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Walter Lincoln Anderson (1868-1959) —
also known as Walter L. Anderson —
of Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa, February
19, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1916;
delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; member of
Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-22; Speaker of
the Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1922; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1922.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; United Spanish War Veterans; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in 1959
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Harry Hunt Atkinson (1881-1968) —
also known as Harry H. Atkinson —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 22,
1881.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Nye
County District Attorney, 1917-20; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1926-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in January, 1968
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry R. M. Atkinson and Jessie (Erickson) Atkinson; married, November
28, 1908, to Katherine Jackson; married, September
1, 1961, to Cecil Payn Chapman. |
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Charles Loughead Bartlett (b. 1871) —
also known as Charles L. Bartlett —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
18, 1871.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1922-29; American candidate for
Michigan
state attorney general, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
United Spanish War Veterans; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Charles E. Bartlett and Mary (Loughead) Bartlett; married to
Mary C. Carpenter. |
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Alexander Gillespie Baxter (b. 1859) —
also known as Alexander G. Baxter —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Bloomingburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y., November
6, 1859.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
undertaker;
restaurant
owner; banker;
member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1931-34.
Methodist.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Brean Baxter and Abigail Jane (Monell) Baxter; married, October
20, 1880, to Sarah E. Teetz; married, May 10,
1908, to Sarah J. Atkinson. |
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John W. Beaumont (1858-1941) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., July 20,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1912-21; resigned 1921.
English
ancestry. Member, United Spanish War Veterans.
Died in 1941
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Robert E. Lee Blackburn (1870-1935) —
also known as Robert Blackburn —
of Stanton, Powell
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Furnace, Estill
County, Ky., April 9,
1870.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
merchant;
insurance
business; stockbroker;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1904-05; Powell
County Clerk, 1906-10; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1929-31; defeated,
1930 (7th District), 1932 (at-large).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Junior
Order; United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., September
20, 1935 (age 65 years, 164
days).
Interment at Stanton
Cemetery, Stanton, Ky.
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Charles Bormann (b. 1879) —
of Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born March
16, 1879.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; painting
contractor; painters'
supplies dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1936-44.
Member, American
Legion; United Spanish War Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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William Edgar Chapman (1877-1947) —
also known as William E. Chapman —
of Alluwe, Nowata
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Mt. Pisgah, White
County, Ark., February
1, 1877.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Mazatlan, 1916, 1917-25; Nogales, 1916-17; Guaymas, 1917; Sault Ste. Marie, 1925-26; Torreon, 1926; Puerto Mexico, 1927; Monterrey, 1927-28; Cali, 1928-30; North Bay, 1930-32; Bilbao, 1932-38; in July 1927, in Puerto Mexico, two intruders
entered his residence, lay in wait, shot
him, and escaped; he recovered from his injuries.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla., March
12, 1947 (age 70 years, 39
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Joseph Crail (1877-1938) —
also known as Joe Crail —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Iowa, December
25, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1927-33; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1932.
Christian.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 2,
1938 (age 60 years, 67
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Marcy Bradshaw Darnall (1872-1960) —
also known as Marcy B. Darnall —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Edgar
County, Ill., January
27, 1872.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1913-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; United Spanish War Veterans; Civitan;
Elks.
Died, in Coffee Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., January
18, 1960 (age 87 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenview Memorial Gardens, Florence, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married to Lutie Milliken. |
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William Greene Dows (1864-1926) —
also known as William G. Dows —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Clayton
County, Iowa, August
12, 1864.
Republican. President, Iowa Railway
and Light
Company, Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway;
Iowa Electric
Company; Central States Electric
Company; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1897-99; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks;
United Spanish War Veterans; Loyal
Legion.
Died, in University Hospital,
Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, November
25, 1926 (age 62 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Denis Joseph Driscoll (1871-1958) —
also known as D. J. Driscoll —
of St. Marys, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in North Lawrence, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., March
27, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee, 1899-1922; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1952;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1920-21; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1935-37;
defeated, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in St. Marys, Elk
County, Pa., January
18, 1958 (age 86 years, 297
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Catholic Cemetery, St. Marys, Pa.
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Beveridge C. Dunlop (1879-1961) —
of Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., April
28, 1879.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; textile
executive; bank
director; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member
of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Christian
Reformed. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons.
Died in Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 2,
1961 (age 82 years, 65
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Spring Valley, N.Y.
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Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer (1871-1957) —
also known as Leonidas C. Dyer —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Warrenton, Warren
County, Mo., June 11,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1911-14, 1915-33;
defeated, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (11th District), 1936 (11th
District), 1942 (11th District); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1916,
1920,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, United Spanish War Veterans.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
15, 1957 (age 86 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.
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George Agler Eberly (b. 1871) —
also known as George A. Eberly —
of Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., February
9, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Stanton
County Attorney, 1899-1903, 1905-09; director, Stanton National
Bank;
justice
of Nebraska state supreme court, 1925-43.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; United Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Eberly and Mary (Agler) Eberly; married, August
2, 1899, to Rose E. Psota. |
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Franklin Fowler Ellsworth (1879-1942) —
also known as Franklin F. Ellsworth —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.; Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn., July 10,
1879.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Watonwan
County Attorney, 1905-08; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1924; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1934.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
23, 1942 (age 63 years, 166
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William Eastin English (1850-1926) —
also known as William E. English —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Lexington, Scott
County, Ind., November
3, 1850.
Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1879; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1883-85; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1892,
1896;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1912;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1917-25; defeated (Republican), 1908, 1910.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; United Spanish War Veterans; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April
29, 1926 (age 75 years, 177
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Guy Leverne Fake (1879-1957) —
also known as Guy L. Fake —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
15, 1879.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order; United Spanish War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., September
23, 1957 (age 77 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Milton Elwood Fake and Mary Louise (Cook) Fake; married to Grace
Elizabeth Mucklow; first cousin of Kenneth
Hearn Fake. |
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Augustus Herbert Gansser (1872-1951) —
also known as Augustus H. Gansser —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Wurttemberg, Germany,
July
5, 1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 1st District,
1911-12; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1915-18, 1923-32; defeated, 1912,
1932; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Congregationalist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; United Spanish War Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., April
25, 1951 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Fred Warren Green (1871-1936) —
also known as Fred W. Green —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., October
19, 1871.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
furniture
manufacturing executive; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1912,
1920,
1928,
1932,
1936;
mayor
of Ionia, Mich., 1913-25; treasurer of
Michigan Republican Party, 1915-19; Governor of
Michigan, 1927-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
United Spanish War Veterans.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Munising Hospital,
Munising, Alger
County, Mich., November
30, 1936 (age 65 years, 42
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Highland
Park Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.
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Frank Lester Greene (1870-1930) —
also known as Frank L. Greene —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., February
10, 1870.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,
1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1912-23; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1923-30; died in office 1930; on February
15, 1924, while walking on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.,
he was shot
in the head by a prohibition agent chasing bootleggers.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Grange;
Rotary.
Died in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., December
17, 1930 (age 60 years, 310
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, St. Albans, Vt.
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Joseph Rhodes Hanley (1876-1961) —
also known as Joe R. Hanley —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa; Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, May 30,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
ordained
minister; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1927-31; member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1932-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932
(alternate), 1944,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1943-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1950.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary;
United Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in Perry Nursing
Home, Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., September
4, 1961 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Hanley and Katherine (Rhodes) Hanley; married, October
31, 1900, to Henrietta Victoria Robertson. |
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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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William Hayward (1877-1944) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb., April
29, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Otoe
County Judge, 1901-02; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1907-09; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1908-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1921-25; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Union
League.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1944 (age 67 years, 167
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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John Henry Hoeppel (1881-1976) —
also known as John H. Hoeppel —
of Arcadia, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Tell City, Perry
County, Ind., February
10, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1933-37; defeated
(Prohibition), 1946.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; American
Legion; United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Convicted
in 1936 of conspiring to sell
an appointment to West Point; sentenced
to prison.
Died at Huntington Care
Center, Arcadia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
21, 1976 (age 95 years, 224
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) —
also known as Clarence R. Hotchkiss —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Warren, Bradford
County, Pa., June 5,
1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate broker; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1916;
secretary
of Oregon Republican Party, 1920; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Oregon.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United Spanish War Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
17, 1952 (age 72 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Huddleston (1869-1960) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., November
11, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1915-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; United Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died February
29, 1960 (age 90 years, 110
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Clifford Cady Ireland (1878-1930) —
also known as Clifford Ireland —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Washburn, Woodford
County, Ill., February
14, 1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
general counsel, State Trust and Savings Bank;
president, Western Live Stock Insurance
Co.; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1917-23; defeated in
primary, 1922; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1925; treasurer of
Illinois Republican Party, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1930
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Linn-Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Washburn, Ill.
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Edwin Marshall Irish (b. 1848) —
also known as Edwin M. Irish —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Gorham, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 11,
1848.
Republican. Lawyer; Kalamazoo
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1874-80; Adjutant
General of Michigan, 1897-98; resigned 1898; colonel in the U.S.
Army during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Elks;
United Spanish War Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Marshall Irish and Martha (Fogg) Irish. |
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William Francis James (1873-1945) —
also known as W. Frank James —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1873.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate and insurance
business; Houghton
County Treasurer, 1901-04; mayor
of Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated,
1934, 1936.
Methodist.
Cornish
ancestry. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees;
Foresters;
Eagles.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
17, 1945 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Warren Keifer (1836-1932) —
also known as J. Warren Keifer —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Bethel Township, Clark
County, Ohio, January
30, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio
state senate, 1868-69; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1876,
1908;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-85, 1905-11 (8th District 1877-79,
4th District 1879-81, 8th District 1881-85, 7th District 1905-11);
defeated, 1910; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1881-83; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; United Spanish War Veterans.
Died April
22, 1932 (age 96 years, 83
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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Wesley Travis Kennerly (1877-1944) —
also known as Wesley T. Kennerly —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Henry
County, Tenn., August
29, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1917-21; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1940.
Southern
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Sons of
the Revolution; United Spanish War Veterans.
Died January
29, 1944 (age 66 years, 153
days).
Interment at Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Oscar Edward Kilstrom (1874-1943) —
also known as Oscar E. Kilstrom —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March
26, 1874.
Republican. Funeral
director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1939-43; defeated, 1936; died in office 1943.
Lutheran.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons.
Died September
1, 1943 (age 69 years, 159
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Kirnan (b. 1880) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
4, 1880.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1931-41; resigned
1941; member of New York
state senate, 1941-46 (5th District 1941-44, 13th District
1945-46).
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Royal
Arcanum; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; United Spanish War Veterans; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Ardolph Loges Kline (1858-1930) —
also known as Ardolph L. Kline —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born near Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., February
21, 1858.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1913; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Episcopalian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
13, 1930 (age 72 years, 234
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Albert Linxwiler (1878-1943) —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill., January
30, 1878.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I; postmaster at Jefferson
City, Mo., 1934-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., April
15, 1943 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak., August
4, 1878.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1911-14; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District
1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republican
primary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Sigma Rho; United Spanish War Veterans.
One of 25 passengers and crew killed in the crash
of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound from
Washington to Pittsburgh, during an intense
storm, near Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va., August
31, 1940 (age 62 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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George Richard Lunn (1873-1948) —
also known as George R. Lunn —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born near Lenox, Taylor
County, Iowa, June 23,
1873.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Presbyterian
minister; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1912-13, 1916-17, 1920-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1917-19; defeated,
1912 (Socialist), 1918 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940
(alternate); candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1920; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1923-24; defeated (Democratic), 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif., November
27, 1948 (age 75 years, 157
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Willis Leon Lyons (1877-1970) —
also known as Willis L. Lyons —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Livingston
County, Mich., April
15, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
director, attorney, vice-president, First National Bank of
Howell; Livingston
County Clerk, 1900-11; Livingston
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-21; Livingston
County Probate Judge, 1921; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1928;
circuit
judge in Michigan 35th Circuit, 1948-53; appointed 1948;
defeated, 1953.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United Spanish War Veterans.
Died October
7, 1970 (age 93 years, 175
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Howell, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Lyons and Elmina (Drew) Lyons; married 1899 to Teresa
Scully. |
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Charles Rendell Mabey (1877-1959) —
also known as Charles R. Mabey —
of Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, October
4, 1877.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;
author;
banker;
president, Bonneville Irrigation District; president, Triangle Drug
Company; director, Bountiful Lumber and
Building Association; director, Bountiful Light and
Power Company; mayor
of Bountiful, Utah, 1910; member of Utah
state house of representatives, 1913-16; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1916; Governor of
Utah, 1921-25; defeated, 1924; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Mormon.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; United Spanish War Veterans; Navy
League; Rotary.
Died in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, April
26, 1959 (age 81 years, 204
days).
Interment at Bountiful
Memorial Park, Bountiful, Utah.
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Robert Emmet Manly (b. 1869) —
also known as Robert E. Manly —
of Manila, Philippines;
Naga, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Born in Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn., July 6,
1869.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
member, Credentials Committee, 1912,
1916,
1924,
1928;
Honorary Vice-President, 1916;
member of Democratic National Committee from the Philippine Islands,
1912-40.
Member, American Bar
Association; United Spanish War Veterans; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick William Mansfield (1877-1958) —
also known as Frederick W. Mansfield —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
26, 1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; pharmacist;
lawyer;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1910 (primary), 1916, 1917; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1914-15, 1941; defeated, 1914; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1934-38; defeated, 1929.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
United Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1958 (age 81 years, 225
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Walter A. Marden (1867-1958) —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 21,
1867.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate in primary for mayor
of Oshkosh, Wis., 1930.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., April 9,
1958 (age 90 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Thomas A. McWhinney (c.1863-1933) —
of Lawrence, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Atlantic Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1863.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
postmaster at Lawrence,
N.Y., 1901; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly, 1915-23 (Nassau County 1915-17, Nassau County 1st
District 1918-23); indicted
in 1920 on charges
that he and others had tipped off
gamblers to planned police raids; tried
and found not guilty.
Member, Elks; Royal
Arcanum; United Spanish War Veterans; Foresters;
Redmen;
Order
of Heptasophs; Order
of United American Mechanics.
Suffered a stroke,
and died, in Atlantic Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
25, 1933 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lidie Wright. |
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Rice William Means (1877-1949) —
also known as Rice W. Means; "Puffed
Rice" —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
16, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Adams
County Judge, 1902-04; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1924-27.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United Spanish War Veterans; American
Legion; Ku Klux Klan.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
30, 1949 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) —
also known as Charles S. Mott; C. S. Mott —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 2,
1875.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1912-14, 1918-19; defeated, 1914; candidate in
Republican primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924,
1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Episcopalian.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Vice-president of General
Motors. Philanthropist; founder of Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., February
18, 1973 (age 97 years, 261
days).
Entombed at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) —
also known as Matthew M. Neely —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grove, Doddridge
County, W.Va., November
9, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor
of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;
defeated, 1920, 1946; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,
1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1952,
1956;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1941-45.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Delta
Chi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action; United Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from cancer,
in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 1958 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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William Lester Nelson (1875-1946) —
also known as William L. Nelson; Will L.
Nelson —
of Bunceton, Cooper
County, Mo.; Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born near Bunceton, Cooper
County, Mo., August
4, 1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
writer; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cooper County, 1901-02,
1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1919-21, 1925-33, 1935-43 (8th
District 1919-21, 1925-33, 2nd District 1935-43); defeated, 1920 (8th
District), 1942 (2nd District), 1946 (2nd District); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Gamma
Sigma Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United Spanish War Veterans; Kiwanis.
Died in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., December
31, 1946 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Barratt O'Hara (1882-1969) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Joseph, Berrien
County, Mich., April
28, 1882.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1913-17; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1915; major in the U.S. Army during World
War I; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1920; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1949-51, 1953-69;
defeated, 1938 (at-large), 1950 (2nd District).
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; United Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
11, 1969 (age 87 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William John Otjen (b. 1880) —
also known as William J. Otjen —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Labette
County, Kan., October
19, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
insurance
business; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1923-25; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1925-32; candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1942; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1944; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Christian Otjen and Sophia (Nuhfer) Otjen; married, June 15,
1907, to Jane B. Cullison. |
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Lloyd Thurston (1880-1970) —
of Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, March
27, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1920-24; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1925-39 (8th District 1925-33, 5th
District 1933-39); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1938.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; United Spanish War Veterans; Rotary.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, May 7,
1970 (age 90 years, 41
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Iowa.
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Daniel Webster Turner (1877-1969) —
also known as Dan W. Turner —
of Corning, Adams
County, Iowa.
Born in Corning, Adams
County, Iowa, March
17, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
merchant;
farmer;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1916
(alternate), 1928
(speaker),
1932,
1936;
Governor
of Iowa, 1931-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died April
15, 1969 (age 92 years, 29
days).
Interment somewhere
in Corning, Iowa.
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Charles Murray Turpin (1878-1946) —
also known as C. Murray Turpin —
of Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 4,
1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
steamboat
captain; dentist;
burgess
of Kingston, Pennsylvania, 1923; Luzerne
County Prothonotary; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1929-37.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Psi
Omega; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Junior
Order.
Died in 1946
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Forty
Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Pa.
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William Newell Vaile (1876-1927) —
also known as William N. Vaile —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., June 22,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1919-27; defeated,
1916; died in office 1927.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
United Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from heart
disease, while riding in an
automobile in or near Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, July 2,
1927 (age 51 years, 10
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Carl Chester Van Dyke (1881-1919) —
also known as Carl C. Van Dyke —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., February
18, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; railway
mail
clerk; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1915-19; died in
office 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, United Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 20,
1919 (age 38 years, 91
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(speaker),
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grange;
United Spanish War Veterans; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League; Skull
and Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Mary Louisa (Travers) Wadsworth; married,
September
30, 1902, to Alice Hay (daughter of John
Milton Hay); father of James
Jermiah Wadsworth and Evelyn Wadsworth (who married William
Stuart Symington); nephew of Charles
Frederick Wadsworth; grandson of James
Samuel Wadsworth; grandfather of James
Wadsworth Symington; great-grandson of Reverdy
Johnson; great-grandnephew of Thomas
Fielder Bowie; second great-grandson of John
Johnson; second great-grandnephew of Robert
William Bowie (1787-1848); third great-grandson of Erastus
Wolcott and Robert
William Bowie (1750-1818); third great-grandnephew of Oliver
Wolcott Sr., Benjamin
Mackall IV, Walter
Bowie and Thomas
Mackall; fourth great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, Frederick
Wolcott and Margaret
Taylor; second cousin once removed of Edward
Oliver Wolcott; second cousin five times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of John
William Allen, Henry
Titus Backus, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed of Eli
Coe Birdsey, George
Harrison Hall and Alfred
Wolcott. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
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1919 |
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Boyd Wales (b. 1873) —
of Howard, Miner
County, S.Dak.
Born in Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb., August
10, 1873.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Unitarian.
Member, Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; United Spanish War Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Prescutt Wales and Phebe (Cunningham) Wales; married to May
Furman. |
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James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) —
also known as James L. Whitley —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1919-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Woodmen
of the World; United Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Union
League.
Died in 1959
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Roy Orchard Woodruff (1876-1953) —
also known as Roy O. Woodruff —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich., March
14, 1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
dentist;
mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1911-13; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1913-15, 1921-53;
defeated, 1914; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
Baptist;
later Presbyterian.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Elks;
United Spanish War Veterans; American
Dental Association; Delta
Sigma Delta.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1953 (age 76 years, 335
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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