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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians: Death in Airports</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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Fancher</b> — of Washington. Born in Manila (now Espanola), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SP-born.html">Spokane County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/05-13.html">May 13, 1891</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 5th District, 1926. Wounded by the premature <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a> of a bomb was destroying, in an empty field at the newly-opened Wenatchee <b>airport</b>, and died soon after in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Wenatchee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CH-died.html">Chelan County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/04-30.html">April 30, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 353 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SP-buried.html#cms04569">Riverside Memorial Park</a>, Spokane, Wash. <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/faircloth-farleigh.html#974.21.35">John Abbot Fancher</a> and Nellie (Thompson) Fancher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/07-05.html">July 5, 1920</a>, to Evelyn Jones=or=Jonz.</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>William Kirk Kaynor (1884-1929)</b> — also known as <b>William K. Kaynor</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Born in Sanborn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/OB-born.html">O'Brien County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/11-29.html">November 29, 1884</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Mass.</a>, 1923-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 2nd District, 1929; died in office 1929. Killed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">crash of a military plane</a>, shortly after takeoff from the Bolling Field <b>air base</b>, Anacostia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/12-20.html">December 20, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 21 days</a>). It was his first time in an airplane. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-buried.html#cms01458">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Mass. <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 Alice Chapin Reed.</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=K000024">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406195">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7481730">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>William Dee Becker (1876-1943)</b> — also known as <b>William D. Becker</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in East St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-23.html">October 23, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Judge, Missouri St. Louis Court of Appeals, 1916-40; defeated, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/saintlouis.html">mayor of St. Louis, Mo.</a>, 1941-43; died in office 1943. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Was a passenger in an experimental Army glider, towed by an airplane; the glider's wings suddenly fell off, and it <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">crashed</a> at Lambert-St. Louis <b>Airfield</b>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-died.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/08-01.html">August 1, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 282 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00391">Bellefontaine Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. <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 John Philip Becker and Anna A. (Cammann) Becker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/06-10.html">June 10, 1902</a>, to Margaret Louise McIntosh.</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>Edmund Arthur Ball (1894-1947)</b> — also known as <b>E. Arthur Ball</b> — of Muncie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Ind.; Westwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in Muncie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Ind., December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/index.html">1894</a>. Democrat. Vice-president of the Ball Brothers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/glass.html">glass container</a> company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IN.html">1940</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart seizure</a> brought on by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/influenza.html">influenza</a>, while seated <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">in his parked car</a> at the <b>municipal airport</b>, in Millville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-died.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/04-16.html">April 16, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 0 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DE-buried.html#cms01493">Beech Grove Cemetery</a>, Muncie, Ind. <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 Frank Clayton Ball and Elizabeth Wolfe (Brady) Ball; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/01-24.html">January 24, 1920</a>, to Frances Louise Davies; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ball.html#394.58.36">George Alexander Ball</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</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/10001-0037.html">Morris-Ingersoll family</a> of New York and Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0121.html">Saltonstall-Weeks family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/66905144">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>George Joseph Bates (1891-1949)</b> — also known as <b>George J. Bates</b> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-25.html">February 25, 1891</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Eighteenth Essex District, 1918-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/salem.html">mayor of Salem, Mass.</a>, 1924-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 6th District, 1937-49; died in office 1949. Killed in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">airplane collision</a> between an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 passenger airliner and a war surplus P-38 fighter plane purchased by Bolivia, near Washington National <b>Airport</b>, Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/11-01.html">November 1, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 249 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-buried.html#cms00485">St. Mary's Cemetery</a>, Salem, Mass. <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 Thomas F. Bates and Annie (Burns) Bates; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/10-31.html">October 31, 1911</a>, to Nora Jennings; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#375.74.85">William Henry Bates</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;">Bates <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-names.html">Salem, Massachusetts</a>, 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000232">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401227">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>Michael Joseph Kennedy (1897-1949)</b> — also known as <b>Michael J. Kennedy</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/10-25.html">October 25, 1897</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 15th District, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NY.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">leader of New York County Democratic Party</a>, 1942. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tammany-hall.html">Tammany Hall</a>. Killed in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">airplane collision</a> between an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 passenger airliner and a war surplus P-38 fighter plane purchased by Bolivia, near Washington National <b>Airport</b>, Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/11-01.html">November 1, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 7 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms00567">Gate of Heaven Cemetery</a>, Hawthorne, 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000112">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406279">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>Frederick Simpich (1878-1950)</b> — of Wenatchee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CH-lived.html">Chelan County</a>, Wash. Born in Urbana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-born.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/11-21.html">November 21, 1878</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Stenographer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper correspondent</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IQ-consuls.html ">Baghdad</a>, 1909-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BX-consuls.html ">Ensenada</a>, 1911; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/OS-consuls.html ">Nogales</a>, as of 1916-17; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/OS-consuls.html ">Nogales</a>, as of 1914. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> at National <b>Airport</b>, where he was about to board a plane, and died soon after in Garfield Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/01-25.html">January 25, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00376">Rock Creek Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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 Margaret Edwards.</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/41655077">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>Harvey L. Schwamm (c.1905-1958)</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Riverdale, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1905. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 15th District, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">heavy fog</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">crashed</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burned</a>, about 300 yards short of the <b>airport runway</b>, in Nantucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NA-died.html">Nantucket County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/08-15.html">August 15, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">about 53 years</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/">1924</a> to Lillian Tverskoi.</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>Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958)</b> — also known as <b>Gordon E. Dean</b> — Born in Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-born.html">King County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/12-28.html">December 28, 1905</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-53. Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">heavy fog</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">crashed</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burned</a>, about 300 yards short of the <b>airport runway</b>, in Nantucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NA-died.html">Nantucket County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/08-15.html">August 15, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms00507">Fort Lincoln Cemetery</a>, Brentwood, Md. <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. John Marvin Dean; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/">1930</a> to Adelaide Williamson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/12-19.html">December 19, 1953</a>, to Mary Benton Gore (first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gore.html#769.33.88">Albert Arnold Gore</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gore.html#810.21.46">Albert Arnold Gore Jr.</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 family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11204.html">Gore family</a> of Carthage, Tennessee.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon Dean">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8548514">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>Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969)</b> — also known as <b>Leroy G. Augenstein</b> — of Holt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MC-born.html">Macon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/03-06.html">March 6, 1928</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">Biophysicist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1967-69; died in office 1969. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. Killed when his twin-engine plane <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">crashed</a> during the landing approach to Beech <b>Airport</b>, near Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-died.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/11-08.html">November 8, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms05326">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Lansing, 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 Roy H. Augenstein; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/">1950</a> to Elizabeth Schmalfuss.</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 by Leroy G. Augenstein:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005VN64/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00005VN64&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Come, let us play God</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>George Washington Collins (1925-1972)</b> — also known as <b>George W. Collins</b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/03-05.html">March 5, 1925</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IL.html">1964</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/IL.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 6th District, 1970-72; died in office 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">airplane crash</a> during landing approach at Midway <b>Airport</b>, Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/12-08.html">December 8, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 278 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms02292">Burr Oak Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <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>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</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>Relatives:</i> Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins2.html#695.22.12">Cardiss Hortense Robertson</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000637">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402766">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/152/000129762">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>Jerry Lon Litton (1937-1976)</b> — also known as <b>Jerry Litton</b> — of Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LV-lived.html">Livingston County</a>, Mo. Born near Lock Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DV-born.html">Daviess County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/05-12.html">May 12, 1937</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 6th District, 1973-76; died in office 1976. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-zeta.html">Alpha Zeta</a>. While <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/campaigning.html">running</a> for U.S. Senator, died in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">crash of a private plane</a>, shortly after takeoff from the Municipal <b>Airport</b>, Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LV-died.html">Livingston County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/08-03.html">August 3, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LV-buried.html#cms04120">Resthaven Memorial Gardens</a>, Chillicothe, Mo. <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 Sharon Summerville.</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=L000360">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406852">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/394/000163902">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>Ralph Frederick Beermann (1912-1977)</b> — of Dakota City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DK-lived.html">Dakota County</a>, Neb. Born near Dakota City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DK-born.html">Dakota County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/08-13.html">August 13, 1912</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a>, 1961-65 (3rd District 1961-63, 1st District 1963-65). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">airplane crash</a> at the Municipal <b>Airport</b> in Sioux City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WO-died.html">Woodbury County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/02-17.html">February 17, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 188 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DK-buried.html#cms02238">Dakota City Cemetery</a>, Dakota City, 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000310">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401302">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>Richard Dudley Obenshain (1935-1978)</b> — also known as <b>Richard D. Obenshain</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/10-31.html">October 31, 1935</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/VA.html">1964</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 3rd District, 1964; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/attygn.html">Virginia state attorney general</a>, 1969; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/VA.html">Virginia Republican state chair</a>, 1972-73; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a> 1978, but died before election. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Killed when his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">small plane crashed</a> during a nighttime landing at Chesterfield County <b>Airport</b>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CF-died.html">Chesterfield County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/08-02.html">August 2, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">42 years, 275 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 Samuel Shockley Obenshain and Josephine Mathews (Dudley) Obenshain; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/07-15.html">July 15, 1961</a>, to Helen Nottingham Wilkins; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oakman-obrian.html#575.52.74">Mark Obenshain</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffin.html#998.44.64">Kate Obenshain Griffin</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 family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16321.html">Obenshain family</a> of Richmond, Virginia.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard D. Obenshain">Wikipedia article</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>Leo Joseph Ryan (1925-1978)</b> — also known as <b>Leo J. Ryan</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; South San Francisco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-lived.html">San Mateo County</a>, Calif. Born in Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/05-05.html">May 5, 1925</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/southsanfrancisco.html">mayor of South San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1962; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1963-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/CA.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CA.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 11th District, 1973-78; died in office 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">Killed</a> by followers of Jim Jones' People's Temple cult, in an ambush at the dirt <b>airstrip</b> of Port Kaituma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GY-died.html">Guyana</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/11-18.html">November 18, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 197 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms04357">Golden Gate National Cemetery</a>, San Bruno, Calif. <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>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#608.38.05">Jackie Speier</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000558">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409514">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/950/000116602">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>Charles P. Henderson (1911-1990)</b> — of Youngstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-lived.html">Mahoning County</a>, Ohio. Born in Youngstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-born.html">Mahoning County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/03-03.html">March 3, 1911</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/youngstown.html">mayor of Youngstown, Ohio</a>, 1948-54; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</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/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <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>, at LaGuardia <b>Airport</b>, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-died.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/09-15.html">September 15, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 196 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-buried.html# ">Belmont Park Cemetery</a>, Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. <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 Margaret S. Arms.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles P. Henderson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/159678148">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>John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991)</b> — also known as <b>John G. Tower</b> — of Wichita Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WC-lived.html">Wichita County</a>, Tex.; Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Born in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-born.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/09-29.html">September 29, 1925</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 81st District, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/TX.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/TX.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/TX.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/TX.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/TX.html">1972</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/TX.html">1980</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1961-85; defeated, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-pol-sci-assoc.html">American Political Science Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Association of University Professors</a>. Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing. Killed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">crash</a> of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the runway of Glynco <b>Airport</b>, near Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-died.html">Glynn County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/04-05.html">April 5, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 188 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-buried.html#cms03760">Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park</a>, Dallas, Tex. <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. Joe Z. Tower and Beryl Tower; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to Lou Bullington; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/">1977</a> to Lila Burt Cummings.</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/collinsworth-combest.html#758.76.11">Larry Combest</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000322">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410894">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Tower">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/895/000058721">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8812">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4947">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>William Somers Mailliard (1917-1992)</b> — also known as <b>William S. Mailliard</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Belvedere, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-born.html">Marin County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/06-10.html">June 10, 1917</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CA.html">California Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1948-49; secretary to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warren.html#061.10.45">Earl Warren</a>, 1949-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1953-74 (4th District 1953-63, 6th District 1963-74); defeated, 1948; resigned 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</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>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, at Dulles International <b>Airport</b>, Chantilly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-died.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/06-10.html">June 10, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-buried.html#cms06102">Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery</a>, San Rafael, Calif. <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 John Ward Mailliard, Jr. and Kate (Peterson) Mailliard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/07-13.html">July 13, 1940</a>, to Elizabeth Whinney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/07-10.html">July 10, 1957</a>, to Cora Millicent Fox.</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=M000070">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407098">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William S. Mailliard">Wikipedia article</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>Thomas Allgood Sr. (1928-2000)</b> — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga. Born in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/09-10.html">September 10, 1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1977-91. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-justice.html">Association of Trial Lawyers of America</a>. Killed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">crash</a> of a single-engine <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">airplane</a>, during takeoff from Daniel Field <b>airport</b>, Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/08-04.html">August 4, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 329 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-buried.html#cms05769">Westover Memorial Park</a>, Augusta, Ga. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (1938-2003)</b> — also known as <b>Maynard H. Jackson</b>; <b>"Buzzy"</b> — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-born.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/03-23.html">March 23, 1938</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Georgia</a>, 1968; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/atlanta.html">mayor of Atlanta, Ga.</a>, 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/GA.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/GA.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/GA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/GA.html">2000</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/GA.html">Democratic National Committee from Georgia</a>, 1993. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Collapsed (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>) after getting off a plane at Reagan National <b>Airport</b>, and died soon after, at Virginia <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/06-23.html">June 23, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-buried.html#cms00699">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Atlanta, Ga. <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 Maynard Jackson, Sr. and Irene Dobbs Jackson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/12-30.html">December 30, 1965</a>, to Burnella Hayes 'Bunnie' Burke; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/">1977</a> to Valerie Richardson; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#235.44.74">John Wesley Dobbs</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.nndb.com/people/157/000172638">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413850">Internet Movie Database profile</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>George Dekle Busbee (1927-2004)</b> — of Georgia. Born in Vienna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DL-born.html">Dooly County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/08-07.html">August 7, 1927</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1957-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1975-83. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>. Died, at Savannah International <b>Airport</b>, Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-died.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/07-16.html">July 16, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 344 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GW-buried.html#cms07619">somewhere</a> in Duluth, Ga. <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://www.nga.org/governor/george-dekle-busbee/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/377/000053218">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>Frank Moore Fitzgerald (1955-2004)</b> — also known as <b>Frank M. Fitzgerald</b> — of Grand Ledge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Born in Grand Ledge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-born.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/11-11.html">November 11, 1955</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1987-96 (56th District 1987-92, 71st District 1993-96). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">United Church of Christ</a>. Died suddenly at LaGuardia <b>Airport</b>, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-died.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/12-09.html">December 9, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 28 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgerald.html#449.46.95">John Warner Fitzgerald</a> and Lorabeth Fitzgerald; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgerald.html#528.17.44">Frank Dwight Fitzgerald</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgerald.html#494.26.07">John Wesley Fitzgerald</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 family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12003.html">Fitzgerald family</a> of Grand Ledge, Michigan.</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>Earl Farwell Dodge (1932-2007)</b> — also known as <b>Earl F. Dodge</b>; <b>"Mr. Prohibition"</b> — of Massachusetts; Winona Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KO-lived.html">Kosciusko County</a>, Ind.; Kansas; Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich.; Lakewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Colo. Born in Malden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/12-24.html">December 24, 1932</a>. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gvcn.html">Massachusetts Governor's Council</a>, 1954; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Massachusetts</a>, 1956; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1960; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kansas</a>, 1966; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1994; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1976, 1980; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1990. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Collapsed at Denver International <b>Airport</b>, and died soon after, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">cardiac arrythmia</a>, at the University of Colorado <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/11-07.html">November 7, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 318 days</a>). 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