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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Oklahoma County, Okla.</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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Balcer — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-born.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-09.html">December 9, 1889</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 16th District, 1940, 1946, 1950; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Wayne County 8th District, 1961-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 8th District, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish-legion-am-vets.html">Polish Legion of American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish-nat-alliance.html">Polish National Alliance</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/11-26.html">November 26, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 352 days</a>). Interment at St. Teresas Catholic Cemetery. <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 Balcerkiewicz and Elizabeth Balcerkiewicz; married to Anna Pascko.</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/33905381">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01103">Fairlawn Cemetery</a> 2700 N. Shartel Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alfred Paul Murrah (1904-1975) — also known as Alfred P. Murrah — of Oklahoma. Born in Tishomingo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/JO-born.html">Johnston County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-27.html">October 27, 1904</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma</a>, 1937-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma</a>, 1937-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma</a>, 1937-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit</a>, 1940-70. <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/lambda-chi-alpha.html">Lambda Chi Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, in University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/10-30.html">October 30, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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">The Alfred P. Murrah <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a> (opened 1977, destroyed by truck bomb 1995), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-names.html">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</a>, was <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=1727&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred P. Murrah">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/352/000090082">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/45105634">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/murrah-alfred-paul">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/11-Henry%20M%20Scales.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/483/85.05.jpg" width=70 height=119 border=0 alt="Henry M. Scales"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry M. Scales (1869-1918) — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Holly Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MR-born.html">Marshall County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/03-13.html">March 13, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1907-10; resigned 1910. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/12-15.html">December 15, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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">Campaign slogan (1907): "Let The People Rule."</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/45192196">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: City of Oklahoma City</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 William Harreld (1872-1950) — also known as John W. Harreld — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BU-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Ky.; Ardmore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CT-lived.html">Carter County</a>, Okla.; Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born near Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-24.html">January 24, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil producer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 5th District, 1919-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1921-27; defeated, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/OK.html">1924</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/12-26.html">December 26, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 336 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 N. Harreld and Martha (Helm) Harreld; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/10-20.html">October 20, 1899</a>, to Laura Ward.</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=H000227">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405105">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/4-W%20J%20Gault.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/611/77.88.jpg" width=70 height=118 border=0 alt="W. J. Gault"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William James Gault (1830-1899) — also known as W. J. Gault — of Lee's Summit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo.; Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/index.html">1830</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1890-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/trhs.html">Oklahoma territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1890. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gatewood-gayheart.html#181.84.53">William D. Gault</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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/30792823">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: City of Oklahoma City</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/8-C%20G%20Jones.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/539/70.65.jpg" width=70 height=118 border=0 alt="Charles G. Jones"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Gasham Jones (1856-1911) — also known as Charles G. Jones; "Gristmill" — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Greenup, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-03.html">November 3, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Flour mill business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/paint-decor.html">painting contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1896-97, 1901-03; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/trhs.html">Oklahoma territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1900. 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>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">stomach hemorrhage</a>, in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/03-29.html">March 29, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 Harrison Jones and Rebeccal (Wall) Jones; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/">1893</a> to Tena Stafford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/04-10.html">April 10, 1909</a>, to Nettie E. Wheeler; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#579.50.67">William Harrison Hallett</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">Epitaph: "89'er"</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/33790490">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: City of Oklahoma City</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/14-Edward%20Overholser.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/066/99.25.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Edward Overholser"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Overholser (1869-1931) — also known as Ed Overholser — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Sullivan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SU-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/06-20.html">June 20, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">Mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1915-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/04-21.html">April 21, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 305 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otjen-overstolz.html#637.10.95">Henry Overholser</a>; married to Allie Garrison.</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/16647101">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: City of Oklahoma City</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/1-William%20Couch.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/679/99.31.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="William L. Couch"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Lewis Couch (1850-1890) — also known as William L. Couch — of Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan.; Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WL-born.html">Wilkes County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/11-20.html">November 20, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">horse and mule dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1889; resigned 1889. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> in the leg in dispute over a land claim; the wound probably became <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">infected</a>, and he subsequently <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">died</a>, in Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/04-21.html">April 21, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 Meshach H. Couch and Mary 'Polly' (Bryan) Couch; married to Cynthia Gordon.</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/38748205">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: City of Oklahoma City</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> Matthew John Kane (1863-1924) — of Kingfisher, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/KI-lived.html">Kingfisher County</a>, Okla.; Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-born.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/11-28.html">November 28, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Oklahoma state constitutional convention</a>, 1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/spju.html">justice of Oklahoma state supreme court</a>, 1907-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Oklahoma state supreme court</a>, 1909-12. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/01-02.html">January 2, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 Anthony Kane and Mary (Dunn) Kane; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/06-09.html">June 9, 1909</a>, to Kathleen Reagan.</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/29850534">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/13-Whit%20M%20Grant.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/010/93.98.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Whit M. Grant"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Whitaker McDonough Grant (1851-1927) — also known as Whit M. Grant — of Davenport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Iowa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/st-lived.html">Sitka</a>, Alaska; Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Seale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/RU-born.html">Russell County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/04-26.html">April 26, 1851</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1884-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Alaska Territory</a>, 1887-89; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OK.html">Democratic National Committee from Oklahoma</a>, 1896-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1911-15. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-10.html">December 10, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 228 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 McDonough Grant and Mary J. (Benton) Grant; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-09.html">October 9, 1878</a>, to Kate Weagley.</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/32820337">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: City of Oklahoma City</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> Martin Edwin Trapp (1877-1951) — also known as Martin E. Trapp; M. E. Trapp — of Oklahoma. Born in Robinson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BR-born.html">Brown County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/04-18.html">April 18, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1915-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/OK.html">1924</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/07-26.html">July 26, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 99 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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/martin-edwin-trapp/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin E. Trapp">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/6-O%20A%20Mitscher.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/759/31.47.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="O. A. Mitscher"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Oscar A. Mitscher (1861-1926) — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Hillsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/VE-born.html">Vernon County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/06-07.html">June 7, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1892-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/OK.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/07-24.html">July 24, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 47 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 Myrta Viola Shear (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shawcroft-sheean.html#864.39.60">Byron Delos Shear</a>); father of Marc Andrew Mitscher.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23026.html">Shear-Mitscher family</a> of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.</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/52015187">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: City of Oklahoma City</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 Minter Rainey (1882-1971) — also known as Robert M. Rainey — of Atoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/AT-lived.html">Atoka County</a>, Okla.; Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Sherman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GY-born.html">Grayson County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/09-29.html">September 29, 1882</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sthse.html">Oklahoma state house of representatives</a>, 1907-08; district judge in Oklahoma, 1909-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/spju.html">justice of Oklahoma state supreme court</a>, 1917-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Oklahoma state supreme court</a>, 1920-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/04-03.html">April 3, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 Jesse G. Rainey and Annie Elizabeth (Moore) Rainey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/08-12.html">August 12, 1905</a>, to Lillian Fryer.</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/37849246">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> Bower Slack Broaddus (1888-1949) — of Muskogee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/MU-lived.html">Muskogee County</a>, Okla. Born in Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LV-born.html">Livingston County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-30.html">May 30, 1888</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sthse.html">Oklahoma state house of representatives</a>, 1933-35; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/stsen.html">Oklahoma state senate</a>, 1935-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Oklahoma</a>, 1940-49; died in office 1949. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/12-10.html">December 10, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brizendine-brocato.html#143.61.94">Elbridge Jackson Broaddus</a> and Martha Emma (Hollingsworth) Broaddus; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brizendine-brocato.html#870.77.29">Joseph Broaddus</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/01-31.html">January 31, 1917</a>, to Harriett Ann Noland; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brizendine-brocato.html#309.12.17">William West Broaddus</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brizendine-brocato.html#623.58.50">Willey Richard Broaddus Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brizendine-brocato.html#214.02.42">Andrew Broaddus</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/21395.html">Broaddus family</a> of Madison County, Kentucky.</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=266&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bower Slack Broaddus">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43795041">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> Sidney Clarke (1831-1909) — of Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan. Born in Southbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/10-16.html">October 16, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> at-large, 1865-71; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sthse.html">Kansas state house of representatives</a>, 1879. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/06-18.html">June 18, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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=C000470">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402608">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> Charles M. Thacker (1866-1918) — of Ennis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/EL-lived.html">Ellis County</a>, Tex.; Mangum, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/GE-lived.html">Greer County</a>, Okla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-born.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-17.html">January 17, 1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Bookkeeper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/trlg.html">Oklahoma territorial legislature</a>, 1899; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/mangum.html">mayor of Mangum, Okla.</a>, 1909-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/spju.html">justice of Oklahoma state supreme court</a>, 1915; appointed 1915. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/index.html">1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William J. Thacker and Allie (Parham) Thacker.</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/37506266">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> Claude Weaver (1867-1954) — of Gainesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CK-lived.html">Cooke County</a>, Tex.; Pauls Valley, Chickasaw Nation County, Indian Territory (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/GV-lived.html">Garvin County</a>, Okla.); Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Gainesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CK-born.html">Cooke County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/03-19.html">March 19, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> at-large, 1913-15; defeated, 1919; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html#2">Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1915-23; district judge in Oklahoma 13th District, 1934-35. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/05-19.html">May 19, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 61 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weaver.html#993.84.23">W. T. G. Weaver</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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000224">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411392">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> Henry Overholser (1846-1915) — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/index.html">1846</a>. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1890. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/08-25.html">August 25, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otjen-overstolz.html#066.99.25">Edward Overholser</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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16647084">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> William D. Gault (1867-1923) — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/index.html">1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber dealer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1915; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/11-13.html">November 13, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gatewood-gayheart.html#611.77.88">William James Gault</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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35219819">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> Bayard Taylor Hainer (1860-1933) — also known as Bayard T. Hainer — of Perry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/NO-lived.html">Noble County</a>, Okla. Born in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/05-31.html">May 31, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court</a>, 1898; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 5th District, 1920; chief counsel, Federal Trade Commission, 1925-27. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/07-10.html">July 10, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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/1891/10-06.html">October 6, 1891</a>, to Florence Weatherby.</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/44067111">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> Dennis Thomas Flynn (1861-1939) — also known as Dennis T. Flynn — of Kiowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BB-lived.html">Barber County</a>, Kan.; Guthrie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Okla.; Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Phoenixville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/02-13.html">February 13, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/OK.html">Republican National Committee from Oklahoma</a>, 1890-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Oklahoma Territory</a>, 1893-97, 1899-1903; defeated, 1890, 1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/OK.html">1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/06-19.html">June 19, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 126 days</a>). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 Dennis T. Flynn and Margaret (Clancy) Flynn; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/">1887</a> to Addie M. Blanton.</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=F000226">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404181">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/6220314164/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/647/57.63.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Thomas P. Gore"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) — also known as Thomas P. Gore — of Texas; Lawton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CO-lived.html">Comanche County</a>, Okla.; Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born near Embry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WE-born.html">Webster County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-10.html">December 10, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a>, 1898; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/trcn.html">member Oklahoma territorial council</a>, 1903-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/OK.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/OK.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OK.html">Democratic National Committee from Oklahoma</a>, 1912-16. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">Blind</a> due to an accident suffered when he was a boy; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> blind member of the U.S. Senate. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/03-16.html">March 16, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 96 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="#cms04481">Rose Hill Burial Park</a>; later interred in 1949 at Fairlawn Cemetery. <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 Tom M. Gore and Carrie E. (Wingo) Gore; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/12-27.html">December 27, 1900</a>, to Nina Kay; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#407.85.36">Nina Gore Auchincloss</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#090.56.97">Hugh Dudley Auchincloss</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#219.93.05">Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr.</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10422.html">Kennedy family</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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/SQ-names.html">Gore, Oklahoma</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000323">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404681">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/465/000176934">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6256971">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: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01506">Memorial Park Cemetery</a> Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Howard Edmondson (1925-1971) — also known as J. Howard Edmondson — of Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla.; Edmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Muskogee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/MU-born.html">Muskogee County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/09-27.html">September 27, 1925</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-officials.html">Tulsa County Attorney</a>, 1954-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1959-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1963-64. <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/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>. Died in Edmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/11-17.html">November 17, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 51 days</a>). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. <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 Edmond Augustus Edmondson and Esther (Pullen) Edmondson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edman-edward.html#810.70.87">Ed Edmondson</a>; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edman-edward.html#366.10.08">Jeanette Bartleson</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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000055">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403750">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-howard-edmondson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/287/000119927">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> Everette Burgess Howard (1873-1950) — also known as Everette B. Howard; Everett B. Howard — of Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla. Born in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/09-19.html">September 19, 1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil and gas producer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/aud.html">Oklahoma state auditor</a>, 1915-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 1st District, 1919-21, 1923-25, 1927-29; defeated, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/index.html">1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. <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 Addison A. Howard and Addie P. (Harreld) Howard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/12-04.html">December 4, 1895</a>, to Hollis Hope.</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=H000837">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405684">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 Potter Hill (1874-1937) — Born near Ewing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/04-18.html">April 18, 1874</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1910-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 25th District, 1913-15; state court judge in Oklahoma, 1931-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 5th District, 1937; died in office 1937. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/10-29.html">October 29, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. <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=H000606">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405466">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> Charles Swindall (1876-1939) — of Woodward, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/WO-lived.html">Woodward County</a>, Okla. Born in Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/index.html">1876</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/OK.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 8th District, 1920-21; state court judge in Oklahoma, 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/spju.html">justice of Oklahoma state supreme court</a>, 1929-31. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. <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=S001121">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410573">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> William Franklin Gilmer (1901-1954) — also known as Dixie Gilmer — of Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla. Born in Mt. Airy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SU-born.html">Surry County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-07.html">June 7, 1901</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sthse.html">Oklahoma state house of representatives</a>, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 1st District, 1949-51; defeated, 1950. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/06-09.html">June 9, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 2 days</a>). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. <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=G000219">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404581">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> Jeanette Bartleson Edmondson (1925-1990) — also known as Jeanette Bartleson — of Oklahoma. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-06.html">June 6, 1925</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Oklahoma</a>, 1970. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/07-11.html">July 11, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edman-edward.html#855.90.08">James Howard Edmondson</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11212.html">Edmondson family</a> of Muskogee and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04481">Rose Hill Burial Park</a> 6001 N.W. Grand Boulevard Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/16-John%20C%20Walton.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/634/48.37.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="John C. Walton"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Calloway Walton (1881-1949) — also known as Jack C. Walton; "Rarin' Jack" — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born near Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/03-06.html">March 6, 1881</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1919-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1923; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeached</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a> as Governor, 1923; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1924. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/11-25.html">November 25, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 264 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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 Lewis W. Walton and Emma Sarah (Calloway) Walton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/02-03.html">February 3, 1905</a>, to Madeline Cecile Orrick.</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-callaway-jack-walton/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26795537">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: City of Oklahoma City</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 Henry Burford (1852-1922) — also known as John H. Burford — of Guthrie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Okla. Born in Parkeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PA-born.html">Parke County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/02-29.html">February 29, 1852</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; prosecuting attorney, Indiana 22nd Circuit, 1880; register, U.S. Land Office, Oklahoma City, 1890; probate judge in Oklahoma, 1890-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court</a>, 1892-1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/tscj.html">chief justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court</a>, 1898-1903; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/stsen.html">Oklahoma state senate</a>, 1912-15. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/09-02.html">September 2, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 0 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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 Rev. James Burford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/02-14.html">February 14, 1876</a>, to Mary A. Cheek.</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/10550094">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/371/22.83.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Roy J. Turner"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Roy Joseph Turner (1894-1973) — also known as Roy J. Turner — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Kendrick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LI-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/11-06.html">November 6, 1894</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil producer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">rancher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/OK.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/OK.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/OK.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/OK.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1947-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/06-11.html">June 11, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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 Reason Turner and Etta Louise (Rogers) Turner; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/">1937</a> to Jessica E. 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">The Turner <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Turnpike</a> (opened 1953), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-names.html">Tulsa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CR-names.html">Creek</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LI-names.html">Lincoln</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-names.html">Oklahoma</a> counties, Oklahoma, 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.nga.org/governor/roy-joseph-turner/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/192/000210559">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26796158">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"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/10-J%20G%20Messenbaugh.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/090/11.05.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="J. G. Messenbaugh"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Fife Messenbaugh (1873-1928) — also known as J. F. Messenbaugh — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born near Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CD-born.html">Caldwell County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/01-10.html">January 10, 1873</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1905-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">peritonitis</a>, in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/06-19.html">June 19, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 161 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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 John Messenbaugh and Susan (McGavran) Messenbaugh; married to Laura M. Whisler.</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/44104189">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: City of Oklahoma City</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 Judson Holloway (1888-1970) — also known as William J. Holloway — of Oklahoma. Born in Arkadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CK-born.html">Clark County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/12-15.html">December 15, 1888</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/OK/ofc/stsen.html">Oklahoma state senate</a>, 1919-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1927-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1929-31. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/01-28.html">January 28, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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/william-judson-holloway/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William J. Holloway">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26795888">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/15-Byron%20D%20Shear.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/864/39.60.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Byron D. Shear"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Byron Delos Shear (1869-1929) — also known as Byron D. Shear — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Hillsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/VE-born.html">Vernon County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/04-12.html">April 12, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1918-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/OK.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-09.html">June 9, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 58 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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 J. Shear and Emergene (Woodbury) Shear; brother of Myrta Viola Shear (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchellson-moeur.html#759.31.47">Oscar A. Mitscher</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/02-26.html">February 26, 1892</a>, to Hulda Ludwig; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/">1899</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shawcroft-sheean.html#776.97.14">Ida Malinda Cunningham</a>; uncle of Marc Andrew Mitscher.</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/86034042">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: City of Oklahoma City</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Vernon McClintic (1878-1948) — also known as James V. McClintic; Jim V. McClintic; "Sunny Jim" — of Snyder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/KO-lived.html">Kiowa County</a>, Okla. Born near Bremond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/RB-born.html">Robertson County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-08.html">September 8, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/KO-officials.html">Kiowa County Clerk</a>, 1909; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sthse.html">Oklahoma state house of representatives</a>, 1911-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a>, 1915-35 (1st District 1915-17, 7th District 1917-35); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-trains.html">on a train</a> en route to Los Angeles, near Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/04-22.html">April 22, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 227 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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 G. V. McClintic and Emma McClintic; married to Emma May Biggs.</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=M000338">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407347">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43196965">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> Scott Ferris (1877-1945) — of Lawton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CO-lived.html">Comanche County</a>, Okla. Born in Neosho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NE-born.html">Newton County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/11-03.html">November 3, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/trlg.html">Oklahoma territorial legislature</a>, 1904-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a>, 1907-21 (5th District 1907-15, 6th District 1915-21); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/OK.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/OK.html">1916</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1920; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OK.html">Democratic National Committee from Oklahoma</a>, 1924-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1929. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/06-08.html">June 8, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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 Scott Ferris and Anna M. (Thorp) Ferris; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/">1906</a> to Grace Hobbert.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swanee-swann.html#607.72.31">Fletcher B. Swank</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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000091">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404048">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23230570">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> Dick Thompson Morgan (1853-1920) — also known as Dick T. Morgan — of Perry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/NO-lived.html">Noble County</a>, Okla.; Woodward, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/WO-lived.html">Woodward County</a>, Okla. Born in Prairie Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-born.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/12-06.html">December 6, 1853</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1880-82; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/OK.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a>, 1909-20 (2nd District 1909-15, 8th District 1915-20); died in office 1920. Died in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/VE-died.html">Vermilion County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/07-04.html">July 4, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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 Valentine Morgan and Frances Morgan; married to Ora Heath.</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=M000947">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407915">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/47026748">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 H. Jarman Jr. (1915-1982) — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Sallisaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/SQ-born.html">Sequoyah County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/07-17.html">July 17, 1915</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sthse.html">Oklahoma state house of representatives</a>, 1947-48; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/stsen.html">Oklahoma state senate</a>, 1949-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 5th District, 1951-77. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/01-15.html">January 15, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 182 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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=J000057">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405962">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6690819">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> Ulysses Stevens Stone (1878-1962) — also known as Ulysses S. Stone — of Norman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CV-lived.html">Cleveland County</a>, Okla. Born near Weldon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DW-born.html">DeWitt County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/12-17.html">December 17, 1878</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1918; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 5th District, 1929-31; defeated, 1922. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/12-08.html">December 8, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 356 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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=S000964">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410423">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7927459">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> Joseph Albert Gill (1854-1933) — also known as Joseph A. Gill — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill.; Colby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/TH-lived.html">Thomas County</a>, Kan.; Vinita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CI-lived.html">Craig County</a>, Okla. Born in Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-born.html">Ohio County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/01-17.html">January 17, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/tsju.html">Justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court</a>, 1899; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/OK.html">1912</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/03-23.html">March 23, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Riley Keaton (1861-1946) — also known as James R. Keaton — of Guthrie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Okla.; Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CT-born.html">Carter County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/12-10.html">December 10, 1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court</a>, 1896-98; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Oklahoma Territory</a>, 1898. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in Wesley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/04-03.html">April 3, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 114 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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 Nelson T. Keaton and Mary Ann (Huff) Keaton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to Lucille Johnston.</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/74302180">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> Gomer Griffith Smith (1896-1953) — of Oklahoma. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-11.html">July 11, 1896</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 5th District, 1937-39. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/05-26.html">May 26, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 319 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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 Hazel Mae Mizner.</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=S000543">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410025">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6836389">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> Ida M. Shear (1874-1936) — also known as Ida Malinda Cunningham; Mrs. Byron D. Shear — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Burden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CO-born.html">Cowley County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/04-16.html">April 16, 1874</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/OK.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/03-15.html">March 15, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 334 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. <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/1899/">1899</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shawcroft-sheean.html#864.39.60">Byron Delos Shear</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23026.html">Shear-Mitscher family</a> of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.</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/86034092">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Samuel Kerr (1896-1963) — also known as Robert S. Kerr — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born near Ada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PN-born.html">Pontotoc County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/09-11.html">September 11, 1896</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; state court judge in Oklahoma, 1931; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OK.html">Democratic National Committee from Oklahoma</a>, 1940-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/OK.html">1944</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/officers.html">Temporary Chair</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/OK.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/OK.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1949-63; died in office 1963. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/01-01.html">January 1, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 112 days</a>). Original interment at Rose Hill Burial Park; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PN-buried.html#cms08443">Kerr Family Cemetery</a>, Ada, Okla. <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: Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerr.html#613.84.84">Robert S. Kerr III</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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000144">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406310">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-samuel-kerr/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/122/000171606">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7957829">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/6220314164/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/647/57.63.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Thomas P. Gore"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) — also known as Thomas P. Gore — of Texas; Lawton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CO-lived.html">Comanche County</a>, Okla.; Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born near Embry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WE-born.html">Webster County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-10.html">December 10, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a>, 1898; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/trcn.html">member Oklahoma territorial council</a>, 1903-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/OK.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/OK.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OK.html">Democratic National Committee from Oklahoma</a>, 1912-16. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">Blind</a> due to an accident suffered when he was a boy; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> blind member of the U.S. Senate. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/03-16.html">March 16, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 96 days</a>). Originally entombed at Rose Hill Burial Park; later interred in 1949 at <a href="#cms01103">Fairlawn Cemetery</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 Tom M. Gore and Carrie E. (Wingo) Gore; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/12-27.html">December 27, 1900</a>, to Nina Kay; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#407.85.36">Nina Gore Auchincloss</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#090.56.97">Hugh Dudley Auchincloss</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#219.93.05">Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr.</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10422.html">Kennedy family</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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/SQ-names.html">Gore, Oklahoma</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000323">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404681">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/465/000176934">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6256971">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: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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