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Roger Lea MacBride (1929-1995) —
also known as Roger MacBride —
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
6, 1929.
Lawyer; television
producer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1963; candidate in Republican
primary for Governor of
Vermont, 1964; Republican Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1972
(voted for John
Hospers and Theodora
Nathan); Libertarian candidate for President
of the United States, 1976.
Heir to the estate of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little House
on the Prairie.
Died in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March 5,
1995 (age 65 years, 211
days).
Interment at Wicks Cemetery, Halifax, Vt.
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Clark MacGregor (1922-2003) —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 12,
1922.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1961-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1964,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Chairman of President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign, July to November 1972.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in a hospital
at Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., February
10, 2003 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (b. 1933) —
also known as Buddy Mackay, Jr. —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., March
22, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1968-74; elected Florida
state senate 6th District 1978; U.S.
Representative from Florida 6th District, 1983-89; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1988; Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1991-98; Democratic Presidential Elector for
Florida, 1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000;
Governor
of Florida, 1998-99; defeated, 1998.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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Melvin Magidson Jr. —
also known as Mel Magidson —
of Port St. Joe, Gulf
County, Fla.
Born in Port St. Joe, Gulf
County, Fla.
Lawyer; mayor
of Port St. Joe, Fla., 2007-.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
City of Port St. Joe |
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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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David L. Malbin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1970; indicted
in 1973, along with the Chief Clerk of of the Brooklyn criminal
court, Joseph
E. Parisi, on federal charges
of aiding and abbetting an embezzlement
scheme, involving officials of the International Production, Service
and Sales Employees Union; in 1975, he was aquitted on motion soon
after the trial began.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Daily News, January 23, 1956 |
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Stephen Russell Mallory Jr. (1848-1907) —
also known as Stephen R. Mallory, Jr. —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
2, 1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1876; member of Florida
state senate, 1880-84; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1891-95; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1897-1907; died in office 1907.
Catholic.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., December
23, 1907 (age 59 years, 51
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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William H. Malone (1876-1944) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., 1876.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1910; member of Florida
state senate, 1920; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1933-35; defeated, 1935.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 28,
1944 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter C. Maloney (1813-1884) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Darien, McIntosh
County, Ga., February
7, 1813.
Lawyer; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1846-49; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1850.
Died in 1884
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter C. Maloney Jr. (d. 1894) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Florida.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1889-91.
Died in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., June, 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Kenneth Marchman —
also known as Kip Marchman —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Lawyer; mayor
of Winter Park, Fla., 2003-06.
Still living as of 2006.
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Image source:
Winter Park Library |
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John Robert Marks III (b. 1947) —
also known as John Marks —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born July 25,
1947.
Lawyer; mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 2003-14.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Marquis (b. 1820) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.; Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla.
Born November
19, 1820.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1881-83; county judge in Florida,
1885-89.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Vance Marquis; married, May 18,
1854, to Mary Robert Jones. |
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John Wellborn Martin (1884-1958) —
also known as John W. Martin —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Plainfield, Marion
County, Fla., June 21,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1917-23; Governor of
Florida, 1925-29; defeated in primary, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
22, 1958 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Melquiades R. Martinez (b. 1946) —
also known as Mel Martinez —
of Florida.
Born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba,
October
23, 1946.
Republican. Lawyer; Republican Presidential Elector for
Florida, 2000
(voted for George
W. Bush and Richard
B. Cheney); U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 2001-03; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2005-09; resigned 2009; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alexander J. Matturri (1913-1992) —
also known as Alex Matturri; "Mr.
Clean" —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., November
24, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1952; member of New
Jersey state senate District 11, 1968-71; candidate for mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1970; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1977-83.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
14, 1992 (age 78 years, 51
days).
Interment somewhere
in Montclair, N.J.
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Augustus Emmet Maxwell (1820-1903) —
also known as Augustus E. Maxwell —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., September
21, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; Florida
state attorney general, 1846-47; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1847; secretary
of state of Florida, 1848-49; member of Florida
state senate, 1849-50; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1853-57 (1st District 1853-55,
at-large 1855-57); Senator
from Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1865-66, 1887-91; circuit judge in
Florida, 1877-85; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885.
Slaveowner.
Died in Chipley, Washington
County, Fla., May 5,
1903 (age 82 years, 226
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Evelyn C. Maxwell —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Alabama.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1890; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1902-04; resigned 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry McChesney (born c.1905) —
also known as William McChesney —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Cherry Lake, Madison
County, Fla.
Born in Iowa, about 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1948.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James McChesney and Florence McChesney; married to Ruby
McChesney. |
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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); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1992,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2000.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Benjamin A. Meginniss —
also known as B. A. Meginniss —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Lawyer; mayor-commissioner
of Tallahassee, Florida, 1923-27.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Joseph Meskill (1928-2007) —
also known as Thomas J. Meskill; "Tough
Tom" —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., January
30, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1962-64; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1967-71; defeated,
1964; Governor of
Connecticut, 1971-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1972
(delegation chair); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1975-93; took
senior status 1993.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Bethesda Memorial Hospital,
Boynton Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., October
29, 2007 (age 79 years, 272
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Herman Methfessel (1900-1963) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1900.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1935-38; Richmond
County District Attorney, 1948-51.
In September 1951, the New York State Crime Commission, investigating
rackets on the Staten Island waterfront, heard testimony from Mrs.
Anna Wentworth that she had seen District Attorney Methfessel in a gambling
house, which implied that he was protecting
vice; in response, he ordered her arrest and charged her with
perjury. At the request of the Crime Commission, citing abuse
of power, Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey superseded him from all cases related to the
investigation; in the meantime, he was defeated for re-election. In
1952, he and a subordinate were charged
with official
misconduct, but found not guilty.
Injured in a one-car
accident, and died the next day, in North Shore Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 7,
1963 (age 62 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) —
also known as Howard M. Metzenbaum; "Senator
No"; "Headline Howard" —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 4,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; airport
parking
lot and car
rental business; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Ohio
state senate, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1952
(alternate), 1964;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1974, 1977-95; defeated, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Aventura, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March
12, 2008 (age 90 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mayfield
Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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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; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1968;
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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John Milton (1807-1865) —
of Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., April
20, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1848;
member of Florida
state senate, 1848-49; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1850; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1860;
Governor
of Florida, 1861-65; died in office 1865.
At the end of the Civil War, believing that "death would be
preferable to reunion," he killed
himself by gunshot,
Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla., April 1,
1865 (age 57 years, 346
days).
Interment at St.
Luke's Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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William Hall Milton (1864-1942) —
also known as William H. Milton —
of Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.
Born near Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla., March 2,
1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Florida, 1893;
U.S. Surveyor-General for Florida, 1895-97; mayor
of Marianna, Fla., 1898-99; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1900, 1912 (Democratic primary); alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1908;
member of Florida state legislature, 1900; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1908-09.
Died in Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla., January
4, 1942 (age 77 years, 308
days).
Interment at St.
Luke's Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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William Edwin Minshall Jr. (1911-1990) —
also known as William E. Minshall, Jr. —
of Rocky River, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
24, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 23rd District, 1955-74; resigned 1974;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960,
1964,
1972.
Died October
15, 1990 (age 78 years, 356
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jacob Mishler (1911-2004) —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
20, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1944; Republican
Presidential Elector for New York, 1952
(voted for Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Richard
M. Nixon); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 10th District, 1959; defeated, 1959; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1960-80;
took senior status 1980.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
26, 2004 (age 92 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kevin Michael Moore (b. 1951) —
also known as K. Michael Moore —
Born in Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., 1951.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, 1982-83, 1987-89;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1992-.
Still living as of 2017.
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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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Grover M. Moscowitz Jr. (1916-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in 1916.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 8th District, 1948; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1952.
Jewish.
Died December
26, 1998 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Star of David Memorial Garden, North Lauderdale, Fla.
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