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Joseph R. Baxter (1903-1962) —
also known as Joe R. Baxter —
of Renton, King
County, Wash.
Born in Renton, King
County, Wash., January
18, 1903.
Republican. Painting
contractor; motel
owner; mayor of
Renton, Wash., 1948-60.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1962
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph H. Baxter and Mary (DeWinter) Baxter; married, September
5, 1929, to Sarah M. Laramie. |
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Edward Clark Bellows (1856-1929) —
also known as Edward C. Bellows —
of New Hartford, Butler
County, Iowa; Washington; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., May 8,
1856.
Republican. Banker;
member of Washington state legislature, 1890; U.S. Consul General in
Yokohama, as of 1900-05; California Corporation Commissioner,
1918-22.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights of Pythias.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
27, 1929 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Bristol Bellows and Eusebia (Dickinson) Bellows; married,
August
28, 1883, to Ida Isabel Perry. |
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Richard William Condon (b. 1867) —
also known as Richard W. Condon —
of Port Gamble, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Port Gamble, Kitsap
County, Wash., September
19, 1867.
Republican. Member of Washington
state senate, 1905-09, 1925-30; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Washington, 1912,
1920,
1924,
1940
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Washington, 1928-32.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Edwin Edwards (b. 1879) —
also known as A. E. Edwards —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.; Deming, Whatcom
County, Wash.
Born in Victoria, British
Columbia, September
10, 1879.
Democrat. Midshipman, English merchant marine; sailor, U.S. merchant
marine; officer and captain, Yukon River steamboats;
merchant;
miner;
rancher;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1928
(alternate), 1948;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1933-36, 1955-63; member of Washington
state senate 41st District, 1937-52.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. E. Edwards and Margaret (Hansen) Edwards; married, August
13, 1959, to Dorothy Birchall. |
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Ralph Scott Hamilton (1879-1960) —
also known as Ralph S. Hamilton —
of Lind, Adams
County, Wash.; Bend, Deschutes
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in East Palestine, Columbiana
County, Ohio, December
6, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1925-31; Speaker of
the Oregon State House of Representatives, 1929.
Member, Elks;
Knights of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died May 31,
1960 (age 80 years, 177
days).
Interment at Pilot Butte Cemetery, Bend, Ore.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio
state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose;
Knights of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273
days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Originally entombed at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;
married, July 8,
1891, to Florence
Harding. |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Harding High
School, in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding High
School, in Warren,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding Middle
School, in Frankford,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The community
of Harding
Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for
him. — Warren Street,
G Street,
and Harding Street
(now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan,
Alaska, were all named for
him. — Harding Mountain,
in Chelan
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Mount
Harding, in Skagway,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His
Times — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.
Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Oscar Raymond Holcomb (b. 1867) —
also known as O. R. Holcomb —
of Ritzville, Adams
County, Wash.
Born in Gibson
County, Ind., December
31, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1902; superior court
judge in Washington, 1909-15; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1915-27, 1927-31; chief
justice of Washington state supreme court, 1919-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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William Rufus King (b. 1864) —
also known as William R. King; Will R.
King —
of Baker City, Baker
County, Ore.; Ontario, Malheur
County, Ore.
Born in Walla Walla
County, Wash., October
3, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1892-94; member of Oregon
state senate, 1894-98; candidate for Governor of
Oregon, 1898; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1909-10; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oregon, 1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oregon, 1912-16.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Davis Rufus King and Elizabeth (Estes) King; married, December
6, 1892, to L. Myrtle King. |
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Henry Floyd Samuels (1869-1948) —
also known as H. F. Samuels —
of Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Washington
County, Miss., April 4,
1869.
Lawyer;
Shoshone
County Attorney, 1898-1900; developed zinc, lead and silver mining in
Idaho; built the Samuels Hotel in
1907; banker;
candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1918 (Democratic), 1922 (Progressive), 1924 (Progressive);
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks;
Knights of Pythias.
Died in 1948
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Sequim
View Cemetery, Near Sequim, Clallam County, Wash.
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John William Summers (1870-1937) —
also known as John W. Summers —
of Walla Walla, Walla
Walla County, Wash.
Born in Valeene, Orange
County, Ind., April
29, 1870.
Republican. Physician;
farmer;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1917; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Christian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights of Pythias.
Died in 1937
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Wash.
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Ashman Henry Vandivert (1853-1927) —
also known as A. H. Vandivert —
of Bethany, Harrison
County, Mo.
Born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, April 6,
1853.
Republican. Physician;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1888.
Christian.
Member, Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
19, 1927 (age 74 years, 196
days).
Interment at Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Mo.
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John Stanley Webster (1877-1962) —
also known as J. Stanley Webster —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., February
22, 1877.
Republican. Superior court judge in Washington, 1909-16; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1916-18; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1919-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1923-39.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights of Pythias.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., December
24, 1962 (age 85 years, 305
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakesdale
Cemetery, Oakesdale, Wash.
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