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Clarence V. Beck (1896-1984) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Smolan, Saline
County, Kan., March 2,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lyon
County Attorney, 1931-35; Kansas
state attorney general, 1935-39.
Episcopalian. Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in 1984
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John V. Beck and Hilda (Carlson) Beck; married 1919 to
Frederica Dennis; married 1937 to Judy
Lee Odell. |
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Orsemus Hills Bentley (1855-1927) —
also known as O. H. Bentley —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born December
19, 1855.
Lawyer;
rancher;
railroad
promoter; historian;
mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1915-16.
Episcopalian.
Died January
22, 1927 (age 71 years, 34
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Old
Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Harry Darby (1895-1987) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
23, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
shipbuilder;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1940-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956
(speaker),
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-50.
Episcopalian. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Military
Order of the World Wars; Navy
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
17, 1987 (age 91 years, 359
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Robert Fred Ellsworth (1926-2011) —
also known as Robert F. Ellsworth —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., June 11,
1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in
the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1961-67 (2nd District 1961-63, 3rd
District 1963-67).
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Optimist
Club.
Died May 9,
2011 (age 84 years, 332
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jabez Oscar Emerson (1875-1968) —
also known as Jabez O. Emerson —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Lyon
County, Kan., February
2, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1911-13; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1926-27; appointed 1926; defeated, 1927.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died October
6, 1968 (age 93 years, 247
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Jay Emerson and Mary Elizabeth (Norman) Emerson; married,
January
1, 1902, to Carrie Elizabeth Doak. |
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Robert Benjamin Fegan (b. 1877) —
also known as R. B. Fegan —
of Junction City, Geary
County, Kan.
Born in New York, May 15,
1877.
Republican. Telephone
company manager; rancher;
Kansas Highway Commissioner, 1929; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Jesters;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesler Fagan and Eliza (Weeks) Fagan; married 1910 to Marion
Lewis. |
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Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) —
also known as Benjamin J. Franklin —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., 1839.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul
in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1896-97.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 18,
1898 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Frank Leslie Hagaman (1894-1966) —
also known as Frank L. Hagaman —
of Fairway, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Bushnell, McDonough
County, Ill., June 1,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1935; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1945-46; member of Kansas
state senate, 1945; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1947-50; Governor of
Kansas, 1950-51.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in a hospital
at Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 23,
1966 (age 72 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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John Daniel Miller Hamilton (1892-1973) —
also known as John D. M. Hamilton —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Paoli, Chester
County, Pa.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa, March 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1925-28; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1930-32; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1932-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1936-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1936,
1940
(chair, Arrangements
Committee; speaker).
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, in Morton Plant Hospital,
Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
24, 1973 (age 81 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Daniel Miller Hamilton and Mary (Rice) Hamilton; married, December
28, 1915, to Laura Hall; married 1940 to Jane
(Kendall) Mason. |
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article |
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21, 1936 |
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Margaret M. Hanna (c.1873-1950) —
of Kansas; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., about 1873.
U.S. Consul in Geneva, 1937-38.
Female.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Died, in Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium,
Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., March
28, 1950 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edwin Phillips Hanna and Lucretia (Hynes)
Hanna. |
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John Mills Houston (1890-1975) —
also known as John M. Houston —
of Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Formoso, Jewell
County, Kan., September
15, 1890.
Democrat. Actor;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumber
dealer; mayor of
Newton, Kan., 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1935-43; defeated, 1942;
member, National Labor Relations Board, 1943-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Died in Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., April
29, 1975 (age 84 years, 226
days).
Entombed at Melrose
Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Calif.
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Charles Lemuel Kagey (1876-1941) —
also known as Charles L. Kagey —
of Hays, Ellis
County, Kan.; Beloit, Mitchell
County, Kan.
Born in New Market, Shenandoah
County, Va., December
22, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Logan
County Attorney, 1899-1900; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1921-25; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died October
16, 1941 (age 64 years, 298
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Beloit, Kan.
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Nancy Landon Kassebaum (b. 1932) —
also known as Nancy Josephine Landon; Nancy Kassebaum
Baker —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., July 29,
1932.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1978-97; appointed 1978.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr. (1916-2013) —
also known as Robert H. McWilliams —
of Colorado.
Born in Salina, Saline
County, Kan., April
27, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; municipal judge in
Colorado, 1949-52; district judge in Colorado, 1952-60; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1961-70; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1970-84; took
senior status 1984; senior judge, 1984-2013.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Denver,
Colo., April
10, 2013 (age 96 years, 348
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Chester Louis Mize Jr. (1917-1994) —
also known as Chester L. Mize —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan., December
25, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1965-71.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Elks.
Died January
11, 1994 (age 76 years, 17
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Dixie Newton Sansom (b. 1948) —
also known as Dixie Sansom; Dixie Ann
Newton —
of Florida.
Born in a hospital
at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
6, 1948.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1984-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1992.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports
reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers;
vice-chair
of Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov.
Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Morris Sawyer Tremaine (1871-1941) —
also known as Morris S. Tremaine —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Dodge, Ford
County, Kan., February
27, 1871.
Democrat. Lumber
business; insurance
executive; New York
state comptroller, 1927-41; died in office 1941; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Died October
12, 1941 (age 70 years, 227
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. William Scott Tremaine; married 1898 to Maude
Middledith. |
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1936 |
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Bernice T. Van der Vries (b. 1890) —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Holton, Jackson
County, Kan., February
14, 1890.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District, 1935-42.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, League of Women
Voters; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Pi Beta
Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to John N. Van der Vries. |
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