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Alfred Albert Arraj (1906-1992) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Springfield, Baca
County, Colo.; Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
1, 1906.
Lawyer;
Baca
County Attorney, 1936-42, 1946-48; major in the U.S. Army during
World War II; district judge in Colorado 15th District, 1949-57; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1957-76; took senior status 1976.
Episcopalian. Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
23, 1992 (age 86 years, 52
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Colo.
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Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) —
of Missouri; Maryland.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1813.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1840-44; common pleas court judge in
Missouri, 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1844,
1852;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1861-64; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
1883 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Walker Bolling (1916-1991) —
also known as Richard Bolling —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 17,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1949-83.
Episcopalian. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, apparently from a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1991 (age 74 years, 339
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas K. Bowman (1859-1948) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Apollo, Armstrong
County, Pa., November
6, 1859.
Democrat. Carpenter;
building
contractor; mayor
of Springfield, Mo., 1914-16; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,
1923-24.
Episcopalian. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Moose.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., October
17, 1948 (age 88 years, 346
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Mo.
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Stephen Callaghan (1876-1952) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., October
3, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in New York, 1912-15; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1915-29; appointed 1915;
defeated, 1929; elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died October
12, 1952 (age 76 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Robert Nelson Chaffin (b. 1905) —
also known as Robert N. Chaffin —
of Torrington, Goshen
County, Wyo.
Born in Avalon, Livingston
County, Mo., July 13,
1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Wyoming, 1948-60; member of Wyoming
Democratic State Central Committee, 1952-57; Wyoming
Democratic state chair, 1955; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1961-69.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Eliel Chaffin and Mamie (Curtis) Chaffin; married, November
24, 1932, to Hester Mae Wiltse. |
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Samuel Bullitt Churchill (1812-1890) —
also known as Samuel B. Churchill —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
6, 1812.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1842-45; member of Missouri
state senate, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1860;
secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1867-71, 1879-80.
Episcopalian.
Died, from "brain
congestion", in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 14,
1890 (age 77 years, 159
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William Clark (1770-1838) —
of Missouri.
Born in Caroline
County, Va., August
1, 1770.
Governor
of Missouri Territory, 1813-20; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1820.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Commanded expedition with Meriwether
Lewis to Oregon, 1803-04.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
1, 1838 (age 68 years, 31
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Bronson Murray Cutting (1888-1935) —
also known as Bronson M. Cutting —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Oakdale, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 23,
1888.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1927-28, 1929-35; died in office 1935;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Killed, along with both pilots and one other passenger, when a
twin-engine Transcontinental and Western air
liner, ran out of fuel in a dense
fog, and crashed near Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo., May 6,
1935 (age 46 years, 317
days). Nine other passengers were injured.
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bayard Cutting and Olivia Peyton (Murray) Cutting;
great-grandnephew of Henry
Walter Livingston; second great-grandson of Walter
Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; fourth great-grandson of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Stephanus
Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder, Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Pieter
Van Brugh and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Cuyler; sixth great-grandson of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707); seventh great-grandnephew of Pieter
Stuyvesant; first cousin twice removed of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin four times removed of Philip
Peter Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt and Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802); first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859); second cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed
of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, John
Tyler (1747-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836) and James
Parker; second cousin five times removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, James
Jay, Henry
Cruger, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; third cousin of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin once removed of Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin twice removed of William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of George
Madison, Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, John
Tyler (1790-1862), Hamilton
Fish, John
Cortlandt Parker and James
Adams Ekin; fourth cousin of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr., Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Kean and Hamilton
Fish Kean. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Politician named for him: Bronson
C. LaFollette
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| | | Epitaph: "Light and understanding and
wisdom was found in him. And the common people heard him
gladly." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Claggett Danforth (b. 1936) —
also known as John C. Danforth —
of Flat, Phelps
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
5, 1936.
Republican. Missouri
state attorney general, 1969-77; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1976-95; defeated, 1970; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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James W. Davis (b. 1904) —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., March 6,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 36th Circuit, 1946-49.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) —
also known as Benjamin J. Franklin —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., 1839.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul
in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1896-97.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 18,
1898 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Frank Leslie Hagaman (1894-1966) —
also known as Frank L. Hagaman —
of Fairway, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Bushnell, McDonough
County, Ill., June 1,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1935; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1945-46; member of Kansas
state senate, 1945; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1947-50; Governor of
Kansas, 1950-51.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in a hospital
at Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 23,
1966 (age 72 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1904,
1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.
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Hutchins Inge (1855-1936) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Danville,
Va., August
10, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
agent; Consul
for Liberia in St.
Louis, Mo., 1899-1903; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1916.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, at People's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., September
1, 1936 (age 81 years, 22
days).
Interment somewhere in Danville, Va.
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Rowland Louis Johnston (1872-1939) —
also known as Rowland L. Johnston —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., April
23, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis County 1st
District, 1895-1900; defeated, 1938; St.
Louis County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1929-31; defeated,
1930 (16th District), 1932 (at-large).
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., September
22, 1939 (age 67 years, 152
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.
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Leon M. Jordan (1905-1970) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 6,
1905.
Democrat. Police
officer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1960;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1965-70 (Jackson County 4th
District 1965-66, 11th District 1967-70); died in office 1970.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
During his campaign
for re-election, was shot and
killed
while leaving the Green Duck Tavern,
which he owned and operated, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 15,
1970 (age 65 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Lee Jost (1873-1950) —
also known as Henry L. Jost —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1912-16; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1923-25.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died July 13,
1950 (age 76 years, 219
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Frank Melvin Karsten (1913-1992) —
also known as Frank M. Karsten —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
7, 1913.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. John
J. Cochran, 1934-46; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1947-69 (13th District 1947-53, 1st
District 1953-69).
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died May 14,
1992 (age 79 years, 128
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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James Preston Kem (1890-1965) —
also known as James P. Kem —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., April 2,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1944,
1948;
speaker, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1947-53; defeated, 1952.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died February
24, 1965 (age 74 years, 328
days).
Interment at Middleburg
Memorial Cemetery, Middleburg, Va.
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Ralph Kimball (b. 1878) —
of Lander, Fremont
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo., November
23, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Fremont
County Attorney, 1903-04; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1915; district judge in Wyoming
6th District, 1919-20; justice of
Wyoming state supreme court, 1922-48; chief
justice of Wyoming state supreme court, 1931-37, 1943-44.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elbert Erwin Kimball and Rose Louise (Acre) Kimball; married, October
11, 1905, to Mary E. Bunce. |
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Lawrence Douglas Kingsland (1841-1924) —
also known as L. D. Kingsland —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
15, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; manufacturer
of agricultural
implements, sawmill
machinery, and cotton
separators; Consul-General
for Honduras in St.
Louis, Mo., 1896, 1898-1915; Honorary
Consul-General for Guatemala in St.
Louis, Mo., 1896-1921; Consul-General
for Central America in St.
Louis, Mo., 1897-98; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in St.
Louis, Mo., 1899-1903; St. Louis police
commissioner; Honorary
Consul for Salvador in St.
Louis, Mo., 1904-07.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Forestry Association; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
9, 1924 (age 83 years, 85
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878-1964) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oakland, Garrett
County, Md.; Charlottesville,
Va.; Stanardsville, Greene
County, Va.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, Va., November
14, 1878.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; rector of Epiphany Episcopal Church, Barton Heights, Va.,
until 1908, when he resigned
following a widely
reported fist
fight with his father-in-law, Rev. Dr. E. H. Pitt; composer;
poet;
translator;
prolific writer of opinion pieces for newspapers, expressing moderate
pacifist views, along with strong support for the League of Nations;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924 ; in 1928, he toured the country giving speeches in support of
Democratic presidential nominee Al
Smith; initially supported President Franklin
Roosevelt and the New Deal, but in the late 1930s turned toward
isolationism and anti-Communism.
Episcopalian.
Died, from cerebral
vascular accident, while suffering from chronic
brain syndrome due to cerebral
arteriosclerosis, in DeJarnette State Sanatorium, a mental
hospital, in Augusta
County, Va., December
21, 1964 (age 86 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Randall R. Kitt (1905-1964) —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., April
14, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; Livingston
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-36; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Livingston County, 1939-46;
bank
director.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., March 1,
1964 (age 58 years, 322
days).
Interment at Edgewood
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
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William Carr Lane (1789-1863) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., December
1, 1789.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; physician;
surgeon;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1823-29, 1837-40; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1826-30; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1852-53; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1853.
Episcopalian; later Baptist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
6, 1863 (age 73 years, 36
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Walter Philip Leber (1918-2009) —
of Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
12, 1918.
Petroleum
engineer;
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1940-74; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1967-70.
Episcopalian. Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died August
3, 2009 (age 90 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Leber and Bonnie Vera (Blackman) Leber; married, September
9, 1950, to Bernice Jean Palus. |
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper
work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Frederic Hine Maughmer Jr. (1927-2003) —
also known as Fred H. Maughmer, Jr. —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., June 26,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1965-66.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died September
28, 2003 (age 76 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Warner E. Mills Jr. (1922-1987) —
of Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., 1922.
Democrat. Chair of
Rock County Democratic Party, 1964; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1984.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., October
1, 1987 (age about 65
years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Sidney Catlin Partridge (1857-1930) —
also known as S. C. Partridge —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 1857.
Republican. Episcopal Bishop of
Kyoto, Japan, 1900-11; Bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri,
1911-30; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 22,
1930 (age 72 years, 294
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Samuel Frazier Pryor Jr. (1898-1985) —
also known as Samuel F. Pryor, Jr. —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ferguson, St. Louis
County, Mo., March 1,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; business
executive; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 27th District,
1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936
(alternate), 1940
(member, Arrangements
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1936-41.
Episcopalian.
Died in Kipahulu, Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii, September
18, 1985 (age 87 years, 201
days).
Interment at Kipahulu
Hawaiian Churchyard, Kipahulu, Island of Maui, Hawaii.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Taylor Allderdice. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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Henry Thomas Rainey (1860-1934) —
also known as Henry T. Rainey —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born in Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., August
20, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1903-21, 1923-34;
defeated, 1920; died in office 1934; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1933-34; died in office 1934; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920,
1924,
1932.
Episcopalian. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
19, 1934 (age 73 years, 364
days).
Interment at Carrollton
Cemetery, Carrollton, Ill.
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David Michael Ransom (1938-2003) —
also known as David M. Ransom —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
23, 1938.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain, 1994-97.
Episcopalian.
Died December
4, 2003 (age 65 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Livingston Robertson (1876-1937) —
also known as Edward L. Robertson —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
23, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1935-37; died in office 1937.
Episcopalian. Member, Chi Phi.
Attended a Cornell v. Syracuse football
game, and died shortly afterwards, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in his car, on
the Cornell University campus, in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., October
16, 1937 (age 61 years, 23
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Edward
Livingston |
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Rebecca (Duane) Robertson; married to Elizabeth
Comstock. |
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Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977) —
also known as Nellie Davis Tayloe —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
29, 1876.
Democrat. Governor of
Wyoming, 1925-27; defeated, 1926; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wyoming, 1928,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948
(alternate); Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929; director, U.S. Bureau of
the Mint.
Female.
Episcopalian.
First
woman governor in the U.S.
Died December
19, 1977 (age 101 years,
20 days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Booker Hall Rucker (b. 1868) —
also known as B. H. Rucker —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Sturgeon, Boone
County, Mo., August
14, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; insurance
agent; postmaster at Rolla,
Mo., 1915-23; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Phelps County, 1925-26,
1931-34, 1945-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Chancellor Saunders Jr. (1864-1922) —
also known as Robert C. Saunders —
of Pine
County, Minn.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., December
24, 1864.
Pine
County Attorney, 1893-95, 1897-99; candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1898; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1918-21.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
31, 1922 (age 57 years, 38
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) —
also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Channahon, Will
County, Ill., November
19, 1851.
Organizer, Citizens Bank of
Galena; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board
of Control, 1905-11.
Episcopalian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, of heart
failure, in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., February
1, 1923 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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Abraham Jefferson Seay (1832-1915) —
also known as A. J. Seay —
of Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., November
28, 1832.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1870 (2nd District), 1872
(Republican, 5th District), 1874 (Republican, 5th District); circuit
judge in Missouri, 1875-87; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1890-92; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1892-93.
Episcopalian.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
22, 1915 (age 83 years, 24
days).
Interment at Kingfisher
Cemetery, Kingfisher, Okla.
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Israel C. Smith (1838-1899) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Denver,
Colo.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in 1838.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; hotel
proprietor; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th
Michigan District, 1893-97.
Episcopalian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1899
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Talbot Smith (1899-1978) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., October
11, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1955-61; defeated, 1953; appointed
1955; resigned 1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-71;
took senior status 1971.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Died, of heart
disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
21, 1978 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Cremated.
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John Wesley Snyder (1895-1985) —
Born in Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark., June 21,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53.
Episcopalian.
Died in Seabrook Island, Charleston
County, S.C., October
8, 1985 (age 90 years, 109
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Lloyd Crow Stark (1886-1972) —
also known as Lloyd C. Stark —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
23, 1886.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; nurseryman;
Governor
of Missouri, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
17, 1972 (age 85 years, 299
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Louisiana, Mo.
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James Wadsworth Symington (b. 1927) —
also known as James W. Symington —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
28, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1969-77; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1976.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Stuart Symington (1901-1988) —
also known as Stuart Symington —
of Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 26,
1901.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
the Air Force, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1953-76; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1956,
1960;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956,
1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died December
14, 1988 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Martha Taaffe (1868-1957) —
also known as Mattie Taaffe; Martha Coffin —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March
18, 1868.
Democrat. Woman suffrage advocate; involved in the Carthage Suffrage
League; board member of the Missouri Suffrage League; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1920;
candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1926.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Died in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., September
11, 1957 (age 89 years, 177
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery, Carthage, Mo.
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Artur Anton Vogel (1924-2012) —
also known as Artur A. Vogel —
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
24, 1924.
Republican. Minister;
bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri, 1973-89; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1976.
Episcopalian.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 6,
2012 (age 88 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Wash (1790-1856) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., November
29, 1790.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1818-19, 1823-24; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1825-37.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boone
County, Mo., November
30, 1856 (age 66 years, 1
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Herbert Arthur Wolcott (1862-1930) —
also known as H. A. Wolcott —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, May 27,
1862.
Democrat. Hardware
merchant; mining
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1923-24.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Lions.
Died, from complications of heart
disease, in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., December
4, 1930 (age 68 years, 191
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery, Carthage, Mo.
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