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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians in the Oil and Gas Business in Wyoming</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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Born in Bernardston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/02-05.html">February 5, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Livestock grower</a>; <b>oil business</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/sthse.html">Wyoming state house of representatives</a>, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/WY.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); candidate for Presidential Elector for Wyoming; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wyoming</a>, 1905-11. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Casper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-died.html">Natrona County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/12-08.html">December 8, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-buried.html#cms00946">Highland Cemetery</a>, Casper, Wyo. <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 Silas Newton Brooks and Melissa Minerva (Burrows) Brooks; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-11.html">March 11, 1886</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#735.12.56">Mary Naomi Willard</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://findagrave.com/memorial/15057107">Find-A-Grave memorial</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 R. Burkhart (born c.1923)</b> — also known as <b>Bob Burkhart</b> — of Casper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-lived.html">Natrona County</a>, Wyo. Born about 1923. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <b>oil refinery worker</b>; candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/casper.html">mayor of Casper, Wyo.</a>, 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Roy Chamberlain (1905-1979)</b> — of Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-lived.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo. Born in Brownville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/NE-born.html">Nemaha County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/06-04.html">June 4, 1905</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel owner</a>; <b>oil business</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/stsen.html">Wyoming state senate</a>, 1943-53. <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/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Niobrara County Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-died.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/09-19.html">September 19, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-buried.html#cms00480">Lusk Cemetery</a>, Lusk, Wyo. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#124.38.66">Gertrude Ord</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>David Foote (1897-1973)</b> — of Casper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-lived.html">Natrona County</a>, Wyo. Born in Edgemont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-born.html">Fall River County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/09-05.html">September 5, 1897</a>. Republican. Gold milling, Homestake <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> Co., Lead, S.D., 1915-20; pumper, Standard <b>Oil</b> Refinery, Casper, Wyo., from 1920; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">musician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/photo.html">photographer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/sthse.html">Wyoming state house of representatives</a>, 1939, 1943-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/toastmasters.html">Toastmasters</a>. Died in April, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/index.html">1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 0 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 David Foote and Catherine (Barr) Foote; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/">1917</a> to Myrtle Gladys Hanson.</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>Thomas Frank Stroock (b. 1925)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas F. Stroock</b> — of Casper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-lived.html">Natrona County</a>, Wyo. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-10.html">October 10, 1925</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <b>oil executive</b>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/WY.html">1956</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-diplomats.html ">Guatemala</a>, 1989-92. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Still living as of 1992. <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 Samuel Stroock and Dorothy (Frank) Stroock; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/06-19.html">June 19, 1949</a>, to Marta Freyre de Andrade.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/stroock-thomas-frank ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/459/45.22.jpg" width=70 height=118 border=0 alt="Carl P. Taylor"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Carl Plin Taylor (1884-1968)</b> — also known as <b>Carl P. Taylor</b> — of Casper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-lived.html">Natrona County</a>, Wyo. Born in Rushford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AE-born.html">Allegany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-02.html">January 2, 1884</a>. Worked on construction of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Panama Canal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">steel</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">construction</a> business; built many <b>oil storage tanks</b>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/casper.html">mayor of Casper, Wyo.</a>, 1939. Died in Lynwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/01-25.html">January 25, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 23 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 Roland Lyman Taylor and Marion (JacksoN) Taylor; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/11-29.html">November 29, 1905</a>, to Mayme Alice Brokaw; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/">1916</a> to Etta L. 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