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Politicians in Mining in Montana

  Spruille Braden (1894-1978) — of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elkhorn, Jefferson County, Mont., March 13, 1894. Mining engineer; financier; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42; Cuba, 1942-45; Argentina, 1945. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Arbitration Association; Navy League; John Birch Society. Died, from a heart ailment, in Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 10, 1978 (age 83 years, 303 days). Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden; married, September 5, 1915, to Maria Humeres=del=Solar; married 1964 to Verbena Williams Hebbard.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) — also known as William A. Clark — of Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont. Born near Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., January 8, 1839. Democrat. Banker; mine owner; delegate to Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1892, 1904; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1899-1900, 1901-07; resigned 1900. Member, Freemasons. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 2, 1925 (age 86 years, 53 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Clark and Mary (Andrews) Clark; married 1869 to Kate L. Stauffer; married, May 25, 1901, to Anna E. La Chapelle.
  Clark County, Nev. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) — also known as Mike Mansfield — of Missoula, Missoula County, Mont. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 16, 1903. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining engineer; university professor; U.S. Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; defeated in primary, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1988, 1996, 2000; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1977-88. Irish ancestry. Member, Alpha Tau Omega. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. Died, of congestive heart failure, at the Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., October 5, 2001 (age 98 years, 203 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Patrick Mansfield and Josephine (O'Brien) Mansfield; married, September 13, 1932, to Maureen Hayes.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Mike Mansfield: Don Oberdorfer, Senator Mansfield : The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat
  Lee Mantle (1851-1934) — of Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont. Born in Birmingham, England, December 13, 1851. Republican. Telegrapher; newspaper publisher; real estate and mining business; member of Montana territorial House of Representatives, 1882; mayor of Butte, Mont., 1892; Montana Republican state chair, 1892-94, 1904; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1896 (speaker), 1904, 1916 (alternate). Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 18, 1934 (age 82 years, 340 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph H. Mantle and Mary Susan Mantle.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) — also known as Robert H. O'Brien — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont., September 15, 1904. Mining engineer; lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special assistant to Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures, and director, Paramount International Films; when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of the movie theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of the ABC television network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio, 1963-69. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died, of a stroke, in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21 days). Interment somewhere in Butte, Mont.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married, August 27, 1927, to Ellen Ford.
  Albert Joseph Seligman (b. 1859) — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 24, 1859. Republican. Banker; mining business; member of Montana territorial legislature, 1884-85; Montana Republican state chair, 1889-90; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1892. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse Seligman and Henrietta Seligman; married, December 22, 1886, to Lillie Glazier.
  William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) — also known as William B. Thompson — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Virginia City, Madison County, Mont., May 13, 1869. Republican. Mining magnate; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916, 1920; director, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; director, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Died, from pneumonia, June 27, 1930 (age 61 years, 45 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Thompson and Anna M. (Boyce) Thompson; married, February 6, 1895, to Gertrude Hickman; father of Margaret Thompson (who married Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.).
  Political family: Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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