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Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) —
of Isle
of Wight County, Va.; Colonial Beach, Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of Suffolk),
Va., December
16, 1907.
Republican. Ferry boat
captain; farmer; real estate
business; hotel
owner; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate for Virginia
state senate, 1947; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from an intestinal
blood clot, in Physicians Memorial Hospital,
La Plata, Charles
County, Md., November
7, 1954 (age 46 years, 326
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams; married to Marie
Miller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clarence Randolph Ahalt (1888-1962) —
also known as Clarence R. Ahalt —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; secretary of
Virginia Republican Party, 1933-35; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1935-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1940,
1944;
vice-chair
of Virginia Republican Party, 1944-48.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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John Bonifas Bennett (1904-1964) —
also known as John B. Bennett —
of Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich.
Born in Garden, Delta
County, Mich., January
10, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; Ontonagon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-30, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1943-45, 1947-64;
defeated, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1944; died in office 1964.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., August
9, 1964 (age 60 years, 212
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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David Bitner (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., December
11, 1948.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 71st District, 1993-.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Gilson Grant Blake Jr. (1893-1970) —
also known as Gilson G. Blake, Jr. —
of Maryland; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
7, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Newcastle, 1920-21, 1921; Adelaide, 1921; Melbourne, 1921-22; Ottawa, 1922-25; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1925-27; Geneva, 1927-36; Rome, 1936-42; Valparaiso, 1946-47; U.S. Consul General in Valparaiso, 1947-49.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Rotary.
Died in December, 1970
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gilson Grant Blake and Alice Louise (Swan) Blake; married, August
23, 1922, to Margaret Cross Slingluff. |
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Harry Clifton Byrd (1889-1970) —
also known as Harry C. Byrd; Curley Byrd —
Born in Crisfield, Somerset
County, Md., February
12, 1889.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; president,
University of Maryland, 1936-54; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1964; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1966.
Member, Moose;
Rotary.
Died, from heart
disease, in the University of Maryland Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., October
2, 1970 (age 81 years, 232
days).
Interment at Asbury Cemetery, Crisfield, Md.
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Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) —
also known as Francis Case —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Everly, Clay
County, Iowa, December
9, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; rancher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956
(speaker).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Elks;
Rotary.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1962 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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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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Gilbert Gude (1923-2007) —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March 9,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1953-58; member of Maryland
state senate, 1963-66; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1967-77; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1968,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
2007 (age 84 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Wilder Hardee (1872-1943) —
also known as George W. Hardee —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
29, 1872.
Cigar
manufacturer; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Jacksonville,
Fla., 1923-35.
Member, Rotary.
Died, in a hospital
at Baltimore,
Md., August
21, 1943 (age 70 years, 235
days).
Interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.
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Emerson Columbus Harrington (1864-1945) —
also known as Emerson C. Harrington —
of Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md.
Born in Madison, Dorchester
County, Md., March
26, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dorchester
County State's Attorney, 1899-1903; Maryland Insurance
Commissioner, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1912,
1916
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1936,
1940;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1912-16; Governor of
Maryland, 1916-20; president, People's Loan Savings and Deposit
Bank;
director, Cambridge Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Rotary.
Died in Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., December
15, 1945 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.
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Harry Roe Hughes (b. 1926) —
also known as Harry R. Hughes —
of Denton, Caroline
County, Md.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., November
13, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-59; member of Maryland
state senate District 15, 1959-71; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1964,
1996;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1969-70; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1970-77; Governor of
Maryland, 1979-87; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Maryland.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion.
Professional baseball
player, for New York Yankees' Easton farm team and the Federalsburg
Independent team.
Still living as of 2014.
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Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) —
also known as Estes Kefauver —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born near Madisonville, Monroe
County, Tenn., July 26,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1944
(alternate; speaker),
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; Rotary; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Political Science Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a ruptured
abdominal aortic aneurysm, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
10, 1963 (age 60 years, 15
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford (Estes) Kefauver;
married, August
8, 1935, to Nancy Patterson Pigott; first cousin once removed of
Joseph
Wingate Folk; second cousin thrice removed of Montgomery
Blair and Francis
Preston Blair Jr.; third cousin twice removed of James
Lawrence Blair, Francis
Preston Blair Lee and Gist
Blair; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Brooke Lee. |
| | | Political family: Lee-Randolph
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Estes Kefauver Federal
Building, in Nashville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Estes Kefauver: Hugh
Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley — Joseph Bruce Gorman, Kefauver:
A Political Biography |
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John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) —
also known as John B. Kimberly —
of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
31, 1855.
Republican. Merchant;
hotel
owner; steamship
agent; postmaster;
director of banks and
electric
railways; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly; married, October
28, 1888, to Leonora V. Allen. |
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William Preston Lane Jr. (1892-1967) —
of Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., May 12,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for several railroads;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1928,
1940,
1944,
1948;
Maryland
state attorney general, 1930-34; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Maryland; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1940-50; Governor of
Maryland, 1947-51; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Elks;
Rotary.
Died in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., February
7, 1967 (age 74 years, 271
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.
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Edward Gardiner Latch (1901-1993) —
also known as Edward G. Latch —
of Washington,
D.C.; Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
14, 1901.
Minister;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1960 ; chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1966-78.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
In 1971, he officiated at the marriage of President Richard
Nixon's daughter Patricia, to Edward Cox, in the White House.
Died in Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md., April 9,
1993 (age 92 years, 85
days).
Interment at Flint Hill Cemetery, Oakton, Va.
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Alan Wood Lukens (b. 1924) —
of Pennsylvania; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Ankara, as of 1952; Istanbul, as of 1953; U.S. Consul in Brazzaville, as of 1960; U.S. Consul General in Cape Town, 1979-82; U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Brazzaville), 1984-87.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles McCurdy Mathias (b. 1886) —
also known as Charles M. Mathias —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
16, 1886.
Republican. Banker;
treasurer and director, Frederick Iron and
Steel Co.; director, Staley Motor Co.; secretary and director,
Frederick Hotel
Co.; director, Peoples Fire
Insurance Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Kevin Sung-Min Park (b. 1983) —
also known as Kevin Park —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in a hospital,
Columbia, Howard
County, Md., May 5,
1983.
Intern or volunteer staff for U.S. Sen. Frank
Lautenberg, Gov. Ruth
Ann Minner, U.S. Rep. Mike
Ferguson; presidential candidate.
Christian.
Korean
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary; Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Sung-Koo Chi. |
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Robert M. Preston —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; office supply
business; town
commission chairman of Bel Air, Maryland, 2007-09.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962) —
also known as Andrew F. Schoeppel —
of Ness City, Ness
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Claflin, Barton
County, Kan., November
23, 1894.
Republican. Athletic
coach; lawyer; Governor of
Kansas, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-62; died in office 1962; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died of abdominal
cancer, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
21, 1962 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Interment at Old
Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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John Millard Tawes (1894-1979) —
also known as J. Millard Tawes —
of Crisfield, Somerset
County, Md.
Born in Crisfield, Somerset
County, Md., April 8,
1894.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Tawes Shipbuilding
Co. and Tawes Baking Co.;
director, Bank of
Crisfield; Somerset
County Clerk of Court, 1930-38; Maryland
state comptroller, 1939-47, 1950-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Maryland, 1959-67; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1963; Maryland
state treasurer, 1973-75.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon.
Died in Crisfield, Somerset
County, Md., June 25,
1979 (age 85 years, 78
days).
Interment at Sunny
Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery, Crisfield, Md.
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Craig Lyle Thomas (1933-2007) —
also known as Craig Thomas —
of Wyoming.
Born in Cody, Park
County, Wyo., February
17, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1985-88; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1989-95; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007; died in office 2007.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Rotary; Delta
Chi.
Died, of leukemia,
in the Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 4,
2007 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
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Charles William Tobey (1880-1953) —
also known as Charles W. Tobey —
of Temple, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 22,
1880.
Republican. President, F. M. Hoyt Shoe
Company; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20,
1923-24; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1925-26; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1939-53; died in office 1953.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1953 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Miller
Cemetery, Temple, N.H.
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William Concannon Walsh (1890-1975) —
also known as William C. Walsh —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., April 2,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in
Maryland, 1921-26; chair of
Allegany County Democratic Party, 1922-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1964;
Maryland state insurance commissioner, 1931-35; Maryland
state attorney general, 1938-45; member board of directors,
Allegany Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., June 17,
1975 (age 85 years, 76
days).
Interment at Sts.
Peter and Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of William Edward Walsh and Mary C. (Concannon) Walsh; married, June 1,
1929, to Sarah Elizabeth Nee; grandson of William
Walsh. |
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Edward Homer White Jr. (1911-1998) —
also known as E. Homer White, Jr. —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., April 5,
1911.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; shoe
merchant; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1947-69; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1968; member of Maryland
state senate 36th District, 1975-78.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, in a nursing
home, at Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., August
9, 1998 (age 87 years, 126
days).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
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Betty Workman —
of Maryland.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1984;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1987-99.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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