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James Gillespie Blaine III (1888-1969) —
also known as James G. Blaine III —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 1888.
Republican. Investment broker; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., November
3, 1969 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Fernhill Memorial Gardens, Stuart, 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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William H. Cates —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Realtor;
bond dealer; mayor-commissioner
of Tallahassee, Florida, 1951-52, 1966-67.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank D. McKay (1883-1965) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
4, 1883.
Republican. Financier; political boss who dominated Republican
politics in Michigan for years; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
Michigan
state treasurer, 1925-30; investigated
by a grand jury in 1931 over his handling
of state funds while Treasurer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of three
federal grand jury investigations
in 1940 over alleged fraud,
extortion
and kickbacks;
indicted
in 1944 for bribery
of state legislators; hired a Purple
Gang figure to murder
the star witness, State Sen. Warren
G. Hooper, and the case collapsed; charged
in 1945, along with William
McKeighan, with conspiracy to violate
state liquor laws; tried in
1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
12, 1965 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Entombed at Greenwood
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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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
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Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) —
also known as Owen D. Young —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
financier; industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958) —
also known as Robert R. Young; "Railroad
Young"; "Populist of Wall Street";
"The Daring Young Man of Wall Street";
"Maverick of Wall Street" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Canadian, Hemphill
County, Tex., February
14, 1897.
Republican. Stockbroker; financier; assistant treasurer
of General
Motors; predicted the 1929 stock market crash, and profited by
selling stocks short; chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway,
and later the New York Central Railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
25, 1958 (age 60 years, 345
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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