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Donald E. Kelley (b. 1908) —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., January
29, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1936;
Red
Willow County Attorney, 1942-44; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1953-58; member of Colorado
state senate, 1963-66; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1964;
justice
of Colorado state supreme court, 1967-77.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles W. Kelley and Elsie (Asten) Kelley; married, June 21,
1930, to Georgia E. Pyne. |
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William Dean Kellogg (1814-1872) —
also known as William Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Nebraska; Mississippi.
Born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 8,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1849-50; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1850-55; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1857-63; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Illinois District, 1867-69.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., December
20, 1872 (age 58 years, 165
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Kellogg and Paulina (Dean) Kellogg; married, December
21, 1843, to Lucinda Caroline Ross; second cousin once removed of
Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland; second cousin twice removed of James
Hodges, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Frank
Billings Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Orlando
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Case, Elijah
Hunt Mills, James
Leonard Hodges, Alvan
Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Rowland
Case Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Pierpont
Edwards, Jason
Kellogg, Josiah
Meigs, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter
Buell Porter, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Fiske Kellogg and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Isaiah
Kidder, Lyman
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder and David
Kidder; fourth cousin of Parmenio
Adams, Abiel
Case, Silas
Wright Jr., Marshall
Chapin, Jairus
Case, Elisha
Hunt Allen, Gouverneur
Morris, Marcus
Morton, Almon
Case, Stafford
Canning Cleveland, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney and Nelson
Appleton Miles; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Aaron
Burr, James
Davenport, Martin
Chittenden, Theodore
Dwight, Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr., Leonard
White, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Jedediah
Sabin, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Meigs, Charles
Jared Ingersoll, Lancelot
Phelps, Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Joseph
Reed Ingersoll, Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg, John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Caleb
Blodgett, John
Larkin Payson, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Charles
Anthony Ingersoll, Charles
Phelps Huntington and Peter
Buell Porter Jr.; also fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Belden Butler, Oliver
Dwight Filley, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Asahel
Pierson Case, Hiram
Bidwell Case, Peter
Augustus Porter, Augustus
Sabin Chase, William
Fessenden Allen, Zenas
Ferry Moody, Charles
Edward Phelps, John
Milton Hay, Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903), Marden
Sabin, Joseph
Spalding, James
Levi Hotchkiss, Clayton
Hyde Lathrop, Frederick
Hobbes Allen, George
Watson French and Claude
Carpenter Pinney. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918) —
also known as William P. Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Orwell, Addison
County, Vt., December
8, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; colonel
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1868,
1880,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1868-72, 1877-83; Governor of
Louisiana, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1883-85.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1918 (age 87 years, 245
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Presumably named
for: William
Pitt |
| | | Relatives: Son of Rev. Sherman K.
Kellogg and Rebecca (Eaton) Kellogg; married, June 6,
1865, to Mary E. Wills; second cousin twice removed of Jason
Kellogg, Orsamus
Cook Merrill and Timothy
Merrill; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg, Alvan
Kellogg, John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903) and Charles
Collins Kellogg. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Harvey Kemp (1871-1962) —
also known as J. H. Kemp —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Page
County, Va., October
6, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1913; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Nebraska, February
19, 1962 (age 90 years, 136
days).
Interment at Fullerton
Cemetery, Fullerton, Neb.
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Paul H. King (b. 1879) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Arapahoe, Furnas
County, Neb., August
22, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
Michigan Republican Party, 1910-12; one of three receivers of the
Pere Marquette Railroad,
1914-17; campaign manager for U.S. Sens. Charles
E. Townsend and Truman
H. Newberry.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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James Callahan Kinsler (1869-1946) —
also known as James C. Kinsler —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., March
17, 1869.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Nebraska, 1921-30.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., April
27, 1946 (age 77 years, 41
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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W. L. Kirkpatrick —
of York, York
County, Neb.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
York, Neb.; elected 1909; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nebraska, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Jon Llewellyn Kyl (b. 1942) —
also known as Jon Kyl —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Oakland, Burt
County, Neb., April
25, 1942.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1972;
U.S.
Representative from Arizona 4th District, 1987-95; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1995-2013.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Loren H. Laughlin (1896-1966) —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Mt. Ayr, Ringgold
County, Iowa, August
13, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1928,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1940; served in the
U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; senior claims commissioner,
Manila, Philippines, 1947-48; hearing examiner, Federal Trade
Commission, 1953-66.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., June 21,
1966 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank Vilhelm Lawson (1885-1976) —
also known as Frank V. Lawson —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Denmark,
August
20, 1885.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Denmark in Omaha,
Neb., 1923-50.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in 1976
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Springwell Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Eugene A. Leahy (1929-2000) —
also known as Gene Leahy —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Imogene, Fremont
County, Iowa, May 8,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; municipal judge in Nebraska, 1964-68; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1969-73.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from complications of lung
cancer, at the Veterans Administration Medical
Center, Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
18, 2000 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Charles Blair Letton (b. 1853) —
also known as Charles B. Letton —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
October
25, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Nebraska 1st District,
1895-1903; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1906-25.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Letton and Agnes (Michie) Letton; married, September
2, 1885, to Althera H. Pike. |
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Karl Harold Phillip LeVander (1910-1992) —
also known as Harold LeVander —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Swede Home, Polk
County, Neb., October
10, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Minnesota, 1967-71; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1968.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
30, 1992 (age 81 years, 172
days).
Burial location unknown.
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T. L. Lewis (born c.1853) —
of Oakland, Burt
County, Neb.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86.
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Harrison Llewellyn (b. 1854) —
also known as William H. H. Llewellyn —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Las Cruces, Dona Ana
County, N.M.
Born in Monroe, Green
County, Wis., September
9, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Mexico Territory, 1884,
1896
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1904;
U.S. Indian Agent for Apache Indians, 1881-85; director and attorney
for mining
companies; attorney for Western Union Telegraph
Co.; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1897, 1901-03; Speaker
of New Mexico Territory House of Representatives, 1897; major in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1905-07; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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William Francis Lockwood (1822-1901) —
also known as William F. Lockwood —
of Lorain
County, Ohio; Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 1,
1822.
Lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1854-56; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1860; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-67.
Died February
9, 1901 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio.
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Don Lathrop Love (1863-1940) —
also known as Don L. Love —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., March 7,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor
of Lincoln, Neb., 1909-11, 1929-31; treasurer of
Nebraska Republican Party, 1912; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1912,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Unitarian.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., September
12, 1940 (age 77 years, 189
days).
Interment somewhere
in Clermont, Iowa.
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E. M. Love (born c.1860) —
of Ainsworth, Brown
County, Neb.
Born in Indiana, about 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86.
Burial location unknown.
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Ray John Madden (1892-1987) —
also known as Ray J. Madden —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Gary, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Waseca, Waseca
County, Minn., February
25, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Nebraska, 1916; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; Lake
County Treasurer, 1938-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1943-77 (1st District 1943-63, 8th
District 1963-65, 1st District 1965-77); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
28, 1987 (age 95 years, 215
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Manahan (1866-1932) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born near Chatfield, Fillmore
County, Minn., March
12, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1913-15.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., January
8, 1932 (age 65 years, 302
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-1911) —
also known as Charles F. Manderson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
9, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1883-95; general solicitor, western
region, Burlington Railway
System, 1895.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died on
board the steamship Cedric, in the harbor at Liverpool, England,
September
28, 1911 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Eubertia Mapes (1864-1920) —
also known as Burt Mapes —
of Norfolk, Madison
County, Neb.
Born in Wallkill, Orange
County, N.Y., August
18, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1920.
Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., November
7, 1920 (age 56 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Erastus Mapes and Lucinda (Doty) Mapes; married, December
31, 1889, to Clara May Durland; married, August
30, 1919, to Alice Minerva Craig. |
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James P. Marron (b. 1902) —
of O'Neill, Holt
County, Neb.
Born in Ponca, Dixon
County, Neb., June 5,
1902.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; lawyer; chair of
Holt County Democratic Party, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; Lions; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas F. Marron and Margaret (McDermott) Marron; married, April 7,
1931, to Alice Sabatka. |
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Raymond L. Marsh (1926-2000) —
of California.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., September
6, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; candidate
for California
state assembly, 1966; municipal judge in California, 1975-78;
superior court judge in California, 1978-96.
Died, of cancer,
at Alta Bates Medical
Center, Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., March 9,
2000 (age 73 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence A. Marty (b. 1926) —
of Green River, Sweetwater
County, Wyo.
Born in Leigh, Colfax
County, Neb., June 17,
1926.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Wyoming, 1958-59; chair of
Sweetwater County Republican Party, 1960-64, 1968-70; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman L. Marty and Frances J. (Harvey) Marty. |
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William F. Matschullat (b. 1905) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Plattsmouth, Cass
County, Neb., April 9,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1940;
secretary
of Nebraska Republican Party, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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W. A. McAllister (born c.1848) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.
Born in Scotland,
about 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1883-84; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86; postmaster at Columbus,
Neb., 1911-15.
Burial location unknown.
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George de Rue Meiklejohn (1857-1929) —
also known as George D. Meiklejohn —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.
Born in Wisconsin, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-88; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1889-91; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1893-97.
Died in 1929
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Fred W. Messmore (b. 1890) —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Boone, Boone
County, Iowa, July 11,
1890.
Lawyer; district judge in Nebraska 18th District, 1929-37; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1937-.
Methodist.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore W. Metcalfe (1894-1973) —
also known as Ted W. Metcalfe —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., August
16, 1894.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; real
estate developer; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1931-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1940; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
17, 1973 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Clarence A. H. Meyer (b. 1910) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Pender, Thurston
County, Neb., September
1, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1961-75.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Michael (1845-1916) —
of Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa; Sidney, Cheyenne
County, Neb.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, July 14,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; served in the Union
Navy during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Calcutta, 1905-11.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 17,
1916 (age 70 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Fry Miller (1814-1895) —
also known as Daniel F. Miller; "Nestor of the Iowa
Bar" —
of Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., October
4, 1814.
Lawyer; member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1850-51; defeated (Whig),
1848; candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa; mayor
of Fort Madison, Iowa, 1858-59; Independent candidate for justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1860; mayor of
Keokuk, Iowa, 1873; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1894.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
9, 1895 (age 81 years, 66
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
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Joseph Miller (1819-1862) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
9, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1856; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1857-59; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1859-60.
Died May 27,
1862 (age 42 years, 260
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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M. A. Mills (born c.1842) —
of Osceola, Polk
County, Neb.
Born in Ohio, about 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86.
Burial location unknown.
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Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Nebraska, August
20, 1898.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader
of a group of state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P.
Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil
Company; dean,
Tulane University Law School, 1963-68.
Member, American
Legion.
He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old
Louisiana state capitol.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 14,
1999 (age 100 years,
298 days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Frank Brenner Morrison (1905-2004) —
also known as Frank B. Morrison —
of Stockville, Frontier
County, Neb.; McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born May 20,
1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1940
(alternate), 1952,
1956
(member, Rules
Committee), 1964;
chair
of Frontier County Democratic Party, 1940; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1948, 1954; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1958, 1966, 1970; Governor of
Nebraska, 1961-67.
Died April
19, 2004 (age 98 years, 335
days).
Cremated.
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Ralph Stuart Moseley (b. 1886) —
also known as Ralph S. Moseley —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., December
19, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 30th District, 1915-18, 1921-22;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1928 (primary), 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Wesley C. Mues (1948-1999) —
of Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.
Born in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., May 5,
1948.
Lawyer; Judge, Nebraska Court of Appeals, 1994-99; died in
office 1999.
Lutheran.
Member, Sertoma.
Injured in a traffic
accident on Highway 281, and died soon after, at St. Francis Medical
Center, Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., October
25, 1999 (age 51 years, 173
days).
Interment at Kearney
Cemetery, Kearney, Neb.
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Arthur Francis Mullen (b. 1873) —
also known as Arthur F. Mullen —
of Holt
County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Kingston, Ontario,
May
31, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; Holt
County Attorney, 1901-07; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1910-11; appointed 1910; member of Democratic
National Committee from Nebraska, 1916-20.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Mullen and Emily (Clancy) Mullen; married, June 18,
1903, to Mary T. Dolan. |
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Gerald T. Mullin (1900-1982) —
also known as Gerry Mullin —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
25, 1900.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 35, 1929-30; member of
Minnesota
state senate 35th District, 1931-57; resigned 1957.
Catholic.
Died April
28, 1982 (age 82 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Charles Munger (1861-1941) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Fletcher, Miami
County, Ohio, July 7,
1861.
Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1895-97; Lancaster
County Attorney, 1897-1901; U.S.
District Judge for Nebraska, 1907-41; took senior status 1941.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., November
29, 1941 (age 80 years, 145
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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William Henry Munger (1845-1915) —
also known as William H. Munger —
of Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb.
Born in Bergen, Genesee
County, N.Y., October
12, 1845.
Lawyer; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
District Judge for Nebraska, 1897-1915; died in office 1915.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., August
11, 1915 (age 69 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albinus Nance (1848-1911) —
of Osceola, Polk
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in La Fayette, Stark
County, Ill., March
30, 1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1875-78; Speaker of
the Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1877-78; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1876;
Governor
of Nebraska, 1879-83; president, Osceola Bank and
Stromsburg Bank,
1879-88.
Congregationalist.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
6, 1911 (age 63 years, 251
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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John Joseph Nangle (1891-1960) —
also known as John J. Nangle —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., March
28, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; treasurer of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1933-42; member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 1947.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died August
23, 1960 (age 69 years, 148
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John I. Negley —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 10th District, 1915.
Burial location unknown.
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Earl Benjamin Nelson (b. 1941) —
also known as Ben Nelson —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., May 17,
1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; insurance
executive; Governor of
Nebraska, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 2001-13; defeated, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Neville (1843-1909) —
of North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb.; Douglas, Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in Nashville, Washington
County, Ill., December
29, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 13th District, 1891-95; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 6th District, 1899-1903; member of
Arizona
state house of representatives, 1905.
Died in 1909
(age about
65 years).
Interment at North
Platte Cemetery, North Platte, Neb.
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George Mansel Nicholson (b. 1874) —
also known as George M. Nicholson —
of Ness City, Ness
County, Kan.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Sulphur, Chickasaw Nation County, Indian Territory
(now Murray
County, Okla.); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Riley
County, Kan., May 30,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1921-27; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1925-27.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Nicholson and Ida (Carpenter) Nicholson; married, September
1, 1903, to Julie Sheldon; married, July 31,
1927, to Edith Cole. |
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George William Norris (1861-1944) —
also known as George W. Norris —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.
Born in Sandusky
County, Ohio, July 11,
1861.
Lawyer; district judge in Nebraska 14th District, 1896-1903;
resigned 1903; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 5th District, 1903-13; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1913-43; defeated (Independent), 1942;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., September
2, 1944 (age 83 years, 53
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, McCook, Neb.
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Relatives:
Married 1890 to Pluma
Lashley; married 1903 to Ella
Leonard; grandfather of Harvey
Frans Nelson Jr.. |
| | | Norris Dam
(built 1933-36), on the Clinch River, in Anderson
and Campbell
counties, Tennessee, and the Norris Lake
reservoir, which also extends into Claiborne,
Grainger,
and Union
counties, are named for
him. — The city
of Norris,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS George W. Norris (built 1944 at Brunswick,
Georgia; wrecked and lost in the North
Pacific Ocean, 1946) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about George Norris: John F.
Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1961) |
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Theophilus Lincoln Norval (b. 1847) —
also known as T. L. Norval —
of Seward, Seward
County, Neb.
Born in London Mills, Fulton
County, Ill., August
26, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1878; district judge in Nebraska, 1883-89; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1890-1902; chief
justice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1894-95, 1900-02;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Nebraska.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver Norval and Mary J. Norval; married, February
5, 1875, to Ella Godfrey. |
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Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan (1883-1968) —
also known as Eugene D. O'Sullivan —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born near Kent, Reno
County, Kan., May 31,
1883.
Lawyer; law partner of William
N. Jamieson, 1913-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1934; Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1934; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1949-51; defeated
(Democratic), 1950.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
7, 1968 (age 84 years, 252
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Bayard Henry Paine (1872-1955) —
also known as Bayard H. Paine —
of Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb.
Born near Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, April
27, 1872.
Lawyer; author;
district judge in Nebraska 11th District, 1916-30; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1931-49.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., April
19, 1955 (age 82 years, 357
days).
Interment at Grand
Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Neb.
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J. P. Palmer —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 10th District, 1915.
Burial location unknown.
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W. C. Parriott —
of Auburn, Nemaha
County, Neb.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1915; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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James N. Paul (1839-1922) —
of St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb.
Born in Beaver
County, Pa., September
23, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; surveyor;
newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86; district judge in Nebraska 11th District,
1901-17.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb., March 9,
1922 (age 82 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank A. Peterson (b. 1881) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
22, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lancaster
County Attorney, 1916-18; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1920.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Peterson and Caroline C. (Swanson) Peterson; married 1910 to Selma
Engstrom. |
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William Buchanan Price (b. 1865) —
also known as William B. Price —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., July 2,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nebraska state insurance commissioner,
1896-1900; candidate for Nebraska
state auditor, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1916;
candidate for Nebraska
state attorney general, 1926.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen of America; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abner Clopton Price and Hester (Walker) Price. |
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James Cloyd Quigley (1887-1960) —
also known as James C. Quigley —
of Valentine, Cherry
County, Neb.
Born in Valentine, Cherry
County, Neb., March 6,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Nebraska, 1914; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Nebraska
Democratic state chair, 1934-40; member of Democratic
National Committee from Nebraska, 1936-49.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1960
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Valentine, Neb.
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William Bryan Quigley (1899-1995) —
also known as Bill Quigley —
of Valentine, Cherry
County, Neb.
Born in Valentine, Cherry
County, Neb., January
29, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1964
(alternate).
Died in Valentine, Cherry
County, Neb., November
14, 1995 (age 96 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Valentine, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Taylor Knapp Quigley and Celestia Saraphine (Stonecypher) Quigley;
married 1937 to Bertha
Gertrude Weeth; married 1973 to Betty
Ruth (Yeast) Fischer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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