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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Psi Omega Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Artrip (b. 1924) — of Southside, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, W.Va. Born in Clintwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/DC-born.html">Dickenson County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/07-16.html">July 16, 1924</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1975-76, 1983-84, 1987-88 (10th District 1975-76, 12th District 1983-84, 1987-88); defeated, 1984; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/WV.html">1976</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; Psi Omega; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. 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: Son of William J. Artrip, Sr. and Lydia Rebecca (Childress) Artrip; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/07-03.html">July 3, 1949</a>, to Phyllis Jean Hoff.</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> Joseph M. Ballouz (1913-2001) — also known as "Doc" — of New Martinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-born.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/05-02.html">May 2, 1913</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1971-84 (Wetzel County 1971-74, 5th District 1975-84). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-sigma-phi.html">Alpha Sigma Phi</a>; Psi Omega. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/03-25.html">March 25, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 327 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alexander C. Ballouz and Valentine C. (VandenBussche) Ballouz; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/05-15.html">May 15, 1943</a>, to Norma B. Kocher.</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> Walter Ellsworth Brehm (1892-1971) — also known as Walter E. Brehm — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HC-lived.html">Hocking County</a>, Ohio; Millersport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Ohio. Born in Somerset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PE-born.html">Perry County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/05-25.html">May 25, 1892</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1938-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 11th District, 1943-53. Member, <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/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; Psi Omega. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> in 1951 of illegally accepting <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/campaign-finance.html">campaign contributions</a> from a clerk in his office, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $5,000. Died in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/08-24.html">August 24, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 91 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Gilbert M. Brehm and Lucy E. (Lenhart) Brehm; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/09-20.html">September 20, 1923</a>, to Lucille Fountain.</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=B000794">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401751">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> Guy G. Butler (b. 1887) — of Rolfe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PC-lived.html">Pocahontas County</a>, Iowa. Born in Beattie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MR-born.html">Marshall County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/03-05.html">March 5, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farm owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a> from Pocahontas County; elected 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IA.html">1952</a>. Member, Psi Omega; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-nu-epsilon.html">Theta Nu Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/">1921</a> to Summa Grenova.</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> James Bernard Poindexter, Sr. (1902-1975) — also known as J. Bernard Poindexter — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. Born in Guyandotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-born.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/01-26.html">January 26, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Cabell County, 1955-56, 1959-66; defeated, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; Psi Omega; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-dental-assoc.html">American Dental Association</a>. Died in February, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/index.html">1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Chalmers Poindexter and Maria (Tauber) Poindexter.</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> Charles Murray Turpin (1878-1946) — also known as C. Murray Turpin — of Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Born in Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-born.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/03-04.html">March 4, 1878</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">steamboat captain</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">dentist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/kingston.html#2">burgess of Kingston, Pennsylvania</a>, 1923; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-officials.html">Luzerne County Prothonotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 12th District, 1929-37. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; Psi Omega; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <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/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pat-ord-sons-am.html">Patriotic Order Sons of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/index.html">1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-buried.html#cms01280">Forty Fort Cemetery</a>, Forty Fort, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Anna V. Manley.</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=T000433">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411001">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> Raymond J. Vassar (b. 1897) — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born in Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/08-16.html">August 16, 1897</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">dentist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1949; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 13th District, 1953-60; defeated, 1936 (12th District), 1960 (13th District), 1964 (13th District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; Psi Omega; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-dental-assoc.html">American Dental Association</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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