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Byron Gilchrist Allen (1901-1988) —
also known as Byron G. Allen; Barney Allen —
of Pocahontas, Pocahontas
County, Iowa; Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn.
Born in Laurens, Pocahontas
County, Iowa, September
13, 1901.
Democrat. Farmer; newspaper
editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1927-32; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1940; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944
(speaker),
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Democratic-Farmer-Labor
candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1944; candidate for Minnesota
state senate, 1946, 1950; member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1948-55; Minnesota
Commissioner of Agriculture, 1955-61; assistant U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture, 1961-69.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn., June 10,
1988 (age 86 years, 271
days).
Interment at Summit Hill Cemetery, Pocahontas, Iowa.
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Berkley Warren Bedell (b. 1921) —
also known as Berkley Bedell —
of Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, March 5,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; founder
and owner of the Berkley fishing
tackle company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1975-87; defeated, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph M. Fee (1888-1938) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 15,
1888.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1938; died in office 1938.
Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Died, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
15, 1938 (age 49 years, 335
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
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Maxwell McGaughey Hamilton (1896-1957) —
also known as Maxwell M. Hamilton —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Tahlequah, Cherokee
County, Okla., December
20, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1925-27; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1945-47.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta.
Died November
12, 1957 (age 60 years, 327
days).
Interment at Golden
Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.
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Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) —
also known as Royal C. Johnson —
of Highmore, Hyde
County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa, October
3, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Hyde
County State's Attorney, 1909-10; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1915-33; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August
2, 1939 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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