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Vera Andrus (1896-1976) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Reedsburg, Sauk
County, Wis., August
21, 1896.
Republican. School
teacher; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from St. Clair
District, 1961-62.
Female.
Christian
Scientist. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women; National
Education Association; Phi Beta Kappa; American
Historical Association.
Died in August, 1976
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Andrus and Alice (Barton) Andrus. |
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Thomas Mark Barrett (b. 1953) —
also known as Thomas M. Barrett; Tom
Barrett —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
8, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer;
clerk to U.S. District Judge Robert
W. Warren, 1980-82; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1983-89; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1989-91; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1993-2003; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 2002; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 2004-.
Catholic.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Wilder W. Crane Jr. (b. 1928) —
of Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis.
Born in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis., April 7,
1928.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Chippewa County, 1957-58; defeated, 1958.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Political Science Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Elks.
Still living as of 1958.
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Joseph Edward Davies (1876-1958) —
also known as Joseph E. Davies —
of Wisconsin; Washington,
D.C.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis., November
29, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1912; law partner of Timothy
T. Ansberry; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-16; economic advisor to President Woodrow
Wilson at the Paris peace conference after World War I; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1936-38; Belgium, 1938-39; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1938-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia following a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
1958 (age 81 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Clifford Judkins Durr (b. 1899) —
also known as Clifford J. Durr —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March 2,
1899.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, Federal Communications Commission, 1941-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Durr and Lucy (Judkins) Durr; married, April 5,
1926, to Virginia Hurd Foster. |
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Stuart Jamieson Fuller (1880-1941) —
also known as Stuart J. Fuller —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, May 4,
1880.
Exporter;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Hong Kong, 1906-09; U.S. Consul in Gothenberg, 1909-10, 1911-12; Iquitos, 1912-13; Durban, 1913; U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, 1910-11; U.S. Consul General in , 1913-19; Tientsin, 1919-23.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 60 years, 273
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Oscar Hallam (b. 1865) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Linden town, Iowa
County, Wis., October
19, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 2nd District, 1905-13; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1913-23; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi Beta Kappa; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Hallam and Mary (Wood) Hallam; married, July 27,
1892, to Edith L. Lott. |
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Douglas J. LaFollette (b. 1940) —
of Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, June 6,
1940.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin,
1972;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 22nd District, 1973-74; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1975-79, 1983-; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1988.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi.
Still living as of 2000.
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Peggy A. Lautenschlager (b. 1955) —
also known as Peg Lautenschlager —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., November
22, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; Winnebago
County District Attorney, 1985-88; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1989-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1992; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1993-2001; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 2003-07; defeated in primary, 2006; in
February 2004, en route from Madison to Fond du Lac, she accidentally
drove a state-owned car into a ditch; pleaded
guilty to driving
while intoxicated
and refusing
a blood test; lost her
license for a year, paid a fine of
$784, and a self-imposed
penalty of $3,250; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2011.
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Russell Wilber Peterson (1916-2011) —
also known as Russell W. Peterson —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Portage, Columbia
County, Wis., October
3, 1916.
Republican. Textile
researcher
for du Pont chemical
company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Delaware, 1969-73; defeated, 1972.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Eta Sigma.
Died February
21, 2011 (age 94 years, 141
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Hubbs Rehnquist (1924-2005) —
also known as William H. Rehnquist; William Donald
Rehnquist —
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
1, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1972-86; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1986-2005; died in office 2005.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Died September
3, 2005 (age 80 years, 337
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Hiram Arthur Sawyer (b. 1875) —
also known as H. A. Sawyer —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Hartford, Washington
County, Wis., September
4, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Washington
County District Attorney, 1907-15; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1915-23.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram Wilson Sawyer and Josephine B. (Coxe) Sawyer; married, February
28, 1924, to Eleanor J. Dillman. |
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Janet D. Steiger (1939-2004) —
also known as Janet Dempsey —
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 10,
1939.
Republican. Member, Federal Trade Commission, 1989-97; chair, Federal
Trade Commission, 1989-95.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., April 3,
2004 (age 64 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marjorie R. Turnbull (b. 1940) —
of Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., July 4,
1940.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 9th District, 1995-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Zonta; Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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