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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Nature Conservancy, 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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Gire (b. 1944)</b> — of Mt. Clemens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich.; Clinton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/01-13.html">January 13, 1944</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/socialwork.html">Social worker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1987-98 (72nd District 1987-92, 31st District 1993-98); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1999-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MI.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/humane-soc.html">Humane Society</a>; <b>Nature Conservancy</b>. Still living as of 2001. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward J. Healey (1924-2000)</b> — of Florida. Born in Elmhurst, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/07-26.html">July 26, 1924</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1974-80, 1982-84, 1986-2000 (81st District 1974-80, 86th District 1982-84, 1986-2000); defeated, 1972 (81st District), 1980 (81st District), 1984 (86th District); died in office 2000. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-retired-persons.html">American Association of Retired Persons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/audubon-soc.html">Audubon Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <b>Nature Conservancy</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sierra-club.html">Sierra Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/common-cause.html">Common Cause</a>. While attending a primary victory <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">rally</a> for Al Gore, suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, and died the next day at a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/03-15.html">March 15, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 233 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.legis.state.wv.us/images/members/2013/senate/mccabe_brooks.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/526/09.51.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="Brooks F. McCabe, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Brooks F. McCabe Jr. (b. 1949)</b> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/01-19.html">January 19, 1949</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Realtor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 17th District, 1999-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-psychological-assoc.html">American Psychological Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-trust-hist-pres.html">National Trust for Historic Preservation</a>; <b>Nature Conservancy</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>Relatives:</i> Son of Brooks F. McCabe and Jane M. McCabe; married to Barbara Given.</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> West Virginia Legislature</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>Robert H. Bob Menke, Sr. (1919-2008)</b> — also known as <b>Bob Menke</b> — Born in Huntingburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DU-born.html">Dubois County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-15.html">October 15, 1919</a>. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">furniture business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1953-54. Member, <b>Nature Conservancy</b>. A standout basketball player in high school and at Indiana University; inducted into the Indiana Basketball <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a> in 1982. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Lewy body dementia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/03-30.html">March 30, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 167 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DU-buried.html#cms00632">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Huntingburg, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Menke and Clara (Moenkhaus) Menke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/08-12.html">August 12, 1944</a>, to Phyllis McMurtrie.</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>Henry Merritt Paulson Jr. (b. 1946)</b> — also known as <b>Henry M. Paulson</b>; <b>Hank Paulson</b> — of Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Palm Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-born.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/03-28.html">March 28, 1946</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Investment banker</a>; chief executive officer of Goldman, Sachs; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 2006-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-scientist.html">Christian Scientist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <b>Nature Conservancy</b>. Still living as of 2020. <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 Henry Merritt Paulson and Marianna (Gallaeur) Paulson.</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/Henry Paulson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/788/000117437">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2489363">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=113100">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Madison Waddell Jr. (1922-2003)</b> — also known as <b>James M. Waddell, Jr.</b> — of Beaufort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-lived.html">Beaufort County</a>, S.C. Born in Boydell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/AS-born.html">Ashley County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/11-01.html">November 1, 1922</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Beaufort County, 1954-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/SC.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/SC.html">1964</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1960-92 (Beaufort County 1960-66, 16th District 1966-68, 13th District 1968-72, 15th District 1972-84, 46th District 1984-92); resigned 1992. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/navy-league.html">Navy League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</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/sertoma.html">Sertoma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <b>Nature Conservancy</b>. Died in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/01-15.html">January 15, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-buried.html#cms08095">Beaufort National Cemetery</a>, Beaufort, S.C. <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>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</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>Relatives:</i> Son of James Madison Waddell and Mabel Maude (Gibson) Waddell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/01-02.html">January 2, 1946</a>, to Natalie Phyllis Lavis.</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;">The Waddell Mariculture Research and Development Center (built 1983-84), an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">experiment station</a>, located on the Colleton River in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-names.html">Beaufort County, South Carolina</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/27749754">Find-A-Grave memorial</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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