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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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Charles Shirk Arthur Jr. (1917-2011) —
also known as Charles Arthur —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, July 16,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Riley
County Attorney, 1949-53; chair of
Riley County Republican Party, 1953-55; mayor
of Manhattan, Kan., 1956-57; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1957-65; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1963-64; member of Kansas
state senate, 1965-69.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan., February
16, 2011 (age 93 years, 215
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Manhattan, Kan.
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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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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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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
1, 1943, to Nona Beth Fumerton. |
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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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Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) —
also known as Alf M. Landon —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in West Middlesex, Mercer
County, Pa., September
9, 1887.
Republican. Oil
producer; Governor of
Kansas, 1933-37; candidate for President
of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948.
Methodist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., October
12, 1987 (age 100 years,
33 days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Robert L. Lewis Jr. (b. 1939) —
of Kansas.
Born in Atwood, Rawlins
County, Kan., July 28,
1939.
Lawyer;
Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1989-.
Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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James Kenneth Logan (b. 1929) —
also known as James K. Logan —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Quenemo, Osage
County, Kan., August
21, 1929.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Walter
Huxman, 1955-56; lawyer; law
professor; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1968; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1977-94; took
senior status 1994.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr. (1916-2013) —
also known as Robert H. McWilliams —
of Colorado.
Born in Salina, Saline
County, Kan., April
27, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; municipal judge in
Colorado, 1949-52; district judge in Colorado, 1952-60; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1961-70; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1970-84; took
senior status 1984; senior judge, 1984-2013.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Denver,
Colo., April
10, 2013 (age 96 years, 348
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Errett Power Scrivner (1898-1978) —
also known as Errett P. Scrivner —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., March
20, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1943-59.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., May 5,
1978 (age 80 years, 46
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Florida
Memorial Gardens, Rockledge, Fla.
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Lynn Upshaw Stambaugh (1890-1971) —
also known as Lynn U. Stambaugh —
of North Dakota.
Born in Abilene, Dickinson
County, Kan., July 4,
1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 27,
1971 (age 80 years, 327
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Winfield Scott Stambaugh; married 1915 to Enid
Ericson. |
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Frank Gordon Theis (1911-1998) —
also known as Frank G. Theis —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Yale, Crawford
County, Kan., June 26,
1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1944
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1964;
candidate for justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1950; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1955-60; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kansas, 1957-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1960; U.S.
District Judge for Kansas, 1967-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
17, 1998 (age 86 years, 205
days).
Interment at Memorial
Lawn Cemetery, Arkansas City, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter F. Theis and Maude (Cooke) Theis; married, February
1, 1939, to Marjorie Riddle. |
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