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Bert Leigh Acker (1882-1960) —
also known as Bert L. Acker; Adelbert Leigh
Acker —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1882.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1940, 1942; candidate
for Governor of
Florida, 1944, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Actor
in two silent
movies, 1919-20.
Died, from heart
disease, in a hospital
at Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 7,
1960 (age 77 years, 168
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alto Lee Adams (1899-1988) —
also known as Alto Adams —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in DeFuniak Springs, Walton
County, Fla., January
31, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; rancher;
circuit judge in Florida, 1938-40; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1940-51, 1967-68.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks.
Died in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie
County, Fla., February
20, 1988 (age 89 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harrison Cemetery, Fort Pierce, Fla.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of James Calhoun Adkins, Sr. and Elizabeth (Edwards) Adkins; married,
July
15, 1952, to Ethel Fox. |
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Clifford Robertson Allen (1912-1978) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., January
6, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1949-51, 1955-59; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958 (Democratic primary); delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1971; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1975-78; died in
office 1978.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 18,
1978 (age 66 years, 163
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Nashville, Tenn.
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George Whiting Allen (b. 1854) —
also known as George W. Allen —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
1, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of Florida
state senate, 1879-83; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1896, 1916; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1897-1913; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1900
(alternate), 1904,
1908,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1908 (1st District), 1912 (at-large).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Smith Allen and Mary Jane (Sprague) Allen; married, May 26,
1880, to Leonor X. Browne. |
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John Ralph Armellino (1921-2004) —
also known as John R. Armellino —
of West New York, Hudson
County, N.J.; West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in West New York, Hudson
County, N.J., February
21, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of West New York, N.J., 1955-71; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets.
Died September
17, 2004 (age 83 years, 209
days).
Interment at Flower
Hill Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J.
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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.
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Robert S. Bainbridge (1913-1959) —
of St. George, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
21, 1913.
Republican. Insurance
broker; member of New York
state senate, 1943-46 (24th District 1943-44, 17th District
1945-46); defeated, 1947.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Lions; Eagles.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April, 1959
(age 46
years, 0 days).
Interment at Poplar
Hill Cemetery, Vandalia, Ohio.
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Stan Bainter (b. 1931) —
of Florida.
Born in Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill., January
23, 1931.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 25th District, 1987-.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 1999.
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Raymond L. Baker (1906-1999) —
of Berkley, Oakland
County, Mich.; Farmington, Oakland
County, Mich.; Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Lake Orion, Oakland
County, Mich., September
10, 1906.
Republican. Pharmacist;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1961-74 (Oakland County 4th
District 1961-64, 64th District 1965-74).
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Exchange
Club.
Died January
6, 1999 (age 92 years, 118
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmond Joseph Bannon (1912-2006) —
also known as E. Joseph Bannon; Joe Bannon —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., March 9,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968,
1972;
treasurer
of Indiana Democratic Party, 1970-73.
Catholic.
Member, American
Bankers Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died January
17, 2006 (age 93 years, 314
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edmond James Bannon and Rose (Goebel) Bannon; married, November
11, 1941, to Patricia Nan Peters. |
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Ross Bass (1918-1993) —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.; Miami Shores, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., March
17, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; florist;
soft
drink bottler; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1955-64; defeated,
1976; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1964-67.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died January
1, 1993 (age 74 years, 290
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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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.
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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 |
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Albert Edwin Beech (1904-1973) —
also known as Albert E. Beech —
of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
15, 1904.
Republican. Merchant;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1940; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 44th District, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died in April, 1973
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Florian Beiter (1894-1974) —
also known as Alfred F. Beiter —
of Williamsville, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Clarence, Erie
County, N.Y., July 7,
1894.
Democrat. Merchant;
U.S.
Representative from New York 41st District, 1933-39, 1941-43;
defeated, 1938, 1942.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March
11, 1974 (age 79 years, 247
days).
Interment at Boca
Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
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George B. Belting (1914-1998) —
of Beloit, Rock
County, Wis.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in De Soto, Vernon
County, Wis., July 15,
1914.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Rock County 3rd District, 1957-70.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; American
Legion; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died August
31, 1998 (age 84 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gus Michael Bilirakis (b. 1963) —
also known as Gus Bilirakis —
of Palm Harbor, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., February
8, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 48th District, 1999-2006; U.S.
Representative from Florida 9th District, 2007-.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, Order of
Ahepa; Moose; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
also known as William T. Bland —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972) —
also known as Oliver P. Bolton —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
22, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1953-57, 1963-65.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
13, 1972 (age 55 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Theodore M. Bowers (1907-1995) —
also known as Ted Bowers —
of New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Point Marion, Fayette
County, Pa., February
1, 1907.
Republican. Sand and
gravel business; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1943-46, 1949-64, 1969-72;
defeated, 1964; trustee, Wetzel County Hospital.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Lions; Rotary.
Died January
1, 1995 (age 87 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank L. Bowers and Asia L. (Sadler) Bowers; married, June 16,
1931, to Myra Llewelyn. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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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.
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Lathrop Brown (1883-1959) —
of St. James, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Montauk, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1883.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1920,
1924,
1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., November
28, 1959 (age 76 years, 275
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Manasota
Memorial Park, Sarasota, Fla.
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Jefferson Beale Browne (b. 1857) —
also known as Jefferson B. Browne —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., June 6,
1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1879; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1888;
member of Florida
state senate, 1891-95; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1893-97; receiver, Key West Electric
Light and Street
Car Co., 1898; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1904-08; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Florida; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1917-25; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1917-23; circuit judge in
Florida, 1925.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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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.
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J. Herbert Burke (1913-1993) —
of Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1967-79 (10th District 1967-73, 12th
District 1973-79); defeated, 1955 (6th District), 1978 (12th
District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Eagles;
Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Arrested
in 1978 for being drunk
and disruptive in the parking lot of a strip
club; pleaded
guilty to public
drunkenness, disorderly conduct and witness
tampering.
Died in Fern Park, Seminole
County, Fla., June 16,
1993 (age 80 years, 153
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Haydon Burns (1912-1987) —
also known as Haydon Burns —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
17, 1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; public
relations business; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1949-65; Governor of
Florida, 1965-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died November
22, 1987 (age 75 years, 250
days).
Interment somewhere
in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Fred Ernst Busbey (1895-1966) —
also known as Fred E. Busbey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Tuscola, Douglas
County, Ill., February
8, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; stockbroker;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1943-45, 1947-49,
1951-55; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1954.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., February
11, 1966 (age 71 years, 3
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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.
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Harry Pulliam Cain (1906-1979) —
also known as Harry P. Cain —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
10, 1906.
Republican. Mayor of
Tacoma, Wash., 1940; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1946-53; defeated, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Phi
Delta Theta; Eagles;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March 3,
1979 (age 73 years, 52
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Millard Fillmore Caldwell Jr. (1897-1984) —
also known as Millard F. Caldwell, Jr. —
of Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
6, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1933-41; Governor of
Florida, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948,
1956;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1962-69.
Protestant.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Newcomen
Society; American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Blue
Key.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
23, 1984 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Harwood
Plantation Cemetery, Leon County, Fla.
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Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. (1862-1944) —
also known as Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. —
of Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss.
Born in Belleville, Hamilton
County, Fla., January
18, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1901-21; mayor
of Corinth, Miss., 1933-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Honor.
Died in Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss., December
18, 1944 (age 82 years, 335
days).
Interment at Henry
Cemetery, Corinth, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezekiel Samuel Candler and Julia (Bevill) Candler; married, April
26, 1883, to Nancy Priscilla Hazlewood; married, January
14, 1924, to Effie Merrill Neuhardt; married, June 21,
1933, to Ottie (Doan) Hardenstein; nephew of Milton
Anthony Candler, Asa
Griggs Candler and John
Slaughter Candler; grandson of Samuel
Charles Candler; grandnephew of Daniel
Gill Candler and Ezekiel
Slaughter Candler; second great-grandson of William
Candler; first cousin of Charles
Murphey Candler; first cousin once removed of Allen
Daniel Candler, William
Ezekiel Candler and George
Scott Candler; second cousin of Thomas
Slaughter Candler; second cousin twice removed of Mark
Anthony Cooper; fourth cousin of Joseph
Meriwether Terrell. |
| | | Political family: Candler
family of Georgia. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Doyle Elam Carlton (1885-1972) —
also known as Doyle E. Carlton —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Wauchula, Hardee
County, Fla., July 6,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1917-19; Governor of
Florida, 1929-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in a nursing
home at Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
25, 1972 (age 87 years, 111
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Elford Albin Cederberg (1918-2006) —
also known as Elford A. Cederberg —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., March 6,
1918.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1953-78; defeated,
1950, 1978; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1968.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions;
Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in The Villages, Lake
County, Fla., April
17, 2006 (age 88 years, 42
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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John Andrew Cherberg (1910-1992) —
also known as John A. Cherberg —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., October
17, 1910.
School
teacher; athletic
coach; Lieutenant
Governor of Washington, 1957-89; candidate for mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1964; account executive, KIRO-TV television
station.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Sigma
Nu.
Died April 8,
1992 (age 81 years, 174
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Cherberg and Annie (Rand) Cherberg; married, August
17, 1935, to Elizabeth Ann Walker. |
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John Christensen (1890-1970) —
of Wilson, Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 25,
1890.
Republican. Vegetable
grower; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1933-42; member of
Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1943.
Congregationalist.
Danish
and German
ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
24, 1970 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Palisado
Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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William Michael Citron (1896-1976) —
also known as William M. Citron —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August
29, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Middletown, 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1935-39; defeated, 1928
(2nd District), 1932 (at-large), 1938 (at-large), 1952 (2nd District).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Titusville, Brevard
County, Fla., June 7,
1976 (age 79 years, 283
days).
Interment at Congregation
Adath Israel Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Frank Clark (1860-1936) —
of Polk
County, Fla.; Duval
County, Fla.; Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., March
28, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1889-91, 1899; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1894-97; U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1905-25; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1920,
1924
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1936 (age 76 years, 17
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
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Harold Reginald Collier (1915-2006) —
also known as Harold R. Collier —
of Berwyn, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
12, 1915.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; candidate in primary for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1952; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1957-75 (10th District 1957-73, 6th
District 1973-75).
Methodist.
Member, Moose;
Elks.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
17, 2006 (age 90 years, 36
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Preston Cone (1871-1948) —
also known as Fred P. Cone —
of Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla.
Born in Benton, Columbia
County, Fla., September
28, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1907-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1928,
1948;
Governor
of Florida, 1937-41.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died July 28,
1948 (age 76 years, 304
days).
Interment at Prospect
Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Near White Springs, Hamilton County,
Fla.
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Marcus Allen Coolidge (1865-1947) —
also known as Marcus A. Coolidge —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Westminster, Worcester
County, Mass., October
6, 1865.
Democrat. Chairmaker;
builder;
president, Fitchburg Machine
Works; president, Seneca Falls (N.Y.) Machine Co., manufacturers
of machine tools; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1902, 1904; mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1924,
1932,
1936;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1931-37.
Universalist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
23, 1947 (age 81 years, 109
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Westminster, Mass.
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George W. Cooper (b. 1897) —
of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Glenfield, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 15th
District, 1939-56.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. Cooper and Catherine A. (Smith) Cooper; married to Helen
Lillian Weisheit. |
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William Cato Cramer (1922-2003) —
also known as William C. Cramer; Bill Cramer;
"Mr. Republican" —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.; Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
4, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Florida state legislature, 1950-52; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-71 (1st District 1955-63, 12th
District 1963-67, 8th District 1967-71); defeated, 1952; first
Republican congressman from Florida since Reconstruction; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1956,
1960,
1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1964-68; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1970; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Florida.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets;
Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Order
of Ahepa.
Died, from complications of a heart
attack, in South Pasadena, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
18, 2003 (age 81 years, 75
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memory Gardens, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Willard Sevier Curtin (1905-1996) —
also known as Willard S. Curtin —
of Morrisville, Bucks
County, Pa.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
28, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; Bucks
County District Attorney, 1949-53; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1957-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary.
Died February
4, 1996 (age 90 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Marcy Bradshaw Darnall (1872-1960) —
also known as Marcy B. Darnall —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Edgar
County, Ill., January
27, 1872.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1913-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans; Civitan;
Elks.
Died, in Coffee Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., January
18, 1960 (age 87 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenview Memorial Gardens, Florence, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married to Lutie Milliken. |
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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.
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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 |
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903 to Alice
Taylor. |
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Laurent de Give (1828-1910) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Belgium,
January
31, 1828.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Belgium in Atlanta,
Ga., 1860-1903; opera
house proprietor; movie
theater owner.
Catholic.
Belgian
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in Rockledge, Brevard
County, Fla., March
17, 1910 (age 82 years, 45
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Herbert Jackson Drane (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert J. Drane —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky., June 20,
1863.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; insurance
and real
estate business; orange
grower; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1888-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-05; member of Florida
state senate, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1917-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Power Commission, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., August
11, 1947 (age 84 years, 52
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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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.
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Richard William Ervin (b. 1905) —
also known as Richard W. Ervin —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Carrabelle, Franklin
County, Fla., January
26, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; Florida
state attorney general, 1949-64; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1964-75.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard William Ervin and Carrie Marvin (Phillips ) Ervin;
married, November
23, 1933, to Frances Blois Baker. |
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James S. Farnsworth (1907-2003) —
of Otsego, Allegan
County, Mich.; Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.; Plainwell, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Paw Paw, Van Buren
County, Mich., June 29,
1907.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; mayor of Otsego, Mich., 1940-41; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Allegan County,
1961-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1963-74 (Allegan County 1963-64,
55th District 1965-72, 54th District 1973-74); defeated in primary,
1974.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Florida, June 26,
2003 (age 95 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Farnsworth and Etta (Griffith) Farnsworth; married to
Margery Meyle. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick J. Fay and Evelyn Louise (Armstrong) Fay; married, February
14, 1917, to Virginia Alice Ventz. |
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Aimé Joseph Forand (1895-1972) —
also known as Aimé J. Forand —
of Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., May 23,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1923-27; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1937-39, 1941-61;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
18, 1972 (age 76 years, 240
days).
Interment at Boca
Raton Mausoleum, Boca Raton, Fla.
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Don Fuqua (b. 1933) —
of Altha, Calhoun
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
20, 1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member
of Florida
state house of representatives, 1959-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-87 (9th District 1963-67, 2nd
District 1967-87); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jaycees;
Woodmen;
Alpha
Gamma Rho; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Leon E. Giuffreda (1913-1999) —
of Centereach, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
1, 1913.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; bank
director; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1966-76.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Elks.
Died November
8, 1999 (age 86 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose M. Gazzano. |
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Robert Andrew Gray (1882-1975) —
also known as R. A. Gray —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Concord, Pike
County, Ga., August
2, 1882.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary
of state of Florida, 1930-61; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
American
Legion; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1975
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Alexis Green (1892-1973) —
also known as R. A. 'Lex' Green —
of Starke, Bradford
County, Fla.
Born near Lake Butler, Bradford County (now Union
County), Fla., February
10, 1892.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1918-20; Bradford
County Judge, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1925-44 (2nd District 1925-43,
at-large 1943-44); resigned 1944; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., February
9, 1973 (age 80 years, 365
days).
Interment at New
River Cemetery, Near New River, Bradford County, Fla.
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James Andrew Haley (1899-1981) —
also known as James A. Haley; Jim Haley —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala., January
4, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
chair
of Sarasota County Democratic Party, 1925-53; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1949-52; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952
(alternate), 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1953-77 (7th District 1953-73, 8th
District 1973-77).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks.
Former president and director, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., August
6, 1981 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Boca
Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
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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.
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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 |
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Cary Augustus Hardee (1876-1957) —
also known as Cary A. Hardee —
of Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla.
Born in Taylor
County, Fla., November
13, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-17; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1917; Governor of
Florida, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died November
21, 1957 (age 81 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Fla.
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Forest Arthur Harness (1895-1974) —
also known as Forest A. Harness —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., June 24,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Howard
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24; represented the United
States in the attempt to extradite Samuel
Insull from Greece, 1932-34; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1939-49; defeated,
1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., July 29,
1974 (age 79 years, 35
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown
Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.
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Edward J. Healey (1924-2000) —
of Florida.
Born in Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 26,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1974-80, 1982-84, 1986-2000 (81st
District 1974-80, 86th District 1982-84, 1986-2000); defeated, 1972
(81st District), 1980 (81st District), 1984 (86th District); died in
office 2000.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Association of Retired Persons; Audubon
Society; American
Legion; Nature
Conservancy; Sierra
Club; Urban
League; Common
Cause.
While attending a primary victory rally
for Al Gore, suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day at a hospital
at Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., March
15, 2000 (age 75 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. (1909-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Herlong, Jr. —
of Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla.
Born in Manistee, Monroe
County, Ala., February
14, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Florida, 1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-69 (5th District 1949-67, 4th
District 1967-69); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Pi
Kappa Phi.
Died in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla., December
27, 1995 (age 86 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) —
also known as Pehr G. Holmes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sweden,
April
9, 1881.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 7th District, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47;
defeated, 1946.
Congregationalist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
19, 1952 (age 71 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Richard Joseph Hughes (1909-1992) —
also known as Richard J. Hughes —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Florence, Burlington
County, N.J., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1938; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1944-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1948
(alternate), 1964,
1968
(chair, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1972;
county judge in New Jersey, 1948-52; superior court judge in New
Jersey, 1952-61; Governor of
New Jersey, 1962-70; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1970-73; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1973-79.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Phi
Kappa Theta.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
7, 1992 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Lawrence E. Imhoff (1895-1988) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Round Bottom, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
28, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
probate judge in Ohio, 1925-33; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1933-39, 1941-43; served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Elks.
Died in North Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., April
18, 1988 (age 92 years, 112
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fort
Myers Memorial Gardens, Fort Myers, Fla.
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Edward John Jirovec (1918-1993) —
also known as Edward J. Jirovec; "Mr.
J" —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.; Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., April 7,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; insurance
broker; candidate for mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983.
Presbyterian.
Bohemian
ancestry. Member, Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., July 8,
1993 (age 75 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fred
Hunter Hollywood Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, Fla.
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Lake Jones (b. 1867) —
of Florida.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., February
10, 1867.
Republican. U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1924-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Everett A. Kelly (b. 1926) —
of Florida.
Born in Foley, Baldwin
County, Ala., September
2, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; pharmacist;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grotto;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks; Moose.
Still living as of 1999.
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Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (1922-2016) —
also known as Melvin R. Laird —
of Marshfield, Wood
County, Wis.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., September
1, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Wisconsin
state senate 24th District, 1947-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956
(speaker),
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1953-69; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Purple
Heart.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1974.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., November
16, 2016 (age 94 years, 76
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Cary Dayton Landis (1873-1938) —
also known as Cary D. Landis —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Claypool, Kosciusko
County, Ind., May 10,
1873.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; law
professor; Florida
state attorney general, 1931-36; appointed 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died May 10,
1938 (age 65 years, 0
days).
Interment at Ball Hill Cemetery, Cutler, Ind.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of David Oscar Maguire and Margaret Martha (Francis) Maguire;
married, January
8, 1920, to Ruth Mabel McCullough. |
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Rowland B. Mahany (1904-2000) —
of Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
2, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1947-58, 1963-68; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., July 2,
2000 (age 95 years, 243
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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John J. Mangan (1908-1988) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, October
1, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1951-55;
resigned 1955; New York City Municipal Court Justice, appointed 1955;
later, Judge of District Civil Court.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
14, 1988 (age 80 years, 74
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Mangan and Bridget (Corr) Mangan. |
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Joseph William Martin Jr. (1884-1968) —
also known as Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Joe
Martin —
of North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., November
3, 1884.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; insurance
business; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Bristol District, 1915-18; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1936,
1940
(Permanent
Chair), 1944
(Permanent
Chair), 1948,
1952
(Permanent
Chair; speaker),
1956,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; secretary of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1922-25; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-67 (15th District
1925-33, 14th District 1933-63, 10th District 1963-67); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1947-49, 1953-55; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1937; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1940-42; derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Grange.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., March 6,
1968 (age 83 years, 124
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, North Attleboro, Mass.
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Donald Ray Matthews (1907-1997) —
also known as Donald R. Matthews; Billy
Matthews —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Micanopy, Alachua
County, Fla., October
3, 1907.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1935; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 8th District, 1953-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Pi Gamma
Mu; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., October
26, 1997 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Interment at Hawthorne
Cemetery, Hawthorne, Fla.
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Charles Linza McNary (1874-1944) —
also known as Charles L. McNary —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born near Salem, Marion
County, Ore., June 12,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; law school
dean; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1913-14; appointed 1913; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1916-17; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1917-18, 1918-44; appointed 1917, 1918; died
in office 1944; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., February
25, 1944 (age 69 years, 258
days).
Original interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.; reinterment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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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.
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Jack Richard Miller (1916-1994) —
also known as Jack Miller —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 6,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1955-56; member of Iowa
state senate, 1957-60; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1961-73; defeated, 1972; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1973-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-85; took
senior status 1985.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Izaak
Walton League; Rotary;
Moose;
Eagles;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died in Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla., August
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 84
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Ward Morris (1890-1960) —
also known as James W. Morris —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Smithfield, Johnston
County, N.C., November
14, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1916,
1936
(alternate); served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Associate
Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
1939-60; died in office 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died November
15, 1960 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Frank Bradford Morse (1921-1994) —
also known as F. Bradford Morse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
7, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1961-72; resigned
1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died, of heart
failure, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., December
18, 1994 (age 73 years, 133
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Pat Patterson (b. 1948) —
of Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., October
12, 1948.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 26th District, 1999-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 1999.
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Jesse Insle Pavey (b. 1890) —
also known as Jesse I. Pavey —
of Belleair, Pinellas
County, Fla.; South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Boone
County, Ind., April
20, 1890.
Democrat. Lumber
business; mayor of Belleair, Fla., 1926-30; mayor
of South Bend, Ind., 1939-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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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.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964;
cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington; married, August
1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — The Adam Clayton Powell State
Office Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;
renamed 1983), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Arthur William Prehn (1884-1951) —
also known as Arthur W. Prehn; A. W. Prehn —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Marathon City, Marathon
County, Wis., December
1, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1912,
1936,
1944;
Marathon
County District Attorney, 1922-25; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Eagles.
Died, of heart
failure, in Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
24, 1951 (age 66 years, 113
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, Wausau, Wis.
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Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) —
also known as A. Philip Randolph —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., April
15, 1889.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924; organizer,
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; vice-president,
AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Civil
Liberties Union; United
World Federalists.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.
Died May 16,
1979 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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George Arthur Rathbun (1884-1958) —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Dundee, Monroe
County, Mich., May 30,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 39th Circuit, 1930-53; resigned 1953.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died February
16, 1958 (age 73 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George H. Rathbun and Sarah A. (Prindle) Rathbun; married 1908 to Leila
M. Geddes. |
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Paul Richman (1895-1959) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
December
25, 1895.
Democrat. Ship supply
dealer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Panama in Hampton
Roads, Va., 1934-36.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from kidney
failure and diabetes,
in Riverside Hospital,
Newport
News, Va., September
16, 1959 (age 63 years, 265
days).
Interment at Jewish Cemetery of the Virginia Peninsula, Hampton, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Richman and Jennie (Zigmond) Richman; married to Ruth
Lichtenberg. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved husband, father and
grandfather." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Lowell Roudebush (1918-1995) —
also known as Richard L. Roudebush —
of Indiana.
Born near Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., January
18, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960 ;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1961-71 (6th District 1961-67, 10th
District 1967-69, 5th District 1969-71); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1970.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., January
28, 1995 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank Douglass Scott (1878-1951) —
also known as Frank D. Scott —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., August
25, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Alpena
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1915-27; defeated in
primary, 1926.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
12, 1951 (age 72 years, 171
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (1908-1982) —
of Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., May 12,
1908.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-59,
1961-63; defeated, 1948, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Member, Grange;
Elks; Order of
Ahepa; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 9,
1982 (age 73 years, 332
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Conn.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Max Shapiro and Fannie (Bernstein) Shapiro; married, June 14,
1953, to Sylvia Simha Chinio. |
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007) —
also known as George A. Smathers; "Georgeous
George" —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
14, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1951-69; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952
(alternate; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956
(alternate), 1968;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1968;
lobbyist.
Methodist;
later United
Church of Christ. Member, Jaycees;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Suffered a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Indian Creek, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
20, 2007 (age 93 years, 67
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jacob Franklin Spears, Sr. (1899-1946) —
also known as J. Franklin Spears —
of Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Darlington
County, S.C., October
6, 1899.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Tarpon Springs, Fla., 1921; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1934-36; member of Texas
state senate, 1937-46.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., May 29,
1946 (age 46 years, 235
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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J. R. Spratt (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Spratt —
of Florida.
Born in Hamlet, Richmond
County, N.C., March
10, 1947.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 77th District, 1997-.
Methodist.
Member, Lions;
Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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Dwight Stansel (b. 1947) —
of Florida.
Born in Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla., July 6,
1947.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 11th District, 1999-.
Baptist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association; Elks.
Still living as of 1999.
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John William Stanton (1924-2002) —
also known as J. William Stanton —
of Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, February
20, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lake
County Commissioner, 1956-64; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1965-83.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Jaycees.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., April
11, 2002 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio.
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Russell H. Strange II (1934-2001) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., September
18, 1934.
Republican. Tree
farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1957-70 (Isabella District
1957-64, 100th District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1970; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi; American
Political Science Association; Rotary;
Grange;
Elks.
Died in North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
6, 2001 (age 67 years, 79
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Epiphany Cathedral Memorial Garden, Venice, Fla.
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Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield (1899-1972) —
also known as Arthur E. Summerfield —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Pinconning, Bay
County, Mich., March
17, 1899.
Republican. Real estate
business; oil
distributor; automobile
dealer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1944-52; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1952-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(speaker),
1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1953-61.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Kiwanis;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April
26, 1972 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hills Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Summerfield and Cora Edith (Ellsworth) Summerfield;
married, July 22,
1918, to Miriam Wealthy Graim. |
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article |
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Hans Gearhart Tanzler Jr. (b. 1927) —
also known as Hans Tanzler —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March
11, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
judge of criminal court in Florida, 1963-67; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1967-79; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1978.
Member, Jaycees;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks.
Still living as of 1979.
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John Stansel Taylor (1871-1936) —
also known as John S. Taylor —
of Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Hillsborough County (part now in Pinellas
County), Fla., March
21, 1871.
Democrat. Citrus
grower; banker;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1905-10; mayor of
Largo, Fla., 1911; member of Florida
state senate; elected 1912; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1928; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla., August
15, 1936 (age 65 years, 147
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William John Hamilton Taylor (1853-1929) —
also known as William J. H. Taylor —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Turks and
Caicos Islands, December
12, 1853.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; commission
merchant; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Key
West, Fla., 1884-1903; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Key
West, Fla., 1887-1903.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., May 5,
1929 (age 75 years, 144
days).
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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Pat Thomas (1933-2000) —
of Florida.
Born in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., November
21, 1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1966-70; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1968;
candidate for nomination for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1970; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-74; member of Florida
state senate, 1975-2000.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of multiple
myeloma, in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., June 21,
2000 (age 66 years, 213
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Quincy, Fla.
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Vincent Joseph Vidal (1858-1941) —
also known as Vincent J. Vidal; Vicente J.
Vidal —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Mahon, Minorca,
December
26, 1858.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
coffee
roaster; printing
business; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Guatemala in Pensacola,
Fla., 1900-31; Honorary
Consul for Cuba in Pensacola,
Fla., 1904-14; Commercial
Agent (Consul) for Uruguay in Pensacola,
Fla., 1913-23; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Pensacola,
Fla., 1926-41; Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Pensacola,
Fla., 1929.
Spanish
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., September
26, 1941 (age 82 years, 274
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of David Thomas Ward and Mollie Ethel (Cox) Ward; married, June 3,
1937, to Martha Catherine Carlton. |
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Frederick Maltby Warner (1865-1923) —
also known as Fred M. Warner —
of Farmington, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Hickling, Nottinghamshire, England,
July
21, 1865.
Republican. Cheese
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1895-98; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1901-04; Governor of
Michigan, 1905-10; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1920-23.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Maccabees.
Died of kidney
failure, in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., April
17, 1923 (age 57 years, 270
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Farmington, Mich.
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Fuller Warren (1905-1973) —
of Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Blountstown, Calhoun
County, Fla., October
3, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1926-28, 1938-40; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1928,
1956
(alternate); member Jacksonville city council, 1931-37; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Florida, 1949-53.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Theta
Chi; Elks.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., September
23, 1973 (age 67 years, 355
days).
Interment at Nettle
Ridge Cemetery, Blountstown, Fla.
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Clarence Maurice Weidemeyer (1906-1983) —
also known as C. Maurice Weidemeyer —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Hebbville, Baltimore
County, Md., October
22, 1906.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Republican candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1944, 1948; chair of
Anne Arundel County Republican Party, 1950; candidate for Maryland
state senate, 1950 (Republican), 1966 (Democratic); Republican
candidate for Maryland
state attorney general, 1958; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66, 1971-74; defeated
(Democratic), 1974; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1972.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Shriners;
Moose;
Elks.
Died of metastastic
liposarcoma, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
7, 1983 (age 76 years, 108
days).
Interment at Lorraine
Cemetery, Woodlawn, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Monterey F. W. Weidemeyer and Annie E. (Reiblich)
Weidemeyer. |
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