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Richard Ely Bird (1878-1955) —
also known as Richard E. Bird —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
4, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas 18th District, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1955 (age 76 years, 67
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Robert Joseph Dole (1923-2021) —
also known as Bob Dole —
of Russell, Russell
County, Kan.
Born in Russell, Russell
County, Kan., July 22,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1951-53; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1961-69 (6th District 1961-63, 1st
District 1963-69); U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1969-96; resigned 1996; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1971-73; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1980,
1988;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1996.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; American Bar
Association; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Sigma.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1997.
Died, from lung
cancer, December
5, 2021 (age 98 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Christopher Eberhardt (1871-1965) —
also known as Charles C. Eberhardt —
of Salina, Saline
County, Kan.
Born in Salina, Saline
County, Kan., July 27,
1871.
Republican. Lumber
business; insurance
agent; oil
business; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Mexico City, 1904-06; U.S. Consul in Iquitos, 1906-08; Barranquilla, 1908-10; U.S. Consul General in , 1910-24; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1925-29; Costa Rica, 1930-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
American
Geographic Society.
Died February
22, 1965 (age 93 years, 210
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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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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Carl Atwood Hatch (1889-1963) —
also known as Carl A. Hatch —
of Clovis, Curry
County, N.M.
Born in Kirwin, Phillips
County, Kan., November
27, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for New Mexico, 1919; district
judge in New Mexico 9th District, 1923-29; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1933-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948
(co-chair, Credentials
Committee); Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1949-63.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Best known as the author of the "Hatch Act" of 1939-40, prohibiting
federal employees from engaging in political activity.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., September
15, 1963 (age 73 years, 292
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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William Purnell Lambertson (1880-1957) —
also known as William P. Lambertson —
of Fairview, Brown
County, Kan.
Born in Fairview, Brown
County, Kan., March
23, 1880.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1909; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member of Kansas
state senate, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1929-45.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Died in Fairview, Brown
County, Kan., October
26, 1957 (age 77 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sabetha
Cemetery, Sabetha, Kan.
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Lee Monroe (b. 1857) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Freehold Township, Warren
County, Pa., October
27, 1857.
Lawyer;
Register, U.S. Land Office,, Wa-Keeney, Kansas, 1889-93; district
judge in Kansas 23rd District, 1895-1903.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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Payne Harry Ratner (1896-1974) —
also known as Payne Ratner —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Casey, Clark
County, Ill., October
3, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Labette
County Attorney, 1923-27; member of Kansas
state senate, 1929, 1937-39; Governor of
Kansas, 1939-43.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., December
27, 1974 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Wichita
Park Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Edward Herbert Rees (1886-1969) —
also known as Edward H. Rees —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born near Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., June 3,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1927-33; member of Kansas
state senate, 1933-35; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1937-61.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Lions.
Died in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., October
25, 1969 (age 83 years, 144
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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John Jacob Rhodes (1916-2003) —
also known as John J. Rhodes —
of Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan., September
18, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1952
(alternate; speaker),
1964,
1972
(chair, Platform
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1953-83.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Rotary;
American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died August
24, 2003 (age 86 years, 340
days).
Interment at Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Ariz.
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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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George Washington Sutton (1843-1917) —
also known as George W. Sutton —
of Kansas; Oklahoma.
Born in Ohio
County, Ind., August
5, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1881-84; member of Oklahoma
territorial legislature, 1890.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Cleveland, Pawnee
County, Okla., May 17,
1917 (age 73 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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