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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died of Colon or Intestinal Cancer</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Bibern (now part of Thayngen), Schaffhausen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-born.html">Switzerland</a>, November, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/index.html">1842</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Switzerland</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-consuls.html">St. Paul, Minn.</a>, 1889-1905. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swiss.html">Swiss</a> ancestry. Died, from intestinal cancer, in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/09-15.html">September 15, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-buried.html#cms00693">Oakland Cemetery</a>, St. Paul, Minn. <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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/04-06.html">April 6, 1880</a>, to Louisa Pfaender.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/50896816">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New Ulm (Minn.) Review, September 18, 1907</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> Howell L. Pickett (1847-1914) — of Tennessee; New Mexico; Tombstone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/CO-lived.html">Cochise County</a>, Ariz. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WL-born.html">Wilson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/08-13.html">August 13, 1847</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1880. Died, from colon cancer, in Tombstone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/CO-died.html">Cochise County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/07-12.html">July 12, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 333 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/CO-buried.html#cms05238">somewhere</a> in Tombstone, Ariz. <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">Relatives: Son of H. W. Pickett and Jane (Greer) Pickett; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pickett.html#902.45.82">Edward Bradford Pickett</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PI.html">Pickett County, Tenn.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/340/89.86.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="E. M. Bigelow"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Manning Bigelow (1850-1916) — also known as E. M. Bigelow; "Father of Pittsburgh's Parks" — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/11-06.html">November 6, 1850</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/PA.html">1888</a>; Pittsburgh city engineer, 1880-88; chief of public works, city of Pittsburgh, 1888-1900; Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Highway Department, 1911-15. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, from colon cancer, in Allegheny <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/12-06.html">December 6, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms01421">Homewood Cemetery</a>, Pittsburgh, Pa.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html# ">Schenley Park</a>, Pittsburgh, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Manning Bigelow (1819-1898) and Mary (Steel) Bigelow; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/">1880</a> to Mary Peabody.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Bigelow <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Boulevard</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-names.html">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Manning Bigelow">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18495">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Pittsburgh Press, January 30, 1888</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4H0fAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA246"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/270/75.89.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="John Kendrick Bangs"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) — of Yonkers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y.; Ogunquit, Wells, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Maine. Born in Yonkers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-born.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/05-27.html">May 27, 1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Magazine editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">playwright</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/yonkers.html">mayor of Yonkers, N.Y.</a>, 1894; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 1st District, 1921. Died, from intestinal cancer, in City <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/01-21.html">January 21, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, 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">Relatives: Son of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-03.html">March 3, 1886</a>, to Agnes Lawson Hyde; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/04-27.html">April 27, 1904</a>, to Mary Blakeney Gray.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Review of Reviews, March 1922</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> Samuel Waddell Atkinson (1839-1925) — also known as Samuel W. Atkinson — of Wellsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-lived.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-born.html">Brooke County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/04-28.html">April 28, 1839</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 1st District, 1893-94. Died, of intestinal cancer, in Wellsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-died.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/07-22.html">July 22, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 85 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-buried.html#cms07704">West Alexander Memorial Cemetery</a>, West Alexander, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Atkinson and Margaret (Trimble) Atkinson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-29.html">October 29, 1868</a>, to Clarinda L. Snedeker.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11437965">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Carl Christian Hansen (1863-1929) — also known as Carl C. Hansen — of Modesto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SS-lived.html">Stanislaus County</a>, Calif.; Lakawn (now Lampang), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-lived.html">Thailand</a>; Bangkok, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-lived.html">Thailand</a>. Born in Bornholm, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-born.html">Denmark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/05-15.html">May 15, 1863</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-consuls.html ">Bangkok</a>, 1909-14; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-consuls.html ">Bangkok</a>, as of 1916-29. Died, of intestinal cancer, in Bangkok, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-died.html">Thailand</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/08-01.html">August 1, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-buried.html#cms07393">Christian Cemetery</a>, Lampang, Thailand. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/818/73.68.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="William Harper"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Harper (1861-1930) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PE-lived.html">Perry County</a>, Pa. Born in Shippensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/07-24.html">July 24, 1861</a>. Chief, Bureau of Information, Philadelphia Commercial Museum; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-consuls.html">Consul for Colombia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1900-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died, from rectal cancer, in New Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PE-died.html">Perry County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/11-18.html">November 18, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 117 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PE-buried.html# ">somewhere</a> in New Bloomfield, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Harper and Nancy Davidson 'Nannie' (Work) Harper; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-12.html">April 12, 1887</a>, to Rosalie Sully Wheeler; married to Bessie Shepard Welch.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 27, 1900</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> William E. Whitecotton (1866-1934) — also known as W. E. Whitecotton — of Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RL-born.html">Ralls County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/12-26.html">December 26, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Monroe County, 1919-34; died in office 1934. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">hypostatic pneumonia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">peritonitis</a>, and colon cancer, in Research <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/09-09.html">September 9, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MO-buried.html# ">Sunset Hill Cemetery</a>, Madison, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George A. Whitecotton and Mary Zerelda (Spalding) Whitecotton; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#896.10.45">James H. Whitecotton</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/04-29.html">April 29, 1897</a>, to Elizabeth 'Bettie' Boulware.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29363630">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19231015,00.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/648/81.13.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Frank O. Lowden"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) — also known as Frank O. Lowden — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/OG-lived.html">Ogle County</a>, Ill. Born in Sunrise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CH-born.html">Chisago County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/01-26.html">January 26, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; director, National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of the Republic; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/IL.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IL.html">1904</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Republican National Committee from Illinois</a>, 1904-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 13th District, 1906-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1917-21; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/index.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/index.html">1928</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died, from rectal cancer, in El Conquistador <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-died.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/03-20.html">March 20, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00128">Graceland Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lorenzo Orren Lowden and Nancy Elizabeth (Breg) Lowden; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-29.html">April 29, 1896</a>, to Florence Pullman (daughter of George M. Pullman).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#635.57.15">Thomas P. Moffat</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000472">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406961">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/frank-orren-lowden/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank Orren Lowden">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/645/000206027">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8220">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Time magazine, October 15, 1923</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8412471867/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/445/48.58.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="William T. Henshaw"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Thornton Henshaw (1868-1949) — of Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va.; South Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-born.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/03-20.html">March 20, 1868</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/martinsburg.html">mayor of Martinsburg, W.Va.</a>, 1896-1902; major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Berkeley County, 1901-02; West Virginia State Health Commissioner, 1921. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>. Died, from colon cancer, in St. Francis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/04-13.html">April 13, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 24 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-buried.html#cms03880">Norborne Parish Cemetery</a>, Martinsburg, W.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">Relatives: Son of William Snodgrass Henshaw and Nannie Bell (Snodgrass) Henshaw; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hensel-heraz.html#504.12.41">John Snodgrass Henshaw</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/">1897</a> to Georgia Ingraham Burns; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#341.53.78">John Fryatt Snodgrass</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#751.58.49">Isaac Breathed Snodgrass</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hensel-heraz.html#783.43.09">Edgar Craven Henshaw</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hensel-heraz.html#708.66.04">Marion Lee Henshaw</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hensel-heraz.html#853.71.56">Harry Preston Henshaw</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0195.html">Henshaw-Breathitt-Snodgrass-Sappington family</a> of West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/110054420">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929</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> Charles Louis Valcoulon Acheson (1873-1951) — also known as Charles L. V. Acheson — of Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Pa. Born in Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-21.html">October 21, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/PA.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/PA.html">1932</a>. Died, from carcinoma of colon, in Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/06-12.html">June 12, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-buried.html#cms00353">Washington Cemetery</a>, Washington, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Cunningham Acheson and Mary (Bureau) Acheson; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#152.60.14">Marcus Wilson Acheson</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#524.03.74">Alexander Wilson Acheson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#496.72.34">Ernest Francis Acheson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/36521.html">Acheson family</a> of Washington, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/150797423">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Henry Watkins Anderson (1870-1954) — also known as Henry W. Anderson — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/DI-born.html">Dinwiddie County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-20.html">December 20, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; active in Red Cross relief work in the Balkans at the end of World War I; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/index.html">1920</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1921; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/VA.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/VA.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/VA.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/VA.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). Died, from colon cancer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/01-07.html">January 7, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 18 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">Relatives: Son of William Watkins Anderson and Laura Elizabeth (Marks) Anderson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8167264">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> George R. Seamonds (c.1873-1955) — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. Born in Barboursville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-born.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va., about 1873. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/huntington.html">Mayor of Huntington, W.Va.</a>, 1937-39. Died, from intestinal cancer, in Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-died.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/07-03.html">July 3, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-buried.html#cms00718">Spring Hill Cemetery</a>, Huntington, W.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">Relatives: Son of William Seamonds and Sarah (Luscher) Seamonds.</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> Elmer Charless Henderson (1873-1956) — also known as Elmer C. Henderson — of Fulton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CW-lived.html">Callaway County</a>, Mo. Born in Fulton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CW-born.html">Callaway County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/01-30.html">January 30, 1873</a>. Democrat. President, Missouri <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Hybrid Seed Corn</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Callaway County, 1947-50. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from rectal cancer, in Callaway <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Fulton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CW-died.html">Callaway County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/05-25.html">May 25, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CW-buried.html# ">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Fulton, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Theodore Warner Henderson and Sarah 'Sallie' (Sheley) Henderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/04-08.html">April 8, 1903</a>, to Anne Eugenia Brown; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#540.75.72">Jessie Bryan Boone</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#594.21.11">Nathan Boone</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#403.87.13">Daniel Boone</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0280.html">Boone family</a> of St. Charles County, Missouri (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/94648052">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Otto Emanuel Haab (1880-1957) — also known as Otto E. Haab — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Freedom Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/10-16.html">October 16, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1916. Died, from colon cancer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">peritonitis</a> following surgery, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in St. Joseph Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/11-15.html">November 15, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms05328">Bethlehem Cemetery</a>, Ann Arbor, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Michael Haab and Caroline (Schneeberger) Haab; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-17.html">September 17, 1910</a>, to Emilie Lambarth.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/50420493">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Frank Austin Bond (1889-1960) — also known as Frank A. Bond — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/03-11.html">March 11, 1889</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MA.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MA.html">1944</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/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, of carcinoma of the sigmoid colon, in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/05-19.html">May 19, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms05475">Southview Cemetery</a>, North Adams, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Arnold Bond and Anna Belle (Kimball) Bond; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/07-25.html">July 25, 1929</a>, to Margaret E. Wheeler.</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> William Alexander Cunnea II (1905-1963) — also known as William A. Cunnea — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/11-08.html">November 8, 1905</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/IL.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, of colon cancer, in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/04-22.html">April 22, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 165 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms01262">Holy Sepulchre Cemetery</a>, Alsip, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cummins-cunneen.html#834.63.32">William Alexander Cunnea</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=145029&img=1&mode=1&pg=1&tid=2034172"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/988/79.86.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Herbert Hoover"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" — of Palo Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif.; Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in West Branch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CD-born.html">Cedar County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/08-10.html">August 10, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/index.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Commerce</a>, 1921-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker, Republican National Convention, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/speakers.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/speakers.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swiss.html">Swiss</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Inducted into the National Mining <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>, Leadville, Colorado. Died, of intestinal cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/10-20.html">October 20, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 71 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CD-buried.html#cms02218">Herbert Hoover National Historic Site</a>, West Branch, Iowa. <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">Relatives: Son of Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/02-10.html">February 10, 1899</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#870.54.76">Lou Hoover</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#936.13.49">Herbert Clark Hoover Jr.</a>; distant cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#138.95.04">Charles Lewis Hoover</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16135.html">Hoover family</a> of Palo Alto, California.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mann.html#711.44.30">Horace A. Mann</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newton.html#858.58.66">Walter H. Newton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#391.20.50">Christian A. Herter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#549.55.77">Lewis L. Strauss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#439.04.43">Clarence C. Stetson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Hoover <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Dam</a> (built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River between <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-names.html">Clark County, Nevada</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MO-names.html">Mohave County, Arizona</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Herbert Hoover <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Glendale, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Herbert Hoover <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-names.html">Des Moines, Iowa</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Herbert Hoover <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-names.html">San Diego, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Herbert Hoover <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-names.html">Fresno, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Herbert Hoover <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-names.html">Elkview, West Virginia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-misc.html">minor planets</a> (asteroids) 932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and 1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), are <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in every pot."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert Hoover">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/429/000026351">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393885">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/498">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4054">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Herbert Hoover: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0943875412/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0943875412&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L. Fausold, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700603581/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700603581&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover</a> — Joan Hoff Wilson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0881337056/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0881337056&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Herbert Hoover : Forgotten Progressive</a> — George H. Nash, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393025500/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393025500&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Life of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917</a> — George H. Nash, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393038416/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393038416&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies, 1917-1918</a> — William E. Leuchtenburg, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069585/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069585&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Herbert Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933</a> — Glen Jeansonne, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/023010309X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=023010309X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933</a> — Kendrick A. Clements, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0230103081/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0230103081&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary, 1918-1928</a> — David Holford, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076602279X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=076602279X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Herbert Hoover</a> (for young readers)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1965)</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> Garland Smith Garriss (1908-1968) — also known as Garland S. Garriss — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.C. Born in Margarettsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NO-born.html">Northampton County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/02-23.html">February 23, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1947-48, 1959-60, 1964-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a> and colon cancer, in Moore Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Pinehurst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MO-died.html">Moore County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/07-21.html">July 21, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MO-buried.html#cms07383">Glendon Christian Church Cemetery</a>, Glendon, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Walter Garriss and Mamie (Smith) Garriss; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seashoal-sebald.html#131.41.09">Malcolm Buie Seawell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13321.html">Seawell family</a> of North Carolina.</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> Glenard Paul Lipscomb (1915-1970) — also known as Glenard P. Lipscomb — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/08-19.html">August 19, 1915</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1947-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 24th District, 1953-70; died in office 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CA.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, of intestinal cancer, at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/02-01.html">February 1, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 166 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms02924">Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills</a>, Los Angeles, 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">The nuclear-powered U.S. Navy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">submarine</a> USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (launched 1973, scrapped 1997) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000344">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406836">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenard P. Lipscomb">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.cityofws.org/Home/DiscoverWinston-Salem/History/Articles/Winston-SalemMayorsBiographies"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/276/76.91.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="George W. Coan, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George William Coan Jr. (1892-1975) — also known as George W. Coan, Jr. — of Winston-Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FO-lived.html">Forsyth County</a>, N.C. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-02.html">June 2, 1892</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/winstonsalem.html">mayor of Winston-Salem, N.C.</a>, 1929-35, 1943-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NC.html">1944</a>. Died, from colon cancer, in Ziglar's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Home for the Aged</a>, Winston-Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FO-died.html">Forsyth County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/05-01.html">May 1, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FO-buried.html#cms01768">Salem Cemetery</a>, Winston-Salem, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George William Coan and Lula (Brown) Coan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-14.html">December 14, 1914</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Wiggins; married to Dorothy Lindsey.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/63465684">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Winston-Salem</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> Sala Galant Burton (1925-1987) — also known as Sala Burton; Sala Galant — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Bialystock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-born.html">Poland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/04-01.html">April 1, 1925</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/CA.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/CA.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/CA.html">1984</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 5th District, 1983-87; died in office 1987. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died, of colon cancer, at George Washington University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/02-01.html">February 1, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 306 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms01128">San Francisco National Cemetery</a>, San Francisco, 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">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burton.html#949.67.31">Phillip Burton</a> (brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burton.html#378.62.76">John Lowell Burton</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11430.html">Burton family</a> of San Francisco, California.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheldrick-shenk.html#739.29.15">Kevin Shelley</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001158">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402100">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala Burton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7405155">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> James H. Donovan (1923-1990) — of Chadwicks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Born in Marcy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/11-12.html">November 12, 1923</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1966-90 (51st District 1966, 46th District 1967-82, 47th District 1983-90); died in office 1990; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/NY.html">1980</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</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/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Represented Oneida County in the New York State Senate longer than any other senator in the history of the county. Died, of colon cancer, in Chadwicks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-died.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/08-31.html">August 31, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-buried.html#cms05818">St. Mary's Cemetery</a>, Clayville, 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">Donovan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Middle School</a>, and Donovan Hall, at the State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of New York Polytechnic Institute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-names.html">Utica, New York</a>, are <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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> Rudolph George Perpich (1928-1995) — also known as Rudy Perpich; "Governor Goofy" — of Hibbing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Born in Carson Lake (now part of Hibbing), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-born.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/06-27.html">June 27, 1928</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1963-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1971-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1976-79, 1983-91; defeated, 1978; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/MN.html">1984</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/balkan.html">Croatian</a> ancestry. Died of colon cancer, in Minnetonka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/09-21.html">September 21, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/rudolph-george-perpich/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy Perpich">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/093/000120730">NNDB dossier</a></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> Patrick Layton Paulsen (1927-1997) — also known as Pat Paulsen — Born in South Bend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PA-born.html">Pacific County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/07-06.html">July 6, 1927</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">comedian</a>; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/index.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/index.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/index.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/index.html">1992</a>; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/index.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Ill with colon and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/brain-cancer.html">brain cancer</a>, he died of complications from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney failure</a>, in Tijuana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BX-died.html">Baja California</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/04-24.html">April 24, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 292 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">Campaign slogan: "Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan: "If elected, I will win."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat Paulsen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/111/000161625">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667323">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6763481">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19184">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Pat Paulsen: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0840212585/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0840212585&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">How to wage a successful campaign for the Presidency</a> (1972)</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> Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) — also known as Dante B. Fascell — of Coral Gables, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla.; Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla.; Clearwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-lived.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla. Born in Bridgehampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/03-09.html">March 9, 1917</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1951-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a>, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/FL.html">1956</a> (delegation vice-chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/FL.html">1968</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>. Received <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a>, 1998. Died, of colon cancer, in Clearwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-died.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/11-28.html">November 28, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 264 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-buried.html#cms03866">Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park</a>, Clearwater, Fla. <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">Relatives: Son of Charles A. Fascell and Mary (Gullotti) Fascell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/09-19.html">September 19, 1941</a>, to Jean-Marie Pelot.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404002">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/854/000095569">NNDB dossier</a></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> Doris Allen (1936-1999) — of California. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/05-26.html">May 26, 1936</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1982-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the California State Assembly</a>, 1995; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1990. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">recalled from office</a> in 1995 after becoming Speaker with mainly Democratic support. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stomach-cancer.html">stomach</a> and colon cancer, at a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hospice.html">hospice</a> in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/09-22.html">September 22, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 119 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/TE-buried.html#cms05398">somewhere</a> in Cripple Creek, Colo. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles B. Garrigus (1914-2000) — also known as Gus Garrigus — of Reedley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-lived.html">Fresno County</a>, Calif. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-13.html">June 13, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1958-66; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CA.html">1960</a>. California <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">poet laureate</a>, 1996-2000. Died, of colon cancer, at Hinds <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hospice.html">Hospice</a>, Fresno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-died.html">Fresno County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/index.html">2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-buried.html#cms05879">Reedley Cemetery</a>, Fresno, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas C. Maloney (c.1942-2000) — also known as Tom Maloney — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., about 1942. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">Mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1973-77; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1976. Died, of colon cancer, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/07-19.html">July 19, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 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> William James McCuen (c.1943-2000) — also known as Bill McCuen — of Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-lived.html">Garland County</a>, Ark.; Heber Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CB-lived.html">Cleburne County</a>, Ark. Born in Fort Smith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-born.html">Sebastian County</a>, Ark., about 1943. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/laco.html">Arkansas land commissioner</a>, 1981-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Arkansas</a>, 1985-94; defeated in primary, 1994; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 4th District, 1992. After leaving office as Secretary of State, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">admitted</a> accepting <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/kickbacks.html">kickbacks</a> from two supporters he gave jobs, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">not paying taxes</a> on the money. He also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">admitted</a> to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">embezzled</a> from the state in a sham transaction. He was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> on corruption <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> in 1995. On January 5, 1996, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to felony counts of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">tax evasion</a> and accepting a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/kickbacks.html">kickback</a>; he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded no contest</a> to a misdemeanor count of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/govt-for-sale.html">trading in public office</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Sentenced</a> to 17 years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a>. Released on parole (due to illness) in February 1999. Died of colon cancer and a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Heber Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CB-died.html">Cleburne County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/09-09.html">September 9, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CF-buried.html#cms05886">somewhere</a> in Van Buren, Ark. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward J. Bonior (1922-2001) — of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich.; Pompano Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-lived.html">Broward County</a>, Fla. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/02-21.html">February 21, 1922</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/eastpointe.html#2">mayor of East Detroit, Mich.</a>, 1963-67; defeated, 1967; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MI.html">1964</a>. Died, of colon cancer, in Pompano Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-died.html">Broward County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/01-05.html">January 5, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 319 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00741">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#223.29.45">David Edward Bonior</a>.</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> Loree Sumling (1932-2002) — of Detroit west side, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/06-17.html">June 17, 1932</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MI.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died, of colon cancer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/10-03.html">October 3, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms07375">Mt. Hope Memorial Gardens</a>, Livonia, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Vince Demuzio (1941-2004) — of Carlinville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MP-lived.html">Macoupin County</a>, Ill. Born in Gillespie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MP-born.html">Macoupin County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/05-07.html">May 7, 1941</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1974-2004; died in office 2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/IL.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/IL.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/IL.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/IL.html">2000</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic state chair</a>, 1986-89. Died, of colon cancer, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MP-died.html">Macoupin County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/04-27.html">April 27, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 356 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MP-buried.html#cms08236">New Calvary Cemetery</a>, Carlinville, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#741.04.56">Deanna Demuzio</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince Demuzio">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8701850">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Mark John Dalton (c.1915-2004) — also known as Mark Dalton — Born in Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., about 1915. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law clerk to U.S. Judge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahoney.html#595.43.33">John C. Mahoney</a>, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; his intelligence report from Utah Beach, Normandy, paved the way for the D-Day invasion; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1954; aide to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#288.06.12">John F. Kennedy</a>. Died, of colon cancer, in South Woodstock, Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-died.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/05-02.html">May 2, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">about 89 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms05303">Highland Cemetery</a>, Dover, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/">1949</a> to Barbara Higgins.</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> Peter F. Flaherty (1924-2005) — also known as Pete Flaherty; "Nobody's Boy" — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/06-25.html">June 25, 1924</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pittsburgh.html">mayor of Pittsburgh, Pa.</a>, 1970-77; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1974, 1980; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1978; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/PA.html">1996</a>. Died, from colon cancer, in Mt. Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/04-18.html">April 18, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 297 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms07291">Queen of Heaven Cemetery</a>, South Hills, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Pete Flaherty and Anne (O'Toole) Flaherty; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/08-29.html">August 29, 1958</a>, to Nancy Houlihand.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter F. Flaherty">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/833/000174311">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10834001">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (1916-2006) — also known as Wilhelmina J. Rolark; M. Wilhelmina Jackson — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-born.html">Portsmouth</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-12.html">September 12, 1916</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; co-founder of Washington Informer <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a>; member, Washington, D.C. city council, 1977-92; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/DC.html">1980</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Inducted in 2001 to the Washington, D.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>. Died, of colon cancer, in Greater Southeast Community <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/02-14.html">February 14, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 155 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">Relatives: Married to Calvin Rolark.</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> James Elton West (1951-2006) — also known as James E. West; Jim West — of Spokane, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SP-lived.html">Spokane County</a>, Wash. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/03-28.html">March 28, 1951</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Deputy sheriff</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/sthse.html">Washington state house of representatives</a>, 1982-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/stsen.html">Washington state senate</a> 6th District, 1986-2003; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/spokane.html">mayor of Spokane, Wash.</a>, 2004-05. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Gay</a>. Following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a> involving <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/abuse-authority.html">use of his position</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">obtain sex with young men</a>, and an FBI <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a>, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">recalled</a> from office as mayor in 2005. Died, from complications of colon cancer, in the University of Washington <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-died.html">King County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/07-22.html">July 22, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 116 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">Relatives: Son of Jack West; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/">1990</a> to Ginger Marshall.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James E. West %28politician%29">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/064/000107740">NNDB dossier</a></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> James Prather Jontz (1951-2007) — also known as Jim Jontz — of Brookston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WI-lived.html">White County</a>, Ind. Born in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/12-18.html">December 18, 1951</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1974-84; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1984-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 5th District, 1987-93; defeated, 1992; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1994. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, of colon cancer, in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-died.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/04-14.html">April 14, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 117 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">Relatives: Step-son of Paul Lennon; son of Polly Jontz.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000265">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406157">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/311/000129921">NNDB dossier</a></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> Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007) — also known as Juanita M. McDonald — of Carson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/09-07.html">September 7, 1938</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/CA.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/CA.html">1992</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/CA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/CA.html">2004</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1993-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 37th District, 1996-2007; died in office 2007. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-alpha.html">Alpha Kappa Alpha</a>. Died, of colon cancer, in Carson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/04-22.html">April 22, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 227 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms05315">Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach</a>, Long Beach, 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">Relatives: Married to James McDonald, Jr.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000714">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400275">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita Millender-McDonald">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/051/000039931">NNDB dossier</a></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> William B. Fitzgerald Jr. (1942-2008) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-12.html">June 12, 1942</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1971-74 (4th District 1971-72, 12th District 1973-74); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 1st District, 1975-78; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1978, 1982 (primary). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>. Died, of colon cancer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/02-03.html">February 3, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 236 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgerald.html#092.58.70">William B. Fitzgerald</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/">1986</a> to Margaret O'Neill; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgerald.html#069.35.57">George S. Fitzgerald</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12691.html">Fitzgerald family</a> of Detroit, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=39197">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></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> William Louis Dickinson (1925-2008) — also known as William L. Dickinson; Bill Dickinson — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Opelika, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LE-born.html">Lee County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-05.html">June 5, 1925</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Alabama, 1953-59; circuit judge in Alabama, 1959-63; assistant vice president, Southern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a> System, 1963-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 2nd District, 1965-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died, from colon cancer, in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/03-31.html">March 31, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 300 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LE-buried.html#cms01859">Rosemere Cemetery</a>, Opelika, Ala. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000326">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403446">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William L. Dickinson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/412/000130022">NNDB dossier</a></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> Rodney Dwight Grams (1948-2013) — also known as Rod Grams — of Crown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/IS-lived.html">Isanti County</a>, Minn. Born in Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ML-born.html">Mille Lacs County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/02-04.html">February 4, 1948</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">Television news anchor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">builder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 6th District, 1993-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio station owner</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Died, from colon cancer, in Crown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/IS-died.html">Isanti County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2013/10-08.html">October 8, 2013</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 246 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/IS-buried.html# ">Zion Lutheran Cemetery</a>, Crown, Minn. <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">Relatives: Son of Morgan Grams and Audrey (Sandey) Grams; married to Christine Gunhus.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000367">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400560">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod Grams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/984/000129597">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/118418111">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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