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Joseph Daniel Duffey (b. 1932) —
also known as Joseph D. Duffey —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 1,
1932.
Democrat. Professor and acting dean, Hartford Seminary,
1960-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1970; Assistant U.S. Secretary of State
for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1977-78; chairman, National
Endowment for the Humanities, 1977-81; chancellor,
University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1982-1991; president,
University of Massachusetts system, 1990-91; president,
American University, 1991-93; dirctor, U.S. Information Agency,
1993-99.
United
Church of Christ.
Still living as of 2011.
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David G. Hanlon (b. 1935) —
of Harrisville, Ritchie
County, W.Va.
Born in Ritchie
County, W.Va., June 23,
1935.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates 6th District, 1972; chair of
Ritchie County Democratic Party, 1975; member of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1977-80.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1980.
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Relatives: Son
of O. G. Hanlon and Janet (Wilson) Hanlon; married, March
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Kenneth William Hechler (1914-2016) —
also known as Ken Hechler —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
20, 1914.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1959-77;
defeated, 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1964,
1968,
1972,
1980,
1984;
secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1985-2000; defeated, 2004.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Civitan;
American
Political Science Association.
Died in Slanesville, Hampshire
County, W.Va., December
10, 2016 (age 102 years,
81 days).
Interment at Branch Mountain United Methodist Church Cemetery, Three
Churches, W.Va.
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Rush D. Holt (b. 1948) —
of Hopewell Township, Cumberland
County, N.J.; Pennington, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., October
15, 1948.
Democrat. College professor; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2013.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas A. Hutto —
also known as Tom Hutto —
of St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Democrat. College professor; state campaign chair, Eugene
McCarthy for President, 1968, and Jimmy
Carter for President, 1976; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1970;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1972.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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Evan H. Jenkins (b. 1960) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., September
12, 1960.
Democrat. Lawyer;
college instructor; association
executive; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1995-2000; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 2003-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. Jenkins, Jr. and Dorothy C. Jenkins; married to Elizabeth
Weiler. |
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Jennings Randolph (1902-1998) —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Salem, Harrison
County, W.Va., March 8,
1902.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; university professor; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1933-47;
defeated, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1956,
1976;
U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1958-85.
Seventh-Day
Baptist. Member, Lions; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Rotary.
Died in 1998
(age about
96 years).
Interment at Seventh-Day
Baptist Cemetery, Salem, W.Va.
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Willard Duncan Vandiver (1854-1932) —
also known as Willard D. Vandiver —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Hardy
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March
30, 1854.
Democrat. College teacher; president,
State Normal School (now Southeast Missouri State University),
1893-97; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1897-1905; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker);
Missouri Insurance Commissioner, 1905-09; vice-president, Central
States Life
Insurance Co., 1911-12; Assistant Treasurer of the United States,
1913-21.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
The phrase, "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me" is attributed
to him.
Died May 30,
1932 (age 78 years, 61
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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