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Nancy Kassebaum Baker (b. 1932) —
also known as Nancy Josephine Landon; Nancy Landon
Kassebaum —
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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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
(delegation chair; 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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Chauncey Dewey (1877-1959) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Brewster, Thomas
County, Kan.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, May 19,
1877.
Republican. Rancher; real estate
business; livestock
dealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1908,
1912;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., November
4, 1959 (age 82 years, 169
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Junction City, Kan.
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Milton Stover Eisenhower (1899-1985) —
also known as Milton S. Eisenhower —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Abilene, Dickinson
County, Kan., September
15, 1899.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; university
professor; U.S. Vice Consul in Edinburgh, 1924-26; president
of Kansas State University, 1943-50; Pennsylvania State University,
1950-56; and Johns Hopkins University, 1956-67 and 1971-72; director
for railroads;
trustee for hospitals;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
Independent candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1980.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Pi.
Died, of cancer,
in Baltimore,
Md., May 2,
1985 (age 85 years, 229
days).
Interment at Centre County Memorial Park, State College, Pa.
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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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Hugh Edgar Exum (1881-1944) —
also known as H. E. Exum —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.
Born in Lampasas, Lampasas
County, Tex., June 17,
1881.
Republican. Rancher; oil and gas
producer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940
(Honorary
Vice-President); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1932; Texas
Republican state chair, 1936-44.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Lions.
Suffered a heart
attack in the offices
of the Tri-County Gas Company, Holcomb, Kans., and died soon after in
a hospital
at Garden City, Finney
County, Kan., May 17,
1944 (age 62 years, 335
days).
Interment at Llano
Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
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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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William Alexander Harris (1841-1909) —
also known as William A. Harris —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.; Linwood, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born near Luray, Loudoun
County, Va., October
29, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1893-95; member of Kansas
state senate, 1895-96; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1897-1903; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1904;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1904,
1908;
candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1906; vice-president, Denver, Laramie & Northwestern Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
20, 1909 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Frank Easton Hopkins (1863-1933) —
also known as Frank E. Hopkins —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
30, 1863.
Republican. Book
publisher; organist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1912, 1914, 1922,
1924; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1917, 1919.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., February
26, 1933 (age 69 years, 333
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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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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Louise Jambor (1921-2015) —
also known as Louise Irma Hintermann; Mrs. James
Jambor —
of Dodge City, Ford
County, Kan.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April 8,
1921.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
1968
(alternate), 1972.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., August
30, 2015 (age 94 years, 144
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
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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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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) —
also known as Fred A. Seaton —
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; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1936;
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; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956 ;
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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Married to John N. Van der Vries. |
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