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Edward Hall Alexander (b. 1902) —
also known as Edward H. Alexander —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., July 9,
1902.
Republican. Farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Lions; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Milburn Anderson Jr. (b. 1934) —
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., December
25, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
La Salle County Republican Party, 1974-76; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1974-82; vice-chair of
Illinois Republican Party, 1978.
Member, Elks;
Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Milburn Anderson and Bessie Mae (Olson) Anderson; married,
January
29, 1983, to N. Jean Widman. |
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Charles F. Baumrucker (b. 1884) —
of River Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 5,
1884.
Democrat. Jeweler;
member of Illinois
state senate 7th District, 1935-39; defeated, 1934, 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Cecil William Bishop (1890-1971) —
also known as C. W. 'Runt' Bishop —
of Carterville, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born near West Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill., June 29,
1890.
Republican. Tailor;
laundry
business; coal miner;
professional football
and baseball
player and manager; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1941-55 (25th District 1941-49,
26th District 1949-53, 25th District 1953-55); defeated, 1954.
Christian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., September
21, 1971 (age 81 years, 84
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Carterville, Ill.
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Suzanne K. Branding —
of Lake Zurich, Lake
County, Ill.
Bed and
breakfast operator; village
president of Lake Zurich, Illinois, 2009.
Female.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2009.
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Walter Friar Dexter (1886-1945) —
also known as Walter F. Dexter —
of Whittier, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
21, 1886.
Republican. President,
Whittier College, 1923-34; secretary to Gov. Frank
F. Merriam; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1932;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1937-45; appointed 1937;
died in office 1945.
Quaker.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Lions.
Died October
21, 1945 (age 58 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Dexter and Margaret (Bell) Dexter; married, August
25, 1910, to Ethel Lenore Smith. |
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James Isaac Dolliver (1894-1978) —
also known as James I. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Webster
County Attorney, 1924-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1945-57; defeated, 1956;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions; Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., December
10, 1978 (age 84 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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John George Fary (1911-1984) —
also known as John G. Fary —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
11, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1955-75; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1975-83.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis;
Lions; Polish
National Alliance.
Died June 7,
1984 (age 73 years, 57
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Justice, Ill.
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Paul Findley (1921-2019) —
of Pittsfield, Pike
County, Ill.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., June 23,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate
for Illinois
state senate, 1952; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1961-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., August
9, 2019 (age 98 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Graham (b. 1911) —
of Barrington, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Irving, Montgomery
County, Ill., December
3, 1911.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Illinois
state senate, 1959-71, 1973-81 (3rd District 1959-71, 2nd
District 1973-81).
United
Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Lions; American
Legion; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Herbert Hall (1890-1964) —
also known as Frank H. Hall —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.
Born in Braceville, Grundy
County, Ill., August
14, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1957-64; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1961-62.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks;
Lions.
Died December
2, 1964 (age 74 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Leonard Kaminski (1897-1955) —
also known as Frank L. Kaminski —
of Calumet City, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Melrose Park, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of the
peace; mayor
of Calumet City, Ill., 1945-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; Lions; Polish
National Alliance.
Died November
23, 1955 (age 58 years, 44
days).
Interment at Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonard Kaminski and Emilia (Ostrowski) Kaminski; married to
Cecilia Walczak. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard F. Mell (b. 1938) —
also known as Dick Mell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born May 5,
1938.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972;
Chicago alderman, first elected 1975.
Member, Lions; Eagles.
Still living as of 2011.
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Don A. Moore (b. 1928) —
of Midlothian, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
1, 1928.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1963-73 (2nd District 1963-67,
9th District 1967-73); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1968;
member of Illinois
state senate 9th District, 1973-81.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Lions; Moose; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1981.
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Ernest Karl Neumann (1898-1959) —
also known as Ernest K. Neumann —
of Carlsbad, Eddy
County, N.M.
Born in Delavan, Tazewell
County, Ill., December
15, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1927; New
Mexico state attorney general, 1931-35.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks;
Lions.
Died April
13, 1959 (age 60 years, 119
days).
Interment at Carlsbad
Cemetery, Carlsbad, N.M.
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John James O'Grady (1889-1971) —
also known as Jack J. O'Grady —
of Indiana.
Born in Kewanee, Henry
County, Ill., July 6,
1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; band and
orchestra leader; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927, 1939-41; member of Indiana
state senate, 1943-53; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1948.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles;
Lions.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., June 4,
1971 (age 81 years, 333
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Howard I. Olsen (c.1917-2001) —
of Palatine, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1917.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; worked in management at
the Wrigley chewing
gum company; village
president of Palatine, Illinois, 1957-61.
Member, Lions.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Cary, Wake
County, N.C., November
20, 2001 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Ozinga Jr. (b. 1921) —
of Evergreen Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Evergreen Park, Cook
County, Ill., May 4,
1921.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 6th District, 1969-70.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Merle Francis Peterson (1916-2004) —
also known as Merle F. Peterson —
of Dumas, Desha
County, Ark.
Born in Mt. Carmel, Wabash
County, Ill., March 6,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
dealer; banker; farmer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1960-66; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arkansas.
Methodist.
Member, Lions.
Died in Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., March
19, 2004 (age 88 years, 13
days).
Interment at Walnut
Lake Cemetery, Dumas, Ark.
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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) —
also known as Ronald Reagan; "Dutch";
"The Gipper"; "The Great
Communicator"; "The Teflon President";
"Rawhide" —
of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Tampico, Whiteside
County, Ill., February
6, 1911.
Republican. Worked as a sports
broadcaster
in Iowa in the 1930s, doing local radio broadcast
of Chicago Cubs baseball
games; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional actor
in 1937-64; appeared in dozens of films
including Kings Row, Dark Victory, Santa Fe
Trail, Knute Rockne, All American, and The Winning
Team; president of
the Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
California, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1968,
1976;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; President
of the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside the
Washington Hilton hotel, he and three others were shot
and wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1993.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Lions; American
Legion; Tau
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from pneumonia
and Alzheimer's
disease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
2004 (age 93 years, 120
days).
Interment at Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married, January
25, 1940, to Jane Wyman; married, March 4,
1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923; actress)
and Nancy
Davis (1921-2016); father of Maureen
Elizabeth Reagan. |
| | | Political family: Reagan
family of Bel Air and Simi Valley, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Katherine
Hoffman Haley — Dana
Rohrabacher — Donald
T. Regan — Henry
Salvatori — L.
William Seidman — Christopher
Cox — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Bay
Buchanan — Edwin
Meese III |
| | | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
(opened 1941; renamed 1998), in Arlington,
Virginia, is named for
him. — Mount
Reagan (officially known as Mount Clay), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — The Ronald Reagan Building
and International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle, Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Ronald Reagan: Ronald
Reagan : An American Life |
| | | Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon,
President
Reagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon, Governor
Reagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer, Reagan's
War : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph
Over Communism — Lee Edwards, Ronald
Reagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor, God
and Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary Beth
Brown, Hand
of Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of Ronald
Reagan — Edmund Morris, Dutch:
A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan, When
Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — Peter
J. Wallison, Ronald
Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His
Presidency — Dinesh D'Souza, Ronald
Reagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary
Leader — William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley, Reagan's
Revolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It
All — Richard Reeves, President
Reagan : The Triumph of Imagination — Ron Reagan, My
Father at 100 — Newt & Callista Gingrich & David N.
Bossie, Ronald
Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny — William F. Buckley,
The
Reagan I Knew — Chris Matthews, Tip
and the Gipper: When Politics Worked |
| | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:
Haynes Johnson, Sleepwalking
Through History: America in the Reagan Years — William
Kleinknecht, The
Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street
America |
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John Thomas Reardon (1910-1984) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., March 3,
1910.
Circuit judge in Illinois, 1957-76; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1976.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Eagles;
Elks;
Lions; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, at St. Mary's Hospital,
Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., March
16, 1984 (age 74 years, 13
days).
Interment at Quincy
Memorial Park, Quincy, Ill.
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George Edward Sangmeister (1931-2007) —
also known as George E. Sangmeister —
of Mokena, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Frankfort, Will
County, Ill., February
16, 1931.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Will
County State's Attorney, 1964-68; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1973-77; member of Illinois
state senate, 1977-87; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1989-95 (4th District 1989-93, 11th
District 1993-95).
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Lions.
Died, of leukemia,
in Silver Cross Hospital,
Joliet, Will
County, Ill., October
7, 2007 (age 76 years, 233
days).
Interment at Abraham
Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Ill.
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Henry E. Schrey (1890-1967) —
of Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., November
16, 1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; mayor
of Glendale, Ariz., 1950-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., August
8, 1967 (age 76 years, 265
days).
Interment at Glendale Memorial Park, Glendale, Ariz.
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Samuel Martin Smith (1903-1963) —
also known as Samuel M. Smith —
of Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill., February
2, 1903.
Republican. Mayor
of Three Rivers, Mich., 1955-63.
Lutheran.
Member, Civitan;
Rotary;
Lions.
Died, from a heart
attack, at Three Rivers Hospital,
Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich., September
19, 1963 (age 60 years, 229
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Three Rivers, Mich.
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William Grant Stratton (1914-2001) —
also known as William G. Stratton —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ingleside, Lake
County, Ill., February
26, 1914.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-43, 1947-49; Illinois
state treasurer, 1943-45, 1951-53; Republican candidate for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1944 (primary), 1948; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1952
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1956,
1960
(speaker);
Governor
of Illinois, 1953-61; defeated in primary, 1968; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles;
Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Amvets.
Indicted
in 1964 on income
tax charges;
tried
and acquitted in 1965.
Died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 2,
2001 (age 87 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Hardy Maxey Swift (1870-1942) —
of Illinois.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ill., August
29, 1870.
Mayor
of Mt. Vernon, Ill., 1911, 1927-29; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Redmen;
Elks; Woodmen;
Lions.
Died, of injuries sustained in an automobile
accident, in Thompson Hospital,
Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill., February
15, 1942 (age 71 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
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Frederick H. Wagener (1898-1982) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in O'Fallon, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
27, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
Nebraska Republican Party, 1936-37; secretary to U.S. Sen. Kenneth
S. Wherry, 1943-46; Lancaster
County Attorney, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in 1982
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Otto F. Walter (b. 1890) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., April
19, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Chi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Walter and Anna M. (Fasoldt) Walter; married, October
16, 1919, to Gertrude Bloom. |
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