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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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Charles O. Baldwin (b. 1952) —
also known as Chuck Baldwin —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., May 3,
1952.
Pastor;
talk show host; Constitution candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; candidate for President
of the United States, 2008 (Constitution), 2012 (Reform).
Baptist.
Still living as of 2012.
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Frank Colavecchio (born c.1934) —
of Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born about 1934.
Talk show host; hospital
administrator; candidate for Florida
state house of representatives 85th District, 1982; candidate
for mayor
of Lake Worth, Fla., 1985.
Still living as of 1985.
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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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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) —
of Florida; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Willington, Abbeville District (now McCormick
County), S.C., November
9, 1856.
Newspaper
editor; orator; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Florida; candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; Independence
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
8, 1925 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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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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Paula Hawkins (1927-2009) —
also known as Paula Fickes; "The Battling Maitland
Housewife" —
of Maitland, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
24, 1927.
Republican. Model; member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1968-86; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1978; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1981-87; defeated, 1986.
Female.
Mormon.
Inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 2000.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., December
3, 2009 (age 82 years, 313
days).
Interment at Palm
Cemetery, Winter Park, Fla.
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James Melton (1904-1961) —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Moultrie, Colquitt
County, Ga., January
2, 1904.
Republican. Professional
singer; actor; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Died, from lobar
pneumonia, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
21, 1961 (age 57 years, 109
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Ocala, Fla.
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George Lloyd Murphy (1902-1992) —
also known as George L. Murphy —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 4,
1902.
Republican. Professional actor and dancer in
1934-52; appeared in films such as For Me And My Gal,
Battleground; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1944-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from California, 1965-71; defeated, 1970.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, of leukemia,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 3,
1992 (age 89 years, 304
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Jacqueline Cochran Odlum (1906-1980) —
also known as Jacqueline C. Odlum; Jackie Odlum;
Bessie Lee Pittman; Jacqueline Cochran —
Born in Muscogee, Escambia
County, Fla., May 11,
1906.
Republican. Beautician;
airplane
pilot; during World War II, she trained many women pilots for
duty ferrying supplies; she was the first
woman ever to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, the first
woman pilot ever to break the sound barrier, and to exceed Mach 2; in
1952, she was one of the leaders of the "Draft Ike" movement to
nominate Dwight
D. Eisenhower for president; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 29th District, 1956; elected to
Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1971.
Female.
Died in Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., August
7, 1980 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Interment at Coachella
Valley Public Cemetery, Coachella, Calif.
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Danny O'Neil (1920-2002) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.; Haines City, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, December
12, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; singer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1944 ; game show host.
Died, from heart
failure, in a rehab
center at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 20,
2002 (age 81 years, 159
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Brothrton Petree and Nancy Louise (Ruelle) Petree; married
to Patricia Geraghty and Geraldine Mae Healy. |
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