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Fleming Newman Alderson (1884-1964) —
also known as Fleming N. Alderson —
of Richwood, Nicholas
County, W.Va.
Born in Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va., January
8, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Nicholas County, 1911-12;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1916; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for West
Virginia state attorney general, 1924.
Southern
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Delta Chi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Moose; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., April 2,
1964 (age 80 years, 85
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Nicholas County, W.Va.
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Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) —
also known as Howard W. Ameli —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
12, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Abner
C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 29,
1959 (age 77 years, 290
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli; married, August
10, 1918, to Flora E. Maus. |
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Chester Thurlow Backus (b. 1880) —
also known as Chester T. Backus —
of Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., March
24, 1880.
Republican. Otsego
County Clerk; member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1937-44.
Methodist.
Member, Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Allen S. Backus and Ella (Folts) Backus. |
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Eustace H. Bane (b. 1904) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in North Union Township, Fayette
County, Pa., September
18, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1947-50; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1951-56.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose;
Delta Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David E. Bane and Nellie (Ramage) Bane; married to Frances B.
Daugherty. |
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William Stiles Bennet (1870-1962) —
also known as William S. Bennet —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Port Jervis, Orange
County, N.Y., November
9, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1901-02;
municipal judge in New York, 1903; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1905-11, 1915-17 (17th District
1905-11, 23rd District 1915-17); defeated, 1910 (17th District), 1916
(23rd District), 1936 (19th District), 1944 (21st District); delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose;
Delta Chi.
Died in Falkirk Hospital,
Central Valley, Orange
County, N.Y., December
1, 1962 (age 92 years, 22
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Harry Cullen Blanton (1891-1973) —
also known as Harry C. Blanton —
of Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., July 5,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; Scott
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-18; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1934-47.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta Chi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in March, 1973
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lee Blanton and Mary Agnes (Cullen) Blanton; married, February
12, 1918, to Maureen Daily. |
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Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Poway, San Diego
County, Calif., August
13, 1887.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive secretary to
Gov. Friend
Richardson, 1925-26; superior court judge in California, 1926-38,
1957-62; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1938-53; defeated, 1953.
Member, American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Delta Chi.
Suffered a fatal heart
attack while driving his
car, and crashed
into a wall, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
11, 1968 (age 81 years, 29
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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John William Bricker (1893-1986) —
also known as John W. Bricker —
of Upper Arlington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born near Mt. Sterling, Madison
County, Ohio, September
6, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Ohio
state attorney general, 1933-37; defeated in primary, 1928; Governor of
Ohio, 1939-45; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1960
(speaker),
1964,
1972;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1944; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1947-59; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar; Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Order of
the Coif; Optimist
Club.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
22, 1986 (age 92 years, 197
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Oliver D. Burden (b. 1873) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Nelson, Madison
County, N.Y., March
15, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for Theodore
Roosevelt in the libel case brought by political boss William
Barnes, Jr., 1915; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1923-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Burden and Lucia (Groesbeck) Burden; married, June 26,
1905, to Irene de Tamble. |
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Alexander Morton Campbell (1907-1968) —
also known as Alexander M. Campbell; Alex
Campbell —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Coesse, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Coldwater, Mercer
County, Ohio, April
14, 1907.
Democrat. Chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1934-36, 1958-63; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1941-49; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1960-64.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Delta Chi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Jesters;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1968
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Coesse
Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Coesse, Ind.
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Fred Warner Carpenter (1873-1957) —
of San Anselmo, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn., December
12, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to William
H. Taft, when he was Governor of the Philippine Islands,
Secretary of War, and President of the United States; U.S. Minister
to Morocco, 1910-12; Siam, 1912-13.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Chi.
Died in 1957
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Blanchard Carter (b. 1880) —
also known as Charles B. Carter —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 10,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Maine
state senate, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Phi; Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Ellwood Blake Chappell (b. 1889) —
also known as E. B. Chappell —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Osmond, Pierce
County, Neb., May 4,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 3rd District, 1929-43; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1943-.
Presbyterian.
English
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi; Delta Chi; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Chappell and Pleasant May (Turner) Chappell;
married, April
10, 1918, to Myra May Stenner. |
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E. K. Cheadle Jr. (b. 1895) —
of Shelby, Toole
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont., August
12, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1927; Montana
Republican state chair, 1936-40; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War II; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1948.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta Chi; Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin K. Cheadle and Ida (Wohlfahrt) Cheadle; married, November
27, 1924, to Anna Ruth Moore. |
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Ralph Edwin Church (1883-1950) —
also known as Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Catlin, Vermilion
County, Ill., May 5,
1883.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1917-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-41, 1943-50 (10th District
1935-41, 1943-49, 13th District 1949-50); defeated (Independent),
1932; died in office 1950; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Delta Chi; Phi
Kappa Psi; American
Society for International Law.
Died in a committee
meeting in the House Office Building, Washington,
D.C., March
21, 1950 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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George North Craig (1909-1992) —
also known as George N. Craig —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Annandale, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., August
6, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of
Indiana, 1953-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Delta Chi; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
17, 1992 (age 83 years, 133
days).
Interment at Clearview
Cemetery, Brazil, Ind.
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Robert R. Day (1919-2000) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., April
12, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Saginaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Delta Chi; Lions; Elks.
Died February
19, 2000 (age 80 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Day and Margaret (Cavanaugh) Day; married, August
10, 1943, to Laura Alice Hoff. |
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Herbert Warder Dent (b. 1880) —
also known as Herbert W. Dent —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., April
16, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit, 1932-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Delta Chi; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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James Isaac Dolliver (1894-1978) —
also known as James I. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Webster
County Attorney, 1924-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1945-57; defeated, 1956;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Delta Chi.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., December
10, 1978 (age 84 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Harry F. Dunkel (b. 1898) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Fulton
County, N.Y., May 14,
1898.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1932-35; member
of New
York state senate 35th District, 1935-38.
Member, Delta Chi; American
Legion; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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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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Arthur G. Elliott Jr. (b. 1916) —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.; Pleasant Ridge, Oakland
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
17, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; realtor;
appraiser;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1955-58; chair of
Oakland County Republican Party, 1957-61; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
5th District, 1961-62; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1963-65.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Rotary;
Delta Chi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur G. Elliott, Sr. and Geraldine (Neidlinger) Elliott; married
to Elizabeth Ann Vining. |
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Harold Hunter Emmons (1875-1962) —
also known as Harold H. Emmons —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 30,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary-treasurer, Regal Motor Car
Company, 1913-17; in charge of aviation
engine construction for Army and Navy during World War I;
officer, Stout Metal Airplane
Co.; organizer and director, National Air
Transport Co.; organizer and president, Aircraft
Development Corp., Northwest Airways,
Inc.; organizer and general counsel, Stinson Aircraft
Corp.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928;
Detroit Police
Commissioner, 1930; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Chi; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, in Jennings Memorial Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 20,
1962 (age 86 years, 324
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Cammie Brown Haden (1902-1989) —
also known as Cammie B. Haden —
of Dinuba, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born in Dinuba, Tulare
County, Calif., May 16,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1944-46, 1948-; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1952,
1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions;
Delta Chi.
Died April
23, 1989 (age 86 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James A. Hamilton (b. 1876) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
24, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1915-16; secretary
of state of New York, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1924 |
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Forest Arthur Harness (1895-1974) —
also known as Forest A. Harness —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., June 24,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Howard
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24; represented the United
States in the attempt to extradite Samuel
Insull from Greece, 1932-34; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1939-49; defeated,
1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., July 29,
1974 (age 79 years, 35
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown
Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.
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Reuben Locke Haskell (1878-1971) —
also known as Reuben L. Haskell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
5, 1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1915-19; defeated,
1912; county judge in New York, 1920-25; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1921.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arcanum; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose;
Delta Chi.
Died in Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
2, 1971 (age 92 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mt.
Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, N.Y.
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Henry Martin Jackson (1912-1983) —
also known as Henry M. Jackson;
"Scoop" —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., May 31,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; Snohomish
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1938-40; U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1941-53; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1953-83; died in office 1983; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1960-61; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1972,
1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta Chi.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1984.
Died in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., September
1, 1983 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
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William Kenneth Jackson Jr. (1886-1965) —
also known as William K. Jackson, Jr. —
of Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Denver, Humphreys
County, Tenn., November
18, 1886.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for Canal Zone, 1914-15.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Delta Chi.
Died in June, 1965
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Webb Jefferis (1868-1942) —
also known as Albert W. Jefferis —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., December
7, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1919-23; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died September
14, 1942 (age 73 years, 281
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Louis Arthur Johnson (1891-1966) —
also known as Louis A. Johnson —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., January
10, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1917-18;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1924;
National Commander, American Legion, 1932-33; Assistant Secretary of
War, 1937-40; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1949-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
24, 1966 (age 75 years, 104
days).
Interment at Elkview
Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
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Robert Scott Justice (1912-1992) —
of Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., March 8,
1912.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1945-48, 1951-52; defeated, 1948;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1957-60; defeated, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; Toastmasters;
United
Commercial Travelers; Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died December
9, 1992 (age 80 years, 276
days).
Interment at Keeps Creek Cemetery, Clymers, Ind.
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Bernard William Kearney (1889-1976) —
also known as Bernard W. Kearney; Pat
Kearney —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Lake Pleasant, Hamilton
County, N.Y.
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 23,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Fulton
County District Attorney, 1931-42; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1943-59 (30th District 1943-45,
31st District 1945-53, 32nd District 1953-59).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Grange;
Delta Chi.
Died June 3,
1976 (age 87 years, 11
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward Aloysius Kenney (1884-1938) —
also known as Edward A. Kenney —
of Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., August
11, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in New Jersey, 1919; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1933-38; died in
office 1938.
Member, Elks; Redmen;
Delta Chi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1938 (age 53 years, 169
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Clinton, Mass.
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Donald Edgar Lukens (1931-2010) —
also known as Donald E. Lukens; Buz Lukens —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Harveysburg, Warren
County, Ohio, February
11, 1931.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1967-71, 1987-90 (24th District
1967-71, 8th District 1987-90); member of Ohio
state senate, 1975.
Member, Sertoma;
Farm
Bureau; Delta Chi; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Convicted
in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge
of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by having sex
with a 16 year old girl; sentenced
to 30 days in jail. Indicted
in February 1995 on five counts of bribery
and conspiracy; a jury in October 1995 found him not guilty on three
counts but was unable to reach a verdict on the other two; a mistrial
was declared. Reindicted
in March 1996; tried
and convicted.
Died May 22,
2010 (age 79 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Almon W. Lytle (b. 1876) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., September
26, 1876.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1925-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Delta Chi; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Lytle and Inez M. (Young) Lytle; married 1906 to Kate
L. Sudds. |
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Charles Taylor Manatt (1936-2011) —
also known as Charles Manatt —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 9,
1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; California
Democratic state chair, 1971-73, 1975-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Temporary Chair, 1984;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1976-82; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1981-85; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1999-2001.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died in 2011
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Marshall (b. 1881) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va., July 28,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1920,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1936
(alternate).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Delta Chi; Elks; Navy
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver S. Marshall and Elizabeth Hammond (Tarr) Marshall; married,
January
25, 1905, to Rebecca Paull. |
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Marshall Francis McComb (1894-1981) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Denver,
Colo., May 6,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1927; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1937-55; justice of
California state supreme court, 1956-77; director, Good Samaritan
Hospital.
Member, Delta Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died September
5, 1981 (age 87 years, 122
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry McComb and Estelle (Tredenick) McComb. |
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Robert Justin Miller (1888-1973) —
also known as Justin Miller —
of Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Crescent City, Del Norte
County, Calif., November
17, 1888.
Lawyer;
Kings
County District Attorney, 1915-18; law
professor; Associate
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1937-45;
resigned 1945; chairman and general counsel, National Association of
Radio and
Television Broadcasters.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Sigma Rho; Delta Chi; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died, in a hospital
at Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1973 (age 84 years, 61
days).
Interment at Grangeville
Cemetery, Armona, Calif.
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Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) —
also known as Matthew M. Neely —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grove, Doddridge
County, W.Va., November
9, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor
of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;
defeated, 1920, 1946; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,
1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1952,
1956;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1941-45.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Delta Chi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from cancer,
in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 1958 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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James Matlock Ogden (1870-1956) —
also known as James M. Ogden —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Hendricks
County, Ind., April 5,
1870.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; Indiana
state attorney general, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Delta Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
11, 1956 (age 86 years, 220
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Charles A. Otto Jr. (b. 1888) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 28,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1927-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Kiwanis;
Foresters
of America; Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Marion D. Patterson (b. 1876) —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Williamsburg, Blair
County, Pa., October
20, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Blair
County District Attorney, 1912-28; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania 24th District, 1927-39; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1934; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1940-43.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Delta Chi; Urban
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Marion Patterson and Mary Rebecca (Roller) Patterson;
married, June 23,
1925, to Gertrude Gable Stewart. |
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Daniel Alden Reed (1875-1959) —
also known as Daniel A. Reed —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Sheridan, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
15, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1919-59 (43rd District 1919-45,
45th District 1945-53, 43rd District 1953-59); died in office 1959.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta Chi; Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., February
19, 1959 (age 83 years, 157
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Cemetery, Sheridan, N.Y.
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Carl Barnett Rix (1878-1963) —
also known as Carl B. Rix —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Jackson, Washington
County, Wis., September
30, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1940.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta Chi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in October, 1963
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, West Bend, Wis.
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Charles E. Russell (b. 1868) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Saugerties, Ulster
County, N.Y., October
21, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1919-20, 1923-24, 1926-29; resigned
1929.
Member, Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard B. Smith (1878-1937) —
also known as Dick Smith —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
27, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1924-37; died
in office 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks;
Delta Chi.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage while at the Citizens Club, and died about an hour
later, in Syracuse University Hospital,
Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
26, 1937 (age 58 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward C. Smith and Mary N. (Gannon) Smith; married, June 24,
1903, to Anna Leonard. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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William Grant Stratton (1914-2001) —
also known as William G. Stratton —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ingleside, Lake
County, Ill., February
26, 1914.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-43, 1947-49; Illinois
state treasurer, 1943-45, 1951-53; Republican candidate for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1944 (primary), 1948; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1952
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1956,
1960
(speaker);
Governor
of Illinois, 1953-61; defeated in primary, 1968; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles;
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Amvets.
Indicted
in 1964 on income
tax charges;
tried
and acquitted in 1965.
Died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 2,
2001 (age 87 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Monroe Marsh Sweetland (1860-1944) —
also known as Monroe M. Sweetland —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., August
14, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1917.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Delta Chi.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
12, 1944 (age 83 years, 182
days).
Interment at Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, N.Y.
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Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro (1885-1971) —
also known as Sidney F. Taliaferro —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem,
Va., March 4,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; banker; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; director,
Washington Gas
Light Co. and Georgetown Gas
Light Co.; board member, Columbia Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1971 (age 86 years, 109
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Van Tromp Taliaferro and Sallie (Pendleton) Taliaferro; married,
October
3, 1916, to Elizabeth Kirkwood Fulton; grandson of Albert
Gallatin Pendleton; grandnephew of John
Strother Pendleton; third great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes Buckner; first cousin four times removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; first cousin five times removed of William
Grayson; second cousin twice removed of Philip
Coleman Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of John
Penn, James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, George
Madison, Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin five times removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler and Francis
Walker; third cousin once removed of Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Craig Lyle Thomas (1933-2007) —
also known as Craig Thomas —
of Wyoming.
Born in Cody, Park
County, Wyo., February
17, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1985-88; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1989-95; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007; died in office 2007.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Delta Chi.
Died, of leukemia,
in the Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 4,
2007 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
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Otto F. Walter (b. 1890) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., April
19, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Catholic.
Member, Delta Chi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Walter and Anna M. (Fasoldt) Walter; married, October
16, 1919, to Gertrude Bloom. |
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Dale Warner (b. 1941) —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., February
3, 1941.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1964;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 56th District, 1967-74.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta Chi; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Eta Sigma; Lions.
Still living as of 1999.
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Edna Batchelder Weeks (b. 1906) —
also known as Edna Batchelder —
of Greenland, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., April
28, 1906.
Republican. School
teacher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1959-67.
Female.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Kappa; Delta Chi; Farm
Bureau; Order of the
Eastern Star; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edward C. Weeks and Nellie (Parkman) Weeks; married, October
22, 1932, to George Newton Weeks. |
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