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Henry Clay Caldwell (1832-1915) —
of Keosauqua, Van Buren
County, Iowa; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Marshall
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
4, 1832.
Lawyer; Van
Buren County Prosecuting Attorney, 1856-58; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1859-61; colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1864-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1864-90; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1890-1903; retired
1903.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1915 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Jeremiah G. Callahan (born c.1886) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Iowa, about 1886.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 28th District, 1915-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Dwight Ezra Campbell (1887-1964) —
also known as Dwight Campbell —
of Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, November
5, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; represented railroads
in the Dakotas; member of South
Dakota state senate 35th District, 1923-24; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1925-37.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Died June 15,
1964 (age 76 years, 223
days).
Interment somewhere
in Groton, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Ezra Campbell and Cornelia (Bell) Campbell; married, November
5, 1912, to Adelaide Pauline Caywood. |
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George Alfred Carlson (1876-1926) —
also known as George A. Carlson —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Alta, Buena Vista
County, Iowa, October
23, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; District Attorney, 8th Judicial District,
1908-15; Governor of
Colorado, 1915-17; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., December
6, 1926 (age 50 years, 44
days).
Interment at Linn
Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colo.
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Dorr Howard Carroll (1874-1956) —
also known as Dorr H. Carroll —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Village Creek, Allamakee
County, Iowa, November
25, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; farmer;
lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 8th District,
1945-48, 1953-54.
Baptist.
Died in Jackson
County, Mo., October
7, 1956 (age 81 years, 317
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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James H. Carter (b. 1935) —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, January
18, 1935.
Lawyer; district judge in Iowa, 1973-76; Judge,
Iowa Court of Appeals, 1976-82; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1982-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Steven V. Carter (1915-1959) —
of Iowa.
Born in Carterville (now part of Provo), Utah
County, Utah, October
8, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1959; defeated, 1948,
1950, 1956; died in office 1959.
Died, of cancer,
in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
4, 1959 (age 44 years, 27
days).
Interment at Leon
Cemetery, Leon, Iowa.
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John Chambers (1780-1852) —
of Washington, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Bromley Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., October
6, 1780.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812, 1815, 1830-31; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1828-29, 1835-39 (2nd District
1828-29, 12th District 1835-39); Governor
of Iowa Territory, 1841-45.
Slaveowner.
Died near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., September
21, 1852 (age 71 years, 351
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Mason County, Ky.
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George Miles Chilcott (1828-1891) —
also known as George M. Chilcott —
of Jefferson
County, Iowa; Nebraska; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Cassville, Huntingdon
County, Pa., January
2, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County Sheriff, 1853; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1856; member
Colorado territorial council, 1861-62; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado Territory, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Colorado
territorial House of Representatives, 1872-74; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1878; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1882-83.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 6,
1891 (age 63 years, 63
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Alexander Clark (1826-1891) —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., February
25, 1826.
Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1890-91, died in office 1891.
African
ancestry.
Died in Monrovia, Liberia,
May
31, 1891 (age 65 years, 95
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Clarence Don Clark (1851-1930) —
also known as Clarence D. Clark —
of Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa; Evanston, Uinta
County, Wyo.
Born in Sandy Creek, Oswego
County, N.Y., April
16, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; Uintah
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-86; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming Territory, 1888;
delegate
to Wyoming state constitutional convention, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1890-93; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1895-1917; defeated, 1916; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912.
Died November
18, 1930 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Evanston, Wyo.
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Rush Clark (1834-1879) —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Schellsburg, Bedford
County, Pa., October
1, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1860-64, 1876; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1877-79; died in office
1879.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
29, 1879 (age 44 years, 210
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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George Washington Clarke (1852-1936) —
also known as George W. Clarke —
of Adel, Dallas
County, Iowa.
Born in Shelby
County, Ind., October
24, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1901; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1904-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1909-13; Governor of
Iowa, 1913-17.
Christian.
Member, Rotary.
Died November
28, 1936 (age 84 years, 35
days).
Interment somewhere
in Adel, Iowa.
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George C. Claussen (b. 1882) —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, August
6, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Clinton
County Attorney, 1915-18; municipal judge in Iowa, 1918; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1932, 1933-34.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Claussen and Wiebke (Banderob) Claussen; married, March
18, 1920, to Luella Fahr. |
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Orion Clemens (1825-1897) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Missouri, October
6, 1825.
Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; secretary
of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1865.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, December
11, 1897 (age 72 years, 66
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo.
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Ralph H. Clock (1878-1944) —
of Hampton, Franklin
County, Iowa; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Geneva, Franklin
County, Iowa, September
3, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1908;
superior court judge in California, 1923-25; member, California Fish
and Game Commission, 1926-31; member of California
state senate 33rd District; elected 1931.
Died, in Seaside Hospital,
Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 29,
1944 (age 65 years, 269
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sherwood Alonzo Clock (1879-1952) —
also known as Sherwood A. Clock —
of Hampton, Franklin
County, Iowa.
Born in Geneva, Franklin
County, Iowa, August
2, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1920.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., November
29, 1952 (age 73 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hampton
Cemetery, Hampton, Iowa.
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Raphael Floyd Clough (1886-1956) —
also known as Ray F. Clough —
of Mason City, Cerro
Gordo County, Iowa.
Born in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista
County, Iowa, May 10,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cerro Gordo
County, 1933; candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, from cancer,
in a hospital
at Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa, December
7, 1956 (age 70 years, 211
days).
Interment at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.
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James Edwin Cochran (1848-1919) —
also known as James E. Cochran —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.; St. Anthony, Fremont
County, Idaho; Port Angeles, Clallam
County, Wash.
Born near Hillsboro, Lee
County, Iowa, May 15,
1848.
Farmer;
school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; district judge in Nebraska, 1887-92;
appointed 1887; Fremont
County Prosecuting Attorney.
Died in Port Angeles, Clallam
County, Wash., November
17, 1919 (age 71 years, 186
days).
Interment at Ocean
View Cemetery, Port Angeles, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh F. Cochran and Lucy (Hammond) Cochran; married, October
11, 1877, to Mary Louise Beecher. |
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Beverly Waugh Coiner (b. 1857) —
also known as Beverly W. Coiner —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Leon, Decatur
County, Iowa, December
20, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 1882-84; Pierce
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1887-89, 1895-96; major in the U.S.
Army during the Spanish-American War; Washington
Republican state chair, 1910-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1912-13.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Erasmus Tully Coiner and Mary E. (Young) Coiner; married, November
1, 1880, to Ida Hare. |
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Chester Cicero Cole (b. 1824) —
also known as Chester C. Cole —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Oxford, Orange
County, N.Y., June 4,
1824.
Lawyer; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1864-76; law
professor.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Cole and Alice (Pullman) Cole; married, June 25,
1848, to Amanda M. Bennett. |
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Robert W. Colflesh (1900-1967) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
31, 1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 1932-34; candidate
for Governor of
Iowa, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,
1936.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, April
17, 1967 (age 67 years, 76
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Marvin Colflesh and Alice (Davis) Colflesh; married, September
14, 1924, to Martha Lucy Waring. |
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Edwin Hurd Conger (1843-1907) —
also known as Edwin H. Conger —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Adel, Dallas
County, Iowa.
Born in Knox
County, Ill., March 7,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Dallas
County Treasurer, 1877-81; Iowa state
treasurer, 1881-85; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 7th District, 1885-91; U.S. Minister to
Brazil, 1890-93, 1897-98; China, 1898-1905; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1905.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 18,
1907 (age 64 years, 72
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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James Perry Conner (1851-1924) —
also known as James P. Conner —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa.
Born in Delaware
County, Ind., January
27, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; state's attorney 13th district, 1881-85;
circuit judge in Iowa 13th District, 1884-86; district judge in Iowa
16th District, 1887-90; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 10th District, 1900-09.
Died in Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa, March
19, 1924 (age 73 years, 52
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Denison, Iowa.
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Willard L. Converse (b. 1870) —
of Howard
County, Iowa; South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Winneshiek
County, Iowa, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Howard
County Attorney; district judge in Minnesota 1st District,
1914-17.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896 to Eva M.
Klickner. |
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Paul J. Cooksey (b. 1923) —
of Spencer, Clay
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, March
17, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Clay County, 1951.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of E. E. Cooksey and Lucille (Landess) Cooksey; married, January
26, 1945, to Dorothy Jean Kurtzwell. |
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Elmer Ellsworth Corfman (1863-1950) —
also known as Elmer E. Corfman —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Toledo, Tama
County, Iowa, March 2,
1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1917-23; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
2, 1950 (age 86 years, 337
days).
Interment at Pierce
Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles,
Calif.
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George Cosson —
of Audubon, Audubon
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Republican. Lawyer; Audubon
County Attorney, 1905-06; member of Iowa
state senate, 1909-10; Iowa
state attorney general, 1911-17; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Willis Cosson and Mary Ann (McEnturff) Cosson; married, December
24, 1904, to Jennie F. Riggs. |
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Aylett Rains Cotton (1826-1912) —
also known as Aylett R. Cotton —
of Lyons, Clinton
County, Iowa; Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Austintown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
29, 1826.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; Clinton
County Judge, 1851-53; Clinton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1854; mayor of Lyons, Iowa, 1855-57;
delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1857;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1868-71; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1871-75.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
30, 1912 (age 85 years, 336
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Robert Gordon Cousins (1859-1933) —
also known as Robert G. Cousins —
of Tipton, Cedar
County, Iowa.
Born near Tipton, Cedar
County, Iowa, January
31, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1893-1909.
Died in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, June 20,
1933 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Red
Oak Cemetery, Tipton, Iowa.
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Myron Melvin Cowen (1898-1965) —
also known as Myron M. Cowen —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan, Harrison
County, Iowa, January
25, 1898.
Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1948-49; Philippines, 1949-51; Belgium, 1952-53.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
1, 1965 (age 67 years, 280
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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La Monte Cowles (b. 1859) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, September
30, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; abstractor;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1911-13; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Crail (1877-1938) —
also known as Joe Crail —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Iowa, December
25, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1927-33; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1932.
Christian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 2,
1938 (age 60 years, 67
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Coe Isaac Crawford (1858-1944) —
also known as Coe I. Crawford —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born near Volney, Allamakee
County, Iowa, January
14, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Hughes
County State's Attorney, 1886-88; member
Dakota territorial council, 1889; member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1889-90; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1893-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1896; attorney for
Chicago & North Western Railroad,
1897-1905; Governor of
South Dakota, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1909-15.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., April
25, 1944 (age 86 years, 102
days).
Interment at Municipal
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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James Buchanan Cullison (b. 1857) —
also known as James B. Cullison —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in New London, Henry
County, Iowa, September
21, 1857.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; register, U.S. Land Office, Enid, Okla.,
1897-1902; district judge in Oklahoma 21st District, 1911-29;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(alternate), 1932;
justice
of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1929-31.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: James
Buchanan |
| | | Relatives: Son of Elisha Cullison and
Matilda (McCabe) Cullison; married, July 30,
1882, to May Mary Sharp. |
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Albert Baird Cummins (1850-1926) —
also known as Albert B. Cummins —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born, in a log
house, near Carmichaels, Greene
County, Pa., February
15, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1888; member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1896,
1904,
1924;
Governor
of Iowa, 1902-08; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1908-26; died in office 1926; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1912,
1916.
Congregationalist.
Died of a heart
attack, in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, July 30,
1926 (age 76 years, 165
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Paul Harvey Cunningham (1890-1961) —
also known as Paul Cunningham —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Indiana
County, Pa., June 15,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1941-59 (6th District 1941-43, 5th
District 1943-59); defeated, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., July 16,
1961 (age 71 years, 31
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Francis Wellington Cushman (1867-1909) —
also known as Francis W. Cushman; "Abe Lincoln of the
Pacific Coast" —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Brighton, Washington
County, Iowa, May 8,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1899-1909 (at-large 1899-1909,
2nd District 1909); died in office 1909.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1909 (age 42 years, 59
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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