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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Sigma Phi Epsilon Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Agnew Jr. (1924-1961) — of Aspinwall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/12-30.html">December 30, 1924</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Allegheny County 17th District, 1955-61; died in office 1961. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">acute bronchial congestion</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/03-14.html">March 14, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 74 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Willard F. Agnew and Jean (Fischer) Agnew; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/09-13.html">September 13, 1952</a>, to Norma Ann Graham.</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> Paul Case Aiken (1910-1974) — also known as Paul C. Aiken — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; Macksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ST-lived.html">Stafford County</a>, Kan.; Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-lived.html">Arlington County</a>, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Macksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ST-born.html">Stafford County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/07-24.html">July 24, 1910</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">business executive</a>; Assistant U.S. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">Postmaster</a> General, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/KS.html">1948</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kansas</a>, 1950. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">multiple myeloma</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/05-25.html">May 25, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 305 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">Relatives: Son of Robert Emmett Aiken and Florence Eva (Case) Aiken; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/08-20.html">August 20, 1933</a>, to Camilla Lindsay.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/242468088">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://lincoln.ne.gov/city/mayor/pstmayor/pmayor3.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/084/87.28.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Victor E. Anderson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Victor Emanuel Anderson (1902-1962) — also known as Victor E. Anderson — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Havelock (now part of Lincoln), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-30.html">March 30, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/uleg.html">Nebraska unicameral legislature</a>, 1949-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/lincoln.html">mayor of Lincoln, Neb.</a>, 1950-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1955-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NE.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; <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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/08-15.html">August 15, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-buried.html#cms00350">Wyuka Cemetery</a>, Lincoln, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ernest F. Anderson and Marie (Larson) Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/12-27.html">December 27, 1941</a>, to Betty May.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/victor-emanuel-anderson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor Emanuel Anderson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/531/000213889">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Lincoln</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> Winston Eugene Arnow (1911-1994) — also known as Winston E. Arnow — of Gainesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/AL-lived.html">Alachua County</a>, Fla.; Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-lived.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla. Born in Micanopy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/AL-born.html">Alachua County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/03-13.html">March 13, 1911</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; municipal judge in Florida, 1940-42, 1946-49; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida</a>, 1967-81; took senior status 1981. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/blue-key.html">Blue Key</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-died.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/11-28.html">November 28, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-buried.html#cms07836">Roberts Cemetery</a>, Pensacola, 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">Relatives: Son of Joseph Leslie Arnow and Mabel (Thrasher) Arnow; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/01-11.html">January 11, 1941</a>, to Frances Day Cease.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Winston E. Arnow <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-names.html">Pensacola, Florida</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=63&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/30374148">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Fort Worth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-born.html">Tarrant County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/02-21.html">February 21, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#045.52.45">Charles H. Hayden</a>, 1917-30, and of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shields.html#935.26.26">Edmund C. Shields</a>, 1931; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-parties.html">chair of Ingham County Democratic Party</a>, 1920-24; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 14th District, 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">treasurer of Michigan Democratic Party</a>, 1937; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">accepting bribes</a> to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case collapsed when the star prosecution witness, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#122.85.22">Charles F. Hemans</a>, refused to testify. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/02-16.html">February 16, 1916</a>, to M. Lucille Juzek.</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> Howard Clair Belton (1893-1988) — also known as Howard C. Belton — of Canby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-lived.html">Clackamas County</a>, Ore. Born in Algona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/KO-born.html">Kossuth County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/01-02.html">January 2, 1893</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sthse.html">Oregon state house of representatives</a>, 1933; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/stsen.html">Oregon state senate</a>, 1939-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/OR.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/OR.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/OR.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/trea.html">Oregon state treasurer</a>, 1960-65; appointed 1960; defeated, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/gamma-sigma-delta.html">Gamma Sigma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <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/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Canby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-died.html">Clackamas County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/11-21.html">November 21, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 324 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-buried.html#cms05224">Belcrest Memorial Park</a>, Salem, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/10-27.html">October 27, 1917</a>, to Mae C. Brown.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "In Loving Memory."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/46966405">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cralle Fauntleroy Blackwell (1897-1976) — also known as C. F. Blackwell — of Kenbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LN-lived.html">Lunenburg County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LN-born.html">Lunenburg County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/08-26.html">August 26, 1897</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; mayor of Kenbridge, Va., 1924-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1938-49. <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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/01-14.html">January 14, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 141 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Woodrow Bonner (1902-1970) — also known as John W. Bonner — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-born.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/07-16.html">July 16, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/attygn.html">Montana state attorney general</a>, 1941-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1949-53; defeated, 1952, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MT.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MT.html">1956</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Montana</a>, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/03-28.html">March 28, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, 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">Relatives: Son of Patrick J. Bonner and Kathleen (Kelly) Bonner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/02-03.html">February 3, 1929</a>, to Josephine Martin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-woodrow-bonner/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John W. Bonner">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul Bowerman (b. 1898) — of San Leandro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Muskegon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-born.html">Muskegon County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/09-16.html">September 16, 1898</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a>; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Berlin</a>, 1923-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Ottawa</a>, as of 1927; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Ottawa</a>, 1928-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HR-consuls.html ">Zagreb</a>, 1929-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GC-consuls.html ">Salonika</a>, 1932-33. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Beagle Bowerman and Margaret (Fisher) Bowerman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-08.html">May 8, 1923</a>, to Helen Grace Robson.</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> Hatfield C. Brubeck (b. 1909) — also known as "Zip" — of Wayne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va. Born in Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-born.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/08-28.html">August 28, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/restaurant.html">restaurant owner</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wayne County, 1942; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-parties.html">chair of Wayne County Republican Party</a>, 1950-54; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 5th District, 1957; resigned 1957. <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/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Arthur Brubeck and Lucy T. (Henderson) Brubeck; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-29.html">December 29, 1937</a>, to Louise Henry Lewis.</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> William Haydon Burns (1912-1987) — also known as Haydon Burns — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/03-17.html">March 17, 1912</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/advertising.html">public relations business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/jacksonville.html">mayor of Jacksonville, Fla.</a>, 1949-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1965-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/FL.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-sigma-kappa.html">Phi Sigma Kappa</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-psi.html">Alpha Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/11-22.html">November 22, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 250 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-buried.html#cms05582">somewhere</a> in Jacksonville, 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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/haydon-burns/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W. Haydon Burns">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/612/000122246">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Cunningham Cochran (1877-1957) — also known as Thomas C. Cochran — of Mercer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, Pa. Born in Sandy Creek Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/11-30.html">November 30, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-officials.html">Mercer County District Attorney</a>, 1906-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1927-35 (28th District 1927-33, 20th District 1933-35). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died in Mercer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-died.html">Mercer County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/12-10.html">December 10, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-buried.html#cms03004">Mercer Citizens Cemetery</a>, Mercer, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Wilson Henry Cochran and Elizabeth Eve (Robinson) Cochran; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/08-15.html">August 15, 1906</a>, to Olive Belle Pierson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000566">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402696">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Beeman Conrad (1922-1981) — also known as Robert B. Conrad — of Genoa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/NA-lived.html">Nance County</a>, Neb. Born in Schuyler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CO-born.html">Colfax County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/04-01.html">April 1, 1922</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NE.html">1956</a>; administrative assistant to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#307.30.57">Ralph Brooks</a>, 1959-60; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1960; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nebraska</a>, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/02-22.html">February 22, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 327 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-buried.html#cms04573">Arlington Memorial Park</a>, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/168098434">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul Harvey Cunningham (1890-1961) — also known as Paul Cunningham — of Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/IN-born.html">Indiana County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/06-15.html">June 15, 1890</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1933-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a>, 1941-59 (6th District 1941-43, 5th District 1943-59); defeated, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Brainerd, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CW-died.html">Crow Wing County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/07-16.html">July 16, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-buried.html#cms03343">Des Moines Masonic 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">Relatives: Son of Robert Harvey Cunningham and Sarah Jane (McQuaide) Cunningham; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/">1918</a> to Harriett French Plummer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/12-26.html">December 26, 1926</a>, to Gail Fry; father of Edward Plummer Cunningham.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000993">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403101">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Monnett Bain Davis (1893-1953) — also known as Monnett B. Davis — of Boulder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BO-lived.html">Boulder County</a>, Colo. Born in Greencastle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PU-born.html">Putnam County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/08-13.html">August 13, 1893</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SF-consuls.html ">Port Elizabeth</a>, as of 1921-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CL-consuls.html ">Saltillo</a>, as of 1924; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html ">Stockholm</a>, as of 1933-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Shanghai</a>, as of 1935-36, as of 1946; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SG-consuls.html ">Singapore</a>, as of 1936-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html ">Buenos Aires</a>, as of 1938-41; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-diplomats.html ">Denmark</a>, 1945-46; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-diplomats.html ">Panama</a>, 1948-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IS-diplomats.html ">Israel</a>, 1951-53, died in office 1953. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in Ramat Gan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IS-died.html">Israel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/12-26.html">December 26, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, 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">Relatives: Son of Henry Thomas Davis and Minerva Rockwell (Bain) Davis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/12-22.html">December 22, 1917</a>, to Pearl Evangeline Erhart.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/davis-monnett-bain ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bartlett S. Fleming (b. 1942) — also known as Bart Fleming — of Chandler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-hospital.html">hospital</a> at Coshocton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CS-born.html">Coshocton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/11-16.html">November 16, 1942</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/trea.html">Arizona state treasurer</a>, 1973-78; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/AZ.html">1976</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Anglican</a>. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Luther Harvey Ghiz (1906-1993) — also known as Luther H. Ghiz — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va. Born in Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/03-23.html">March 23, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">Service station operator</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Logan County, 1961-66. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <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/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/02-21.html">February 21, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 335 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Harvey Ghiz and Ady (Klele) Ghiz; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/01-09.html">January 9, 1937</a>, to Ruby Thompson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764005802/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/275/67.54.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="James H. Hall"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Hamlin Hall (b. 1925) — also known as James H. Hall — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born in Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/01-26.html">January 26, 1925</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Lewis County, 1951-54; defeated, 1956, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/brethren.html">United Brethren</a>. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Harvey Addison Hall and Mable (McGinnis) Hall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/01-31.html">January 31, 1949</a>, to Patricia Ann Stalnaker.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> Edward Clair Harms Jr. (1924-2005) — also known as Edward C. Harms, Jr. — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LA-lived.html">Lane County</a>, Ore. Born in Roseburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/09-21.html">September 21, 1924</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/springfield.html">mayor of Springfield, Ore.</a>, 1952-60; director, McKenzie-Willamette Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/11-12.html">November 12, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-buried.html#cms00481">Willamette National Cemetery</a>, Portland, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Clair Harms and Gleneva (McClain) Harms; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/12-21.html">December 21, 1946</a>, to Patricia Honeywood Walker.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12535392">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Carmon Coleman Harris (1904-1993) — also known as Carmon C. Harris — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Boswell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CC-born.html">Choctaw County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/11-27.html">November 27, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 5th District, 1946, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/OK.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/04-18.html">April 18, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 142 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James F. Haught (b. 1924) — of Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va. Born in Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-06.html">August 6, 1924</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wood County, 1959-60. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</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>. 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> S. Wentworth Horton (b. 1885) — of Greenport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y.; Orient, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Greenport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/10-16.html">October 16, 1885</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 1st District, 1947-56; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NY.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-mu-alpha.html">Phi Mu Alpha</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> Robert Lee Humber (1898-1970) — also known as Robert L. Humber — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PI-lived.html">Pitt County</a>, N.C. Born in Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PI-born.html">Pitt County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-30.html">May 30, 1898</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/rhodes-scholars.html">Rhodes scholar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NC.html">1956</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 5th District, 1959-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-world-federalists.html">United World Federalists</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-trust-hist-pres.html">National Trust for Historic Preservation</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/11-10.html">November 10, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PI-buried.html#cms01726">Cherry Hill Cemetery</a>, Greenville, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Lee Humber and Lena Clyde (Davis) Humber; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/10-16.html">October 16, 1929</a>, to Lucie Berthier.</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> Everett Hutchinson (b. 1915) — of Hempstead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WL-lived.html">Waller County</a>, Tex.; Westmoreland Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Born in Hempstead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WL-born.html">Waller County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/01-02.html">January 2, 1915</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1941-44; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1955-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Neely E. Hutchinson and Lida (Hosmer) Hutchinson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/12-16.html">December 16, 1944</a>, to Elizabeth Stafford.</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> Frank Rumer Jeffrey (b. 1889) — also known as Frank R. Jeffrey — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Born in Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-born.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/10-22.html">October 22, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; private secretary to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones9.html#318.25.92">Wesley L. Jones</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington</a>, 1921-25. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <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/jesters.html">Jesters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas P. Jeffrey and Sarah (Crossfield) Jeffrey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/11-13.html">November 13, 1919</a>, to Ray Rose.</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> William Pat Jennings (1919-1994) — also known as W. Pat Jennings — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-lived.html">Smyth County</a>, Va.; Vienna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-lived.html">Fairfax 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/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">farm implement dealer</a>; <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; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/VA.html">1968</a>. <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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-zeta.html">Alpha Zeta</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <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>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-buried.html# ">Rose Lawn Cemetery</a>, Marion, 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">Relatives: Son of Grover A. Jennings and Okie Lou (Brewer) Jennings; married to Ann Cox.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000098">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406000">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W. Pat Jennings">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75815707">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Arthur Love (1916-2002) — also known as John A. Love — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Gibson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FO-born.html">Ford County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-29.html">November 29, 1916</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CO.html">Colorado Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1960; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1963-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CO.html">1964</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/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/01-21.html">January 21, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 53 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">Relatives: Son of Arthur C. Love and Mildred (Shaver) Love; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/10-23.html">October 23, 1942</a>, to Ann Daniels.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-arthur-love/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/858/000122492">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7677864">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Walter Mason (b. 1887) — also known as Charles W. Mason — of Nowata, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/NW-lived.html">Nowata County</a>, Okla. Born in Stafford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/12-11.html">December 11, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/NW-officials.html">Nowata County Attorney</a>, 1914-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in Oklahoma 2nd District, 1919-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/spju.html">justice of Oklahoma state supreme court</a>, 1923-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Oklahoma state supreme court</a>, 1929-31. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frank Mason and Mary O'Ella (Shankland) Mason; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-24.html">December 24, 1914</a>, to Ruth Ethel Cobbs.</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> Donald Ray Matthews (1907-1997) — also known as Donald R. Matthews; Billy Matthews — of Gainesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/AL-lived.html">Alachua County</a>, Fla. Born in Micanopy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/AL-born.html">Alachua County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-03.html">October 3, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1935; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/FL.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/FL.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 8th District, 1953-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <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/pi-gamma-mu.html">Pi Gamma Mu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died in Gainesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/AL-died.html">Alachua County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/10-26.html">October 26, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/AL-buried.html#cms04754">Hawthorne Cemetery</a>, Hawthorne, 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">Relatives: Son of D. H. Matthews and Flora A. Matthews; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/">1941</a> to Sara Lewis.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000253">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407271">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Elliott Millsop (1898-1967) — also known as Thomas E. Millsop — of Weirton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HN-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, W.Va. Born in Sharon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/12-04.html">December 4, 1898</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">steel executive</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/weirton.html">mayor of Weirton, W.Va.</a>, 1947-55; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/pr1948-election.html">1948</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/WV.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jesters.html">Jesters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Weirton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HN-died.html">Hancock County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/09-12.html">September 12, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 282 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-buried.html# ">Chestnut Ridge Cemetery</a>, Florence, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Roy Millsop and Mary Margaret (McCormick) Millsop; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/12-01.html">December 1, 1918</a>, to Lauretta Brunswick; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/">1949</a> to Eleanor (Marwitz) Ent; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/01-17.html">January 17, 1955</a>, to Frances (Lowe) Weir.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Weirton Millsop <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Community Center</a> (opened 1952 as Weirton Community Center; renamed 1965), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HN-names.html">Weirton, West Virginia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas E. Millsop">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/59111629">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert Sidney Porter Jr. (1904-1979) — also known as Albert S. Porter — of Lyndhurst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; Pepper Pike, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-born.html">Portsmouth</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/11-29.html">November 29, 1904</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-officials.html">Cuyahoga County Engineer</a>, 1947-76; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/OH.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/OH.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/OH.html">1972</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/index.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/index.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-parties.html">chair of Cuyahoga County Democratic Party</a>, 1963-69; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OH.html">Democratic National Committee from Ohio</a>, 1964-72; in 1976, reporters <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">discovered</a> that he forced his staff to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/kickbacks.html">kick back</a> two percent of their pay; an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a> resulted; he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to 19 counts of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">theft in office</a>, and was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to two years of probation, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $10,000. <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/grotto.html">Grotto</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</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/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reserve-officers-assoc.html">Reserve Officers Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-beta-pi.html">Tau Beta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/diabetes.html">diabetes</a>, in Hillcrest <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Mayfield Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/01-07.html">January 7, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 39 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Albert Sidney Porter and Lena May (Edmonds) Porter; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/04-20.html">April 20, 1929</a>, to Grace Marie Robinson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/">1949</a> to Genevieve Shaveyco.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert S. Porter">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas E. Potter (b. 1933) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/06-20.html">June 20, 1933</a>. Republican. <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 Kanawha County, 1967-74; defeated, 1964 (Kanawha County), 1974 (17th District); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican state chair</a>, 1968-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WV.html">1972</a> (delegation chair). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Still living as of 1975. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dorothy (Studebaker) Potter.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Walter Edward Rogers (1908-2001) — also known as Walter Rogers — of Pampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GA-lived.html">Gray County</a>, Tex.; Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CO-lived.html">Collier County</a>, Fla. Born in Texarkana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ML-born.html">Miller County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/07-19.html">July 19, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 18th District, 1951-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/TX.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/TX.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/TX.html">1964</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon. He was in the motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 when President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#288.06.12">John F. Kennedy</a> was assassinated. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> in Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CO-died.html">Collier County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/05-31.html">May 31, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 316 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000404">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409371">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Willis Smith (1887-1953) — of Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-lived.html">Wake County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-born.html">Norfolk</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/12-19.html">December 19, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1927-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives</a>, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NC.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NC.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1950-53; died in office 1953. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/06-26.html">June 26, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 189 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-buried.html#cms00463">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Raleigh, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Willis Smith and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/04-30.html">April 30, 1919</a>, to Anna Lee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000639">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410113">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David L. Solomon (1929-2007) — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born in Shinnston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-born.html">Harrison County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/08-23.html">August 23, 1929</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <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 Monongalia County, 1959-61; resigned 1961. <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/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/05-25.html">May 25, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 275 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/019/63.60.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="William M. Tuck"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Munford Tuck (1896-1983) — also known as William M. Tuck — of South Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-lived.html">Halifax County</a>, Va. Born near High Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-born.html">Halifax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/09-28.html">September 28, 1896</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1924-32; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a> 10th District, 1932-41; Democratic Presidential Elector for Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/pr1936-meeting.html">1936</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#876.28.99">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garner.html#166.76.74">John Nance Garner</a>); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/VA.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/VA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/VA.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Virginia</a>, 1942-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1946-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 5th District, 1953-69. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ruritan.html">Ruritan</a>. Died in South Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-died.html">Halifax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/06-09.html">June 9, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-buried.html#cms04642">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>, South Boston, 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">Relatives: Son of Virginia Susan (Fitts) Tuck and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trump-tuck.html#346.26.13">Robert James Tuck</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/">1929</a> to Eva Ellis Lovelace.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000395">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410964">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-munford-tuck/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William M. Tuck">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/826/000060646">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7685329">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Who's Who in United States Politics (1950)</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> Herbert Birchby Warburton (1916-1983) — also known as Herbert B. Warburton — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-21.html">September 21, 1916</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">secretary of Delaware Republican Party</a>, 1950; chairman, Young Republican National Federation, 1952; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 1952 ; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1953-55; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1954. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/07-30.html">July 30, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 312 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">Relatives: Son of William Herbert Warburton and Lela Z. (Wingate) Warburton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/">1941</a> to Elizabeth Grimm.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000123">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411298">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Randolph H. Weber (b. 1909) — of Poplar Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/11-26.html">November 26, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-officials.html">Butler County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1937-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Butler County, 1939-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-parties.html">chair of Butler County Republican Party</a>, 1938-42; circuit judge in Missouri 33rd Circuit, 1943-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grotto.html">Grotto</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry P. Weber and Lillian (Boelling) Weber; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/09-08.html">September 8, 1934</a>, to Lila Everts.</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> Adolph Eilert Wenke (b. 1898) — also known as Adolph E. Wenke — of Stanton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ST-lived.html">Stanton County</a>, Neb. Born in Pender, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/TH-born.html">Thurston County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/01-22.html">January 22, 1898</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NE.html">1936</a>; district judge in Nebraska 9th District, 1938-43; appointed 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/spju.html">justice of Nebraska state supreme court</a>, 1943-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Sigma Phi Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-delta-chi.html">Sigma Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederick Wenke and Henrietta (Athen) Wenke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-07.html">June 7, 1925</a>, to Gertrude H. Bauer.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/165/19.91.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Ralph E. Willey"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph Emory Willey (1888-1951) — also known as Ralph E. Willey — of Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/12-21.html">December 21, 1888</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1937-38. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in Milford Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/07-20.html">July 20, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms01004">St. Johnstown Cemetery</a>, Greenwood, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mary Nancy Russell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9006323">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wilmington (Del.) Morning News, December 12, 1936</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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