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Manvel Humfrey Davis (1891-1959) —
also known as Manvel H. Davis;
"Cap" —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Greensburg, Kiowa
County, Kan., April 7,
1891.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 10th District,
1925-28; member of Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1929-32; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1932; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1936; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1940; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1952
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
10, 1959 (age 67 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Robert E. Davis (b. 1939) —
of Kansas.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August
28, 1939.
Lawyer; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1986-93; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1993-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Thomas Lawton Davis (b. 1842) —
also known as Thomas L. Davis —
of Eureka, Greenwood
County, Kan.
Born in Kentucky, 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kansas, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Burial location unknown.
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Webster Davis (1862-1923) —
also known as Web Davis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Ebensburg, Cambria
County, Pa., June 1,
1862.
Republican. Shoemaker;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1892; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1894-96.
Died February
22, 1923 (age 60 years, 266
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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John Shaw Dawson (b. 1869) —
also known as John S. Dawson —
of Hill City, Graham
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland,
June
10, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to Gov. W.
R. Stubbs, 1909; Kansas
state attorney general, 1911-15; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1915-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James J. Dawson and Annie (Shaw) Dawson; married, January
1, 1896, to Mary E. Kline. |
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Wesley Ernest Disney (1883-1961) —
also known as Wesley E. Disney —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Richland, Shawnee
County, Kan., October
31, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; Muskogee
County Attorney, 1911-15; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1919-24; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1931-45; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1948.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
26, 1961 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.
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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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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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Norbert R. Dreiling (1925-2005) —
of Hays, Ellis
County, Kan.
Born in Gorham, Russell
County, Kan., April 7,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kansas, 1960,
1972;
Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1966-74.
Catholic.
Volga
German ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Hays, Ellis
County, Kan., August
1, 2005 (age 80 years, 116
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph Cemetery, Hays, Kan.
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Henry White Edgerton (1888-1970) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rush Center, Rush
County, Kan., October
20, 1888.
Lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-63.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died February
23, 1970 (age 81 years, 126
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Eugene Edgerton and Annie Benedict (White) Edgerton;
married, June 28,
1913, to Alice Durand. |
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Rush Elmore (1819-1864) —
of Kansas.
Born in Autauga
County, Ala., February
27, 1819.
Lawyer; justice of
Kansas territorial supreme court, 1854-55, 1858-61.
Died August
14, 1864 (age 45 years, 169
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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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as M. L. Essick; "Old Man
Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1880;
candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District, 1896.
Scottish,
German,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Thomas Ewing (1829-1896) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, August
7, 1829.
Democrat. Private secretary to Pres. Zachary
Taylor; lawyer; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1858; chief
justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1861-62; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Fairfield County,
1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-81 (12th District 1877-79, 10th
District 1879-81); candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1879.
Struck by a Third Avenue cable
car, and died soon after, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1896 (age 66 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Charles Lee Faust (1879-1928) —
also known as Charles L. Faust —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio, April
24, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1921-28; died in
office 1928.
Died at U.S. Naval Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
17, 1928 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Highland, Kan.
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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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Dennis Thomas Flynn (1861-1939) —
also known as Dennis T. Flynn —
of Kiowa, Barber
County, Kan.; Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., February
13, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Republican
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1890-92; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Oklahoma Territory, 1893-97, 1899-1903;
defeated, 1890, 1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1908.
Catholic.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 19,
1939 (age 78 years, 126
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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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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Ferd J. Frankenhoff (b. 1895) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan., September
23, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 6th Circuit,
1935-37; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1940; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1942.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Willard P. Gambell (c.1831-1868) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in New York, about 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1860; member of Kansas
state senate, 1860; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1866.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., February
12, 1868 (age about 37
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lorraine Michael Gensman (1878-1954) —
also known as L. M. Gensman —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.
Born near Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., August
26, 1878.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; Comanche
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1918-19; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma,
1924;
oil
business.
Died in Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla., May 27,
1954 (age 75 years, 274
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Lawton, Okla.
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Newell Adolphus George (1904-1992) —
also known as Newell A. George —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
24, 1904.
Democrat. Staff member for U.S. Sen. George
McGill, 1933-34; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1959-61; defeated, 1960;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1960;
U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1961-68.
Died October
22, 1992 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert L. Gernon (b. 1943) —
of Kansas.
Born in Sabetha, Nemaha
County, Kan., July 29,
1943.
Lawyer; district judge in Kansas 22nd District, 1979-88; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1988-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Solon T. Gilmore —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate 5th District, 1905-08; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896 to Mabel
Douglas. |
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Daniel Robert Glickman (b. 1944) —
also known as Dan Glickman —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., November
24, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1977-95; defeated, 1994;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1984;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1995-2001.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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Luther M. Goddard (b. 1840) —
of Kansas; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
27, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872; district judge in Colorado
5th District, 1883-92; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1892-1901, 1905-09.
Burial location unknown.
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John Randolph Goodin (1836-1885) —
also known as John R. Goodin —
of Humboldt, Allen
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, December
14, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1867; district judge in Kansas
7th District, 1868-76; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1875-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., December
18, 1885 (age 49 years, 4
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Henry W. Green Jr. (b. 1949) —
of Kansas.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., January
15, 1949.
Lawyer; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1993-.
African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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Paul Ranous Greever (1891-1943) —
also known as Paul R. Greever —
of Wyoming.
Born in Lansing, Leavenworth
County, Kan., September
28, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor
of Cody, Wyo., 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1935-39; defeated, 1938.
Killed accidentally,
while cleaning his shotgun,
in Cody, Park
County, Wyo., February
16, 1943 (age 51 years, 141
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
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Charles Benjamin Griffith (1872-1928) —
also known as Charles B. Griffith —
of Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born in Bourbon
County, Kan., August
28, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Bourbon
County Attorney, 1899-1900; member of Kansas
state house of representatives 18th District, 1921-22; Kansas
state attorney general, 1923-27.
Methodist.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Christ's Hospital,
Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., June 8,
1928 (age 55 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Eva Burkholder. |
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Daniel W. Guernsey (1835-1902) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1835.
Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Dutchess
County Judge, 1884-1892.
Died, of pleuro-pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1902 (age about 66
years).
Interment somewhere
in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Ulysses Samuel Guyer (1868-1943) —
also known as U. S. Guyer —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Pawpaw, Lee
County, Ill., December
13, 1868.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1924-25, 1927-43;
defeated, 1911; died in office 1943.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 5,
1943 (age 74 years, 174
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, St. John, Kan.
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Edward T. Hackney (1870-1953) —
also known as Ed T. Hackney —
of Wellington, Sumner
County, Kan.
Born in Mt. Pulaski, Logan
County, Ill., November
11, 1870.
Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1897-99.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Nu.
Died in 1953
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Prairie
Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Kan.
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Frank Wright Hadley (1883-1948) —
also known as Frank W. Hadley —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., September
17, 1883.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Tientsin, 1908-09; U.S. Vice Consul General in Shanghai, 1909-11.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
22, 1948 (age 64 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wright Hadley and Sarah E. (Kelley) Hadley; married to
Freda Leach and Dorothy Jane Nightingale. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1915) |
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Herbert Spencer Hadley (1872-1927) —
also known as Herbert S. Hadley —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., February
20, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-03; Missouri
state attorney general, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1912,
1916;
Governor
of Missouri, 1909-13; law
professor; Chancellor,
Washington University, 1923-27.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
1, 1927 (age 55 years, 284
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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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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Frederick Lee Hall (1916-1970) —
also known as Fred Hall —
of Dodge City, Ford
County, Kan.
Born in Dodge City, Ford
County, Kan., July 24,
1916.
Republican. Lawyer; Ford
County Attorney, 1947-48; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1951-55; Governor of
Kansas, 1955-57; resigned 1957; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1957; resigned 1957.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Lions;
Elks; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Kappa Tau; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Died in Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan., March
18, 1970 (age 53 years, 237
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Kan.
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James Reed Hallowell (1841-1898) —
also known as James R. Hallowell —
of Columbus, Cherokee
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., December
27, 1841.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1876; member of Kansas
state senate, 1877-79; elected U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large 1878, but never took office;
U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1879-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1888.
Died in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., June 24,
1898 (age 56 years, 179
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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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. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, September
21, 1936 |
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Jake Louis Hamon (1873-1920) —
also known as Jake L. Hamon —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.
Born in Grenola, Elk
County, Kan., June 5,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; member of Republican
National Committee from North Dakota, 1920.
Shot
and killed by
Clara Smith Hamon, his secretary, mistress,
and the wife of his nephew, in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., November
26, 1920 (age 47 years, 174
days). The scandal
received national publicity. She was tried and found not guilty of
murder, on grounds of self-defense.
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Nancy (Tuggle) Hamon and Franklin Hamon; married 1898 to
Georgia Worth Perkins. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Daily Ardmoreite
(Ardmore, Okla.), November 29, 1920 |
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Gary Warren Hart (b. 1936) —
also known as Gary Hart; Gary Warren
Hartpence —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan., November
28, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1975-87; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1984,
1988;
his presidential campaign was derailed in 1987 by the scandal
over disclosure of an extramarital
affair with model Donna Rice.
Still living as of 2014.
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William West Harvey (b. 1869) —
also known as W. W. Harvey —
of Ashland, Clark
County, Kan.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., November
21, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; Clark
County Attorney, 1907-09; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1917-22; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1921-22; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1926-31.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Davidson Harvey and Rebecca (Sparks) Harvey; married, September
5, 1894, to Mamie A. Conley. |
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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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Dennis Hawver (b. 1943) —
of Ozawkie, Jefferson
County, Kan.
Born May 6,
1943.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
Libertarian candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 2000, 2004; candidate
for Governor of
Kansas, 2002 (Libertarian), 2006 (Republican primary);
Libertarian candidate for Kansas
state attorney general, 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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Homer Hoch (1879-1949) —
of Marion, Marion
County, Kan.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Kan., July 4,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1938-49; died in office 1949.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., January
30, 1949 (age 69 years, 210
days).
Interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Kan.
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Eldridge Vanleer Holland (b. 1880) —
also known as E. V. Holland —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Kan., November
10, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Colorado, 1929-33; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1933-39, 1949-59; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1958-59.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Clifford Ragsdale Hope (1893-1970) —
also known as Clifford R. Hope —
of Garden City, Finney
County, Kan.
Born in Birmingham, Van Buren
County, Iowa, June 9,
1893.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1925-26; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1927-57 (7th District 1927-43, 5th
District 1943-57).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Elks.
Died in Garden City, Finney
County, Kan., May 16,
1970 (age 76 years, 341
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Garden City, Kan.
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Albert Howell Horton (1837-1902) —
also known as Albert H. Horton —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y., March
12, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kansas; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1869-73; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1873; member of Kansas
state senate; elected 1876; chief
justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1877-95; resigned 1895.
Died, from heart
disease and liver
cancer, in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
2, 1902 (age 65 years, 174
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Frank Jodon Horton (b. 1877) —
also known as Frank J. Horton —
of Davis City, Decatur
County, Iowa; Goodland, Sherman
County, Kan.
Born in Missouri, October
18, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilkins Perryman Horton (b. 1889) —
also known as Wilkins P. Horton —
of Pittsboro, Chatham
County, N.C.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., September
1, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 13th District, 1919, 1927, 1931, 1935; secretary of
North Carolina Democratic Party, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment somewhere
in Pittsboro, N.C.
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Thomas Jefferson Humes (1849-1904) —
also known as Thomas J. Humes —
of Washington
County, Kan.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., February
14, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1877-80; superior court judge in
Washington, 1890; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1897-1904.
Died in Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, November
9, 1904 (age 55 years, 269
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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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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Walter Augustus Huxman (1887-1972) —
also known as Walter Huxman —
of Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan.
Born near Pretty Prairie, Reno
County, Kan., February
16, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1928; Governor of
Kansas, 1937-39; defeated, 1938; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1939-57; took
senior status 1957.
Disciples
of Christ.
Suffered an apparent stroke
and died in a hospital
at Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., June 25,
1972 (age 85 years, 130
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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John James Ingalls (1833-1900) —
also known as John J. Ingalls —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Middleton, Essex
County, Mass., December
29, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Kansas
state senate, 1862; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1862, 1864; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1873-91.
Died in Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., August
16, 1900 (age 66 years, 230
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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William Miller Jenkins (1856-1941) —
also known as William M. Jenkins —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.; Kay
County, Okla.; Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla.
Born in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, April
25, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1888;
secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1897-1901; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Presbyterian.
Removed
from office as Governor in a scandal
over a sanitarium contract; a later investigation exonerated him.
Died in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., October
19, 1941 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at South
Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, Okla.
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William Dennis Jochems (b. 1886) —
also known as William D. Jochems —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., April
20, 1886.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1930; appointed 1930.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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John Gilmore Johnson (b. 1852) —
of Peabody, Marion
County, Kan.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
22, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; president, Racine Steel & Iron
Manufacturing Co.; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kansas, 1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kansas, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Lee A. Johnson (b. 1947) —
of Kansas.
Born in Caldwell, Sumner
County, Kan., June 28,
1947.
Insurance
agent; lawyer; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 2001-.
Still living as of 2002.
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