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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Gamma Sigma Delta Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Belton</b> — of Canby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-lived.html">Clackamas County</a>, Ore. Born in Algona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/KO-born.html">Kossuth County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/01-02.html">January 2, 1893</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sthse.html">Oregon state house of representatives</a>, 1933; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/stsen.html">Oregon state senate</a>, 1939-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/OR.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/OR.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/OR.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/trea.html">Oregon state treasurer</a>, 1960-65; appointed 1960; defeated, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-phi-epsilon.html">Sigma Phi Epsilon</a>; <b>Gamma Sigma Delta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Canby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-died.html">Clackamas County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/11-21.html">November 21, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 324 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-buried.html#cms05224">Belcrest Memorial Park</a>, Salem, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/10-27.html">October 27, 1917</a>, to Mae C. Brown.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "In Loving Memory."</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/46966405">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>Don Fuqua (b. 1933)</b> — of Altha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CA-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Fla. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/08-20.html">August 20, 1933</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1959-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a>, 1963-87 (9th District 1963-67, 2nd District 1967-87); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/FL.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-gamma-rho.html">Alpha Gamma Rho</a>; <b>Gamma Sigma Delta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of J. D. Fuqua and Lucille (Langford) Fuqua; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/12-20.html">December 20, 1955</a>, to Doris Akidakis.</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=F000430">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404371">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/451/000138037">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Marion Jardine (1879-1955)</b> — also known as <b>William M. Jardine</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/RI-lived.html">Riley County</a>, Kan.; Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ON-born.html">Oneida County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/01-16.html">January 16, 1879</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">agronomist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1918-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a>, 1925-29; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EG-diplomats.html ">Egypt</a>, 1930; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/trea.html">Kansas state treasurer</a>, 1933-34; appointed 1933; resigned 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-zeta.html">Alpha Zeta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <b>Gamma Sigma Delta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-forestry-assoc.html">American Forestry Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/01-17.html">January 17, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 1 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/CA-buried.html#cms07764">Logan City Cemetery</a>, Logan, Utah. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Jardine and Rebecca J. (Dudley) Jardine; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/09-06.html">September 6, 1905</a>, to Effie Nebeker.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/jardine-william-marion ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/518/000168014">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18742711">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>Christian Nephi Jensen (b. 1880)</b> — also known as <b>Christian N. Jensen</b> — of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Ephraim, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SN-born.html">Sanpete County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-18.html">June 18, 1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Brigham Young College, 1913-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/sppi.html">Utah superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1921-33. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <b>Gamma Sigma Delta</b>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jens Peter Jensen and Dorothea (Gregerson) Jensen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/12-21.html">December 21, 1909</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#027.54.62">Marian Lee Choate</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Lester Nelson (1875-1946)</b> — also known as <b>William L. Nelson</b>; <b>Will L. Nelson</b> — of Bunceton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-lived.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo.; Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-lived.html">Boone County</a>, Mo. Born near Bunceton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-born.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/08-04.html">August 4, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper writer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Cooper County, 1901-02, 1907-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1919-21, 1925-33, 1935-43 (8th District 1919-21, 1925-33, 2nd District 1935-43); defeated, 1920 (8th District), 1942 (2nd District), 1946 (2nd District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MO.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <b>Gamma Sigma Delta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-died.html">Boone County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/12-31.html">December 31, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-buried.html#cms00516">Columbia Cemetery</a>, Columbia, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Alpheus Nelson and Sarah Ann (Tucker) Nelson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/06-09.html">June 9, 1909</a>, to Stella Corinne Boschert.</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=N000046">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408136">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William L. 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