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Moses Alexander (1853-1932) —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Obrigheim, Bavaria, Germany,
November
13, 1853.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; mayor
of Chillicothe, Mo., 1887-88; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1897-99, 1901-03; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Idaho, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1924,
1928;
Governor
of Idaho, 1915-19; defeated, 1908, 1922.
Jewish.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, January
4, 1932 (age 78 years, 52
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Albert John Graf (1898-1959) —
also known as Albert J. Graf —
of Kellogg, Shoshone
County, Idaho; Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Lane, Kootenai
County, Idaho, April
30, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1944
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Protestant.
German ancestry. Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Idaho, December
21, 1959 (age 61 years, 235
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
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John Lemp (1838-1912) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Nieder-Weisel, Germany,
April
21, 1838.
Republican. Brewer;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1875-76.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died July 18,
1912 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Relatives: Son
of John Jacob Lemp and Anna Elizabeth (Jung) Lemp; married, May 7,
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Ernest Untermann (1864-1956) —
of Idaho; California.
Born in Brandenburg, Prussia (now Germany),
November
6, 1864.
Socialist. Sailor;
naturalized U.S. citizen; author; translator;
first American translator of Das Kapital by Karl Marx;
candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1908; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1914.
German ancestry.
Died in Vernal, Uintah
County, Utah, January
5, 1956 (age 91 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Harrison Waigand (1900-1998) —
also known as Ben H. Waigand —
of Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1900.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer;
inventor;
refrigeration
equipment dealer; mayor of
Nampa, Idaho, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho, May 6,
1998 (age 97 years, 302
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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