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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Rotary, politicians, Colorado</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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Wayne Allard</b> — of Loveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LR-lived.html">Larimer County</a>, Colo. Born in Fort Collins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LR-born.html">Larimer County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/12-12.html">December 12, 1943</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/veterinarian.html">Veterinarian</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1983-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 4th District, 1991-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1997-2009. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>. Still living as of 2010. <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/1967/03-23.html">March 23, 1967</a>, to Joan Malcolm.</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=A000109">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300003">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne Allard">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>Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989)</b> — also known as <b>Gordon Allott</b> — of Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PR-lived.html">Prowers County</a>, Colo.; Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-lived.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo. Born in Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-born.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-02.html">January 2, 1907</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CO.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CO.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CO.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CO.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CO.html">1964</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CO.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1950-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1955-73; defeated, 1972. <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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-pi.html">Delta Sigma Pi</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Swedish <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-died.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/01-17.html">January 17, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 15 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-buried.html#cms00627">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Denver, Colo. <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 Leonard John Allott and Bertha Louise (Reese) Allott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/05-15.html">May 15, 1934</a>, to Welda O. Hall.</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=A000161">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400816">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon L. Allott">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7774863">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=7388">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>Lester Ellis Anderson (1921-2000)</b> — also known as <b>Les Anderson</b> — of Eugene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LA-lived.html">Lane County</a>, Ore.; Aspen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PI-lived.html">Pitkin County</a>, Colo. Born in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-born.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/12-05.html">December 5, 1921</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/eugene.html">mayor of Eugene, Ore.</a>, 1969-77. Member, <b>Rotary</b>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Eugene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LA-died.html">Lane County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/10-08.html">October 8, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 308 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-buried.html#cms00481">Willamette National Cemetery</a>, Portland, Ore. <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>Epitaph:</i> "Look to the mountains for strength."</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>Odell Carl Barry (b. 1941)</b> — also known as <b>Odell C. Barry</b> — of Northglenn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Colo.; Westminster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Colo. Born in Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/10-10.html">October 10, 1941</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">Professional football player</a> for the Denver Broncos in 1964-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/CO.html">1972</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/CO.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/CO.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/CO.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/northglenn.html">mayor of Northglenn, Colo.</a>, 1980-82; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CO.html">Democratic National Committee from Colorado</a>, 1989-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Rotary</b>. Still living as of 2008. <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/Odell Barry">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>John Perry Bartlett (1905-1978)</b> — of Boulder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BO-lived.html">Boulder County</a>, Colo. Born in Bessemer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/11-20.html">November 20, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Mens wear retailer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/boulder.html">mayor of Boulder, Colo.</a>, 1948-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died in April, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/index.html">1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/08-27.html">August 27, 1934</a>, to Mildred Dishman Banks.</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 Davis Begole (1877-1956)</b> — also known as <b>George D. Begole</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Kirksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AD-born.html">Adair County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-28.html">May 28, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1931-35. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/12-22.html">December 22, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 208 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-buried.html#cms00627">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Denver, Colo. <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 Davis W. Begole and Lydia (Stanford) Begole; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-01.html">June 1, 1927</a>, to Ethel Waldo.</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/11148304">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>Fred McLean Betz (1896-1982)</b> — also known as <b>Fred M. Betz</b> — of Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PR-lived.html">Prowers County</a>, Colo. Born in Liberal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BR-born.html">Barton County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/06-02.html">June 2, 1896</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CO.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CO.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CO.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CO.html">Colorado Democratic state chair</a>, 1958; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 3rd District, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/index.html">1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/06-05.html">June 5, 1917</a>, to Lennie Maude Coffman.</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>Donald Glenn Brotzman (1922-2004)</b> — also known as <b>Donald G. Brotzman</b> — of Boulder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BO-lived.html">Boulder County</a>, Colo. Born near Sterling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/06-28.html">June 28, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1951-52; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1953-56; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1956; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Colorado</a>, 1959-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 2nd District, 1963-65, 1967-75; defeated, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/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/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-died.html">Alexandria</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/09-15.html">September 15, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BO-buried.html#cms02793">Green Mountain Cemetery</a>, Boulder, Colo. <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 Harry Brotzman and Priscilla Ruth (Kittle) Brotzman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/04-09.html">April 9, 1944</a>, to Louise L. 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=B000893">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401850">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9466262">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>Albert Edmund Brown (1874-1958)</b> — of Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass.; Ithaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y.; East Greenbush, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y.; Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo. Born in Derby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/12-09.html">December 9, 1874</a>. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">singer</a>; music educator; director of community singing; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920 /speakers.html">performed</a>, Republican National Convention, 1920 ; dean, Ithaca Institute of Public School Music (later, Ithaca College Music Department), 1924-36. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-scientist.html">Christian Scientist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/12-07.html">December 7, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 363 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 Brown and Elizabeth (Frost) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/06-15.html">June 15, 1898</a>, to Martha Elizabeth Taylor.</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>Howard Hollis Callaway (1927-2014)</b> — also known as <b>Howard H. Callaway</b>; <b>Bo Callaway</b> — of Pine Mountain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/HI-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Ga.; Crested Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/GU-lived.html">Gunnison County</a>, Colo. Born in LaGrange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TR-born.html">Troup County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/04-02.html">April 2, 1927</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/GA.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 3rd District, 1965-67; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a> 1966, election inconclusive; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/GA.html">Republican National Committee from Georgia</a>, 1968-73; candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CO.html">Colorado Republican state chair</a>, 1981-87. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MU-died.html">Muscogee County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/03-15.html">March 15, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 347 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 Cason Jewell Callaway and Virginia (Hand) Callaway; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/06-11.html">June 11, 1949</a>, to Laura Elizabeth Walton.</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=C000055">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402214">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>John Edgar Chenoweth (1897-1986)</b> — also known as <b>J. Edgar Chenoweth</b> — of Trinidad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LA-lived.html">Las Animas County</a>, Colo. Born in Trinidad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LA-born.html">Las Animas County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/08-17.html">August 17, 1897</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LA-officials.html">Las Animas County Judge</a>, 1933-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CO.html">Colorado Republican state chair</a>, 1937-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 3rd District, 1941-49, 1951-65; defeated, 1948, 1964; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CO.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died in Trinidad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LA-died.html">Las Animas County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/01-02.html">January 2, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LA-buried.html#cms04170">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Trinidad, Colo. <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 Beaseman Chenoweth and Esther Rebecca (Shamberger) Chenoweth.</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=C000346">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402485">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>John Baron Farley (1901-1973)</b> — also known as <b>John B. Farley</b> — of Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/10-26.html">October 26, 1901</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">surgeon</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CO.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CO.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CO.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CO.html">1960</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died in October, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/index.html">1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 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> Son of John Francis Farley and Edna (Webster) Farley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/05-21.html">May 21, 1932</a>, to Mary Tancred.</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>Harry Willson Farr (1887-1965)</b> — also known as <b>Harry W. Farr</b> — of Greeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WE-lived.html">Weld County</a>, Colo. Born in Greeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WE-born.html">Weld County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/08-17.html">August 17, 1887</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CO.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CO.html">1952</a>; president, Home <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Light and Power</a> Co., 1944-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/03-03.html">March 3, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 198 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WE-buried.html#cms05173">Linn Grove Cemetery</a>, Greeley, Colo. <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 H. Farr and Jennie D. (Willson) Farr; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/06-01.html">June 1, 1909</a>, to Hazel L. Daven.</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/65220372">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 D. Fuhr (b. 1928)</b> — of Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Colo. Born in Aledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/09-09.html">September 9, 1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/veterinarian.html">Veterinarian</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1967-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Colorado State House of Representatives</a>, 1971-74. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John J. Harpel (b. 1894)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Bernville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/03-15.html">March 15, 1894</a>. Republican. President, Herpel <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Salad Dressing</a> Co.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1939-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1941-50. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</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> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-12.html">September 12, 1916</a>, to Edith Correy.</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 Silas Hill (1886-1972)</b> — also known as <b>William S. Hill</b> — of Fort Collins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LR-lived.html">Larimer County</a>, Colo. Born in Corning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/NM-born.html">Nemaha County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/01-20.html">January 20, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of Colorado state legislature, 1920; secretary to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#176.40.51">Ralph Carr</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 2nd District, 1941-59; defeated, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CO.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Fort Collins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LR-died.html">Larimer County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/08-28.html">August 28, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LR-buried.html#cms03340">Grandview Cemetery</a>, Fort Collins, Colo. <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/1907/03-25.html">March 25, 1907</a>, to S. Rachel Trower.</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=H000613">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405473">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>Walter Walfred Johnson (1904-1987)</b> — also known as <b>Walter W. Johnson</b> — of Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo. Born in Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-born.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/04-16.html">April 16, 1904</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1941-49, 1951-59; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 3rd District, 1946; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1949-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1950-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Tempe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/03-23.html">March 23, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 341 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-buried.html#cms07000">somewhere</a> in Pueblo, Colo. <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/1922/04-06.html">April 6, 1922</a>, to Neva Morrow.</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/walter-walfred-johnson/">National Governors Association biography</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>Donald E. Kelley (b. 1908)</b> — of McCook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/RW-lived.html">Red Willow County</a>, Neb.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in McCook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/RW-born.html">Red Willow County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/01-29.html">January 29, 1908</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NE.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/RW-officials.html">Red Willow County Attorney</a>, 1942-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Colorado</a>, 1953-58; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1963-66; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CO.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1967-77. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-upsilon.html">Delta Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>Rotary</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 Charles W. Kelley and Elsie (Asten) Kelley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/06-21.html">June 21, 1930</a>, to Georgia E. Pyne.</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 W. Kelley (b. 1876)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Seneca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LS-born.html">La Salle County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/index.html">1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/CO.html">1924</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</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/1907/">1907</a> to Eselyn Brown.</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 Arthur Love (1916-2002)</b> — also known as <b>John A. Love</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Gibson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FO-born.html">Ford County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-29.html">November 29, 1916</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CO.html">Colorado Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1960; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1963-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CO.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-phi-epsilon.html">Sigma Phi Epsilon</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/01-21.html">January 21, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 53 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</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>Relatives:</i> Son of Arthur C. Love and Mildred (Shaver) Love; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/10-23.html">October 23, 1942</a>, to Ann Daniels.</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/john-arthur-love/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/858/000122492">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7677864">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>Matthew Gilbert Martinez (1929-2011)</b> — also known as <b>Matthew G. Martinez</b> — of Monterey Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fb-lived.html">Fredericksburg</a>, Va. Born in Walsenburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/HU-born.html">Huerfano County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/02-14.html">February 14, 1929</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">Furniture upholstery business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/montereypark.html">mayor of Monterey Park, Calif.</a>, 1974-75, 1980; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1981-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1982-2001 (30th District 1982-93, 31st District 1993-2001); defeated in Republican primary, 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/CA.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/CA.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Hispanic</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fb-died.html">Fredericksburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/10-15.html">October 15, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 243 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 Matthew Martinez and Helen Martinez; married to Elvira Yorba and Maxine Grant; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martinez.html#189.78.65">Diane Janet Martinez</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=M000206">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400595">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew G. Martinez">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/379/000129989">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Stuart McCollum (1916-1987)</b> — also known as <b>Robert S. McCollum</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo.; Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-lived.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-23.html">November 23, 1916</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; president, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">Auto Equipment</a> Company, 1946-57; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1956; vice-chancellor, University of Denver, 1960-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">travel agency owner</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>. Died in January, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/index.html">1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Stuart T. McCollum and Mary B. (Hadley) McCollum; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/05-02.html">May 2, 1947</a>, to Lydia E. 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>Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr. (1916-2013)</b> — also known as <b>Robert H. McWilliams</b> — of Colorado. Born in Salina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SA-born.html">Saline County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/04-27.html">April 27, 1916</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; municipal judge in Colorado, 1949-52; district judge in Colorado, 1952-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1961-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit</a>, 1970-84; took senior status 1984; senior judge, 1984-2013. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <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>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2013/04-10.html">April 10, 2013</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 348 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 Robert Hugh McWilliams and Laura (Nicholson) McWilliams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/11-04.html">November 4, 1942</a>, to Catherine Ann Cooper; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/03-08.html">March 8, 1986</a>, to Joan Harcourt Cady.</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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1604&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/087/000208460">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mcwilliams-robert-hugh-jr.">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</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>Alan Kooi Simpson (b. 1931)</b> — also known as <b>Alan K. Simpson</b> — of Cody, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/PA-lived.html">Park County</a>, Wyo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/09-02.html">September 2, 1931</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/sthse.html">Wyoming state house of representatives</a> from Park County, 1964-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wyoming</a>, 1979-97; appointed 1979. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>. Still living as of 2014. <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/simpson.html#700.77.21">Milward Lee Simpson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/princeton-prociuk.html#191.31.38">Anthony J. Principi</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=S000429">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409923">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/437/000023368">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800883">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>Leonard v. B. Sutton (1914-2002)</b> — of Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-born.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-21.html">December 21, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CO.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1956-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court</a>, 1960-61. 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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/12-16.html">December 16, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 360 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 B. E. Sutton and Anne (von Bibra) Sutton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/03-04.html">March 4, 1938</a>, to Janette E. Gabor.</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>Walter Walker (1883-1956)</b> — of Grand Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ME-lived.html">Mesa County</a>, Colo. Born in Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CI-born.html">Crittenden County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/04-03.html">April 3, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/CO.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/CO.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/CO.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/CO.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CO.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CO.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CO.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CO.html">Colorado Democratic state chair</a>, 1930-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1932; appointed 1932; candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>. Died in Grand Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ME-died.html">Mesa County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/10-08.html">October 8, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 188 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ME-buried.html#cms01194">Orchard Mesa Cemetery</a>, Grand Junction, Colo. <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 Robert Clement Walker and Mattie Martin (Brown) Walker; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker7.html#225.71.90">Robert Hickman Walker</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/11-02.html">November 2, 1903</a>, to Kathie Woods.</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=W000069">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411248">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter Walker (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7363832">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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