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James Knox Polk Hall (1844-1915) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in Milesburg, Centre
County, Pa., September
30, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Elk
County District Attorney, 1867-70, 1873; interests in coal
mining, lumbering,
railroads,
and banking;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1899-1903; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1903-14 (38th District 1903-06, 26th District
1907-14).
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., January
5, 1915 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Pa.
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Charles Memorial Hamilton (1840-1875) —
of Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Pine Creek Township, Clinton
County, Pa., November
1, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1868-71 (at-large 1868-69, 6th
District 1869-71); postmaster at Jacksonville,
Fla., 1871-72; U.S.
Collector of Customs at Key West, Fla., Florida, 1873.
Died in Pine Creek Township, Clinton
County, Pa., October
22, 1875 (age 34 years, 355
days).
Interment at Jersey
Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Pa.
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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. |
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article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, September
21, 1936 |
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Lee Herbert Hamilton (b. 1931) —
also known as Lee H. Hamilton —
of Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind.
Born in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., April
20, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1965-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1996;
received the Medal
of Freedom in 2015.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Trilateral
Commission; Rotary;
Jaycees;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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William Henry Harrison (1896-1990) —
also known as William H. Harrison —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
10, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927-29; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1945-50; member of Wyoming
Republican State Committee, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1951-55, 1961-65, 1967-69;
defeated, 1964, 1968; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1954.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
8, 1990 (age 94 years, 59
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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George Sydney Hawkins (1808-1878) —
also known as George S. Hawkins —
of Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Florida
state senate, 1840; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1842-45; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1846-50; U.S.
Collector of Customs at Apalachicola, Fla., Florida, 1854; U.S.
Representative from Florida at-large, 1857-61.
Slaveowner.
Died in Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla., March
15, 1878 (age about 69
years).
Interment at St.
Luke's Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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Julius Helfand (1902-1987) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
11, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1935; defeated,
1935.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; National
Lawyers Guild.
Sponsored 1935 amendment to New York State tax law, which prohibited
educational institutions from denying admission to qualified
applicants because of race, color, or creed.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
16, 1987 (age 84 years, 248
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ruben Helfand and Rose (Sperance) Helfand; married, November
21, 1926, to Naomi Aaronson. |
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Louis Benjamin Heller (1905-1993) —
also known as Louis B. Heller —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Lauderhill, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
10, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1943-44; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1944-54; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1949-54 (7th District 1949-53, 8th
District 1953-54); resigned 1954; special sessions court judge in New
York, 1954-58; city court judge in New York, 1958-66; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1967-77.
Jewish.
Died in Plantation, Broward
County, Fla., October
30, 1993 (age 88 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Alexander Hemenway (1860-1923) —
also known as James A. Hemenway —
of Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind.
Born in Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind., March 8,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Prosecuting Attorney, 2nd Judicial
Circuit, 1886-90; member of Indiana
Republican State Committee, 1890; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1895-1905; resigned
1905; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
10, 1923 (age 62 years, 339
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Ind.
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Joseph Edward Hendricks (1903-1974) —
also known as Joe Hendricks —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.; Plant City, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Lake Butler, Union
County, Fla., September
24, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 5th District, 1937-49.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., October
20, 1974 (age 71 years, 26
days).
Interment at Lakeland
Memorial Gardens, Lakeland, Fla.
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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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John Walter Heselton (1900-1962) —
also known as John W. Heselton —
of Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass.; Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
17, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1936-38; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1945-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died August
19, 1962 (age 62 years, 155
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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William Luther Hill (1873-1951) —
of Florida.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., October
17, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; insurance
business; secretary to U.S. Sen. Duncan
U. Fletcher, 1917-36; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936; appointed 1936.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., January
5, 1951 (age 77 years, 80
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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Clifford Loyd Hilton (1866-1946) —
also known as Clifford L. Hilton —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Kenyon, Goodhue
County, Minn., December
8, 1866.
Lawyer; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1918-27; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court; elected 1934.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., April 5,
1946 (age 79 years, 118
days).
Interment at Acacia
Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Gregory J. Hobbs Jr. (b. 1944) —
of Colorado.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., December
15, 1944.
Served
in the Peace Corps; lawyer; law clerk for Judge William
E. Doyle, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1971-72; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1996-2015; appointed 1996; retired
2015.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2015.
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William Adam Hocker (b. 1844) —
also known as William A. Hocker —
of Florida.
Born in Buckingham
County, Va., December
5, 1844.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1877, 1891; State's Attorney, 5th
Circuit, 1877-86; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; circuit judge
in Florida, 1893-1901; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1903-15.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hocker and Susannah (Lewis) Hocker; married, November
11, 1868, to Gertrude Venable. |
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Einar Hoidale (1870-1952) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Tromso, Norway,
August
17, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1930, 1934; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1933-35.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
5, 1952 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Lyle Donald Holcomb (1895-1975) —
also known as Lyle D. Holcomb —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Pierson, Montcalm
County, Mich., August
29, 1895.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
30, 1975 (age 79 years, 213
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Park North Cemetery & Mausoleum, Miami, Fla.
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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), 1960,
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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John Milton Holley (1802-1848) —
also known as John M. Holley —
of Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
10, 1802.
Whig. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1838, 1841; Wayne
County District Attorney, 1842-45; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1847-48; defeated,
1844; died in office 1848.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 8,
1848 (age 45 years, 119
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Lyons, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert I. Honchell —
also known as Pat Honchell —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Lawyer; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1965-67.
Still living as of 1967.
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George Dunlap Hopper (1889-1969) —
also known as George D. Hopper —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., July 13,
1889.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Stockholm, 1917-19; Rotterdam, 1920-23; Hamburg, 1923; Dunkirk, 1923-25; Antofagasta, 1925-29; Montreal, 1929-34; Casablanca, 1934-37; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, 1937-41; St. John's, 1941-45; Hong Kong, 1945-49.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died, from bronchopneumonia,
in Brentwood Rehab
Center, Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., July 11,
1969 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fletcher, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of George Dunlap Hopper (1848-1913) and Katherine Elizabeth (Higgins)
Hopper; married, June 23,
1920, to Minnie Parker Durham; married, July 8,
1939, to Sue Cushing Hayes. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1918) |
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Citizens Title
and Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Elijah Bailey Howarth Jr. (1885-1964) —
also known as Elijah B. Howarth, Jr. —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Orion Township, Oakland
County, Mich., October
2, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District,
1923-24; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1925-26; defeated in primary, 1930;
hotelier.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., May 10,
1964 (age 78 years, 221
days).
Interment at Royal
Palm South Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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George Evan Howell (1905-1980) —
also known as Evan Howell —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., September
21, 1905.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; referee in bankruptcy for U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 1937-41; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1941-47; defeated in
primary, 1938; resigned 1947; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1947-53; chairman, Illinois Toll Highway
Commission, 1953-55.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
18, 1980 (age 74 years, 119
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Edward Hutchinson (1914-1985) —
of Fennville, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Fennville, Allegan
County, Mich., October
13, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Allegan County, 1947-50;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948;
member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1951-60; chair of
Allegan County Republican Party, 1960-61; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 8th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1963-77.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., July 22,
1985 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Fennville
Cemetery, Fennville, Mich.
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