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Edwin Ross Adair (1907-1983) —
also known as E. Ross Adair —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Albion, Noble
County, Ind., December
14, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1951-71; defeated,
1970; U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1971-74.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks;
American Bar Association; Amvets;
Delta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, following multiple heart
bypass surgery, in Lutheran Hospital,
Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 5,
1983 (age 75 years, 142
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Andrew Addison Adams (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew A. Adams —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., January
27, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1888-92; member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1904; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court,
1910-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Christiana (Elliott) Adams; married 1890 to Lois
Andrew. |
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John Taylor Adams (1873-1942) —
also known as John T. Adams —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., December
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1925-35; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1931-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1942
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Roy W. Adney (b. 1879) —
of Lebanon, Boone
County, Ind.
Born in Lebanon, Boone
County, Ind., October
29, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; Boone
County Attorney, 1909-20; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1926.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of I. S. Adney and Eva (Brown) Adney; married, June 19,
1907, to Verna Richey. |
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Charles H. Aldrich (1850-1929) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in LaGrange
County, Ind., August
28, 1850.
Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1892-93.
Member, American Bar Association; Union
League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
13, 1929 (age 78 years, 228
days).
Interment somewhere
in Orland, Ind.
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Robert C. Baltzell (1879-1950) —
of Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ill., August
15, 1879.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; chair of
Gibson County Republican Party, 1912; member of Indiana
Republican State Committee, 1914-18; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I; circuit judge in Indiana, 1921-25; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1925-28; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, 1928-50;
took senior status 1950; member executive committee, Methodist Hospital.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association.
Died October
18, 1950 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Interment somewhere
in Sumner, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Baltzell and Margaret C. (Roderick) Baltzell; married, March
28, 1904, to Vienna N. Carlton. |
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Albert Raymond Barnes (1865-1944) —
also known as A. R. Barnes —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Attica, Fountain
County, Ind., March
18, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; Utah
state attorney general, 1909-17; district judge in Utah, 1925.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Epsilon.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 20,
1944 (age 79 years, 124
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (1928-2019) —
also known as Birch Bayh —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., January
22, 1928.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1954-62; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1963-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Izaak
Walton League; Jaycees;
Farm
Bureau; Elks; Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., March
14, 2019 (age 91 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George N. Beamer (1904-1974) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Bowling Green, Clay
County, Ind., October
9, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-38; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1938; Indiana
state attorney general, 1941-42; defeated, 1942; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, 1962-74;
died in office 1974.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Optimist
Club; American Bar Association.
Died October
21, 1974 (age 70 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jasper F. Beamer and Frances M. (Roush) Beamer; married, May 14,
1932, to Charlotte L. Hoover. |
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John J. Beckman (b. 1886) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 4,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1933-35; chair of
Multnomah County Democratic Party, 1934-40; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Woodmen;
American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Haddon Bedwell (1884-1948) —
also known as Charles H. Bedwell —
of Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born in Dugger, Sullivan
County, Ind., March
18, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1934-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1940; Judge, Indiana
Appellate Court, 1941-43.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American Bar Association.
Died in 1948
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Center
Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Ind.
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Adam Benjamin Jr. (1935-1982) —
of Indiana.
Born in Gary, Lake
County, Ind., August
6, 1935.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1967; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1977-82; died in office
1982.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Jaycees;
Exchange
Club.
Died, from heart
disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1982 (age 47 years, 32
days).
Interment at Calumet
Park Cemetery, Merrillville, Ind.
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Roy L. Black (1878-1970) —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho; Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Topeka, LaGrange
County, Ind., September
26, 1878.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1911-12; Idaho
state attorney general, 1919-23.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks.
Died August
15, 1970 (age 91 years, 323
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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Archie Newton Bobbitt (1895-1978) —
also known as Arch N. Bobbitt —
of English, Crawford
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Eckerty, Crawford
County, Ind., September
3, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Crawford
County Auditor, 1921-24; chair of
Crawford County Republican Party, 1921-25; Indiana
state auditor, 1928-30; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1937-42; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1940;
justice
of Indiana state supreme court, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Kappa; American Bar Association.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
24, 1978 (age 82 years, 143
days).
Interment at Bethlehem Cemetery, Crandall, Ind.
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Fenton Whitlock Booth (1869-1947) —
also known as Fenton W. Booth —
of Marshall, Clark
County, Ill.
Born in Marshall, Clark
County, Ill., May 12,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1896-97; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1905-.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died July 26,
1947 (age 78 years, 75
days).
Interment somewhere
in Indianapolis, Ind.
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Roger Douglas Branigin (1902-1975) —
also known as Roger D. Branigin —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 26,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968
(delegation chair); Governor of
Indiana, 1965-69; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died November
19, 1975 (age 73 years, 116
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Franklin, Ind.
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Alexander Morton Campbell (1907-1968) —
also known as Alexander M. Campbell; Alex
Campbell —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Coesse, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Coldwater, Mercer
County, Ohio, April
14, 1907.
Democrat. Chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1934-36, 1958-63; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1941-49; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1960-64.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Delta
Chi; American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Jesters;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1968
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Coesse
Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Coesse, Ind.
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B. Howard Caughran (b. 1890) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, Tenn., November
6, 1890.
Democrat. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1940-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Sigma Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hamilton Caughran and Hazeltine (Ashby) Caughran; married,
June
5, 1918, to Effie East. |
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Chase Addison Clark (1883-1966) —
also known as Chase A. Clark —
of Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Amo, Hendricks
County, Ind., August
20, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1913-16; served in the U.S. Army
on the Mexican border; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1928; member of Idaho
state senate, 1933-36; mayor
of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1937-38; Governor of
Idaho, 1941-43; U.S.
District Judge for Idaho, 1943.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons.
Died in a hospital
at Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, December
30, 1966 (age 83 years, 132
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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Samuel C. Cleland (b. 1892) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Noble
County, Ind., August
6, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1930-34; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1942.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Purple
Heart; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Guy S. Condo (b. 1874) —
of Marion, Grant
County, Ind.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., July 1,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Grant
County Attorney, 1904-06; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1904-09; director, Marion
National Bank.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Izaak
Walton League; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel S. Condo and Sarah Ann (Pottorf) Condo; married, June 30,
1902, to Nelle Kiley. |
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George North Craig (1909-1992) —
also known as George N. Craig —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Annandale, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., August
6, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of
Indiana, 1953-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Delta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
17, 1992 (age 83 years, 133
days).
Interment at Clearview
Cemetery, Brazil, Ind.
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Joseph Leonard Dailey (1896-1956) —
also known as Joseph L. Dailey —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind., August
28, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
district judge in New Mexico 2nd District, 1934-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died June 19,
1956 (age 59 years, 296
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Horace Emerson Deemer (b. 1858) —
also known as Horace E. Deemer —
of Red Oak, Montgomery
County, Iowa.
Born in Bourbon, Marshall
County, Ind., September
24, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 15th District, 1887-94; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1894-1917.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Political Science Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Deemer and Elizabeth (Erwin) Deemer; married, July 12,
1882, to Jeannette Gibson. |
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M. Edward Doran (b. 1895) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Bronson, Branch
County, Mich., October
1, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
St. Joseph County Democratic Party, 1935-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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George Agler Eberly (b. 1871) —
also known as George A. Eberly —
of Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., February
9, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Stanton
County Attorney, 1899-1903, 1905-09; director, Stanton National
Bank;
justice
of Nebraska state supreme court, 1925-43.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Eberly and Mary (Agler) Eberly; married, August
2, 1899, to Rose E. Psota. |
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Charles Homer Elliott (1878-1952) —
also known as Homer Elliott —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Martin
County, Ind., January
9, 1878.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1922-24.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 18,
1952 (age 74 years, 191
days).
Interment at New
South Park Cemetery, Martinsville, Ind.
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Oscar Ross Ewing (b. 1889) —
also known as Oscar R. Ewing —
of Fieldston, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind., March 8,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1944
(alternate; Vice-Chair;
speaker),
1948.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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James R. Fleming (b. 1881) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Henry
County, Ind., November
8, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
prosecuting attorney, 58th Judicial Circuit, 1906-10; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1913-15; member of Indiana
state senate, 1915-19; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1933-41.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George R. Fleming and Sarah (Cummins) Fleming; married, December
24, 1906, to Jennie Adair. |
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Burton Lee French (1875-1954) —
also known as Burton L. French —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho; Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born near Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., August
1, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1903-09, 1911-15, 1917-33 (at-large
1903-09, 1911-15, 1st District 1917-33); defeated, 1934; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, September
12, 1954 (age 79 years, 42
days).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Ralph Fesler Gates (1893-1978) —
also known as Ralph F. Gates —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., February
24, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Indiana
Republican state chair, 1941-44; Governor of
Indiana, 1945-49; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1946-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Died July 28,
1978 (age 85 years, 154
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
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John S. Gonas (b. 1907) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Crossfork, Potter
County, Pa., May 14,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1936-38; member of Indiana
state senate, 1940-48; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1944; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1946; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1948; probate judge in Indiana, 1949-58; Judge, Indiana
Appellate Court, 1960-72.
Ukrainian
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Phi
Kappa Theta; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Gonas and Hazel (Stranka) Gonas; married 1937 to
Theodosia Bonder. |
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Dwight Herbert Green (1897-1958) —
also known as Dwight H. Green —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ligonier, Noble
County, Ind., January
9, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1931-35;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1939; Governor of
Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died February
20, 1958 (age 61 years, 42
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Lindley Hoag Hadley (1861-1948) —
also known as Lindley H. Hadley —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.
Born near Sylvania, Parke
County, Ind., June 19,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1915-33; defeated,
1932.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
4, 1948 (age 87 years, 138
days).
Interment at St.
Matthew's Cemetery, Wilton, Conn.
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Lee Herbert Hamilton (b. 1931) —
also known as Lee H. Hamilton —
of Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind.
Born in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., April
20, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1965-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1996;
received the Medal
of Freedom in 2015.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Trilateral
Commission; Rotary;
Jaycees;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2018.
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William Harrison Hays (1879-1954) —
also known as Will H. Hays —
of Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., November
5, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Sullivan County Republican Party, 1904-08; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1914-18; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1916,
1932,
1940;
speaker, 1920;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1918-21; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Elks; Moose; Union
League.
President of Motion
Picture Producers & Distributors of America, 1922-45.
Died in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., March 7,
1954 (age 74 years, 122
days).
Interment at Center
Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Ind.
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Walter E. Helmke (b. 1901) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., December
17, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Allen County Republican Party, 1940-44; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1948.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Henderson (1871-1939) —
of Bloomfield, Greene
County, Ind.
Born in St. Paul, Decatur
County, Ind., January
31, 1871.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1897; circuit judge in Indiana,
1906-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1908.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Modern
Woodmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
18, 1939 (age 68 years, 46
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery, Bloomfield, Ind.
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Amos Wade Jackson (b. 1904) —
of Versailles, Ripley
County, Ind.
Born in Versailles, Ripley
County, Ind., June 25,
1904.
Lawyer;
Ripley
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-40; president, Bank of
Versailles; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1959-.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rowland H. Jackson and Georgia W. (Frohlinger) Jackson; married,
August
20, 1927, to Lola M. Raper. |
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Ovid Butler Jameson (1854-1915) —
of Indiana.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 17,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885-86.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
15, 1915 (age 60 years, 182
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Charles Webster Jewett (1884-1961) —
also known as Charles W. Jewett —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., January
7, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Marion County Republican Party, 1914-16; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1918-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died April
28, 1961 (age 77 years, 111
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Parker Jewett and Mary Alma (Aten) Jewett; married, October
25, 1911, to Elizabeth Dougherty. |
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John Worth Kern (1849-1917) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Alto, Howard
County, Ind., December
20, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1900, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1904,
1908,
1912
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.
Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis
and uremic
poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment
in 1929 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Robert Bartlett Lee (1912-1988) —
also known as Robert B. Lee —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.; Aurora, Adams
County, Colo.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., November
16, 1912.
Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 18th District, 1960-69; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1969-83.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Elks; Lions.
Died June 16,
1988 (age 75 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence Eugene Lee and Mary Lillian (Jennings) Lee; married, September
27, 1941, to Ruth Elisabeth Wade. |
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Clarence E. Manion (1896-1979) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., July 7,
1896.
Lawyer;
law
professor; chair, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,
1953-54.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died July 28,
1979 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Manion and Elizabeth (Carroll) Manion; married, August
3, 1936, to Virginia O'Brien. |
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Carl E. McGowan (1911-1987) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Hymera, Sullivan
County, Ind., May 7,
1911.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1963-81; took
senior status 1981.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1987 (age 76 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940,
1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jeremiah Neterer (b. 1862) —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Washington, 1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Washington, 1912;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1913-.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Val Nolan (b. 1892) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
21, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1933-40.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Lewis O'Bannon (1930-2003) —
also known as Frank L. O'Bannon —
of Indiana.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., January
30, 1930.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1971-89; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1989-97; Governor of
Indiana, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Suffered a major
stroke, and subsequently died, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 2003 (age 73 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.; statue at Old
Courthouse Square, Corydon, Ind.
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James Matlock Ogden (1870-1956) —
also known as James M. Ogden —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Hendricks
County, Ind., April 5,
1870.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; Indiana
state attorney general, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Chi; Delta
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
11, 1956 (age 86 years, 220
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Samuel Barrett Pettengill (1886-1974) —
also known as Samuel B. Pettengill —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
19, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-39 (13th District 1931-33, 3rd
District 1933-39).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association.
Died in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., March
20, 1974 (age 88 years, 60
days).
Interment at Grafton
Village Cemetery, Grafton, Vt.
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Arthur Raymond Robinson (1881-1961) —
also known as Arthur R. Robinson —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Pickerington, Fairfield
County, Ohio, March
12, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1915-19; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; superior court judge in Indiana, 1921-22; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1924,
1932;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1925-35; defeated, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American Bar Association.
Died March
17, 1961 (age 80 years, 5
days).
Interment at Washington
Park Cemetery East, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Emmett C. Ryan (b. 1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in New Cumberland, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, August
30, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1922; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1937-38.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks;
American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel B. Ryan and Harriet A. (Nee) Ryan; married to Isabel M.
Leutwein. |
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Lorna Gail Schofield (b. 1956) —
also known as Lorna G. Schofield —
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., January
22, 1956.
Lawyer;
assistant U.S. Attorney; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 2012-.
Female.
Filipino
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2017.
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William Lee Springer (1909-1992) —
also known as William L. Springer —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., April
12, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; Champaign
County State's Attorney, 1940-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; county judge in Illinois, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1951-73; member,
Federal Power Commission, 1973-75; member, Federal Election
Commission, 1976-79.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died September
20, 1992 (age 83 years, 161
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Ill.
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William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) —
also known as William B. Stansbury —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., March
18, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1968-76; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike,
he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference in
Atlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for a tryst
with his administrative assistant; the scandal
led to an effort to impeach
him; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty to extorting
$16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grand
jury as to whether this money came to his campaign
or to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the Fifth
Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; American Bar Association.
While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of Assisi Church,
he was hit by a
car, and died soon after, in Humana Hospital-University,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April 4,
1985 (age 62 years, 17
days); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wife
was injured.
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) —
also known as Ted Stevens —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
18, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-68; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Indicted
in July 2008 on federal charges
of failing
to report gifts
from VECO Corporation and its CEO; tried
and convicted
in October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due to
prosecutorial misconduct.
Killed in a plane
crash, in Bristol Bay
Borough, Alaska, August
9, 2010 (age 86 years, 264
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Don Alan Tabbert (b. 1928) —
also known as Don Tabbert —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August
21, 1928.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1957-61.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1961.
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Relatives: Son
of George Emmett Tabbert and Anna Margaret (Hermann) Tabbert;
married, August
24, 1952, to Cynthia Marie Harrington. |
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Harold Johnson Warner (b. 1890) —
also known as Harold J. Warner —
of Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., November
6, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Oregon; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1950-63; appointed 1950; resigned
1963; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1955-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas C. Warner and Katherine E. (Johnson) Warner; married, August
5, 1925, to Aluta M. Larsen. |
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John Downey Works (1847-1928) —
also known as John D. Works —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Rising Sun, Ohio
County, Ind., March
29, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1879; state court judge in
California, 1886-87; justice of
California state supreme court, 1888-91; U.S.
Senator from California, 1911-17; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar Association; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 6,
1928 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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George Grover Wright (1820-1896) —
also known as George G. Wright —
of Van
Buren County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., March
24, 1820.
Republican. Member of Iowa
state senate, 1849-51; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1855-60, 1860-70; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1871-77.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
11, 1896 (age 75 years, 293
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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John Walter Yeager (b. 1891) —
also known as John W. Yeager —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Richland, Spencer
County, Ind., March 1,
1891.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in
Nebraska 4th District, 1933-; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1940-.
Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilhelm Carl Yeager and Laura Elizabeth (Barton) Yeager; married,
June
28, 1922, to Lena E. Deeg. |
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