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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Phi Delta Kappa 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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Antonovich — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/08-12.html">August 12, 1939</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CA.html">California Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1965-73; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CA.html">1972</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 43rd District, 1973-78. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/native-sons-golden-west.html">Native Sons of the Golden West</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">Relatives: Son of Michael 'Mike' Antonovich and Francis (McColm) Antonovich.</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/Michael D. Antonovich">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/842/000126464">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> Julian Beck (1905-1992) — of San Fernando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/05-13.html">May 13, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 41st District, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CA.html">1952</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Phi Delta Kappa. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/08-18.html">August 18, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 97 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms06809">Eternal Valley Memorial Park</a>, Santa Clarita, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/32575671">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> Guy Vernon Bennett (b. 1880) — also known as G. Vernon Bennett — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Waverly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BR-born.html">Bremer County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/02-17.html">February 17, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CA.html">California Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1938-40, 1948; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CA.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Phi Delta Kappa. 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> Nancy Merritt Boykin (1919-2006) — also known as Nancy M. Boykin; Nancy Merritt; Nancy Smith — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/03-20.html">March 20, 1919</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/socialwork.html">Social worker</a>; founder (1966) and head (1966-87) of Detroit Public Schools Continuing Education for Girls; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MI.html">1972</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/MI.html">1976</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1975-80, 1983-2006. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-alpha.html">Alpha Kappa Alpha</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/01-28.html">January 28, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html# ">Detroit Memorial Park West</a>, Redford Township, Wayne County, 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: Daughter of Matthew Merritt and Mary Gertrude (White) Merritt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/04-17.html">April 17, 1965</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd-boylan.html#024.38.81">Ulysses Wilhelm Boykin</a>; step-mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd-boylan.html#227.73.58">Ulysses Boykin III</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/36571.html">Boykin family</a> of Redford Township and 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">The Nancy Boykin Continuing Education Center (closed 2010), an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">alternative school</a> for pregnant teens in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-names.html">Detroit, Michigan</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</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://findagrave.com/memorial/16172771">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> Ernest King Bramblett (1901-1966) — also known as Ernest K. Bramblett — of Pacific Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-lived.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif. Born in Fresno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-born.html">Fresno County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-25.html">April 25, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pacificgrove.html">mayor of Pacific Grove, Calif.</a>, 1938-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1947-55 (11th District 1947-53, 13th District 1953-55). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</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/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Investigated</a> by a federal grand jury in Washington over payroll padding in his office; he had <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/nepotism.html">hired his wife</a>, received <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/kickbacks.html">kickbacks</a> from employees who did no work, and made <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">false statements</a> to the House disbursing officer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> on 18 counts in June 1953; pleaded not guilty; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in February 1954; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> on seven counts; his conviction was stayed pending appeal, but ultimately upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $5,000, placed on one-year <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">probation</a>, and separately required to pay <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">restitution</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/12-27.html">December 27, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 246 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 James Mitchell Bramblett and Bettie Frances (King) Bramblett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/05-05.html">May 5, 1924</a>, to Lois Candace Bowker.</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=B000762">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401721">Govtrack.us page</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 Sylvester Counts (1889-1974) — also known as George S. Counts — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; New Hope, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-lived.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa. Born near Baldwin City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-09.html">December 9, 1889</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, American Federation of Teachers, 1939-42; New York American Labor Party state chair, 1942-44; Liberal candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1952; New York Liberal Party state chair, 1955-59. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, and died two weeks later, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/11-10.html">November 10, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 336 days</a>). His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/donated.html">body was donated</a> to Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, 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 James Wilson Counts and Mertie Florella (Gamble) Counts.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/362/94.39.jpg" width=70 height=118 border=0 alt="A. G. Crane"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur Griswold Crane (1877-1955) — also known as A. G. Crane — of Cheyenne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/LA-lived.html">Laramie County</a>, Wyo. Born in Davenport Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/09-01.html">September 1, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Wyoming</a>, 1947-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wyoming</a>, 1949-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/08-21.html">August 21, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 354 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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/arthur-griswold-crane/">National Governors Association biography</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: Who's Who in United States Politics (1950)</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> Sidna Poage Dalton (1892-1965) — also known as S. P. Dalton — of Cape Girardeau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-lived.html">Cape Girardeau County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/VE-born.html">Vernon County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/11-16.html">November 16, 1892</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-officials.html">Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1927-28, 1931-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Missouri state supreme court</a>, 1950-65; appointed 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Missouri state supreme court</a>, 1956-58. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/acacia.html">Acacia</a>. Died in Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-died.html">Cole County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/04-26.html">April 26, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 161 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-buried.html#cms06611">Memorial Park 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">Relatives: Son of Frederick Andrew Dalton and Ida (Poage) Dalton; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalton.html#032.70.18">John Montgomery Dalton</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/08-03.html">August 3, 1918</a>, to Edna Rusk.</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> Clyde Russel Dengler (1899-1992) — also known as Clyde R. Dengler — of Newtown Square, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Fleetwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/05-10.html">May 10, 1899</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1957-66; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 26th District, 1969-74. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">National Education Association</a>; <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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Phi Delta Kappa. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/08-15.html">August 15, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 97 days</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> Walter Friar Dexter (1886-1945) — also known as Walter F. Dexter — of Whittier, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/11-21.html">November 21, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">President</a>, Whittier College, 1923-34; secretary to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#585.61.50">Frank F. Merriam</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/CA.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sppi.html">California superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1937-45; appointed 1937; died in office 1945. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/10-21.html">October 21, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 334 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 Harry Dexter and Margaret (Bell) Dexter; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/08-25.html">August 25, 1910</a>, to Ethel Lenore Smith.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3407296379/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/024/02.45.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Eugene B. Elliott"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eugene B. Elliott (1896-1971) — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-born.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-06.html">April 6, 1896</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sppi.html">Michigan superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1935-48; appointed 1935; resigned 1948. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/09-25.html">September 25, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 172 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-buried.html#cms08059">Adrian Center Cemetery</a>, Adrian, 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 John Elliott and Anna (Hyde) Elliott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/08-18.html">August 18, 1923</a>, to Wilma A. Gardner.</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/39220897">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: Michigan Manual 1939</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> Ronald D. Glass (b. 1911) — of Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Born in Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-born.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/09-22.html">September 22, 1911</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Passaic County, 1947. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/09-02.html">September 2, 1939</a>, to Margaret Hunt.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/596/18.80.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="James M. Hare"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James McNeil Hare (1910-1980) — also known as James M. Hare — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Racine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-born.html">Racine County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/07-31.html">July 31, 1910</a>. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Michigan</a>, 1955-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MI.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/MI.html">1968</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Federation of Teachers</a>; Phi Delta Kappa. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/index.html">1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58</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> Richard Fielding Harless (1905-1970) — also known as Richard F. Harless — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born in Kelsey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/UP-born.html">Upshur County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/08-06.html">August 6, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-officials.html">Maricopa County Attorney</a>, 1939-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arizona</a> at-large, 1943-49; defeated, 1954, 1958, 1960; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arizona</a>, 1948, 1950; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/phoenix.html">mayor of Phoenix, Ariz.</a>, 1963. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>. Died in Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/11-24.html">November 24, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-buried.html#cms03550">Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery</a>, Phoenix, 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 William Crousin Harless and Mary Matilda (Pennington) Harless; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-08.html">June 8, 1934</a>, to Margaret Leone Harris; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/">1948</a> to Meredith Howard.</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=H000212">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405091">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7367565">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=35220">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> Charles Abner Howard (b. 1881) — also known as Charles A. Howard — of Monmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Ore. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/GR-born.html">Greenwood County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/02-17.html">February 17, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sppi.html">Oregon superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1927-37; resigned 1937; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Eastern Oregon College of Education, 1937-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Oregon College of Education, from 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Abner Howard and Catherine Mary (Lough) Howard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/08-11.html">August 11, 1909</a>, to Cora DeFontaigne Shaw.</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> Thomas A. Hutto — also known as Tom Hutto — of St. Albans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; state campaign chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccarthy.html#882.26.86">Eugene McCarthy</a> for President, 1968, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter5.html#903.47.33">Jimmy Carter</a> for President, 1976; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Kanawha County, 1970; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/WV.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-phi-kappa.html">Kappa Phi Kappa</a>; Phi Delta Kappa. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dale Edward Kildee (b. 1929) — also known as Dale E. Kildee — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/09-16.html">September 16, 1929</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 81st District, 1965-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/MI.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/MI.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MI.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MI.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MI.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MI.html">2008</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 29th District, 1975-77; resigned 1977; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a>, 1977-2013 (7th District 1977-93, 9th District 1993-2003, 5th District 2003-13). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Federation of Teachers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/">1965</a> to Gayle Heyn; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kilburn-kiley.html#731.32.42">Daniel T. Kildee</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=K000172">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400216">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/469/000039352">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> Charles A. Lee (b. 1891) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BE-lived.html">Bates County</a>, Mo. Born near Rolla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-born.html">Phelps County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-18.html">July 18, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sps.html">Missouri superintendent of schools</a>, 1923-34. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <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/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</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> Evelyn J. Lynn (b. 1930) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-lived.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla. Born in Astoria, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-02.html">February 2, 1930</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a> 27th District, 1995-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764021402/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/478/22.62.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="C. H. McKown"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> C. H. McKown (b. 1907) — also known as Jackie McKown — of Wayne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va. Born in Ripley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-10.html">October 10, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 5th District, 1941-56, 1959-72; defeated, 1956; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-parties.html">chair of Wayne County Democratic Party</a>, 1954-55. <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/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</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 John G. McKown and Charlotte (Staats) McKown; married to Mary Sinclair.</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 1951</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 Estus McVey (1885-1958) — also known as William E. McVey — of Harvey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CI-born.html">Clinton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/12-13.html">December 13, 1885</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 4th District, 1951-58; died in office 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-tau.html">Phi Kappa Tau</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/08-10.html">August 10, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 240 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KX-buried.html#cms03248">Linwood Cemetery</a>, Galesburg, 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 Katharine Johnson.</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=M000609">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407598">Govtrack.us page</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 C. Messinger (b. 1915) — of Allentown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-lived.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa. Born in South Allentown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-born.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/05-30.html">May 30, 1915</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 16th District, 1971-82. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">National Education Association</a>; Phi Delta Kappa. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Vernon Lewis Nickell (1891-1969) — also known as Vernon L. Nickell — of Champaign, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-lived.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill. Born in Bellflower, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/03-02.html">March 2, 1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sppi.html">Illinois superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1943-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IL.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-phi-kappa.html">Kappa Phi Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/08-15.html">August 15, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 166 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-buried.html#cms07021">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Urbana, 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 Elias Dolison Nickell and Ida Mae (Lewis) Nickell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/">1916</a> to Leta O. Nofzigger.</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/84133258">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=215250">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/477/87.01.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Stephen S. Nisbet"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stephen Sutherland Nisbet (1895-1986) — also known as Stephen S. Nisbet — of Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-lived.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich. Born in Tawas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IC-born.html">Iosco County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/05-28.html">May 28, 1895</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; vice-president, Gerber <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Baby Foods</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1943-61; appointed 1943; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MI.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from 26th Senatorial District, 1961-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/msu.html">Michigan State University board of trustees</a>, 1964-70. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-died.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/07-03.html">July 3, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 36 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-buried.html# ">Maple Grove Cemetery</a>, Fremont, 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 Laura (Black) Nisbet and James Herbert Nisbet; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/08-20.html">August 20, 1920</a>, to Dorcas Sammons.</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/7167256">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: Michigan Manual 1957-58</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> Robert Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) — also known as Robert E. O'Brian — of Grand Forks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/GF-lived.html">Grand Forks County</a>, N.Dak.; Sioux City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WO-lived.html">Woodbury County</a>, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Calif. Born in Bryant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/07-22.html">July 22, 1895</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive fireman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">automobile mechanic</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Iowa</a>, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938; president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/meat.html">meat packing</a> plant), 1944-59; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 5th District, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-pi-zeta.html">Alpha Pi Zeta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Killed when he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">hit by a car</a> on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/10-25.html">October 25, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 95 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 William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/">1920</a> to Mabel Day.</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> Gary M. Owen (b. 1944) — of Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LW-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/09-09.html">September 9, 1944</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 22nd District, 1973-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives</a>, 1983-88. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Phi Delta Kappa. Still living as of 1995. <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 Gary M. Owen College of Business, at Eastern Michigan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-names.html">Ypsilanti, Michigan</a>, is <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> Ray Page (b. 1921) — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in New Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/12-08.html">December 8, 1921</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sppi.html">Illinois superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1963-71; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/IL.html">1964</a> (delegation secretary), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/IL.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Presumed deceased. 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 Warren Page and Pearl (Taylor) Page; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/06-06.html">June 6, 1943</a>, to Kathryn Kincaid.</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> John W. Porter (1931-2012) — of East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich.; Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Fort Wayne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/AL-born.html">Allen County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/08-13.html">August 13, 1931</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sppi.html">Michigan superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1969-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> African-American state school superintendent; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Eastern Michigan University, 1979-89. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">United Church of Christ</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2012/06-27.html">June 27, 2012</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 319 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">The John W. Porter Education Building (opened 1999), at Eastern Michigan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-names.html">Ypsilanti, Michigan</a>, is <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"><a href="https://www.legis.state.wv.us/images/members/2013/senate/prezioso_roman.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/976/43.38.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Roman W. Prezioso, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Roman W. Prezioso Jr. (b. 1949) — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/06-29.html">June 29, 1949</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1989-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 13th District, 1997-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/toastmasters.html">Toastmasters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</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">Relatives: Son of Roman W. Prezioso and Amelia A. Prezioso; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/06-15.html">June 15, 1974</a>, to Deborah Marie Haught.</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 Legislature</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> Robert Lee Proffer (b. 1909) — of Justin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DT-lived.html">Denton County</a>, Tex. Born in Ponder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DT-born.html">Denton County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/04-14.html">April 14, 1909</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1943-46; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a>, 1947-50. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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> Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) — also known as Max Rafferty — of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Alabama. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/05-09.html">May 9, 1917</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">columnist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sppi.html">California superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1963-70; defeated, 1970; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1968; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">dean</a>, Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a> when his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car went off the road</a> into a pond, in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/PI-died.html">Pike County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/06-13.html">June 13, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/PI-buried.html#cms05514">Green Hills Cemetery</a>, Troy, 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">Relatives: Son of Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1886-1967) and DeEtta (Cox) Rafferty; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/06-04.html">June 4, 1944</a>, to Frances Luella Longman.</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/Max Rafferty">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/152889999">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=10886">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> Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. (1925-2008) — also known as Barefoot Sanders — of Texas. Born in Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-born.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-05.html">February 5, 1925</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1953-59; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 5th District, 1958; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas</a>, 1961-65; legislative counsel for President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html#502.84.04">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>, 1965-67; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1972; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas</a>, 1979-96; took senior status 1996; senior judge, 1996-2008. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; Phi Delta Kappa. Died in Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-died.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/09-21.html">September 21, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 229 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">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2096&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sanders-harold-barefoot-jr.">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</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> Roy Scantlin (b. 1894) — of Neosho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NE-lived.html">Newton County</a>, Mo. Born near St. James, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-born.html">Phelps County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/08-11.html">August 11, 1894</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NE-officials.html">Newton County Superintendent of Schools</a>, 1927-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sps.html">Missouri superintendent of schools</a>, 1943. <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>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/">1924</a> to Leah Neal.</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> John A. Wieland (born c.1893) — of Illinois. Born in Illinois, about 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sppi.html">Illinois superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1935-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Phi Delta Kappa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-phi-kappa.html">Kappa Phi Kappa</a>. 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