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Dowsett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#202.25.33">Stukely Stafford Ellsworth, Sr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frazier-frechette.html#030.29.33">Lynn Joseph Frazier</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grady.html#179.24.91">Stafford Grady</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harless-harmison.html#018.08.45">Samuel Ralph Harlow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hutchinson.html#153.11.42">Everett Hutchinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkinson-jenning.html#841.33.46">Bela Whipple Jenks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones2.html#539.70.65">Charles Gasham Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones8.html#751.33.71">Stafford Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king8.html#660.91.05">Stafford King</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#931.22.44">Stafford L. Lambert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maguire.html#197.41.70">Matthew Maguire</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillen-mcmullin.html#111.57.76">John Stafford McMillin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owen.html#930.84.68">G. Stafford Owen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#551.66.08">Louis Frisbie Payn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reid.html#570.82.80">W. Stafford Reid</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#985.18.91">Harmon Liveright Remmel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rose.html#813.03.42">David Jennings Rose</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#813.48.30">Carmi Reddick Smith</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="206.58.83">Stafford, A. D.</a> — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/independence.html#2">Independence, Ky.</a>, 1887. 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> <a name="210.45.95">Stafford, Aaron</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County, 1834. 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> <a name="826.99.93">Stafford, Albert I.</a> — of Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/middletown.html#2">Middletown, Del.</a>, 1943-66 (acting, 1943-44). 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> <a name="284.09.66">Stafford, Amos W.</a> — of Geneva, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Walworth County, 1872. 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> <a name="231.87.98">Stafford, Bernard L.</a> — of Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/paterson.html">Mayor of Paterson, N.J.</a>, 1938-39. 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> Stafford, Bill See <a href="#023.53.98">William P. Stafford</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="615.33.22">Stafford, C. W.</a> — of Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DY-lived.html">Day County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 38th District, 1889-90. 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> <a name="229.97.42">Stafford, Charles Burke</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 10th District, 1922. 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> <a name="636.19.97">Stafford, Charles F.</a> — of Laconia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-lived.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a> 5th District, 1949-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NH.html">1960</a>. 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> <a name="202.77.44">Stafford, Clayton</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Camden County, 1883-84, 1893-95. 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> <a name="353.23.76">Stafford, Dale B.</a> (1908-1973) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/index.html">1908</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sba.html">Michigan state board of agriculture</a>, 1955. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/index.html">1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</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> <a name="117.35.93">Stafford, Damian</a> — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="118.67.65">Stafford, De Witt</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. 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> <a name="344.34.19">Stafford, Dorothy</a> — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/TN.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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> <a name="255.10.50">Stafford, Edmund</a> — of Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/Ketchikan-lived.html">Kitsap County</a>, Wash. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WA.html">1952</a>. 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> <a name="951.71.62">Stafford, Edward Russel</a> — Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. 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> <a name="040.96.05">Stafford, F. A.</a> — of Minnesota. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota. 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> <a name="336.83.73">Stafford, F. M.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/GA.html">1900</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> <a name="992.75.32">Stafford, Frank D.</a> — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html">Mayor of North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1903-04, 1907-08. 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> <a name="963.83.02">Stafford, Fred P.</a> — of Briarcliff Manor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. 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> <a name="802.10.23">Stafford, George M.</a> — of Kansas. Republican. Member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1967-80. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stafford, Gilbert See <a href="#771.87.11">J. Gilbert Stafford</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="398.36.19">Stafford, Harrold</a> — of Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/DE.html">2004</a>. 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> <a name="435.75.05">Stafford, Harry</a> — of Carbondale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ill. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JA-parties.html">Chair of Jackson County Democratic Party</a>, 1950. 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> <a name="241.22.70">Stafford, Harry F.</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. 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> <a name="186.54.44">Stafford, Helen</a> (1917-2011) — also known as Helen Content Kelley; Mrs. Robert T. Stafford — of Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-born.html">Windham County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/09-03.html">September 3, 1917</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/VT.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-died.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/02-26.html">February 26, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 176 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-buried.html#cms02537">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Rutland, Vt. <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 Herbert Thomas Stafford and Madeline (Babbitt) Stafford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/10-15.html">October 15, 1938</a>, to <a href="#134.69.29">Robert Theodore Stafford</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://findagrave.com/memorial/66251225">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> <a name="121.81.68">Stafford, Henry</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 1st District, 1905-06. 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> <a name="584.28.19">Stafford, Henry Hinckley</a> (1833-1911) — also known as Henry H. Stafford — of Marquette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-lived.html">Marquette County</a>, Mich.; Mt. Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y.; Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/01-06.html">January 6, 1833</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/marquette.html">mayor of Marquette, Mich.</a>, 1871; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Marquette County 1st District, 1877-78. Died in Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/04-26.html">April 26, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 110 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: Granduncle by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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> <a name="039.06.04">Stafford, Irving B.</a> — of Beacon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/beacon.html">Mayor of Beacon, N.Y.</a>, 1925. 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> <a name="139.66.55">Stafford, J. A.</a> — of Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-lived.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/AL.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/AL.html">1936</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> <a name="278.99.86">Stafford, J. A.</a> — of Elizabeth City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PA-lived.html">Pasquotank County</a>, N.C. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NC.html">1956</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="771.87.11">Stafford, J. Gilbert</a> (b. 1856) — of Brattleboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Vt. Born in Halifax, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-born.html">Windham County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/01-28.html">January 28, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Brattleboro, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</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> <a name="960.30.66">Stafford, James A.</a> (d. 2002) — of Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-lived.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla. Born in Williston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LV-born.html">Levy County</a>, Fla. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate broker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/appraiser.html">appraiser</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/lakeworthbeach.html#2">mayor of Lake Worth, Fla.</a>, 1954-55. Died in Williston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LV-died.html">Levy County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/08-02.html">August 2, 2002</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LV-buried.html#cms06796">Willis Family Cemetery</a>, Williston, Fla. <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 M. Stafford.</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> <a name="864.97.12">Stafford, James J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Clark County, 1891-94. 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> <a name="458.02.55">Stafford, James J.</a> — of Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-lived.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Montana convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. 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> <a name="265.90.97">Stafford, John</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maryland</a>, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="037.98.21">Stafford, John A.</a> (1884-1923) — of Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Born in New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/08-26.html">August 26, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/paterson.html">mayor of Paterson, N.J.</a>, 1915. He worried his friends by talking about suicide, and was hospitalized overnight; the next day, he apparently <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">threw himself</a> in front of an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">oncoming train</a>, and was killed, in Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-died.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/10-17.html">October 17, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 52 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 Stafford and Mary (Brury) Stafford.</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> <a name="621.08.85">Stafford, John C.</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 8th District, 1932, 1934. 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> <a name="177.78.55">Stafford, John M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FO-lived.html">Forsyth County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 32nd District, 1872-74. 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> <a name="297.80.05">Stafford, Joseph</a> — of Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, R.I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/dspkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies</a>, 1743-44. 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> <a name="290.40.74">Stafford, Joseph, Jr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Camden County, 1860. 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> <a name="124.01.79">Stafford, Joseph C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Camden County, 1846-48. 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> <a name="653.20.63">Stafford, Kay</a> — of Latham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="159.59.47">Stafford, Lawrence J.</a> — of California. Reform candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 46th District, 1996. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="305.41.53">Stafford, Mabel R.</a> — of Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/VT.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="748.31.65">Stafford, Mamie</a> — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HE-lived.html">Henderson County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/TX.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="866.85.71">Stafford, Matthew W.</a> — of Joplin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/joplin.html#2">Joplin, Mo.</a>, 1877-85. 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> <a name="871.95.83">Stafford, Maurice L.</a> — of Coronado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-consuls.html ">Barranquilla</a>, as of 1922-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">London</a>, as of 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Madrid</a>, as of 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Rio de Janeiro</a>, as of 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JL-consuls.html ">Guadalajara</a>, 1941; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DF-consuls.html ">Mexico City</a>, 1941. 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> <a name="649.31.36">Stafford, R. N.</a> — of Mineola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, Tex. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 7th District, 1899-1904. 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> <a name="172.15.77">Stafford, Ralph</a> — of Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/VT.html">1956</a>. 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> <a name="490.54.78">Stafford, Rick</a> — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MN.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MN.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MN.html">2008</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MN.html">Democratic National Committee from Minnesota</a>, 2008; candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="063.23.39">Stafford, Robert G.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Emmet District, 1952. 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> Stafford, Mrs. Robert T. See <a href="#186.54.44">Helen Stafford</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="134.69.29">Stafford, Robert Theodore</a> (1913-2006) — also known as Robert T. Stafford — of Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Born in Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/08-08.html">August 8, 1913</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-officials.html">Rutland County State's Attorney</a>, 1947-51; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/attygn.html">Vermont state attorney general</a>, 1955-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1957-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1959-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/VT.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a> at-large, 1961-71; resigned 1971; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Vermont</a>, 1971-89; appointed 1971. <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/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-died.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/12-23.html">December 23, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 137 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-buried.html#cms02537">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Rutland, Vt. <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 Bert Linus Stafford and Mabel R. (Stratton) Stafford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/10-15.html">October 15, 1938</a>, to <a href="#186.54.44">Helen Content Kelley</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">The Robert T. Stafford <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-misc.html">Student Loan Program</a> (established 1965 as the Federal Guaranteed Student Loan Program; renamed 1988) is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Recreation Area</a> (established 1984 as White Rocks National Recreation Area; renamed 2006), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-names.html">Bennington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-names.html">Rutland</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-names.html">Windsor</a> counties, Vermont, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000776">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410242">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-t-stafford/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Stafford">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/497/000122131">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17128864">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> <a name="633.38.57">Stafford, Ronald B.</a> (1935-2005) — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/06-29.html">June 29, 1935</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1966-2002 (48th District 1966, 42nd District 1967-72, 43rd District 1973-82, 45th District 1983-2002). Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung-cancer.html">lung cancer</a>, in Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-died.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/06-24.html">June 24, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 360 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-buried.html#cms01878">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Canton, N.Y. <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/2000/">2000</a> to Kay McCabe.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/refermat-reickenback.html#907.66.58">Robert A. Regan</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">The Ronald B. Stafford <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-stadia.html">Ice Arena</a> (renamed 1987), at the State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of New York at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-names.html">Plattsburgh</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald B. Stafford">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42166986">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> <a name="532.97.16">Stafford, Roy E.</a> — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/OK.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/OK.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</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> <a name="699.00.36">Stafford, Samuel S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County 2nd District, 1865. 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> <a name="901.96.36">Stafford, Tracy</a> (b. 1948) — of Wilton Manors, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-lived.html">Broward County</a>, Fla. Born in Fort Lauderdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-born.html">Broward County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/01-02.html">January 2, 1948</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a> 92nd District, 1991-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="225.93.05">Stafford, W. A.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota. 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> <a name="922.65.30">Stafford, W. M.</a> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/galveston.html">mayor of Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1879. 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> <a name="512.03.49">Stafford, Walter G.</a> — of Laconia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-lived.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Laconia 1st Ward, 1948. 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> <a name="988.84.05">Stafford, Walter Jerome</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 21st District, 1974. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="603.38.01">Stafford, Wendell Phillips</a> (1861-1953) — Born in Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/05-01.html">May 1, 1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/usdjud.html">Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia</a>, 1904-31; retired 1931. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/04-21.html">April 21, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 355 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=2263&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/stafford-wendell-phillips">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> <a name="061.23.10">Stafford, Willard A.</a> — of Little Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/littlefalls.html#3">Little Falls, N.Y.</a>, 1870-82. 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> <a name="655.79.93">Stafford, William A., Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida</a>, 1969-75. Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="691.17.63">Stafford, William Henry</a> (1869-1957) — also known as William H. Stafford — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-12.html">October 12, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 5th District, 1903-11, 1913-19, 1921-23, 1929-33; defeated, 1922; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1938. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/04-22.html">April 22, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-buried.html#cms00501">Forest Home Cemetery</a>, Milwaukee, Wis. <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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000777">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410243">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854519">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> <a name="969.67.67">Stafford, William Henry, Jr.</a> (b. 1931) — Born in Masury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-born.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/index.html">1931</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida</a>, 1975-96; took senior status 1996. Still living as of 1996. <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=2264&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/stafford-william-henry-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> <a name="023.53.98">Stafford, William P.</a> (b. 1933) — also known as Bill Stafford — of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-born.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/08-03.html">August 3, 1933</a>. Republican. Owner, Princeton Machinery Services and Princeton Electrolating; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Mercer County, 1970. 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/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>. 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