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Episcopalian Politicians in Oklahoma
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John Quincy Adams (b. 1900) — also known as John Q. Adams — of Harlingen, Cameron County, Tex. Born in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla., June 7, 1900. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1944 (alternate), 1948 (alternate), 1952, 1956. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Lions; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Cassius McDonald Barnes (1845-1925) — of Guthrie, Logan County, Okla. Born near Greigsville, Livingston County, N.Y., August 25, 1845. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Oklahoma territorial House of Representatives, 1895-97; member of Republican National Committee from Oklahoma, 1896; Governor of Oklahoma Territory, 1897-1901; mayor of Guthrie, Okla., 1903-05, 1907-09. Episcopalian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., February 18, 1925 (age 79 years, 177 days). Interment at Summit View Cemetery, Guthrie, Okla.   Relatives: Son of Henry Hogan Barnes and Cemantha (Boyd) Barnes; married to Mary E. Bartlett.   James Marion Hewgley Jr. (b. 1916) — also known as James M. Hewgley, Jr. — of Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla. Born in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tenn., November 8, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil operator; mayor of Tulsa, Okla., 1966-70. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of James Marion Hewgley and Margaret (Corbett) Hewgley; married, November 15, 1946, to Jocelyn C. Moser.   Bruce E. Niemi (b. 1949) — of Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla. Born in St. John's Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla., April 24, 1949. Member of Oklahoma state house of representatives 78th District, 1990-92. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2003. Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) — also known as Robert L. Owen — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Lynchburg, Va., February 2, 1856. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; member of Democratic National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee). Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish and Cherokee Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Modern Woodmen of America; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa. Died July 19, 1947 (age 91 years, 167 days). Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.   Relatives: Son of Robert L. Owen and Narcissa (Chisholm) Owen; married, December 31, 1889, to Daisey Deane Hester.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Image source: Library of Congress   Abraham Jefferson Seay (1832-1915) — also known as A. J. Seay — of Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Okla. Born in Amherst County, Va., November 28, 1832. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1870 (2nd District), 1872 (Republican, 5th District), 1874 (Republican, 5th District); circuit judge in Missouri, 1875-87; justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1890-92; Governor of Oklahoma Territory, 1892-93. Episcopalian. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 22, 1915 (age 83 years, 24 days). Interment at Kingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, Okla.   Frederick August Westphal (b. 1895) — also known as Fred A. Westphal — of Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla. Born in Holyoke, Hampden County, Mass., June 15, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer; steel executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Navy League; Military Order of the World Wars; Rotary. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Peter John C. Westphal and Anna W. (Glesmann) Westphal; married, June 24, 1922, to Olive Mitchell M. Blackman.   Frank Lynn Whitbeck (1916-2002) — also known as Frank L. Whitbeck — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla., February 29, 1916. Democrat. Insurance executive; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1952; candidate for Governor of Arkansas, 1968. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Alpha Kappa Psi. Died, from complications of leukemia and a blood disease, in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., May 31, 2002 (age 86 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.

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