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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Optimist Club, 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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Abernethy — of Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/12-04.html">December 4, 1900</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Investment banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pasadena.html">mayor of Pasadena, Calif.</a>, 1952-53. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Optimist Club. Died in November, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/index.html">1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-buried.html#cms03497">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Burlington, Vt. <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 Milo E. Abernethy and Ella (Wing) Abernethy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/04-18.html">April 18, 1925</a>, to Charlotte Hanna.</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/110322762">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 Grant Alexander (1893-1971) — also known as John G. Alexander — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-born.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/07-16.html">July 16, 1893</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1936; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 3rd District, 1939-41; defeated, 1940; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1942. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>. Died in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/12-08.html">December 8, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 145 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <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=A000097">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400755">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John G. Alexander">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7275595">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> Don A. Allen Sr. — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Iowa. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1938-46, 1956-66; candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-ahepa.html">Order of Ahepa</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-comm-travelers.html">United Commercial Travelers</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James V. Allred (1899-1959) — of Wichita Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WC-lived.html">Wichita County</a>, Tex.; Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Born in Bowie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MG-born.html">Montague County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-29.html">March 29, 1899</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/attygn.html">Texas state attorney general</a>, 1931-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Texas</a>, 1935-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas</a>, 1939-42, 1949-59; died in office 1959; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1942. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Corpus Christi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/NU-died.html">Nueces County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/09-24.html">September 24, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 179 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WC-buried.html#cms01764">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Wichita Falls, Tex. <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 Renne Allred and Mary (Hinson) Allred; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-20.html">June 20, 1927</a>, to Jo Betsy Miller.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=32&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-v-allred/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Allred">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8649003">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> Robert T. Anderson (b. 1945) — of near Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JA-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Iowa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/03-08.html">March 8, 1945</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Iowa</a>, 1983-87. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Optimist Club. Still living as of 1987. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/photos/large/A/Armbrister_Ken_78.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/400/19.70.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Ken Armbrister"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Kenneth L. Armbrister (b. 1946) — also known as Ken Armbrister; "Too Much Testosterone"; "T.M.T." — of Victoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/VI-lived.html">Victoria County</a>, Tex. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/06-19.html">June 19, 1946</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Police officer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 32nd District, 1983-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 18th District, 1987-2006. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Optimist Club. Still living as of 2006. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken Armbrister">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href=" http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=22">Texas Legislators Past & Present</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: Texas Legislative Reference Library</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Howard William Babcock (1917-1986) — also known as Howard W. Babcock — of Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Nev. Born in Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MO-born.html">Mower County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/04-07.html">April 7, 1917</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Nevada</a>, 1958-61. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu-phi.html">Sigma Nu Phi</a>; Optimist Club. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/08-26.html">August 26, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-buried.html#cms06540">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Las Vegas, Nev. <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 Clarence S. Babcock and Irene Mildred (Orrin) Babcock; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/11-12.html">November 12, 1946</a>, to Leontyna Najgrodzka.</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/13029152">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> Leland Milton Backstrand (1899-1964) — also known as Leland M. Backstrand — of Riverside, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-lived.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1953-60; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CA.html">1960</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1961-64. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/native-sons-golden-west.html">Native Sons of the Golden West</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/index.html">1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-buried.html#cms03349">Evergreen Memorial Park</a>, Riverside, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/07-14.html">July 14, 1923</a>, to Dorothy Iversen.</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/7445130">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> Horace Thomas Barnaby Jr. (1870-1952) — also known as Horace T. Barnaby — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in North Star Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-born.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-24.html">October 24, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 2nd District, 1901-04; candidate for probate judge in Michigan, 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> 17th District, 1907-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 17th District, 1909-12; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1938, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; Optimist Club. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/05-20.html">May 20, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 209 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-buried.html#cms00680">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Grand Rapids, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barna-barnert.html#148.44.71">Horace Thomas Barnaby</a> and Sophia Jane (Abbey) Barnaby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/04-05.html">April 5, 1893</a>, to Mary E. Ryno; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/03-27.html">March 27, 1927</a>, to Maude C. Jones.</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 P. Barrett (1915-2000) — also known as Jack Barrett — 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/1915/11-17.html">November 17, 1915</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; in 1947, he led a group of parents who opposed admission of Black students to white Catholic schools; by 1954, he disavowed this view; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 6th District, 1954-65; resigned 1965. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/03-27.html">March 27, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 131 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/1934/08-29.html">August 29, 1934</a>, to Dolores Mabel Miller.</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> George N. Beamer (1904-1974) — of South Bend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SJ-lived.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Ind. Born in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CY-born.html">Clay County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-09.html">October 9, 1904</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SJ-officials.html">St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1937-38; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/attygn.html">Indiana state attorney general</a>, 1941-42; defeated, 1942; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana</a>, 1962-74; died in office 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/brethren.html">Brethren</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/10-21.html">October 21, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 12 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 Jasper F. Beamer and Frances M. (Roush) Beamer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/05-14.html">May 14, 1932</a>, to Charlotte L. Hoover.</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 Jasper Bell (1885-1978) — also known as C. Jasper Bell — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo.; Blue Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/HI-born.html">Hinsdale County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/01-16.html">January 16, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; circuit judge in Missouri 16th Circuit, 1931-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 4th District, 1935-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/01-21.html">January 21, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-buried.html#cms02245">Blue Springs Cemetery</a>, Blue Springs, 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: Son of Thaddeus P. Bell and America Virginia (Palmer) Bell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-15.html">June 15, 1915</a>, to Grace G. Smith.</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=B000332">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401324">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Frederick Bennett (1927-2000) — also known as Robert F. Bennett; Bob Bennett — of Prairie Village, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan.; Overland Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/05-23.html">May 23, 1927</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/prairievillage.html">mayor of Prairie Village, Kan.</a>, 1957-65; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/stsen.html">Kansas state senate</a>, 1965-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kansas</a>, 1975-79; defeated, 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung-cancer.html">lung cancer</a>, at St. Joseph's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Health Center</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/10-09.html">October 9, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 139 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-buried.html#cms07880">Corinth Cemetery</a>, Prairie Village, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-f-bennett/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/247/000119887">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14275225">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/014/00.99.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Alvin M. Bentley"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) — also known as Alvin M. Bentley — of Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-lived.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich. Born in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/08-30.html">August 30, 1918</a>. Republican. Foreign Service officer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 8th District, 1953-61; defeated, 1962; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">wounded in an attack</a> by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the House of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1960; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from 15th Senatorial District, 1961-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1964; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died in office 1969. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-delta-chi.html">Theta Delta Chi</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-died.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/04-10.html">April 10, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 223 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-buried.html#cms02260">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Owosso, 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">Relatives: Son of Alvin Morell Bentley and Helen (Patterson) Bentley; married to Arvella Ann Duescher; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bent-bentnall.html#673.20.98">Alvin M. Bentley Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#897.14.21">Robert L. Richardson, Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000391">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401382">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7437850">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58</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> Emil E. Beyer Jr. (b. 1929) — of Gretna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SA-lived.html">Sarpy County</a>, Neb. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/05-20.html">May 20, 1929</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/uleg.html">Nebraska unicameral legislature</a> 3rd District, 1981. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Optimist Club. Still living as of 1993. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/498/75.81.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="Eugene F. Black"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eugene F. Black (1903-1990) — of Port Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich. Born in Marine City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-27.html">January 27, 1903</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1947-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 31st Circuit, 1954-55; appointed 1954; resigned 1955; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1956-72. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Port Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/08-04.html">August 4, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 189 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href=" http://micourthistory.org/justices/eugene-black">Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society</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: Michigan Manual 1957-58</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> Benjamin Bentley Blackburn (b. 1927) — also known as Benjamin B. Blackburn; Ben B. Blackburn — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/02-14.html">February 14, 1927</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 4th District, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/GA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Optimist Club. Still living as of 1998. <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=B000506">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401485">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> Walter Blevins Jr. (b. 1950) — also known as "Doc" — of Morehead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/RO-lived.html">Rowan County</a>, Ky. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/03-29.html">March 29, 1950</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 71st District, 1982-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 27th District, 1992-; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 5th District, 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Optimist Club. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/987/34.65.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Andrew Bolt"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew Bolt (1906-1971) — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/10-08.html">October 8, 1906</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 1st District, 1939-64; defeated in primary, 1964, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reformed.html">Christian Reformed</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Died in Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-died.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/01-26.html">January 26, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 110 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 Ralph D. Bolt and Anna (Klunder) Bolt.</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: Michigan Manual 1957-58</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 A. Boos Jr. (1922-2002) — of Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich.; Suttons Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LL-lived.html">Leelanau 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/1922/09-27.html">September 27, 1922</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1961-66 (Saginaw County 1st District 1961-64, 85th District 1965-66); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MI.html">1964</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 10th Circuit, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; Optimist Club. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/08-22.html">August 22, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 329 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> Don Booth (b. 1932) — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. Born in Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-born.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/09-04.html">September 4, 1932</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Cabell County, 1959-60; defeated, 1968. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Optimist Club. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles E. Bowles (1884-1957) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Yale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-24.html">March 24, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1926-29; resigned 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html">mayor of Detroit, Mich.</a>, 1930; defeated, 1924, 1924, 1925, 1930; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 15th District, 1932, 1934; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1950, 1952. Member, Optimist Club. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Recalled from office</a> as Mayor in 1930 over charges that he had sold out to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/organized-crime.html">gangsters</a> and the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">Ku Klux Klan</a>. Died in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/07-30.html">July 30, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 128 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms05156">Evergreen 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">Relatives: Son of Alfred Bowles and Mary (Lutz) Bowles; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-01.html">June 1, 1915</a>, to Ruth Davis.</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/7007479">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=108661">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> Bert C. Brennan (1914-1985) — of Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-born.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-27.html">December 27, 1914</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1969-74 (86th District 1969-72, 100th District 1973-74); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 35th District, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/11-16.html">November 16, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 324 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John William Bricker (1893-1986) — also known as John W. Bricker — of Upper Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio. Born near Mt. Sterling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MD-born.html">Madison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/09-06.html">September 6, 1893</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/attygn.html">Ohio state attorney general</a>, 1933-37; defeated in primary, 1928; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1939-45; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/OH.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/OH.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/OH.html">1952</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/OH.html">1960</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/OH.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/OH.html">1972</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1944; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1947-59; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-chi.html">Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/03-22.html">March 22, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 197 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-buried.html#cms00624">Green Lawn Cemetery</a>, Columbus, Ohio. <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 Lemuel Spencer Bricker and Laura (King) Bricker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/09-04.html">September 4, 1920</a>, to Harriet Day.</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/barton.html#837.47.37">Robert L. Barton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000820">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401777">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-william-bricker/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John W. Bricker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/459/000167955">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/441/31.91.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="William S. Broomfield"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William S. Broomfield (1922-2019) — also known as Bill Broomfield — of Royal Oak, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich.; Bloomfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich.; Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Royal Oak, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-born.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/04-28.html">April 28, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance underwriter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Oakland County 4th District, 1949-54; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 12th District, 1955-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a>, 1957-93 (18th District 1957-73, 19th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-93). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Kensington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2019/02-20.html">February 20, 2019</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 298 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-buried.html#cms06805">White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Troy, 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">Relatives: Son of Dr. S. C. Broomfield and Fern Broomfield.</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=B000890">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401847">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/954/000129567">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/197108849">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58</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> Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919-2006) — also known as Joel T. Broyhill — of Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-lived.html">Arlington County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/hw-born.html">Hopewell</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/11-04.html">November 4, 1919</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; taken prisoner by the German forces in the Battle of the Bulge; escaped after six months; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 10th District, 1953-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/VA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/VA.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reserve-officers-assoc.html">Reserve Officers Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/09-24.html">September 24, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 324 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Marvin Talmadge Broyhill and Nellie Magdalene (Brewer) Broyhill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/05-17.html">May 17, 1942</a>, to Jane Marshall Bragg.</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=B000967">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401919">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15897735">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> Goodloe Edgar Byron (1929-1978) — also known as Goodloe E. Byron — of Frederick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-lived.html">Frederick County</a>, Md. Born in Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-22.html">June 22, 1929</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-officials.html">Frederick County Attorney</a>, 1959-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1963-66; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> District 2, 1967-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 6th District, 1971-78; defeated, 1968; died in office 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ruritan.html">Ruritan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Died near Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/10-11.html">October 11, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-buried.html#cms02926">Antietam National Cemetery</a>, Sharpsburg, Md. <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/byrns-byrum.html#324.54.34">William Devereux Byron</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrns-byrum.html#569.59.67">Katharine Edgar Byron</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/12-20.html">December 20, 1952</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrns-byrum.html#245.29.86">Beverly Barton Butcher</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclurg-mcconkey.html#765.64.05">Louis Emory McComas</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001221">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402160">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> Clair Armstrong Callan (1920-2005) — also known as Clair A. Callan — of Odell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/GA-lived.html">Gage County</a>, Neb. Born in Odell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/GA-born.html">Gage County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/03-20.html">March 20, 1920</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 1st District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Fairbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/05-28.html">May 28, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 69 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000054">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402213">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William S. Calli (b. 1923) — of Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y.; New Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Born in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/12-27.html">December 27, 1923</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County 2nd District, 1951-64. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Optimist Club. 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 to Ann Dunn.</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> Julian Morton Carroll (b. 1931) — also known as Julian M. Carroll — of West Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-born.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/04-16.html">April 16, 1931</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1962-71 (4th District 1962-63, 3rd District 1964-71); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives</a>, 1968-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1971-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/KY.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1974-79; defeated in primary, 1987. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Optimist Club. 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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/julian-morton-carroll/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/522/000120162">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Irma Clark (b. 1937) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/04-14.html">April 14, 1937</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 11th District, 1999-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; Optimist Club. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Emmett Coffin (1849-1934) — also known as Charles E. Coffin — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/07-14.html">July 14, 1849</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Paraguay</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-consuls.html">Indianapolis, Ind.</a>, 1900-03. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <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>. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/10-15.html">October 15, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 93 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <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 Zachariah T. Coffin and Caroline (Armfield) Coffin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/">1875</a> to Elizabeth H. Holloway; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/09-20.html">September 20, 1897</a>, to Mary (Birch) Fletcher.</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 Charles E. Coffin <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Municipal Golf Course</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-names.html">Indianapolis, Indiana</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://findagrave.com/memorial/45871508">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> Maurice F. Cole (1893-1977) — of Ferndale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-born.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/07-05.html">July 5, 1893</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <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/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Royal Oak, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-died.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/05-05.html">May 5, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 304 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 F. Cole and Ida (Smith) Cole; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/08-09.html">August 9, 1921</a>, to Sara Nancy Megchelsen.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://lincoln.ne.gov/city/mayor/pstmayor/pmayor4.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/738/31.84.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Oren S. Copeland"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Oren Sturman Copeland (1887-1958) — also known as Oren S. Copeland — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born near Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BE-born.html">Beadle County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/03-16.html">March 16, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Coal and oil dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/lincoln.html">mayor of Lincoln, Neb.</a>, 1937-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 1st District, 1941-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NE.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</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/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/04-10.html">April 10, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-buried.html#cms00350">Wyuka Cemetery</a>, Lincoln, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel R. Copeland and Josephine D. (French) Copeland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-16.html">March 16, 1916</a>, to Iva C. 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000768">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402887">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oren S. Copeland">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Lincoln</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peter John Daley II (b. 1950) — also known as Peter J. Daley II; Pete Daley — of Coal Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Pa.; California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Pa. Born in Brownsville General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-hospital.html">Hospital</a>, Brownsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/08-08.html">August 8, 1950</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/PA.html">1972</a>; mayor of the Borough of California, Pa., 1973-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">youngest</a> mayor in Pennsylvania at age 22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> 49th District, 1983-2003. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">United Church of Christ</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, Optimist Club. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Martin P. Degenhardt (b. 1918) — of Perryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PR-lived.html">Perry County</a>, Mo. Born in Wittenberg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PR-born.html">Perry County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/01-22.html">January 22, 1918</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">furniture business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">tree farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Perry County, 1952-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Optimist Club. 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/1946/11-23.html">November 23, 1946</a>, to Eleanor Nolle.</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 Donnelly (b. 1927) — of Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y. Born in Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/index.html">1927</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/glensfalls.html">mayor of Glens Falls, N.Y.</a>, 1966-69. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Still living as of 1969. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dan Dean Doty (1906-1972) — also known as Dan D. Doty — of Sedalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-lived.html">Pettis County</a>, Mo. Born in Sedalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-born.html">Pettis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/04-30.html">April 30, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Bricklayer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/trucking.html">transfer and storage business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Pettis County, 1949-52. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Optimist Club. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/05-13.html">May 13, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-buried.html#cms02752">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Sedalia, 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/1925/11-19.html">November 19, 1925</a>, to Alyce Lodean Eakins.</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/109918397">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> Eldon Steven Dummit (b. 1896) — also known as Eldon S. Dummit — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in Monett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BA-born.html">Barry County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/08-06.html">August 6, 1896</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; director, Central Exchange <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/attygn.html">Kentucky state attorney general</a>, 1944; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/KY.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Optimist Club. 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 Flemon R. Dummit and Ludema (Marbut) Dummit; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/08-04.html">August 4, 1926</a>, to Christine Shouse.</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> Mat J. Dunaskiss (b. 1951) — of Lake Orion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-born.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/09-21.html">September 21, 1951</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 61st District, 1981-90; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a>, 1991-2001 (8th District 1991-94, 16th District 1995-2001); delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/MI.html">1992</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Still living as of 2001. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#495.85.92">Diane L. Dunaskiss</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> Donald N. Dworak (b. 1934) — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/PL-lived.html">Platte County</a>, Neb. Born in David City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BL-born.html">Butler County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/12-03.html">December 3, 1934</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/uleg.html">Nebraska unicameral legislature</a>, 1975; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/NE.html">1976</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Fred Ellsworth (1926-2011) — also known as Robert F. Ellsworth — of Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan. Born in Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-11.html">June 11, 1926</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a>, 1961-67 (2nd District 1961-63, 3rd District 1963-67). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; Optimist Club. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/05-09.html">May 9, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 332 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000148">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403839">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/219/000059042">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> W. Scott Ensign (1909-1983) — of Battle Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Born in Battle Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-born.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/01-28.html">January 28, 1909</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">President</a>, Battle Creek Federation of Labor, 1956-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">vice-president</a>, AFL-CIO Calhoun County Council, 1962-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printing business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 48th District, 1965-66; defeated, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-phi.html">Delta Sigma Phi</a>; Optimist Club; <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/labor-unions.html">International Typographical Union</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/index.html">1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 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> John James Exon (1921-2005) — also known as J. James Exon; Jim Exon — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Geddes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CM-born.html">Charles Mix County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/08-09.html">August 9, 1921</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NE.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NE.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/NE.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/NE.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/NE.html">1992</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NE.html">1996</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NE.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NE.html">2004</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NE.html">Nebraska Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1964-68; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NE.html">Democratic National Committee from Nebraska</a>, 1968-70, 1981-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1971-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nebraska</a>, 1979-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/06-10.html">June 10, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 305 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-buried.html#cms00350">Wyuka Cemetery</a>, Lincoln, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Exon and Luella Exon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/09-18.html">September 18, 1943</a>, to Patricia A. Pros.</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/otjen-overstolz.html#614.20.65">Norman A. Otto</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000284">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403962">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-james-exon/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J. James Exon">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/873/000022807">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264066">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11141355">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about J. James Exon: Duane Hutchinson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0934988013/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0934988013&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Exon : Biography of a Governor</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul Farthing (b. 1887) — of East St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill.; Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Odin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-12.html">April 12, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-officials.html">St. Clair County Judge</a>, 1930-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1933-42; defeated, 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1937-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IL.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">Blind</a> since age 12, when his eyes were shot out by another boy. 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 Dudley Farthing and Sarah (Boyd) Farthing; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-18.html">June 18, 1914</a>, to Harriet Helen Garrigues.</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> Clyde V. Fenner (1893-1965) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Leslie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-born.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/06-20.html">June 20, 1893</a>. Candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 17th District, 1932; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 18th District, 1939-40; defeated in Republican primary, 1940, 1942, 1944. Member, Optimist Club. Active promoter of Michigan agricultural products, particularly beet sugar. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/07-05.html">July 5, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 15 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00759">Grand Lawn 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/13099243">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> Robert A. Ficano (b. 1952) — also known as Bob Ficano — of Livonia, <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/1952/07-19.html">July 19, 1952</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 36th District, 1980; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-officials.html">Wayne County Sheriff</a>, 1983-2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MI.html">1996</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MI.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MI.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MI.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-officials.html">Wayne County Executive</a>, 2003-; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Democratic National Committee from Michigan</a>, 2008. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; Optimist Club. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Forbes (b. 1916) — also known as Joe Forbes; Joseph Goldfarb — of Oak Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland 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/1916/10-08.html">October 8, 1916</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/oakpark.html">mayor of Oak Park, Mich.</a>, 1967; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 67th District, 1971-84. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish-war-vets.html">Jewish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sam Fratto (b. 1914) — of Laramie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, Wyo. Born in Price, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/CR-born.html">Carbon County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/07-24.html">July 24, 1914</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">department store</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/sthse.html">Wyoming state house of representatives</a>, 1949-51. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sertoma.html">Sertoma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Fratto and Victoria (Romano) Fratto; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/">1941</a> to Margaret Cowper.</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> Harold Vernon Froehlich (b. 1932) — also known as Harold Froehlich — of Appleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OU-lived.html">Outagamie County</a>, Wis. Born in Appleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OU-born.html">Outagamie County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/05-12.html">May 12, 1932</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1963-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly</a>, 1967-71; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WI.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 8th District, 1973-75; defeated, 1974, 1976; circuit judge in Wisconsin, 1981. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; Optimist Club. 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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#015.49.23">David T. Prosser, Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000388">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404333">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/322/000167818">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul Victor Gadola (1887-1968) — also known as Paul V. Gadola — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Corunna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-born.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/02-22.html">February 22, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 7th Circuit, 1929-59; appointed 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from 13th Senatorial District, 1961-62. <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/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/civitan.html">Civitan</a>; Optimist Club. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/index.html">1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 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: Son of Thomas Gadola and Ellen (Cotter) Gadola; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/06-19.html">June 19, 1928</a>, to Ann Elizabeth Murphy; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#269.30.58">Paul Victor Gadola Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#781.60.11">Thomas Laurence Gadola</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/14401.html">Gadola family</a> of Flint, Michigan.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/386/68.75.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="George Gilmour"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Gilmour (1872-1948) — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo.; St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-lived.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/index.html">1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex., 1908-21; First Unitarian Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United Liberal Church (Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla., 1932-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, Optimist Club. He and his wife were killed when their <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car</a> was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">hit by a train</a>, the southbound Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-died.html">Polk County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/03-12.html">March 12, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-buried.html#cms04462">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Fort Worth, Tex. <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/1910/09-01.html">September 1, 1910</a>, to Nona Leach.</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/30082390">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: First Unitarian Society of Denver</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> Gary Glenn — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho; Larkin Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Mich.; Williams Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/ID.html">1988</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 2012; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 98th District, 2015-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>; Optimist Club. 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary Glenn">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2011/02/151-gary-glenn.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> Mark Andrew Green (b. 1960) — also known as Mark Green — of Green Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, Wis. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/06-01.html">June 1, 1960</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1992-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 8th District, 1999-; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TZ-diplomats.html ">Tanzania</a>, 2007-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; Optimist Club. 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000545">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400159">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/green-mark-andrew ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/740/000038626">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Raymond Eugene Green (b. 1947) — also known as Gene Green — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Born in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-born.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/10-17.html">October 17, 1947</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">business executive</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1973-85; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a>, 1985-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 29th District, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TX.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TX.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/TX.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000410">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400160">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/735/000038621">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Fielding Harless (1905-1970) — also known as Richard F. Harless — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born in Kelsey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/UP-born.html">Upshur County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/08-06.html">August 6, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-officials.html">Maricopa County Attorney</a>, 1939-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arizona</a> at-large, 1943-49; defeated, 1954, 1958, 1960; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arizona</a>, 1948, 1950; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/phoenix.html">mayor of Phoenix, Ariz.</a>, 1963. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-kappa.html">Phi Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/11-24.html">November 24, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-buried.html#cms03550">Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery</a>, Phoenix, Ariz. <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 Crousin Harless and Mary Matilda (Pennington) Harless; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-08.html">June 8, 1934</a>, to Margaret Leone Harris; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/">1948</a> to Meredith Howard.</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=H000212">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405091">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7367565">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=35220">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> Lewis Hoerr (b. 1907) — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LV-lived.html">Livingston County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-17.html">October 17, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">farm implement business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Livingston County, 1951-52. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Optimist Club. 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/1933/05-11.html">May 11, 1933</a>, to Myra Pleines.</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> Hubert Horatio Humphrey III (b. 1942) — also known as Skip Humphrey — of New Hope, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-26.html">June 26, 1942</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 44th District, 1973-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/attygn.html">Minnesota state attorney general</a>, 1983-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/MN.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MN.html">1996</a> (delegation chair); Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1988; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1998. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-sigma-phi.html">Alpha Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-retired-persons.html">American Association of Retired Persons</a>. Still living as of 2003. <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/humphrey.html#503.62.34">Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown6.html#292.46.59">Muriel Buck Humphrey</a>; married to Nancy Lee Jeffrey; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphrey.html#565.70.09">Hubert Horatio Humphrey IV</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphrey.html#961.59.26">Hubert Horatio Humphrey</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/11290.html">Humphrey family</a> of Minneapolis, Minnesota.</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/Skip Humphrey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10270">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Herbert Jackson (b. 1943) — of Osceola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SR-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mo. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/03-28.html">March 28, 1943</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SR-officials.html">St. Clair County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1969; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/MO.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; Optimist Club. Still living as of 1973. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dan G. Jackson and Virginia M. (Hull) Jackson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/">1964</a> to Judith Erin 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 M. L. Johnson (1921-2009) — of Cedar Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LI-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Iowa. Born in Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-born.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/01-06.html">January 6, 1921</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio and television newsman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cedarrapids.html">mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa</a>, 1962-67; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 2nd District, 1966; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1979-82; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/stsen.html">Iowa state senate</a> 25th District, 1982. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-phi-epsilon.html">Delta Phi Epsilon</a>. Died in Cedar Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LI-died.html">Linn County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/04-13.html">April 13, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 97 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LI-buried.html#cms04123">Cedar Memorial Cemetery</a>, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Max L. Johnson and Nell (Lanphear) Johnson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/07-20.html">July 20, 1941</a>, to Edna Mae Haldy.</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> Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (1896-1965) — also known as Olin D. Johnston — of Anderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AN-lived.html">Anderson County</a>, S.C.; Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Born near Honea Path, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AN-born.html">Anderson County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/11-18.html">November 18, 1896</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1923-24, 1927-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1935-39, 1943-45; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/SC.html">Democratic National Committee from South Carolina</a>, 1935-40, 1944-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/SC.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/SC.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/SC.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/SC.html">1948</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/SC.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/SC.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/SC.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1945-65; died in office 1965. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/04-18.html">April 18, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AN-buried.html#cms02036">Barkers Creek Baptist Church Cemetery</a>, Honea Path, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Andrews Johnston and Lelia (Webb) Johnston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/12-27.html">December 27, 1924</a>, to Gladys E. Atkinson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patterson.html#442.64.87">Elizabeth Johnston Patterson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000195">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406090">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/olin-de-witt-talmadge-johnston/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olin D. Johnston">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/267/000206646">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dennis L. Jones (b. 1941) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-lived.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla. Born in Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/04-05.html">April 5, 1941</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chiropractor.html">Chiropractor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1979-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jesters.html">Jesters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-retired-persons.html">American Association of Retired Persons</a>. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Kannenberg (1919-2008) — of Wausau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-lived.html">Marathon County</a>, Wis. Born in Texas town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-born.html">Marathon County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/12-19.html">December 19, 1919</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/wausau.html">Mayor of Wausau, Wis.</a>, 1964-88. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-comm-travelers.html">United Commercial Travelers</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/03-17.html">March 17, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 89 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-buried.html#cms02914">Restlawn Memorial Park</a>, Wausau, Wis. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ernest Kannenberg and Rose (Fischer) Kannenberg; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaneaster-karns.html#457.22.56">Roland Ellsworth Harry Kannenberg</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/09-23.html">September 23, 1939</a>, to Ella Rose Parent; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tabbert-taffe.html#554.24.69">Natalie Kannenberg Tackett</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/14399.html">Kannenberg family</a> of Wausau, Wisconsin.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John H. Kelly (b. 1922) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/02-05.html">February 5, 1922</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/trea.html">West Virginia state treasurer</a>, 1961-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</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: Son of Lewis H. Kelly and Rebecca (Morrow) Kelly; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/02-25.html">February 25, 1949</a>, to Theodocia R. Hardin.</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> Dale Edward Kildee (b. 1929) — also known as Dale E. Kildee — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/09-16.html">September 16, 1929</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 81st District, 1965-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/MI.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/MI.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MI.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MI.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MI.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MI.html">2008</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 29th District, 1975-77; resigned 1977; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a>, 1977-2013 (7th District 1977-93, 9th District 1993-2003, 5th District 2003-13). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Federation of Teachers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-kappa.html">Phi Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/">1965</a> to Gayle Heyn; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kilburn-kiley.html#731.32.42">Daniel T. Kildee</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000172">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400216">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/469/000039352">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clyde K. King (1925-2007) — of Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-02.html">June 2, 1925</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ypsilanti.html">mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich.</a>, 1989-93; defeated, 1987. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, while suffering from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Alzheimer's disease</a>, in Huron Woods <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Residential Home</a> in the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital complex, Superior Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/01-04.html">January 4, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 216 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms00152">Highland Cemetery</a>, Ypsilanti, 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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/">1946</a> to Marilyn Wilks.</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> Marvin Lewis Kline (1903-1974) — also known as Marvin L. Kline — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn.; Excelsior, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/AN-born.html">Antelope County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/08-09.html">August 9, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">Architectural</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MN.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html">mayor of Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1941-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 1964 of grand larceny for illegally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">boosting his salary</a> as director of a rehabilitation institute, and for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">diverting</a> fundraising proceeds; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 10 years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; released after three years. <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/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Ventura, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/VE-died.html">Ventura County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/04-09.html">April 9, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 243 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/WA-buried.html# ">Cuming City Cemetery</a>, Blair, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frank R. Kline and Anna (Gunthorpe) Kline; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-23.html">November 23, 1929</a>, to Lucille Knight.</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/Marvin L. Kline">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/66844981">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> Harry Arista Mackey (1869-1938) — also known as Harry A. Mackey — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Susquehanna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SU-born.html">Susquehanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/06-26.html">June 26, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1928-32; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pat-ord-sons-am.html">Patriotic Order Sons of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>; Optimist Club. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/index.html">1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-buried.html#cms00360">West Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George W. Mackey and Isadora (MacCollum) Mackey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/02-01.html">February 1, 1900</a>, to Ida Boner.</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/44688799">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> Bill McConico (b. 1973) — 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/1973/05-27.html">May 27, 1973</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 6th District; elected 2000. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Federation of Teachers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-psi.html">Kappa Alpha Psi</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Louis D. McGregor (1901-1993) — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Linden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/01-09.html">January 9, 1901</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 13th District, 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 7th Circuit, 1960-64; resigned 1964; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1962; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 2nd District, 1965-76; retired 1976. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu-phi.html">Sigma Nu Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/audubon-soc.html">Audubon Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Optimist Club. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/index.html">1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">about 92 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> Louis J. Menges (b. 1888) — of East St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in East St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/10-30.html">October 30, 1888</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; owner and builder of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/movie-theaters.html">movie theaters</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 49th District, 1935-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; Optimist Club. 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 C. Morris (1925-1960) — of Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Mich. Born in Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-born.html">Midland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-30.html">October 30, 1925</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Midland County, 1957-60; died in office 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; Optimist Club. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/index.html">1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">about 34 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> James E. Murphy (d. 1985) — also known as Murph Murphy — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, Ky. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate agent</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/KY.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-officials.html">Campbell County Sheriff</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1970. <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/elks.html">Elks</a>; Optimist Club. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in St. Luke <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Fort Thomas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-died.html">Campbell County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/09-29.html">September 29, 1985</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-buried.html#cms05662">St. Stephen's Cemetery</a>, Fort Thomas, Ky. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Raymond M. Murphy (b. 1927) — also known as Ray Murphy — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-13.html">December 13, 1927</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Wayne County 11th District, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MI.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MI.html">1996</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1983-98 (17th District 1983-92, 7th District 1993-98); defeated in primary, 1954; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 3rd District, 1999-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">United Auto Workers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">AFSCME</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Still living as of 1999. <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 Murphy and Etta (Thompkins) Murphy; married to Loretta Blackwell.</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 E. Nichols (b. 1908) — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill.; Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/04-19.html">April 19, 1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/belleville.html">mayor of Belleville, Ill.</a>, 1961-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-delta.html">Phi Kappa Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; Optimist Club. 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 Stephen Edmund Nichols and Bess (Jones) Nichols; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-19.html">January 19, 1940</a>, to Rosalie Sanders.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Ross Obey (b. 1938) — also known as David R. Obey — of Wausau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-lived.html">Marathon County</a>, Wis. Born in Okmulgee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OM-born.html">Okmulgee County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/10-03.html">October 3, 1938</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1963-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 7th District, 1969-2011; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/WI.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/WI.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/WI.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/WI.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/WI.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000007">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400300">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/083/000039963">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Joseph Randall (1909-2000) — also known as William J. Randall; Bill Randall — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/07-16.html">July 16, 1909</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; county judge in Missouri, 1946-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MO.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 4th District, 1959-77. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died, at Independence Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Health Center</a>, Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/07-07.html">July 7, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-buried.html#cms00905">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Independence, 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: Son of William R. Randall and Lillie (Bridges) Randall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/06-17.html">June 17, 1939</a>, to Margaret F. Layden.</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=R000041">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409022">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> Edward Ross Roybal (1916-2005) — also known as Edward R. Roybal — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Albuquerque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/BE-born.html">Bernalillo County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/02-10.html">February 10, 1916</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of California</a>, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/CA.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/CA.html">1988</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1963-93 (30th District 1963-75, 25th District 1975-93). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Hispanic</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; Optimist Club. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">respiratory failure</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Huntington <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/10-24.html">October 24, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 256 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/royal-rubin.html#652.62.85">Lucille Roybal-Allard</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 Edward R. Roybal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Infectious Disease Lab</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-names.html">Atlanta, Georgia</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=R000485">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409446">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward R. Roybal">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/481/000107160">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Victor Hugo Schiro (b. 1904) — also known as Victor H. Schiro — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/05-28.html">May 28, 1904</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/neworleans.html">mayor of New Orleans, La.</a>, 1961, 1961-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/LA.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-epsilon.html">Tau Kappa Epsilon</a>; Optimist Club. 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Victor Hugo</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Andrew E. Schiro and Mary (Pizatti) Schiro; married to Margaret-Mary Gibbes.</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> Leonard Max Schwabe (1905-1983) — also known as Max Schwabe — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-lived.html">Boone County</a>, Mo. Born near Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/12-06.html">December 6, 1905</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 2nd District, 1943-49; defeated, 1948 (2nd District), 1950 (2nd District), 1952 (11th District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MO.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, Optimist Club. Died in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-died.html">Boone County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/07-31.html">July 31, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-buried.html#cms00516">Columbia Cemetery</a>, Columbia, 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: Son of Dr. George Washington Schwabe and Lulu Margaret (Stotts) Schwabe; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#169.46.47">George Blaine Schwabe</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/07-12.html">July 12, 1930</a>, to Georgia May Ashlock; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#189.41.85">James Robert Clay Schwabe</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/10999.html">Schwabe family</a> of Columbia, Missouri.</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=S000156">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409663">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/55283673">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> Franklin J. Shepherd (born c.1919) — of Ypsilanti Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born about 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 2nd District, 1956; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ypsilanti-twp.html">supervisor of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan</a>, 1957-59; defeated in primary, 1959. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/toastmasters.html">Toastmasters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Ray Sloan (1883-1964) — also known as Edward R. Sloan — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SI-lived.html">Sheridan County</a>, Kan.; Holton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Kan.; Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SE-born.html">Seward County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/03-12.html">March 12, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SI-officials.html">Sheridan County Attorney</a>, 1905-10; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sthse.html">Kansas state house of representatives</a>, 1923-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/spju.html">justice of Kansas state supreme court</a>, 1931-33; appointed 1931. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-died.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/01-29.html">January 29, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 323 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. Sloan and Hannah J. (McCullough) Sloan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/01-24.html">January 24, 1906</a>, to Julia Luella Wright.</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> Ralph Tyler Smith (1915-1972) — also known as Ralph T. Smith — of Alton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ill. Born in Granite City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/10-06.html">October 6, 1915</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1955-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Illinois State House of Representatives</a>, 1967-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/IL.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1969-70; defeated, 1970. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Alton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-died.html">Madison County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/08-13.html">August 13, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 312 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-buried.html#cms04607">Sunset Hill Cemetery</a>, Edwardsville, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000602">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410080">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph Tyler Smith">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> Marion Eugene Snyder (1928-2007) — also known as Gene Snyder — of Brownsboro Farms, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/01-26.html">January 26, 1928</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a>, 1963-65, 1967-87 (3rd District 1963-65, 4th District 1967-87); defeated, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, Optimist Club. Died in Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CO-died.html">Collier County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/02-16.html">February 16, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 21 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/OL-buried.html#cms07685">Duncan Memorial</a>, Oldham County, 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: Son of Marion Hustavus Snyder and Lois E. Snyder; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/">1961</a> to Mary Louise Hodges.</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 Gene Snyder <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">U.S. Courthouse</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Custom House</a> (opened 1932, renamed 1986), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-names.html">Louisville, Kentucky</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Gene Snyder <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Freeway</a> (I-265 and Ky-841), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-names.html">Louisville, Kentucky</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Gene Snyder <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-airports.html">Airport</a> (general aviation), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PN-names.html">Pendleton County, Kentucky</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=S000669">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410142">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene Snyder">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/234/000128847">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Tracy Stafford (b. 1948) — of Wilton Manors, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-lived.html">Broward County</a>, Fla. Born in Fort Lauderdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-born.html">Broward County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/01-02.html">January 2, 1948</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a> 92nd District, 1991-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Patrick Swallow (b. 1932) — also known as Joseph P. Swallow — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-born.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/12-31.html">December 31, 1932</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-officials.html">Alpena County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1963-64; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 105th District, 1965-72; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1976; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 26th Circuit, 1977; candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 3rd District, 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, Optimist Club. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Victor Targonski (1914-1990) — of Wyandotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Wyandotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/10-17.html">October 17, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 6th District, 1944, 1946; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1947; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MI.html">1948</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1948; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 16th District, 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/audgen.html">Michigan state auditor general</a>, 1955-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1956-59; appointed 1956; defeated, 1959; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 21st District, 1962; candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 1st District, 1966, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/12-31.html">December 31, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms06489">Mt. Carmel Cemetery</a>, Wyandotte, 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/76069684">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> James Tierney (1905-1981) — of Garden City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/11-24.html">November 24, 1905</a>. Democrat. Employee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">Ford Motor Company</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gardencity.html">mayor of Garden City, Mich.</a>, 1956-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 36th District, 1965-72. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Optimist Club. On July 25, 1957, following a Planning Commission meeting, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">shot six times</a> by building contractor Lester Ellerhorst, who was angered by city officials' criticism of his work on the Garden City police station. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/index.html">1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 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> Jack C. Voight (b. 1945) — of Appleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OU-lived.html">Outagamie County</a>, Wis. Born in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WP-born.html">Waupaca County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/12-17.html">December 17, 1945</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trea.html">Wisconsin state treasurer</a>, 1995-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/WI.html">2008</a>. Member, Optimist Club. Still living as of 2011. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack Voight">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> Frederick H. Wagener (1898-1982) — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in O'Fallon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-27.html">November 27, 1898</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NE.html">secretary of Nebraska Republican Party</a>, 1936-37; secretary to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheelock-whipp.html#489.52.77">Kenneth S. Wherry</a>, 1943-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-officials.html">Lancaster County Attorney</a>, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NE.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/index.html">1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John A. F. Wagener and Hester (Rable) Wagener; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-25.html">October 25, 1925</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#524.75.16">Ella E. Hardin</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> Herbert Birchby Warburton (1916-1983) — also known as Herbert B. Warburton — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-21.html">September 21, 1916</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">secretary of Delaware Republican Party</a>, 1950; chairman, Young Republican National Federation, 1952; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 1952 ; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1953-55; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1954. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-phi-epsilon.html">Sigma Phi Epsilon</a>; Optimist Club. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/07-30.html">July 30, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 312 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Herbert Warburton and Lela Z. (Wingate) Warburton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/">1941</a> to Elizabeth Grimm.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000123">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411298">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael E. Wooley — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/peace-corps.html">Served in the Peace Corps</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html">mayor of Bay City, Mich.</a>, 2007. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; Optimist Club. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/641/04.54.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Paul C. Younger"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul C. Younger (1910-1971) — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Champaign, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-born.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/01-11.html">January 11, 1910</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-officials.html">Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1951-54; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 14th District, 1957-64; defeated in primary, 1964, 1970; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 30th Circuit, 1968. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Optimist Club; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died in Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/11-21.html">November 21, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 314 days</a>). 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