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Clarence A. Dahle (1894-1949) —
also known as "Whiff" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., January
22, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives District 57, 1933-36; member of
Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1937-49; died in office 1949.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
During a fishing
trip, he drowned
while swimming
off an island in Lake Kabetogama, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 26,
1949 (age 55 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a nursing
home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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John V. Daniels (1809-1881) —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Schoharie
County, N.Y., September
5, 1809.
Lawyer; postmaster at Rochester,
Minn., 1858-59; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1862-68, 1876-77 (12th District 1862-68, 10th
District 1876-77); mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1865-66; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 10, 1875, 1881; died in
office 1881.
Baptist.
Died September
24, 1881 (age 72 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.
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John E. Daubney (1919-2003) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 12,
1919.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1952-54.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
6, 2003 (age 84 years, 25
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Davies (b. 1867) —
of Lewisville, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Watonwan
County, Minn., 1867.
Lawyer; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1909-12, 1917-18 (District 13
1909-12, District 9 1917-18).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Russell Davis (1849-1930) —
also known as Charles R. Davis —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsfield, Pike
County, Ill., September
17, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; Nicollet
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 17, 1889; member of Minnesota
state senate 17th District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1903-25.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1930 (age 80 years, 315
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Near St. Peter, Le Sueur County, Minn.
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Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-1900) —
also known as Cushman K. Davis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 16,
1838.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1868-73; Governor of
Minnesota, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1887-1900; died in office 1900; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1900.
Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American
War, and gave Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
27, 1900 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.; later interred in 1901 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Davis (b. 1877) —
also known as Tom Davis —
of Marshall, Lyon
County, Minn.
Born in Judson, Blue Earth
County, Minn., February
18, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Marshall
County Attorney, 1903; newspaper
publisher; mayor of Marshall, Minn., 1910-13; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 13, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward K. Delaney (1909-1973) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
21, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1948-52.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., October
2, 1973 (age 64 years, 42
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Denis Denegre (born c.1869) —
also known as James D. Denegre —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1869.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-26 (36th District 1911-14, 40th District
1915-26).
Burial location unknown.
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John Patrick Devaney (b. 1883) —
also known as John P. Devaney —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Lake Mills, Winnebago
County, Iowa, June 30,
1883.
Lawyer; chief
justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1933-36.
Catholic.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Devaney and Ellen (La Velle) Devaney; married, February
20, 1919, to Beatrice Langevin. |
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Edward James Devitt (1911-1992) —
also known as Edward J. Devitt —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 5,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1935-39;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; probate judge in Minnesota, 1950-54; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1954-92.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Sigma Rho; Blue
Key; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 2,
1992 (age 80 years, 302
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Homer B. Dibell (b. 1864) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Fillmore
County, Minn., 1864.
Lawyer; district judge in Minnesota 11th District, 1899-1913;
Minnesota Supreme Court Commissioner, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Joseph E. Dillon (d. 1990) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1954-60; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1956.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., April
17, 1990.
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (1831-1901) —
also known as Ignatius L. Donnelly —
of Nininger, Dakota
County, Minn.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1831.
Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1860-63; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1863-69; defeated,
1868, 1870; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1874-78, 1891-94 (20th District 1874-78, 24th
District 1891-94); member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1887-88, 1897-98 (District 25
1887-88, District 24 1897-98); People's candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1892; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1900.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
1, 1901 (age 69 years, 59
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Charles William Dorsett (1850-1936) —
also known as Charles W. Dorsett —
of Minnesota.
Born in Sinclairville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
28, 1850.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1904, 1906, 1916 (primary).
Swedenborgian.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
26, 1936 (age 85 years, 180
days).
Interment somewhere
in Minneapolis, Minn.
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Wallace Barton Douglas (1854-1930) —
also known as Wallace B. Douglas; W. B.
Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., September
21, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1895-98; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1899-1904; resigned 1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1904-05; appointed 1904.
Died in 1930
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
law
professor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
United
World Federalists; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher — William
A. Norris |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Arlington
National Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Stanley Morton Doyle (b. 1898) —
of Polson, Lake
County, Mont.
Born in Revere, Redwood
County, Minn., February
4, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Patrick Doyle and Elizabeth A. (Bodenhofer) Doyle;
married, August
15, 1945, to Aileen Davison. |
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Lewis L. Drill (b. 1877) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Browerville, Todd
County, Minn., May 9,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1928-33.
Protestant.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Warren Drill and Saphrona Ellen (Sheets)
Drill. |
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William J. Duffy (b. 1916) —
of near Greenleaf, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in North Branch, Chisago
County, Minn., October
29, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Brown County 2nd District, 1949-50; defeated,
1950.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert R. Dunlap —
of Plainview, Wabasha
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 3rd District, 1953-66.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Winslow W. Dunn (born c.1863) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Minnesota, about 1863.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1897-1902 (District 25 1897-98,
District 33 1899-1902); member of Minnesota
state senate, 1903-18 (33rd District 1903-14, 41st District
1915-18).
Burial location unknown.
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Mark Hill Dunnell (1823-1904) —
also known as Mark H. Dunnell —
of Norway, Oxford
County, Maine; Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Buxton, York
County, Maine, July 2,
1823.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1854; member of Maine
state senate, 1855; Maine
superintendent of common schools, 1855-59; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 11, 1867; Minnesota
superintendent of public instruction, 1867-70; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1871-83, 1889-91;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1892.
Died in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., August
9, 1904 (age 81 years, 38
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Minn.
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David Ferdinand Durenberger (b. 1934) —
also known as David F. Durenberger —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., August
19, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; executive secretary to Gov. Harold
LeVander, 1967; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1978-95.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions.
Investigated
in 1990 by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics over allegations
that he had broken rules restricting Senators' outside income, in
particular by laundering
about $100,000 in speaking fees into book royalties. Denounced
by unanimous vote of the Senate in July 1990 for bringing
"dishonor and disrepute" to the body. Subsequently he was
disbarred;
in 1995 he pleaded
guilty to five misdemeanor counts of misusing
his congressional expense account.
Still living as of 2014.
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Francis A. Duxbury (born c.1863) —
of Caledonia, Houston
County, Minn.
Born in Harmony, Fillmore
County, Minn., about 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 1st District, 1911-18; defeated, 1918; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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William S. Dwinnell —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Wisconsin.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 40, 1899-1900; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1911-18 (40th District 1911-14, 30th District
1915-18).
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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