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Politicians in Newspapers and Print Journalism in Montana
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  Jess Lloyd Angstman (1890-1979) — also known as Jess L. Angstman — of Havre, Hill County, Mont. Born in Groton, Brown County, S.Dak., February 25, 1890. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1944 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1948, 1952 (alternate); member of Montana state house of representatives, 1947-48, 1959-60; member of Montana state senate, 1949-56; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Montana, 1960. Member, Rotary; Elks; Lions. Died in Havre, Hill County, Mont., October 28, 1979 (age 89 years, 245 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Havre, Mont.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob H. Angstman and Emma (Trout) Angstman; married 1916 to Lorena Mary Jesmer.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Nichols Blake (1838-1933) — also known as Henry N. Blake — of Virginia City, Madison County, Mont. Born in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk County), Mass., June 5, 1838. Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor; justice of Montana territorial supreme court, 1875-80; chief justice of Montana territorial supreme court, 1889; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana Territory, 1880; member of Montana territorial House of Representatives, 1881-87; chief justice of Montana state supreme court, 1889-92. Died in a hospital at Chelsea, Suffolk County, Mass., November 29, 1933 (age 95 years, 177 days). Interment at Dorchester North Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of James Howe Blake and Mary Beal (Nichols) Blake; married, January 27, 1870, to Clara Jane Clark; second cousin twice removed of John Milton Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), Benjamin Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Webster; fourth cousin once removed of William Pitt Fessenden, Walter Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, William Fessenden Allen, Joseph Palmer Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire; Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Henry Nichols Blake: Three Years in the Army of the Potomac (1865)
  Beriah Brown (1815-1900) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., February 23, 1815. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1857; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1878-79. Died in Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Mont., February 8, 1900 (age 84 years, 350 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
William L. Brown William Lee Brown (d. 1906) — also known as William L. Brown — of Montana; Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio; New York, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1872, 1876; member of Ohio state senate, 1875; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1884; member of New York state senate 5th District, 1890-93; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1894; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass., December 13, 1906. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Henrietta Jeffries.
  Image source: New York Public Library
  Kim S. Elton (b. 1948) — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in Havre, Hill County, Mont., April 9, 1948. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; newspaper editor; member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1995-98; member of Alaska state senate District B, 1999-. Still living as of 2001.
  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
  Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) — also known as Carl W. Riddick — of Winamac, Pulaski County, Ind.; Lewistown, Fergus County, Mont. Born in Wells, Faribault County, Minn., February 25, 1872. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Fergus County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S. Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for U.S. Senator from Montana, 1922. Methodist. Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla., July 9, 1960 (age 88 years, 135 days). Interment at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Hancock Riddick and Alice Esther (Wood) Riddick; brother of Florence Alice Riddick (who married Samuel Evan Boys); married, June 28, 1893, to Grace Adele Keith; father of Merrill K. Riddick; grandnephew of Ezra Cornell; first cousin once removed of Alonzo Barton Cornell; first cousin four times removed of Ezekiel Cornell.
  Political families: Durfee-Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island; Cornell family of New York; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hatfield-Cornell-Woolsey family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Kenneth Romney (1885-1952) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Missoula, Missoula County, Mont., October 20, 1885. Democrat. Newspaper correspondent; Sergeant-at-Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1931-47; convicted in 1947 of concealing a shortage of about $121,000 in House bank accounts, and sentenced to one to three years in prison; released in 1949. Died in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., April 6, 1952 (age 66 years, 169 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Hamilton, Mont.
  Relatives: Son of Hiram Thomas Gaskell Romney and Anna (Wood) Romney; brother of Miles Romney; married to Edna Romney; uncle of Miles J. Romney Jr.; first cousin of Vernon Romney; first cousin once removed of Marion George Romney, George Wilcken Romney and Vernon Bradford Romney; first cousin twice removed of George Scott Romney and Willard Mitt Romney; first cousin thrice removed of Ronna Romney McDaniel and Craig Romney.
  Political family: Romney family.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Miles Romney (1872-1943) — of Hamilton, Ravalli County, Mont. Born December 18, 1872. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of Hamilton, Mont., 1902-04; member of Montana state senate, 1906-10. Died March 31, 1943 (age 70 years, 103 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Hamilton, Mont.
  Relatives: Son of Hiram Thomas Gaskell Romney and Anna (Wood) Romney; brother of Kenneth Romney; married to Elizabeth 'Bessie' Robbins; father of Miles J. Romney Jr.; first cousin of Vernon Romney; first cousin once removed of Marion George Romney, George Wilcken Romney and Vernon Bradford Romney; first cousin twice removed of George Scott Romney and Willard Mitt Romney; first cousin thrice removed of Ronna Romney McDaniel and Craig Romney.
  Political family: Romney family.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Miles J. Romney Jr. (1900-1976) — of Hamilton, Ravalli County, Mont. Born in Hamilton, Ravalli County, Mont., December 6, 1900. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1956; member of Montana state house of representatives; elected 1966, 1968; delegate to Montana state constitutional convention, 1971; member of Montana state senate, 1973-76; died in office 1976. Died in Hamilton, Ravalli County, Mont., February 19, 1976 (age 75 years, 75 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Hamilton, Mont.
  Relatives: Son of Miles Romney and Elizabeth Robbins 'Bessie' Romney; married to Ruth Gray; nephew of Kenneth Romney; first cousin once removed of Vernon Romney; second cousin of Marion George Romney, George Wilcken Romney and Vernon Bradford Romney; second cousin once removed of George Scott Romney and Willard Mitt Romney; second cousin twice removed of Ronna Romney McDaniel and Craig Romney.
  Political family: Romney family.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Oliver Hazard Perry Shelley (1875-1943) — also known as O. H. P. Shelley — of Red Lodge, Carbon County, Mont. Born in Albany, Clinton County, Ky., March 4, 1875. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Republican National Committee from Montana, 1920-24; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1932. Died in Red Lodge, Carbon County, Mont., April 11, 1943 (age 68 years, 38 days). Interment at Little Shasta Cemetery, Montague, Calif.
  Presumably named for: Oliver Hazard Perry
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Lillard Shelley and Melissa Helen (Snow) Shelley; married 1899 to Mary Iva Nicholson; married 1921 to Mildred Sarah Dickinson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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