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Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Keith, King
William County, Va., August
9, 1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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James Lindsay Almond Jr. (1898-1986) —
also known as J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. —
of Roanoke,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., June 15,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
hustings court judge in Virginia, 1933-45; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1946-48; Virginia
state attorney general, 1948-57; Governor of
Virginia, 1958-62; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1962-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; died
in office 1986.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Eagles; Moose; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Pi; United
Commercial Travelers; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April
14, 1986 (age 87 years, 303
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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William Hanes Ayres (1916-2000) —
also known as William H. Ayres —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Eagle Rock, Botetourt
County, Va., February
5, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1951-71; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Eagles; Moose.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments, at Vantage House retirement
home, Columbia, Howard
County, Md., December
27, 2000 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) —
also known as Laurie C. Battle —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Wilsonville, Shelby
County, Ala., May 10,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1947-55; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1956;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Gamma Mu; Elks;
Eagles; Lions.
Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doing
business with the Soviet Union, but allowed the President flexibility
to waive the ban.
Died, from cancer,
at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2000 (age 87 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Armistead L. Boothe (1907-1990) —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., September
23, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Episcopalian.
Member, Eagles; Lions.
Died February
14, 1990 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919-2006) —
also known as Joel T. Broyhill —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Hopewell,
Va., November
4, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; taken
prisoner by the German forces in the Battle of the Bulge; escaped
after six months; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1953-75; defeated,
1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1960,
1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Optimist
Club; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Reserve
Officers Association; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks;
Eagles; Izaak
Walton League; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of congestive
heart failure and pneumonia,
in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
24, 2006 (age 86 years, 324
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (1914-2013) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd, Jr. —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
20, 1914.
Newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1940;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1948-65 (25th District 1948-55, 24th District
1956-63, 23rd District 1964-65); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1965-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Elks; Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Winchester,
Va., July 30,
2013 (age 98 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-2010) —
also known as Robert C. Byrd; Cornelius Calvin Sale
Jr.; "King of Pork" —
of Sophia, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1917.
Democrat. Grocer; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose;
Eagles; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Ku Klux Klan.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., June 28,
2010 (age 92 years, 220
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Forrest Curry (1858-1930) —
also known as Charles F. Curry; C. F.
Curry —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Naperville, DuPage
County, Ill., March
14, 1858.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1887-89; secretary
of state of California, 1899-1911; candidate for Governor of
California, 1910; U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1913-30; died in
office 1930.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
10, 1930 (age 72 years, 210
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; re-entombed
in mausoleum at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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Earl Hebert (1902-1991) —
of Ecorse, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., July 3,
1902.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,
1949-54.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles.
Died in Fort Belvoir, Fairfax
County, Va., June 1,
1991 (age 88 years, 333
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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John G. Hudson (b. 1906) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Fort Chiswell, Wythe
County, Va., May 11,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1939-46.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Eagles; Phi
Alpha Delta; Theta
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Layton Hudson and Dixie Belle (Smith-Leffew)
Hudson. |
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William Francis James (1873-1945) —
also known as W. Frank James —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1873.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate and insurance
business; Houghton
County Treasurer, 1901-04; mayor
of Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated,
1934, 1936.
Methodist.
Cornish
ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees;
Foresters;
Eagles.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
17, 1945 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Pinckney Pope (1884-1966) —
also known as James P. Pope —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Jonesboro, Jackson
Parish, La., March
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1936;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1929-33; resigned 1933; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1933-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Eagles.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., January
23, 1966 (age 81 years, 298
days).
Interment at Lynnhurst
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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John R. Saunders (1869-1934) —
of Saluda, Middlesex
County, Va.
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., December
19, 1869.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate 39th District, 1908-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); secretary
of state of Virginia, 1918.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Eagles.
Died March
17, 1934 (age 64 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Decator Scully (1878-1952) —
also known as Cornelius D. Scully —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
30, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Hillcrest Nursing
Home, Winchester,
Va., September
23, 1952 (age 73 years, 298
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan Scully and Mary E. (Negley) Scully; married, June 10,
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William Munford Tuck (1896-1983) —
also known as William M. Tuck —
of South Boston, Halifax
County, Va.
Born near High Hill, Halifax
County, Va., September
28, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1924-32; member of Virginia
state senate 10th District, 1932-41; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1942-46; Governor of
Virginia, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1953-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Elks;
Eagles; Woodmen;
Moose;
Redmen;
Lions;
Ruritan.
Died in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., June 9,
1983 (age 86 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, South Boston, Va.
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James Edward Van Zandt (1898-1986) —
also known as James E. Van Zandt —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., December
18, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; worked in
Altoona shops of Pennsylvania Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-43, 1947-63 (23rd District
1939-43, 22nd District 1947-53, 20th District 1953-63); resigned
1943; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1962.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Knights
of Pythias; Grange;
Eagles; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
6, 1986 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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