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Robert Darwood Alexander (1944-2017) —
also known as Robert D. Alexander; Bob
Alexander —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1944.
Served
in the Peace Corps; school
teacher; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1974 (Human
Rights), 1992 (Democratic primary); member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1977-79; Democratic candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 2004.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi Kappa Tau; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April
26, 2017 (age 72 years, 177
days). His body was
donated to the Michigan State University Medical School.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Gibson Alexander and Dorothy (Darwood) Alexander; married
to Julie Horn. |
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Carl Clyde Atkins (1914-1999) —
also known as C. Clyde Atkins —
of Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1914.
Lawyer;
founder-trustee, Lawyers Title
Guaranty Fund, 1948-66; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1966-99;
died in office 1999.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Kiwanis.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March
11, 1999 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Spencer Thomas Bachus III (b. 1947) —
also known as Spencer T. Bachus —
of Vestavia Hills, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
28, 1947.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1983-84; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1984-87; candidate for secretary
of state of Alabama, 1990; Alabama
Republican state chair, 1991-92; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1993-2015; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 2008.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Kappa Tau.
Still living as of 2015.
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Guy Kurtz Bard (1895-1953) —
also known as Guy K. Bard —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.; Denver, Lancaster
County, Pa.; Ephrata, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Pa., October
24, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Lancaster County Democratic Party, 1925-34; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1930; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1937; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1938-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1939-52;
resigned 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Kappa Tau; Delta
Theta Phi.
Collapsed, probably from a heart
attack, in his law
office, and died en route to Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
23, 1953 (age 58 years, 30
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Denver, Pa.
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Marshall Barnes (1897-1985) —
of Hartford, Ohio
County, Ky.; Beaver Dam, Ohio
County, Ky.; Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Beaver Dam, Ohio
County, Ky., March 2,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; banker; insurance
business; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 21st District, 1932-35; defeated,
1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Phi Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in December, 1985
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ray Charles Bliss (1907-1981) —
also known as Ray C. Bliss —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, December
16, 1907.
Republican. Insurance
business; chair of
Summit County Republican Party, 1942-60; member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1944-65; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1949-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1952-80; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1965-69; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1960-64.
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Phi Kappa Tau; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Suffered a heart
attack at his office,
and died soon after at Akron City Hospital,
Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, August
6, 1981 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Interment at Mt.
Peace Cemetery, Akron, Ohio.
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Clinton DeWitt Boyd (b. 1884) —
also known as Clinton D. Boyd; Clint Boyd —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Mt. Orab, Brown
County, Ohio, September
26, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1924; candidate for Ohio
state attorney general, 1926, 1928; candidate for chief
justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Junior
Order; Phi Kappa Tau.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward H. Boyd and Hester (Day) Boyd; married 1916 to Clara
Cretors. |
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Dwight M. Britton (1886-1981) —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Williamsburg, Clermont
County, Ohio, August
7, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; St.
Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1920; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1922 (St. Joseph County), 1948
(St. Joseph District); candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1953.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Moose;
Phi Kappa Tau; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in Morro Bay, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., November
4, 1981 (age 95 years, 89
days).
Interment at Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Ohio.
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John Young Brown Sr. (1900-1985) —
also known as John Y. Brown, Sr. —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Geigers Lake, Union
County, Ky., February
1, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; athletic
coach; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1930-33, 1946-47, 1954-55,
1962-63, 1966-67 (76th District 1930-31, 75th District 1932-33, 49th
District 1946-47, 1954-55, 1962-63, 56th District 1966-67); defeated
in primary, 1973; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1933-35; defeated in
primary, 1980; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1936 (primary), 1942 (primary), 1946, 1948
(primary), 1960 (primary), 1966; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936,
1948,
1964
(alternate), 1980;
candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939.
Methodist;
later Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks;
Phi Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Badly injured in an automobile
accident, which paralyzed his lower body, and died six months
later from pneumonia,
in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 16,
1985 (age 85 years, 135
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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John Cosgrove (b. 1949) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 21,
1949.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 119th District, 1981-84,
1987-2000; candidate for Florida
state treasurer, 2000.
Catholic.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2000.
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Gerald Augustin Drew (1903-1970) —
also known as Gerald A. Drew —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 20,
1903.
U.S. Vice Consul in Pará, 1928-30; U.S. Consul in Quito, 1940-42; Guatemala City, 1942-44; Paris, 1944-46; U.S. Minister to Jordan, 1950; U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, 1954-57; Haiti, 1957-60.
Member, Phi Kappa Tau.
Died in 1970
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard William Ervin (b. 1905) —
also known as Richard W. Ervin —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Carrabelle, Franklin
County, Fla., January
26, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; Florida
state attorney general, 1949-64; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1964-75.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Kappa Tau; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard William Ervin and Carrie Marvin (Phillips ) Ervin;
married, November
23, 1933, to Frances Blois Baker. |
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Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1919-1990) —
also known as Malcolm S. Forbes —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., August
19, 1919.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1952-58; resigned 1958;
Republican candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1953 (primary), 1957; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1960.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Phi Kappa Tau; Gay.
Founder and publisher of Forbes magazine.
Died in Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J., February
24, 1990 (age 70 years, 189
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forbes
Monument, Laucala, Fiji.
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Frederick Lee Hall (1916-1970) —
also known as Fred Hall —
of Dodge City, Ford
County, Kan.
Born in Dodge City, Ford
County, Kan., July 24,
1916.
Republican. Lawyer; Ford
County Attorney, 1947-48; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1951-55; Governor of
Kansas, 1955-57; resigned 1957; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1957; resigned 1957.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Lions;
Elks; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Tau; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Died in Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan., March
18, 1970 (age 53 years, 237
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Kan.
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Ralph Earl Harrington (b. 1881) —
of University Place (now part of Lincoln), Lancaster
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Delmar, Clinton
County, Iowa, February
6, 1881.
Business
executive; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1923-26.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen of America; Phi Kappa Tau.
Burial location unknown.
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William Courtland Lantaff (1913-1970) —
also known as Bill Lantaff —
of Miami Springs, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 31,
1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1947-50; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1951-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956.
Member, Phi Kappa Tau; Jaycees.
Died January
28, 1970 (age 56 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Park North Cemetery & Mausoleum, Miami, Fla.
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William Estus McVey (1885-1958) —
also known as William E. McVey —
of Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, December
13, 1885.
Republican. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1951-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Tau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1958 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Paul Leonard Newman (1925-2008) —
also known as Paul Newman; "King
Cool" —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
26, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; American actor
and film
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1968;
created the Newman's Own line of salad
dressing and other food
products, with all profits donated to charity.
Slovak
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi Kappa Tau.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
26, 2008 (age 83 years, 244
days).
Cremated.
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John Joseph Pelter (1905-1974) —
also known as John J. Pelter —
of Dehue, Logan
County, W.Va.; Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Carlisle, Fayette
County, W.Va., January
27, 1905.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1933-36;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1937-44 (8th District 1937-38, 7th
District 1939-44).
Member, Phi Kappa Tau.
Youngest speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
28, 1974 (age 69 years, 60
days). His body was
donated to the West Virginia School of Medicine, Morgantown.
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Otwell Rankin (b. 1916) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.; Erlanger, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Harrison
County, Ky., June 23,
1916.
Democrat. Chair of
Kenton County Democratic Party, 1959-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Tau.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Grover C. Rankin and Alice Mae (Townsend) Rankin; married, December
20, 1940, to Katherine Prather. |
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Robert E. Roach (b. 1907) —
of New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Chester, Hancock
County, W.Va., June 20,
1907.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hancock County, 1945-50;
defeated, 1950.
Presbyterian.
Member, Moose; Lions;
Phi Kappa Tau; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Charles Sawyer (b. 1945) —
also known as Thomas C. Sawyer; Tom Sawyer —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, August
15, 1945.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1977-83; mayor of
Akron, Ohio, 1984-86; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1987-2003; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000;
member of Ohio
state senate 28th District, 2007-.
Member, Phi Kappa Tau.
Still living as of 2014.
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