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Robert McCormick Adams (b. 1890) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 17,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1924
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Military Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert McCormick Adams and Virginia (Claiborne) Adams; married,
May
3, 1924, to Janet Lawrence. |
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Frederick Moulton Alger Jr. (1907-1967) —
also known as Frederick M. Alger, Jr.; Fred M.
Alger —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
3, 1907.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1936; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1947-52; Republican candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1950 (primary), 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1953-57.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., January
5, 1967 (age 59 years, 155
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Frederick Hobbes Allen (1858-1937) —
also known as Frederick H. Allen —
of Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, May 30,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; economist;
village
president of Pelham Manor, New York, 1904-06; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1904-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920
(alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Military Order of the World Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Newport Hospital,
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December
3, 1937 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Interment at Beechwoods
Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha
Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen; brother of William
Fessenden Allen; married, June 30,
1892, to Adele Livingston Stevens; grandson of Samuel
Clesson Allen; third great-grandnephew of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Gouverneur
Morris; second cousin twice removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Chester
Ashley; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth and Abijah
Blodget; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Josiah
Meigs and Daniel
Pitkin; fourth cousin of Albert
Asahel Bliss and Philemon
Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph
Churchill Strong, Theodore
Davenport, Chester
William Chapin, Harrison
Blodget, John
William Allen, William
Alfred Buckingham, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Oliver
Morgan Hungerford, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919), Judson
H. Warner, Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900) and Josiah
Quincy. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. (1873-1936) —
also known as A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. —
of Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., February
12, 1873.
Republican. Director, U.S. Mint, 1909; U.S. Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, 1910-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1921-36; died in
office 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Military Order of the World Wars; American
Economic Association.
Died, from influenza
and arteriosclerosis,
in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 3,
1936 (age 63 years, 112
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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James Thomas Blair Jr. (1902-1962) —
also known as James T. Blair, Jr. —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Maysville, DeKalb
County, Mo., March
15, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cole County, 1929-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1936,
1960;
chair
of Cole County Democratic Party, 1939; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; mayor
of Jefferson City, Mo., 1947-48; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1949-57; Governor of
Missouri, 1957-61.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Military Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Nu Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Kiwanis;
Eagles.
Died, along with his wife, of accidental carbon
monoxide poisoning, when exhaust fumes from a car left
running in an attached garage entered their home through the air
conditioning system, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 12,
1962 (age 60 years, 119
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) —
also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry
Breckenridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1886.
Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars;
American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Navy
League.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley)
Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married, August
5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married, March
27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of Levin
Irving Handy and Desha
Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd and George
Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Stephen
Valentine Southall and Earle
Cabell; fourth cousin of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Walter James Bristow Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Walter J. Bristow, Jr. —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
14, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1957-58; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1958-76 (Richland County 1958-66, 21st
District 1966-68, 10th District 1968-72, 7th District 1972-76);
circuit judge in South Carolina 5th Circuit; elected 1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars; Exchange
Club; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Walter J. Bristow and Caroline Belser (Melton) Bristow;
married, September
12, 1952, to Katherine Stewart Mullins. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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John Christian (1911-1972) —
also known as Jack Christian —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., January
22, 1911.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1957-64; defeated, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Military Order of the World Wars.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
31, 1972 (age 61 years, 344
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, La.
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Robert Lawrence Coughlin Jr. (1929-2001) —
also known as R. Lawrence Coughlin —
of Villanova, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., April
11, 1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Montgomery County 1st
District, 1965-67; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Jaycees;
Military Order of the World Wars.
Died in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., November
30, 2001 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Henry Roberts Cromwell (1896-1990) —
also known as James H. R. Cromwell —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; vice-president,
Peerless Motor Car
Company; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1940; president, Chemwood Corporation,
pulp
and paper manufacturers.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars; Marine
Corps League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1990
(age about
94 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Smith Cumming Jr. (1900-1986) —
also known as Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. —
of Virginia.
Born in Richmond,
Va., March
10, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, 1953-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Zeta
Psi; Military Order of the World Wars.
Died November
24, 1986 (age 86 years, 259
days).
Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
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Thomas Jerome Curran (1898-1958) —
also known as Thomas J. Curran —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
chair
of New York County Republican Party, 1940-58; secretary
of state of New York, 1943-55; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Military Order of the World Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 29,
1958 (age 59 years, 243
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Harry Darby (1895-1987) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
23, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
shipbuilder;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1940-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956
(speaker),
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Military Order of the World Wars; Navy
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
17, 1987 (age 91 years, 359
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) —
also known as Fred H. Davis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 18,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Leon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida
state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Reserve
Officers Association; American
Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 20,
1937 (age 43 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married, February
3, 1921, to Frances M. Chambers. |
| | | Epitaph: "Lawyer -
Statesman - Jurist - Soldier." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey (1891-1949) —
also known as Frank J. G. Dorsey —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
26, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1935-39; defeated,
1938.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Military Order of the World Wars; Sigma
Nu; Beta
Gamma Sigma.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 13,
1949 (age 58 years, 78
days).
Interment at St.
Dominic's Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Marsh Douglas (b. 1896) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
6, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1935-37; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1937-47; appointed 1937.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Law Institute.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Bond Douglas and Francesca (Kimball) Douglas; married, August
5, 1939, to Mary Elizabeth Lumaghi. |
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George Agler Eberly (b. 1871) —
also known as George A. Eberly —
of Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., February
9, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Stanton
County Attorney, 1899-1903, 1905-09; director, Stanton National
Bank;
justice
of Nebraska state supreme court, 1925-43.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military Order of the World Wars; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Eberly and Mary (Agler) Eberly; married, August
2, 1899, to Rose E. Psota. |
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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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Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) —
also known as Dante B. Fascell —
of Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th
District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation vice-chair), 1968
(alternate).
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Lions; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Military Order of the World Wars; Jaycees;
Kappa
Sigma.
Received Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1998.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
28, 1998 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Erland Frederick Fish (b. 1883) —
also known as Erland F. Fish —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
7, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1908-09; major in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Second Norfolk District, 1921-24;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk & Suffolk District, 1925-36; President
of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1933-34; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick P. Fish and Clara P. (Livermore) Fish; married, October
7, 1911, to Mildred Russell. |
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Neal Randolph Fosseen (1908-2004) —
also known as Neal R. Fosseen —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash., November
27, 1908.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; brick and clay
tile products manufacturer; mayor
of Spokane, Wash., 1960-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Kappa Psi; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died July 21,
2004 (age 95 years, 237
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
also known as William T. Gardiner —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August
2, 1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Merle Dixon Graves (b. 1887) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, October
13, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fourth Hampden District, 1921-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars;
American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Dwight Herbert Green (1897-1958) —
also known as Dwight H. Green —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ligonier, Noble
County, Ind., January
9, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1931-35;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1939; Governor of
Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Military Order of the World Wars.
Died February
20, 1958 (age 61 years, 42
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Ashley Greene (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Lake Grove, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Ashville, St. Clair
County, Ala., January
15, 1898.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
American Bar
Association; Military Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Carter Henry Harrison II (1860-1953) —
also known as Carter H. Harrison —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
23, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1897-1905, 1911-15; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1900,
1916,
1920,
1932,
1936;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Illinois District,
1933-44.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the War of 1812; Military Order of the World Wars.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
25, 1953 (age 93 years, 246
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Carter
Henry Harrison and Sophonisba Grayson (Preston) Harrison; married
to Marguerite Stearns; married, December
14, 1887, to Edith Ogden; great-grandson of William
Russell (1758-1825); great-grandnephew of Alfred
William Grayson and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; second great-grandson of William
Russell (1735-1793) and William
Grayson; second great-grandnephew of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791), William
Cabell and William
Smallwood; third great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin twice removed of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Carter
Bassett Harrison, William
Cabell Jr., William
Henry Cabell, William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841) and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; first cousin four times removed of Richard
Bland, Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775) and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge and Benjamin
Earl Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Scott Harrison and Edward
Carrington Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, George
Nicholas, Beverley
Randolph, James
Monroe (1758-1831), Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas and John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge, Henry
Skillman Breckinridge and Earle
Cabell; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, John
William Leftwich and Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901); third cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857), Thomas
Bell Monroe, James
Monroe (1799-1870) and Stanley
Matthews; third cousin thrice removed of Burwell
Bassett and Samuel
Nicholls Smallwood; fourth cousin of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Russell
Benjamin Harrison, Henry
De La Warr Flood, John
Brady Grayson, Frederick
Madison Roberts and Joel
West Flood; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Victor
Monroe, Peter
Myndert Dox, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, Harry
Flood Byrd and William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Robert
E. Burke |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1904,
1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.
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Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) —
also known as Clarence R. Hotchkiss —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Warren, Bradford
County, Pa., June 5,
1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate broker; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1916;
secretary
of Oregon Republican Party, 1920; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Oregon.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Military Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
17, 1952 (age 72 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Pagelsen Howard (1887-1966) —
also known as Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
26, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state senate Seventh Middlesex District, 1923-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1928;
president, Blackstone Savings
Bank, Boston, 1940-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Society for Public Administration; Military Order of the World
Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in Beachmont, Revere, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 2,
1966 (age 78 years, 188
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
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Peterson Bryant Jarman Jr. (1892-1955) —
also known as Pete B. Jarman —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., October
31, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary
of state of Alabama, 1931-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1937-49; U.S.
Ambassador to Australia, 1949-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Military Order of the World Wars; Woodmen;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died February
17, 1955 (age 62 years, 109
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Otto Kerner Jr. (1908-1976) —
of Glenview, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
15, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-54; county
judge in Illinois, 1954-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Governor
of Illinois, 1961-68; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1968-74; resigned
1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Military Order of the World Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of
over $300,000 in a stock deal which prosecutors later characterized
as bribery.
Convicted
in 1973 on 17 counts of bribery,
conspiracy, perjury,
and related charges; sentenced
to three years in federal prison
and fined
$50,000.
Died of cancer,
May
9, 1976 (age 67 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Melvin Joseph Maas (1898-1964) —
also known as Melvin J. Maas —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 14,
1898.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1927-33, 1935-45;
defeated, 1932 (Independent, at-large), 1944 (Republican, 4th
District); served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
Catholic.
Member, Military Order of the World Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Woodmen;
Moose;
Eagles.
Stricken with total blindness
in August 1951.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
13, 1964 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
26, 1880.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in
the U.S. Army during World War II; received the Medal
of Honor for his defense of the Philippines in 1942; repeatedly
disavowed any intention of becoming a candidate for any public
office, but his supporters persisted in putting his name forward; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1956.
Member, Military Order of the World Wars.
Died, from primary
biliary cirrhosis (an auto-immune disorder), in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1964 (age 84 years, 70
days).
Entombed at MacArthur
Memorial, Norfolk, Va.; statue at United
States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe
business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance
companies, the Central Vermont Railway,
and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American
Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) —
also known as George B. McClellan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany)
of American parents, November
23, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; university
professor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died November
30, 1940 (age 75 years, 7
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Edgar McKenzie (1896-1956) —
also known as Charles E. McKenzie —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born in Pelican, DeSoto
Parish, La., October
3, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940,
1952
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1943-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars.
Died June 7,
1956 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Frank G. Millard (1892-1976) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March 1,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
Genesee County Republican Party, 1924, 1940; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1946-48; Michigan
state attorney general, 1951-54; defeated, 1954; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Genesee County
1st District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Kappa
Sigma; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1976
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank A. Millard and Emma (Gurnee) Millard; married to Dorothy E.
McCorkell. |
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Thomas Henry Needham (1922-2000) —
also known as Thomas H. Needham —
of Edgewood, Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 30,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1956; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1960; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1972;
superior court judge in Rhode Island, 1974-2000.
Member, Military Order of the World Wars.
Judge in the 1982 murder trial of Claus von Bulow.
Died in Edgewood, Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., March
26, 2000 (age 77 years, 270
days).
Interment at St.
Ann's Cemetery, Cranston, R.I.
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Alvin Mansfield Owsley (1888-1967) —
of Denton, Denton
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Denton, Denton
County, Tex., June 11,
1888.
Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1912-14; Denton
County District Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1933-35; Ireland, 1935-37; Denmark, 1937-39.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Lions; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1967
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence N. Park (b. 1907) —
of Glassboro, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Glassboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., April
17, 1907.
Lawyer;
law
professor; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Gloucester
County, 1947.
Member, Military Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Rotary;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence J. Park and Lyda (Clouse) Park; married to Ruth
Lewis. |
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Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Democrat. Gold miner;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harold Riegelman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
19, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1922; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1952,
1956;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
acting postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1953; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zeta
Beta Tau; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Military Order of the World Wars.
Died in 1982
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Riegelman and Bertha (Meyer) Riegelman; married, November
1, 1919, to Gladys B. Liebman. |
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John George Schmitz (1930-2001) —
also known as John G. Schmitz —
of California.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
12, 1930.
Member of California
state senate, 1965-70, 1979; U.S.
Representative from California 35th District, 1970-73; defeated
in Republican primary, 1972, 1976, 1984; American Independent
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972; reprimanded
by the California Senate in 1982 over a press release issued by his
office, which characterized a critic and her supporters with crude
slurs; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom; John
Birch Society; National Rifle
Association; American
Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Order
of Alhambra; Toastmasters.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
10, 2001 (age 70 years, 151
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (1908-1982) —
of Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., May 12,
1908.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-59,
1961-63; defeated, 1948, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Member, Grange;
Elks; Order of
Ahepa; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets;
Military Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 9,
1982 (age 73 years, 332
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Conn.
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) —
also known as Henry J. Taylor —
of Virginia.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1902.
Republican. Pulp and
paper industry; trustee, Manhattan Savings Bank;
director, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel;
author;
newspaper
correspondent; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1984
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Johnson Warner (b. 1890) —
also known as Harold J. Warner —
of Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., November
6, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Oregon; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1950-63; appointed 1950; resigned
1963; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1955-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars;
Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas C. Warner and Katherine E. (Johnson) Warner; married, August
5, 1925, to Aluta M. Larsen. |
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Frederick August Westphal (b. 1895) —
also known as Fred A. Westphal —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., June 15,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
steel
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Navy
League; Military Order of the World Wars; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter John C. Westphal and Anna W. (Glesmann) Westphal; married,
June
24, 1922, to Olive Mitchell M. Blackman. |
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Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth (1891-1960) —
also known as Richard B. Wigglesworth —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., April
25, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to Philippines Governor-General W.
Cameron Forbes, 1913; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-58 (14th District
1928-33, 13th District 1933-58); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1958-60, died in office 1960.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars.
Died, from a stroke
while being treated for phlebitis,
in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1960 (age 69 years, 180
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Weldon Osborne Yeager (b. 1922) —
also known as Weldon O. Yeager —
of Detroit west side, Wayne
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; West Bloomfield, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Hillsboro, Highland
County, Ohio, July 26,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1958 (18th District), 1960 (18th District), 1974
(primary, 8th District); member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1960-62; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 18th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1964,
1968;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 17th District, 1969-70; defeated,
1956 (Wayne County 12th District), 1966 (17th District); candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan; secretary of
Michigan Republican Party, 1979; candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1986.
Congregationalist.
Member, Military Order of the World Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl O. Yeager and Stella (McCall) Yeager; married to T. Ione
Affholder. |
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Bob Young (born c.1948) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born about 1948.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1999-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 2000,
2004;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Vietnam
Veterans of America; Military Order of the World Wars.
Still living as of 2004.
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