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Politician Professors in the Virgin Islands
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  Lawrence William Cramer (1897-1978) — also known as Lawrence W. Cramer — Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., December 26, 1897. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university professor; Lieutenant Governor of Virgin Islands, 1931-35; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935-40; major in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, Chi Psi; American Legion. Died in Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C., October 18, 1978 (age 80 years, 296 days). Interment at Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Carl J. Cramer and Emma E. (Steuber) Cramer; married, March 31, 1925, to Aline Parry Smith.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) — also known as William H. Hastie — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., November 17, 1904. Lawyer; law professor; U.S. District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean, Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took senior status 1971. African ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omega Psi Phi; Freemasons; American Civil Liberties Union; Americans for Democratic Action. Received Spingarn Medal in 1943. Died, at Suburban General Hospital, East Norriton, Montgomery County, Pa., April 14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Hastie and Roberta (Child) Hastie; married, December 25, 1943, to Beryl Lockhart.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Robert Welch Herrick (1868-1938) — also known as Robert Herrick — Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., April 21, 1868. Novelist; university professor; secretary of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935-38; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935. Died, from a heart attack, in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, December 23, 1938 (age 70 years, 246 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Augustus Herrick; married, June 19, 1894, to Harriett Peabody Emery.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Albert Levitt (1887-1968) — of Redding, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Woodbine, Carroll County, Md., March 14, 1887. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chaplain; lawyer; law professor; Independent Republican candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Redding, 1930; Independent candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1932; Independent Citizen candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1934; U.S. District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1935-36; as judge in 1935, ordered election officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands to allow women to vote; candidate in Republican primary for U.S. Senator from California, 1950; candidate in Republican primary for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1960. Died June 18, 1968 (age 81 years, 96 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 24, 1921, to Elsie Hill.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Robert Morss Lovett (1870-1956) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Lake Zurich, Lake County, Ill. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 25, 1870. Progressive. University professor; novelist; playwright; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; secretary of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1939-43; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1940-41; removed from office as Secretary of the Virgin Islands, and barred from federal employment, by action of the U.S. Congress in 1943, over his ties to left-wing and purportedly Communist individuals and groups; the action was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as an unconstitutional bill of attainder, and he received about $2,000 in salary owed to him. Atheist. Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 8, 1956 (age 85 years, 45 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Augustus Sidney Lovett and Elizabeth (Russell) Lovett; married, June 4, 1895, to Ida Mott-Smith; father of Robert Morss Lovett, Jr.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Paul Martin Pearson (1871-1938) — Born in Litchfield, Montgomery County, Ill., October 22, 1871. College professor; author; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1931-35; forced to resign in July, 1935 during a Congressional investigation of financial mismanagement in the Islands government. Suffered a stroke, and died a month later, March 26, 1938 (age 66 years, 155 days). Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Father of Drew Pearson.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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