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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Delta 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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Ackel</b> — of Fort Lauderdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-lived.html">Broward County</a>, Fla. Born in Gloversville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/03-28.html">March 28, 1927</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/FL.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Delta Sigma Delta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/young-ams-freedom.html">Young Americans for Freedom</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Still living as of 1967. <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 Fred Ackel and Anna (Azar) Ackel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/07-15.html">July 15, 1950</a>, to Mildred Evelyn Krause.</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>David Megle Boies (b. 1895)</b> — also known as <b>David M. Boies</b> — of Clairton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-born.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/12-15.html">December 15, 1895</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">dentist</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/clairton.html">mayor of Clairton, Pa.</a>, 1933; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Allegheny County 14th District, 1936-60. Member, <b>Delta Sigma Delta</b>; <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Christine Marie (Moegle) Boies and David Henry Boies; married to Mabel E. Smith.</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>Carlos Garcia Camacho (1924-1979)</b> — also known as <b>Carlos G. Camacho</b> — of Tamuning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GU/ZZ-lived.html">Guam</a>. Born in Agana (now Hagatna), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GU/ZZ-born.html">Guam</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/11-16.html">November 16, 1924</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GU/ofc/senate.html">Guam senate</a>, 1964-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GU/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Guam</a>, 1969-74; delegate to Republican National Convention from Guam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/GU.html">1972</a> (delegation chair). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Delta Sigma Delta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/12-16.html">December 16, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 30 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Felix Martinez Camacho and Antonia Cruz Garcia; married to Lourdes Duenas Perez; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/callan-came.html#799.57.02">Felix Peres Camacho</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://www.nga.org/governor/carlos-g-camacho/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos Camacho">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul F. Giffin (1906-1974)</b> — of Keyser, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ML-lived.html">Mineral County</a>, W.Va. Born in Keyser, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ML-born.html">Mineral County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/07-26.html">July 26, 1906</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Mineral County, 1961-64. Member, <b>Delta Sigma Delta</b>; <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/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/index.html">1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ML-buried.html# ">Queen's Meadow Point Cemetery</a>, Keyser, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Elmer F. Giffin and Sallie (Headley) Giffin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/12-31.html">December 31, 1936</a>, to Florence Bunker.</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/57505172">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>Roy Orchard Woodruff (1876-1953)</b> — also known as <b>Roy O. Woodruff</b> — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Eaton Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-born.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-14.html">March 14, 1876</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">dentist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html">mayor of Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1911-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1913-15, 1921-53; defeated, 1914; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MI.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-dental-assoc.html">American Dental Association</a>; <b>Delta Sigma Delta</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/02-12.html">February 12, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 335 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-buried.html#cms00085">Elm Lawn Cemetery</a>, Bay City, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Woodruff and Electa A. (Wallace) Woodruff; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/">1906</a> to Vera May Hall (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall2.html#122.26.30">De Vere Hall</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-11.html">June 11, 1921</a>, to Daisy E. Fish.</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=W000718">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411870">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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