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Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) —
also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J.
Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March
16, 1863.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; chairman of Henry
George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of
the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and
spokesman of William
Jennings Bryan; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science
Monitor, 1922-27.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Economic Association.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1934 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Hugh Gardner Ackley (1915-1998) —
also known as H. Gardner Ackley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 30,
1915.
University
professor; economist;
chair, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, 1964-68; U.S. Ambassador to
Italy, 1968-69.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Delta Pi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Trilateral
Commission; American Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Huron Woods nursing
home, Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
12, 1998 (age 82 years, 227
days).
Cremated.
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Marcus Alexis (b. 1932) —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
26, 1932.
Democrat. Economist;
university
professor; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1979-81.
African
ancestry. Member, American Economic Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) —
also known as George W. Anderson —
of Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Acworth, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
1, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1917-18; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took
senior status 1931.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Economic
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., February
14, 1938 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson;
married 1897 to Minnie
E. Mitchell; married, January
25, 1908, to Addie Earle Kenerson. |
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Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. (1873-1936) —
also known as A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. —
of Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., February
12, 1873.
Republican. Director, U.S. Mint, 1909; U.S. Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, 1910-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1921-36; died in
office 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Military
Order of the World Wars; American Economic Association.
Died, from influenza
and arteriosclerosis,
in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 3,
1936 (age 63 years, 112
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) —
also known as Roger W. Babson; "The Seer of Wellesley
Hills" —
of Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 6,
1875.
Statistician;
economist;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Economic Association.
Author
of many books on business and religion; famed for predicting the 1929
stock market crash; founder
of Babson Institute (now Babson College), in Wellesley, Mass.; Webber
College (now Webber International University), in Babson Park, Fla.,
and Utopia College (now defunct), in Eureka, Kan.
Died in Mountain Lake, Polk
County, Fla., March 5,
1967 (age 91 years, 242
days).
Interment at Babson College Grounds, Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Mass.
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William Burke Belknap (1885-1965) —
also known as William B. Belknap —
of Goshen, Oldham
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April
18, 1885.
Democrat. Stock
breeder; economist;
college
teacher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 59th District, 1924-28, 1934-35;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1933.
Member, American Economic Association; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died September
7, 1965 (age 80 years, 142
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Zenas Work Bliss (1867-1957) —
also known as Zenas W. Bliss —
of Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.; Edgewood, Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Johnston, Providence
County, R.I., January
10, 1867.
Republican. Real estate
business; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1903-09; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1910-13; Rhode Island State Tax
Commissioner.
Unitarian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; American Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; Freemasons.
Died in Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., January
10, 1957 (age 90 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Werner Michael Blumenthal (b. 1926) —
also known as W. Michael Blumenthal —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Oranienburg, Germany,
January
3, 1926.
Democrat. President, Bendix International, 1967-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
chairman, Burroughs
(1980-86), and Unisys
(1986-90); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 2008;
president, Berlin Jewish Museum.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Economic Association.
Still living as of 2020.
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Edgar Bernard Brossard (b. 1889) —
also known as Edgar B. Brossard —
of Utah; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Oxford, Bannock
County, Idaho, April 1,
1889.
Republican. College
professor; economist;
member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1925-45; chair, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1930.
Mormon.
Member, American Economic Association; Grange;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Amable Alphonse Brossard and Mary Catherine (Hobson) Brossard;
married, August
25, 1915, to Laura P. Crowley. |
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Charles Hillman Brough (1876-1935) —
also known as Charles H. Brough —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Clinton, Hinds
County, Miss., July 9,
1876.
Democrat. College
professor; Governor of
Arkansas, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, American Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen of America; Columbian
Woodmen; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Died, from a heart
attack, December
26, 1935 (age 59 years, 170
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Frank Buchanan (1902-1951) —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
1, 1902.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; automobile
dealer; mayor
of McKeesport, Pa., 1942; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1946-51; died in
office 1951.
Protestant.
Member, American Economic Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Lions.
Died, from esophageal
and gastric bleeding, in the naval
hospital at Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
27, 1951 (age 48 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, near McKeesport, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny
County, Pa.
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
University
professor; President
of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Arthur Conant (1861-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Conant —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 2,
1861.
Democrat. Candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1894; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896; journalist;
author;
economist;
set up the currency system in the Philippine Islands; director of the
Manila Railroad
and the National Bank of
Nicaragua; treasurer of Morton Trust
Company of New York.
Member, American Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
July
5, 1915 (age 54 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. Conant and Mary Crawford (Wallace)
Conant. |
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article |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Charles Richard Crane (1858-1939) —
also known as Charles R. Crane —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Woods Hole, Falmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
7, 1858.
President, Crane Company, valves
and fittings manufacturer; director, National Bank of
the Republic, Chicago; U.S. Minister to China, 1920-21.
Member, American Economic Association.
Died February
14, 1939 (age 80 years, 191
days).
Interment at Woods Hole Village Cemetery, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Mass.
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William Smith Culbertson (1884-1966) —
also known as William S. Culbertson —
of Kansas; Charmian, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
5, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; economist;
university
professor; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921-25; U.S. Minister
to Romania, 1925-28; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1928-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Phi Epsilon; American Economic Association.
Died in 1966
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Winthrop More Daniels (b. 1867) —
also known as Winthrop M. Daniels —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, September
30, 1867.
University
professor; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1914-23;
trustee of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
1935.
Member, American Economic Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) —
also known as Paul H. Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
26, 1892.
Democrat. University
professor; economist;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966.
Unitarian
or Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1976 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Garrett Droppers (1860-1927) —
of Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., April
12, 1860.
Democrat. University
professor; president,
University of South Dakota, 1898-1906; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); U.S. Minister to Greece, 1914-20; Montenegro, 1914-20.
Member, American Economic Association.
Died in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 7,
1927 (age 67 years, 86
days).
Interment at Williams
College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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Edward Dana Durand (1871-1960) —
also known as E. Dana Durand —
of Minnesota; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Romeo, Macomb
County, Mich., October
18, 1871.
Economist;
director, U.S. Census, 1909-13; university
professor; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1935-47.
Member, American Economic Association; American
Statistical Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1960 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Y. Durand and Celia (Day) Durand; married, July 15,
1903, to Mary Elizabeth Bennett. |
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Lynn Ramsay Edminster (b. 1893) —
also known as Lynn R. Edminster —
of Illinois; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chillicothe, Peoria
County, Ill., January
2, 1893.
University
professor; economist;
member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1942-45.
Member, American Economic Association; Kappa
Sigma.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Howard Simmons Edminster and Julia (Jones) Edminster; married, May 19,
1917, to Lucile Forsythe. |
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Franklin Spencer Edmonds (b. 1874) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Whitemarsh, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
28, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1921-26; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1939-46.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Economic Association; American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Union
League; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Lyman Fisher (1914-1992) —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., January
11, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1975-81.
Unitarian.
Member, American Economic Association; American
Society for Public Administration; American
Forestry Association.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
19, 1992 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ralph Edward Flanders (1880-1970) —
also known as Ralph E. Flanders —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., September
28, 1880.
Republican. Mechanical
engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1946-59.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Economic
Association; United
World Federalists.
Died in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., February
19, 1970 (age 89 years, 144
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Summer
Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.
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Marion Bayard Folsom (1893-1976) —
also known as Marion B. Folsom —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in McRae (now part of McRae-Helena), Telfair
County, Ga., November
23, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1955-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Economic
Association.
Treasurer of Eastman Kodak Company, 1935-53.
Died September
27, 1976 (age 82 years, 309
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth —
of Tennessee.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Republican. Economist;
member, Federal Communications Commission, 1997-2001.
Member, American Economic Association.
Still living as of 2001.
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James Kenneth Galbraith (born c.1952) —
also known as James K. Galbraith —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born about 1952.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972;
economist;
university
professor.
Member, American Economic Association; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Iona Station, Ontario,
October
15, 1908.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist;
university
professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Economic Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Mt. Auburn Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
29, 2006 (age 97 years, 196
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Edward Joseph Gardner (1898-1950) —
also known as Edward J. Gardner —
of Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August
7, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
economist;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1937-38, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1945-47; defeated, 1946.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Economic Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Moose.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, December
7, 1950 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Hamilton, Ohio.
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Jule Lawrence Goetzman (1912-1956) —
also known as Jule L. Goetzman —
of Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
12, 1912.
Foreign Service officer; economist;
U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1937-39; Yokohama, 1939-41; Bilbao, 1942-46.
Member, American Economic Association.
Died July 23,
1956 (age 43 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George L. Goetzman and Myrtle (Rinehart) Goetzman; married 1937 to
Charlotte Ehler. |
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Henry Francis Grady (1882-1957) —
also known as Henry F. Grady —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1882.
Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to India, 1947-48; Greece, 1948-50; Iran, 1950-51; U.S. Minister to Nepal, 1948.
Member, American Economic Association; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Sigma Pi; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Gamma Mu.
Died, of a heart
attack, on the
ocean liner President Wilson, in the Pacific
Ocean, September
14, 1957 (age 75 years, 214
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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John Austin Gronouski Jr. (1919-1996) —
also known as John A. Gronouski, Jr. —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Dunbar, Marinette
County, Wis., October
26, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1952; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1963-65; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1965-68.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Economic Association.
Died in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., January
7, 1996 (age 76 years, 73
days).
Interment at Allouez Catholic Cemetery, Allouez, Wis.
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Charles Humphrey Hamill (b. 1868) —
also known as Charles H. Hamill —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
20, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
S. Deneen, 1898-1905; member, board of managers, Presbyterian Hospital;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 29th District,
1920-22.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American Economic
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles D. Hamill and Susan Fannie (Walbridge) Hamill; married, May 25,
1910, to Kathleen McDonald Mather-Smith. |
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James Denton Hancock (b. 1837) —
also known as James D. Hancock; "Nya Gua
Hai"; "Grizzy Bear" —
of Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 9,
1837.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer;
solicitor, Allegeny Valley Railroad,
1877-88; solicitor, New York and Philadelphia Railroad,
1878-88; general solicitor, Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad,
from 1888; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1892 (27th District), 1894
(at-large).
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Economic Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hancock and Mary (Perkins) Hancock. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1904,
1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American Economic
Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.
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Leon Henderson (1895-1986) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Rocky Mount, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., May 26,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41;
administrator, Office of Price Administration, 1941-42.
Member, American
Statistical Association; American Economic Association; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in October, 1986
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Harris Hitchcock (1867-1935) —
also known as Frank H. Hitchcock —
of Massachusetts; Arizona.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
5, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1908-09; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1909-13; newspaper
publisher; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1932-33.
Member, American Economic Association.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
25, 1935 (age 67 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Chapman Hitchcock and Mary Laurette (Harris)
Hitchcock. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Emil Hurja (1892-1953) —
of Breckenridge, Stephens
County, Tex.; Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich., January
22, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, American
Political Science Association; American Economic
Association; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a heart
attack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club, Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1953 (age 61 years, 128
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Byron Lindberg Johnson (1917-2000) —
also known as Byron L. Johnson —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
12, 1917.
Democrat. Economist;
university
professor; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1955-56; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1959-61; defeated,
1956, 1960, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1960,
1968.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., January
6, 2000 (age 82 years, 86
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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David Matthew Kennedy (1905-1996) —
also known as David M. Kennedy —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Rich
County, Utah, July 21,
1905.
Economist;
banker;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1969-71; U.S. Ambassador to , 1971-73.
Mormon.
Member, American Economic Association; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 1,
1996 (age 90 years, 285
days).
Interment at Randolph
Cemetery, Randolph, Utah.
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Tracy Hollingsworth Lay (b. 1882) —
also known as Tracy Lay —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., November
5, 1882.
Newspaper
reporter; department
store manager; U.S. Deputy Consul General in London, 1912-14; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Dublin, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1915-19; U.S. Consul General in Munich, 1923-25; Buenos Aires, 1926-28.
Methodist.
Member, American
Political Science Association; American Economic
Association; Sigma
Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Patrick Lay and Laura Josephine (Hollingsworth) Lay;
married, October
5, 1921, to Marcia Bliss. |
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Robert Luce (1862-1946) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
2, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Boston Mutual Life
Insurance Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Seventh Middlesex District, 1899,
1901-08; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1912-13; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1919-35, 1937-41 (13th
District 1919-33, 9th District 1933-35, 1937-41); defeated, 1934,
1940.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Political Science Association; American Economic
Association; Exchange
Club.
Died April 7,
1946 (age 83 years, 126
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Theodore Marburg (1862-1946) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 10,
1862.
U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1912-14.
Member, American Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Vancouver, British
Columbia, March 3,
1946 (age 83 years, 236
days).
Entombed at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Balthasar Henry Meyer (1866-1954) —
also known as Balthasar H. Meyer —
of Wisconsin.
Born near Mequon, Ozaukee
County, Wis., May 28,
1866.
School
teacher and principal; university
professor; Wisconsin
railroad commissioner, 1905-10; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1910-39.
Member, American Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1954 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Walker Page (1866-1937) —
Born in Cobham, Albemarle
County, Va., December
4, 1866.
Economist;
university
professor; chair, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1920-22.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Economic Association; American
Historical Association.
Died in 1937
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cismont, Va.
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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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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1936,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1948; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
19, 1961 (age 71 years, 87
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) —
also known as Roland Renne —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Born in Greenwich, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
12, 1905.
Democrat. Economist;
college
professor; president,
Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1964.
Presbyterian
or Unitarian.
Member, Rotary;
American Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta.
Died August
30, 1989 (age 83 years, 261
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, Mont.
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Victor Rosewater (b. 1871) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
13, 1871.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1896-97; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1908-12; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1912.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Economic
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Rosewater and Leah (Colman) Rosewater; married, January
27, 1904, to Katie Katz. |
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George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) —
also known as George P. Shultz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
13, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1969-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1982-89; survived an assassination
attempt in South America, August 1988; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1989.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Economic Association.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
6, 2021 (age 100 years,
55 days).
Interment at Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Mass.
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Neil Oliver Staebler (1905-2000) —
also known as Neil Staebler; "Mr.
Democrat" —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 11,
1905.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1950-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1963-65; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1963-67, 1972-75; candidate for
Governor
of Michigan, 1964; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan.
Unitarian.
German
ancestry. Member, Theta
Chi; American Economic Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died, from the effects of Alzheimer's
disease, in Glacier Hills nursing
home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
8, 2000 (age 95 years, 150
days).
Cremated.
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Frank William Taussig (1859-1940) —
also known as Frank W. Taussig; "The American
Marshall" —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
28, 1859.
University
professor; economist;
chair, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1917-19.
Member, American Economic Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
11, 1940 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Paul Harold Todd Jr. (1921-2008) —
also known as Paul H. Todd, Jr. —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., September
22, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; founded and
led Kalamazoo Spice
Extraction Co. (now Kalsec); candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kalamazoo County
2nd District, 1961; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated,
1962, 1966, 1974.
Protestant.
Member, American Economic Association; American
Chemical Society.
Died November
18, 2008 (age 87 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Meek Whitehead (1852-1924) —
also known as John M. Whitehead —
of Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born near Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill., July 29,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1896-1912; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1920.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Economic Association; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., August
31, 1924 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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Carroll Davidson Wright (1840-1909) —
also known as Carroll D. Wright —
Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 25,
1840.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Sixth Middlesex District, 1872-73; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; chief, Massachusetts Bureau
of Statistics, 1873-88; in charge of the state census in 1875 and
1885, and the federal census for Massachusetts in 1880; U.S.
Commissioner of Labor, 1885-1905; university
professor; president,
Clark College, Worcester, Mass., 1902.
Unitarian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Antiquarian Society.
Died February
20, 1909 (age 68 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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