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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Sigma Upsilon 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 Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-born.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-08.html">February 8, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Istanbul</a>, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-diplomats.html ">Liberia</a>, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <b>Sigma Upsilon</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/index.html">1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#704.23.02">Ben Hill Brown</a> and Clara Twitty (Colcock) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/03-03.html">March 3, 1940</a>, to Barbara Bothwell Burt.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/brown-ben-hill ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Main Coffee (1897-1983)</b> — also known as <b>John M. Coffee</b> — of Tacoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PI-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Wash. Born in Tacoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PI-born.html">Pierce County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/01-23.html">January 23, 1897</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; secretary to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#860.40.55">C. C. Dill</a>, 1923-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 6th District, 1937-47; defeated, 1946; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/WA.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-sigma-phi.html">Alpha Sigma Phi</a>; <b>Sigma Upsilon</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/06-03.html">June 3, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 131 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered in Puget Sound. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William B. Coffee and Anne (Rae) Coffee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/11-16.html">November 16, 1923</a>, to Lillian M. Slye.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000584">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402713">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel James Ervin Jr. (1896-1985)</b> — also known as <b>Sam J. Ervin, Jr.</b> — of Morganton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-lived.html">Burke County</a>, N.C. Born in Morganton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-born.html">Burke County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/09-27.html">September 27, 1896</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1923-25, 1931; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-parties.html">chair of Burke County Democratic Party</a>, 1924; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NC.html">North Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1930-37; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1937-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 10th District, 1946-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spaj.html">justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1948-54; appointed 1948; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NC.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NC.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-ahepa.html">Order of Ahepa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>; <b>Sigma Upsilon</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in Winston-Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FO-died.html">Forsyth County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/04-23.html">April 23, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 208 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-buried.html#cms03461">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Morganton, N.C.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-buried.html# ">County Courthouse Grounds</a>, Morganton, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel James Ervin and Laura Theresa (Powe) Ervin; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ermentrout-erving.html#544.91.50">Joseph Wilson Ervin</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/06-18.html">June 18, 1924</a>, to Margaret Bruce Bell; father of Laura Powe Ervin (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward4.html#255.57.45">Hallett Sydney Ward</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ermentrout-erving.html#122.21.43">Samuel James Ervin III</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10467.html">Ervin family</a> of Morganton, North Carolina.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000211">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403898">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/229/000109899">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259970">Internet Movie Database profile</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BS-born.html">Belarus</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-01.html">March 1, 1899</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/bronx.html">borough president of Bronx, New York</a>, 1941; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932 (Socialist), 1934 (Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office 1971. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</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/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <b>Sigma Upsilon</b>. Died, in Bronx-Lebanon <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> Center, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-died.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/09-04.html">September 4, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 187 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/">1922</a> to Pearl G. Spivak.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://floridamemory.com/items/show/43776"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/948/13.48.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Claude Pepper"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989)</b> — also known as <b>Claude Pepper</b> — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla.; Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla. Born near Dudleyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CH-born.html">Chambers County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/09-08.html">September 8, 1900</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <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>, 1929-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/FL.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/FL.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/FL.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/FL.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/FL.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/FL.html">1968</a> (alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">1944</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/speakers.html">1988</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a>, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died in office 1989. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <b>Sigma Upsilon</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-world-federalists.html">United World Federalists</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1989. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/05-30.html">May 30, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 264 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-buried.html#cms04571">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Tallahassee, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meadel-meadows.html#458.71.17">Clarence W. Meadows</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The Claude Pepper <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-names.html">Miami, Florida</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000218">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408621">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude Pepper">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/219/000055054">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6812612">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Claude Pepper:</i> Tracy E. Danese, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813017440/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813017440&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Claude Pepper and Ed Ball : Politics, Purpose, and Power</a> — James C. Clark, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813037395/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813037395&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Red Pepper and Gorgeous George: Claude Pepper's Epic Defeat in the 1950 Democratic Primary</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Stacy Tavenner Jr. (b. 1895)</b> — also known as <b>Frank S. Tavenner, Jr.</b> — of Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SH-lived.html">Shenandoah County</a>, Va. Born in Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SH-born.html">Shenandoah County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/07-12.html">July 12, 1895</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia</a>, 1940-48; acting chief counsel, International Prosecutions Section, Tokyo, Japan, 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <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>; <b>Sigma Upsilon</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Frank Stacy Tavenner and Lou Lazear (Stephenson) Tavenner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/12-28.html">December 28, 1920</a>, to Sarah Ellen Zea.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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