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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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Edwin Denby (1870-1929) —
also known as Ned Denby —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
18, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1903-04; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of State
Albert
B. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to the
Interior Department; Fall then accepted large bribes
to sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the Teapot
Dome scandal;
in 1924, Denby was forced to
resign as Secretary of the Navy.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1929 (age 58 years, 356
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles Abraham Halleck (1900-1986) —
also known as Charles A. Halleck —
of Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind.
Born in DeMotte, Jasper
County, Ind., August
22, 1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1935-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1936,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1956,
1960
(Permanent
Chair).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; Elks.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., March 3,
1986 (age 85 years, 193
days).
Interment at Weston
Cemetery, Rensselaer, 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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Elwood Haynes Hillis (b. 1926) —
also known as Elwood Hillis —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., March 6,
1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1971-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu; Phi Delta Phi; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Ezra Jenner (1908-1985) —
also known as William E. Jenner —
of Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind.
Born in Marengo, Crawford
County, Ind., July 21,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1934-42; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1944-45, 1947-59; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1945; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
States Rights candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., March 9,
1985 (age 76 years, 231
days).
Interment at Crest
Haven Memorial Gardens, Bedford, Ind.
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Roy Dee Keehn (1874-1949) —
also known as Roy D. Keehn —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born near Ligonier, Noble
County, Ind., November
7, 1874.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1924,
1932.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Died February
21, 1949 (age 74 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ivan Lebamoff (1932-2006) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., July 20,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1968-75; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1972;
mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1971-75; defeated, 1975.
Eastern
Orthodox. Macedonian
ancestry. Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Alpha Theta; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, in Hospice
Home of Northeast Indiana, Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 18,
2006 (age 73 years, 302
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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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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O. Otto Moore (b. 1896) —
of Colorado.
Born in Floyds Knobs, Floyd
County, Ind., June 14,
1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1949-69; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1957-58.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
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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Fred Sampson Purnell (1882-1939) —
also known as Fred S. Purnell —
of Attica, Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Fountain
County, Ind., October
25, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1917-33; defeated, 1914.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in 1939
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Rockfield
Cemetery, Near Veedersburg, Fountain County, Ind.
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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
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