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Edward L. Baker (1906-1987) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Orchard Lake, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Georgetown, Floyd
County, Ind., February
1, 1906.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1942, 1944; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1952;
postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1953-76 (acting, 1953-54).
Member, Freemasons;
Jaycees.
Died in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., March 4,
1987 (age 81 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1932 to Elios
Giuliano. |
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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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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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Danny Lee Burton (b. 1938) —
also known as Dan Burton —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 21,
1938.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1967-68, 1977-80; member of Indiana
state senate, 1969-72, 1981-82; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1983-2013 (6th District 1983-2003,
5th District 2003-13); defeated, 1970, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph B. Grenchik —
of Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Banker;
travel
agency owner; mayor
of Whiting, Ind., 1964-68, 1976-88.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees; Lions; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1988.
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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 Henry Harrison (1896-1990) —
also known as William H. Harrison —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
10, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927-29; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1945-50; member of Wyoming
Republican State Committee, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1951-55, 1961-65, 1967-69;
defeated, 1964, 1968; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1954.
Member, Jaycees; American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
8, 1990 (age 94 years, 59
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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Robert Dunkerson Orr (1917-2004) —
also known as Robert D. Orr —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
17, 1917.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1956;
chair
of Vanderburgh County Republican Party, 1965-67; member of Indiana
state senate; elected 1968; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana; elected 1972; Governor of
Indiana, 1981-89; board member, Amtrak
(representing all state governors); U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 1989-92.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Rotary;
Jaycees.
Died, of heart
disease, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
10, 2004 (age 86 years, 114
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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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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