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Bob Abbott (b. 1932) —
of Kansas.
Born in Hanston, Hodgeman
County, Kan., November
1, 1932.
Lawyer; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1977-90; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1990-.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi.
Still living as of 2002.
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Hugh Rogers Adair (1889-1971) —
also known as Hugh R. Adair —
of Montana.
Born near Ellis, Trego
County, Kan., August
29, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1927, 1931; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1937-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1940; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1943-69; chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1947-56.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in a hospital
at Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., January
18, 1971 (age 81 years, 142
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Paul Case Aiken (1910-1974) —
also known as Paul C. Aiken —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan., July 24,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; Assistant U.S. Postmaster
General, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1950.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in Washington,
D.C., May 25,
1974 (age 63 years, 305
days).
Cremated.
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Summerfield Still Alexander (1887-1958) —
also known as Summerfield S. Alexander —
of Kingman, Kingman
County, Kan.
Born in Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo., August
15, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kingman
County Attorney, 1910-12; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1934-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1952.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died January
13, 1958 (age 70 years, 151
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Kingman, Kan.
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Donald L. Allegrucci (b. 1936) —
of Kansas.
Born in Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan., September
19, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kansas
Democratic State Central Committee, 1974-80; member of Kansas
state senate, 1976-80; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1978; district judge in
Kansas, 1982-86; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1987-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Clay Allen (b. 1875) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Erie, Neosho
County, Kan., August
23, 1875.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1913-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Montgomery Allen and Eva (Foster) Allen; married, January
7, 1907, to Lunella Coleman. |
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John Anderson Jr. (1917-2014) —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born near Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., May 8,
1917.
Republican. Lawyer; Johnson
County Attorney, 1947-53; member of Kansas
state senate, 1953-56; Kansas
state attorney general, 1956-61; appointed 1956; Governor of
Kansas, 1961-65.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., September
15, 2014 (age 97 years, 130
days).
Interment at Old Monticello Cemetery, Shawnee, Kan.
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Joseph Campbell Anderson (1830-1891) —
also known as Joseph C. Anderson —
of Kansas.
Born in Jessamine
County, Ky., 1830.
Lawyer; member of Kansas
territorial legislature, 1855; arrested
and imprisoned
during the Civil War for refusing
to sign an oath of allegiance to the Union.
Died in 1891
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (1870-1931) —
also known as Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., August
22, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
work; postmaster at Leavenworth,
Kan., 1898-1902; mayor
of Leavenworth, Kan., 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1907-29.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., August
4, 1931 (age 60 years, 347
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.
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Glenn Leroy Archer Jr. (1929-2011) —
Born in Densmore, Norton
County, Kan., March
21, 1929.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1985-97; took
senior status 1997.
Died in Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz., July 27,
2011 (age 82 years, 128
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Marys Angels Rest Columbarium, Pinetop-Lakeside, Ariz.
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Edward Ferdinand Arn (1906-1998) —
also known as Edward F. Arn —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., May 19,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; Kansas
state attorney general, 1947-49; resigned 1949; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1949-50; Governor of
Kansas, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1962.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Lions;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died in a hospital
at Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
22, 1998 (age 91 years, 248
days).
Interment at Mission
Chapel Mausoleum, Wichita, Kan.
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Paul Leon Aylward (1908-1996) —
also known as Paul L. Aylward —
of Ellsworth, Ellsworth
County, Kan.
Born in Stonington, Christian
County, Ill., March 1,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1960,
1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1962.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Kappa Theta; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died March
21, 1996 (age 88 years, 20
days).
Interment at Ellsworth Memorial Cemetery, Ellsworth, Kan.
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William Augustus Ayres (1867-1952) —
also known as William A. Ayres —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ill., April
19, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Sedgwick
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1915-21, 1923-34 (8th District
1915-21, 1923-33, 5th District 1933-34); defeated, 1920; resigned
1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member, Federal Trade Commission,
1934-52; died in office 1952; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1937,
1942, 1946.
Christian.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1952 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Old
Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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David Haworth Bailey (1830-1896) —
also known as David H. Bailey —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, September
27, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1860-61; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1870-78; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1879-80.
Died in Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, January
20, 1896 (age 65 years, 115
days).
Interment at Sugar
Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio.
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Lucien Baker (1846-1907) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Fulton
County, Ohio, June 8,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate, 1893-95; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1895-1901.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., June 21,
1907 (age 61 years, 13
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.
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Simon C. Bates (1879-1950) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Kan., October
11, 1879.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 20th District,
1922-23.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., September
4, 1950 (age 70 years, 328
days).
Interment at Maple
Park Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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James Franklin Battin (1925-1996) —
also known as James F. Battin —
of Montana.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., February
13, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1961-69; U.S.
District Judge for Montana, 1969-90; took senior status 1990.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died, of cancer,
in Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., September
27, 1996 (age 71 years, 227
days).
Cremated.
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Albert Isaac Beach (1883-1939) —
also known as Albert I. Beach —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., July 30,
1883.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1924-30; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
21, 1939 (age 55 years, 175
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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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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George Monroe Beebe (1836-1927) —
also known as George M. Beebe —
of Troy, Doniphan
County, Kan.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y.; Ellenville, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New Vernon, Orange
County, N.Y., October
28, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1860-61; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1860, 1860-61; candidate for justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1865; candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1871; member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1875-79; defeated,
1878; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876,
1880
(speaker),
1892;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1883-1900.
Died in Ellenville, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 1,
1927 (age 90 years, 124
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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Carol A. Beier (b. 1958) —
of Kansas.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., September
27, 1958.
Clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge James
K. Logan, 1985; lawyer; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 2000-.
Female.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2002.
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Monti L. Belot (b. 1943) —
of Kansas.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 4,
1943.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Kansas, 1991-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Robert Frederick Bennett (1927-2000) —
also known as Robert F. Bennett; Bob
Bennett —
of Prairie Village, Johnson
County, Kan.; Overland Park, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 23,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; mayor
of Prairie Village, Kan., 1957-65; member of Kansas
state senate, 1965-75; Governor of
Kansas, 1975-79; defeated, 1978.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Optimist
Club; Freemasons.
Died, of lung
cancer, at St. Joseph's Health
Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 2000 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Corinth
Cemetery, Prairie Village, Kan.
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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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Frank Cadwallader Bingham (1906-1954) —
also known as Frank C. Bingham —
of Craig, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.; Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan., September
5, 1906.
School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1944-51.
Died in Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., March
28, 1954 (age 47 years, 204
days).
Interment at Missoula
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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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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Francis Marion Bistline (1896-1969) —
also known as Francis M. Bistline; F. M.
Bistline —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Ransom, Ness
County, Kan., March
25, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of
the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1941-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1944-48.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
While defending a client in a murder case, he suddenly collapsed and
died from a heart
attack, in the courtroom
at the Bingham County
Courthouse, Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho, January
20, 1969 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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Lloyd Llewellyn Black (1889-1950) —
also known as Lloyd L. Black —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., March
15, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; Snohomish
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-19; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1924; superior court
judge in Washington, 1936-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1939-50;
died in office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen.
Died August
23, 1950 (age 61 years, 161
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Acacia
Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
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Freeman Norton Blake (1822-1889) —
also known as Freeman N. Blake —
of Kansas.
Born in Farmington Falls, Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine, June 1,
1822.
Lawyer; member of Kansas
territorial legislature, 1857; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1861; U.S. Consul in Fort Erie, 1865-69; Hamilton, 1869-73.
Died in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 19,
1889 (age 66 years, 352
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
also known as William T. Bland —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Robert C. Bonner (b. 1942) —
of California.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., 1942.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Central District of California, 1984-89; U.S.
District Judge for the Central District of California, 1989-90;
resigned 1990; Director, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration,
1990-93; commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service, 2001.
Still living as of 2003.
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William Patterson Borland (1867-1919) —
also known as William P. Borland —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., October
14, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1909-19; died in
office 1919.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in U.S. Army Field Hospital
No. 31, near Coblenz (Koblenz), Germany,
February
20, 1919 (age 51 years, 129
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Marcellus G. Boss (1901-1967) —
also known as Marc Boss —
of Columbus, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Bremen, Marshall
County, Ind., January
24, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Cherokee
County Attorney, 1931-33; member of Kansas
state senate, 1945-49; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1952;
Governor
of Guam, 1959-60.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Suffered a heart
attack while addressing
a meeting of the Kansas Business and Professional Women, and died
soon after, in the City Hospital,
Columbus, Cherokee
County, Kan., March
21, 1967 (age 66 years, 56
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Columbus, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank W. Boss and Alice M. (Lehr) Boss; married, August
11, 1926, to Margery Griswold. |
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Theodosius Botkin (1846-1918) —
of Kansas; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Catawba, Clark
County, Ohio, June 25,
1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; mining
business; member of Kansas state legislature, 1880; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul in Campbellton, 1907-18, died in office 1918.
Died in Campbellton, New
Brunswick, May 27,
1918 (age 71 years, 336
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
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Raymond Victor Bottomly (1885-1961) —
also known as R. V. Bottomly —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Cedarville, Smith
County, Kan., July 16,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Montana
state attorney general, 1942-49.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Died in Silver Bow
County, Mont., February
14, 1961 (age 75 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Byron Shelley Bottomly and Isabelle (Pilcher) Bottomly; married,
December
10, 1916, to Mouriel M. Heath. |
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Thomas Meade Bowen (1835-1906) —
also known as Thomas M. Bowen —
of Del Norte, Rio Grande
County, Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born near Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, October
26, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1856; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1864;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1866; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1867-71; Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1871; district judge in Colorado, 1876-80;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1882-83; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1883-89.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., December
30, 1906 (age 71 years, 65
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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William Marshall Boyle Jr. (1903-1961) —
also known as William M. Boyle, Jr.; Bill
Boyle —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., February
2, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Director, Kansas City Police,
1939; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1949-51; investigated
in 1951 by the Senate Investigating Committee over his acceptance of
fees from the American Lithifold Corporation of St. Louis, in return
for using his influence
as Democratic national chair to obtain loans for the company from the
U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation; claimed to have been
vindicated, but ultimately resigned
under fire.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
30, 1961 (age 58 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clara Boyle; married to Genevieve Hayde. |
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Edward L. Branson (1870-1935) —
of Franklin
County, Kan.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan., October
4, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Franklin
County Attorney; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1929-32; defeated, 1932.
Died in 1935
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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David Josiah Brewer (1837-1910) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey,
June
20, 1837.
Lawyer; county judge in Kansas, 1862-65; district judge in
Kansas 1st District, 1865-69; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1870-84; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1884-90; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1889-1910; died in office 1910.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1910 (age 72 years, 281
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.
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Reginald Robert Brewster (1876-1946) —
also known as Reginald R. Brewster —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in White Cloud, Doniphan
County, Kan., October
23, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1922; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1924;
trustee, Mercy Hospital.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 3,
1946 (age 69 years, 223
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Sardius Mason Brewster (1870-1936) —
also known as Sardius M. Brewster —
of Troy, Doniphan
County, Kan.
Born in Brown
County, Kan., June 19,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Doniphan
County Attorney, 1899-1909; member of Kansas
state senate, 1909-11; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1913; Kansas
state attorney general, 1915-19; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1930-34.
Presbyterian.
Died March 5,
1936 (age 65 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olive Cemetery, Troy, Kan.
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Mary Beck Briscoe (b. 1947) —
of Kansas.
Born in Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan., 1947.
Lawyer; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1984-95; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1995-.
Female.
Still living as of 2017.
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Wesley Ernest Brown (b. 1907) —
also known as Wesley E. Brown —
of Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan.
Born in Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan., 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; Reno
County Attorney, 1935-39; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; corporate secretary and attorney, Aircraft
Woodwork Manufacturers, 1942-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1956;
U.S.
District Judge for Kansas, 1962-79; took senior status 1979.
Burial location unknown.
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William Ripley Brown (1840-1916) —
also known as William R. Brown —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 16,
1840.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Kansas, 1867-77; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1875-77; probate judge
in Oklahoma, 1894-98.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 4,
1916 (age 75 years, 232
days).
Interment at Lawrence
Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Samuel Dale Brownback (b. 1956) —
also known as Sam Brownback —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Garnett, Anderson
County, Kan., September
12, 1956.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1995-96; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1996-2011; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 2008;
Governor
of Kansas, 2011-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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David L. Brunstrom (1899-1941) —
of Lakewood, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Lindsborg, McPherson
County, Kan., March
13, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1933-34.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1941
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Harris
Hill Cemetery, Clarence, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. David V. Brunstrom and Catherine (Nelson) Brunstrom; married
1926 to
Kathryn M. Blume. |
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Rousseau Angelus Burch (1862-1944) —
also known as Rousseau A. Burch —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Williamsport, Warren
County, Ind., August
4, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1902-35; chief
justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1935-36.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., January
29, 1944 (age 81 years, 178
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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William Alexander Calderhead (1844-1928) —
also known as William A. Calderhead —
of Marysville, Marshall
County, Kan.; Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, September
26, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; farmer;
lawyer; Marshall
County Attorney, 1889-91; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1895-97, 1899-1911.
Died in Enid, Garfield
County, Okla., December
18, 1928 (age 84 years, 83
days).
Interment at Marysville
Cemetery, Marysville, Kan.
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Elda Frank Caldwell (1859-1926) —
also known as Eldie F. Caldwell —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Rockville, Parke
County, Ind., September
6, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1895; postmaster at Lawrence,
Kan., 1898-1903.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., September
15, 1926 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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John Lawrence Caldwell (1875-1922) —
also known as John L. Caldwell —
of Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born in Bourbon
County, Kan., July 16,
1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate 8th District, 1901-04; Bourbon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1912;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1914-21.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
6, 1922 (age 47 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John M. Campbell (1916-1999) —
also known as Jack M. Campbell —
of New Mexico.
Born in Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan., September
10, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1956-62; Speaker of
the New Mexico State House of Representatives, 1961-62; Governor of
New Mexico, 1963-67.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in a retirement
home at Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., June 14,
1999 (age 82 years, 277
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Pitt Campbell (1862-1941) —
also known as Philip P. Campbell —
of Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia, April
25, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1903-23.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1941 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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William Randolph Carpenter (1894-1956) —
also known as Randolph Carpenter —
of Marion, Marion
County, Kan.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Kan., April
24, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1933-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1945-48; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1948.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Chi Phi;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., July 26,
1956 (age 62 years, 93
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Marion, Kan.
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Charles Fremont Cochran (1846-1906) —
also known as Charles F. Cochran —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., September
27, 1846.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
editor; lawyer; Atchison
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-84; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1897-1905.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
19, 1906 (age 60 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Albert McDonald Cole (1901-1994) —
also known as Albert M. Cole —
of Holton, Jackson
County, Kan.
Born in Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo., October
13, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate, 1930; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1945-53.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 5,
1994 (age 92 years, 235
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Allyn Cole (1885-1963) —
of Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Kansas, 1885.
Lawyer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1917-20; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1919-20.
Died in 1963
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Rosebud
Cemetery, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
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William Hinson Cole (1837-1886) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1857; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1885-86; died in
office 1886.
Catholic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1886 (age 49 years, 178
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Harry W. Colmery (1890-1979) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1936;
drafter the G.I. Bill of Rights in 1943.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1979
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Dighton Corson (1827-1915) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Canaan, Somerset
County, Maine, October
21, 1827.
Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1858; Milwaukee
County District Attorney, 1859; District Attorney, 1st Judicial
District of Nevada; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1885, 1889; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1889-1913.
Died in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., May 7,
1915 (age 87 years, 198
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.
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Kenneth Allen Cox (b. 1916) —
also known as Kenneth A. Cox —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., December
7, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member, Federal Communications Commission, 1963-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Seth Leroy Cox and Jean (Sears) Cox; married, January
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William Smith Culbertson (1884-1966) —
also known as William S. Culbertson —
of Kansas; Charmian, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
5, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; economist;
university
professor; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921-25; U.S. Minister
to Romania, 1925-28; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1928-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Phi Epsilon; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1966
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin W. Cunningham (b. 1842) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Clarksfield Township, Huron
County, Ohio, August
31, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Lyon
County Probate Judge, 1872-78; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram W. Cunningham and Eunice Cunningham; married, March
12, 1867, to Debbie A. Rowland. |
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Charles Curtis (1860-1936) —
also known as "Square Shooter"; "The
Whisperer" —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in a log
cabin at Eugene (now part of Topeka), Shawnee
County, Kan., January
25, 1860; his mother was one-quarter blood Kansa/Osage Indian.
Republican. Lawyer; Shawnee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1884-88; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1893-1907 (4th District 1893-99, 1st
District 1899-1907); resigned 1907; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1907-13, 1915-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1908;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1924,
1928;
Vice
President of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932.
Protestant.
English,
French,
and Kansa/Osage
Indian ancestry.
Died of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1936 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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