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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Alpha Zeta 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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Allen</b> — of Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Born in Leicester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LI-born.html">Livingston County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/08-14.html">August 14, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>Alpha Zeta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in Bemus Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-died.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/10-30.html">October 30, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-buried.html#cms04820">Bemus Point Cemetery</a>, Bemus Point, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Elias Allen and Rosetta (Sheldon) Allen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/12-04.html">December 4, 1895</a>, to Martha Celesta Van De Vyver.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11662560">Find-A-Grave memorial</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>Elmer Andrew Bass (1887-1965)</b> — also known as <b>Elmer A. Bass</b> — of Red Oak, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Iowa. Born near Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PT-born.html">Pottawattamie County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-26.html">November 26, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a> from Montgomery County, 1945-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/01-10.html">January 10, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 45 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MI-buried.html# ">Emerson Cemetery</a>, Emerson, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George Cary Bass and Mary Ellen (Wenner) Bass; married to Nellie M. Smith.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/55850555">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/410/26.93.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="Ezra Taft Benson"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994)</b> — Born in Whitney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/FA-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/08-04.html">August 4, 1899</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">agricultural extension agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a>, 1953-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. President of the Mormon Church 1985-94. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/05-29.html">May 29, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 298 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/FA-buried.html#cms04473">Whitney Cemetery</a>, Whitney, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George Taft Benson and Sarah (Dunkley) Benson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/09-10.html">September 10, 1926</a>, to Flora Smith Amussen; distant relative *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft 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/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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra Taft Benson">Wikipedia article</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> Eminent Americans (1954)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/652/80.82.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Clark L. Brody"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Clark Louis Brody (1879-1961)</b> — also known as <b>Clark L. Brody</b> — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Fabius, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SJ-born.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/02-01.html">February 1, 1879</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; county agricultural agent, 1915-21; executive with Farm Bureau; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sba.html">Michigan state board of agriculture</a>, 1921-59; appointed 1921; 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/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/10-12.html">October 12, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 253 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms05326">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Lansing, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Polk Brody and Emma L. (Seeley) Brody; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-14.html">November 14, 1906</a>, to Margaret Ellen York.</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 Brody Complex of dormitories at Michigan State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-names.html">East Lansing, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/48625520">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>Image source:</i> Michigan Manual 1957-58</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>Edgar Bernard Brossard (b. 1889)</b> — also known as <b>Edgar B. Brossard</b> — of Utah; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BA-born.html">Bannock County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/04-01.html">April 1, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">economist</a>; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1925-45; chair, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-alpha.html">Pi Kappa Alpha</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 Amable Alphonse Brossard and Mary Catherine (Hobson) Brossard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/08-25.html">August 25, 1915</a>, to Laura P. Crowley.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/virtuallibrary/releases/jun12/Butz,_Earl_MUG-B-006.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/768/18.15.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Earl L. Butz"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Earl Lauer Butz (1909-2008)</b> — also known as <b>Earl L. Butz</b> — of West Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-lived.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind. Born in Albion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/NO-born.html">Noble County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/07-03.html">July 3, 1909</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">Economist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a>, 1971-76. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-gamma-rho.html">Alpha Gamma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-delta-chi.html">Sigma Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Resigned</a> in 1976 following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">furor</a> over a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">racist</a> joke. In 1981, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">income tax evasion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to five years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a> (served 30 days) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $10,000. Died in Kensington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/02-02.html">February 2, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/98.html">98 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-buried.html#cms08005">Tippecanoe Memory Gardens</a>, West Lafayette, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Herman Lee Butz and Ada Tillie (Lower) Butz; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-22.html">December 22, 1937</a>, to Mary Emma Powell; uncle of Dave Butz.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl Butz">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/635/000022569">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2780890">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24339026">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>Image source:</i> Nixon Presidential Library and Museum</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/747/31.56.jpg" width=70 height=120 border=0 alt="Elbert N. Carvel"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005)</b> — also known as <b>Elbert N. Carvel</b>; <b>"Big Bert"</b> — of Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Shelter Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/02-09.html">February 9, 1910</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Fertilizer manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Delaware</a>, 1945-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/DE.html">Delaware Democratic state chair</a>, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/DE.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/DE.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/DE.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1958, 1964; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware. <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/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-delta-kappa.html">Sigma Delta Kappa</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>. Died in Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/02-06.html">February 6, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 363 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/QA-buried.html#cms04857">a private or family graveyard</a>, Queen Anne's County, Md. <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 Arnold Wrightson Carvel and Elizabeth (Nostrand) Carvel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/12-17.html">December 17, 1932</a>, to Ann Hall Valliant.</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://www.nga.org/governor/elbert-nortrand-carvel/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert N. Carvel">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/838/000122472">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3456002">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10441170">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>Image source:</i> Who's Who in United States Politics (1950)</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 Alfred Hannah (1902-1991)</b> — also known as <b>John A. Hannah</b> — of East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham 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/1902/10-09.html">October 9, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Agricultural extension agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a> of Michigan State College, 1941-55, and Michigan State University, 1955-69; director, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">Motor Wheel</a> Corporation, Michigan Bell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a> Company, American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank and Trust</a> Company, and Manufacturers National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Detroit; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from 14th Senatorial District, 1961-62. <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/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-eta-sigma.html">Phi Eta Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-delta-chi.html">Sigma Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/index.html">1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">about 88 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 Wilfred Steele Hannah and Mary Ellen (Malone) Hannah; married to Sarah May Shaw.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John A. Hannah">Wikipedia article</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>William Marion Jardine (1879-1955)</b> — also known as <b>William M. Jardine</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/RI-lived.html">Riley County</a>, Kan.; Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ON-born.html">Oneida County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/01-16.html">January 16, 1879</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">agronomist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1918-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a>, 1925-29; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EG-diplomats.html ">Egypt</a>, 1930; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/trea.html">Kansas state treasurer</a>, 1933-34; appointed 1933; resigned 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/gamma-sigma-delta.html">Gamma Sigma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-forestry-assoc.html">American Forestry Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/01-17.html">January 17, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 1 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/CA-buried.html#cms07764">Logan City Cemetery</a>, Logan, Utah. <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 Jardine and Rebecca J. (Dudley) Jardine; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/09-06.html">September 6, 1905</a>, to Effie Nebeker.</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/jardine-william-marion ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/518/000168014">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18742711">Find-A-Grave memorial</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>William Pat Jennings (1919-1994)</b> — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-lived.html">Smyth County</a>, Va. Born in Camp, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-born.html">Smyth County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/08-20.html">August 20, 1919</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-officials.html">Smyth County Sheriff</a>, 1948-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 9th District, 1955-67; defeated, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-phi-epsilon.html">Sigma Phi Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>. Died, following an accident in which a tractor he was driving <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">overturned</a> and crushed him, in Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-died.html">Smyth County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/08-02.html">August 2, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 347 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000098">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406000">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>Jerry Lon Litton (1937-1976)</b> — also known as <b>Jerry Litton</b> — of Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LV-lived.html">Livingston County</a>, Mo. Born near Lock Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DV-born.html">Daviess County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/05-12.html">May 12, 1937</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 6th District, 1973-76; died in office 1976. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>. While <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/campaigning.html">running</a> for U.S. Senator, died in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">crash of a private plane</a>, shortly after takeoff from the Municipal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/airports.html">Airport</a>, Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LV-died.html">Livingston County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/08-03.html">August 3, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LV-buried.html#cms04120">Resthaven Memorial Gardens</a>, Chillicothe, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Sharon Summerville.</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=L000360">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406852">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/394/000163902">NNDB dossier</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>William T. Milleson (b. 1907)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HM-lived.html">Hampshire County</a>, W.Va. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/09-16.html">September 16, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">aviator</a>; director, First National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Romney; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1937-42, 1975-80 (Hampshire County 1937-42, 34th District 1975-80). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-chi.html">Theta Chi</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ruritan.html">Ruritan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</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 Silas Milleson and Susie French (Taylor) Milleson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/12-26.html">December 26, 1940</a>, to Avery Heiskel Pancake.</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>Stanley Maurice Powell (1898-1988)</b> — also known as <b>Stanley M. Powell</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-07.html">July 7, 1898</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1931-32, 1965-78 (Ionia County 1931-32, 89th District 1965-72, 88th District 1973-78); defeated, 1932; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Ionia County, 1961-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/08-25.html">August 25, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-buried.html#cms00153">Highland Park Cemetery</a>, Ionia, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alice (Waterbury) Powell and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#027.63.91">Herbert Ernest Powell</a>; married to Eleanor Grace Partridge.</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/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>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83263622">Find-A-Grave memorial</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>Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989)</b> — also known as <b>Roland Renne</b> — of Bozeman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/GA-lived.html">Gallatin County</a>, Mont. Born in Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/12-12.html">December 12, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">Economist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/08-30.html">August 30, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/GA-buried.html#cms02450">Sunset Hills Cemetery</a>, Bozeman, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Fred Christian Renne and Caroline Augusta (Young) Renne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/08-09.html">August 9, 1932</a>, to Mary Kneeland Wisner.</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;">Renne <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-libraries.html">Library</a> at Montana State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/GA-names.html">Bozeman, Montana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74638353">Find-A-Grave memorial</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>Robert Walter Scott (1929-2009)</b> — also known as <b>Robert Scott</b> — of Haw River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AL-lived.html">Alamance County</a>, N.C. Born in Haw River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AL-born.html">Alamance County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-13.html">June 13, 1929</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NC.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1965-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1969-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <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/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/01-23.html">January 23, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 224 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#887.05.37">William Kerr Scott</a> and Mary E. (White) Scott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/09-01.html">September 1, 1951</a>, to Jessie Rae Osborne.</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://www.nga.org/governor/robert-walter-scott/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/718/000120358">NNDB dossier</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>Henry Gray Shelton (b. 1906)</b> — also known as <b>Henry G. Shelton</b> — of Speed, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-lived.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C. Born near Speed, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-born.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-14.html">November 14, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 4th District, 1957-59. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>. 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 Benjamin F. Shelton and Annie Little (Thigpen) Shelton; married to Athlea Boone.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994)</b> — also known as <b>Robert L. F. Sikes</b> — of Crestview, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OK-lived.html">Okaloosa County</a>, Fla. Born in Isabella, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WO-born.html">Worth County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-03.html">June 3, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1937-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a>, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District 1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/FL.html">1956</a> (delegation chair). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</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/grotto.html">Grotto</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/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-delta-chi.html">Sigma Delta Chi</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-gamma-rho.html">Alpha Gamma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Reprimanded</a> by the House of Representatives in 1976 over <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/conflict-of-interest.html">conflicts of interest</a>. Died while suffering from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Alzheimer's disease</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/09-28.html">September 28, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OK-buried.html#cms05617">Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery</a>, Crestview, 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>Relatives:</i> Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford) Sikes; married to Inez Tyner.</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=S000406">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409900">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/025/000210392">NNDB dossier</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>Robert Lee Taylor (1912-1993)</b> — also known as <b>Robert L. Taylor</b> — of Salamanca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Born in Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/08-09.html">August 9, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/salamanca.html">Mayor of Salamanca, N.Y.</a>, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NY.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/07-06.html">July 6, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 331 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-buried.html#cms00671">Lake View Cemetery</a>, Jamestown, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Mark G. Thornburg (1882-1962)</b> — of Emmetsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PA-lived.html">Palo Alto County</a>, Iowa. Born in Linden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DA-born.html">Dallas County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/06-08.html">June 8, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/soa.html">Iowa secretary of agriculture</a>, 1924-33, 1939-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/12-15.html">December 15, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-buried.html#cms00715">Glendale Cemetery</a>, Des Moines, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas A. Thornburg and Jennie (Vestal) Thornburg; married to Blanche Scholes.</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>Dale Edward Wolf (b. 1924)</b> — also known as <b>Dale E. Wolf</b> — of near Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Kearney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BF-born.html">Buffalo County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/09-06.html">September 6, 1924</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">pharmaceutical</a> business for the E. I. Du Pont <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">chemical</a> company; Delaware Director of Development, 1987-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Delaware</a>, 1989-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1992-93. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <b>Alpha Zeta</b>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Harry Wolf and Irene Wolf; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/">1945</a> to Clarice Elaine Marshall.</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://www.nga.org/governor/dale-edward-wolf/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale E. Wolf">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/885/000051732">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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