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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: American Legion Auxiliary, 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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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SJ-born.html">San Juan County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-24.html">December 24, 1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Schuyler County, 1943-44; defeated, 1940, 1944, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/index.html">1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">about 88 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SY-buried.html# ">Arni Memorial Cemetery</a>, Lancaster, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Thompson C. Crump and Emma (Minear) Crump; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/06-01.html">June 1, 1919</a>, to Jonathan Ellsworth Aeschliman.</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/109548076">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> Margaret A. Afflis — of Delphi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ind. Born in Delphi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CR-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IN.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IN.html">1940</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IN.html">Indiana Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1932-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. 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> Maysel Louise Alford (d. 1957) — also known as Nell Alford; Maysel Louise Flournoy — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Born in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/GA-born.html">Gadsden County</a>, Fla. Democrat. Owner and operator of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">millinery</a> and greeting card business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/FL.html">Florida Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1936; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/FL.html">Democratic National Committee from Florida</a>, 1944-50; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/FL.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-dtrs-confederacy.html">United Daughters of the Confederacy</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. Died in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-died.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/index.html">1957</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: Daughter of Benjamin Harvey Flournoy and Alice (Sheppard) Flournoy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/01-31.html">January 31, 1927</a>, to E. Neil Alford.</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> Mary Eldridge Alger (1876-1956) — also known as Mary E. Alger; Mary Eldridge Swift; Mrs. Frederick M. Alger — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Norfolk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/05-21.html">May 21, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1933; member, Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 1933, 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died in Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/11-09.html">November 9, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 172 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00088">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Edward Young Swift and Irene (Battell) Swift; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/">1937</a> to Fred Towsley Murphy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/05-02.html">May 2, 1901</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#209.58.03">Frederick Moulton Alger</a> (son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#479.08.11">Russell Alexander Alger</a>); mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#822.46.33">Frederick Moulton Alger Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13534.html">Alger family</a> of Detroit, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/153178725">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> Sarah Anderson Anderson (b. 1901) — also known as Sarah A. Anderson; Sarah Anderson — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/01-23.html">January 23, 1901</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1954-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. 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: Daughter of Dr. Henry A. Anderson and Maude (Smith) Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/12-01.html">December 1, 1922</a>, to Dr. Adolphus W. Anderson, Sr.</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> Margaret Andrews (1901-1990) — also known as Margaret Susanna Bringgold; Mrs. R. C. Andrews — of Lindstrom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CH-lived.html">Chisago County</a>, Minn. Born in Pine Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/GO-born.html">Goodhue County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-28.html">April 28, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/librarian.html">librarian</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MN.html">secretary of Minnesota Republican Party</a>, 1945-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MN.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MN.html">1952</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/10-01.html">October 1, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CH-buried.html#cms08516">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Lindstrom, Minn. <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 Jacob A. Bringgold, Jr. and Mary Alice (Finn) Bringgold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-30.html">June 30, 1927</a>, to Raymond Charles Andrews.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Wife - Mother"</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/55584132">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> Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery (1889-1977) — also known as Julia Hoge Spencer; Mrs. W. B. Ardery — of Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BR-lived.html">Bourbon County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-born.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/09-16.html">September 16, 1889</a>. Democrat. Kentucky <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">historian</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/KY.html">1936</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/KY.html">1956</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/KY.html">Democratic National Committee from Kentucky</a>, 1956-60. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-delta-delta.html">Delta Delta Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/colonial-dames.html">Colonial Dames</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. Died in March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/index.html">1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 0 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BR-buried.html#cms05951">somewhere</a> in Paris, Ky. <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 Rev. Isaac J. Spencer and Sally Louise (Pendleton) Spencer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/04-14.html">April 14, 1910</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#611.83.93">William Breckinridge Ardery</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#221.56.65">Philip Pendleton Ardery</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12142.html">Tweedy family</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> Sylvia Lula Ashworth (b. 1874) — also known as Sylvia L. Ashworth — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Peru, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/NE-born.html">Nemaha County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-27.html">November 27, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chiropractor.html">Chiropractor</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NE.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. 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> Agnes Beahn Baggett (1905-1992) — also known as Agnes Baggett; Agnes Beahn — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MU-born.html">Muscogee County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/04-09.html">April 9, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Alabama</a>, 1951-55, 1963-67, 1975-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/aud.html">Alabama state auditor</a>, 1955-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/trea.html">Alabama state treasurer</a>, 1959-63, 1967-75; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/altrusa.html">Altrusa</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/12-15.html">December 15, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 250 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: Daughter of John Richard Beahn and Leila Belle (Thomason) Beahn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/10-14.html">October 14, 1926</a>, to George Lamar Baggett.</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> Rose Agnes Barnes (b. 1910) — also known as Rose Agnes Langford; Mrs. Ernest A. Barnes — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CN-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Ky. Born in Tuscaloosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-born.html">Tuscaloosa County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/08-05.html">August 5, 1910</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">model</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/KY.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. 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: Daughter of Edward Langford and Alma (Coleman) Langford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/01-22.html">January 22, 1931</a>, to Ernest A. Barnes.</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> Frances Richmond Bickert (1887-1987) — also known as Frances Bickert; Frances Richmond — of Albia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ME-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Iowa. Born in Albia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ME-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/10-14.html">October 14, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IA.html">1952</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died in October, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/index.html">1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/99.html">about 99 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">Relatives: Daughter of Levi Tiltson Richmond and Elizabeth Winifred (Malone) Richmond; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-10.html">September 10, 1913</a>, to John Henry Bickert.</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> Carol Newberry Brooks (b. 1888) — also known as Carol Newberry; Mrs. Frank W. Brooks, Jr. — of Grosse Pointe Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-07.html">November 7, 1888</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-league.html">Junior League</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. 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: Daughter of Harriet (Barnes) Newberry and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nevin-newel.html#361.64.02">Truman Handy Newberry</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-19.html">June 19, 1912</a>, to Frank W. Brooks, Jr.; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nevin-newel.html#249.27.49">John Stoughton Newberry</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10897.html">Newberry family</a> of Detroit, Michigan.</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> Estella Cline Brumbaugh (1891-1978) — also known as Estella Brumbaugh; Estella Cline; Mrs. F. A. Brumbaugh — of Grand Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ME-lived.html">Mesa County</a>, Colo. Born in Warsaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KO-born.html">Kosciusko County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/11-02.html">November 2, 1891</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/CO.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CO.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CO.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died in June, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/index.html">1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marguerite Allen Campbell (b. 1895) — also known as Marguerite Campbell; Marguerite Allen — of New Meadows, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AM-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Idaho. Born in Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/YA-born.html">Yamhill County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/02-25.html">February 25, 1895</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/stsen.html">Idaho state senate</a>, 1946; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/ID.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/gamma-phi-beta.html">Gamma Phi Beta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. 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: Daughter of Orien Allen and Emma (Wright) Allen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/12-28.html">December 28, 1918</a>, to Rollie L. Campbell.</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> Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) — also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt; Mrs. Ralph E. Church — of Evanston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-13.html">September 13, 1892</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/psych.html">Psychologist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/IL.html">1964</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/speakers.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zonta.html">Zonta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-sigma-phi.html">Beta Sigma Phi</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/05-26.html">May 26, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms03001">Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Skokie, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe) Stitt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/12-21.html">December 21, 1918</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/church.html#734.64.88">Ralph Edwin Church</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000389">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402528">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) — also known as Mary S. Coleman; Mary Leslie Stallings — of Battle Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Born in Forney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/KF-born.html">Kaufman County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-24.html">June 24, 1914</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1973-82; resigned 1982; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1979-82; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/MI.html">1984</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-league.html">Junior League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/altrusa.html">Altrusa</a>; American Legion Auxiliary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-sigma-phi.html">Beta Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-omicron-pi.html">Alpha Omicron Pi</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Ocala, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MR-died.html">Marion County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/11-27.html">November 27, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 156 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-buried.html#cms00233">Oakridge Cemetery</a>, Marshall, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Leslie C. Stallings and Agnes (Huther) Stallings; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/">1939</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colebank-coleman.html#520.86.02">Creighton R. Coleman</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary S. Coleman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href=" http://micourthistory.org/justices/mary-coleman">Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society</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> Florence G. Danforth (b. 1892) — also known as Florence Jarvis — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/08-17.html">August 17, 1892</a>. <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>, 1947; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Manchester 4th Ward, 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. 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: Daughter of John Henry Jarvis and Mary Winifred (O'Leary) Jarvis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/06-30.html">June 30, 1917</a>, to G. Arthur Danforth.</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> Gertrude Detweiler (1895-1988) — also known as Gertrude E. Homan; Mrs. W. H. Detweiler — of Hazelton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/JR-lived.html">Jerome County</a>, Idaho; Twin Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/TF-lived.html">Twin Falls County</a>, Idaho. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/03-12.html">March 12, 1895</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nurse.html">Nurse</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/ID.html">1956</a>; chair, Arrangements Committee, chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died, in the Lewiston <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Care Center</a>, Lewiston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/NP-died.html">Nez Perce County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/07-20.html">July 20, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 130 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/TF-buried.html# ">Twin Falls Cemetery</a>, Twin Falls, Idaho. <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 William Homan and Ida Homan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/11-19.html">November 19, 1919</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/detaranto-devin.html#204.87.73">William Hunsberger Detweiler</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/116358954">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> Flora Cotton Etter — also known as Flora Cotton — of Sigourney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/KE-lived.html">Keokuk County</a>, Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IA.html">1936</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IA.html">Democratic National Committee from Iowa</a>, 1928-39; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Iowa</a>, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. 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: Daughter of Dr. Newton B. Cotton and Ellen (Crane) Cotton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-20.html">December 20, 1894</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estevan-evanoff.html#963.09.26">William L. Etter</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> Alice Elizabeth Figg (1882-1953) — also known as Alice E. Figg — of Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa. Born in Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-born.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/01-21.html">January 21, 1882</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/IA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IA.html">1948</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IA.html">Iowa Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1942-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IA.html">treasurer of Iowa Republican Party</a>, 1950-52. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-died.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/11-08.html">November 8, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 291 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-buried.html# ">Avon Cemetery</a>, Avon, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Samuel S. Figg.</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/57799395">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> Joan Finney (1925-2001) — also known as Joan McInroy — of Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan. Born in Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-born.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-12.html">February 12, 1925</a>. Candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a>, 1972; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/trea.html">Kansas state treasurer</a>, 1975-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/KS.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/KS.html">2000</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kansas</a>, 1991-95; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kansas</a>, 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> woman governor of Kansas. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver-cancer.html">liver cancer</a>, in St. Francis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> and Medical Center, Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-died.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/07-28.html">July 28, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 166 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-buried.html#cms06202">Mt. Calvary Cemetery</a>, Topeka, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joan-finney/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/232/000119872">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/995/89.82.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Ana Frohmiller"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ana Frohmiller (1891-1971) — also known as Ana Collins — of Flagstaff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/CC-lived.html">Coconino County</a>, Ariz.; Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-lived.html">Yavapai County</a>, Ariz. Born in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-28.html">July 28, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/CC-officials.html">Coconino County Treasurer</a>, 1922-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/aud.html">Arizona state auditor</a>, 1927-50; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arizona</a>, 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died in Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-died.html">Yavapai County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/11-25.html">November 25, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 120 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-buried.html#cms00969">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Prescott, Ariz. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1950): "I offer the voters experience, not an experiment."</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/143205002">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=71346">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Arizona Star (Tucson, Ariz.), August 4, 1938</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> Viva Gaunt (1892-1974) — also known as Viva Huntley — of Grandville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/11-07.html">November 7, 1892</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nurse.html">Nurse</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MI.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died in Grandville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/04-05.html">April 5, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-buried.html#cms07674">Hillside Cemetery</a>, Plainwell, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Robert C. Gaunt.</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> Rosemary Lucas Ginn (1912-2003) — also known as Rosemary L. Ginn; Rosemary Bewick Lucas; Mrs. M. Stanley Ginn — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-lived.html">Boone County</a>, Mo. Born in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/08-28.html">August 28, 1912</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MO.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/MO.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MO.html">1972</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">Republican National Committee from Missouri</a>, 1960-79; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LX-diplomats.html ">Luxembourg</a>, 1976-77. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-pi-zeta.html">Alpha Pi Zeta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-delta-delta.html">Delta Delta Delta</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. Died in Osage Beach <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Health Care Center</a>, Osage Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-died.html">Camden County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/01-03.html">January 3, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-buried.html#cms06611">Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Columbia, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Reuben E. Lucas and Mary (Bewick) Lucas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-21.html">June 21, 1934</a>, to Milton Stanley Ginn.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/ginn-rosemary-lucas ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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> Janet Hill Gordon (1915-1990) — also known as Janet Hill — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/01-11.html">January 11, 1915</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">New York Republican State Committee</a>, 1942-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-officials.html">Chenango County Attorney</a>, 1944-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> woman county attorney in New York State; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County, 1947-58; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NY.html">1948</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 46th District, 1959-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 35th District, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/gamma-phi-beta.html">Gamma Phi Beta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/09-17.html">September 17, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 249 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-buried.html#cms02016">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Norwich, 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: Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill5.html#632.09.20">James Perminter Hill</a> and Florine (Hall) Hill; married to William J. Gordon.</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/27016588">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> Cecil Murray Harden (1894-1984) — also known as Cecil M. Harden; Cecil Murray; Mrs. F. R. Harden — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FO-lived.html">Fountain County</a>, Ind. Born in Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FO-born.html">Fountain County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/11-21.html">November 21, 1894</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IN.html">Republican National Committee from Indiana</a>, 1944-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IN.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IN.html">1952</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/IN.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/IN.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 6th District, 1949-59; defeated, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; American Legion Auxiliary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died in Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-died.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/12-05.html">December 5, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 14 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FO-buried.html# ">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Covington, 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">Relatives: Daughter of Timothy James Murray and Sarah Jane 'Jennie' (Clotfelter) Murray; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-22.html">December 22, 1914</a>, to Frost Revere Harden.</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=H000182">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405063">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7869593">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> Edna J. Hinman (1902-2001) — also known as Edna J. McCreanor — of Montana. Born in York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-born.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-27.html">November 27, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trea.html">Montana state treasurer</a>, 1953-57, 1961-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. Died, in the Cooney <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Convalescent Home</a>, Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/03-24.html">March 24, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/98.html">98 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-buried.html#cms01848">Forestvale Cemetery</a>, Helena, Mont. <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 Richard McCreanor and Margaret (Lyle) McCreanor; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-19.html">May 19, 1923</a>, to Dewey Morgan Hinman.</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/26042899">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> Clara Kahler (b. 1880) — also known as Clara Felecia Goodman — of Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DK-born.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/03-08.html">March 8, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Stenographer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">actress</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. 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: Daughter of Benedict Goodman and Margaret (Von Hohenstein) Goodman; married to John Kahler.</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> Amy Georgia MacHale (b. 1892) — also known as Amy MacHale — of Shelby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/TO-lived.html">Toole County</a>, Mont. Born in Oshkosh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-born.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/02-22.html">February 22, 1892</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MT.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Patrick Richard MacHale.</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> Leone Friday Matson (b. 1901) — also known as Leone F. Matson; Mrs. Henrik L. Matson — of Avoca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MU-lived.html">Murray County</a>, Minn. Born in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-born.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/05-31.html">May 31, 1901</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MN.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MN.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MN.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. 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> Marguerite A. Mattis — also known as Marguerite Hart — of Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Born in Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-officials.html">Erie County Register and Recorder of Deeds</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Albert D. Hart and Julia (Schmitt) Hart; married to Carl A. Mattis.</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> Rose Gorr Mayes (b. 1898) — also known as Rose Mayes; Mrs. Gilford Mayes — of Kellogg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/SH-lived.html">Shoshone County</a>, Idaho. Born in Anaconda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/DL-born.html">Deer Lodge County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-16.html">May 16, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/ID.html">Vice-chair of Idaho Republican Party</a>, 1942-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/ID.html">1944</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">1952</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/ID.html">Republican National Committee from Idaho</a>, 1948-56. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. 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> Minnie Freeman Penney (b. 1868) — also known as Minnie Mae Freeman; Mrs. Edgar B. Penney — of Fullerton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/NA-lived.html">Nance County</a>, Neb. Born in Raymonds Corners, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PO-born.html">Potter County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/02-25.html">February 25, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; during a sudden, fierce blizzard on January 12, 1888, saved the lives of seventeen children by leading them from her schoolhouse to the nearest farm, a mile away; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NE.html">Republican National Committee from Nebraska</a>, 1922-28. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-beta-phi.html">Pi Beta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. 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: Daughter of Sarah Lovica (Cushing) Freeman and William Elder Freeman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-22.html">April 22, 1891</a>, to Edgar Byron Penney.</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> Jane Wall Purcell — also known as Mrs. Richard Purcell — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Swanton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Vt. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MT.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. 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> Sylvia Havre Raihle — also known as Sylvia H. Raihle — of Chippewa Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CH-lived.html">Chippewa County</a>, Wis. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Chippewa County; defeated, 1942; elected 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Evelyn E. Richards (b. 1927) — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/08-25.html">August 25, 1927</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1979-80, 1985-86, 1989-94 (11th District 1979-80, 13th District 1985-86, 1989-92, 15th District 1993-94). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Still living as of 1994. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to William E. Richards.</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> Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960) — also known as Edith Frances Nourse — of Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Saco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/index.html">1881</a>. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 5th District, 1925-60; died in office 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Inducted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/natl-womens-hof.html">National Women's Hall of Fame</a>, 1998. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/09-10.html">September 10, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00383">Lowell Cemetery</a>, Lowell, Mass. <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 Franklin Nourse and Edith Francis (Riversmith) Nourse; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-02.html">October 2, 1907</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers5.html#362.56.96">John Jacob Rogers</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000392">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409360">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith Nourse Rogers">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7500867">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/edith-nourse-rogers/">National Women's Hall of Fame</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> Agnes M. Samuelson (1887-1963) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PG-lived.html">Page County</a>, Iowa; Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa. Born in Shenandoah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PG-born.html">Page County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-04.html">April 4, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sppi.html">Iowa superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1927-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; American Legion Auxiliary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died in Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-died.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/05-12.html">May 12, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 38 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PG-buried.html#cms06271">somewhere</a> in Shenandoah, Iowa. <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 August Samuelson and Alvida (Johnson) Samuelson.</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> Marion Margery Scranton (b. 1884) — also known as Marion M. Scranton; Marion Margery Warren; Mrs. Worthington Scranton — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/04-02.html">April 2, 1884</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/PA.html">Pennsylvania Republican State Committee</a>, 1922-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/PA.html">vice-chair of Pennsylvania Republican Party</a>, 1926-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/PA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/PA.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/PA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/PA.html">1948</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/PA.html">Republican National Committee from Pennsylvania</a>, 1928-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Vice-Chair of Republican National Committee</a>, 1936-38. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/colonial-dames.html">Colonial Dames</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. 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: Daughter of Everett Warren and Ellen (Willard) Warren; married to Worthington Scranton; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#832.91.89">William Warren Scranton</a>; grandmother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#643.21.41">William Worthington Scranton III</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset 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> Jae Spears — also known as Jae Marshall — of Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-born.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper work</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 30th District; elected 1974, 1976, 1978; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 12th District, 1981-92. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-sigma-phi.html">Theta Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. Still living as of 1992. <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 James Marshall and Sylvia (Fox) Marshall; married to Lawrence E. Spears.</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> Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (1902-1988) — also known as Leonor Sullivan; Leonor A. Kretzer; Mrs. John B. Sullivan — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-21.html">August 21, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 3rd District, 1953-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MO.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/09-01.html">September 1, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 11 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: Daughter of Frederick William Kretzer and Nora (Jostrand) Kretzer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/12-27.html">December 27, 1941</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sullivan5.html#746.49.41">John Berchmans Sullivan</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001057">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410511">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Louise R. Tatosian — also known as Louise Rohlfing — of Ridgewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NJ.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Alexander K. Tatosian.</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> Bernice M. Watson (1901-1980) — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Breckenridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-born.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/08-16.html">August 16, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Genesee County 1st District, 1947-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">National Education Association</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/index.html">1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 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> Jackie Withrow — also known as Jackie Neubert; Mrs. W. W. Withrow — of Sophia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va.; Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Born in Mabscott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-born.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1961-78 (Raleigh County 1961-74, 18th District 1975-78). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; American Legion Auxiliary. Still living as of 1978. <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 Charles Frank Neubert and Willie Lee (Flanagan) Neubert; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/04-20.html">April 20, 1943</a>, to William W. 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