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George Ade (1866-1944) —
of Kentland, Newton
County, Ind.
Born in Kentland, Newton
County, Ind., February
9, 1866.
Republican. Author; humorist;
newspaper
columnist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1908.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Suffered a heart
attack, fell into a coma, and died, in Brook, Newton
County, Ind., May 16,
1944 (age 78 years, 97
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Kentland, Ind.
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Mark Evans Austad (1917-1988) —
also known as Marcus Jacob Austad; "Mark
Evans" —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, April 1,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; radio
announcer, broadcast
newsman, and host of his own television
news show; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1975-77; Norway, 1981-84.
Mormon.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Arizona, October
20, 1988 (age 71 years, 202
days).
Interment at Washington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Utah.
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Harold Roe Bennett Sturdevant Bartle (1901-1974) —
also known as H. Roe Bartle;
"Chief" —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in 1901.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
executive with the Boy Scouts of America; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1955-63.
Died in 1974
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Lila Cockrell (1922-2019) —
also known as Lila May Banks —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., January
19, 1922.
Mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1975-81, 1989-91.
Female.
Member, Delta
Delta Delta; League of Women
Voters.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
29, 2019 (age 97 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Curb (b. 1944) —
also known as Mike Curb —
of California; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
24, 1944.
Republican. Musician; record
company executive; race
car owner; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1979-83; defeated, 1986; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982.
In 2003, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Hercules Ebbets (1859-1925) —
also known as Charles H. Ebbets; Charlie
Ebbets —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1859.
Architect;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1896; owner,
Brooklyn Dodgers professional
baseball team, 1902-25.
Died, from heart
failure, in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1925 (age 65 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, April
10, 1878, to Minnie Frances Amelia Broadbent; married, May 8,
1922, to Grace Eleanor Slade. |
| | | Ebbets Field (built 1912, demolished 1960),
ballpark for the Brooklyn Dodgers, in Brooklyn,
New York, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Wallace Rider Farrington (1871-1933) —
of Hawaii.
Born in Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 3,
1871.
Governor
of Hawaii Territory, 1921-29.
Congregationalist.
Died of heart
disease in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, October
6, 1933 (age 62 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Rider Farrington (1830-1897) and Ellen Elizabeth (Holyoke)
Farrington; married, October
26, 1896, to Catharine McAlpine Crane; father of Joseph
Rider Farrington (1897-1954); second cousin of Edward
Silsby Farrington; fourth cousin once removed of Calvin
Frisbie. |
| | | Political family: Farrington
family of Honolulu, Hawaii (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Farrington High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. — Farrington Street
and Farrington Highway,
in Honolulu,
Hawaii, are named for
him. — Farrington Hall auditorium (built 1930,
demolished in the 1970s), at the University
of Hawaii, Honolulu,
Hawaii, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James H. Gray (1915-1986) —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 17,
1915.
Democrat. Editor and publisher of the Albany Herald newspaper;
owner of WALB radio and
television stations; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1952
(alternate), 1968;
Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1960; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1966; mayor of
Albany, Ga., 1974-86; died in office 1986.
Died, following a heart
attack, at the New England Medical
Center, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
19, 1986 (age 71 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Cleair Ranger. |
| | | The Albany James H. Gray Civic Center, a
multipurpose indoor arena in Albany,
Georgia, is named for
him. |
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Thomas Watt Gregory (1861-1933) —
also known as Thomas W. Gregory —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Crawfordsville (unknown
county), Miss., November
6, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President); U.S.
Attorney General, 1914-19.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of pneumonia,
in his room at the Hotel
Pennsylvania, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1933 (age 71 years, 112
days).
Interment somewhere
in Austin, Tex.
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Henry W. Kiel (1871-1942) —
also known as "Father of the Municipal
Opera" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
21, 1871.
Republican. Bricklayer;
brick
contractor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1913-25; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1926-28; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1932.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1942 (age 71 years, 278
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.
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Frederic Rand Mann (1903-1987) —
also known as Frederic R. Mann —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Gomel, Russia (now Belarus),
September
13, 1903.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cardboard
box manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, 1967-69; philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar Mann and Fannie (Fradkin) Mann. |
| | | The Frederic R. Mann Auditorium
(concert hall, opened 1957, renovated and renamed 2013 as the Charles
Bronfman Auditorium, but better known all along as Heichal HaTarbut),
in Tel
Aviv, Israel, was named for
him. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
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J. Fred Manning —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Democrat. Mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1930-39; defeated, 1939.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Daniel Martin (1886-1955) —
also known as Clarence D. Martin —
of Cheney, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Cheney, Spokane
County, Wash., June 29,
1886.
Democrat. Grain milling
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Washington, 1920,
1924,
1928
(alternate); mayor of Cheney, Wash., 1928-32; Governor of
Washington, 1933-41; defeated in primary, 1948; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1944.
Died in Cheney, Spokane
County, Wash., August
11, 1955 (age 69 years, 43
days).
Entombed at Fairmount
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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Stephen Cornelius O'Connell (1916-2001) —
also known as Stephen C. O'Connell —
of Florida.
Born in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
22, 1916.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1955-67; appointed 1955; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1966-67; first
Catholic to win a statewide election in Florida, 1956; president,
University of Florida, 1967-73.
Catholic.
Died, of cancer,
in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., April
13, 2001 (age 85 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Wendell Pauley, Sr. (1903-1981) —
also known as Edwin W. Pauley —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Indiana, January
7, 1903.
Democrat. President, Fortuna Petroleum,
and involved in other oil
companies; Regent, University of California, 1938-72; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1944; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1944
(speaker),
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1944-47; part owner of the
Los Angeles Rams football
team; director, Western Airlines.
Died July 28,
1981 (age 78 years, 202
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Calvin Lewellyn Rampton (1913-2007) —
also known as Calvin L. Rampton; Cal
Rampton —
of Davis
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, November
6, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. J.
W. Robinson, 1936-38; Davis
County Attorney, 1939-41; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1952,
1972;
Governor
of Utah, 1965-77.
Mormon.
Died, of cancer,
in CareSource Hospice,
Holladay, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
16, 2007 (age 93 years, 314
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Henry O. Roberts (1897-1986) —
also known as Hank Roberts —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Sherrard, Mercer
County, Ill., September
3, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1952;
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1952-55; defeated, 1963.
Died, in Regina Continuing
Care Center, Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., September
9, 1986 (age 89 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Peter Finley Secchia (1937-2020) —
also known as Peter F. Secchia —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Ferrysburg, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., April
15, 1937.
Republican. Chief executive, Universal Forest
Products, 1971-89; owner of restaurants;
real
estate developer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1980-88; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1984,
2000
(alternate), 2004;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; U.S. Ambassador to
Italy, 1989-93.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from COVID-19
and other health issues, in East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
21, 2020 (age 83 years, 189
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Myrl Howard Shoemaker (1913-1985) —
also known as Myrl H. Shoemaker —
of Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, April
14, 1913.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1959-82; defeated, 1956; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1983-85; died in office 1985.
Died in Bourneville, Ross
County, Ohio, July 30,
1985 (age 72 years, 107
days).
Interment at Twin
Township Cemetery, Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio.
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Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) —
also known as Adolph B. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
5, 1857.
Republican. President, Spreckels Sugar
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1884;
angered by an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, on
November 19, 1884, he shot
and badly wounded the paper's publisher, M.
H. de Young; arrested
and charged
with attempted
murder; pleaded temporary insanity; tried in
1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San Mateo Electric
Railway; vice-president, Western Sugar
Company; vice-president, Oceanic Steamship
Company.
German
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia
and syphilis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., June 28,
1924 (age 67 years, 175
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of John
Diedrich Spreckels; married to Alma de
Bretteville. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | Spreckels Lake,
in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor
performance venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) —
also known as John D. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
16, 1853.
Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship
Company; president, Western Sugar
Company; owned the Hotel de
Coronado, the San Diego Electric
Railway, newspapers
in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway,
from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896,
1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1896.
German
ancestry.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 7,
1926 (age 72 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph
Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie
C. Siebein. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | The Spreckels Theatre, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Elementary
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Park,
in Coronado,
California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor
performance venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ronald B. Stafford (1935-2005) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., June 29,
1935.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-2002 (48th District 1966, 42nd District
1967-72, 43rd District 1973-82, 45th District 1983-2002).
Died, of lung
cancer, in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., June 24,
2005 (age 69 years, 360
days).
Entombed at Evergreen
Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.
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George M. Sullivan (1922-2009) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March
31, 1922.
Republican. Member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1964; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1967-81.
Died in Anchorage,
Alaska, September
23, 2009 (age 87 years, 176
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clyde Tingley (1883-1960) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born near London, Madison
County, Ohio, January
5, 1883.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936,
1948;
Governor
of New Mexico, 1935-39.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., December
24, 1960 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Paul H. Wendler (1917-2013) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March 8,
1917.
Mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1971-73.
Died March
13, 2013 (age 96 years, 5
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James White (1747-1821) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., 1747.
Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1797-98, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., August
14, 1821 (age about 74
years).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Nelson W. Wolff (b. 1940) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in 1940.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1971-73; member of Texas
state senate, 1973-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1978; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1991-95; owner of grocery
stores.
Still living as of 1997.
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William Mills Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932) —
also known as William Wrigley, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
30, 1861.
Republican. Founder, Wrigley chewing
gum company; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball
team; owner, Arizona Biltmore Hotel,
Phoenix, Ariz.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team.
Died, from a stroke,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
26, 1932 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Originally entombed at Wrigley
Memorial and Botanical Gardens, Avalon, Calif.; re-entombed in
mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 11,
1996 (age 90 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt; married, June 14,
1930, to Anne Kinnaird Duncan. |
| | | Wyatt Hall (built 1939, named 1995), which
houses the law school at the University
of Louisville, Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. — Wyatt Hall (including theaters and an
art
gallery), at Bellarmine University,
Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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