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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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Brian Norton Baird (b. 1956) —
also known as Brian Baird —
of Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash.
Born in Chama, Rio Arriba
County, N.M., March 7,
1956.
Democrat. Psychologist;
university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1999-; defeated,
1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Protestant.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin P. Bettridge (1952-2000) —
also known as Ben Bettridge —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., April 9,
1952.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Pierce County Republican Party, 1981-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Washington, 1992;
Washington
Republican state chair, 1992.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Tacoma Lutheran Home,
Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., October
5, 2000 (age 48 years, 179
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patricia Bettridge. |
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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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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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Emerson Hugh De Lacy (1910-1986) —
also known as Hugh De Lacy —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 9,
1910.
Democrat. College
instructor; machinist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946; carpenter.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; International
Association of Machinists.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Dominican Hospital,
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., August
19, 1986 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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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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Allison Hartwell Eid (b. 1965) —
also known as Allison H. Eid; Allison Lynn
Hartwell —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., 1965.
Republican. Special assistant and speechwriter
to U.S. Secretary of Education William
Bennett; lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas and for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jerry
E. Smith; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 2006-17; appointed 2006; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 2017-.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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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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Lyman Enos Knapp (1837-1904) —
also known as Lyman E. Knapp —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Somerset, Windham
County, Vt., November
5, 1837.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
probate judge in Vermont, 1879-82; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1884-85; Governor
of Alaska District, 1889-93.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
9, 1904 (age 66 years, 339
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Lyle Franklin Lane (b. 1926) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., September
19, 1926.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay, 1979-80; Paraguay, 1980-82.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Chi Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robin Lynn Raphel (b. 1947) —
also known as Robin Raphel —
of Washington.
Born in Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash., September
16, 1947.
Foreign Service officer; Assistant Secretary of State for South and
Central Asian Affairs, 1993-97; U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, 1997-2000.
Member, American
Economic Association; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2001.
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Anthony Savage (b. 1893) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill
County, Pa., December
25, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1928-34.
Catholic.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis B. Savage and Anna (Tamosz) Savage; married, September
11, 1915, to Florence Hopkins. |
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