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Phillip J. Abbott (b. 1965) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born January
20, 1965.
Republican. Bookkeeper; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Lionel Cade (1918-1990) —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Texas, August
14, 1918.
Accountant; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1977-81; defeated, 1973, 1981.
African
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, while suffering from emphysema,
April
3, 1990 (age 71 years, 232
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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K. Michael Conaway (b. 1948) —
also known as Mike Conaway —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.
Born near Borger, Carson
County, Tex., June 11,
1948.
Republican. Accountant; banker; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 2005-; defeated, 2003.
Still living as of 2014.
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Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) —
also known as Fred L. Crawford —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born near Dublin, Erath
County, Tex., May 5,
1888.
Republican. Accountant; builder, financier, and operator of beet sugar
mills; director, Michigan National Bank;
director, Petroleum
Transit Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated in
primary, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1957 (age 68 years, 343
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Albert Ferrier (1848-1908) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Carcassonne, France,
June
29, 1848.
Accountant; Galveston city auditor; Consul
for Central America in Galveston,
Tex., 1898; Consul
for Honduras in Galveston,
Tex., 1899-1903; Consul
for Nicaragua in Galveston,
Tex., 1899-1902.
French
ancestry.
He was found wandering in St. Louis, well-dressed but suffering from
amnesia and confusion; police identified him from letters and tickets
in his pocket; died about three weeks later, in a hospital
at St.
Louis, Mo., August
31, 1908 (age 60 years, 63
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Drew Nixon (b. 1959) —
of Carthage, Panola
County, Tex.
Born November
21, 1959.
Republican. Real estate
sales; accountant; insurance
business; member of Texas
state senate 3rd District, 1995-2000; arrested
in February 1997, after he offered
money to a police officer posing as a prostitute; a loaded
revolver was found under the seat of his car, though he had no
concealed hangun permit; pleaded
guilty and sentenced to six months in jail.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2000.
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Swante Palm (1815-1899) —
also known as Swen Jaensson —
of La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Sweden,
January
31, 1815.
Republican. Bookkeeper; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Austin,
Tex., 1866-99; postmaster at Austin,
Tex., 1869-72.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., June 22,
1899 (age 84 years, 142
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Stephen Ernest Stockman (b. 1956) —
also known as Steve Stockman —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., November
14, 1956.
Republican. Accountant; U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1995-97; defeated, 1992
(9th District), 1996 (9th District), 2006 (22nd District); candidate
for Texas
railroad commissioner, 1998; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 2014; arrested
in March 2017 and charged
in federal court on multiple counts, including obtaining $1.25 millon
under
false pretenses, money
laundering, making false
statements to the FEC, not reporting income on his tax
return; tried
starting in January 2018; convicted
in April of 23 felonies; sentenced
to ten years in prison
and ordered to pay more than $1 million restitution.
Baptist.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2020.
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Della Tovrea Stuart (1888-1969) —
also known as Della Gillespie; Della Tovrea; Mrs. E.
A. Tovrea; Mrs. William P. Stuart —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Blanco, Blanco
County, Tex., October
8, 1888.
Democrat. Auditor; director and vice-president, Tovrea Packing Co.,
1919-46; president, Central Arizona Broadcasting
Co., 1937-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arizona, 1936;
member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arizona, 1940-56.
Female.
Quaker.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died January
17, 1969 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Steele Gillespie and Irene (Anderson) Gillespie;
married, December
18, 1906, to Edward A. Tovrea; married, November
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Raymond L. Telles Jr. (1915-2013) —
also known as Raymond Telles —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., September
5, 1915.
Accountant; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
El
Paso County Clerk, 1949-57; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1957-61; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1961-67.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions.
Died in 2013
(age about
97 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles M. Thacker (1866-1918) —
of Ennis, Ellis
County, Tex.; Mangum, Greer
County, Okla.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., January
17, 1866.
Bookkeeper; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Oklahoma
territorial legislature, 1899; mayor of
Mangum, Okla., 1909-10; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1915; appointed 1915.
Died in 1918
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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