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Politicians in Real Estate and Development in Kansas

  Cloyed Harrison Bailey (1888-1960) — also known as Cloyed H. Bailey — of Hutchinson, Reno County, Kan. Born in Aurora, Hamilton County, Neb., July 7, 1888. Republican. Real estate loan business; secretary of Kansas Republican Party, 1937. Died December 7, 1960 (age 72 years, 153 days). Interment at Hutchinson Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, Kan.
  Relatives: Married, May 23, 1910, to Edna Augusta Meisenheimer.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William S. Bergundthal (1855-1926) — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in Powhattan, Champaign County, Ohio, June 24, 1855. Republican. Lumber business; real estate dealer; mayor of Topeka, Kan., 1903-05. Member, Freemasons. Died, from nephritis and bronchial pneumonia, in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., March 23, 1926 (age 70 years, 272 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
  Relatives: Son of Sarah (Powell) Bergundthal and Benedict Bergundthal; married to Leonora Neely.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Duane D. Gay (b. 1932) — of Columbus, Platte County, Neb. Born in Clifton, Washington County, Kan., January 24, 1932. Republican. Real estate broker; member of Nebraska railway commission 3rd District, 1971-. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons. Still living as of 1971.
  James Oliver Laing (b. 1874) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., April 19, 1874. Lawyer; real estate business; U.S. Consul in Malta, 1910-14; Karachi, 1914-16; Batavia, 1916-17. Burial location unknown.
  Judge Marshall McCowan (1855-1940) — also known as J. M. McCowan — of Emporia, Lyon County, Kan. Born in Newman, Douglas County, Ill., November 24, 1855. Democrat. Real estate dealer; newspaper editor; postmaster at Emporia, Kan., 1894-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1904 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1908 (alternate). Died in Emporia, Lyon County, Kan., June 3, 1940 (age 84 years, 192 days). Interment at Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan McCown and Olive (Blackman) McCown; married, September 10, 1885, to Minnie E. Parker.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James E. Porter (1857-1946) — of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan. Born in Cass County, Mo., August 23, 1857. Democrat. Insurance and real estate business; mayor of Kansas City, Kan., 1910-13. Member, Freemasons. Died April 26, 1946 (age 88 years, 246 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
  Addison G. Proctor (1838-1925) — of Emporia, Lyon County, Kan.; St. Joseph, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., July 29, 1838. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1860; hotel proprietor; real estate business; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1924. Died in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Mich., March 17, 1925 (age 86 years, 231 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph J. Proctor and Eliza (GFilbert) Proctor; married, July 10, 1860, to Eliza B. Calef.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Lewis Rodgers (1875-1960) — also known as Robert L. Rodgers — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in El Dorado, Butler County, Kan., June 2, 1875. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; insurance and real estate business; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-47 (29th District 1939-45, 28th District 1945-47). Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died in 1960 (age about 85 years). Interment at Rocky Glen Cemetery, Adamsville, Pa.
  Relatives: Married, March 20, 1908, to Madge E. Cathcart.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Charles Slattery (b. 1948) — also known as Jim Slattery — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in Good Intent, Atchison County, Kan., August 4, 1948. Democrat. Member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1973-79; real estate business; U.S. Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1983-95; candidate for Governor of Kansas, 1994. Catholic. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Harry James Stockman (b. 1919) — of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Calif. Born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan., May 15, 1919. Republican. Oil company engineer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; hotel operator; real estate developer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960. Member, Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Harry Joseph Stockman and Mary Ellen (Lewis) Stockman; married, January 15, 1943, to Betty Bill Romigh.
  Joseph E. Vogler (1913-1993) — also known as Joe Vogler — of Alaska. Born in Barnes, Washington County, Kan., April 24, 1913. Lawyer; gold miner; real estate developer; candidate for Governor of Alaska, 1974 (Alaskan Independence), 1982, 1986 (Alaskan Independence). Died in 1993 (age about 80 years). Burial location unknown.
  Nestor Weigand (born c.1939) — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Born about 1939. Republican. Real estate business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 2004. Still living as of 2004.
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