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Wilmer Dean Aubrey (1904-1975) —
also known as W. Dean Aubrey —
of Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa.
Born in Munterville, Wapello
County, Iowa, September
28, 1904.
Democrat. Meatpacking
worker; secretary,
United Packinghouse Workers, Local 1; secretary,
Ottumwa Industrial Union Council (CIO); coal operator; member
of Iowa
state house of representatives from Wapello County, 1945-46,
1949-51.
Methodist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in October, 1975
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Interment at New Altoona Cemetery, Altoona, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Aubrey and Rosa E. (Chrisman) Aubrey; married 1935 to Evelyn
Juanita Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Emery Buxton (b. 1839) —
of Moingona, Boone
County, Iowa; Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa; Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt., October
20, 1839.
Republican. Hardware
merchant; mining business; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Vermont
state senate, 1904.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Luther Buxton and Semantha (Paris) Buxton; married, November
20, 1865, to Antha M. Clift. |
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Guy George Gabrielson (1891-1976) —
also known as Guy G. Gabrielson —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Ambler, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista
County, Iowa, May 22,
1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Nicolet Asbestos Mines, Danville, Quebec; member of
New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1926-29; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1929; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1944-52; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1949-52; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Point Pleasant, Ocean
County, N.J., May 1,
1976 (age 84 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Henry Hawley (1847-1929) —
also known as James H. Hawley —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, January
17, 1847.
Democrat. Miner; lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1870-71; member of Idaho
territorial senate, 1874-75; District Attorney 2nd District,
1879-83; U.S.
Attorney for Idaho, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Idaho, 1892,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1928;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1903-05; Governor of
Idaho, 1911-13; defeated, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1914; candidate for Democratic nomination for
Vice President, 1920.
Catholic.
English
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, August
3, 1929 (age 82 years, 198
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,
Republican National Convention, 1940,
1952,
1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,
February
10, 1899, to Lou
Hoover; father of Herbert
Clark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** of Charles
Lewis Hoover. |
| | | Political family: Hoover
family of Palo Alto, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss — Clarence
C. Stetson |
| | | Hoover Dam
(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River
between Clark
County, Nevada, and Mohave
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Glendale,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Des
Moines, Iowa, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Elkview,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — The minor
planets (asteroids) 932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and
1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), are named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert
Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — Glen
Jeansonne, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —
Kendrick A. Clements, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,
1918-1928 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1965) |
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Edward Langworthy (1808-1893) —
of Iowa.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
31, 1808.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; farmer;
lead mining business; steamboat
owner; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Dubuque, Delaware,
Black Hawk and Fayette counties, 1844.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, January
4, 1893 (age 84 years, 126
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lucius Hart Langworthy (1807-1865) —
Born in Hopkinton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., February
6, 1807.
Lead mining business; member of Iowa
territorial legislature, 1840.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, July 13,
1865 (age 58 years, 157
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marion Sumner MacCarthy (b. 1874) —
also known as Marion S. MacCarthy —
Born in Ames, Story
County, Iowa, April 2,
1874.
Chemist;
railway
superintendent; mining examiner; U.S. Consular Agent in Alamos, 1908-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Anthony Martin (1871-1957) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Appanoose
County, Iowa, November
26, 1871.
Republican. Coal miner; ice
business; brick and clay
tile manufacturer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1939-46.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, February
16, 1957 (age 85 years, 82
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Anthony Martin and Harriette (Ellis) Martin; married, May 14,
1893, to Mary A. Brown. |
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Allan Charles McCaughan (b. 1869) —
of Durango, Durango.
Born in Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa, August
15, 1869.
Rancher;
mining business; U.S. Vice Consul in Durango, 1891-93; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Durango, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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James Bradley Orman (1849-1919) —
also known as James B. Orman —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, November
4, 1849.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; mining business; member of Colorado state
legislature, 1880-84; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1892;
mayor
of Pueblo, Colo., 1897; Governor of
Colorado, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons.
Died July 21,
1919 (age 69 years, 259
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Hoval A. Smith (1876-c.1954) —
of Arizona.
Born in Iowa, 1876.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1911.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Advocated the annexation of Sonora from Mexico to the U.S.
Died about 1954 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Married to Nina R. Smith. |
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