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William Anderson (1888-1975) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
25, 1888.
Political
scientist; university
professor; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,
1953-55.
Member, American Political Science Association; American
Society for Public Administration; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in May, 1975
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Shillingford Babcock (1915-1985) —
also known as Robert S. Babcock —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 22,
1915.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; member of Vermont
state senate, 1951-54, 1957-58; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1959-61; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1960; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1977-81.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Political Science Association.
Died in Yuma, Yuma
County, Ariz., September
1, 1985 (age 70 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840-1927) —
also known as Simeon E. Baldwin —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
5, 1840.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1867; law
professor; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1897-1907; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1907-10; Governor of
Connecticut, 1911-15; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1914.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; American Political Science
Association; American
Philosophical Society; American
Antiquarian Society.
Died January
30, 1927 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Roger
Sherman Baldwin and Emily (Perkins) Baldwin; brother of Henrietta
Perkins (who married Dwight
Foster); married, October
19, 1865, to Susan Mears Winchester; uncle of Edward
Baldwin Whitney; grandson of Simeon
Baldwin; great-grandson of Roger
Sherman; fifth great-grandnephew of Thomas
Welles; first cousin once removed of Sherman
Day, Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar, William
Maxwell Evarts, George
Frisbie Hoar and Henry
de Forest Baldwin; second cousin of Roger
Sherman Greene, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar, Maxwell
Evarts, Arthur
Outram Sherman, Thomas
Day Thacher and Roger
Kent; second cousin once removed of Roger
Sherman Hoar; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Gager and Archibald
Cox; third cousin once removed of Samuel
R. Gager, Samuel
Austin Gager, Chauncey
Mitchell Depew and John
Frederick Addis; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles and John
Stanley Addis; fourth cousin of John
Adams Dix; fourth cousin once removed of James
Doolittle Wooster, Daniel
Upson, Walter
Booth, George
Bailey Loring, Charles
Page, Erwin
J. Baldwin, Ernest
Harvey Woodford, Francis
Everett Baldwin and Clement
Phineas Kellogg. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy
family of Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Edwin
Stark Thomas |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lawrence Becker (1869-1947) —
of Montana; Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.; East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Finnentrop, Germany,
August
10, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1904-11; superior court judge in Indiana,
1911-14, 1934-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, American Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, following a kidney
operation, in St. Catherine's Hospital,
East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., March
12, 1947 (age 77 years, 214
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Eberhard Becker and Margaret (Alvers) Becker; married, September
8, 1898, to Agnes D. Eaton. |
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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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George Nathaniel Briggs (1874-1952) —
also known as George N. Briggs —
of Lamoni, Decatur
County, Iowa.
Born in Tabor, Fremont
County, Iowa, May 10,
1874.
School
teacher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1893-94; superintendent
of schools; president,
Philippine Normal School, 1909-10; president,
Graceland College (now Graceland University), 1915-44; Dry candidate
for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Member, American
Political Science Association.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
26, 1952 (age 78 years, 230
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa.
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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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Clarence J. Coleman (b. 1897) —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., December
6, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; Washington
Democratic state chair, 1940-44; member of Democratic
National Committee from Washington, 1944-48; member, Board of
Regents, University of Washington, 1945-51; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Washington, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; American
Society for International Law; American Bar
Association; American Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Coleman and Winfred (Blair) Coleman; married, November
15, 1932, to Margaret D. Gwin. |
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William Aloysious Costello (1904-1969) —
also known as William A. Costello —
of Minnesota.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 5,
1904.
Newspaper
reporter; television
journalist; U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1967-69.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Political
Science Association.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
June
20, 1969 (age 65 years, 107
days).
Buried at sea.
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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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Thomas Bradford Curtis (1911-1993) —
also known as Thomas B. Curtis —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 14,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1951-69 (12th District 1951-53, 2nd
District 1953-69); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1968, 1974.
Unitarian.
Member, American Political Science Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Lions; American
Legion.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., January
10, 1993 (age 81 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Morgan Davenport (1866-1956) —
also known as Frederick M. Davenport —
of Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., August
27, 1866.
College
professor; member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1909-10, 1919-24; Progressive
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; Progressive candidate for Governor of
New York, 1914; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1925-33; defeated
(Republican), 1932, 1934.
Member, American Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1956 (age 90 years, 121
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Horace Emerson Deemer (b. 1858) —
also known as Horace E. Deemer —
of Red Oak, Montgomery
County, Iowa.
Born in Bourbon, Marshall
County, Ind., September
24, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 15th District, 1887-94; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1894-1917.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Political
Science Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Deemer and Elizabeth (Erwin) Deemer; married, July 12,
1882, to Jeannette Gibson. |
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Boutwell Dunlap (1877-1930) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., November
14, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; historian;
nominated for U.S.
Representative from California 1st District 1904, but withdrew
before election; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in San
Francisco, Calif., 1909-30.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Delta
Chi; Society
of Colonial Wars; American Political Science Association;
American
Historical Association.
Died in his room at the Graystone Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., December
22, 1930 (age 53 years, 38
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of William Dunlap and Sarah Jane (Robinson) Dunlap. |
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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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Ernest Carl Fackler III (b. 1943) —
also known as Ernest C. Fackler —
of Dearborn Heights, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
5, 1943.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1970, 1972; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1979.
Lutheran.
Member, American Political Science Association; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1979.
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Relatives: Son
of Ernest Carl Fackler, Jr. and Emma (Engel) Fackler; married 1967 to Karen
Anne Wagner. |
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Houston Irving Flournoy (b. 1929) —
also known as Houston I. Flournoy —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
member of California
state assembly, 1961-66; California
state controller, 1967-; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1974.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Political Science Association.
Still living as of 1974.
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Charles Louis Follo (1905-1979) —
also known as Charles L. Follo —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich., April 7,
1905.
Democrat. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Delta County,
1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
American Political Science Association.
Died in 1979
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Escanaba, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Olaf Follo and Mayme (Bohmann) Follo; married to Iona
Bergman Dixon. |
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John Fowler (1858-1923) —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 9,
1858.
U.S. Consul in Ningpo, 1890-96; Chefoo, 1896-1904, 1908-11; Foochow, as of 1914; Riviere du Loup, 1915; U.S. Consul General in Chefoo, 1904-08.
Member, American Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died December
31, 1923 (age 65 years, 236
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Fowler and Julia A. (Brown) Fowler; married, March
18, 1891, to Lydia Marie Loureiro. |
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Burton Lee French (1875-1954) —
also known as Burton L. French —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho; Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born near Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., August
1, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1903-09, 1911-15, 1917-33 (at-large
1903-09, 1911-15, 1st District 1917-33); defeated, 1934; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, September
12, 1954 (age 79 years, 42
days).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942) —
also known as Harry A. Garfield; Hal
Garfield —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio, October
11, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; university
professor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1904;
president
of Williams College, 1908-34; U.S. Fuel Administrator, 1917-19.
Member, American Political Science Association; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
12, 1942 (age 79 years, 62
days).
Interment at Williams
College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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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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Bert M. Heideman (b. 1909) —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich., February
5, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; university
professor; Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1958, 1960 (primary), 1962; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 32nd Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 110th District, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi Mu
Alpha; American Political Science Association; American
Historical Association; Lions; Elks; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Arthur Heideman and Lempi (Kranck) Heideman; married to
Katherine Grayson Graham. |
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Charles Pagelsen Howard (1887-1966) —
also known as Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
26, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state senate Seventh Middlesex District, 1923-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1928;
president, Blackstone Savings
Bank, Boston, 1940-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Political Science Association; American
Society for Public Administration; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in Beachmont, Revere, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 2,
1966 (age 78 years, 188
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
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Clifford Chesley Hubbard (b. 1884) —
also known as Clifford C. Hubbard —
of Norton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April
30, 1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Historical Association; American Political Science
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elmer Elston Hubbard and Lucy Amelia (Read) Hubbard; married, June 18,
1915, to Edith Adelaide Wass. |
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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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Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913-2007) —
also known as Philip M. Kaiser —
of New York; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 12,
1913.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1961-64; Mauritania, 1961-64; Hungary, 1977-80; Austria, 1980-81.
Ukrainian
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Political Science Association;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 24,
2007 (age 93 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) —
also known as Estes Kefauver —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born near Madisonville, Monroe
County, Tenn., July 26,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1944
(alternate; speaker),
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Americans
for Democratic Action; American Political Science
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a ruptured
abdominal aortic aneurysm, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
10, 1963 (age 60 years, 15
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford (Estes) Kefauver;
married, August
8, 1935, to Nancy Patterson Pigott; first cousin once removed of
Joseph
Wingate Folk; second cousin thrice removed of Montgomery
Blair and Francis
Preston Blair Jr.; third cousin twice removed of James
Lawrence Blair, Francis
Preston Blair Lee and Gist
Blair; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Brooke Lee. |
| | | Political family: Lee-Randolph
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Estes Kefauver Federal
Building, in Nashville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Estes Kefauver: Hugh
Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley — Joseph Bruce Gorman, Kefauver:
A Political Biography |
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Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956) —
also known as Harley M. Kilgore —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Brown, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
11, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; criminal court judge in
West Virginia, 1933-40; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1941-56; died in office 1956;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944,
1948
(speaker).
Christian.
Member, American Political Science Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Died February
28, 1956 (age 63 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Caroline Clendening Laise (b. 1917) —
also known as Carol C. Laise —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Winchester,
Va., November
14, 1917.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, 1966-73.
Female.
Member, American Political Science Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Lansing (1864-1928) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
17, 1864.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1915-20.
Member, American Political Science Association; Psi
Upsilon.
Died, of myocarditis,
in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 1928 (age 64 years, 13
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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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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George Michael Leader (1918-2013) —
also known as George M. Leader —
of Dover, York
County, Pa.; Camp Hill, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born near York, York
County, Pa., January
17, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
York County Democratic Party, 1946-50; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 28th District, 1951-54; candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1952; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1958.
Lutheran.
Member, Tau
Kappa Epsilon; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Amvets;
American Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Hershey, Westmoreland
County, Pa., May 9,
2013 (age 95 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilbert John LeMelle (b. 1931) —
also known as Wilbert J. LeMelle —
of New York.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., November
11, 1931.
Democrat. University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, 1977-80; Seychelles, 1977-80.
Catholic.
Member, American Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1991.
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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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Charles Edward Merriam Jr. (1874-1953) —
also known as Charles E. Merriam —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hopkinton, Delaware
County, Iowa, November
15, 1874.
Republican. Political
scientist; university
professor; candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1911; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I.
Member, American Political Science Association.
Died, in Hilltop Hospital,
Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., January
8, 1953 (age 78 years, 54
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frederick William Mulkey (1874-1924) —
also known as Fred W. Mulkey —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
6, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1907, 1918; resigned 1918.
Baptist.
Member, American Political Science Association.
Died in 1924
(age about
50 years).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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James Kerr Pollock (1898-1968) —
also known as James K. Pollock —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., May 25,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County
1st District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died October
4, 1968 (age 70 years, 132
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Kerr Pollock and Ella (Newton) Pollock; married to Agnes
Marie Haun. |
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Laurence Ingram Radway (1919-2003) —
also known as Laurence Radway —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; West Lebanon, Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
2, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university
professor; chair of
Grafton County Democratic Party, 1958-62; member of New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964,
1972
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from complications
of abdominal
surgery, in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., May 7,
2003 (age 84 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Radway and Dorothy Radway; married, August
20, 1949, to Patricia Ann Headland. |
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Christian William Ramseyer (1875-1943) —
also known as C. William Ramseyer —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa.
Born near Collinsville, Butler
County, Ohio, March
13, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Davis
County Attorney, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1915-33.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Political Science Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
1, 1943 (age 68 years, 233
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Paul Samuel Reinsch (1869-1923) —
also known as Paul S. Reinsch —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., June 10,
1869.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer;
U.S. Minister to China, 1913-19; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1920.
Member, American Political Science Association.
Died January
26, 1923 (age 53 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jerry D. Roe (b. 1936) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Conrad, Pondera
County, Mont., May 18,
1936.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
2000
(alternate), 2004.
Methodist.
Member, American Political Science Association; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives: Son
of Howard O. Roe and Ialene B. (Freel) Roe; married 1965 to
Shirley Carol Hands. |
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James Ralph Scales (b. 1919) —
of Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.; Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla.
Born in Jay, Delaware
County, Okla., May 27,
1919.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; university
professor; president,
Oklahoma Baptist University, 1951-65; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American
Historical Association; American Political Science
Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Eta Sigma; Pi
Kappa Delta; Kappa
Delta Pi; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Grover Scales and Kate (Whitley) Scales; married, August
4, 1944, to Elizabeth Ann Randel. |
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Addison E. Southard (1884-1970) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
18, 1884.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Aden, as of 1917-20; Jerusalem, as of 1921-22; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, as of 1926-27; Addis Ababa, as of 1929-32; Hong Kong, 1937-42; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1927-34.
Protestant.
Member, American Political Science Association.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
11, 1970 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen J. Spingarn (b. 1908) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
1, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative assistant
to President Harry
Truman, 1949-50; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Political Science
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. E. Spingarn and Amy Judith Spingarn. |
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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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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean,
college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar
Association; American Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Russell H. Strange II (1934-2001) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., September
18, 1934.
Republican. Tree
farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1957-70 (Isabella District
1957-64, 100th District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1970; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi; American Political Science Association; Rotary;
Grange;
Elks.
Died in North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
6, 2001 (age 67 years, 79
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Epiphany Cathedral Memorial Garden, Venice, Fla.
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Phillips Talbot (1915-2010) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 7,
1915.
Newspaper
reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Political Science Association;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died October
1, 2010 (age 95 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elbert Duncan Thomas (1883-1953) —
also known as Elbert D. Thomas —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 17,
1883.
Democrat. University
professor; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1933-51; defeated, 1950; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1948.
Mormon.
Member, American
Society for International Law; American Political Science
Association.
Died in 1953
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) —
also known as John G. Tower —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
29, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(delegation chair), 1980;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid
allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.
Killed in the crash
of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the
runway of Glynco Airport,
near Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., April 5,
1991 (age 65 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Rexford Guy Tugwell (1891-1979) —
also known as Rexford G. Tugwell; "Rex the
Red" —
Born in Sinclairville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 10,
1891.
Economist;
university
professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1941-46.
Member, American Political Science Association.
Died, in Cottage Hospital,
Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 21,
1979 (age 88 years, 11
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Sinclairville, N.Y.
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Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1888-1957) —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Short Hills, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 7,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Nathan
L. Jacobs, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1920
(alternate), 1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940,
1944;
circuit judge in New Jersey, 1947-48; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1948-57; died in
office 1957.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Pi; Order of
the Coif; American Political Science Association.
Died June 16,
1957 (age 68 years, 344
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, East Hanover, N.J.
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James Eugene Walker (1908-1972) —
also known as James E. Walker —
of Orange, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Miles City, Custer
County, Mont., July 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; writer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1940; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-54; chair of
Orange County Democratic Party, 1942-44; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1944; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; member of California
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1946-52; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Society for International Law; American Political Science
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in May, 1972
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sharpless Walker and Gladys (James) Walker; married, June 10,
1930, to Murrel K. Knox. |
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