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Unitarian or Universalist Politicians in Missouri

Thomas Bradford Curtis (1911-1993) — also known as Thomas B. Curtis — of Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., May 14, 1911. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1951-69 (12th District 1951-53, 2nd District 1953-69); delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1964; candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1968, 1974. Unitarian. Member, American Political Science Association; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Sigma Kappa; Lions; American Legion. Died in Allegan, Allegan County, Mich., January 10, 1993 (age 81 years, 241 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, June 28, 1941, to Susan Ross Chivvis.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1957   Thomas Francis Ford (1873-1958) — also known as Thomas F. Ford — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in St. Louis, Mo., February 18, 1873. Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from California 14th District, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936, 1940, 1944. Unitarian. Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 26, 1958 (age 85 years, 311 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Ford and Ellen (Ferris) Ford; married, June 21, 1911, to Lillian Cope Cummings.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Arthur Garrels (b. 1873) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., January 3, 1873. U.S. Consul in Zanzibar, 1908-10; Catania, 1910-12; Alexandria, 1912-19; U.S. Consul General in , 1919-24; Athens, 1924-26; Melbourne, 1926-29; Tokyo, 1929-33. Unitarian. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Garrels and Antonie (Wiebe) Garrels; married 1923 to Elinor McEwen Norfleet.   Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr. (1919-2006) — also known as Sam Goddard — of Tucson, Pima County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Clayton, St. Louis County, Mo., August 8, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Arizona Democratic state chair, 1960-62, 1979-89; Governor of Arizona, 1965-67; defeated, 1962, 1966, 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1968 (alternate), 1972. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Rotary. Died in Paradise Valley, Maricopa County, Ariz., February 1, 2006 (age 86 years, 177 days). Burial location unknown; cenotaph at Grace St. Paul's Memorial Garden, Tucson, Ariz.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Pearson Goddard and Florence Hilton (Denham) Goddard; married 1944 to Julia Enos 'Judy' Hatch; married 1999 to Myra Ann Pearson; father of Samuel Pearson Goddard III.   Cross-reference: Dennis DeConcini   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Vard R. Johnson (b. 1939) — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., March 11, 1939. Member of Nebraska unicameral legislature 8th District, 1979. Unitarian. Still living as of 1979. Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh (1862-1944) — also known as Arba S. Van Valkenburgh — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., August 22, 1862. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1905-10; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1910-. Unitarian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1944 (age about 81 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Lawrence Van Valkenburgh and Sarah A. (Seymour) Van Valkenburgh; married, September 25, 1889, to Grace Elizabeth Ingold.   Image source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri

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