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Barrett</b> — of Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-lived.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo. Born in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/11-10.html">November 10, 1892</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">rancher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-officials.html">Niobrara County Attorney</a>, 1923-32; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/stsen.html">Wyoming state senate</a>, 1933-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wyoming</a> at-large, 1943-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wyoming</a>, 1951-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wyoming</a>, 1953-59; defeated, 1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/WY.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>. Died in Cheyenne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/LA-died.html">Laramie County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/05-30.html">May 30, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 201 days</a>). Interment at Lusk Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Patrick J. Barrett and Elizabeth A. (Curran) Barrett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/05-21.html">May 21, 1919</a>, to Alice C. Donoghue; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/04-04.html">April 4, 1959</a>, to Augusta K. Hogan; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html#745.76.79">James Emmett Barrett</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000176">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401177">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/6861-2/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7525233">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Emmett Barrett (1922-2011)</b> — also known as <b>James E. Barrett</b> — of Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-lived.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo.; Cheyenne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/LA-lived.html">Laramie County</a>, Wyo. Born in Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-born.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/04-08.html">April 8, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/WY.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/attygn.html">Wyoming state attorney general</a>, 1967-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit</a>, 1971-87; took senior status 1987. <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/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, in Davis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hospice.html">Hospice Center</a>, Cheyenne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/LA-died.html">Laramie County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/10-07.html">October 7, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 182 days</a>). Interment at Lusk Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html#190.78.81">Frank Aloysius Barrett</a> and Alice C. (Donoghue) Barrett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/10-08.html">October 8, 1949</a>, to Carmel Ann Martinez.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=106&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80174110">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Bradshaw Griffith Jr. (1927-2001)</b> — Born in Laredo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WB-born.html">Webb County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/index.html">1927</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/WY.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/trea.html">Wyoming state treasurer</a>, 1971-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/aud.html">Wyoming state auditor</a>, 1975-87. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/index.html">2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at Lusk Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffis-grim.html#851.35.91">James Bradshow Griffith</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Roy Chamberlain (1905-1979)</b> — of Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-lived.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo. Born in Brownville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/NE-born.html">Nemaha County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/06-04.html">June 4, 1905</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/stsen.html">Wyoming state senate</a>, 1943-53. <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/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Niobrara County Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-died.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/09-19.html">September 19, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at Lusk Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#124.38.66">Gertrude Ord</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Bradshow Griffith (1880-1962)</b> — also known as <b>James B. Griffith</b> — of Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-lived.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo. Born in Ironton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LW-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/12-31.html">December 31, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WY.html">Wyoming Republican state chair</a>, 1938-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/WY.html">1948</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/index.html">1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at Lusk Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffis-grim.html#641.56.92">James Bradshaw Griffith Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nicholaas Teunes Kaan (1891-1977)</b> — also known as <b>Nick T. Kaan</b> — of Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-lived.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-born.html">Netherlands</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/05-10.html">May 10, 1891</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/WY.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Died in Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-died.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/08-22.html">August 22, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at Lusk Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Edith Eikenberry; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#290.41.65">Nicholaas Teunes Kaan Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/94965183">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gertrude Ord Chamberlain (1907-1998)</b> — also known as <b>Gertrude Ord</b>; <b>Mrs. Roy Chamberlain</b> — of Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-lived.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo. Born in Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-born.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/03-09.html">March 9, 1907</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/WY.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died, in Niobrara County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Nursing Home</a>, Lusk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NI-died.html">Niobrara County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/05-03.html">May 3, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at Lusk Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#183.70.89">Roy Chamberlain</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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