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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Braxton County, W.Va.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Trimble — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Braxton County, 1934. Interment at Burnsville Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06237">Sugar Creek Cemetery</a> Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia <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> Grover C. Belknap (b. 1888) — also known as G. C. Belknap — of Gassaway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-born.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/03-28.html">March 28, 1888</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Braxton County, 1925-26, 1933-34; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a>, 1935-38, 1943-46 (10th District 1935-38, 12th District 1943-46). Interment at Sugar Creek 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/">1910</a> to Fay Hines.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07045">Little Otter Cemetery</a> Near Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia <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 Anderson Boggs (1815-1884) — also known as James A. Boggs — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/11-10.html">November 10, 1815</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Braxton County, 1883. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-died.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-22.html">March 22, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 133 days</a>). Interment at Little Otter 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/boggs.html#570.60.71">James Martin Boggs</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#028.01.24">Ed L. Boggs</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/14624.html">Boggs family</a> of Braxton County, West Virginia.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06536">Unknown Location</a> Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06905">Skidmore Cemetery</a> Franklin Avenue Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia <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> John D. Sutton — of Sutton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/WV.html">1916</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Braxton County, 1923, 1927. Founder of Sutton, W.Va. Interment at Skidmore Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05287">Sutton Cemetery</a> Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2228343&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <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> Fred Lee Fox (1876-1952) — also known as Fred L. Fox — of Sutton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-born.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-24.html">October 24, 1876</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 10th District, 1913-20; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1924-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-parties.html">chair of Braxton County Democratic Party</a>, 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1937-52; died in office 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/08-08.html">August 8, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at Sutton 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 Camden Fox and Caroline (McMorrow) Fox; married to Annie Lee Frame.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764001874/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/918/61.28.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="William M. Kidd"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Matthew Kidd (1918-1998) — also known as William M. Kidd — of Sutton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va. Born in Burnsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-born.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-15.html">June 15, 1918</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Braxton County, 1951; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 1st District, 1966; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-parties.html">chair of Braxton County Democratic Party</a>, 1968-69; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 14th Judicial Circuit, 1974-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia</a>, 1979-90. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart</a> and other problems, at Ruby Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-died.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/12-20.html">December 20, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 188 days</a>). Interment at Sutton 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/kidd.html#020.73.12">Robert Henry Kidd</a> and Hanrietta (Hornor) Kidd; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/06-28.html">June 28, 1943</a>, to Madelyn Conrad; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidd.html#444.67.63">John Wesley Kidd</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidd.html#692.37.95">Frank H. Kidd</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidd.html#688.78.33">Robert Franklin Kidd</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidd.html#206.79.59">Paul H. Kidd</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/13277.html">Kidd family</a> of West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8412469427/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/764/13.36.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Anderson C. Herold"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anderson Claughton Herold (1886-1979) — also known as Anderson C. Herold — of Sutton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va.; Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/NI-born.html">Nicholas County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/06-04.html">June 4, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/trea.html">West Virginia state treasurer</a>, 1920; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 10th District, 1923-34; defeated in primary, 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-parties.html">chair of Wood County Democratic Party</a>, 1941-42; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1945. Died in East Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/05-28.html">May 28, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at Sutton 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 Lanty William Herold and Laura Belle (McNutt) Herold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/12-19.html">December 19, 1911</a>, to Phoebe Genevieve Lee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/81425893">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: West Virginia Blue Book 1929</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764001534/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/206/79.59.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Paul H. Kidd"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul H. Kidd (1907-1965) — of Glenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI-lived.html">Gilmer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Glenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI-born.html">Gilmer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/03-12.html">March 12, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1936-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1936, 1939-40, 1947-52, 1955-60, 1963-65 (Gilmer County 1936, 1939-40, 1947-52, 1955-60, 1963-64, 7th District 1965); appointed 1936; died in office 1965. <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/theta-chi.html">Theta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/10-22.html">October 22, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 224 days</a>). Interment at Sutton 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/kidd.html#688.78.33">Robert Franklin Kidd</a> and Lelia Rosalie (Johnson) Kidd; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/06-01.html">June 1, 1932</a>, to Marie Tinney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/09-14.html">September 14, 1945</a>, to Jeanne Gainer; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidd.html#444.67.63">John Wesley Kidd</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidd.html#692.37.95">Frank H. Kidd</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidd.html#020.73.12">Robert Henry Kidd</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidd.html#918.61.28">William Matthew Kidd</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/13277.html">Kidd family</a> of West Virginia.</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/81426070">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: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Doyle F. McLaughlin (1920-1969) — of Gassaway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va.; Sutton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va. Born in Little Otter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-born.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/06-28.html">June 28, 1920</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Braxton County, 1947-50, 1953-54; defeated, 1954; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-parties.html">chair of Braxton County Democratic Party</a>, 1954-55, 1961-63. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/06-06.html">June 6, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at Sutton 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 Francis B. McLaughlin and Cora Ann (Scott) McLaughlin.</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/81426160">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 Edgar Haymond (1855-1931) — also known as William E. Haymond — of Sutton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-born.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/02-17.html">February 17, 1855</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/WV.html">1912</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-died.html">Harrison County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-10.html">July 10, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at Sutton 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 Mary J. (Berry) Haymond and Eugenius Haymond; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/02-16.html">February 16, 1886</a>, to Emma Catherine Hawkins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/01-14.html">January 14, 1914</a>, to Ethel Rhodes; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#554.52.48">Daniel Haymond</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maxwell.html#719.32.02">Edwin Maxwell</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#158.84.48">Thomas Sherwood Haymond</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#947.89.85">Daniel Haymond Polsley</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#001.51.24">William Summerville Haymond</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maxwell.html#378.82.42">Haymond Maxwell</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#125.32.35">Alpheus Forest Haymond</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#130.56.41">Creed Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#023.78.96">Henry Haymond</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#413.64.40">William Stanley Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#095.41.20">Thomas S. Haymond</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#476.10.38">Daniel S. Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#229.13.22">Frank Cruise Haymond</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#154.10.22">Guy D. Haymond</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#920.68.41">George S. Snodgrass</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1493.html">Haymond family</a> of West Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1675.html">Haymond-Maxwell family</a> of West Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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/81425886">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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