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Edwin Ross Adair (1907-1983) —
also known as E. Ross Adair —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Albion, Noble
County, Ind., December
14, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1951-71; defeated,
1970; U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1971-74.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; American Bar
Association; Amvets;
Delta Sigma Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, following multiple heart
bypass surgery, in Lutheran Hospital,
Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 5,
1983 (age 75 years, 142
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Anthony Alfred Alaimo (1920-2009) —
also known as Anthony A. Alaimo —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.; St. Simons Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Termini, Sicily, Italy,
March
29, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1960,
1964;
member of Georgia
Republican State Central Committee, 1966-67; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1971-91;
took senior status 1991.
Methodist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Phi; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., December
30, 2009 (age 89 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dallas L. Alford Jr. —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; real
estate and insurance
business; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Delta Sigma Phi; Jaycees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dallas Lloyd Alford, Sr. and Sally Kate (Pope) Alford; married 1945 to
Margarette Glenn Griffin. |
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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
School
teacher and principal; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, as of 1930; Shanghai, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, as of 1936-38; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Albert Preston Brewer (b. 1928) —
also known as Albert P. Brewer —
of Morgan
County, Ala.
Born in Bethel Springs, McNairy
County, Tenn., October
26, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1955-67; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1963-67; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1967-68; Governor of
Alabama, 1968-71; defeated, 1970, 1978; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Delta Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Wayland Brooks (1897-1957) —
also known as C. Wayland Brooks —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Bureau
County, Ill., March 8,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1936; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1939-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940-49; defeated, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Phi
Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Phi; Elks; Purple
Heart.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1957 (age 59 years, 312
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Kewanee, Ill.
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B. Howard Caughran (b. 1890) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, Tenn., November
6, 1890.
Democrat. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1940-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Sigma Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hamilton Caughran and Hazeltine (Ashby) Caughran; married,
June
5, 1918, to Effie East. |
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James John Davis (1873-1947) —
also known as James J. Davis; "Puddler
Jim" —
of Elwood, Madison
County, Ind.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Tredegar, Wales,
October
27, 1873.
Republican. Madison
County Recorder, 1903-07; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1936,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1930-45; defeated, 1944.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles;
Foresters;
Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Delta Sigma Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., November
22, 1947 (age 74 years, 26
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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W. Scott Ensign (1909-1983) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
28, 1909.
Democrat. President,
Battle Creek Federation of Labor, 1956-62; vice-president,
AFL-CIO Calhoun County Council, 1962-64; printing
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 48th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; International
Typographical Union.
Died in 1983
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin C. Ewing (1902-1967) —
of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
26, 1902.
Republican. Petroleum
engineer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 15th
District, 1939-40, 1943-64; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1965-67; died in office 1967.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 3,
1967 (age 64 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward J. Ewing and Etta (Clark) Ewing; married to Gertrude
Sherlock; father of Wayne
S. Ewing. |
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Wayne S. Ewing (1929-2010) —
of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
14, 1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1967-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Delta Sigma Phi; Jaycees.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., March
19, 2010 (age 81 years, 33
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Edgar A. Geerlings (b. 1937) —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Zeeland, Ottawa
County, Mich., April
24, 1937.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 97th District, 1967-86; defeated,
1964 (97th District), 1992 (91st District).
Christian
Reformed. Member, National
Education Association; Delta Sigma Phi; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Still living as of 1992.
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Roman S. Gribbs (1925-2016) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
29, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wayne
County Sheriff, 1968-69; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1970-73; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1975-82; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1976; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1983.
Catholic.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Judicature Society; NAACP.
Died in Northville, Wayne
County, Mich., April 5,
2016 (age 90 years, 98
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Richard Harkin (b. 1939) —
also known as Tom Harkin —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa; Cumming, Warren
County, Iowa.
Born in Cumming, Warren
County, Iowa, November
19, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1975-85; defeated, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1985-; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Michael Hayden (b. 1944) —
also known as Mike Hayden —
of Atwood, Rawlins
County, Kan.
Born March
16, 1944.
Republican. Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1983-86; Governor of
Kansas, 1987-91.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Felix Edward Hébert (1901-1979) —
also known as F. Edward Hébert —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
12, 1901.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1941-77.
Catholic.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi.
Died December
29, 1979 (age 78 years, 78
days).
Interment at Lake
Lawn Park Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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William John Hughes (b. 1932) —
also known as William J. Hughes; Bill
Hughes —
of Ocean City, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., October
17, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1975-95; defeated,
1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1988;
U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1995-98.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Jones —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cairo, Allen
County, Ohio, June 25,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1947-52.
Methodist;
later Baptist.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died June 22,
1968 (age 60 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lima
Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Robert John Lagomarsino (b. 1926) —
also known as Robert J. Lagomarsino —
of Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif., September
4, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1961-74; U.S.
Representative from California, 1974-93 (13th District 1974-75,
19th District 1975-93).
Catholic.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi; Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard Webster Leche (1898-1965) —
also known as Richard W. Leche —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 17,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
secretary to Gov. O. K.
Allen, 1932-34; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals,
1934-36; Governor of
Louisiana, 1936-39; Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 1937.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died February
22, 1965 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Hugh Gordon Mitchell (b. 1902) —
also known as Hugh G. Mitchell —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C., October
5, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
third vice-president, Alexander Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1943-46.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Delta Sigma Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Page Mitchell and Amelia (Leinster)
Mitchell. |
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Stanley Barnum Niles (1896-1978) —
also known as Stanley B. Niles —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Nashville, Barry
County, Mich., January
22, 1896.
Methodist
minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Eaton
County, 1933; Commonwealth candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1935; Commonwealth candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1936; president,
Iowa Wesleyan College, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Delta Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, in Methodist Manor retirement
home, Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., December
30, 1978 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tulsa, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Lewis Niles and Carrie A. (Barnum) Niles; married, April
11, 1919, to Velma A. Thomas. |
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David Alfred Perdue Jr. (b. 1949) —
also known as David Perdue —
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., December
10, 1949.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2015-.
United
Methodist. Member, Delta Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2016.
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Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947) —
also known as Charles S. Reid —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., September
25, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1937; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1938-43.
Methodist.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., November
7, 1947 (age 50 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Farrell Eugene Roberts (1922-1985) —
also known as Farrell E. Roberts —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
29, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in
the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Oakland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1953-54; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 3rd District,
1957-60; member of Michigan
state senate, 1961-64, 1965-66 (12th District 1961-64, 14th
District 1965-66); candidate for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1964, 1974 (primary); circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1967-78.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
Elks; Amvets.
Died in 1985
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Tim Ryan (b. 1956) —
of Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Dania (now Dania Beach), Broward
County, Fla., February
7, 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 99th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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Lon Allen Scott (1888-1931) —
also known as Lon A. Scott —
of Savannah, Hardin
County, Tenn.
Born in Cypress Inn, Wayne
County, Tenn., September
25, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
real
estate business; lumber
business; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1913-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1924.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi.
Died in 1931
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Savannah
Cemetery, Savannah, Tenn.
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Arlan Ingehart Stangeland (1930-2013) —
also known as Arlan Stangeland —
of Barnesville, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., February
8, 1930.
Republican. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1966-74 (District 56-B 1966-72,
District 9-B 1973-74); U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1977-91; defeated
(Independent Republican), 1990; news media reported in January 1990
that he had made hundreds of phone calls on his House phone credit
card, to or from the home of a female lobbyist;
he denied having an extramarital
affair, but the scandal
contributed to his defeat in November 1990.
Lutheran.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi.
Died in Otter Tail
County, Minn., July 2,
2013 (age 83 years, 144
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Berchmans Sullivan (1897-1951) —
also known as John B. Sullivan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., October
10, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1941-43, 1945-47,
1949-51; defeated, 1942, 1946; died in office 1951.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Arbitration Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1951 (age 53 years, 111
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Todd Tiahrt (b. 1951) —
of Goddard, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., June 15,
1951.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state senate, 1993-94; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1995-; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 2012; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 2012;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas.
Assembly
of God. Member, Delta Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Michael R. Turner (b. 1960) —
also known as Mike Turner —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, January
11, 1960.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Dayton, Ohio, 1993-2001; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 2003-.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph J. Ward (b. 1893) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 11,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1937-47.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Delta Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Lloyd Franklin Wheat (b. 1922) —
also known as Lloyd F. Wheat —
of Coushatta, Red River
Parish, La.
Born in Bonham (unknown
parish), La., April
27, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1948-50.
Protestant.
Member, Delta Sigma Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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