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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Kappa Delta Pi 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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Gardner Ackley</b> — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-30.html">June 30, 1915</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">economist</a>; chair, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, 1964-68; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-diplomats.html ">Italy</a>, 1968-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/trilateral-commission.html">Trilateral Commission</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Alzheimer's disease</a>, in Huron Woods <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a>, Superior Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/02-12.html">February 12, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 227 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <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 Hugh M. Ackley and Margaret (McKenzie) Ackley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/09-18.html">September 18, 1937</a>, to Bonnie A. Lowry.</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/Gardner Ackley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/ackley-hugh-gardner">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/923/000161440">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DQ4WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA266"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/038/38.23.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="Florence Ellinwood Allen"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966)</b> — also known as <b>Florence E. Allen</b> — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio. Born in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-born.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-23.html">March 23, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1921-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/spju.html">justice of Ohio state supreme court</a>, 1922-34; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 1934-59; took senior status 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</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/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-beta-pi.html">Kappa Beta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>. Inducted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/natl-womens-hof.html">National Women's Hall of Fame</a>, 2005. Died in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/09-12.html">September 12, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LA-buried.html# ">Waite Hill Village Cemetery</a>, Waite Hill, Ohio. <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> Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen2.html#140.26.31">Clarence Emir Allen</a> and Corinne Marie (Tuckerman) Allen.</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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=28&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence Ellinwood Allen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75319381">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/florence-ellinwood-allen/">National Women's Hall of Fame</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> Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio (1921)</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>Anthony Dominick Andora (b. 1930)</b> — also known as <b>Anthony D. Andora</b> — of East Paterson (now Elmwood Park), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J.; Franklin Lakes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-born.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/11-20.html">November 20, 1930</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NJ.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-parties.html">chair of Bergen County Democratic Party</a>, 1965-69; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> 40th District, 1977; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NJ.html">New Jersey Democratic State Committee</a>, 1981. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-phi-kappa.html">Kappa Phi Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-justice.html">Association of Trial Lawyers of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Still living as of 1981. <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 Anthony A. Andora and Theresa (Matera) Andora; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/">1962</a> to Colleen Gill.</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>Paul Douglas Bagwell (1913-1973)</b> — also known as <b>Paul D. Bagwell</b> — of East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Hendersonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HE-born.html">Henderson County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/08-23.html">August 23, 1913</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/audgen.html">Michigan state auditor general</a>, 1956; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1958, 1960; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/msu.html">Michigan State University board of trustees</a>, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Association of University Professors</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lambda-chi-alpha.html">Lambda Chi Alpha</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Grosse Pointe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/10-23.html">October 23, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 61 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 Vollie Vernon Bagwell and Nancy Margaret (Brown) Bagwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/02-01.html">February 1, 1938</a>, to Edith Harriet Clark.</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>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#977.73.04">William P. Hampton</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764012714/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/105/69.62.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="C. A. Blankenship"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>C. A. Blankenship (1903-1997)</b> — of Pineville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WY-lived.html">Wyoming County</a>, W.Va. Born in Baileysville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WY-born.html">Wyoming County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-05.html">January 5, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WY-parties.html">chair of Wyoming County Democratic Party</a>, 1932-34; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wyoming County, 1945-52; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1961. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</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/moose.html">Moose</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/12-03.html">December 3, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 332 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 James H. Blankenship and Tennessee Frances (Cole) Blankenship; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/11-28.html">November 28, 1928</a>, to Inez Mae Perry.</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> West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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>Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945)</b> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. Born in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-born.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-19.html">August 19, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sppi.html">Texas superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1919-23. <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/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-dtrs-confederacy.html">United Daughters of the Confederacy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-lambda-theta.html">Pi Lambda Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-gamma-mu.html">Pi Gamma Mu</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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/10-02.html">October 2, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms00703">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Austin, Tex. <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> Daughter of Thomas Lindsay Blanton and Eugenia (Webb) Blanton; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#992.52.51">Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957)</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/911/52.83.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Carl Brablec"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Carl Brablec (1908-1986)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich.; Roseville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Born in Ogden Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-born.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/09-24.html">September 24, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; justice of the peace; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Lenawee County, 1936; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1958-66. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/czech-slovak.html">Moravian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/index.html">1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 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> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/">1937</a> to Dorothy Margaret Kanous.</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;">Carl Brablec <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-names.html">Roseville, 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>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>Jeanne Johnson Capozzoli (b. 1940)</b> — also known as <b>Jeanne Capozzoli</b> — of West Nyack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-lived.html">Rockland County</a>, N.Y. Born in Webster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DY-born.html">Day County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/06-24.html">June 24, 1940</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NY.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-beta-phi.html">Pi Beta Phi</a>. Still living as of 1993. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Sylvester Counts (1889-1974)</b> — also known as <b>George S. Counts</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; New Hope, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-lived.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa. Born near Baldwin City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-09.html">December 9, 1889</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, American Federation of Teachers, 1939-42; New York American Labor Party state chair, 1942-44; Liberal candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1952; New York Liberal Party state chair, 1955-59. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-kappa.html">Phi Delta Kappa</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, and died two weeks later, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/11-10.html">November 10, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 336 days</a>). His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/donated.html">body was donated</a> to Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, 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> Son of James Wilson Counts and Mertie Florella (Gamble) Counts.</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>Richard E. Ferrario (1931-1985)</b> — of Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-24.html">July 24, 1931</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1959-64 (58th District 1959-62, 60th District 1963-64). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-theta.html">Phi Alpha Theta</a>. Died in October, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/index.html">1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12792">Minnesota Legislator record</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>José Miguel Gallardo (1897-1976)</b> — of Puerto Rico; Crawfordsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ind. Born in San Germán, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SG-born.html">San Germán Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/09-29.html">September 29, 1897</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/comed.html">Puerto Rico comissioner of education</a>, 1937-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Puerto Rico</a>, 1940-41, 1941. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Association of University Professors</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reserve-officers-assoc.html">Reserve Officers Association</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-died.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/07-18.html">July 18, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 293 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 José Gallardo and Luisa (Garcia) Gallardo; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-23.html">June 23, 1926</a>, to Ida Evans Magee.</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 William Gardner (1912-2002)</b> — also known as <b>John W. Gardner</b> — of Scarsdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-08.html">October 8, 1912</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare</a>, 1965-68. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-psychological-assoc.html">American Psychological Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/common-cause.html">Common Cause</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1964; founder of Common Cause in 1970. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/prostate-cancer.html">prostate cancer</a>, in Palo Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-died.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/02-16.html">February 16, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 131 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 William Gardner and Marie Flora Gardner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/08-14.html">August 14, 1934</a>, to Aida Marroquin.</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 W. Gardner">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/463/000167959">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1725394">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>Clarence U. Gramelspacher (b. 1897)</b> — of Jasper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DU-lived.html">Dubois County</a>, Ind. Born in Jasper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DU-born.html">Dubois County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/05-25.html">May 25, 1897</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IN.html">treasurer of Indiana Democratic Party</a>, 1937-44; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IN.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/IN.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-delta-chi.html">Sigma Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</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> <b>Othniel D. Hall (1902-1983)</b> — also known as <b>O. D Hall</b> — of Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Born in Odd, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-born.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/02-09.html">February 9, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Raleigh County, 1941-42, 1959-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 9th District, 1943-46. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/civitan.html">Civitan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died in July, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/index.html">1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Harvey J. Hall and Emma B. (Cooper) Hall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-09.html">June 9, 1926</a>, to Irene Herndon.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764000528/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/701/94.59.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="James W. Loop"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Whitcomb Loop (1900-1993)</b> — also known as <b>James W. Loop</b> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Morristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HM-born.html">Hamblen County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/03-12.html">March 12, 1900</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Printer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Kanawha County, 1947-56, 1965-66, 1969-72; defeated, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <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>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">Typographical Union</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/12-31.html">December 31, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 294 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 James Willis Loop and Dora (Noe) Loop; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/03-09.html">March 9, 1924</a>, to Marguerite McCracken.</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> West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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>Louisa Durham Mohr</b> — also known as <b>Louisa I. Durham</b> — of South Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1945-53; appointed 1945. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>. 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> <b>Vernon Lewis Nickell (1891-1969)</b> — also known as <b>Vernon L. Nickell</b> — of Champaign, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-lived.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill. Born in Bellflower, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/03-02.html">March 2, 1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sppi.html">Illinois superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1943-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IL.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-kappa.html">Phi Delta Kappa</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-phi-kappa.html">Kappa Phi Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/08-15.html">August 15, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 166 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-buried.html#cms07021">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Urbana, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Elias Dolison Nickell and Ida Mae (Lewis) Nickell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/">1916</a> to Leta O. Nofzigger.</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/84133258">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=215250">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>Jack Phillip Nix (b. 1921)</b> — of Georgia. Born in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WI-born.html">White County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-06.html">October 6, 1921</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spsc.html">Georgia state superintendent of schools</a>, 1965-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>. 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> <b>Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973)</b> — of Morrilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CW-lived.html">Conway County</a>, Ark. 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/1912/05-01.html">May 1, 1912</a>. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/AR.html">Republican National Committee from Arkansas</a>, 1961; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/AR.html">1964</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/AR.html">1972</a> (delegation co-chair); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1967-71; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung-cancer.html">lung cancer</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pancreatic-cancer.html">pancreatic cancer</a>, Palm Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-died.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/02-22.html">February 22, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 297 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered. <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 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Abigail 'Abby' (Aldrich) Rockefeller; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#729.26.37">Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller</a>; married to Barbara Sears; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#191.28.19">Winthrop Paul Rockefeller</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#166.20.70">Richard Steere Aldrich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#812.13.78">Winthrop Williams Aldrich</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#146.48.91">John Davison Rockefeller IV</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#433.61.94">Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#139.38.57">Simon S. Rockefeller</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#432.10.27">Henry Rockefeller</a>; second cousin of David Hunter McAlpin (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#798.59.15">Nina Underwood</a>); second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#895.51.95">John Phillips Rockefeller</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#230.06.80">Lewis Kirby Rockefeller</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/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, 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://www.nga.org/governor/winthrop-rockefeller/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop Rockefeller">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/057/000052898">NNDB dossier</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 Winthrop Rockefeller:</i> John L. Ward, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1557287686/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1557287686&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Winthrop Rockefeller, Philanthropist: A Life of Change</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>James Ralph Scales (b. 1919)</b> — of Shawnee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PO-lived.html">Pottawatomie County</a>, Okla.; Stillwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PA-lived.html">Payne County</a>, Okla. Born in Jay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/05-27.html">May 27, 1919</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Oklahoma Baptist University, 1951-65; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/OK.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-pol-sci-assoc.html">American Political Science Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Association of University Professors</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-eta-sigma.html">Phi Eta Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Grover Scales and Kate (Whitley) Scales; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/08-04.html">August 4, 1944</a>, to Elizabeth Ann Randel.</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 A. Sederberg (b. 1947)</b> — of East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/08-01.html">August 1, 1947</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1973-75; resigned 1975; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 24th District, 1979-90. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Floyd Sherrod (1890-1977)</b> — also known as <b>H. Floyd Sherrod</b> — of Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MR-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ala. Born in Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LA-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-02.html">December 2, 1890</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher and principal</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/AL.html">1932</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/AL.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/AL.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/AL.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/church-of-christ.html">Church of Christ</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/civitan.html">Civitan</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/12-01.html">December 1, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MR-buried.html#cms03833">Decatur Cemetery</a>, Decatur, Ala. <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 John Henry Sherrod and Bertie Sherrod; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-20.html">June 20, 1918</a>, to Effie D. Poole; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/02-15.html">February 15, 1970</a>, to Grace Lee (Widner) Sandlin.</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/63388270">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764029096/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/911/43.06.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="Curtis B. Trent, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Curtis B. Trent Jr. (b. 1919)</b> — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Monclo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/07-01.html">July 1, 1919</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Logan County, 1947-49; resigned 1949; executive assistant to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barretto-barrows.html#772.43.57">William Wallace Barron</a>, 1961; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">parliamentarian of West Virginia Democratic Party</a>, 1964-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <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/civitan.html">Civitan</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Curtis B. Trent and Ova (Gore) Trent; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/">1936</a> to Ruth M. Howard.</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> West Virginia Blue Book 1951</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764045798/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/934/45.20.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="W. W. Trent"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Woodson Trent (1878-1960)</b> — also known as <b>W. W. Trent</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/NI-lived.html">Nicholas County</a>, W.Va.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born near Summersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/NI-born.html">Nicholas County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/01-31.html">January 31, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spsc.html">West Virginia superintendent of schools</a>, 1933-37; defeated, 1920, 1924, 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in South Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/06-15.html">June 15, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 136 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms08464">somewhere</a> in St. Albans, W.Va. <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 Wood Trent and Mary Agnes (McClung) Trent; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/08-05.html">August 5, 1909</a>, to Isabel Carmichael.</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> West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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>Paul J. Vennari (1914-2000)</b> — of Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Born in Lumberport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-born.html">Harrison County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/03-26.html">March 26, 1914</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Raleigh County, 1953-60, 1981-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/12-31.html">December 31, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 280 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/279/67.50.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Chase Going Woodhouse"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Chase Going Woodhouse (1890-1984)</b> — also known as <b>Chase Going</b>; <b>Mrs. E. J. Woodhouse</b> — of New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn.; Baltic, Sprague, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Victoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BC-born.html">British Columbia</a>, of American parents, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/03-03.html">March 3, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">Economist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CT.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/CT.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Connecticut</a>, 1941-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 2nd District, 1945-47, 1949-51; defeated, 1946, 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention</a> 2nd District, 1965. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/altrusa.html">Altrusa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-lambda-theta.html">Pi Lambda Theta</a>; <b>Kappa Delta Pi</b>. Died in New Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/12-12.html">December 12, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 284 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <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> Daughter of Seymour Going and Harriet (Jackson) Going; married to E. J. Woodhouse.</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=W000714">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411866">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase G. Woodhouse">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9047819">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> Connecticut Register and Manual 1950</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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