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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Phi Kappa Delta Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Adams</b> — of Chelsea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Vt. Born in Chelsea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/05-09.html">May 9, 1899</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/VT.html">Vermont Republican State Committee</a>, 1926; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Chelsea, 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/VT.html">Vermont Republican state chair</a>, 1931. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-union-vets.html">Sons of Union Veterans</a>; <b>Phi Kappa Delta</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/05-18.html">May 18, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 9 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Benjamin H. Adams and Cora J. (Ackerman) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/06-26.html">June 26, 1923</a>, to Edna M. Deshner.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Virgil O. Braun (1896-1980)</b> — also known as <b>V. O. Braun</b> — of Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-lived.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich.; Perry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-lived.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich. Born in Rising Sun, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WO-born.html">Wood County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/06-07.html">June 7, 1896</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-officials.html">Shiawassee County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1935-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Shiawassee County, 1939-44; defeated in primary, 1944. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-gamma-rho.html">Alpha Gamma Rho</a>; <b>Phi Kappa Delta</b>. Died in Corunna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-died.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/12-03.html">December 3, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 179 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of C. H. Braun and Emma (Roush) Braun; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-07.html">September 7, 1935</a>, to Grace Downing.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ralph Gilmour Brooks (1898-1960)</b> — also known as <b>Ralph G. Brooks</b> — of Wymore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/GA-lived.html">Gage County</a>, Neb. Born in Eustis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/FO-born.html">Frontier County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-06.html">July 6, 1898</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 1st District, 1942; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1959-60; died in office 1960. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <b>Phi Kappa Delta</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/09-09.html">September 9, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-buried.html#cms05182">Lincoln Memorial Park</a>, Lincoln, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Adam Hansford Brooks and Tina S. (Olson) Brooks; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/12-24.html">December 24, 1934</a>, to Darleene L. Day.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrad.html#963.54.18">Robert B. Conrad</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/ralph-gilmour-brooks/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/829/000122463">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert William Hirsch (1925-2004)</b> — also known as <b>Robert W. Hirsch</b> — of Tripp, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HT-lived.html">Hutchinson County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-12.html">October 12, 1925</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HT-officials.html">Hutchinson County State's Attorney</a>, 1953-57; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a>, 1957-69 (4th District 1957-66, 14th District 1967-69); resigned 1969; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Dakota</a>, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran Church Missouri Synod</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <b>Phi Kappa Delta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/02-24.html">February 24, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 135 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Doris Jean Brosz.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles E. Nichols (b. 1908)</b> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill.; Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/04-19.html">April 19, 1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/belleville.html">mayor of Belleville, Ill.</a>, 1961-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Phi Kappa Delta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Stephen Edmund Nichols and Bess (Jones) Nichols; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-19.html">January 19, 1940</a>, to Rosalie Sanders.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul F. Voelker (b. 1875)</b> — of Michigan. Born in Evart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OS-born.html">Osceola County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/09-20.html">September 20, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a> of Olivet College, 1920-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sppi.html">Michigan superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1933-35; defeated, 1935. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <b>Phi Kappa Delta</b>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OS-buried.html#cms05851">Hersey Cemetery</a>, Hersey, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Redmond Williams (b. 1909)</b> — also known as <b>Joe Williams</b> — of Yadkinville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/YA-lived.html">Yadkin County</a>, N.C. Born in Yadkinville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/YA-born.html">Yadkin County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/02-01.html">February 1, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 24th District, 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <b>Phi Kappa Delta</b>. 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