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John Ries Bartels (1897-1997) —
also known as John R. Bartels —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
8, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1944;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-52; appointed 1950;
defeated, 1952; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1959-73;
took senior status 1973.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in Long Island Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
13, 1997 (age 99 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John L. Boettner Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Si Boettner —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., June 18,
1943.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 17th District, 1975-78;
defeated, 1970, 1972; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1979-89; resigned 1989.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Sierra
Club; Exchange
Club.
Still living as of 1989.
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Relatives: Son
of John Lewis Boettner, Sr. and Grace (Mitter) Boettner; married, June 22,
1968, to Catherine Frerotte. |
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Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. (1940-2014) —
also known as Tommy Boggs —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
18, 1940.
Democrat. Economist;
lawyer;
lobbyist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1970.
Catholic.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., September
15, 2014 (age 73 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Hornor Davis II (1904-1963) —
also known as J. Hornor Davis II —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
29, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1935-36,
1943-52, 1955-58; candidate for mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1935; chair of
Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1940-41; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1952; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1959-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett
County, Md., August
7, 1963 (age 59 years, 190
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Bernard Joseph Flynn (1888-1971) —
also known as Bernard J. Flynn —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
10, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1934-53.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; American Judicature Society; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Order
of Alhambra.
Suffered a concussion and skull fracture in an accidental fall at
his home, and died eleven days later at Union Memorial Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., September
15, 1971 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Frank Albert Kaufman (1916-1997) —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 4,
1916.
U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1966-86.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., July 31,
1997 (age 81 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Oscar Leser (b. 1870) —
of Maryland.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
16, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Lee Loevinger (1913-2004) —
of Minnesota; Washington,
D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
24, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1960-61; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1963-68.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Xi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died April
26, 2004 (age 91 years, 2
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustavus Loevinger and Millie (Strouse) Loevinger; married, March 4,
1950, to Ruth E. Howe. |
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Calvert Magruder (1893-1968) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., December
26, 1893.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
Brandeis, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1939-59; took
senior status 1959.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died May 22,
1968 (age 74 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Order of
the Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Melvin A. Steinberg (b. 1933) —
of Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
4, 1933.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-87; Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1987-95; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1994.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1995.
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