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Ray N. Allmon (1918-2004) —
of Winona, Shannon
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in New Liberty, Oregon
County, Mo., December
11, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oil jobber;
contractor;
automobile
dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1965.
Protestant. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, in St. John's Hospital,
Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., May 24,
2004 (age 85 years, 165
days).
Interment at Missouri
Veterans Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Thomas Jefferson Anderson (1919-1994) —
also known as Thomas J. Anderson —
of Southgate, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
21, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; engineer;
supervisor of publications and automotive
assembly problem control, Ford Motor
Company; director, Southgate Bank; mayor
of Southgate, Mich., 1958-61; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 28th District, 1965-82; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984.
Protestant. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
18, 1994 (age 74 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elizabeth Moore Arndt (b. 1920) —
also known as Betty Arndt; Elizabeth Moore —
of Centralia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., August
25, 1920.
Republican. Nurse;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1964,
1976;
member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1970-81.
Female.
Protestant.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Frederick Arnold Moore and Miriam (Delano) Moore; married
1946 to
Joseph Manning Arndt, Jr. |
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Ruth Frances Barnes (1903-1980) —
also known as Ruth Barnes; Ruth Frances
O'Dell —
of Liberty, Clay
County, Mo.
Born in Ray
County, Mo., September
7, 1903.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960;
vice-chair
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1968-73.
Female.
Protestant.
Died February
13, 1980 (age 76 years, 159
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.
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Homer Franklin Bedford (1880-1968) —
also known as Homer F. Bedford —
of Weld
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Balltown, Vernon
County, Mo., March
16, 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster;
Weld
County Assessor, 1922-32; Colorado
state treasurer, 1933-34, 1937-38, 1941-42, 1945-46, 1949-50,
1953-54, 1957-58, 1963-66; defeated, 1966; Colorado
state auditor, 1935-37, 1939-41, 1947-49, 1951-53, 1955-57,
1959-63; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1942.
Protestant. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., March
26, 1968 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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George Davis Begole (1877-1956) —
also known as George D. Begole —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., May 28,
1877.
Republican. Accountant;
mayor
of Denver, Colo., 1931-35.
Protestant. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in Denver,
Colo., December
22, 1956 (age 79 years, 208
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Robert Frederick Bennett (1927-2000) —
also known as Robert F. Bennett; Bob
Bennett —
of Prairie Village, Johnson
County, Kan.; Overland Park, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 23,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor
of Prairie Village, Kan., 1957-65; member of Kansas
state senate, 1965-75; Governor of
Kansas, 1975-79; defeated, 1978.
Protestant. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Optimist
Club; Freemasons.
Died, of lung
cancer, at St. Joseph's Health
Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 2000 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Corinth
Cemetery, Prairie Village, Kan.
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William Warren Bradley (b. 1943) —
also known as Bill Bradley; "Dollar
Bill" —
of Denville, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Crystal City, Jefferson
County, Mo., July 28,
1943.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1988,
1996;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2000.
Protestant.
At the 1964 Olympic
Games, won a gold medal as part of the U.S. basketball team;
professional basketball
player for the New York Knicks, 1967-77; elected to the Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1983.
Still living as of 2014.
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Earl Thomas Coleman (b. 1943) —
also known as E. Thomas Coleman; Tom
Coleman —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 29,
1943.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1973-76; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1977-93; defeated,
1992.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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Bobby D. Crim (b. 1931) —
of Davison, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., December
10, 1931.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1965-66, 1973-82 (79th District
1965-66, 82nd District 1973-82); defeated, 1966; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1975-82; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1983-84; resigned 1984.
Protestant. Member, Lions; National
Education Association; American
Federation of Teachers; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1984.
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Relatives:
Married 1953 to Lila
F. Vogel. |
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Scott Ferris (1877-1945) —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.
Born in Neosho, Newton
County, Mo., November
3, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Oklahoma
territorial legislature, 1904-05; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1907-21 (5th District 1907-15, 6th
District 1915-21); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1924-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929.
Protestant. Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 8,
1945 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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J. Melvin Goodson (1904-1980) —
of Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Missouri, 1904.
Democrat. Banker; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1939-40; candidate
for Governor of
Arizona, 1948.
Protestant.
Died in 1980
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold (1890-1940) —
also known as Glenn Griswold —
of Peru, Miami
County, Ind.
Born in New Haven, Franklin
County, Mo., January
20, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Miami
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-26; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-39 (11th District 1931-33, 5th
District 1933-39).
Protestant. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Peru, Miami
County, Ind., December
5, 1940 (age 50 years, 320
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Peru, Ind.
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Don Hancock (b. 1934) —
of Doniphan, Ripley
County, Mo.
Born in Pine, Ripley
County, Mo., July 28,
1934.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Ripley County, 1964-.
Protestant. Member, Lions.
Still living as of 1967.
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Richard F. Hensley (b. 1941) —
also known as Dick Hensley —
of Peoria, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Albany, Gentry
County, Mo., February
23, 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 2000 (3rd District), 2004 (2nd
District).
Protestant. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Elks; Moose.
Still living as of 2005.
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John W. Joynt (b. 1899) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
3, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1935-40; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1955-66; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956.
Protestant.
Burial location unknown.
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William Rhuben Neal (b. 1883) —
also known as W. R. Neal —
of Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Clifton City, Cooper
County, Mo., 1883.
Democrat. Hotel
owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate).
Protestant. Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Pastor;
professor,
Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1932; Socialist
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1958.
Protestant. German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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William Forest Phares (b. 1886) —
also known as William F. Phares —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Sharon, Barber
County, Kan., June 7,
1886.
Republican. Lumber
dealer; hardware
business; banker;
member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1914-26; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1924-26, 1948; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Protestant. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar C. Phares and Mary (Craig) Phares; married to Maude Marie
Bainum. |
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Jeanne Shaheen (b. 1947) —
also known as Cynthia Jeanne Bowers —
of Madbury, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., January
28, 1947.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1980,
2000;
member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1991-96; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New Hampshire; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1997-2003; director, Harvard Institute of
Politics, 2005; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 2009-; defeated, 2002.
Female.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2018.
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Lynn A. Stokes (b. 1902) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Morrisville, Polk
County, Mo., January
8, 1902.
Democrat. School
teacher; electrician;
real
estate dealer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,
1949-50.
Protestant. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph M. Tanner (1894-1976) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Macon
County, Mo., January
6, 1894.
Democrat. Traveling
salesman; druggist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1943-58 (Jackson County 3rd
District 1943-46, Jackson County 2nd District 1947-58).
Protestant. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in August, 1976
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Interment at Americus Cemetery, Americus, Kan.
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John Gayer Terry (b. 1897) —
also known as John G. Terry —
of Pixley, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born in Rockville, Bates
County, Mo., July 12,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1946; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948.
Protestant. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Silas Woodson (1819-1896) —
of Knox
County, Ky.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., May 18,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1842, 1853-55; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; Governor of
Missouri, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1876,
1880;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1881-96.
Protestant; later Catholic.
Died October
9, 1896 (age 77 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Wade Netherland Woodson and Alice (Chick) Woodson; married, September
13, 1842, to Mary Jane McRoberts; married, July 27,
1846, to Olivia Adams; married, December
27, 1866, to Virginia Juliet Lard; first cousin of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1777-1827); first cousin once removed of Tucker
Woodson, David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); first cousin twice removed of John
McDowell Woodson; third cousin once removed of Frederick
Bates, James
Woodson Bates and Edward
Bates; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Woodson and John
Archibald Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James
Alexander Woodson and Urey
Woodson. |
| | | Political family: Woodson
family of Jessamine County, Kentucky. |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography |
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