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Raymond Edward Ahearn (1894-1960) —
also known as Raymond E. Ahearn —
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
17, 1894.
Stenographer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Maracaibo, 1926-27; Charlottetown, 1927-28; Buenos Aires, 1928-29.
Died in Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1960 (age 65 years, 150
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) —
also known as Walter G. Andrews —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1889.
Republican. Athletic
coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales
manager; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,
42nd District 1945-49).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hotel at
Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 5,
1949 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
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George C. Armstrong (b. 1872) —
of Lawrenceville, Lawrence
County, Ill.
Born in Eldora, Hardin
County, Iowa, July 11,
1872.
Republican. Business executive; member of Illinois
state senate 48th District, 1941-49.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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William Walker Bamber (1881-1939) —
also known as William W. Bamber —
of Jennings, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Harrisonville, Monroe
County, Ill., October
22, 1881.
Republican. Efficiency expert; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis County 1st
District, 1925-32.
Died in Jennings, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 23,
1939 (age 57 years, 244
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Jennings, Mo.
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Willis Henry Bennett (b. 1851) —
also known as W. H. Bennett —
of Austin (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., August
24, 1851.
Republican. Traveling salesman; hardware
merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1896,
1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry D. Bennett and Sarah Ann (Bryant) Bennett; married, December
24, 1883, to Estella P. Johnston. |
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Octavien Jean Baptiste Brice (1837-1911) —
also known as O. J. B. Brice —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Jodoigne, Belgium,
April
6, 1837.
Real
estate and insurance
business; steamship
agent; notary public; Brown
County Sheriff; Consul
for Belgium in Green
Bay, Wis., 1880-1907.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1911 (age 74 years, 49
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Ellsworth Brewer Buck (1892-1970) —
also known as Ellsworth B. Buck —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 3,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; business
executive; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1944-49 (11th District 1944-45,
16th District 1945-49); shot
and seriously wounded, by Charles Van Newkirk, at the Richmond
Borough Hall, April 5, 1949; District Attorney Herman
Methfessel witnessed the shooting from his office; chair of
Richmond County Republican Party, 1951-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1952.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Elks; American
Legion.
Died in Stephenson town, Marinette
County, Wis., August
14, 1970 (age 78 years, 42
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Thunder
Mountain Ranch Cemetery, Stephenson town, Marinette County, Wis.
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Bernard J. Buenemeyer Jr. (1910-1974) —
of Germantown, Clinton
County, Ill.
Born in Germantown, Clinton
County, Ill., May 7,
1910.
Republican. Representative for Armour & Co. (meats);
landscaping business; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1942-50; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972.
Died October
7, 1974 (age 64 years, 153
days).
Interment at St. Boniface Cemetery, Germantown, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Ben Buenemeyer and Mary (Bussmann) Buenemeyer; married to Evelyn
L. McHugh. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Wendy Sue Conway (b. 1949) —
also known as Wendy Conway —
of Harbor Springs, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
21, 1949.
Business owner; Natural Law candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1996, 1998, 2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Jon Stevens Corzine (b. 1947) —
also known as Jon Corzine —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill., January
1, 1947.
Democrat. Business executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2001-06; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
New Jersey, 2006-10; defeated, 2009.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas Cusack (1858-1926) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland,
October
5, 1858.
Democrat. Sign painter; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1899-1901; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
19, 1926 (age 68 years, 45
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Einar W. Dieserud (b. 1892) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
25, 1892.
Stenographer; advertising
business; U.S. Vice Consul in Christiania, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Cecil E. Fraser (b. 1895) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; business executive; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Protestant.
Member, Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilbur J. Fraser and Alice (Eaton) Fraser; married, September
1, 1920, to Esther Stevens. |
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Lawrence Walter Hartman (1898-1969) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 20,
1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; customs broker; Honorary
Consul for Panama in Portland,
Ore., 1935; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Argentina in Portland,
Ore., 1935-42; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Portland,
Ore., 1944.
Died, in Fort Whipple V.A. Hospital,
Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., August
22, 1969 (age 71 years, 63
days).
Entombed at Wilhelm's Portland Memorial, Portland, Ore.
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Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) —
also known as Albert W. Hawkes —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
20, 1878.
Republican. Business executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Newcomen
Society; Union
League.
Died in Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., May 9,
1971 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N.J.
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Henry H. Heimann (1891-1958) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Aviston, Clinton
County, Ill., September
26, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
business executive; economist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928,
1932
(alternate); Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1929-31.
Member, Rotary;
Union
League.
Died in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
September
12, 1958 (age 66 years, 351
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nick Keller (b. 1893) —
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., September
29, 1893.
Republican. Steelworker;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president,
Waukegan local, Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers
of America (AFL); Waukegan Commissioner of Public Works, 1923-31;
property manager; baseball
talent scout; elected Illinois
state house of representatives 8th District 1940.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1933 to Anna
Onan. |
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Robert Patterson Lamont (1867-1948) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
1, 1867.
Business executive; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1929-32.
Died February
20, 1948 (age 80 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Lamont and Isabella (Patterson) Lamont; married, October
24, 1894, to Helen Gertrude Trotter. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Charles Otto Lobeck (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles O. Lobeck —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Andover, Henry
County, Ill., April 6,
1852.
Democrat. Traveling salesman; hardware
business; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1893; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Nebraska; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1911-19.
Methodist.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
30, 1920 (age 67 years, 299
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Frank J. McDermott (died c.1947) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Business owner; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1912;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives; elected 1918; member of Illinois
state senate 4th District; elected 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944.
Died about 1947.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Novak —
of Illinois.
Born in Bohemia (now part of Czechia).
Socialist. Instrument maker; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Illinois, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Leonard Owens (1897-1948) —
also known as Thomas L. Owens —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
21, 1897.
Republican. Machinist;
accountant;
salesman; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1947-48; died in
office 1948.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 7,
1948 (age 50 years, 169
days).
Interment at All
Saints Catholic Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Victor Henry Palmieri (b. 1930) —
also known as Victor H. Palmieri —
of Malibu, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
16, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer;
business executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1968;
U.S. Ambassador to , 1979-81.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Beta
Gamma Sigma.
Still living as of 1991.
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Leonard William Schuetz (1887-1944) —
also known as Leonard W. Schuetz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
November
16, 1887.
Democrat. Business executive; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1931-44; died in
office 1944.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1944 (age 56 years, 89
days).
Interment at St.
Adalbert's Cemetery, Niles, Ill.
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Frederick Simpich (1878-1950) —
of Wenatchee, Chelan
County, Wash.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill., November
21, 1878.
Stenographer; newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1909-11; Ensenada, 1911; Nogales, as of 1916-17; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nogales, as of 1914.
Suffered a heart
attack at National Airport,
where he was about to board a plane, and died soon after in Garfield
Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
25, 1950 (age 71 years, 65
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George F. Smith (b. 1897) —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
16, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; business
executive; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex
County, 1947.
Protestant.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin J. Szarzynski (born c.1907) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., about 1907.
Republican. Credit manager; charged
in 1937 with embezzlement
of $2,553 from his employer; pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge, and sentenced
to six months in the workhouse; served three and a half months; arrested
in 1942 in a raid on a gambling
operation; fined
$15; dock
worker; candidate for Missouri
state senate 5th District, 1960.
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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