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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Phi Mu Alpha 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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Dewey"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas E. Dewey</b> — of Pawling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-born.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-24.html">March 24, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York</a>, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-officials.html">New York County District Attorney</a>, 1937-41; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/index.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NY.html">1952</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NY.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <b>Phi Mu Alpha</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his room at the Seaview <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Bal Harbor, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/03-16.html">March 16, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 357 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-buried.html#cms03530">Pawling Cemetery</a>, Pawling, N.Y. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewey.html#339.10.35">George Martin Dewey</a> and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/06-16.html">June 16, 1928</a>, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis5.html#938.98.18">Jefferson Finis Davis</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewey.html#843.90.61">Edmond Otis Dewey</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#464.71.05">David Waterman</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#545.09.22">Thomas Glasby Waterman</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#806.18.65">Luther Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#328.20.93">James Gillespie Blaine III</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>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0136.html">Chandler-Hale family</a> of Portland, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0567.html">Abbott family</a> of Salinas, California; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0086.html">Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family</a> of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brownback-browner.html#838.22.13">Herbert Brownell, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wing.html#455.16.89">Charles C. Wing</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#545.20.06">Martin T. Manton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#249.40.12">Herman Methfessel</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;">The Thomas E. Dewey <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Thruway</a>, which runs through <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-names.html">Westchester</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-names.html">Rockland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-names.html">Orange</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-names.html">Ulster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-names.html">Greene</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-names.html">Albany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-names.html">Schenectady</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-names.html">Montgomery</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-names.html">Herkimer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-names.html">Oneida</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-names.html">Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-names.html">Onondaga</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-names.html">Cayuga</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SE-names.html">Seneca</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-names.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-names.html">Monroe</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-names.html">Genesee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-names.html">Erie</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-names.html">Chautauqua</a> counties in New York, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/thomas-edmund-dewey/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas E. Dewey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/939/000054777">NNDB dossier</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>Books about Thomas E. Dewey:</i> Mary M. Stolberg, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555532454/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1555532454&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Fighting Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E. Dewey</a> — Barry K. Beyer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824036263/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0824036263&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Thomas E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership</a> — Richard Norton Smith, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067141741X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=067141741X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Thomas E. Dewey and His Times</a> — Scott Farris, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0762763787/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0762763787&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation</a> — David Pietrusza, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140276748X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=140276748X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America</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>Image source:</i> Library of Congress</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>Bert M. Heideman (b. 1909)</b> — of Hancock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-lived.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich. Born in Calumet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-born.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/02-05.html">February 5, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 32nd District, 1958, 1960 (primary), 1962; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from 32nd Senatorial District, 1961-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 110th District, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <b>Phi Mu Alpha</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-pol-sci-assoc.html">American Political Science Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</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 Rev. Arthur Heideman and Lempi (Kranck) Heideman; married to Katherine Grayson Graham.</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>S. Wentworth Horton (b. 1885)</b> — of Greenport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y.; Orient, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Greenport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/10-16.html">October 16, 1885</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 1st District, 1947-56; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NY.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-phi-epsilon.html">Sigma Phi Epsilon</a>; <b>Phi Mu Alpha</b>. 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>Vladimir Karapetoff (b. 1876)</b> — of Ithaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y. Born in St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-born.html">Russia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/01-08.html">January 8, 1876</a>. Socialist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 6th District, 1913; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/engr.html">New York state engineer and surveyor</a>, 1920, 1924; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 41st District, 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Association of University Professors</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <b>Phi Mu Alpha</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-xi.html">Theta Xi</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 Nikita Karapetoff and Anna (Ivanova) Karapetoff; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/08-02.html">August 2, 1904</a>, to Frances Lulu Gillmor.</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>Carroll Dudley Kearns (1900-1976)</b> — also known as <b>Carroll D. Kearns</b> — of Farrell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, Pa.; Conneaut Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa. Born in Youngstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-born.html">Mahoning County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/05-07.html">May 7, 1900</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">Concert musician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">orchestral conductor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1947-63 (28th District 1947-53, 24th District 1953-63); defeated in primary, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <b>Phi Mu Alpha</b>. Died in Meadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-died.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/06-11.html">June 11, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-buried.html#cms01461">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Conneaut Lake, Pa. <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 Patrick Henry Kearns and Ida May (Carroll) Kearns; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/08-30.html">August 30, 1933</a>, to Nora Lynch.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000032">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406202">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=37813">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>Joshua Bryan Lee (1892-1967)</b> — also known as <b>Josh Lee</b> — of Norman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CV-lived.html">Cleveland County</a>, Okla. Born in Childersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TA-born.html">Talladega County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-23.html">January 23, 1892</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 5th District, 1935-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1937-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/OK.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/OK.html">1956</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>; <b>Phi Mu Alpha</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/08-10.html">August 10, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 199 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CV-buried.html#cms01518">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Norman, Okla. <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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000198">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406701">Govtrack.us page</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>Joseph T. Meek</b> — also known as <b>"Mr. Retailing"</b> — of Western Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1954; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 9th District, 1969-70. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <b>Phi Mu Alpha</b>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/635/91.53.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Charles A. Sink"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Albert Sink (1879-1972)</b> — also known as <b>Charles A. Sink</b> — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Westernville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/07-04.html">July 4, 1879</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1919-20, 1925-26; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 12th District, 1921-22, 1927-30; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1932; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MI.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/acacia.html">Acacia</a>; <b>Phi Mu Alpha</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in St. Joseph Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/12-17.html">December 17, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 166 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms07465">Washtenong Memorial Park</a>, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. <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 Herman Sink and Caroline (Gleasman) Sink; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/06-18.html">June 18, 1923</a>, to Alva Joanna Gordon.</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>Image source:</i> Ann Arbor Daily News, October 8, 1928</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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