg, Fighting Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E. Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas E. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris, Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation — David Pietrusza, 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) — also known as Peter H. Dominick — of Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colo. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., July 7, 1915. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1957-61; U.S. Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1961-63; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1963-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964, 1972 (delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1975. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in Hobe Sound, Martin County, Fla., March 18, 1981 (age 65 years, 254 days). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  Relatives: Nephew of Howard Alexander Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Ellenbogen (1900-1985) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Vienna, Austria, April 3, 1900. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1933-38; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1938-66. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Eagles. Died in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., July 4, 1985 (age 85 years, 92 days). Interment at West View Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Samson Ellenbogen and Rose (Franzos) Ellenbogen; married, December 18, 1927, to Rae Savage.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Charles Henry Elston (1891-1980) — also known as Charles H. Elston — of near Newtown, Hamilton County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla. Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, August 1, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1939-53. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight. Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla., September 25, 1980 (age 89 years, 55 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Central, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Leo Luke Fabisinski (b. 1890) — of Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla. Born in Collinsville, Canton, Hartford County, Conn., October 18, 1890. State's Attorney, 1st Circuit. 1926-31; circuit judge in Florida, 1931-32. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Anthony Fabisinski and Julia (Radomski) Fabisinski; married, June 8, 1915, to Claude Meck Kirkpatrick.
  Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) — also known as Dante B. Fascell — of Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla.; Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9, 1917. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1951-54; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956 (delegation vice-chair), 1968 (alternate). Italian ancestry. Member, American Legion; Lions; American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Military Order of the World Wars; Jaycees; Kappa Sigma. Received Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1998. Died, of colon cancer, in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla., November 28, 1998 (age 81 years, 264 days). Interment at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Charles A. Fascell and Mary (Gullotti) Fascell; married, September 19, 1941, to Jean-Marie Pelot.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Edward Ernest Fay (1887-1977) — also known as Edward E. Fay — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 27, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1925-27; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Royal Arcanum; Maccabees; Phi Alpha Delta. Died in Pinellas County, Fla., September 4, 1977 (age 89 years, 281 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick J. Fay and Evelyn Louise (Armstrong) Fay; married, February 14, 1917, to Virginia Alice Ventz.
George R. Fearon George Randolph Fearon (1883-1976) — also known as George R. Fearon — of Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Oneida, Madison County, N.Y., March 12, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1916-20; member of New York state senate 38th District, 1921-36; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died in Naples, Collier County, Fla., January 2, 1976 (age 92 years, 296 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Fearon and Anna Elizabeth (Charlow) Fearon; married, November 17, 1909, to Cora Lucy Nichols.
  Cross-reference: George B. Parsons
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Harold Leonard Fisher (1910-1999) — also known as Harold L. Fisher; "Mr. Brooklyn" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 10, 1910. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960, 1976, 1980; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1967; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; chairman, New York Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1977-79. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla., December 26, 1999 (age 89 years, 16 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Fisher and Pauline Fisher; married to Betty Kahn.
  Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (1859-1936) — also known as Duncan U. Fletcher — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born near Americus, Sumter County, Ga., January 6, 1859. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1893; mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., 1893-95, 1901-03; Florida Democratic state chair, 1905-08; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1909-36; died in office 1936. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; American Bar Association. Died in Washington, D.C., June 17, 1936 (age 77 years, 163 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Jefferson Fletcher and Rebecca Ellen (McCowen) Fletcher; married, June 20, 1883, to Anna Louise Paine; uncle of John Fletcher Huddleston.
  Cross-reference: William Luther Hill
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Sydney F. Foster (1893-1973) — of Liberty, Sullivan County, N.Y.; Lakeland, Polk County, Fla. Born in Cazenovia, Madison County, N.Y., March 23, 1893. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Justice of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1929-60; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department, 1939-40, 1945-49; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1960; defeated, 1954. Member, Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association; American Legion. Died in Lakeland, Polk County, Fla., November 20, 1973 (age 80 years, 242 days). Interment at Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, N.Y.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Edward J. Gurney Edward John Gurney (1914-1996) — also known as Edward J. Gurney — of Winter Park, Orange County, Fla. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, January 12, 1914. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of Winter Park, Fla., 1961-62; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1963-69 (11th District 1963-67, 5th District 1967-69); defeated, 1978; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1969-74; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1972 (speaker). Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in Winter Park, Orange County, Fla., May 14, 1996 (age 82 years, 123 days). Interment at Palm Cemetery, Winter Park, Fla.
  Relatives: Married to Eleanor Natalie Ahlborn.
  Epitaph: "U.S. Senator - Patriot - Statesman - Man of Honor and Integrity"
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Winter Park Library
John D. M. Hamilton John Daniel Miller Hamilton (1892-1973) — also known as John D. M. Hamilton — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan.; Paoli, Chester County, Pa.; Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, March 2, 1892. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1925-28; Speaker of the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Kansas Republican state chair, 1930-32; member of Republican National Committee from Kansas, 1932-40; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1936-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1936, 1940 (chair, Arrangements Committee; speaker). Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Elks. Died, in Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla., September 24, 1973 (age 81 years, 206 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Daniel Miller Hamilton and Mary (Rice) Hamilton; married, December 28, 1915, to Laura Hall; married 1940 to Jane (Kendall) Mason.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Time Magazine, September 21, 1936
  Lee Herbert Hamilton (b. 1931) — also known as Lee H. Hamilton — of Columbus, Bartholomew County, Ind. Born in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., April 20, 1931. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1965-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1968, 1996; received the Medal of Freedom in 2015. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Trilateral Commission; Rotary; Jaycees; Alpha Tau Omega. Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Still living as of 2018.
  Relatives: Son of Frank A. Hamilton and Myra (Jones) Hamilton; married, August 21, 1954, to Nancy Ann Nelson.
  The Lee H. Hamilton Highway (I-265 and Indiana 265), in Floyd and Clark counties, Indiana, is named for him.  — The Hamilton-Lugar School of Global and International Studies, at Indiana University, is partly named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Louis G. Hill (b. 1924) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., March 10, 1924. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; member of Pennsylvania state senate 36th District, 1969-78. Member, American Bar Association. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Gregory J. Hobbs Jr. (b. 1944) — of Colorado. Born in Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla., December 15, 1944. Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer; law clerk for Judge William E. Doyle, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1971-72; justice of Colorado state supreme court, 1996-2015; appointed 1996; retired 2015. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif. Still living as of 2015.
  See also Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier
  Spessard Lindsey Holland (1892-1971) — also known as Spessard L. Holland — of Bartow, Polk County, Fla. Born in Bartow, Polk County, Fla., July 10, 1892. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in Florida, 1921-29; member of Florida state senate, 1932-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1940 (alternate), 1948 (alternate), 1952 (alternate; member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1956 (alternate), 1968; Governor of Florida, 1941-45; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1946-71. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; Elks; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association. Sponsor of 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax. Died in Bartow, Polk County, Fla., November 6, 1971 (age 79 years, 119 days). Interment at Wildwood Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Holland and Fannie V. (Spessard) Holland; married, February 8, 1919, to Mary Agnes Groover.
  The Spessard Holland state office building (opened 1949), in Tallahassee, Florida, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) — also known as Robert F. Hopwood — of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. Born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., July 24, 1856. Republican. Lawyer; director, Citizens Title and Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street Railway Co.; Fayette County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital, 1905-20; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17; defeated, 1916. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., March 1, 1940 (age 83 years, 221 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Rice Gaddis Hopwood and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood; married 1880 to Emma S. Miller.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Carlos A. Lacasa (b. 1963) — of Florida. Born in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., December 6, 1963. Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives 117th District, 1995-. Hispanic ancestry. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 1999.
  Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) — of Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., September 14, 1878. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and director, Florida East Coast Hotel Co.; director, Gulf Life Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway, 1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1936. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Alpha Tau Omega; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Blue Key; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Highlands, Macon County, N.C., September 22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8 days). Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of William Marion Loftin and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Raymer Francis Maguire (b. 1890) — also known as Raymer F. Maguire — of Orlando, Orange County, Fla. Born in Ocoee, Orange County, Fla., November 30, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; 17th Circuit State's Attorney, 1923-27; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1940. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David Oscar Maguire and Margaret Martha (Francis) Maguire; married, January 8, 1920, to Ruth Mabel McCullough.
  Clarence Watson Meadows (1904-1961) — also known as Clarence W. Meadows — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla.; Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Va. Born in Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va., February 11, 1904. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1931-32; Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-36; West Virginia state attorney general, 1937-42; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1942-44; Governor of West Virginia, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1948, 1952; campaign manager for Claude Pepper, in 1958 U.S. Senate campaign. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Kappa Psi; Pi Kappa Alpha; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Lions; Rotary. Died, following a heart attack in Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital, Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Va., September 12, 1961 (age 57 years, 213 days). Interment at Wildwood Cemetery, Beckley, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of Isadore Meadows and Ida (Williams) Meadows; brother of Howard Prince Meadows; married, April 27, 1935, to Nancy Ryals Massie.
  Epitaph: "The Lord is my Shepherd."
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Thomas Joseph Meskill (1928-2007) — also known as Thomas J. Meskill; "Tough Tom" — of New Britain, Hartford County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., January 30, 1928. Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor of New Britain, Conn., 1962-64; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1967-71; defeated, 1964; Governor of Connecticut, 1971-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1972 (delegation chair); Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1975-93; took senior status 1993. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died, following a heart attack, in Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., October 29, 2007 (age 79 years, 272 days). Interment at St. Mary Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Grady.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Benjamin Hilborn Oehlert Jr. (1909-1985) — also known as Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. — of Orlando, Orange County, Fla.; Georgia. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 13, 1909. Lawyer; vice-president, Coca-Cola Company; president, Minute Maid Company; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1967-69. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Theta Xi. Died in 1985 (age about 75 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin H. Oehlert and Sarah (Landis) Oehlert; married, March 27, 1937, to Alice Greene.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
Claude Pepper Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) — also known as Claude Pepper — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla. Born near Dudleyville, Chambers County, Ala., September 8, 1900. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1940 (alternate), 1944 (alternate), 1948 (alternate), 1960, 1964, 1968 (alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1944; speaker, 1944, 1988; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died in office 1989. Baptist. Member, Moose; Woodmen; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma Upsilon; Kappa Alpha Order; United World Federalists. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. Died in Washington, D.C., May 30, 1989 (age 88 years, 264 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
  Cross-reference: Clarence W. Meadows
  The Claude Pepper Federal Building, in Miami, Florida, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Claude Pepper: Tracy E. Danese, Claude Pepper and Ed Ball : Politics, Purpose, and Power — James C. Clark, Red Pepper and Gorgeous George: Claude Pepper's Epic Defeat in the 1950 Democratic Primary
  Image source: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory
  James Hardin Peterson (1894-1978) — also known as J. Hardin Peterson — of Lakeland, Polk County, Fla. Born in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington County, S.C., February 11, 1894. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; citrus grower; Polk County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-32; U.S. Representative from Florida 1st District, 1933-51; chairman, First State Bank of Lakeland. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Kappa Phi; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Knights of Khorassan; Odd Fellows; Kiwanis; American Legion. Died in Lakeland, Polk County, Fla., March 28, 1978 (age 84 years, 45 days). Interment at Roselawn Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Newton Fay Peterson and Willa E. (Geiger) Peterson; married, May 29, 1917, to Christine Farrar.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Charles Phelps (1852-1940) — of Rockville, Tolland County, Conn. Born in East Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., August 10, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Vernon, 1885; member of Connecticut state senate 23rd District, 1893-94; secretary of state of Connecticut, 1897-99; Connecticut state attorney general, 1899-1903; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Vernon, 1902; Tolland County State's Attorney, 1904-15; bank director. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Psi Upsilon; Odd Fellows; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 3, 1940 (age 87 years, 177 days). Entombed at Grove Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Benjamin Clark Phelps and Sarah Parker (Humphrey) Phelps; married, October 19, 1881, to Leila Loomis Bill; married, March 28, 1900, to Elsie Edith Sykes; second cousin four times removed of Jonathan Ingersoll and Jared Ingersoll; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Jared Ingersoll, Joseph Reed Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll and Charles Anthony Ingersoll.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Poletti (1903-2002) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Barre, Washington County, Vt., July 2, 1903. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936 (alternate), 1940; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Baptist. Italian ancestry. Member, Urban League; American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. First American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of occupied Italy. Died in Marco Island, Collier County, Fla., August 7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36 days). Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Jean Knox Ellis.
  The Charles Poletti Power Plant (opened 1977, renamed for Poletti 1982, shut down 2010), in Astoria, Queens, New York, was named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John C. Rayson (b. 1949) — of Pompano Beach, Broward County, Fla. Born in Oak Park, Cook County, Ill., March 29, 1949. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives 90th District, 1991-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996, 2004, 2008. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 2008.
  Relatives: Son of Leland H. Rayson and Barbara C. Rayson.
  Albert Lee Reeves (1873-1971) — also known as Albert L. Reeves; Alburdah Lee Reeves — of Steelville, Crawford County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Dunedin, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Steelville, Crawford County, Mo., December 21, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1901-02; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1918; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1923-54; took senior status 1954; senior judge, 1954-71. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Died, in Morton F. Plant Hospital, Dunedin, Pinellas County, Fla., March 24, 1971 (age 97 years, 93 days). Interment at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Reeves and Margaret Ellen (Isgrig) Reeves; married, September 26, 1900, to Martha Lucinda 'Mattie' Ferguson; married, March 10, 1913, to Blanche Ferguson; married to Mabel Irene Finley; father of Albert Lee Reeves Jr..
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Janet Reno (1938-2016) — of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla. Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., July 21, 1938. Democrat. Lawyer; Dade County State's Attorney, 1978-93; U.S. Attorney General, 1993-2001; the first female U.S. attorney general; candidate for Governor of Florida, 2002. Female. Danish ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Inducted, Florida Women's Hall of Fame, 1993; inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2000. Died in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., November 7, 2016 (age 78 years, 109 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Henry Reno and Jane (Wood) Reno.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — National Women's Hall of Fame
  Books about Janet Reno: Paul Anderson, Janet Reno : Doing the Right Thing
  Walter Edward Rogers (1908-2001) — also known as Walter Rogers — of Pampa, Gray County, Tex.; Naples, Collier County, Fla. Born in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark., July 19, 1908. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas 18th District, 1951-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1964. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; Sigma Phi Epsilon. He was in the motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Died, of a heart attack, in a hospital in Naples, Collier County, Fla., May 31, 2001 (age 92 years, 316 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Charles W. Sawyer Charles W. Sawyer (1887-1979) — also known as "Buzz" — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 10, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1930; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1933-35; Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1934 (primary), 1938; member of Democratic National Committee from Ohio, 1936-44; Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee, 1939; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940, 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1944-45; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1944-45; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1948-53; part owner, Cincinnati Reds baseball team. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., April 7, 1979 (age 92 years, 56 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Milton Sawyer and Caroline (Butler) Sawyer; married, July 15, 1918, to Margaret Sterrett Johnston; married, June 10, 1942, to Elizabeth L. (Lippelman) de Veyrac.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Who's Who in United States Politics (1950)
  Harold Shapiro (1906-1981) — of Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Pereyaslov, Russia, May 1, 1906. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of Miami Beach, Fla., 1953-55. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Jewish War Veterans; Zionist Organization of America; Alpha Epsilon Pi; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; B'nai B'rith. Died in May, 1981 (age about 74 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Max Shapiro and Fannie (Bernstein) Shapiro; married, June 14, 1953, to Sylvia Simha Chinio.
  Lowell Curtis Wadmond (1896-1986) — also known as Lowell Wadmond — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Racine, Racine County, Wis., March 16, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Freemasons. Died September 25, 1986 (age 90 years, 193 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Christian George Wadmond and Celia (Jensen) Wadmond; married, July 27, 1938, to Mary Elita Cason.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. (b. 1936) — also known as Alton R. Waldon, Jr. — of Cambria Heights, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Lakeland, Polk County, Fla., December 21, 1936. Democrat. Professional singer; police officer; lawyer; member of New York state assembly 33rd District, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984, 1996 (alternate); U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1986-87; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1991-2000; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 2000. African ancestry. Member, NAACP; American Bar Association. Still living as of 2000.
  Relatives: Son of Alton R. Waldon, Sr. and Juanita (Wallace) Waldon; married 1961 to Barbara DeCosta.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  David Elmer Ward (b. 1909) — also known as David E. Ward — of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Florida, September 26, 1909. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; county judge in Florida, 1932-39; member of Florida state senate, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948 (alternate), 1968. Baptist. Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd Fellows; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David Thomas Ward and Mollie Ethel (Cox) Ward; married, June 3, 1937, to Martha Catherine Carlton.
  Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) — also known as Owen D. Young — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer County, N.Y., October 27, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; financier; industrialist; chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the founders of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Grange. Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Fla., July 11, 1962 (age 87 years, 257 days). Interment at Van Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Smith Young and Ida (Brandow) Young; married, June 30, 1898, to Josephine Sheldon Edmonds; married, February 21, 1937, to Louise (Powis) Clark; father of Philip Young.
  The Owen D. Young Central School, in Van Hornesville, New York, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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