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Engineer Politicians in Nebraska

Robert LeRoy Cochran (1886-1963) — also known as Roy Cochran — of North Platte, Lincoln County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Born in Avoca, Cass County, Neb., January 28, 1886. Democrat. Civil engineer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of Nebraska, 1935-41; candidate for U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Episcopalian. Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; American Society of Civil Engineers. Died February 23, 1963 (age 77 years, 26 days). Interment at Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Neb.   Relatives: Son of Charles A. Cochran and Jane (Wilkinson) Cochran; married, March 18, 1919, to Aileen Gantt.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951) — also known as Charles G. Dawes; "Charging Charlie" — of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.; Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, August 27, 1865. Republican. Engineer; lawyer; banker; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1898-1901; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Vice President of the United States, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1928; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1929-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932, 1936. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. Died in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., April 23, 1951 (age 85 years, 239 days). Entombed at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Rufus R. Dawes and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes; brother of Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; married, January 24, 1889, to Cora D. Blymyer and Caroline Dana Blymyer; great-grandson of Ephraim Cutler; second great-grandson of Manasseh Cutler; second cousin four times removed of Amaziah Brainard; second cousin five times removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; third cousin thrice removed of Leveret Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Tewksbury Loring Swett.   Political families: Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Addison L. Green   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Comptrollers of the Currency   Marvin Lewis Kline (1903-1974) — also known as Marvin L. Kline — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Excelsior, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Brunswick, Antelope County, Neb., August 9, 1903. Republican. Architectural engineer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1940; mayor of Minneapolis, Minn., 1941-45; convicted in 1964 of grand larceny for illegally boosting his salary as director of a rehabilitation institute, and for diverting fundraising proceeds; sentenced to 10 years in prison; released after three years. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Moose; Optimist Club. Died in Ventura, Ventura County, Calif., April 9, 1974 (age 70 years, 243 days). Interment at Cuming City Cemetery, Blair, Neb.   Relatives: Son of Frank R. Kline and Anna (Gunthorpe) Kline; married, November 23, 1929, to Lucille Knight.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) — also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., January 31, 1886. Democrat. Gold miner; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer; New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive vice-president and director, National Broadcasting Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43; chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power & Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928 (alternate), 1932 (alternate), 1936, 1944, 1948; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53. Methodist. Member, Military Order of the World Wars; American Legion; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons. Died September 30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Richard Cunningham Patterson and Martha Belle (Neiswanger) Patterson; married, May 31, 1924, to Shelley McCutchen Rodes.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Leroy Ellis Ray (1893-1971) — also known as L. E. Ray — of Grand Island, Hall County, Neb. Born in Rogers, Colfax County, Neb., November 13, 1893. Republican. Engineer; contractor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1940; chair of Hall County Republican Party, 1940. Methodist. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died in Grand Island, Hall County, Neb., January 4, 1971 (age 77 years, 52 days). Interment at Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Neb.   Relatives: Son of Addison C. Ray and Nora Bernice (Hotchkiss) Ray; married to Gertrude Case.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James H. Suttle (b. 1944) — also known as Jim Suttle — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colo., June 13, 1944. Engineer; mayor of Omaha, Neb., 2009-13; defeated, 2013. Presbyterian. Still living as of 2013.   See also Wikipedia article   John N. Todd (born c.1886) — of Mercer Island, King County, Wash. Born in Nebraska, about 1886. Democrat. Engineer; member of Washington state senate 31st District, 1943-47. Burial location unknown.   Roy Nathan Towl (1881-1974) — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 29, 1881. Engineer; mayor of Omaha, Neb., 1933-36. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died March 7, 1974 (age 92 years, 343 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Erwin Towl and Charlotte (Summers) Towl; married, September 1, 1904, to Zulu Remwick.   John Webster Towle (b. 1872) — also known as John W. Towle — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Falls City, Richardson County, Neb., August 28, 1872. Republican. Civil engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1912, 1916 (alternate), 1920. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Edwin S. Towle and Kittie L. Towle; married 1895 to Naomi Evert.

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