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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Sigma Pi 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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Ashcraft (b. 1944)</b> — of San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-born.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/01-15.html">January 15, 1944</a>. Republican. Marketing rep for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/infotech.html">IBM</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/blue-key.html">Blue Key</a>; <b>Sigma Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Still living as of 1973. <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 Hale H. Ashcraft and Jean (Beach) Ashcraft.</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>Mickey Dale Beebe (b. 1946)</b> — also known as <b>Mike Beebe</b> — of Searcy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WH-lived.html">White County</a>, Ark. Born in Amagon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/12-28.html">December 28, 1946</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/stsen.html">Arkansas state senate</a>, 1983-2002; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/attygn.html">Arkansas state attorney general</a>, 2003-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/AR.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/AR.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 2007-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>Sigma Pi</b>. 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>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/mike-beebe/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike Beebe">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/011/000122642">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>Frank Townsend Bow (1901-1972)</b> — also known as <b>Frank T. Bow</b> — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-20.html">February 20, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/OH.html">Ohio Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1945-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 16th District, 1951-72; died in office 1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/OH.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>Sigma Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/11-13.html">November 13, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-buried.html#cms01412">West Lawn Cemetery</a>, Canton, Ohio. <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 Clinton Bow and Anna (Withrow) Bow; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-12.html">May 12, 1923</a>, to Caroline Denzer.</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=B000676">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401638">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/717/72.21.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="William J. Bryan"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)</b> — also known as <b>William J. Bryan</b>; <b>"The Great Commoner"</b>; <b>"The Peerless Leader"</b>; <b>"The Silver-Tongued Orator"</b>; <b>"The Boy Orator of the Platte"</b>; <b>"The Niagaric Nebraskan"</b> — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill.; Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/03-19.html">March 19, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/NE.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NE.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NE.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/index.html">1920</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/FL.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <b>Sigma Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Dayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RH-died.html">Rhea County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/07-26.html">July 26, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RH-buried.html# ">Rhea County Courthouse Grounds</a>, Dayton, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#765.40.27">Silas Lillard Bryan</a> and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#992.04.00">Charles Wayland Bryan</a> and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#648.45.01">Thomas Stinson Allen</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-01.html">October 1, 1884</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owen.html#481.33.18">Ruth Bryan Owen</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown4.html#000.71.81">Helen Rudd Brown</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennings.html#615.92.06">William Sherman Jennings</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10183.html">Bryan-Jennings family</a> of Illinois.</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>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darnell-daughenbaugh.html#597.66.26">Clarence S. Darrow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/a-abbot.html#951.02.86">Willis J. Abbot</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/BR.html">Bryan County, Okla.</a> is named for him.</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>Other politicians named for him:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jarvis.html#847.84.89">William J. Bryan Jarvis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorn-dorsett.html#887.77.78">W. J. Bryan Dorn</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>Campaign slogan (1896):</i> "Sixteen to one."</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=B000995">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401946">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Jennings Bryan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/088/000044953">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117021">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/141">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4071">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>Books about William Jennings Bryan:</i> Robert W. Cherny, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806126671/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0806126671&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan</a> — Paolo E. Coletta, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0803200226/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0803200226&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">William Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist, 1860-1908</a> — Paolo E. Coletta, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0803200234/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0803200234&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">William Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman, 1909-1915</a> — Paolo E. Coletta, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0803200242/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0803200242&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">William Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925</a> — Michael Kazin, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385720564/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385720564&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan</a> — Scott Farris, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0762763787/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0762763787&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation</a> — Gerard N. Magliocca, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300153147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300153147&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and the Politics of Backlash</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>Image source:</i> Munsey's Magazine, October 1903</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>Frank Patton Cooke (b. 1921)</b> — of Gastonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GA-lived.html">Gaston County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-born.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/01-17.html">January 17, 1921</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 26th District, 1955-59. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-psi.html">Alpha Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <b>Sigma Pi</b>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Redbook-1951-1952_%2854GA%29.pdf"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/742/61.72.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Robert L. Larson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Leonard Larson (1898-1986)</b> — also known as <b>Robert L. Larson</b> — of Iowa City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Iowa. Born in Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/09-20.html">September 20, 1898</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/attygn.html">Iowa state attorney general</a>, 1947-53; appointed 1947; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1953-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1959-61. <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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <b>Sigma Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/index.html">1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Leonard Larson and Nellie (Stever) Larson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/06-01.html">June 1, 1922</a>, to Helen Kruse; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/03-12.html">March 12, 1938</a>, to Wilma Donham.</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>Image source:</i> Iowa Official Register 1951-52</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Andrew Meeks (1864-1946)</b> — also known as <b>James A. Meeks</b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/VE-lived.html">Vermilion County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/index.html">1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IL.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IL.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 18th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938, 1940. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <b>Sigma Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/index.html">1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/VE-buried.html#cms02351">Spring Hill Cemetery</a>, Danville, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000631">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407618">Govtrack.us page</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 Carlton Mobley (1906-1981)</b> — also known as <b>W. Carlton Mobley</b> — of Forsyth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Ga.; Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. Born near Hillsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JO-born.html">Jones County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/12-07.html">December 7, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; secretary to U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherford.html#828.35.00">Samuel Rutherford</a>, 1929-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 6th District, 1932-33; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/GA.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1954-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court</a>, 1972-74. Member, <b>Sigma Pi</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/10-14.html">October 14, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 311 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MO-buried.html#cms07773">somewhere</a> in Forsyth, Ga. <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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000835">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407809">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton Mobley">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>Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959)</b> — also known as <b>Walter C. Sadler</b> — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash.; Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Elgin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KA-born.html">Kane County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-15.html">February 15, 1891</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">civil engineer</a>; worked on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">hydroelectric</a> projects; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html">mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-civil-engrs.html">American Society of Civil Engineers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <b>Sigma Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-beta-pi.html">Tau Beta Pi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-14.html">October 14, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 241 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 Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/07-21.html">July 21, 1917</a>, to Hariette P. Jamieson.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter C. Sadler">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>William Irvin Troutman (1905-1971)</b> — also known as <b>William I. Troutman</b> — of Shamokin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NR-lived.html">Northumberland County</a>, Pa. Born in Shamokin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NR-born.html">Northumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/01-13.html">January 13, 1905</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> at-large, 1943-45; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 27th District, 1945; resigned 1945; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1946-66. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <b>Sigma Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Shamokin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NR-died.html">Northumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/01-27.html">January 27, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 14 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NR-buried.html#cms04641">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Shamokin, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Emeline B. Lark.</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=T000384">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410953">Govtrack.us page</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>Edna Batchelder Weeks (b. 1906)</b> — also known as <b>Edna Batchelder</b> — of Greenland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Born in Laconia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-born.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/04-28.html">April 28, 1906</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1959-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <b>Delta Kappa</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-chi.html">Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. 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