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Sewall Wester Abbott (1859-1943) —
also known as Sewall W. Abbott —
of Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Tuftonboro, Carroll
County, N.H., April
11, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Wolfeboro Woolen Mills;
probate judge in New Hampshire, 1889-1921; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1923-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Upsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Redmen;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., January
3, 1943 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Norman Whittlesey Adams (1894-1968) —
also known as Norman W. Adams —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, February
2, 1894.
Republican. President and owner, Adams Insurance
Agency; director, Electric City Realty;
director, Youngstown Foundry and
Machine Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in November, 1968
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred W. Adams and Olive M. (Palmiter) Adams; married, December
16, 1931, to Harriett M. Rex. |
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George Atcheson Jr. (b. 1896) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Denver,
Colo., October
20, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Changsha, 1923-24; North Bay, 1926-27; Tientsin, 1927-28; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, 1928, 1929-32; Foochow, 1928-29.
Member, Delta Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Atcheson and Effie Almira (Moore) Atcheson; married, June 28,
1922, to Mariquita de Laguna. |
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Orville Elbridge Atwood (1880-1939) —
also known as Orville E. Atwood —
of Newaygo, Newaygo
County, Mich.; Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Morgan Park (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill., February
23, 1880.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Newaygo County, 1919-22;
member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1923-26, 1929-30; defeated in
primary, 1926; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1924;
secretary
of state of Michigan, 1935-36; defeated, 1936; director, Michigan
Sales Tax Division, 1939.
Congregationalist.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta Upsilon; Freemasons.
While driving east on U.S. Highway 16, from Lansing to Detroit, he collided
with a westbound bus, was badly injured, and died an hour later in
McPherson Hospital,
Howell, Livingston
County, Mich., June 15,
1939 (age 59 years, 112
days). His passenger, auto executive Frank D. Longyear
(1879-1939), was also killed. Four passengers on the bus were
injuried, including Claud
Erickson of Lansing, and State Rep. Martin
R. Kronk of Detroit.
Interment at Deepdale
Memorial Park, Delta Township, Eaton County, Mich.
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Harlan Besson (1887-1949) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., July 1,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1912; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1932-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta Upsilon; Freemasons;
Reserve
Officers Association.
Died, of heart
disease, in Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J., January
9, 1949 (age 61 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe (1874-1938) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bledsoe —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., February
8, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1900-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1914-25;
resigned 1925; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1925.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in Crestline, San
Bernardino County, Calif., October
30, 1938 (age 64 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Oliver Ernesto Branch (b. 1847) —
also known as Oliver E. Branch —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Madison, Lake
County, Ohio, July 19,
1847.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887, 1889; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1894-98.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Oliver Winslow Branch (b. 1879) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1913-26; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1926-46; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1946-49.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Delta Upsilon; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Nemaha
County, Neb., February
20, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for hotel
associations; author, "Manual of New York Hotel
and Restaurant
Law"; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37;
defeated, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1936,
1944,
1948;
campaign manager, Thomas
E. Dewey for Governor of New York and for President; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S.
Attorney General, 1953-57.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Died of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1996 (age 92 years, 71
days).
Interment at Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham, N.J.
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Robert Jensen Bryan (b. 1934) —
also known as Robert J. Bryan —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash., October
29, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; chair
of Kitsap County Republican Party, 1961-62; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Washington, 1964;
superior court judge in Washington, 1967-84; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1986-2000;
took senior status 2000.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta Upsilon; American Bar
Association; Eagles;
Lions;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 2000.
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Clarence Edwards Case (1877-1961) —
also known as Clarence E. Case —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., September
24, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Somerset
County Judge, 1910-13; member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1918-29; Governor of
New Jersey, 1920; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-46, 1948-52; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1946-48.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Somerset Hospital,
Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
3, 1961 (age 83 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April
16, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964,
1968;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Norman Stanley Case (1888-1967) —
also known as Norman S. Case —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
11, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1921-26; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1927-28; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1928-33; defeated, 1932; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1934-45.
Baptist.
Member, Delta Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Wakefield, South Kingstown, Washington
County, R.I., October
9, 1967 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Walter Henry Cleary (b. 1887) —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
17, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
superior court judge in Vermont, 1934-48; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Cleary and Mary Louise (McArthur) Cleary; married, November
28, 1917, to Arlene Mary Decoteau. |
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Edwin Buxton Clift (b. 1868) —
also known as Edwin B. Clift —
of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt., May 25,
1868.
Democrat. Physician;
candidate for Vermont
state house of representatives, 1902; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1906; candidate for Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1922.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Delta Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Crocker Josiah Clift and Mary Jane (Buxton) Clift; married, September
20, 1890, to Louise H. Edgerton. |
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Frank Irving Cowan (b. 1888) —
also known as Frank I. Cowan —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Palmyra, Somerset
County, Maine, May 20,
1888.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
president, State Mutual Fire
Insurance Co., 1935-40; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1939-40; Maine
state attorney general, 1941-44.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Grange;
Delta Upsilon; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a nursing
home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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Joseph Edward Davies (1876-1958) —
also known as Joseph E. Davies —
of Wisconsin; Washington,
D.C.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis., November
29, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1912; law partner of Timothy
T. Ansberry; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-16; economic advisor to President Woodrow
Wilson at the Paris peace conference after World War I; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1936-38; Belgium, 1938-39; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1938-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia following a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
1958 (age 81 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) —
also known as Paul H. Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
26, 1892.
Democrat. University
professor; economist;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966.
Unitarian
or Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1976 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John George Erhardt (1889-1951) —
also known as John G. Erhardt —
of Coram, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
4, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Athens, 1920; U.S. Consul in Athens, 1920-24; Winnipeg, 1924-26; Bordeaux, 1930-33; U.S. Consul General in Hamburg, 1933-37; London, 1939-41; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1946-50; U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, 1950-51, died in office 1951.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta Upsilon.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Wynberg, Cape Town, South
Africa, February
18, 1951 (age 61 years, 106
days).
Interment at Hamilton
College Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.; cenotaph at Union
Cemetery, Middle Island, Long Island, N.Y.
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Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (1907-1990) —
also known as Charles P. Farnsley; Charlie
Farnsley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
28, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1936-40; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated in
primary, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (3rd District).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta Upsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at Brownsboro Hills Nursing
Home, Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 19,
1990 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; statue at West
Main Street, Louisville, Ky.
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Philip Bracken Fleming (1887-1955) —
also known as Philip B. Fleming —
of Washington,
D.C.; New Hampshire.
Born in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, October
15, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the
U.S. Army during World War II; head of Federal Works Agency and of
Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1951-53.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Delta Upsilon.
Died, of cancer,
in Washington,
D.C., October
6, 1955 (age 67 years, 356
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta Upsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia
Rudolph; father of Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer. |
| | | Political families: Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Garfield Mountain,
in the Cascade Range, King
County, Washington, is named for
him. — The city
of Garfield,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) —
of Balboa Heights, Canal Zone (now Panama).
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 29,
1858.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; army
officer; chief engineer, Panama Canal, 1907-14; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1914-17.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Delta Upsilon.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1928 (age 69 years, 206
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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Charles Edwin Gurney (b. 1874) —
also known as Charles E. Gurney —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
15, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1917; member of Maine
state senate 2nd District, 1919-22.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Upsilon; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. Gurney and Jennie (Hunnewell) Gurney; married, June 27,
1901, to Evelyn G. Barton. |
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Leon Henderson (1895-1986) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Rocky Mount, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., May 26,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41;
administrator, Office of Price Administration, 1941-42.
Member, American
Statistical Association; American
Economic Association; Delta Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in October, 1986
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Evans Hughes Jr. (1889-1950) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Solicitor General,
1929-30; director, New York Life Insurance
Company.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1950 (age 60 years, 52
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Arthur Mastick Hyde (1877-1947) —
also known as Arthur M. Hyde —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.; Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., July 12,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
mayor of Princeton, Mo., 1908-10; Progressive candidate for Missouri
state attorney general, 1912; Governor of
Missouri, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1932;
president, Sentinel Life
Insurance Company of Kansas City; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta Upsilon.
Died, following cancer
surgery, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1947 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, Mo.
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Thomas Penfield Jackson (1937-2013) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
10, 1937.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1982-2002; took
senior status 2002; senior judge, 2002-04.
Member, Delta Upsilon.
Died, of cancer,
in Compton, St. Mary's
County, Md., June 15,
2013 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900-1975) —
also known as Kenneth B. Keating —
of Brighton, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 18,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1947-59 (40th District 1947-53,
38th District 1953-59); U.S.
Senator from New York, 1959-65; defeated, 1964; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1966-68; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966; U.S.
Ambassador to India, 1969-72; Israel, 1973-75, died in office 1975.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; Eagles;
Delta Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1975 (age 74 years, 352
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Donald E. Kelley (b. 1908) —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., January
29, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska,
1936;
Red
Willow County Attorney, 1942-44; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1953-58; member of Colorado
state senate, 1963-66; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1964;
justice
of Colorado state supreme court, 1967-77.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta Upsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles W. Kelley and Elsie (Asten) Kelley; married, June 21,
1930, to Georgia E. Pyne. |
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Frank Rowe Kenison (b. 1907) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Conway, Carroll
County, N.H., November
1, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1940-42, 1945-46; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1946-52; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1952-77.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Edson Kenison and Isadore Gertrude (Rowe) Kenison; married,
April
8, 1939, to Loretta M. Landry. |
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Frank Ray Keyser Jr. (1927-2015) —
also known as F. Ray Keyser, Jr. —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., August
17, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1955-60; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1959-60; Governor of
Vermont, 1961-63; defeated, 1962.
Member, Delta Upsilon.
Died in Brandon, Rutland
County, Vt., March 7,
2015 (age 87 years, 202
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Chelsea, Vt.
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Lyman Enos Knapp (1837-1904) —
also known as Lyman E. Knapp —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Somerset, Windham
County, Vt., November
5, 1837.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
probate judge in Vermont, 1879-82; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1884-85; Governor
of Alaska District, 1889-93.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Delta Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
9, 1904 (age 66 years, 339
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Foy David Kohler (1908-1990) —
also known as Foy D. Kohler —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Oakwood, Paulding
County, Ohio, February
15, 1908.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Athens, 1938; U.S. Consul in Moscow, as of 1947; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1962-66.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta Upsilon.
Died in Jupiter, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
23, 1990 (age 82 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Scott Lamont (1851-1905) —
also known as Daniel S. Lamont —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in McGrawville (now McGraw), Cortland
County, N.Y., February
9, 1851.
Democrat. Confidential secretary to Gov. Samuel
J. Tilden; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1875-83; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1893-97; bank
director; vice-president, Northern Pacific Railroad,
1898-1904.
Member, Delta Upsilon.
Died in Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 23,
1905 (age 54 years, 164
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Gerald Wayne Landis (1895-1971) —
also known as Gerald W. Landis —
of Linton, Greene
County, Ind.
Born in Bloomfield, Greene
County, Ind., February
23, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1939-49; defeated,
1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1944.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Linton, Greene
County, Ind., September
6, 1971 (age 76 years, 195
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Linton, Ind.
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Joseph Warren Madden (1890-1972) —
also known as J. Warren Madden —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in Damascus, Stephenson
County, Ill., January
17, 1890.
Democrat. Law
professor; member, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-40;
chair, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-40; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1941-61; took senior status 1961.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta Upsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Order of
the Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1947.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1972 (age 82 years, 31
days).
Interment somewhere
in Falls Church, Va.
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Kenneth David McClure (c.1922-2000) —
of Bexley, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Bexley, Franklin
County, Ohio, about 1922.
Mayor
of Bexley, Ohio, 1968.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Delta Upsilon.
Died October
3, 2000 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Glen
Rest Memorial Estate, Franklin County, Ohio.
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Max E. Neal (1878-1962) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., May 9,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 19th Circuit, 1936-56; resigned 1956.
Member, Elks;
Delta Upsilon.
Died in 1962
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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John Lord O'Brian (1874-1974) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1907-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1909-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1974
(age about
99 years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Crane William O'Neill (1916-1978) —
also known as C. William O'Neill —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, February
14, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1939-50; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1947-48; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; Ohio
state attorney general, 1951-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1952
(speaker),
1956;
Governor
of Ohio, 1957-59; defeated, 1958; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1960.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Delta; Delta Upsilon; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Grange;
Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
20, 1978 (age 62 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Jay S. Parker (1895-1969) —
of Hill City, Graham
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Morland, Graham
County, Kan., July 1,
1895.
Republican. Lawyer; Graham
County Attorney, 1920-22, 1924-35; Kansas
state attorney general, 1939-43; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1943-.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Delta Upsilon; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in April, 1969
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ivan B. Parker and Mary L. (Findley) Parker; married, February
15, 1915, to Virginia Grace Shafer. |
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Amos Jenkins Peaslee II (1887-1969) —
also known as Amos J. Peaslee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Clarksboro, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Clarksboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., March
24, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1948,
1952,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1953-56.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Upsilon; Kiwanis.
Died in 1969
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Mickleton
Meeting Graveyard, Mickleton, N.J.
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Fred Bartlett Perkins (1897-1969) —
of West Barrington, Barrington, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Burrillville, Providence
County, R.I., February
16, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Rhode Island
Republican State Central Committee, 1946-50; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1952-60.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Delta Upsilon.
Died in 1969
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred William Perkins and Sophia Louise (Bartlett)
Perkins. |
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Chauncey William Reed (1890-1956) —
also known as Chauncey W. Reed —
of West Chicago, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in West Chicago, DuPage
County, Ill., June 2,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; DuPage
County State's Attorney, 1920-35; chair of
DuPage County Republican Party, 1926-34; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-56 (11th District 1935-49,
14th District 1949-56); died in office 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; Delta Upsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks.
Died in 1956
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Glen
Oak Cemetery, West Chicago, Ill.
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Emmor Roberts (b. 1890) —
of Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J., March
13, 1890.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Burlington County, 1916-21;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Burlington County, 1922-27.
Member, Delta Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Murray Seasongood (1878-1983) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1878.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926-29.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
21, 1983 (age 104 years,
117 days).
Interment at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) —
also known as William B. Stansbury —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., March
18, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1968-76; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike,
he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference in
Atlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for a tryst
with his administrative assistant; the scandal
led to an effort to impeach
him; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty to extorting
$16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grand
jury as to whether this money came to his campaign
or to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the Fifth
Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Member, Delta Upsilon; American Bar
Association.
While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of Assisi Church,
he was hit by a
car, and died soon after, in Humana Hospital-University,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April 4,
1985 (age 62 years, 17
days); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wife
was injured.
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Sanford Martin Tweedie III (1931-1991) —
also known as S. Martin Tweedie III —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Sandusky, Sanilac
County, Mich., January
2, 1931.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from St. Clair
District, 1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Exchange
Club; American
Legion; Delta Upsilon; Toastmasters.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., June 25,
1991 (age 60 years, 174
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Vilsack (b. 1950) —
also known as Tom Vilsack —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
13, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; elected 1989; member of Iowa
state senate, 1993-98; Governor of
Iowa, 1999-2007; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Iowa, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 2004; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 2008;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 2009-.
Catholic.
Member, Delta Upsilon.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1899-1900;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee. |
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Jesse Arthur Younger (1893-1967) —
also known as J. Arthur Younger —
of San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., April
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-67 (9th District 1953-63,
11th District 1963-67); died in office 1967; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Delta Upsilon.
Died, of leukemia,
at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1967 (age 74 years, 70
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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