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William Everett Adams (1922-1983) —
also known as William E. Adams —
of Tonawanda, Erie
County, N.Y.; Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind., December
25, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1957-64; member of
New
York state senate, 1966-70 (61st District 1966, 53rd District
1967-70); indicted
in December 1969 on charges of lying to a
grand jury when he testified that he returned a cash
campaign contribution from a medical services company; tried in
1970 and found not guilty.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Sigma Nu; Knights
of Pythias.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a week later, in Albany Medical
Center, Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
14, 1983 (age 60 years, 110
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Albert Larson Alford (1907-1968) —
also known as A. L. Alford;
"Bud" —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho.
Born in Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho, January
7, 1907.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1932,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks;
Sigma Nu.
Died July 20,
1968 (age 61 years, 195
days).
Interment at Normal
Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho.
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Bond Almand (1894-1985) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., January
13, 1894.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Fulton County, 1935-36;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1942-43, 1945-49; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1949-69; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1969-72.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 13,
1985 (age 91 years, 120
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander James Almand and Clara Emily (Bond) Almand; married, June 18,
1932, to Helen Whitefoot Barnett; grandson of William
Parks Bond. |
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Clinton Altmeier Altmaier (1882-1950) —
also known as C. J. Altmaier —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
14, 1882.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
Marion County Democratic Party, 1918-36; member of Ohio
Democratic State Committee, 1932-46; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Ohio.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma Nu; American
Legion.
Died in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, January
10, 1950 (age 67 years, 27
days).
Interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio.
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Charles H. Ambler (b. 1876) —
of Pleasants
County, W.Va.; Ashland, Hanover
County, Va.; Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio, August
12, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; Pleasants
County Sheriff, 1900-01; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1951-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Sigma Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lutellis Ambler and Ella Rebecca (Wells) Ambler; married, September
4, 1920, to Helen Mary Carle. |
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1951 |
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John E. Amos (1905-1986) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., July 16,
1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Bell Lines trucking
company; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1935-36,
1939-48; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1943-48; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1949-56; defeated, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1959-64, 1965-68.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in May, 1986
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Ellis Amos and Lutie H. (Delaney) Amos; married, October
5, 1935, to Mary Edith Johnston. |
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1951 |
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George William Andrews (1906-1971) —
also known as George W. Andrews —
of Union Springs, Bullock
County, Ala.
Born in Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala., December
12, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1944-71 (3rd District 1944-63,
at-large 1963-65, 3rd District 1965-71); died in office 1971.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
25, 1971 (age 65 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, Ala.
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Michael Dennis Antonovich (b. 1939) —
also known as Michael D. Antonovich —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
12, 1939.
Republican. School
teacher; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1965-73; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
member of California
state assembly 43rd District, 1973-78.
Lutheran.
Member, Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Kappa; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles S. Armistead (1914-1997) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., July 21,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1959-60, 1965-68.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the Revolution; Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died August
19, 1997 (age 83 years, 29
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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James Hugh Arrington (1904-1979) —
also known as James H. Arrington —
of Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Jethro, Franklin
County, Ark., May 23,
1904.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; superintendent
of schools; oil drilling
business; Oklahoma
Democratic state chair, 1940-46; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1942-60; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; Sigma Nu; Lions.
Named to Oklahoma State University Alumni Hall of
Fame.
Died March 8,
1979 (age 74 years, 289
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Stillwater, Okla.
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Omer H. Avery (1900-1988) —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo., June 15,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Lincoln County Democratic Party, 1926-30; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1930-34, 1940-42, 1946-48; major in
the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lincoln County; elected 1950;
member of Missouri
state senate 21st District; elected unopposed 1956, 1960; elected
1964, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo., September
3, 1988 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Interment at Troy Cemetery, Troy, Mo.
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Fred Jason Babcock (1891-1973) —
also known as Fred J. Babcock —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho, August
15, 1891.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Nez
Perce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1926-28; Idaho
state attorney general, 1931-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in March, 1973
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jason Eugene Babcock and Bertha Rebecca (Peyton)
Babcock. |
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Howard Henry Baker (1902-1964) —
also known as Howard H. Baker —
of Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., January
12, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1929-30; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(delegation chair); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1940; board chairman, First National Bank of
Oneida; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1951-64; died in
office 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital,
Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., January
7, 1964 (age 61 years, 360
days).
Interment at Sherwood
Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, Tenn.
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Joseph A. Baldwin (1895-1949) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Addison, Lenawee
County, Mich., August
8, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
business manager; hotel
business; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1935-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Rotary;
Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died January
5, 1949 (age 53 years, 150
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Robert W. Baldwin (1882-1953) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Ida, Monroe
County, Mich., August
10, 1882.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1945-48.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died December
9, 1953 (age 71 years, 121
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles W. Baldwin and Mary A. (Sykes) Baldwin; married to Ethel
M. Severance. |
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memorial |
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Sherman Hart Ballard (1894-1963) —
also known as Sherman H. Ballard —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., July 22,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1941-44,
1947-50, 1953-54; defeated, 1938, 1950, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., December
25, 1963 (age 69 years, 156
days).
Interment at Peterstown
Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.
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Harold Henry Barker (b. 1889) —
also known as Harold H. Barker —
of Elbow Lake, Grant
County, Minn.
Born in Elbow Lake, Grant
County, Minn., June 15,
1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 48, 1931-38; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1937; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for
Governor
of Minnesota, 1946; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state
chair, 1946-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth Gill Bartlett (1906-1983) —
also known as Kenneth G. Bartlett —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., March
13, 1906.
Republican. Dean,
adult education division, University College, Syracuse University,
1946-52; vice president dean of
public affairs, 1953; director of Onondaga County Savings Bank;
member of New York
state assembly 119th District, 1967-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Sigma Nu.
Died in October, 1983
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Married to Bernice Kleinhans. |
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Samuel Taylor Beare (1901-1971) —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Humboldt, Gibson
County, Tenn., October
18, 1901.
Lawyer;
coal
and ice dealer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1935-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Sigma Nu.
Died September
21, 1971 (age 69 years, 338
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, Tenn.
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Thomas Payne Bedford (b. 1885) —
also known as Thomas P. Bedford —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., January
26, 1885.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Howard County, 1927-30.
Member, Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (1921-2006) —
also known as Lloyd M. Bentsen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., February
11, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1948-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1984;
speaker, 1988;
president, Lincoln Liberty Life
Insurance Company; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1971-93; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1976;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1988; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1993-94.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Nu; Elks.
Died, of complications from a 1998 stroke,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 23,
2006 (age 85 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Alexander Clitherall Birch (b. 1878) —
also known as Alex C. Birch —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., January
21, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1912,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1920; Alabama
Republican state chair, 1923; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1927-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu; Pi Gamma
Mu; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Anthony Birch and Allie Burgwyn (Clitherall) Birch;
married, November
6, 1907, to Georgia Weatherly. |
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Francis Marion Bistline (1896-1969) —
also known as Francis M. Bistline; F. M.
Bistline —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Ransom, Ness
County, Kan., March
25, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of
the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1941-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1944-48.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks;
Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
While defending a client in a murder case, he suddenly collapsed and
died from a heart
attack, in the courtroom
at the Bingham County
Courthouse, Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho, January
20, 1969 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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Oscar Edward Bland (1877-1951) —
also known as Oscar E. Bland —
of Indiana.
Born in Greene
County, Ind., November
21, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1917-23; defeated,
1910, 1912, 1922; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1923-47.
Member, Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Sigma Nu.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
3, 1951 (age 73 years, 255
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Archibald Bonds (1876-1970) —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Pond Spring, Walker
County, Ga., January
29, 1876.
Democrat. Rogers
County Judge, 1907-11; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1913-14; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-20.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu.
Died May 27,
1970 (age 94 years, 118
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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Franklin Marion Brand (1880-1963) —
also known as Frank M. Brand —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia
County, W.Va., March
13, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1919-20, 1943-44; defeated, 1940, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Sigma Nu; American Bar
Association.
Died in January, 1963
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James C. Brand and Mary Alice (Fleming) Brand; married, November
12, 1910, to Myrtle O. Core. |
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David Penrose Buckson (b. 1920) —
also known as David P. Buckson —
of Camden, Kent
County, Del.; Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Townsend, New Castle
County, Del., July 25,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1956; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1957-60; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1960-61; defeated, 1964; Delaware
state attorney general, 1963-71.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sigma Nu.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joe F. Burdett (1909-1965) —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
22, 1909.
Democrat. Farmer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1959-63.
Presbyterian.
Member, Moose; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Jesters;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Nu.
Died in May, 1965
(age 55
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of P. T. Burdett and Carrie (Conner) Burdett; married to Virginia
Shonk. |
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1951 |
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Quentin Northrop Burdick (1908-1992) —
also known as Quentin N. Burdick; "King of
Pork" —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Munich, Cavalier
County, N.Dak., June 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1942; candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1946; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1959-60; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1960-92; defeated, 1956; died in
office 1992.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, from heart
disease, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., September
8, 1992 (age 84 years, 81
days).
Interment at Bohemian
Cemetery, Silver Lake, Minn.
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Algernon Lee Butler (1905-1978) —
also known as Algernon L. Butler —
of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born in Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., August
2, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1936,
1940
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1948;
Sampson
County Attorney, 1938-51; member of North
Carolina Republican State Executive Committee, 1942-59; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina,
1959-75; took senior status 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Nu; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died May 5,
1978 (age 72 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Alfred Carlson (1876-1926) —
also known as George A. Carlson —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Alta, Buena Vista
County, Iowa, October
23, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
District Attorney, 8th Judicial District, 1908-15; Governor of
Colorado, 1915-17; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Nu; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., December
6, 1926 (age 50 years, 44
days).
Interment at Linn
Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colo.
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Archibald Hill Carmichael (1864-1947) —
also known as Archibald H. Carmichael —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born near Sylvan Grove, Dale
County, Ala., June 17,
1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1906, 1915; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1916,
1928,
1932;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1933-37; director,
First National Bank of
Tuscumbia.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees.
Died in Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala., July 15,
1947 (age 83 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
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Tarlton Combs Carroll (1889-1978) —
also known as Tarlton C. Carroll —
of Shepherdsville, Bullitt
County, Ky.
Born in Shepherdsville, Bullitt
County, Ky., May 14,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Bullitt
County Attorney, 1918-30; member of Kentucky
state senate 12th District, 1942-45.
Member, Sigma Nu; American
Legion.
Died January
23, 1978 (age 88 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hebron
Cemetery, Brooks, Ky.
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John N. Charnock Jr. (b. 1929) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
17, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1957-58;
defeated, 1958, 1960.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Sigma Nu; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1960.
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John Andrew Cherberg (1910-1992) —
also known as John A. Cherberg —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., October
17, 1910.
School
teacher; athletic
coach; Lieutenant
Governor of Washington, 1957-89; candidate for mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1964; account executive, KIRO-TV television
station.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Sigma Nu.
Died April 8,
1992 (age 81 years, 174
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Cherberg and Annie (Rand) Cherberg; married, August
17, 1935, to Elizabeth Ann Walker. |
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Roland Hacker Cobb (b. 1895) —
of Denmark, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Westbrook, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 5,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Maine
state senate, 1949-50.
Quaker.
Member, Sigma Nu; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edward Cobb and Harriett Hamblen (Hacker)
Cobb. |
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Steve Moreland Cocke (b. 1894) —
also known as Steve M. Cocke —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.
Born in Armena, Lee
County, Ga., February
14, 1894.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate 11th District, 1951-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Terrell County, 1955-56.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose;
Sigma Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Franklin Cocke and Annie (Moreland) Cocke; married, October
23, 1915, to Pauline Barbre. |
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William Sterling Cole (1904-1987) —
also known as W. Sterling Cole —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., April
18, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-57 (37th District 1935-45,
39th District 1945-53, 37th District 1953-57).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
15, 1987 (age 82 years, 331
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bath, N.Y.
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Gino R. Colombo (b. 1939) —
of Nutter Fort, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Harrison
County, W.Va., October
27, 1939.
Democrat. Coal
broker; real estate
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1971-78 (Harrison County
1971-74, 25th District 1975-78); member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1979-86; defeated, 1986.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Lions; Moose; Izaak
Walton League; Sigma Nu.
Still living as of 1986.
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Relatives: Son
of Sam Colombo and Lenora Colombo; married to Virginia
Pair. |
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Hartwell Davis (1906-1992) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Auburn, Lee
County, Ala., December
18, 1906.
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1953-62.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis.
Died March
18, 1992 (age 85 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Earl DeCourcy (1894-1981) —
also known as William E. DeCourcy —
of Texas.
Born in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., February
4, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Geneva, 1923-24; Cairo, 1924-26; Marseille, 1926-28; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1928-34; Cape Town, 1935-36; Naples, 1937-40; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, 1948-50.
Member, Sigma Nu.
Died in 1981
(age about
87 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hooker Austin Doolittle (1889-1966) —
also known as Hooker A. Doolittle —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Tangier, Morocco.
Born in Mohawk, Herkimer
County, N.Y., January
27, 1889.
Automobile
accessories business; U.S. Vice Consul in Tiflis, 1917-21; Madras, 1921-23; Marseille, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Bilbao, 1926-32; Tangier, as of 1938; U.S. Consul General in Rabat, as of 1943; Alexandria, as of 1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Nu.
Died,from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Tangier, Morocco,
November
30, 1966 (age 77 years, 307
days).
Interment at St. Andrew Graveyard, Tangier, Morocco.
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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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Horatio Snyder Dumbauld (b. 1869) —
also known as Horatio S. Dumbauld —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Salt Lick Township, Fayette
County, Pa., May 15,
1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1933-35;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Adams Dumbauld and Elizabeth (Snyder) Dumbauld; married, June 9,
1903, to Lissa Grace MacBurney. |
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Daniel Jackson Evans (b. 1925) —
also known as Daniel J. Evans —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
16, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil
engineer; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1956-64; Governor of
Washington, 1965-77; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Washington, 1968,
1972
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1983-89.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frank Francis Fasi (b. 1920) —
also known as Frank F. Fasi —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
27, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; candidate for Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1950; member of Democratic
National Committee from Hawaii Territory, 1952-56; member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1958-59; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1959; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Hawaii, 1962 (Democratic primary), 2003
(Republican); mayor
of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1969-81, 1985-94; defeated, 1952 (Democratic
primary), 1954 (Democratic), 1960 (Democratic), 1980 (Democratic);
resigned 1994; defeated, 1996 (Republican), 2000 (Republican);
candidate for Governor of
Hawaii, 1974 (Democratic primary), 1978 (Democratic primary),
1982, 1994, 1998 (Republican primary).
Catholic.
Member, Sigma Nu; Rotary;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carmelo Fasi and Josephine (Lupo) Fasi; married, May 25,
1958, to Joyce Miyeku Kono. |
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Altiery |
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Charles Rogers Fenwick (1900-1969) —
also known as Charles R. Fenwick —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in East Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., August
11, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Arlington County, 1940-45; member
of Virginia
state senate, 1948-69 (22nd District 1948-55, 9th District
1956-69); died in office 1969; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1952-64; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Rotary;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
22, 1969 (age 68 years, 195
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.
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Bert Fish (1875-1943) —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., October
8, 1875.
Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
county judge in Florida, 1910-17, 1931-33; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1933-38; Saudi Arabia, 1939-41; Portugal, 1941-43, died in office 1943.
German
and English
ancestry. Member, Sigma Nu.
Died in Lisbon, Portugal,
July
21, 1943 (age 67 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.
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John G. Fox (1923-1992) —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Ansted, Fayette
County, W.Va., April
27, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1951-52.
Episcopalian.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma Nu; Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Died March
25, 1992 (age 68 years, 333
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of L. O. Fox and Emily (Vawter) Fox; married, September
29, 1946, to Millicent Brazie Hill. |
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1951 |
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Joseph Allen Frear Jr. (1903-1993) —
also known as J. Allen Frear, Jr. —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Rising Sun, Kent
County, Del., March 7,
1903.
Democrat. Banker;
president, Kent General Hospital,
1947-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1949-61; member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1961-63; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Delaware.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary;
Sigma Nu.
Died January
15, 1993 (age 89 years, 314
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
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Harry Friedman (b. 1883) —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, February
4, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Taylor County Democratic Party, 1940-41; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941.
Jewish.
Member, Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Faibel Friedman and Fannie Friedman; married, January
17, 1923, to Florence Greensfelder. |
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Oliver Max Gardner (1882-1947) —
also known as O. Max Gardner —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., March
22, 1882.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; chair of
Cleveland County Democratic Party, 1907-08; member of North
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910-14; member of
North
Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1911-12, 1915-16; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1924,
1932,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1929-33; defeated, 1920.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in his suite at the St. Regis Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1947 (age 64 years, 321
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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Walter Franklin George (1878-1957) —
also known as Walter F. George —
of Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga.
Born near Preston, Webster
County, Ga., January
29, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1912-16; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1917; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1917-21; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1922-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1936,
1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Sigma Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Died in Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga., August
4, 1957 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Interment at Vienna
Cemetery, Vienna, Ga.
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Albert John Graf (1898-1959) —
also known as Albert J. Graf —
of Kellogg, Shoshone
County, Idaho; Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Lane, Kootenai
County, Idaho, April
30, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1944
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Idaho, December
21, 1959 (age 61 years, 235
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
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Edward T. Hackney (1870-1953) —
also known as Ed T. Hackney —
of Wellington, Sumner
County, Kan.
Born in Mt. Pulaski, Logan
County, Ill., November
11, 1870.
Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1897-99.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu.
Died in 1953
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Prairie
Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Kan.
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Jack Ragan Hamlin (b. 1921) —
also known as Jack R. Hamlin —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., October
15, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,
1951-52; candidate for Missouri
state senate 30th District, 1962, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Kiwanis;
Jaycees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harvey H. Hannah (b. 1868) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Oliver Springs, Roane
County, Tenn.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
30, 1868.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Adjutant
General of Tennessee, 1900-06; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Hannah and Lillie L. (Gerding) Hannah; married, August
23, 1910, to Gertrude Taylor. |
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Clifford Peter Hansen (1912-2009) —
also known as Clifford P. Hansen —
of Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo.
Born in Zenith, Lincoln County (now Teton
County), Wyo., October
16, 1912.
Republican. Rancher; Teton
County Commissioner, 1943-51; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wyoming, 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Governor of
Wyoming, 1963-67; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78.
Episcopalian.
Danish
and English
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Sigma Nu.
Died in Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo., October
20, 2009 (age 97 years, 4
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. John's Episcopal Church, Jackson, Wyo.
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Richard Fielding Harless (1905-1970) —
also known as Richard F. Harless —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Kelsey, Upshur
County, Tex., August
6, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; Maricopa
County Attorney, 1939-42; U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1943-49; defeated, 1954,
1958, 1960; candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1948, 1950; candidate for mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1963.
Member, Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Elks; Woodmen;
Optimist
Club.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
24, 1970 (age 65 years, 110
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Hazen van den Berg Hatch (b. 1932) —
also known as H. V. Hatch —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
18, 1932.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Calhoun County
1st District, 1961-62; candidate in primary for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1974.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Still living as of 2003.
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Richard S. Heller (1904-1980) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 11,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Chemung County Democratic Party, 1949-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1964.
Member, Sigma Nu; Moose.
Died in December, 1980
(age 76
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael B. Heller and Charlotte (Stone) Heller; married 1933 to Mary
A. Trimble. |
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Elwood Haynes Hillis (b. 1926) —
also known as Elwood Hillis —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., March 6,
1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1971-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Eldridge Vanleer Holland (b. 1880) —
also known as E. V. Holland —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Kan., November
10, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado, 1929-33; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1933-39, 1949-59; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1958-59.
Member, Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Chester R. Hubbard (1905-1984) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., December
4, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1951-54,
1957-58, 1961-62; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1963-74; defeated, 1954,
1958; resigned 1974; director, Ohio Valley General Hospital.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
American
Legion; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., May 18,
1984 (age 78 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Franklin Jenkins (1876-1961) —
also known as W. Frank Jenkins —
of Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Webster
County, Ga., September
7, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor of Eatonton, Ga., 1902-03; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1905-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1916;
Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1917-36; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1937-50; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1946-48.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
4, 1961 (age 85 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Franklin Jenkins and Leila Ulrica (Head) Jenkins;
married, November
22, 1899, to Susie May Thomas. |
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Richard David Kuhn (b. 1929) —
also known as Richard D. Kuhn —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
8, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
1st District, 1961-62; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 19th District, 1964, 1966 (primary).
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sigma Nu; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Still living as of 1966.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Kuhn and Ella (Meinke) Kuhn; married to Sally Ann
Scupholm. |
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Malcolm Emmett Lafargue (1908-1963) —
also known as Malcolm E. Lafargue —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., November
4, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1945-50;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1950.
Episcopalian.
French
ancestry. Member, Federal
Bar Association; Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., March
28, 1963 (age 54 years, 144
days).
Interment at Centuries Memorial Park, Shreveport, La.
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Tracy Hollingsworth Lay (b. 1882) —
also known as Tracy Lay —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., November
5, 1882.
Newspaper
reporter; department
store manager; U.S. Deputy Consul General in London, 1912-14; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Dublin, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1915-19; U.S. Consul General in Munich, 1923-25; Buenos Aires, 1926-28.
Methodist.
Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Sigma Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Patrick Lay and Laura Josephine (Hollingsworth) Lay;
married, October
5, 1921, to Marcia Bliss. |
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Jacob Elmer Long (1880-1955) —
also known as J. Elmer Long —
of Graham, Alamance
County, N.C.; Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C., July 31,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Rep. Charles
M. Stedman; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Alamance County,
1911-14; member of North
Carolina state senate 18th District, 1917-22; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1925-29; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944.
Presbyterian;
later Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Lions; Sphinx.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., April
28, 1955 (age 74 years, 271
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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Chester Trent Lott (b. 1941) —
also known as Trent Lott —
of Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., October
9, 1941.
Republican. Lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. William
M. Colmer, 1968-72; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1973-89; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1989-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2021.
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Rendell Noel Mabey (1908-2000) —
also known as Rendell N. Mabey —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah.
Born in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, August
8, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
director of banks and
an insurance
company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1936;
member of Utah
state house of representatives, 1943-48; Speaker of
the Utah State House of Representatives, 1947-48; candidate for
Governor
of Utah, 1948; member of Utah
state senate, 1953-56.
Mormon.
Member, Sigma Nu.
Died November
8, 2000 (age 92 years, 92
days).
Interment at Bountiful
Memorial Park, Bountiful, Utah.
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Kenneth Leon Maddy (1934-2000) —
also known as Kenneth L. Maddy; Ken Maddy —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 22,
1934.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1971-78; candidate for Governor of
California, 1978; member of California
state senate, 1979-98; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1992.
Member, Rotary;
Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, of lung
cancer, at Sutter Memorial Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., February
19, 2000 (age 65 years, 273
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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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. |
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memorial |
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22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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Clifton Nesmith McArthur (1879-1923) —
also known as Clifton N. McArthur —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore., June 10,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; cattle
breeder; secretary of
Oregon Republican Party, 1908; private secretary to Gov. Frank
W. Benson, 1909-11; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1913; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1915-23; defeated, 1922.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in 1923
(age about
44 years).
Cremated.
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Robert Henry Michel (1923-2017) —
also known as Robert H. Michel —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., March 2,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. Harold
Velde, 1949-56; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1957-95; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Member, Order of
Ahepa; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Sigma Nu; Pi
Kappa Delta; Purple
Heart; Jaycees.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
17, 2017 (age 93 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Miller (b. 1894) —
of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Tamaqua, Schuylkill
County, Pa., October
3, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wholesale baking
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936.
Member, Sigma Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Mills (c.1906-2000) —
also known as Ed Mills —
of Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., about 1906.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Member, Sigma Nu.
Died in Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., March
19, 2000 (age about 94
years).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Corona Del Mar, Calif.
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Ralph Stuart Moseley (b. 1886) —
also known as Ralph S. Moseley —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., December
19, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 30th District, 1915-18, 1921-22;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1928 (primary), 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Murphy (b. 1872) —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Rowan County, 1897,
1901-07, 1913-14, 1921-22; member of North
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1898; candidate
for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) —
also known as John H. Overton —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., September
17, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
chief counsel defending Huey
Long during his 1929 impeachment trial; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48; died in office 1948; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Member, Sigma Nu; Phi
Kappa Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 14,
1948 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Frank Joseph Pagliaro Jr. (b. 1940) —
also known as Frank J. Pagliaro, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
10, 1940.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1970; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1970-73; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
mayor
of Burlingame, Calif., 1988-89, 1992-93.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Sigma Nu; Lions.
Still living as of 1993.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Joseph Pagliaro and Edith (Bennett) Pagliaro; married 1969 to Bonnie
Kay Dickason. |
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Marshall Joyner Parker (b. 1922) —
also known as Marshall J. Parker —
of Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C.
Born in Seaboard, Northampton
County, N.C., April
25, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Oconee County, 1957-66; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1966, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu; Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Roscoe Conkling Patterson (1876-1954) —
also known as Roscoe C. Patterson —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., September
15, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Greene
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-07; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1912-20; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1925-29; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1929-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., October
22, 1954 (age 78 years, 37
days).
Interment at Maple
Park Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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John Frederick Raper Jr. (1913-1993) —
also known as John F. Raper, Jr. —
of Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Mapleton, Monona
County, Iowa, June 13,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army
during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1953-61; Wyoming
state attorney general, 1963-66; district judge in Wyoming,
1966-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., June 10,
1993 (age 79 years, 362
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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Henry Johnson Ridgely (1913-1990) —
also known as Henry J. Ridgely —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Camden, Kent
County, Del., November
17, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956
(alternate).
Member, Sigma Nu; American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from kidney
failure, in Kent General Hospital,
Dover, Kent
County, Del., September
10, 1990 (age 76 years, 297
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
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David Jennings Rose (b. 1896) —
also known as D. J. Rose —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Wayne
County, N.C., September
26, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; physician;
surgeon;
member of North
Carolina state senate 8th District, 1955-59.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel L. Rose and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Rose; married 1925 to Janet
T. Conway; married 1956 to Mary
Elizabeth Farrior. |
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Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962) —
also known as Andrew F. Schoeppel —
of Ness City, Ness
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Claflin, Barton
County, Kan., November
23, 1894.
Republican. Athletic
coach; lawyer; Governor of
Kansas, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-62; died in office 1962; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary;
Lions;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died of abdominal
cancer, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
21, 1962 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Interment at Old
Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Ira L. Smith (b. 1870) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born near Masontown, Fayette
County, Pa., March
15, 1870.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1927-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu; Theta
Nu Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1906 to
Florence Belle Cox. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Ormond Somerville (b. 1868) —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., November
26, 1868.
Lawyer;
Tuscaloosa
County Solicitor, 1891-92; law
professor; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1911.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henderson Middleton Somerville and Cornelia Banks (Harris)
Somerville; married, September
14, 1892, to Kate Walter; married, December
22, 1898, to Bessie Randolph Edgar. |
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Harrison Earl Spangler (b. 1879) —
also known as Harrison E. Spangler —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Guthrie
County, Iowa, June 10,
1879.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940
(member, Arrangements
Committee), 1944
(speaker),
1948,
1952;
member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1930-32; Iowa
Republican state chair, 1930-32; member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1931-49; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1942-44.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Bascom Steagall (1873-1943) —
also known as Henry B. Steagall —
of Ozark, Dale
County, Ala.
Born in Clopton, Dale
County, Ala., May 19,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dale
County Solicitor, 1902-08; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1906-07; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1906-10; prosecuting
attorney 3rd District, 1907-14; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1908
(alternate), 1912
(alternate; member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1915-43; died in office
1943.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Sigma Nu.
Died, of a heart
ailment, November
22, 1943 (age 70 years, 187
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Ozark, Ala.
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Gordon S. Summers (b. 1926) —
of Bourbon, Crawford
County, Mo.
Born in Sullivan, Franklin
County, Mo., April
29, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; school
teacher; clothing
merchant; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1955-56;
defeated, 1956.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Lions;
Sigma Nu.
Still living as of 1956.
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Edmond Earl Talbot (b. 1897) —
also known as Edmond E. Talbot —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Gansville, Winn
Parish, La., January
2, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1928-33.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Horace Talbot and Katherine Eleanor (McBride) Talbot;
married, December
3, 1924, to Jacinta Margaret Lobrano. |
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Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946) —
of McRae (now part of McRae-Helena), Telfair
County, Ga.
Born in Forsyth, Monroe
County, Ga., September
23, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Georgia
commissioner of agriculture, 1927; Governor of
Georgia, 1933-37, 1941-43.
Baptist.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Odd
Fellows; Sigma Nu.
Died December
21, 1946 (age 62 years, 89
days).
Interment at McRae
City Cemetery, McRae-Helena, Ga.
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James Stephen Watkins (b. 1892) —
also known as J. Stephen Watkins —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in London, Laurel
County, Ky., November
14, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; Kentucky Highway Commissioner, 1943-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960.
Christian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Sigma Nu; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary;
Newcomen
Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Watkins and Dorcas (Chesnut) Watkins; married, June 21,
1923, to Martha Willis. |
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James Drake Weaver (b. 1874) —
also known as James D. Weaver —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.
Born in Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga., September
30, 1874.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1920-21; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Terrell County, 1926;
vice-president, Dawson State Bank;
general manager and treasurer, Dawson Telephone
Co.
Methodist.
Member, Farmers
Union; Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Alvah Weaver and Martha Flewellen (Drake) Weaver; married
to Comer Carver. |
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William Edwin Wells Jr. (b. 1890) —
also known as W. Edwin Wells —
of Newell, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in East Liverpool, Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 30,
1890.
Republican. Pottery
manufacturer; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1929-32.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Sigma Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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