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Brockman Adams (1927-2004) —
also known as Brock Adams —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Stevensville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
13, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Washington 7th District, 1965-77; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1977-79; resigned 1979; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1987-93; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
in 1992, he was accused
by eight women of sexual
misconduct including sexual
harassment and rape;
he denied the allegations, and no charges were ever brought, but the
scandal
ended his political career.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Stevensville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., September
10, 2004 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Broad
Creek Cemetery, Stevensville, Md.
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Niel Richardson Allen (b. 1894) —
also known as Niel R. Allen —
of Grants Pass, Josephine
County, Ore.
Born in Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash., May 1,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1941-46; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Union Veterans; Rotary;
Izaak
Walton League; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Russell Anderson Austin Jr. —
also known as Russell A. Austin, Jr. —
of Aberdeen, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Washington, 1968,
1972;
member of Washington
Republican State Committee, 1970-73.
Protestant.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Russell Anderson Austin and Amanda (Ficks) Austin; married, June 23,
1953, to Barbara Fortnum. |
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Lloyd Llewellyn Black (1889-1950) —
also known as Lloyd L. Black —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., March
15, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; Snohomish
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-19; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1924; superior court
judge in Washington, 1936-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1939-50;
died in office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen.
Died August
23, 1950 (age 61 years, 161
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Acacia
Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
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George Hugo Boldt (1903-1984) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
28, 1903.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1953-71;
took senior status 1971.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died March
18, 1984 (age 80 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George F. Boldt and Christine (Carstensen) Boldt; married, November
17, 1928, to Eloise Baird. |
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John Clyde Bowen (1888-1978) —
of Washington.
Born in Newbern, Dyer
County, Tenn., May 12,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Washington
state senate, 1931; legal advisor to Gov. Clarence
D. Martin, 1933; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1934-61;
took senior status 1961.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died April
27, 1978 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Allen Bowen and Maryette (Featherston)
Bowen. |
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James Wesley Bryan Jr. (1901-1969) —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., October
31, 1901.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; lawyer; Kitsap
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-32; candidate for Washington
state senate, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association; Eagles;
Lions;
Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in December, 1969
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Jensen Bryan (b. 1934) —
also known as Robert J. Bryan —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash., October
29, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; chair
of Kitsap County Republican Party, 1961-62; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Washington, 1964;
superior court judge in Washington, 1967-84; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1986-2000;
took senior status 2000.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Upsilon; American Bar Association; Eagles;
Lions;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 2000.
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Hugh Milton Caldwell (b. 1881) —
also known as Hugh M. Caldwell —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., June 7,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1920-22.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Sigma Kappa; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas M. Caldwell and Jane (Kearsley) Caldwell; married, October
21, 1903, to Sarah Smith Howard. |
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Stephen Fowler Chadwick (b. 1894) —
also known as Stephen F. Chadwick —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Colfax, Whitman
County, Wash., August
14, 1894.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Democratic candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1926; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1932 (Democratic primary), 1940
(Republican).
Episcopalian.
Member, Forty and
Eight; American Bar Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen James Chadwick and Emma (Plummer) Chadwick; married, July 2,
1919, to Margaret Gardiner Tyler. |
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John Main Coffee (1897-1983) —
also known as John M. Coffee —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
23, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Sen. C.
C. Dill, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1937-47; defeated,
1946; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Washington, 1940.
Unitarian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Grange;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Sigma
Upsilon.
Died June 3,
1983 (age 86 years, 131
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Puget Sound.
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Clarence J. Coleman (b. 1897) —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., December
6, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; Washington
Democratic state chair, 1940-44; member of Democratic
National Committee from Washington, 1944-48; member, Board of
Regents, University of Washington, 1945-51; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Washington, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; American
Society for International Law; American Bar Association;
American
Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Coleman and Winfred (Blair) Coleman; married, November
15, 1932, to Margaret D. Gwin. |
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Kenneth Allen Cox (b. 1916) —
also known as Kenneth A. Cox —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., December
7, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1963-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; American Bar Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Seth Leroy Cox and Jean (Sears) Cox; married, January
1, 1943, to Nona Beth Fumerton. |
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Clarence Cleveland Dill (1884-1978) —
also known as C. C. Dill; "Father of the Grand Coulee
Dam"; "Father of the Radio Act" —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born near Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, September
21, 1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1915-19; defeated,
1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1923-35.
Methodist
or Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Woodmen;
Phi
Kappa Psi.
Instrumental in developing Grand Coulee Dam.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., January
14, 1978 (age 93 years, 115
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
United
World Federalists; American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher — William
A. Norris |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Betty Binns Fletcher (1923-2012) —
also known as Betty Binns —
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., March
29, 1923.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1979-98.
Female.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died October
22, 2012 (age 89 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Arthur Garrecht (1870-1948) —
also known as Francis A. Garrecht —
of Walla Walla, Walla
Walla County, Wash.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Walla Walla, Walla Walla
County, Wash., September
11, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, 1914-21;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1932;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1933.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died August
11, 1948 (age 77 years, 335
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Wash.
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Abe McGregor Goff (1899-1984) —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho.
Born in Colfax, Whitman
County, Wash., December
21, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Latah
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1926-34; member of Idaho
state senate, 1941-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1958-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho, November
23, 1984 (age 84 years, 338
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Alfred Theodore Goodwin (b. 1923) —
also known as Alfred T. Goodwin —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash., June 29,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
circuit judge in Oregon, 1955-60; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1960-69; U.S.
District Judge for Oregon, 1969.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas Slade Gorton III (b. 1928) —
also known as Slade Gorton —
of Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Clyde Hill, King
County, Wash.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1959-69; Washington
state attorney general, 1969-81; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1981-87, 1989-2001; defeated, 1986,
2000; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lindley Hoag Hadley (1861-1948) —
also known as Lindley H. Hadley —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.
Born near Sylvania, Parke
County, Ind., June 19,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1915-33; defeated,
1932.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
4, 1948 (age 87 years, 138
days).
Interment at St.
Matthew's Cemetery, Wilton, Conn.
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Thomas Ellsworth Martin (1893-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Martin —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Melrose, Monroe
County, Iowa, January
18, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
lawyer;
candidate for Iowa
railroad commission, 1932, 1934; mayor
of Iowa City, Iowa, 1935-37; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1939-55; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1955-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1956.
Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar Association.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 27,
1971 (age 78 years, 160
days).
Interment at Willamette
National Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Jeremiah Neterer (b. 1862) —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Washington, 1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Washington, 1912;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1913-.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Mining
engineer;
lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special
assistant to Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married, August
27, 1927, to Ellen Ford. |
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Emmett Newton Parker (1859-1939) —
also known as Emmett N. Parker —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in York
County, Pa., May 12,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Washington, 1890-92; superior court judge in
Washington, 1893-97; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1909-33; chief
justice of Washington state supreme court, 1921-22.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, in a hospital
at Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
8, 1939 (age 80 years, 210
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) —
also known as Lewis B. Schwellenbach —
of Neppel (now Moses Lake), Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
20, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
King County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1932; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1935-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1940-45;
resigned 1945; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1948 (age 53 years, 264
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Elmer Ely Todd (b. 1873) —
also known as Elmer E. Todd —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Dixon, Lee
County, Ill., May 7,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1905; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1907-12.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Harvey Todd and Charlotte Thomas (Little) Todd; married, March 9,
1904, to Relura Pardee Hunt. |
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