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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Plumbing and Heating Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Andrews — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>. Democrat. Plumber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 26th District, 1896-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lloyd R. Baumgart (1908-1985) — of Lena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OC-lived.html">Oconto County</a>, Wis.; Coleman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MR-lived.html">Marinette County</a>, Wis. Born in Green Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BR-born.html">Brown County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/01-29.html">January 29, 1908</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Dairy</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/paint-decor.html">painting contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware store owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/auctioneer.html">auctioneer</a>; plumber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Oconto County, 1957-64; defeated (Independent), 1952. Died in July, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/index.html">1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Beuttel Jr. — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Born in Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-born.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Plumbing and heating business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/covington.html">mayor of Covington, Ky.</a>, 1940-43. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James W. Birkett — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Plumber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 3rd District, 1890-91. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George MacClellan Blake (b. 1863) — also known as George M. Blake — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine; Cumberland Foreside, Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Born in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/05-17.html">May 17, 1863</a>. Democrat. Plumbing and steam supplies business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/ME.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John F. Blake and Rosilla (Littlefield) Blake; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/09-13.html">September 13, 1888</a>, to Victoria Andrews Orne.</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 C. Blankenhorn (1893-1970) — of Lindenhurst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/08-20.html">August 20, 1893</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; plumbing and heating contractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/lindenhurst.html">mayor of Lindenhurst, N.Y.</a>, 1941-47; defeated, 1937 (People's), 1947, 1949. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/10-28.html">October 28, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-buried.html#cms04637">Long Island National Cemetery</a>, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. <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 Elsie Gagin.</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> Maurice Boggs (1909-1985) — of Sand Fork, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI-lived.html">Gilmer County</a>, W.Va.; Glenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI-lived.html">Gilmer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Lockney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI-born.html">Gilmer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-02.html">October 2, 1909</a>. Democrat. Boilermaker; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Gilmer County; elected 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in November, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/index.html">1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of W. French Boggs and Nellie (Alkire) Boggs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/06-29.html">June 29, 1935</a>, to Drusilla Garrett.</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 Campbell Boyd (1873-1935) — also known as Charles C. Boyd — of Westbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/02-26.html">February 26, 1873</a>. Plumber; plumbing fixture dealer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/westbury.html">mayor of Westbury, N.Y.</a>, 1934-35; died in office 1935. Died, in Nassau <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Westbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-died.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/02-28.html">February 28, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 2 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Brice J. Brasen (1873-1926) — of Miles City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CU-lived.html">Custer County</a>, Mont. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/06-22.html">June 22, 1873</a>. Plumber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/milescity.html">mayor of Miles City, Mont.</a>, 1922-26; defeated, 1926; died in office 1926. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">Bright's disease</a>, in Miles City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CU-died.html">Custer County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/04-19.html">April 19, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html# ">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, River Grove, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Bernt A. Brasen and Severine P. Brasen.</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/176516462">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Nv41YGdCFaoC&pg=PA43-IA3"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/358/71.00.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Edward G. Burnham"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Goodwin Burnham (1827-1908) — also known as Edward G. Burnham — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-born.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/06-02.html">June 2, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">Machinist</a>; plumbing supplies manufacturer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 14th District, 1887-88; philanthropist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/02-28.html">February 28, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 271 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Burnham and Persis (White) Burnham; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/">1853</a> to Mary Ferree.</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: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)</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 H. Cadwell (b. 1863) — of New Britain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/index.html">1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">architect</a>; plumbing supplies manufacturer; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New Britain, 1904, 1906. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael J. Campbell (b. 1939) — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-born.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a>. Pipefitter; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html">mayor of Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1972-73. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Joseph Casey (1875-1929) — also known as John J. Casey — of Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Born in Empire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-born.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-26.html">May 26, 1875</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal miner</a>; plumber; steamfitter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1907-08; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soi.html">Pennsylvania secretary of internal affairs</a>, 1910; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1913-17, 1919-21, 1923-25, 1927-29 (11th District 1913-17, 1919-21, 12th District 1923-25, 1927-29); defeated (Democratic), 1920 (11th District), 1924 (12th District); died in office 1929. Died in Balboa, Canal Zone (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-died.html">Panama</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/05-05.html">May 5, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-buried.html#cms03827">St. Mary's Cemetery</a>, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Andrew Peter Casey and Mary (McGrath) Casey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/08-01.html">August 1, 1900</a>, to Sarah Celestine Lally.</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=C000223">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402369">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John J. Casey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4938">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/591/95.41.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Philip J. Casey"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Philip J. Casey — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Plumbing contractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1936-40; defeated, 1940. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1936</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> Anthony M. Ciarlone — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Plumbing and heating contractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 10th District; elected 1970; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/newhaven.html">mayor of New Haven, Conn.</a>, 1981. Still living as of 1981. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/655/25.08.jpg" width=70 height=88 border=0 alt="John Connelly"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Connelly (b. 1857) — also known as "Honest John" — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/04-10.html">April 10, 1857</a>. Democrat. Plumber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">elevated railroad ticket agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 19th District, 1888-92; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 14th District, 1894. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Times, October 21, 1894</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> Hyman Costrell (b. 1890) — also known as Jack Robbins — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn.; New York. Born in Kurenitz, Russia (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BS-born.html">Belarus</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/10-19.html">October 19, 1890</a>. Communist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Arrested</a> in 1905 in Russia and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jailed</a> three months for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">demonstrating</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">distributing circulars</a> against the Czarist government; naturalized U.S. citizen; plumber; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 8th District, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ephraim Henry Cowles (1894-1951) — also known as Ephraim H. Cowles — of South Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-05.html">December 5, 1894</a>. Democrat. Heating contractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from South Windsor, 1933-34; defeated, 1934. Died in Newington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/06-07.html">June 7, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 184 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms01637">Center Cemetery</a>, South Windsor, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Buchanan Cowles and Margaret E. (Slattery) Cowles; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/09-22.html">September 22, 1921</a>, to Elsie Adella Church; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; first cousin seven times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#539.20.10">Roger Wolcott</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (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/16198488">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> Platt A. Davis — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LI-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Ore. Mechanical contractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/albany.html">mayor of Albany, Ore.</a>, 1973-74. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Roy C. Enquist (born c.1895) — of Branford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Branford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., about 1895. Republican. Heating contractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 12th District, 1939-40. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edgar C. Erickson (b. 1895) — of Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Born in Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/07-18.html">July 18, 1895</a>. Republican. Heating <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a> Second Worcester District, 1933-36. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward J. Finan — Republican. Boilermaker; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Raymond Earl Garvey (1893-1975) — also known as Raymond E. Garvey — of Ironwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GO-lived.html">Gogebic County</a>, Mich. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/09-04.html">September 4, 1893</a>. Plumber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">inventor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 12th District, 1936 (Farmer-Labor), 1940 (Democratic primary), 1942 (Democratic primary); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ironwood.html">mayor of Ironwood, Mich.</a>, 1936-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Gogebic County, 1939-40; defeated in Democratic primary, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/index.html">1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/BE-buried.html#cms00411">Fairview Memorial Park</a>, Albuquerque, N.M. <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/1919/08-02.html">August 2, 1919</a>, to Matilda M. Lanfald.</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 Lewis Gerlach (1895-1947) — also known as Charles L. Gerlach — of Allentown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-lived.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa. Born in Bethlehem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NO-born.html">Northampton County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/09-14.html">September 14, 1895</a>. Republican. Heating supply business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/PA.html">Pennsylvania Republican State Committee</a>, 1936-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1939-47 (9th District 1939-45, 8th District 1945-47); died in office 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/brethren.html">Moravian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in Allentown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-died.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/05-05.html">May 5, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 233 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-buried.html#cms03501">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Allentown, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-16.html">November 16, 1916</a>, to Florence I. Hillegas.</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=G000135">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404504">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 Gilliam (b. 1929) — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va. Born in Sandy Hook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/EL-born.html">Elliott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/03-19.html">March 19, 1929</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; plumber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>; elected 1970, 1972, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Still living as of 1975. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Merida Gilliam and Esther (William) Gilliam; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/05-15.html">May 15, 1947</a>, to Virginia Adkins.</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> Ira Daniel Hansen (b. 1960) — also known as Ira Hansen — of Sparks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Born in Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-born.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/10-05.html">October 5, 1960</a>. Republican. Plumbing business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">animal trapper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">columnist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/sthse.html">Nevada state house of representatives</a> 32nd District, 2011-18; in November 2014, when he was about to become Speaker of the Nevada House, a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">furor erupted</a> over columns he wrote in the 1990s for the Sparks Tribune; among other things, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">referred</a> to Black people as simple-minded darkies, and to Martin Luther King, Jr., as "a liar, a phony, and a fraud"; an NAACP leader said of Hansen that "he has beaten the drum of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">intolerance</a> for decades; amid calls for his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">ouster</a>, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">withdrew</a> as Speaker-designate, but retained his House seat; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/stsen.html">Nevada state senate</a> 14th District, 2019-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Still living as of 2021. <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/hansen.html#428.45.80">Daniel McGavin Hansen</a>; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#267.77.14">Alexis M. Lloyd</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#109.40.62">Joel F. Hansen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#081.24.01">Janine Hansen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#483.28.03">Christopher H. Hansen</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#346.91.95">Zachary Triggs</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#396.96.04">Jonathan Hansen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#550.18.94">Joshua Hansen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#392.62.24">Nicholas Hansen</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliman-hollon.html#674.86.25">Mark Alan Holloman</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/41160.html">Hansen family</a> of Nevada.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira Hansen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=255232">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a> — <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2016/08/1699-janine-ira-hansen-et-al.html">Encyclopedia of American Loons</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> Harry Hermann (1872-1964) — of Laurium, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-lived.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/06-09.html">June 9, 1872</a>. Republican. Plumber; steamfitter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1939-44, 1947-54 (Houghton County 1st District 1939-44, Houghton District 1947-54); defeated, 1936 (Houghton County 1st District), 1944 (Houghton District), 1954 (Houghton District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/index.html">1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">about 92 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-19.html">November 19, 1902</a>, to Theresa Kasper.</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 Stuart Howe (b. 1890) — also known as William S. Howe — of Somerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Somerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/04-16.html">April 16, 1890</a>. Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Hankow</a>, as of 1917; plumbing and heating business; director, Somerville Coop <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; trustee, Somerville <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/somerville.html">mayor of Somerville, Mass.</a>, 1929; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 8th District, 1934, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MA.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Saddler Howe and Lillian Florence (Howe) Howe; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/">1922</a> to Alice C. Bullock.</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> Milo R. Hulliberger — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Plumbing and heating business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/jackson.html">mayor of Jackson, Mich.</a>, 1930-31. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stanley Jarolin (c.1933-2000) — Born about 1933. Democrat. Plumbing and heating contractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1983-98; defeated in primary, 1998. While <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">fishing</a> with a friend, their <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/boat.html">boat capsized</a>; he made it to shore but died soon after from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-died.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/05-13.html">May 13, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764002294/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/368/87.70.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="G. T. Johnston"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> G. T. Johnston (1887-1970) — of Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GI-born.html">Giles County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/07-24.html">July 24, 1887</a>. Democrat. Plumbing and heating contractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">deputy sheriff</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Mercer County, 1951-56. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/index.html">1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George W. Johnston and Annie W. (Moore) Johnston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-04.html">February 4, 1914</a>, to Sina Bagby.</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> Oscar Klöcker (c.1863-1940) — of Port Townsend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Wash. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, about 1863. Naturalized U.S. citizen; pipefitter; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/trucking.html">shipping business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Great Britain</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/JF-consuls.html">Port Townsend, Wash.</a>, 1892-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Chile</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/JF-consuls.html">Port Townsend, Wash.</a>, 1896-1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/porttownsend.html">mayor of Port Townsend, Wash.</a>, 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Norway</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/JF-consuls.html">Port Townsend, Wash.</a>, 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Died in Port Townsend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/07-02.html">July 2, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674254099/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/299/32.16.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Fred Lang"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fred Lang (b. 1872) — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/index.html">1872</a>. Plumbing and heating business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 35, 1917-20, 1923-24. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13517">Minnesota Legislator record</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: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8276635614/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/650/15.54.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Edwin J. Larson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edwin J. Larson (b. 1885) — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SH-lived.html">Sheboygan County</a>, Wis. Born in Waupaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WP-born.html">Waupaca County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/11-29.html">November 29, 1885</a>. Republican. President and general manager, Plymouth Refrigerating Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Sheboygan County 2nd District, 1939-44. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</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> Stillman Stephen Light (1858-1933) — also known as Stillman Light — of Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Jefferson Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-born.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/11-13.html">November 13, 1858</a>. Plumber; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Danbury, 1914. Died, in Danbury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/03-11.html">March 11, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01014">Wooster Cemetery</a>, Danbury, Conn. <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 B. Light and Orpha Jane (Pinckney) Light; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/purcell.html#228.61.46">John Cecil Purcell</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornell.html#054.67.62">Ezra Cornell</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#131.55.29">Israel Washburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#081.76.93">Reuel Washburn</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornell.html#332.44.23">Alonzo Barton Cornell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#524.82.69">Frederick C. Schilplin</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/10001-0089.html">Cornell family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0560.html">Cornell-Schilplin-Washburn-Burr family</a> of New York (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/32824940">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 B. Locke (b. 1856) — of Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/03-07.html">March 7, 1856</a>. Plumber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Second Berkshire District, 1906. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert J. Magnus (born c.1889) — of Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., about 1889. Republican. Plumber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bethel, 1921-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Martin (b. 1846) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, June, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/index.html">1846</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; steamfitter; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">machinist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 9th District, 1887-90. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93512404/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/160/06.07.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="George Meany"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Meany (1894-1980) — Born in City Island, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-born.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/08-16.html">August 16, 1894</a>. Plumber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, American Federation of Labor, 1952-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, AFL-CIO, 1955-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/01-10.html">January 10, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 147 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Michael Meany; married to Eugenia McMahon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Meany">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/103/000086842">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</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> Andrew Custer Metzger (b. 1873) — also known as Andrew C. Metzger — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-18.html">October 18, 1873</a>. Republican. Partner in Walsh & Metzger plumbing and heating firm; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1925, 1941; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IL.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-league.html">Royal League</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles F. Moss — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Steamfitter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County 2nd District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Markwayne Mullin (b. 1977) — of Westville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/AD-lived.html">Adair County</a>, Okla. Born in Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-born.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/07-26.html">July 26, 1977</a>. Republican. Plumber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">rancher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 2nd District, 2013-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amerind.html">Cherokee Indian</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2018. <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=M001190">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markwayne Mullin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2018/07/2036-markwayne-mullin.html">Encyclopedia of American Loons</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> Vincent Joseph Murphy (1893-1976) — also known as Vincent J. Murphy — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J.; Spring Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/08-01.html">August 1, 1893</a>. Democrat. Plumber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">secretary-treasurer</a> of Local 24, United Association (Plumbers and Pipefitters), 1920-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">secretary-treasurer</a>, New Jersey Federation of Labor, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/newark.html">mayor of Newark, N.J.</a>, 1941-49; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Jersey</a>, 1943; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NJ.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NJ.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NJ.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NJ.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, New Jersey AFL-CIO, 1961-70. Died in Spring Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-died.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/06-08.html">June 8, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 312 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Francis Murphy and Sarah (Gaskin) Murphy.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent J. Murphy">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ambrose Orville Neal (1856-1923) — also known as Ambrose O. Neal — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/04-09.html">April 9, 1856</a>. Republican. Heating contractor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/NY.html">1900</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a> (alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-21.html">February 21, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 318 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <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/1887/">1887</a> to Rose Magdalene Kleber.</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/142892533">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 M. Nicholson (1876-1943) — of Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BD-lived.html">Boyd County</a>, Ky. Born in Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BD-born.html">Boyd County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-28.html">March 28, 1876</a>. Plumber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ashland.html">mayor of Ashland, Ky.</a>, 1925. Died in Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BD-died.html">Boyd County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/01-10.html">January 10, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 288 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BD-buried.html#cms00986">Ashland Cemetery</a>, Ashland, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mary Sadonia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W. M. Nicholson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74586922">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.legis.state.wv.us/images/members/2013/senate/nohe_david.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/844/83.50.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="David C. Nohe"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Clay Nohe (b. 1952) — also known as David C. Nohe — of Vienna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-born.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/05-10.html">May 10, 1952</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Detective</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate broker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">contractor</a>; plumber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/vienna.html">mayor of Vienna, W.Va.</a>, 1997-2012; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 3rd District, 2011-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>. Still living as of 2014. <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 W. C. Nohe and Dorothy A. Nohe; married to Pamela Daggett.</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 Legislature</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> Orville Howard Northrop (1859-1941) — also known as Orville H. Northrop — of East Hampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Ridgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/02-23.html">February 23, 1859</a>. Plumber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">tinsmith</a>; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1910; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in East Hampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/11-20.html">November 20, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 270 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01014">Wooster Cemetery</a>, Danbury, Conn. <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 Benjamin E. Northrop and Catharine (Keeler) Northrop; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/09-05.html">September 5, 1882</a>, to Clara Lepine Welby.</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/221071771">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> Patrick J. O'Connor (1931-1971) — of Bridgeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/09-07.html">September 7, 1931</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; pipefitter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1963-71 (St. Louis County 2nd District 1963-66, 30th District 1967-71); died in office 1971. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Bridgeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-died.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/06-06.html">June 6, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 272 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alexander Orr Jr. — of Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. Plumbing contractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/miami.html">mayor of Miami, Fla.</a>, 1940-41. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/467/39.02.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Burt F. Schumacher"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Burt F. Schumacher — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware merchant</a>; plumber; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MI.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Ann Arbor Daily News, October 8, 1928</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 F. Shea (1885-1967) — of Laurium, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-lived.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich. Born in Osceola Mine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-born.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/04-15.html">April 15, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Miner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad trainman</a>; plumber; steamfitter; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Houghton County 1st District, 1918; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 32nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state legislators) with accepting <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribes</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 3-5 years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; granted <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">immunity from prosecution</a> in return for his testimony in another bribery case, 1945. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/index.html">1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835-1902) — also known as Alexander R. Shepherd; "Boss Shepherd"; "The Father of Modern Washington" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C.; Batopilas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HH-lived.html">Chihuahua</a>. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/01-30.html">January 30, 1835</a>. Republican. Plumber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of the District of Columbia</a>, 1873-74. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/appendicitis.html">appendicitis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">peritonitis</a>, in Batopilas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HH-died.html">Chihuahua</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/09-12.html">September 12, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 225 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00376">Rock Creek Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">John A. Wilson Building Grounds</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/01-30.html">January 30, 1861</a>, to Mary Grice Young.</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/baczkowski-baile.html#914.07.85">André L. Bagger</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 World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Alexander R. Shepherd (built 1944 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-names.html">Savannah, Georgia</a>; scrapped 1965) 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander Robey Shepherd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2198">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/129/52.53.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="John W. Smith"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John William Smith (1883-1942) — also known as John W. Smith — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/index.html">1883</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; steamfitter; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">deputy sheriff</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1917-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MI.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 2nd District, 1921-22; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html#2">Detroit, Mich.</a>, 1922-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html">mayor of Detroit, Mich.</a>, 1924-28, 1933; defeated, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1937; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1934. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">tuberculosis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/diabetes.html">diabetes</a>, in the Detroit Tuberculosis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Sanitorium</a>, Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-17.html">June 17, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00741">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/32531164">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=103878">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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: Detroit Free Press, September 11, 1927</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 Stockinger (born c.1897) — of Long Island City, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1897. Republican. Plumbing and heating contractor; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 7th District, 1954, 1956; U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, 1958-61; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Claude Vilas Swann (1887-1959) — also known as Claude V. Swann — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. Born in Salt Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-born.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/07-30.html">July 30, 1887</a>. Democrat. Plumber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Cabell County, 1937-40, 1945-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/huntington.html">mayor of Huntington, W.Va.</a>, 1940-42. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Gallipolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/GA-died.html">Gallia County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/07-03.html">July 3, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 338 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-buried.html#cms08194">Ridgelawn Memorial Park</a>, Barboursville, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Francis Marion Swann and Bulah Ann (Perry) Swann; married to Grace May Cornell.</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/126262081">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> Wayne R. Swanson (b. 1914) — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-31.html">December 31, 1914</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/excavation.html">excavating business</a>; plumber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ryco.html">Nebraska railway commission</a>, 1957-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/trea.html">Nebraska state treasurer</a>, 1967-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Swedish</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/06-22.html">June 22, 1946</a>, to Ruth McDonald.</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 Tait (born c.1904) — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, about 1904. Socialist. Plumber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 23rd District, 1939-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel D. Tooher (b. 1854) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/05-11.html">May 11, 1854</a>. Democrat. Gasfitter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 22nd District, 1897. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Luis Ralph Ullrich Jr. — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Born in Eatonton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PU-born.html">Putnam County</a>, Ga. Plumbing contractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tavern-biz.html">nightclub owner</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/houston.html">mayor of Houston, Tex.</a>, 2003, 2005, 2009. Still living as of 2009. <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.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=22958">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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> Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) — also known as Irving C. Velson; Irving Charles Shavelson; Charles Wilson; "Nick"; "Shavey" — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/06-03.html">June 3, 1913</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">Machinist</a>; boilermaker; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">shipfitter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, Local 13, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Shipbuilders</a> Union; American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify before Congressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities, including efforts to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">infiltrate</a> the U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answer questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">self-incrimination</a>; as a result, he was "<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">barred for life</a>" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served as <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">international representative</a> for the (West Coast) International Longshoreman's and Warehousemen's Union. Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the World War II era), released in 1995, show that he was an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">agent</a> for Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick". Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/02-18.html">February 18, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 260 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay. <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/sharpenstein-shaver.html#864.37.22">Clara Lemlich Shavelson</a> and Joseph 'Joe' Shavelson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/01-26.html">January 26, 1937</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/veach-veltri.html#391.89.93">Ruth Young Velson</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/18370.html">Velson-Shavelson family</a> of Brooklyn, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving Charles Velson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/102251180">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 E. Venuti (born c.1915) — of Tuckahoe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1915. Democrat. Plumber; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 27th District, 1944. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. He and two others were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in July 1951, and charged with conspiring to violate <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/gambling.html">gambling</a> laws; the trial was delayed while he was hospitalized with a stomach ailment; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in his hospital bed and transferred to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jail</a>; the other two co-defendants were tried separately and convicted; later, the convictions were reversed, and the indictment of Mr. Venuti was dismissed. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Venuti and Pauline Venuti.</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/gibbons.html#505.75.38">Milton A. Gibbons</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> Patrick Walsh (1892-1978) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Oak Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Jarrow-on-Tyne, Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-01.html">January 1, 1892</a>. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; boilermaker; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 4th District, 1949-54; defeated in primary, 1954 (4th District), 1966 (6th District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/12-25.html">December 25, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 358 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/06-17.html">June 17, 1916</a>, to Mary Heaney.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick Walsh (Michigan senator)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Steven Wattenmaker (born c.1948) — of San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-lived.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; New York. Born about 1948. Socialist. Pipefitter; Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 20th District, 1972; Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1982. Still living as of 1982. <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.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19461">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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> Frank L. Wetzel (b. 1873) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-28.html">October 28, 1873</a>. Republican. Plumber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1921-24 (St. Louis City 2nd District 1921-22, St. Louis City 3rd District 1923-24). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/">1894</a> to Celia Johnson.</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 Anton Young III (1923-2007) — also known as Robert A. Young III — of St. Ann, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/11-27.html">November 27, 1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; pipefitter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis County 1st District, 1957-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MO.html">1964</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1963-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 2nd District, 1977-87; defeated, 1986. <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/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver.html">liver failure</a>, in St. Ann, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-died.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/10-17.html">October 17, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 324 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-buried.html# ">Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Jennings, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/11-27.html">November 27, 1947</a>, to Irene Slawson.</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 Robert A. Young <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a> (built 1931 as St. Louis Mart & Terminal Warehouse; acquired by U.S. Army 1941; converted to civilian federal agency offices 1961; given current name 1988), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-names.html">St. Louis, Missouri</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=Y000051">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411983">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert A. 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