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Thomas Felix Bolack (1918-1998) —
also known as Tom Bolack —
of Farmington, San Juan
County, N.M.
Born in Cowley
County, Kan., May 18,
1918.
Republican. Oil and gas
producer; owner, Albuquerque Dukes professional baseball
team; director, First State Bank,
Cuba, N.M.; director, Hidden Splendor Uranium
Co.; director, Western American Life
Insurance Co.; mayor
of Farmington, N.M., 1952-53; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1956-58; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico, 1957; Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1961-62; Governor of
New Mexico, 1962-63.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Elks; Lions.
Died May 20,
1998 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Carl Gerlach —
of Overland Park, Johnson
County, Kan.
Republican. Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks professional
basketball team, but dropped out due to an injury.; mayor
of Overland Park, Kan., 2005-.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter Perry Johnson (1887-1946) —
also known as Walter P. Johnson —
of Germantown, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born near Humboldt, Allen
County, Kan., November
6, 1887.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1940.
Professional baseball pitcher with Washington Senators,
1907-27; won 417 games, second only to Cy Young; held major league
record in career strikeouts (3508) from 1921 until 1983; holds record
for career shutouts (110) and other records; was pitcher at the 1910
baseball game at which William
H. Taft became the first
President to attend Opening Day; also was manager of the Washington
Senators and the Cleveland Indians; elected to the Baseball
Hall of Fame in 1936.
Died, of a brain
tumor in Georgetown Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
10, 1946 (age 59 years, 34
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
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Isaac Eli Lambert (1854-1909) —
also known as Isaac E. Lambert; Ike
Lambert —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., August
18, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
race horse owner; postmaster at Emporia,
Kan., 1889-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Kansas
state house of representatives 47th District, 1897; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1897-1901.
Methodist.
Killed in the fire at the
Copeland Hotel,
Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., January
14, 1909 (age 54 years, 149
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin D. Lambert and Adaline (Johnson) Lambert; married 1877 to
Harriet Stowe 'Hattie' Barnes; married 1907 to
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Christian Paul Schweiger (b. 1960) —
also known as Christian P. Schweiger —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in a hospital
at Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan., October
5, 1960.
Democrat. Concert
promoter; minor league baseball promoter; chair of
Frederick County Democratic Party, 1998-2000; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2000.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2000.
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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
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; 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; 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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