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John L. Bailey (b. 1934) —
also known as Larrie Bailey —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., March 2,
1934.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lewis County; elected
1960; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Phi Kappa Sigma.
Still living as of 1964.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. Bailey and Carrie (Given) Bailey. |
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James Wilson Bartlett (1894-1965) —
also known as James W. Bartlett —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Taylor
County, W.Va., June 14,
1894.
Republican. Superintendent, Dawson Coal
Company; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1929-30.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., September
7, 1965 (age 71 years, 85
days).
Interment at Bridgeport
Cemetery, Bridgeport, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Philander F. Bartlett and Ida Rebecca (Swindler)
Bartlett. |
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1929 |
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Charlton Reid Beattie (1869-1925) —
also known as Carlton R. Beattie —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born in Assumption
Parish, La., April
22, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1908; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1909-13; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925; died
in office 1925.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., August
23, 1925 (age 56 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Taylor Beattie and Fannie Estelle (Pugh) Beattie. |
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Francis Jennings Beckwith Jr. (1892-1966) —
also known as Frank J. Beckwith, Jr. —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, W.Va.
Born May 19,
1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Jefferson County, 1921-22.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Kappa Sigma; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Jefferson
County, W.Va., March 5,
1966 (age 73 years, 290
days).
Interment at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, W.Va.
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Bennett Randolph Bias (b. 1875) —
also known as B. Randolph Bias —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va., December
20, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster at Williamson,
W.Va., 1897-1909; newspaper
editor; lawyer; chair of
Mingo County Republican Party, 1904-08; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1924;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1937, 1955.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rolan Armstrong Bias and Lucy (Byus) Bias; married, June 19,
1901, to Clothilde Gaujot. |
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Roscoe Osmond Bonisteel (1888-1972) —
also known as Roscoe O. Bonisteel —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Crossing, Ontario,
December
23, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; City Attorney, Ann Arbor,
Mich., 1921-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1928,
1944;
Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1932;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1946-59; appointed 1946; member of
Wayne
State University board of governors, 1956-59; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; Rotary;
American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Milton F. Bonisteel and Frances Anna (Whyte) Bonisteel; married,
September
12, 1914, to Lillian Coleman Rudolph. |
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1957-58 |
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Charles Guy Briggle (1883-1972) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., January
27, 1883.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1927-32; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1932-58;
took senior status 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died June 6,
1972 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rice T. Briggle and Mary E. (Thompson) Briggle; married, December
15, 1908, to Mary Ethel Stites. |
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Frank Milton Bristol (1851-1932) —
also known as Frank M. Bristol —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeddo, Orleans
County, N.Y., January
4, 1851.
Republican. Minister;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1884 ; bishop.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1932
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Clarence J. Brown Jr. (b. 1927) —
also known as Bud Brown —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 18,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1965-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Fred Ernst Busbey (1895-1966) —
also known as Fred E. Busbey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Tuscola, Douglas
County, Ill., February
8, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; stockbroker;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1943-45, 1947-49,
1951-55; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1954.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., February
11, 1966 (age 71 years, 3
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Owen Jenks Cleary (1900-1960) —
also known as Owen J. Cleary —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
4, 1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; president,
Cleary College; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1946; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1949-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1956
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1952-53; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1953-54; defeated, 1954; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1954.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Moose.
Died September
10, 1960 (age 60 years, 219
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Roger Cleary and Helen Clarke (Jenks) Cleary; married to
Marie DeWaele. |
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William Purrington Cole Jr. (1889-1957) —
also known as William P. Cole, Jr. —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Towson, Baltimore
County, Md., May 11,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1927-29, 1931-43; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1942-52; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1952-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., September
22, 1957 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Crady (b. 1931) —
of Yulee, Nassau
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., June 14,
1931.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 12th District, 1977-.
Methodist.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Lions; Moose.
Still living as of 1999.
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John William Cummins (1881-1965) —
also known as J. William Cummins —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., July 24,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1927-32,
1939-40; defeated, 1940.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., December
27, 1965 (age 84 years, 156
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John William Cummins (1849-1931) and Annie (Campbell) Cummins;
married 1912 to Jean
Welty. |
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1929 |
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Irvine Damron (b. 1947) —
also known as K. O. Damron —
of Lenore, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Mingo
County, W.Va., July 27,
1947.
Democrat. Grocer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1975-76, 1979-86 (13th
District 1975-76, 1979-82, 15th District 1983-86).
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Moose.
Still living as of 1986.
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Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) —
also known as Pierre S. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
15, 1870.
President (1915-19) and director of the Du Pont chemical
company; chairman (1915-29) and president (1920-23) of General
Motors; director, Pennsylvania Railroad;
member of Delaware
state board of education, 1919-21; delegate
to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware
Liquor Commissioner, 1933-38.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1954
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Melvin Carr Eaton (1891-1966) —
also known as Melvin C. Eaton —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., April 2,
1891.
Republican. Chemist;
director, superintendent, later vice-president, president and
chairman, Norwich Pharmaceutical
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
chair
of Chenango County Republican Party, 1932-33; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New York
Republican state chair, 1934-36; Republican Presidential Elector
for New York, 1952
(voted for Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Richard
M. Nixon).
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks;
Phi Kappa Sigma; Rotary.
Died, following an apparent heart
attack, in St. Charles Hospital,
Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
1, 1966 (age 75 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert D. Eaton and Maria E. (Smith) Eaton; married, April
14, 1915, to Ethel Jewell. |
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Horace Hall Edwards (b. 1902) —
also known as Horace H. Edwards —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Isle of Wight, Isle of
Wight County, Va., August
21, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1934-38; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1940-48; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1944;
mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1946-48; Richmond city manager, 1954.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; Delta
Theta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Edwards and Helen Hope (Hall) Edwards; married, December
22, 1927, to Mary Olive Lynch. |
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Joseph Landon Evins (1910-1984) —
also known as Joe L. Evins —
of Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tenn.
Born in DeKalb
County, Tenn., October
24, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1947-77 (5th District 1947-53, 4th
District 1953-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March
31, 1984 (age 73 years, 159
days).
Entombed at Smithville
Town Cemetery, Smithville, Tenn.
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Leslie Coombs Garnett (1876-1958) —
also known as Leslie C. Garnett —
of Mathews, Mathews
County, Va.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., December
15, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mathews
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1904-12; Democratic Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1905;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1924;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1934-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1936,
1940.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1958 (age 81 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Parker Thompson Hart (1910-1997) —
also known as Parker T. Hart —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vienna, 1938-39; Pará, 1940-43; Wellington, as of 1943; Cairo, as of 1944; Jidda, as of 1944; U.S. Consul in Dhahran, as of 1945; U.S. Consul General in Dhahran, as of 1949; Damascus, as of 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961-65; Yemen, 1961-62; Kuwait, 1962-63; Turkey, 1965-68.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1997
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Uhler Hensel (1851-1915) —
also known as W. U. Hensel —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Quarryville, Lancaster
County, Pa., December
4, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; chair of
Lancaster County Democratic Party, 1875-87; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880,
1884,
1892
(delegation chair); law partner of J.
Hay Brown, 1887-99; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1891-95; organizer of trolley
lines.
Presbyterian.
German
and English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died, from liver
cirrhosis, in a sanitarium
at Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
27, 1915 (age 63 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodward
Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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Jack Johnson (b. 1904) —
also known as J. G. F. Johnson —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Doddridge
County, W.Va., March 6,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1947-48;
member of West
Virginia state senate 4th District, 1961-64; defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Farm
Bureau; Rotary;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Archie S. Johnson and Anzina (Schoonover) Johnson; married, June 20,
1936, to Margaret Somerville. |
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Francis Fisher Kane (1866-1955) —
also known as Francis F. Kane —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 17,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1890; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1903; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1913-19.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died, in McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 27,
1955 (age 88 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Hill Keyston (1925-2016) —
also known as Dave Keyston —
of Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., August
2, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; real estate
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1964.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died September
16, 2016 (age 91 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Noel Keyston and Hazel (Elander) Keyston; married, December
16, 1951, to Dolly Dee Janisch; married to Jean
Hodges. |
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Ross McCormick (b. 1927) —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., October
27, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; university
professor; candidate for Oregon
state house of representatives, 1962.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; Freemasons;
Elks.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Ross McCormick and Helen (Kalbus) McCormick; married, August
6, 1955, to Nancy Kathleen Bohman. |
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Gene W. Miller (1906-1999) —
also known as Gene Williams —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa, October
17, 1906.
School
teacher; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Union County,
1947.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women; Soroptimists;
Phi Kappa Sigma; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Died in Atlantic Beach, Duval
County, Fla., March 6,
1999 (age 92 years, 140
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Orlo D. Williams and Edna (Bonebrake) Williams; married
1931 to
Richard L. Miller. |
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Henry A. Moehlenpah (1867-1949) —
of Clinton, Rock
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March 9,
1867.
Democrat. Banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1906; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1908; Democratic candidate for
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1916;
candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1918; member, Federal Reserve Board, 1919-20.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Kiwanis.
Died November
9, 1949 (age 82 years, 245
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Romulus O'Conor (1896-1960) —
also known as Herbert R. O'Conor —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
17, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Maryland
state attorney general, 1934-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1936,
1940,
1944
(delegation chair; speaker),
1948
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1952;
Governor
of Maryland, 1939-47; candidate for Democratic nomination for
Vice President, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1947-53.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi Kappa Sigma; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March 4,
1960 (age 63 years, 108
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962) —
also known as Joseph C. O'Mahoney —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1884.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; vice-chair of
Wyoming Democratic Party, 1922-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1929-34; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934-53, 1954-61; defeated, 1952; candidate
for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
1, 1962 (age 78 years, 26
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Karl Lott Rankin (1898-1991) —
also known as Karl L. Rankin —
of South Bridgton, Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis., September
4, 1898.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Belgrade, as of 1940; U.S. Consul General in Canton, as of 1949; Hong Kong, 1949-50; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to China, 1950-53; U.S. Ambassador to China (Taiwan), 1953-57; Yugoslavia, 1957-61.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died January
15, 1991 (age 92 years, 133
days).
Cremated.
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George Leffingwell Reed (1885-1958) —
also known as George L. Reed —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
4, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1929-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., October
8, 1958 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George
Edward Reed and Ella Frances (Leffingwell) Reed; married 1911 to Helen
Roberta Moorhead; second cousin four times removed of Matthew
Griswold and Samuel
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Herman
Arod Gager; third cousin twice removed of Zina
Hyde Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Jabez
Huntington, John
Davenport, James
Hillhouse, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Roger
Griswold, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Phineas
Lyman Tracy and Albert
Haller Tracy; fourth cousin once removed of William
Woodbridge, Isaac
Backus, Henry
Titus Backus, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell and Arthur
Gayton Postlethwaite. |
| | | Political family: Wolcott
family of Connecticut (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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memorial |
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William Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979) —
also known as Chapman Revercomb —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Covington,
Va., July 20,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1933-34; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1943-49, 1956-59; defeated, 1948,
1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,
1944,
1956
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1968,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Elks; Moose; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
6, 1979 (age 84 years, 78
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Rupert A. Sinsel (b. 1904) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., December
19, 1904.
Republican. FBI
agent; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1949-50; appointed 1949;
defeated, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Sigma; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Earl H. Smith (1880-1941) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born March
27, 1880.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; founder and
editor, The Fairmont Times newspaper;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1931-32;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1933-41 (11th District 1933-38, 14th
District 1939-41); died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Elks;
Phi Kappa Sigma.
Died May 28,
1941 (age 61 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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Buford Cleveland Tynes (b. 1884) —
also known as Buford C. Tynes —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va., May 3,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Democratic Presidential
Elector for West Virginia, 1936
(voted for Franklin
D. Roosevelt and John
Nance Garner); member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Theta
Kappa Nu; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maj. Achilles James Tynes and Harriet L. (Fudge)
Tynes. |
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