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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Tau Beta Pi Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Anderson</b> — of Conrad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/PN-lived.html">Pondera County</a>, Mont. Born in Ellendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/DI-born.html">Dickey County</a>, N.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/02-02.html">February 2, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Rancher</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1947-48; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/stsen.html">Montana state senate</a>, 1949-56, 1967; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MT.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a> 2nd District, 1957-61; defeated, 1954; 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/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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/lions.html">Lions</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-chi-sigma.html">Alpha Chi Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-alpha.html">Pi Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-chemical-soc.html">American Chemical Society</a>. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Conrad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/PN-died.html">Pondera County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/09-25.html">September 25, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 235 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Peter John Anderson and Gena (Hagen) Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/10-19.html">October 19, 1929</a>, to Jessie Viola Taylor.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000200">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400855">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Bennett Archambault</b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; president, Stewart-Warner Corp.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/IL.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lambda-chi-alpha.html">Lambda Chi Alpha</a>. Still living as of 1973. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Albert Joseph Archambault and May (Smales) Archambault; married to Margaret Henrietta Morgan.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alex Davison Bailey (b. 1882)</b> — also known as <b>Alex D. Bailey</b> — of La Grange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/KE-born.html">Kenosha County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/02-14.html">February 14, 1882</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">utility company executive</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/lagrange.html">village president of La Grange, Illinois</a>, 1935-37. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Eugene M. Bailey and Caroline G. (Davison) Bailey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/09-03.html">September 3, 1907</a>, to Alice Carey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/10-03.html">October 3, 1936</a>, to Amelia Duncan.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Homer Baxter (b. 1879)</b> — also known as <b>Charles H. Baxter</b> — of Loretto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DI-lived.html">Dickinson County</a>, Mich.; Houghton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-lived.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/02-12.html">February 12, 1879</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MI.html">1924</a>. Member, <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Ramsay Baxter and Margaret Ellen (Wright) Baxter; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-16.html">October 16, 1912</a>, to Margaret Eleanor Scully.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Howard F. Baxter (1886-1969)</b> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/06-08.html">June 8, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/laundry.html">laundry business</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 1st District, 1923-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 16th District, 1925-28. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-delta-phi.html">Alpha Delta Phi</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/index.html">1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alfred Baxter and Kate (Lockwood) Baxter; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/01-26.html">January 26, 1910</a>, to Elizabeth Clapperton.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Edward Cabaniss (b. 1949)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas E. Cabaniss</b> — of Chase City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ME-lived.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, Va. Born in Farmville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PE-born.html">Prince Edward County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/10-16.html">October 16, 1949</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/VA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>. Still living as of 1973. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Frank Edward Cabaniss and Myrtle (Stembridge) Cabaniss; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/">1972</a> to Ann Chrystene Taylor.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Andrew L. Clark (b. 1921)</b> — of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Mt. Hope, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/05-19.html">May 19, 1921</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">Automobile dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Mercer County, 1955-58. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</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> <b>Claud Robert Erickson (1900-1993)</b> — also known as <b>Claud R. Erickson</b> — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Manistee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MT-born.html">Manistee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-08.html">January 8, 1900</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Ingham County 1st District, 1961-62. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lambda-chi-alpha.html">Lambda Chi Alpha</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Windsor Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-died.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/12-18.html">December 18, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-buried.html#cms00774">Deepdale Memorial Park</a>, Delta Township, Eaton County, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Carl Erickson and Mary (Hall) Erickson; married to Thelma Olga Lewis.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atwood.html#294.69.17">Orville E. Atwood</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/179627465">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul Gordon Goebel (1901-1988)</b> — also known as <b>Paul G. Goebel</b> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/05-28.html">May 28, 1901</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grandrapids.html">mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich.</a>, 1950-53, 1956-58; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MI.html">1956</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1962-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from 16th Senatorial District, 1961-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1969. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>. Played professional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">football</a> for four years. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/index.html">1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Frank Goebel and Effie (Haftenkamp) Goebel; married to Margaret E. Callam; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godfroy-goetz.html#428.08.31">Paul Gordon Goebel Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Kelly (1854-1937)</b> — of Vulcan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DI-lived.html">Dickinson County</a>, Mich.; Iron Mountain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DI-lived.html">Dickinson County</a>, Mich. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-17.html">April 17, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MI.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MI.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/psi-upsilon.html">Psi Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">Slipped and fell</a> while descending steps, and died nine days later from his injuries, in Iron Mountain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DI-died.html">Dickinson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/10-01.html">October 1, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BD-buried.html#cms06582">Everett Cemetery</a>, Everett, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Robert Kelly and Arietta A. (Hutton) Kelly; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/06-24.html">June 24, 1886</a>, to Annie Ashcom; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly9.html#271.79.10">William Kelly (1807-1872)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31757351">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Walter Philip Leber (1918-2009)</b> — of Stuart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MT-lived.html">Martin County</a>, Fla.; Pompano Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-lived.html">Broward County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/09-12.html">September 12, 1918</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Petroleum</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1940-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CZ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Panama Canal Zone</a>, 1967-70. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/08-03.html">August 3, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 325 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Walter Leber and Bonnie Vera (Blackman) Leber; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/09-09.html">September 9, 1950</a>, to Bernice Jean Palus.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Curtis Emerson LeMay (1906-1990)</b> — also known as <b>Curtis E. LeMay</b>; <b>"Old Iron Pants"</b>; <b>"Demon LeMay"</b> — Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-15.html">November 15, 1906</a>. General in the U.S. Air Force; American Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1968. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/10-01.html">October 1, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-buried.html#cms07555">U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery</a>, Colorado Springs, Colo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Erving LeMay; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-09.html">June 9, 1934</a>, to Helen E. Maitland.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis LeMay">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/955/000095670">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9654">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Curtis LeMay:</i> Warren Kozak, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596985690/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1596985690&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>David Packard (1912-1996)</b> — of Palo Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. Born in Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-born.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/09-07.html">September 7, 1912</a>. Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard electronics and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/infotech.html">computer</a> company; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Gas & Electric</a> Co., Crocker-Citizens National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, General Dynamics Corp., U.S. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Steel</a> Corp., Trans World <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">Airways</a>, Standard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Oil</a> of California, Caterpillar <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">Tractor</a> Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CA.html">1972</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; philanthropist. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/trilateral-commission.html">Trilateral Commission</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-delta-phi.html">Alpha Delta Phi</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, in Stanford University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Palo Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-died.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/03-26.html">March 26, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 201 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-buried.html#cms06870">Alta Mesa Memorial Park</a>, Palo Alto, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sperry Sidney Packard and Ella Lorna (Graber) Packard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/04-08.html">April 8, 1938</a>, to Lucile Salter.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Packard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/739/000031646">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8043490">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959)</b> — also known as <b>Walter C. Sadler</b> — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash.; Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Elgin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KA-born.html">Kane County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-15.html">February 15, 1891</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">civil engineer</a>; worked on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">hydroelectric</a> projects; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html">mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-civil-engrs.html">American Society of Civil Engineers</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/sigma-pi.html">Sigma Pi</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-14.html">October 14, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 241 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/07-21.html">July 21, 1917</a>, to Hariette P. Jamieson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter C. Sadler">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Roberto Sánchez=Vilella (1913-1998)</b> — of Hato Rey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-lived.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico. Born in Mayagüez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/MY-born.html">Mayagüez Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/02-19.html">February 19, 1913</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">architect</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/sanjuan.html">mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico</a>, 1945-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Puerto Rico</a>, 1965-69. Member, <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/index.html">1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">about 85 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Luis Sánchez=Frasqueri and Angela Vilella=Vélez; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/07-10.html">July 10, 1936</a>, to Conchita Dapena=Quiñones.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/roberto-sanchez-vilella/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward Schildhauer (b. 1872)</b> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in New Holstein, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CA-born.html">Calumet County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/08-21.html">August 21, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">business executive</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CA.html">1948</a>. Member, <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>. Did engineering work on Panama Canal locks, 1906-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Allen Simmons (b. 1891)</b> — of Moundsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va. Born in Somerset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-08.html">August 8, 1891</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">civil engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Marshall County, 1935-36. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</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/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kenneth W. Thompson (1908-1975)</b> — also known as <b>Ken Thompson</b> — of Southfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich.; East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Bellefontaine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LG-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/02-10.html">February 10, 1908</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/msu.html">Michigan State University board of trustees</a>, 1967-74; defeated, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. Died in Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/02-15.html">February 15, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 5 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> <b>Thomas Waaland (b. 1911)</b> — of Corning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Born in Stavanger, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/05-22.html">May 22, 1911</a>. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/glass.html">glass manufacturing executive</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NY.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Waaland and Anna Marie (Simonsen) Waaland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/04-30.html">April 30, 1938</a>, to Jean McKinley.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kazmier Wysocki (b. 1919)</b> — of Hackensack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in Harrison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-born.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/08-04.html">August 4, 1919</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/hackensack.html">Mayor of Hackensack, N.J.</a>, 1962-65, 1969-73, 1977. 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