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Michael Badnarik (b. 1954) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., August
1, 1954.
Libertarian. Software
engineer; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 2000 (47th District), 2002 (48th
District); candidate for President
of the United States, 2004; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 2006.
Slovak
ancestry.
Arrested,
in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Green Party
presidential nominee David
Cobb, while protesting
their exclusion from presidential debates.
Still living as of 2007.
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Charles Duncan Baker (1901-1972) —
also known as Charles D. Baker; C. D.
Baker —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., February
26, 1901.
Democrat. Civil and mining
engineer; member of Nevada
Democratic State Central Committee, 1932-48; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1941-43; member of Nevada
state senate, 1947-50; mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1951-59; defeated, 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1972
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Rufus Budd Bement —
also known as Rufus B. Bement —
of Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.; Clyde, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Civil engineer; minister;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County, 1838;
Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843.
Congregationalist.
Interment at Clyde
Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio.
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Gordon Hubert Butler (1889-1964) —
also known as Gordon H. Butler —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Scipio, Jennings
County, Ind., February
10, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil engineer; general
contractor; president, Polaris Concrete
Products Company; bank
director; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1951-64 (57th District 1951-62, 61st District
1963-64); died in office 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
1, 1964 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Barzilla Worth Clark (1880-1943) —
also known as Barzilla W. Clark —
of Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho.
Born in Hadley, Hendricks
County, Ind., December
22, 1880.
Democrat. Civil engineer; mayor
of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1913-15, 1926-36; Governor of
Idaho, 1937-39.
Methodist.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho, September
21, 1943 (age 62 years, 273
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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William J. Cleary (1870-1952) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born near Greenfield, Hancock
County, Ind., May 14,
1870.
Republican. Civil engineer; Berrien
County Surveyor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1943-50.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1952
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan William Crumpacker (1854-1904) —
also known as J. W. Crumpacker —
of LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind.
Born in New Durham Township, LaPorte
County, Ind., September
6, 1854.
Republican. School
teacher; civil engineer; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of LaPorte, Ind., 1882; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1888;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-96; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1897-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., March
15, 1904 (age 49 years, 191
days).
Interment at Westville Cemetery, Westville, Ind.
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Ralph L. Custer (d. 1950) —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Chemical
engineer; vice-president, Federated Laundry
Corporation; mayor
of Garden City, N.Y., 1949-50; died in office 1950.
Died, probably from a brain
aneurysm, in Nassau Hospital,
Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
24, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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John Nathan Hostettler (b. 1961) —
also known as John N. Hostettler —
of Blairsville, Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 19,
1961.
Republican. Power
plant performance engineer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1995-2007; defeated,
2006; in April 2004, he was detained
at Louisville International Airport when he attempted to board a
flight with a loaded
pistol in his briefcase; pleaded
guilty in August to carrying a
concealed weapon; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 2010.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2015.
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Andrew Jackson Hunter (1831-1913) —
also known as Andrew J. Hunter —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Born in Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind., December
17, 1831.
Democrat. Civil engineer; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1865-69; Edgar
County Judge, 1886-92; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1893-95, 1897-99 (at-large 1893-95,
19th District 1897-99); defeated, 1870 (7th District), 1882 (15th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1908.
Died in Paris, Edgar
County, Ill., January
12, 1913 (age 81 years, 26
days).
Interment at Edgar
Cemetery, Paris, Ill.
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Joseph G. O'Connor (1904-1967) —
of Lincoln Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 24,
1904.
Democrat. Trained as an engineer; gold assayer for Yellow
Jacket Mining Co.,
Nevada; worked for Chrysler
Corporation in the 1930s; executive board
member, United Auto Workers Local 7, 1938; national
representative to the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
1941-48; advertising
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 6th District 1955-62); defeated in
primary, 1962.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; Moose; Elks; Eagles;
Maccabees;
Knights
of Equity.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Velma Eugen Jones. |
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Charles O. Schonert (1887-1963) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born near Rushville, Rush
County, Ind., December
27, 1887.
Republican. Engineer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1930-35; defeated, 1935.
Died August
11, 1963 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Lucien Norris Sullivan (b. 1869) —
also known as Lucien N. Sullivan —
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April
16, 1869.
Draftsman;
engineer; U.S. Consul in La Paz, 1909-14; Newcastle, as of 1916-20; Cadiz, as of 1924; Cienfuegos, as of 1926-29; Matanzas, as of 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George T. Sullivan and Frances A. (Norris) Sullivan; married, November
29, 1905, to Mary Larman. |
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William A. Trout (b. 1870) —
of Indiana.
Born in La Salle
County, Ill., January
20, 1870.
Engineer; U.S. Consular Agent in Santa Marta, 1900-18.
Burial location unknown.
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John Calloway Walton (1881-1949) —
also known as Jack C. Walton; "Rarin'
Jack" —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 6,
1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
engineer; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1919-23; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1923; impeached
and removed from
office as Governor, 1923; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1924.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., November
25, 1949 (age 68 years, 264
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Joshua Howe Watts (b. 1838) —
Born in Versailles, Ripley
County, Ind., March
28, 1838.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil and mining
engineer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Puerto Cortes, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles M. Ziegler (1888-1959) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Noble
County, Ind., May 23,
1888.
Republican. Civil engineer; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1943-57; defeated, 1937.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March 1,
1959 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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