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Howard Malcolm Baldrige (1894-1985) —
also known as H. Malcolm Baldrige —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., June 23,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1923; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1931-33; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Psi
Upsilon; Kiwanis.
Died in Southbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
19, 1985 (age 90 years, 210
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Chauncey Edward Barney (1915-1989) —
also known as Chauncey E. Barney —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., August
10, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Died July 2,
1989 (age 73 years, 326
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of George P. Barney and Nettie (Hillis) Barney; married to Melba
Devoe. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Bartlett E. Boyles (d. 1972) —
also known as Pat Boyles —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Terry, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Lincoln, Neb., 1959-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Kiwanis;
United
Commercial Travelers; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in McAuley Lake Resort, Atikolam, Ontario,
June
7, 1972.
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Park, Lincoln, Neb.
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Image source:
City of Lincoln |
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Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Nemaha
County, Neb., February
20, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for hotel
associations; author, "Manual of New York Hotel
and Restaurant
Law"; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37;
defeated, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1936,
1944,
1948;
campaign manager, Thomas
E. Dewey for Governor of New York and for President; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S.
Attorney General, 1953-57.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Died of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1996 (age 92 years, 71
days).
Interment at Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham, N.J.
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Gavin W. Craig (b. 1878) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Scotia, Greeley
County, Neb., June 22,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Judge,
California Court of Appeal 2nd District, 1926-31.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gavin Ralston Craig and Emma Edwards (Morse) Craig; married, April
11, 1903, to Berdena Brownsberger. |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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Carl Thomas Curtis (1905-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Curtis —
of Minden, Kearney
County, Neb.
Born near Minden, Kearney
County, Neb., March
15, 1905.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Kearney
County Attorney, 1931-34; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1939-55 (4th District 1939-43, 1st
District 1943-55); U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1955-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1964,
1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Theta
Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at Bryan-LGH Medical
Center West, Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., January
24, 2000 (age 94 years, 315
days).
Interment at Minden
Cemetery, Minden, Neb.
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Clarence M. Davis (b. 1894) —
of Ord, Valley
County, Neb.
Born in Harrison, Sioux
County, Neb., July 12,
1894.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1924
(alternate), 1932,
1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa C. Davis and Sarah Amanda (Gifford) Davis; married to Ida A.
Bakker. |
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Leonard A. Flansburg —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Alma, Harlan
County, Neb.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1917; district judge in Nebraska
3rd District, 1918-20; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1920-23.
Baptist.
Member, Lions;
Phi Delta Phi; Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913-2006) —
also known as Gerald R. Ford; Jerry Ford; Leslie
Lynch King Jr.; "Passkey" —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., July 14,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned
1973; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of
President KNDY, 1963-64; Vice
President of the United States, 1973-74; President
of the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Forty and
Eight; Jaycees;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Humane
Society; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Shot
at in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975.
On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cult
leader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loaded
pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired.
On September 22, Sara Jane Moore fired a
shot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were
convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1999.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., December
26, 2006 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Gerald
R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr.; son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr.
and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King Ford; half-brother of Thomas
G. Ford Sr.; married, October
15, 1948, to Betty
Warren. |
| | | Political family: Ford
family of Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Richard
M. Nixon — L.
William Seidman |
| | | The Gerald R. Ford Freeway
(I-196), in Kent,
Ottawa,
and Allegan
counties, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Gerald R. Ford International
Airport (opened 1963, given present name 1999), near Grand
Rapids, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Gerald R. Ford Federal
Building and U.S.
Courthouse, in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Gerald R. Ford: A
Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(1983) |
| | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John Robert
Greene, The
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,
Gerald
R. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —
James Cannon, Time
and Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —
Douglas Brinkley, Gerald
R. Ford |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Paul Francis Good (b. 1893) —
also known as Paul F. Good —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb., March
16, 1893.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
director, First National Bank of
Wahoo; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Good and Jennie (Jensen) Good; married, September
1, 1917, to Dorothy Francis Collins. |
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Frank Irvine (1858-1931) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., September
15, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 4th District, 1891-93; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1893-99; law
professor; Dean, Cornell University Law School, from 1907;
member, New York State Public Service Commission; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1922.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Phi;
Phi Delta Phi.
Died June 23,
1931 (age 72 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harvey M. Johnsen (1895-1975) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Hastings, Adams
County, Neb., July 16,
1895.
Lawyer;
justice
of Nebraska state supreme court, 1939-40; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1940-65; took
senior status 1965.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Died September
15, 1975 (age 80 years, 61
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 6,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1956-61; general counsel for the Warren
Commission; New York City Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 26,
1996 (age 88 years, 356
days).
Interment at Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Charles Yoder Thompson (b. 1875) —
also known as Charles Y. Thompson —
of West Point, Cuming
County, Neb.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., October
17, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1935-.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Dick Thompson and Elizabeth (Yoder) Thompson; married 1900 to Martha
Berthold; married 1927 to Marie
Chambers. |
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Robert Van Pelt (b. 1897) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Cambridge, Furnas
County, Neb., September
9, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of F. M. Van Pelt and Sarah (Simon) Van Pelt; married, June 17,
1925, to Mildred Carter. |
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Frederick H. Wagener (1898-1982) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in O'Fallon, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
27, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
Nebraska Republican Party, 1936-37; secretary to U.S. Sen. Kenneth
S. Wherry, 1943-46; Lancaster
County Attorney, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in 1982
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph Eilert Wenke (b. 1898) —
also known as Adolph E. Wenke —
of Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb.
Born in Pender, Thurston
County, Neb., January
22, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska,
1936;
district judge in Nebraska 9th District, 1938-43; appointed 1938; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1943-.
Congregationalist.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Wenke and Henrietta (Athen) Wenke; married, June 7,
1925, to Gertrude H. Bauer. |
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Ralph P. Wilson (b. 1890) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., November
5, 1890.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1923.
Congregationalist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Lions; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Wilson and Emma (Parks) Wilson; married, August
14, 1919, to Calla W. Johnson. |
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Elmer Fredrick Witte (b. 1896) —
also known as E. F. Witte —
of Pawnee City, Pawnee
County, Neb.
Born in Furnas
County, Neb., July 14,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Pawnee County Republican Party, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Phi Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of August F. Witte and Minnie (Ehinger) Witte; married, November
12, 1926, to Marie Folk. |
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William H. Wright (b. 1902) —
of Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb., November
27, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1935-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred A. Wright and Elizabeth (Royer) Wright; married, October
15, 1930, to Myldred Handy. |
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