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Christopher Joseph Abbott (1889-1954) —
also known as Christopher J. Abbott —
of Hyannis, Grant
County, Neb.
Born in Bird City, Cheyenne
County, Kan., October
11, 1889.
Republican. Banker; lumber
business; director, Northwestern Bell Telephone
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1948,
1952.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died January
10, 1954 (age 64 years, 91
days).
Interment at Hyannis Cemetery, Hyannis, Neb.
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Willis Joshua Bailey (1854-1932) —
also known as Willis J. Bailey —
of Baileyville, Nemaha
County, Kan.; Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Mt. Carroll, Carroll
County, Ill., October
12, 1854.
Republican. Farmer;
banker; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1888; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1899-1901; Governor of
Kansas, 1903-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1912,
1920;
governor, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1922-32.
Died in Mission Hills, Johnson
County, Kan., May 19,
1932 (age 77 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Edmond Joseph Bannon (1912-2006) —
also known as E. Joseph Bannon; Joe Bannon —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., March 9,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968,
1972;
treasurer
of Indiana Democratic Party, 1970-73.
Catholic.
Member, American
Bankers Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died January
17, 2006 (age 93 years, 314
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edmond James Bannon and Rose (Goebel) Bannon; married, November
11, 1941, to Patricia Nan Peters. |
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Fred C. Beeler (1879-1958) —
of Jewell City (now Jewell), Jewell
County, Kan.
Born in Jewell
County, Kan., October
4, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1908
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1940
(alternate); member of Kansas
state house of representatives 85th District, 1929-30.
Died in Beloit, Mitchell
County, Kan., March
29, 1958 (age 78 years, 176
days).
Interment at Athens Cemetery, Jewell, Kan.
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Joe R. Beeler (1899-1969) —
of Jewell City (now Jewell), Jewell
County, Kan.
Born in Jewell City (now Jewell), Jewell
County, Kan., July 28,
1899.
Republican. Banker; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1936;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives 85th District, 1937-40; member of
Kansas
state senate 31st District, 1941-44, 1949-52.
Died June 17,
1969 (age 69 years, 324
days).
Interment at Athens Cemetery, Jewell, Kan.
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Thomas Felix Bolack (1918-1998) —
also known as Tom Bolack —
of Farmington, San Juan
County, N.M.
Born in Cowley
County, Kan., May 18,
1918.
Republican. Oil and gas
producer; owner, Albuquerque Dukes professional baseball
team; director, First State Bank, Cuba, N.M.; director, Hidden
Splendor Uranium
Co.; director, Western American Life
Insurance Co.; mayor
of Farmington, N.M., 1952-53; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1956-58; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico, 1957; Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1961-62; Governor of
New Mexico, 1962-63.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Elks; Lions.
Died May 20,
1998 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Justin De Witt Bowersock (1842-1922) —
also known as Justin D. Bowersock —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Columbiana, Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
19, 1842.
Republican. President, Lawrence National Bank, Bowersock Mills
and Power
Co., Kansas Water
Power Co., Lawrence Iron Works,
Lawrence Paper
Manufacturing Co., Kansas and Colorado Railroad;
mayor
of Lawrence, Kan., 1881-85; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Kansas
state senate, 1895; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1899-1907.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., October
27, 1922 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Guy G. Butler (b. 1887) —
of Rolfe, Pocahontas
County, Iowa.
Born in Beattie, Marshall
County, Kan., March 5,
1887.
Republican. Dentist;
farm
owner; banker; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Pocahontas County; elected
1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1952.
Member, Psi
Omega; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Farm
Bureau; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1921 to Summa
Grenova. |
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Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Drakes Ferry, Huntingdon
County, Pa., March 1,
1830.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1871-73; resigned 1873.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 19,
1917 (age 87 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.
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Dudley Doolittle (1881-1957) —
of Strong City, Chase
County, Kan.
Born in Cottonwood Falls, Chase
County, Kan., June 21,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chase
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1908-12; banker; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1913-19; defeated, 1918,
1940; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kansas, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Woodmen;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., November
14, 1957 (age 76 years, 146
days).
Interment at Prairie
Grove Cemetery, Cottonwood Falls, Kan.
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John Walter Farley (1871-1945) —
also known as J. W. Farley;
"Pop" —
of Farley, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Platte City, Platte
County, Mo., June 1,
1871.
Democrat. Banker; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Platte County, 1901-04,
1939-45; died in office 1945; member of Missouri
Democratic State Committee, 1906-10.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in a hospital
at Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., February
16, 1945 (age 73 years, 260
days).
Interment at Platte
City Cemetery, Platte City, Mo.
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Andrew Jackson Felt (1833-1912) —
also known as Andrew J. Felt —
of Nashua, Chickasaw
County, Iowa; Seneca, Nemaha
County, Kan.
Born in East Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
27, 1833.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1868,
1872;
postmaster;
banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 27,
1912 (age 78 years, 183
days).
Interment at Seneca
City Cemetery, Seneca, Kan.
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John Fields (1871-1934) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, July 29,
1871.
Republican. Chemist;
farmer;
banker; editor, Oklahoma Farmer magazine;
president, Times Co., publisher of Oklahoma Daily Times newspaper;
candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1914, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1916.
Died April
17, 1934 (age 62 years, 262
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Highland
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Charles Newell Fowler (1852-1932) —
also known as Charles N. Fowler —
of Beloit, Mitchell
County, Kan.; Cranford, Union
County, N.J.; Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.; Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Lena, Stephenson
County, Ill., November
2, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1895-1911 (8th District
1895-1903, 5th District 1903-11); member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1898-1907.
Died in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., May 27,
1932 (age 79 years, 207
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.
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Georgia Neese Gray (1898-1995) —
also known as Georgia Neese; Georgia Neese
Clark —
of Richland, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Richland, Shawnee
County, Kan., January
27, 1898.
Democrat. Actress;
banker; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kansas, 1936-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kansas, 1960.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Phi.
Treasurer of the United States, 1949-53.
Died October
26, 1995 (age 97 years, 272
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Hill Cemetery, Berryton, Kan.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Albert Neese and Ella (O'Sullivan) Neese; married 1929 to George
M. Clark; married 1953 to Andrew
J. Gray. |
| | | Epitaph: "First Woman Treasurer of the
United States of America; Beloved Wife of Andy Gray" |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March
21, 1866.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.; director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance
Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Hartshorn Hodges (1866-1947) —
also known as George H. Hodges —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Orion, Richland
County, Wis., February
6, 1866.
Democrat. Lumber
business; bank director; mayor of
Olathe, Kan., 1900; member of Kansas
state senate, 1905-12; Governor of
Kansas, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1920;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1920.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in a hospital
at Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
7, 1947 (age 81 years, 243
days).
Interment at Olathe
Cemetery, Olathe, Kan.
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Lyman Underwood Humphrey (1844-1915) —
also known as Lyman U. Humphrey —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born in New Baltimore, Stark
County, Ohio, July 25,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; banker; candidate for Kansas
state house of representatives, 1871; member of Kansas
state senate, 1876; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1877-81; Governor of
Kansas, 1889-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1892.
Died in Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan., September
12, 1915 (age 71 years, 49
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kan.
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Robert G. Knight (b. 1941) —
also known as Bob Knight —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born July 31,
1941.
Republican. Investment banker; mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1980-81, 1984-85, 1987-88, 1995-; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1986; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 2002; candidate for Kansas
state senate 30th District, 2004.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Habitat
for Humanity.
Still living as of 2005.
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George Lewis Kreeck (1882-1945) —
also known as George L. Kreeck —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Clifton, Washington
County, Kan., September
30, 1882.
Republican. Banker; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1925-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1945
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Warner Landis (1867-1925) —
also known as Charles W. Landis —
of Osborne, Osborne
County, Kan.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pennsylvania, October
21, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., May 11,
1925 (age 57 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Landis and Christiana (Shelly) Landis; married 1892 to Eva
Patterson. |
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Sidney Smythe Linscott (1883-1968) —
also known as Sidney S. Linscott —
of Erie, Neosho
County, Kan.
Born in Holton, Jackson
County, Kan., November
20, 1883.
Democrat. Banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kansas, 1944.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Erie, Neosho
County, Kan., April
12, 1968 (age 84 years, 144
days).
Interment at Holton
Cemetery, Holton, Kan.
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Angell Mathewson (b. 1837) —
of Minden, Montgomery
County, N.Y.; Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Pulaski, Oswego
County, N.Y., June 8,
1837.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
banker; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1868; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1884,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Burial location unknown.
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Jerry Moran (b. 1954) —
of Hays, Ellis
County, Kan.
Born in Great Bend, Barton
County, Kan., May 29,
1954.
Republican. Bank officer; member of Kansas
state senate, 1989-96; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1997-2011; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 2004;
U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 2011-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin Sanford Paulen (1869-1961) —
also known as Ben S. Paulen; "The Coolidge of
Kansas" —
of Fredonia, Wilson
County, Kan.
Born near Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill., July 14,
1869.
Republican. Banker; member of Kansas
state senate, 1913; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1923-25; Governor of
Kansas, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1928
(speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1932.
Died July 11,
1961 (age 91 years, 362
days).
Interment at Fredonia
Cemetery, Fredonia, Kan.
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William Forest Phares (b. 1886) —
also known as William F. Phares —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Sharon, Barber
County, Kan., June 7,
1886.
Republican. Lumber
dealer; hardware
business; banker; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1914-26; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1924-26, 1948; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar C. Phares and Mary (Craig) Phares; married to Maude Marie
Bainum. |
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Preston Bierce Plumb (1837-1891) —
also known as Preston B. Plumb —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, October
12, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1863, 1867-68; Lyon
County Prosecuting Attorney; banker; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1877-91; died in office 1891; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1891 (age 54 years, 69
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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William Augustus Reeder (1849-1929) —
also known as William A. Reeder —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pa., August
28, 1849.
Republican. School
teacher; banker; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 6th District, 1899-1911.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
7, 1929 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Edward L. Safford (1888-1972) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August
4, 1888.
Republican. Banker; newspaper
reporter; mayor
of Santa Fe, N.M., 1926-28; New Mexico
Republican state chair, 1931; candidate for Governor of
New Mexico, 1946.
Died July 17,
1972 (age 83 years, 348
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Charles Manville Sawyer (1866-1950) —
also known as Charles M. Sawyer —
of Norton, Norton
County, Kan.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Reading Township, Livingston
County, Ill., September
17, 1866.
Democrat. Banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kansas, 1908,
1912;
Kansas Banking Commissioner, 1913-14; Governor, Federal Reserve Bank
of Kansas City, 1914-16.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
26, 1950 (age 84 years, 9
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) —
also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Channahon, Will
County, Ill., November
19, 1851.
Organizer, Citizens Bank of Galena; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board
of Control, 1905-11.
Episcopalian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, of heart
failure, in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., February
1, 1923 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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John W. Thomas (1874-1945) —
also known as John Thomas —
of Gooding, Gooding
County, Idaho.
Born in Phillips
County, Kan., January
4, 1874.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; banker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1924-33; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1928-33, 1940-45; defeated, 1932; died in
office 1945.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
10, 1945 (age 71 years, 310
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Gooding, Idaho.
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Larry Williams (born c.1938) —
of Halstead, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born about 1938.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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