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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 Wallace Adair Jr. (1914-2006) —
also known as Charles W. Adair, Jr. —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Florida.
Born in Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio, January
26, 1914.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Nogales, as of 1940-41; Mexico City, as of 1941; Bombay, as of 1942-46; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1965-69; Uruguay, 1969-72.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Falls
Church, Va., January
22, 2006 (age 91 years, 361
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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Francis Alexandre Adams (1874-1975) —
also known as Francis A. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1874.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper
editor; author;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1908.
Episcopalian. Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Died in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., September
24, 1975 (age 101 years,
136 days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery, Jensen Beach, Fla.
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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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Joseph Arnall (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Arnall —
of Florida.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., February
14, 1947.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 18th District, 1989-.
Episcopalian. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Still living as of 1999.
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Horace Cameron Avery (b. 1874) —
also known as Horace C. Avery —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., July 1,
1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Dewey Bensen (1898-1997) —
also known as Richard D. Bensen —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J., March
20, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1946; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in St. Johns
County, Fla., August
18, 1997 (age 99 years, 151
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Bensen and Annie Bensen. |
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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone
directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone
Hall
of Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Livingstone Wellesley Bethel (1845-1914) —
also known as Livingstone W. Bethel —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Nassau, Bahamas,
October
26, 1845.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1876-80; Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1881-85; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1886-90; judge of
criminal court in Florida, 1895-1911; circuit judge in Florida,
1911-14.
Episcopalian.
Died in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., October
21, 1914 (age 68 years, 360
days).
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge Jr. (1908-1965) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
21, 1908.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter and columnist;
radio
newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
15, 1965 (age 56 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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William Alexander Blount (1851-1921) —
also known as William A. Blount —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Clarke
County, Ala., October
25, 1851.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; member of Florida
state senate, 1903-05.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died June 15,
1921 (age 69 years, 233
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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John Branch Jr. (1782-1863) —
of Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C., November
4, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1811, 1813-17, 1834; Governor of
North Carolina, 1817-20; federal
judge, 1822; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1823-29; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1831-33; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1844-45.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died of pneumonia,
in Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C., January
4, 1863 (age 80 years, 61
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Enfield, N.C.
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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.
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Joseph Beverly Browne (1814-1888) —
also known as Joseph B. Browne —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va., November
6, 1814.
Democrat. Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Monroe County,
1838-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1868;
mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1869-70.
Episcopalian.
Died December
27, 1888 (age 74 years, 51
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Louden Burns (1913-2005) —
also known as William L. Burns —
of Amityville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Amityville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
24, 1913.
Republican. Mayor
of Amityville, N.Y., 1965; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-77 (7th District 1966, 5th District 1967-72,
9th District 1973-77).
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary.
Died January
11, 2005 (age 91 years, 353
days).
Interment at Amityville Cemetery, Amityville, Long Island, N.Y.
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Johnnie Byrd Jr. (b. 1951) —
of Plant City, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Brewton, Escambia
County, Ala., February
18, 1951.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 62nd District, 1997-.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1999.
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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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Richard Keith Call (1792-1862) —
also known as Richard K. Call —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie
County, Va., October
24, 1792.
Whig. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1823; U.S. Special
Diplomatic Agent to Cuba, 1829-30; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1836-39, 1841-44; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1845.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., September
14, 1862 (age 69 years, 325
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla.
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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.
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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.
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Ander Crenshaw (b. 1944) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
1, 1944.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 24th District, 1972-78; candidate
for secretary
of state of Florida, 1978; member of Florida
state senate 8th District, 1986-94; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1994; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 2001-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Horatio Davis (1840-1912) —
of Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., May 16,
1840.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
county judge in Virginia, 1880-86; mayor
of Gainesville, Fla., 1908-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., June 12,
1912 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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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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James Burrows Edwards (1927-2014) —
also known as James B. Edwards; Jim
Edwards —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Hawthorne, Alachua
County, Fla., June 24,
1927.
Republican. Dentist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1971; member of South
Carolina state senate 16th District, 1972-74; resigned 1974; Governor of
South Carolina, 1975-79; U.S.
Secretary of Energy, 1981-82.
Episcopalian or Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
American
Dental Association.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
in Mt. Pleasant, Charleston
County, S.C., December
26, 2014 (age 87 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Hull Ellis (b. 1867) —
also known as William H. Ellis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., September
17, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; Florida
state auditor, 1903; Florida
state attorney general, 1904-09; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1915-38.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Ellis and Julia F. (Wilson) Ellis; married 1894 to M.
Ramelle Nicholson; married 1906 to Ena H.
Taylor (daughter of Robert
Fenwick Taylor). |
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Tillie Kidd Fowler (1942-2005) —
also known as Tillie K. Fowler; Tillie
Kidd —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., December
23, 1942.
Republican. Lawyer;
legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Robert
G. Stephens, Jr., 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1993-2001; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Junior
League.
Died, of a brain
hemorrhage, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 2,
2005 (age 62 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Mathis Gober (b. 1875) —
also known as William M. Gober —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.; Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Commerce, Jackson
County, Ga., July 29,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1916, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1920
(alternate), 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Florida
state attorney general, 1920; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1921-29; candidate
for justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Gober and Clarisa (Embry) Gober; married, November
21, 1899, to Gussie E. Jackson. |
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John Gorrie (1803-1855) —
of Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla.
Born in Nevis,
October
3, 1803.
Physician;
postmaster at Apalachicola,
Fla., 1834-38; mayor
of Apalachicola, Fla., 1837-38; banker; inventor
of the first ice-making machine, patented in 1851.
Episcopalian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla., June 29,
1855 (age 51 years, 269
days).
Original interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Apalachicola, Fla.; reinterment at Gorrie Square, Apalachicola, Fla.
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Relatives:
Married 1838 to
Caroline Frances Myrick. |
| | | The John Gorrie Memorial Bridge
(built 1935; rebuilt 1988), which carries U.S. highways 98 and 319
across Apalachicola Bay, from Apalachicola to Eastpoint, in Franklin
County, Florida, is named for
him. — John Gorrie Junior
High School (built 1923; closed 1997; now an apartment
building called The John Gorrie), in Jacksonville,
Florida, was named for
him. — Gorrie Elementary
School (built 1889 as Hyde Park School; renamed 1915), in Tampa,
Florida, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Gorrie (built 1942-43 at Jacksonville,
Florida; scrapped 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Palm Beach (Fla.) Post,
October 17, 1993 |
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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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William S. Hults Jr. (1906-1999) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 18,
1906.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1943-44; member
of New
York state senate 3rd District, 1945-59.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in 1999
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Lake Worth Memory Gardens, Lake Worth Beach, 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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Edwin Carl Kemp (b. 1884) —
also known as Edwin C. Kemp —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in East Douglas, Douglas, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1884.
U.S. Consul in St. Pierre and Miquelon, 1914-15; Marseille, 1915-16; Tunis, 1916-19; Bucharest, 1919-21; Budapest, 1921-23; Danzig, 1923-29; Le Havre, 1929-33; Moncton, 1933-35; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, 1935-36; Halifax, 1943-45; Kingston, 1945.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edwin Kemp and Harriet Elizabeth (Moulton) Kemp; married,
September
12, 1909, to Bernette Zoe Chase; married, November
26, 1919, to Anna Durkee Smith. |
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Claude Roy Kirk Jr. (1926-2011) —
also known as Claude R. Kirk, Jr. —
of Florida.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., January
7, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; insurance
business; Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1964; Governor of
Florida, 1967-71; defeated in Democratic primary, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., September
28, 2011 (age 85 years, 264
days).
Interment at South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth Beach, Fla.
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Alfred J. Lawson Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Al Lawson —
of Florida.
Born in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., September
21, 1948.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 8th District, 1983-.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Walter Philip Leber (1918-2009) —
of Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
12, 1918.
Petroleum
engineer;
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1940-74; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1967-70.
Episcopalian. Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died August
3, 2009 (age 90 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Leber and Bonnie Vera (Blackman) Leber; married, September
9, 1950, to Bernice Jean Palus. |
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Howard Perry Mace (1916-1996) —
also known as Howard P. Mace —
of Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, May 19,
1916.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Consul General in
Istanbul, as of 1972-76.
Episcopalian. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in Citrus
County, Fla., December
8, 1996 (age 80 years, 203
days).
Interment at Fountains Memorial Park, Homosassa Springs, Fla.
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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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Ira William McCollum Jr. (b. 1944) —
also known as Bill McCollum —
of Altamonte Springs, Seminole
County, Fla.; Longwood, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born in Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla., July 12,
1944.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; chair of
Seminole County Republican Party, 1976-80; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1981-2001 (5th District 1981-93, 8th
District 1993-2001); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2000; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sharon J. Merchant (b. 1963) —
of Florida.
Born in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
30, 1963.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 83rd District, 1993-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1999.
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John Luigi Mica (b. 1943) —
also known as John L. Mica —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., January
27, 1943.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 39th District, 1977-81; candidate
for Florida
state senate, 1980; U.S.
Representative from Florida 7th District, 1993-2017.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2017.
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Frederick Daniel Miller (b. 1942) —
also known as Dan Miller —
of Bradenton, Manatee
County, Fla.
Born in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., May 30,
1942.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Florida 13th District, 1993-2003.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Susie Monroe (b. 1898) —
also known as Susie Wallace —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 4,
1898.
Democrat. Dressmaker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County 23rd
District, 1949-54; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952.
Female.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sandy Wallace and Susan Wallace. |
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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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Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) —
also known as Ruth Bryan; Ruth Bryan Rohde; Mrs.
Borge Rohde —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
2, 1885.
Democrat. Lecturer;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1929-33; U.S. Minister
to Denmark, 1933-36.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Delta
Gamma.
first
woman to be elected to Congress from the South; inducted 1992 into
the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame.
Died in Copenhagen, Denmark,
July
26, 1954 (age 68 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Ordrup
Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Owen Hendricks Page Jr. (1915-1999) —
also known as Owen H. Page, Jr. —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
11, 1915.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1949-52;
member of Georgia
state senate 1st District, 1955-56.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Hospice
Savannah, Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
8, 1999 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at Greenwich Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Nelson Renfrew Park (1890-1979) —
also known as Nelson R. Park —
of Longmont, Boulder
County, Colo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
25, 1890.
School
teacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1919-22; Guatemala City, 1922-23; Callao-Lima, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Callao-Lima, 1926-27; Ceiba, 1927-30; Torreon, 1930-37; Barranquilla, 1937-42; Matamoros, 1942-44; Barcelona, 1944-48; U.S. Consul General in Kingston, 1948-50.
Episcopalian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., July 20,
1979 (age 88 years, 237
days).
Interment at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Winter Park, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Gilkerson (Esden) Park and Henry James Park; married, August
4, 1928, to Grace Decker Coleman. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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William Morrill Parker (1889-1970) —
also known as W. M. Parker —
of Vienna, Wood
County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 13,
1889.
Republican. Electrical
insulation manufacturer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1951-54; chair of
Wood County Republican Party, 1952-54.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., April 6,
1970 (age 80 years, 297
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Parker and Anna (Cruickshank) Parker; married, October
1, 1913, to Anna Hall Jones. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Giles Jared Patterson (b. 1885) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., October
19, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Chester County Democratic Party, 1913.
Episcopalian. Member, Civitan;
Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Adam H. Putnam (b. 1974) —
of Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., July 31,
1974.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 63rd District, 1996-2001; U.S.
Representative from Florida 12th District, 2001-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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David Aiken Reed (1880-1953) —
also known as David A. Reed —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
21, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Pennsylvania Industrial Accidents Commission, 1912-15;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., February
10, 1953 (age 72 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Dave Russell (b. 1955) —
of Florida.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 18,
1955.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 44th District, 1999-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1999.
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Dixie Newton Sansom (b. 1948) —
also known as Dixie Sansom; Dixie Ann
Newton —
of Florida.
Born in a hospital
at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
6, 1948.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1984-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1992.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2010.
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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.
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Arthur William Sprague (1902-1983) —
also known as Arthur W. Sprague —
of La Grange, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in DeKalb
County, Ill., August
2, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District, 1939-42, 1951-57;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state senate 2nd District, 1957-67.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie
County, Fla., January
18, 1983 (age 80 years, 169
days).
Interment at Parkholm Cemetery, La Grange Park, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur William Sprague (1856-1916) and Cora Sprague; married to
Louise Bliss Horr. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Karen L. Thurman (b. 1951) —
of Dunnellon, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., January
12, 1951.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state senate, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from Florida 5th District, 1993-2003; defeated,
2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2008;
Florida
Democratic state chair, 2008.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jim Tullis (b. 1941) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., November
3, 1941.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 17th District, 1999-.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 1999.
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Frederica Smith Wilson (b. 1942) —
also known as Frederica S. Wilson; Frederica Patricia
Smith —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., November
5, 1942.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 104th District, 1999-2002; member
of Florida
state senate 33rd District, 2003-10; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 2011-18 (17th District 2011-13, 24th
District 2013-18).
Female.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2018.
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Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 2,
1876.
Republican. Banker; stockbroker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,
Long Island Railroad.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
14, 1958 (age 82 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop; married, October
3, 1905, to Alice Woodward Babcock. |
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Charles Dudley Withers (b. 1916) —
also known as Charles D. Withers —
of Florida.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., April
15, 1916.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Bombay, 1946-48; U.S. Consul General in Nairobi, 1957-61; U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, 1963-66.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Wilson Wood III (1878-1954) —
also known as William W. Wood III —
of Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, March
19, 1878.
Republican. Tool
manufacturer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died, in the Miami Heart Institute hospital,
Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
18, 1954 (age 75 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Harley Kirk Wood; married to Aileen Boal. |
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Charles Edward Woodcock (1854-1940) —
also known as Charles E. Woodcock —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Matthews, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., June 12,
1854.
Republican. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, 1905-35; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1920.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack in Naples, Fla., and died soon after, in a hospital
at Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., March
12, 1940 (age 85 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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