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Ralph A. Baker (1895-1978) —
of Valentine, Cherry
County, Neb.
Born in Gordon, Sheridan
County, Neb., October
2, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; rancher; chair of
Cherry County Republican Party, 1956-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1960,
1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau.
Died October
8, 1978 (age 83 years, 6
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Valentine, Neb.
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Ralph Frederick Beermann (1912-1977) —
of Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb.
Born near Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb., August
13, 1912.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1961-65 (3rd District 1961-63, 1st
District 1963-65).
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis.
Died in an airplane
crash at the Municipal Airport
in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, February
17, 1977 (age 64 years, 188
days).
Interment at Dakota
City Cemetery, Dakota City, Neb.
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Clair Armstrong Callan (1920-2005) —
also known as Clair A. Callan —
of Odell, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Odell, Gage
County, Neb., March
20, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1965-67; defeated,
1966.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Fairbury, Jefferson
County, Neb., May 28,
2005 (age 85 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Dennis Cronin (b. 1895) —
also known as Julius D. Cronin —
of O'Neill, Holt
County, Neb.
Born in O'Neill, Holt
County, Neb., May 29,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1936,
1948
(alternate).
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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George Elmore Danielson (1915-1998) —
also known as George E. Danielson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Wausa, Knox
County, Neb., February
20, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1963-66; member of California
state senate, 1967-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1968;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S.
Representative from California, 1971-82 (29th District 1971-75,
30th District 1975-82); Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1982-92.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of Italy; Elks.
Died of heart
failure, in Monterey Park, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
12, 1998 (age 83 years, 204
days).
Entombed at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Harold John Daub Jr. (b. 1941) —
also known as Hal Daub, Jr. —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., April
23, 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1981-89; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1990; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1992,
2004,
2008,
2012;
mayor
of Omaha, Neb., 1995-2001; defeated, 2001, 2009; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Nebraska.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Urban
League; NAACP; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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John William DeCamp (b. 1941) —
also known as John W. DeCamp —
of Neligh, Antelope
County, Neb.
Born in Neligh, Antelope
County, Neb., July 6,
1941.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; contractor;
member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 40th District, 1971-87.
Christian.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1993.
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Robert Vernon Denney (1916-1981) —
also known as Robert V. Denney —
of Fairbury, Jefferson
County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, April
11, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1967-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Lions;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., June 26,
1981 (age 65 years, 76
days).
Interment at Fairbury
Cemetery, Fairbury, Neb.
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John James Exon (1921-2005) —
also known as J. James Exon; Jim Exon —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Geddes, Charles Mix
County, S.Dak., August
9, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1964,
1972,
1976,
1988,
1992,
1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004;
member of Nebraska
Democratic State Central Committee, 1964-68; member of Democratic
National Committee from Nebraska, 1968-70, 1981-83; Governor of
Nebraska, 1971-79; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1979-97.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Optimist
Club; Eagles;
Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., June 10,
2005 (age 83 years, 305
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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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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Duane D. Gay (b. 1932) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.
Born in Clifton, Washington
County, Kan., January
24, 1932.
Republican. Real estate
broker; member of Nebraska
railway commission 3rd District, 1971-.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1971.
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Stanley Knapp Hathaway (1924-2005) —
also known as Stanley K. Hathaway; Stanley
Knapp —
of Torrington, Goshen
County, Wyo.
Born in Osceola, Polk
County, Neb., July 19,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Goshen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1954-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); Wyoming
Republican state chair, 1962-64; Governor of
Wyoming, 1967-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., October
4, 2005 (age 81 years, 77
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Torrington, Wyo.
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Charles G. Irwin (b. 1892) —
of Douglas, Converse
County, Wyo.
Born in Belvidere, Thayer
County, Neb., November
20, 1892.
Republican. Railway
station agent; merchant;
banker;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1940; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Wyoming
state senate from Converse County, 1957-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Kiwanis;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Robert Kerrey (b. 1943) —
also known as Bob Kerrey —
of Nebraska.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., August
27, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; Governor of
Nebraska, 1983-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1989-2001; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1992.
Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Lions; Sertoma.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action at Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam, 1969, when he lost a
leg.
Still living as of 2014.
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Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (1922-2016) —
also known as Melvin R. Laird —
of Marshfield, Wood
County, Wis.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., September
1, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Wisconsin
state senate 24th District, 1947-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956
(speaker),
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1953-69; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Purple
Heart.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1974.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., November
16, 2016 (age 94 years, 76
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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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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Robert T. Marland (1918-1991) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., January
20, 1918.
Republican. Rancher; radio station
owner; member of Nebraska
railway commission, 1967-69, 1971- (4th District 1967-69, 1st
District 1971); appointed 1967.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in October, 1991
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Marsh (1924-2001) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Norfolk, Madison
County, Neb., April
27, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary
of state of Nebraska, 1953-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1971-75; Nebraska
state treasurer, 1975-81, 1987-91; defeated, 1990.
Methodist.
Welsh
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sertoma;
Alpha
Phi Omega.
Died, of pulmonary
fibrosis, Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., March
10, 2001 (age 76 years, 317
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Donald Francis McGinley (1920-2005) —
of Ogallala, Keith
County, Neb.
Born in Keith
County, Neb., June 30,
1920.
Democrat. Member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1955-57, 1963; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1959-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1983.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., July 6,
2005 (age 85 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson (1903-1983) —
also known as Val Peterson —
of Elgin, Antelope
County, Neb.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Oakland, Burt
County, Neb., July 18,
1903.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; newspaper
publisher; secretary to Gov. Dwight
Griswold, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War
II; Governor of
Nebraska, 1947-53; member, Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations, 1953-55; U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, 1957-61; Finland, 1969-73; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1960,
1972;
insurance
executive.
Lutheran.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease and respiratory
failure, in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., October
17, 1983 (age 80 years, 91
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Oakdale, Neb.
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Walter Ward Reynoldson (b. 1920) —
also known as W. Ward Reynoldson —
of Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa.
Born in St. Edward, Boone
County, Neb., May 17,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Clarke
County Attorney, 1953-57; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1971-87; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1978-87; law
professor.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Scorer Reynoldson and Mabel Matilda (Sallach) Reynoldson;
married, December
24, 1942, to Janet Aline Mills; married, June 3,
1989, to Patricia A. Frey. |
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Wayne R. Swanson (b. 1914) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
31, 1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; excavating
business; plumber;
member of Nebraska
railway commission, 1957-67; Nebraska
state treasurer, 1967-75.
Baptist.
Swedish,
German,
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Phillip Hart Weaver (1919-1989) —
also known as Phil Weaver —
of Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb.
Born in Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb., April 9,
1919.
Republican. Radio
announcer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; automobile
dealer; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1955-63; defeated,
1962.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in 1989
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Steele
Cemetery, Falls City, Neb.
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John Walter Yeager (b. 1891) —
also known as John W. Yeager —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Richland, Spencer
County, Ind., March 1,
1891.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in
Nebraska 4th District, 1933-; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1940-.
Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilhelm Carl Yeager and Laura Elizabeth (Barton) Yeager; married,
June
28, 1922, to Lena E. Deeg. |
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