The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Radio and Television Broadcasting in Florida

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Politicians in Radio and Television Broadcasting in Florida

Edward W. Backus (c.1834-1920) — Born about 1834. U.S. Consul in Brazil; financial backer of Guglielmo Marconi in the development of radio transmission. Died in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Fla., June 14, 1920 (age about 86 years). Burial location unknown.

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.

		Relatives: Son of Albert Jeremiah Beveridge and Catherine Spencer (Eddy) Beveridge; married, June 21, 1933, to Elizabeth L. Scaife.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

John Andrew Cherberg (1910-1992) — also known as John A. Cherberg — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla., October 17, 1910. School teacher; athletic coach; Lieutenant Governor of Washington, 1957-89; candidate for mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1964; account executive, KIRO-TV television station. Catholic. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Sigma Nu. Died April 8, 1992 (age 81 years, 174 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.

Relatives: Son of Frank Cherberg and Annie (Rand) Cherberg; married, August 17, 1935, to Elizabeth Ann Walker.

Eric Alan Crawford (b. 1966) — also known as Rick Crawford — of Jonesboro, Craighead County, Ark. Born in Homestead Air Force Base, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., January 22, 1966. Republican. Television reporter; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 2011-. Baptist. Still living as of 2018.

Earl Dewitt Hutto (b. 1926) — also known as Earl Hutto — of Panama City, Bay County, Fla. Born in Midland City, Dale County, Ala., May 12, 1926. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; sports director and president of radio stations; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1973-78; U.S. Representative from Florida 1st District, 1979-95. Baptist. Still living as of 2014.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier

Raymond Motley (c.1912-1999) — of Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Born about 1912. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives; elected 1958; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964. Sportscaster on WMOH radio, Hamilton, Ohio. Died in Florida, 1999 (age about 87 years). Burial location unknown.

Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990) — of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex.; Buford, Rio Blanco County, Colo.; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; Palm Springs, Riverside County, Calif.; Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 23, 1910. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; investigated and called to testify by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1947 over lavish entertainment in Hollywood and Manhattan, many paid escorts, and paid hotel bills provided to Roosevelt and others, in a successful effort to persuade them to recommend Hughes reconnaissance aircraft for purchase by the U.S. military; owned a radio station in Texas; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1960; mayor of Miami Beach, Fla., 1965-69; member of Democratic National Committee from Florida, 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1968. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Ariz., October 27, 1990 (age 80 years, 34 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt; brother of James Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.; married, January 16, 1932, to Elizabeth Browning Donner; married, July 22, 1933, to Ruth Josephine Googins; married, December 3, 1944, to Faye Margaret Emerson; married, March 15, 1951, to Minnewa (Bell) Gray Burnside Ross; married, November 3, 1960, to Patricia (Peabody) Whithead; grandnephew of Theodore Roosevelt and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew of James I. Roosevelt; third great-grandson of Edward Hutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew of William Bellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch; first cousin once removed of Theodore Douglas Robinson, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Warren Delano Robbins, Corinne Robinson Alsop, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and William Sheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth Monroe; first cousin five times removed of Ebenezer Huntington; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin Huntington; second cousin of Corinne A. Chubb and John deKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed of Susan Roosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas Roosevelt Jr., Philip DePeyster and Jabez Williams Huntington.
		Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Wikipedia article

Charles Joseph Scarborough (b. 1963) — also known as Joe Scarborough — of Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla. Born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., April 9, 1963. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Florida 1st District, 1995-2001; resigned 2001; host of the television news commentary show "Scarborough Country" on MSNBC. Still living as of 2014.

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.

		Relatives: Son of Jacob Smith Young and Ida (Brandow) Young; married, June 30, 1898, to Josephine Sheldon Edmonds; married, February 21, 1937, to Louise (Powis) Clark; father of Philip Young.
		The Owen D. Young Central School, in Van Hornesville, New York, is named for him.
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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