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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: John Birch Society, 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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Coleman Andrews</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-born.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/02-19.html">February 19, 1899</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/aud.html">Virginia state auditor</a>, 1931-33; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1953-55; States Rights candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>John Birch Society</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/10-15.html">October 15, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 238 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html#cms00943">Hollywood Cemetery</a>, Richmond, Va. <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 Cheatham William Andrews and Dora Lee (Pittman) Andrews; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-18.html">October 18, 1919</a>, to Rae Wilson Reams; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#095.84.22">Thomas Coleman Andrews 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/16158.html">Andrews-Kemp 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/T. Coleman Andrews">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6919955">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>Spruille Braden (1894-1978)</b> — of Riverdale, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Elkhorn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/03-13.html">March 13, 1894</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">financier</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-diplomats.html ">Colombia</a>, 1939-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-diplomats.html ">Cuba</a>, 1942-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-diplomats.html ">Argentina</a>, 1945. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-arbitration-assoc.html">American Arbitration Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/navy-league.html">Navy League</a>; <b>John Birch Society</b>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in Good Samaritan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/01-10.html">January 10, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 303 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>Relatives:</i> Son of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/09-05.html">September 5, 1915</a>, to Maria Humeres=del=Solar; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/">1964</a> to Verbena Williams Hebbard.</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/Spruille Braden">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/braden-spruille ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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>Ezola Broussard Foster (b. 1938)</b> — also known as <b>Ezola B. Foster</b>; <b>Ezola Broussard</b> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Maurice, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/VR-born.html">Vermilion Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/08-09.html">August 9, 1938</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1984; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> with others while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">protesting</a> recognition of the gay Log Cabin Republican organization, at the California Republican state convention, 1987; Reform candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 2000. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Still living as of 2018. <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/1977/">1977</a> to Chuck Foster.</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/Ezola Foster">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2203342">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2013/08/679-ezola-foster.html">Encyclopedia of American Loons</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>Harold Richard Greene</b> — of Westport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/428/45.80.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="Daniel M. Hansen"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Daniel McGavin Hansen (1942-2002)</b> — also known as <b>Daniel M. Hansen</b>; <b>Dan Hansen</b> — of Nevada. Born in Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-born.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/01-10.html">January 10, 1942</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Motel manager</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/roofing.html">roofing business</a>; Independent American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nevada</a>, 1970, 1994; Independent American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nevada</a> 2nd District, 1992, 1996, 2000; Independent American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Nevada</a>, 1998. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. While driving on Interstate 80 in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">icy conditions</a>, his car <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">skidded</a> into the median and overturned several times; he was thrown from the car and killed, near Winnemucca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/HU-died.html">Humboldt County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/01-22.html">January 22, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 12 days</a>). He would have survived the crash if he had worn a seat belt; family members later said Hansen "would have been willing to wear a seat belt if the government did not try to mandate it.". Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-buried.html#cms00433">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Reno, Nev. <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 Oliver Frederick Hansen and Ruth (Holloman) Hansen; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#109.40.62">Joel F. Hansen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#081.24.01">Janine Hansen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#483.28.03">Christopher H. Hansen</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/">2000</a> to Luz Helena Salgado; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#710.29.49">Ira Daniel Hansen</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#267.77.14">Alexis M. Lloyd</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#346.91.95">Zachary Triggs</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#396.96.04">Jonathan Hansen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#550.18.94">Joshua Hansen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#392.62.24">Nicholas Hansen</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliman-hollon.html#674.86.25">Mark Alan Holloman</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/41160.html">Hansen family</a> of Nevada.</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>Epitaph:</i> "Our Beloved Papa Dan / Service to God - Family - Country."</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/158738064">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1951">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a> — <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2016/08/1699-janine-ira-hansen-et-al.html">Encyclopedia of American Loons</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> Reno Gazette-Journal, October 1, 2006</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>Merwin Kimball Hart (1881-1962)</b> — also known as <b>Merwin K. Hart</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/06-25.html">June 25, 1881</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County 1st District, 1907-08; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; founder and director, Utica Mutual <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Co.; political ally of "radio priest" Rev. Charles Coughlin, Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccarthy.html#956.57.47">Joseph R. McCarthy</a>, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Doctors <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/11-30.html">November 30, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 158 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-buried.html#cms00991">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Utica, 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 Henry Gilbert Hart and Lucy Lord (Kimball) Hart; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/">1909</a> to Katherine Margaret Crouse; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/12-09.html">December 9, 1961</a>, to Constance (Gray) Dall (granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king4.html#360.03.83">Horatio Collins King</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#281.40.85">Henry R. Hart</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#972.76.59">Ephraim Hart</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#217.57.21">Truman Hart</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#341.20.13">Thomas Hart</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/13222.html">Hart family</a> of New York.</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>A. G. Heinsohn Jr.</b> — of Sevierville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SE-lived.html">Sevier County</a>, Tenn. President, Cherokee Mills; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. 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>Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970)</b> — also known as <b>Edgar W. Hiestand</b> — of Altadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/12-03.html">December 3, 1888</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 21st District, 1953-63; defeated, 1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CA.html">1960</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <b>John Birch Society</b>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney infection</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, at Huntington Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/08-19.html">August 19, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 259 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00458">San Gabriel Cemetery</a>, San Gabriel, 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000568">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405430">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar W. Hiestand">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/650/000203041">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>H. L. Hunt</b> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/TX.html">1952</a>. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. 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>Bard A. Logan</b> — of Texas. Constitution candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1960; Texas American Independent state chair, 1968. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lawrence Patton McDonald (1935-1983)</b> — also known as <b>Larry McDonald</b> — of Georgia. Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/04-01.html">April 1, 1935</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 7th District, 1975-83; died in office 1983. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Killed when the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">Korean Airlines jet</a> on which he was a passenger was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">shot down</a> by the Soviet military, over the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-died.html">Sea of Japan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/09-01.html">September 1, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 153 days</a>). His remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never recovered</a>. <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=M000413">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407413">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/314/000129924">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>James Edward McNamara (b. 1930)</b> — also known as <b>James E. McNamara</b> — of Michigan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/index.html">1930</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1972. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Evan Mecham (1924-2008)</b> — of Ajo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-lived.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz.; Glendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born in Duchesne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/DU-born.html">Duchesne County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/05-12.html">May 12, 1924</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/sthse.html">Arizona state house of representatives</a>, 1952; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/stsen.html">Arizona state senate</a>, 1960-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arizona</a>, 1962 (Republican), 1992 (Independent); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arizona</a>, 1987-88; defeated, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1982. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1988 on six felony counts of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a> and filing a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/campaign-finance.html">false campaign report</a>, specifically of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/disclosure.html">failing to report</a> a $350,000 loan to his campaign by Barry Wolfson, a real estate developer; later acquitted of these charges. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Impeached</a> by the Arizona House of Representatives on February 5, 1988, on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">obstructing justice</a> and illegally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">lending state money</a> to his business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted and removed from office</a> by the Arizona Senate on April 4, 1988. A <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">recall election</a> was scheduled against him, but it was cancelled by the Arizona Supreme Court. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Alzheimer's disease</a>, in Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/02-22.html">February 22, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 286 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/">1945</a> to Florence Lambert.</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/evan-mecham/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan Mecham">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/916/000103607">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>Tom Metzger</b> — of California; Warsaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KO-lived.html">Kosciusko County</a>, Ind. Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 43rd District, 1980; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1982; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 1991 of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/arson.html">burning a cross</a> (as a form of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">hate speech or intimidation</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; in 1992, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in Canada for violating <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/smuggling.html">immigration laws</a>. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kkk.html">Ku Klux Klan</a>. Still living as of 2012. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom Metzger">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>Marlin T. Phelps (b. 1880)</b> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born in Dunlap, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SQ-born.html">Sequatchie County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/10-09.html">October 9, 1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; superior court judge in Arizona, 1923-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/spju.html">justice of Arizona state supreme court</a>, 1949-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Arizona Supreme Court</a>, 1954-55, 1959-60. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <b>John Birch Society</b>. 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 William A. Phelps and Rebecca (Johnson) Phelps; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-14.html">September 14, 1910</a>, to Margaret Louise Nelson.</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>Hubert Leon Richardson</b> — also known as <b>Bill Richardson</b> — of California. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1964, 1992; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1966-88; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1974; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of California</a>, 1986. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Harbin Rousselot (1927-2003)</b> — also known as <b>John H. Rousselot</b> — of San Gabriel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; San Marino, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/11-01.html">November 1, 1927</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/advertising.html">public relations consultant</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1961-63, 1970-83 (25th District 1961-63, 24th District 1970-75, 26th District 1975-83); defeated, 1982. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, in Irvine <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Irvine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/05-11.html">May 11, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 191 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000469">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409430">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John H. Rousselot">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/651/000203042">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>John George Schmitz (1930-2001)</b> — also known as <b>John G. Schmitz</b> — of California. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/08-12.html">August 12, 1930</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1965-70, 1979; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 35th District, 1970-73; defeated in Republican primary, 1972, 1976, 1984; American Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1972; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">reprimanded</a> by the California Senate in 1982 over a press release issued by his office, which characterized a critic and her supporters with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">crude slurs</a>; candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1982. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/young-ams-freedom.html">Young Americans for Freedom</a>; <b>John Birch Society</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-alhambra.html">Order of Alhambra</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/toastmasters.html">Toastmasters</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/prostate-cancer.html">prostate cancer</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">National Naval Medical Center</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/01-10.html">January 10, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <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> Father of Mary Kay LeTourneau.</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>Campaign slogan:</i> "When you're out of Schmitz, you're out of gear."</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=S000133">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409641">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/041/000087777">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>Monroe Sherman</b> — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul H. Talbert</b> — of Beverly Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. 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>Robert F. Welch (1899-1985)</b> — of Massachusetts. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1950; founder of the John Birch Society in 1958. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/index.html">1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 years</a>). 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>Ervin Freeman Yearling (1929-2005)</b> — also known as <b>E. Freeman Yearling</b> — of Lake View, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/RR-born.html">Red River Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/03-26.html">March 26, 1929</a>. Conservative. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1967 (18th District), 1978 (19th District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <b>John Birch Society</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/01-07.html">January 7, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 287 days</a>). 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