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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died of Prostate Cancer</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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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-born.html">Belgium</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/index.html">1836</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html">Consular Agent for Belgium</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-consuls.html">Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1894-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Belgium</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-consuls.html">Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1900-03. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Belgian</a> ancestry. Died, from prostate cancer and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver-cancer.html">liver cancer</a>, in Sherman (now West Hollywood), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-08.html">February 8, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms01040">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Los Angeles, 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/1873/">1873</a> to Ellen J. Manning.</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/172018843">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> Lucas Lugers (1853-1927) — also known as Luke Lugers — of Holland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OT-lived.html">Ottawa County</a>, Mich. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log house</a>, Laketown Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-born.html">Allegan County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/02-02.html">February 2, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ottawa County 1st District, 1899-1902; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 23rd District, 1907-08. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reformed.html">Christian Reformed</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Died, of prostate cancer, in Holland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OT-died.html">Ottawa County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-25.html">December 25, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 326 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OT-buried.html#cms06553">Graafschap Cemetery</a>, Holland, 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 Benjamin Lugers and Henrietta (Brinkman) Lugers; married to Lucretia A. Ellenbaas.</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> Isom P. Langley (1851-1930) — of Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-lived.html">Garland County</a>, Ark.; Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LC-lived.html">Laclede County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CK-born.html">Clark County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/09-02.html">September 2, 1851</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Preacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a>, 1886 (Labor, 4th District), 1890 (Populist, 2nd District), 1890 (Republican, 2nd District); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Laclede County, 1919-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">Knights of Labor</a>. Died, from prostate cancer, in Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-died.html">Cole County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/07-13.html">July 13, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-buried.html#cms02108">Riverview Cemetery</a>, Jefferson City, 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 Samuel Langley and Jane (Browning) Langley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-20.html">August 20, 1870</a>, to Martha A. Freeman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/">1901</a> to Sarah E. Arther.</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/33721134">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> Levi Sampson Rice (1855-1934) — also known as Levi S. Rice — of Bessemer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GO-lived.html">Gogebic County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LP-born.html">Lapeer County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/11-05.html">November 5, 1855</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotelier</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/bessemer.html#2">Bessemer, Mich.</a>, 1894-97, 1915-18; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 32nd District, 1906; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 12th District, 1932. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stomach-cancer.html">stomach cancer</a> and prostate cancer, in Bessemer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GO-died.html">Gogebic County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/03-05.html">March 5, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 120 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GO-buried.html# ">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Bessemer, 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 Micajah Rice and Maria Olive (Lilley) Rice; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/09-05.html">September 5, 1875</a>, to Lillie Jane Hull.</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/160020708">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> Edward Bundy Manwaring (1851-1934) — also known as Edward B. Manwaring — of Menomonie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DN-lived.html">Dunn County</a>, Wis.; Superior, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DU-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Wis.; Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-born.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/03-26.html">March 26, 1851</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">fruit</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">grower</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1921-24; defeated (Progressive), 1912. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died, from prostate cancer, in the University of Michigan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/11-01.html">November 1, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DN-buried.html# ">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Menomonie, 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 Edward Scoville Manwaring and Sarah Jane (Bundy) Manwaring; married to Syndonia Barwise.</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/140558539">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> Clemente Nicolini (1853-1938) — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Sestri Levante, Liguria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-born.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/01-13.html">January 13, 1853</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Steamship agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">importer and exporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html">Consular Agent for Italy</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1887-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-consuls.html">Consul for Mexico</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1895-96. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Died, from prostate cancer and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">senility</a>, in St. Mary's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Infirmary</a>, Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/07-09.html">July 9, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 177 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-buried.html#cms00031">Calvary Catholic Cemetery</a>, Galveston, 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 Frank Nicolini and Rosa (Rossi) Nicolini; married to Carmelita Linaro.</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/43508717">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> Eugene James Kirby (1859-1938) — also known as Eugene J. Kirby — of Covert, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich. Born in Flowerfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SJ-born.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/08-30.html">August 30, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Dairy</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">fruit</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">grower</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Van Buren County, 1921-26; defeated in primary, 1926. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">uremia</a> and prostate cancer, in City <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, South Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-died.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-24.html">December 24, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-buried.html#cms00233">Oakridge Cemetery</a>, Marshall, 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 James Foster Kirby and Hannah B. (Sawyer) Kirby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-15.html">October 15, 1884</a>, to Anna Cornelia Lepper.</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/62320538">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Charles Manchester (1873-1943) — also known as William C. Manchester — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born near Canfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-born.html">Mahoning County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-25.html">December 25, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> 4th District, 1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MI.html">1908</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1910-14. <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/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/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/05-17.html">May 17, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 143 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-buried.html# ">a private or family graveyard</a>, Mahoning County, 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 Hugh A. Manchester and Rosannah (Squires) Manchester; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/12-27.html">December 27, 1898</a>, to Margaret Katherine MacGregor.</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> Louis Bernard Nagler (1871-1947) — also known as Louis B. Nagler — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Born in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-born.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/02-28.html">February 28, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/WI.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died of prostate cancer, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PL-died.html">Polk County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/05-08.html">May 8, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PL-buried.html# ">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, East Farmington, 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 Louis J. Nagler and Catherine (Schottmuller) Nagler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-20.html">June 20, 1912</a>, to Ellen Torelle.</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> Herman G. Hutt (1872-1952) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/07-11.html">July 11, 1872</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">News dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Philadelphia County, 1901-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/westchester.html#2">burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania</a>, 1922-25. Died, from prostate cancer, in Chester County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/06-13.html">June 13, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 338 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms01371">Oaklands Cemetery</a>, West Chester, 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 Hutt and Catherine Hutt; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/">1891</a> to Rose Louise Keller.</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/145017877">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> George Thomas Myers (1873-1952) — also known as George T. Myers — of Macks Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-lived.html">Camden County</a>, Mo. Born in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HI-born.html">Hickory County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/03-15.html">March 15, 1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">surgeon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">pharmacist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Camden County, 1933-34; defeated, 1934, 1936; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">acute cardiac failure</a> following prostate cancer surgery, in St. John's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/12-15.html">December 15, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-buried.html# ">Macks Creek Cemetery</a>, Macks Creek, 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 Levi Henry Myers and Mary Ann (Biddle) Myers; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-20.html">February 20, 1901</a>, to Stella May Hix.</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/41942106">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Howard (1875-1953) — of Darlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DA-lived.html">Darlington County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SU-born.html">Sumter County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/index.html">1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/SC.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/SC.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/SC.html">1936</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printing business</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">uremia</a> due to prostate adenoma, in Saunders Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-died.html">Florence County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/05-21.html">May 21, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DA-buried.html# ">Darlington Memorial Cemetery</a>, Darlington, 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 Robert B. Howard and Classie Howard; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/">1906</a> to Mabel Keith.</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/103402374">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> Frederic Magoun Miller (1896-1958) — also known as Frederic M. Miller — of Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk 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/1896/02-18.html">February 18, 1896</a>. 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/geo/IA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1939-46. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-died.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/06-08.html">June 8, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-buried.html#cms00715">Glendale Cemetery</a>, Des Moines, 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: Grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller9.html#773.51.89">William E. Miller</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 C. Reimann (1890-1961) — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Stambaugh (now part of Iron River), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IR-born.html">Iron County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/09-22.html">September 22, 1890</a>. Democrat. Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Washtenaw County, 1933; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html">mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1951; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 33rd District, 1954. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died, from prostate cancer, in Ann Arbor Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/08-20.html">August 20, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 332 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms07465">Washtenong Memorial Park</a>, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ludwig Reimann and Augusta (Schoenion) Reimann; married to Pearle Shewell.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19490725,00.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/976/05.45.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Harold Lloyd"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harold Clayton Lloyd (1893-1971) — also known as Harold Lloyd — of Beverly Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Burchard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/PA-born.html">Pawnee County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/04-20.html">April 20, 1893</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">comedian</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">film producer</a>; appeared in over 200 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">motion pictures</a>; one of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">founders</a>, in 1927, of the Academy of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Motion Picture</a> Arts and Sciences; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</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/special/disabled.html">Lost two fingers</a> in a 1919 accident. Died, of prostate cancer, in Beverly Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/03-08.html">March 8, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 322 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 James Darsie Lloyd and Sarah Elizabeth (Fraser) Lloyd; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/">1923</a> to Mildred 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold Lloyd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/182/000032086">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516001">Internet Movie Database profile</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: Time Magazine, July 25, 1949</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/50887470178/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/405/74.61.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="Adam Clayton Powell, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/11-29.html">November 29, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Baptist minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53, 16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NY.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">cited</a> for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/contempt.html">contempt of court</a> in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against him; on February 28, 1967, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">expelled</a> from the House of Representatives on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/other-crimes.html">unbecoming conduct</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">misusing public funds</a>; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969. <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/alpha-phi-alpha.html">Alpha Phi Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in Jackson Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/04-04.html">April 4, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 127 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BI-buried.html#cms08313">a private or family graveyard</a>, Bahamas. <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 Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/03-08.html">March 8, 1933</a>, to Isabel Washington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/08-01.html">August 1, 1945</a>, to Hazel Scott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/12-15.html">December 15, 1960</a>, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#411.47.12">Adam Clayton Powell IV</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">Adam Clayton Powell Jr. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Boulevard</a> (formerly part of Seventh Avenue), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-names.html">Manhattan, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Adam Clayton Powell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">State Office Building</a> (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building; renamed 1983), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-names.html">Manhattan, New York</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=P000477">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408862">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/169/000103857">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0758201958/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0758201958&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Adam by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, 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">Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Tisha Hamilton, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0020034717/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0020034717&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American Dilemma</a> — Wil Haygood, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395440947/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0395440947&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, 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">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John W. Metzger (1914-1984) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">sod hut</a> on the prairie near Sterling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/04-04.html">April 4, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CO.html">1948</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/attygn.html">Colorado state attorney general</a>, 1949-50; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1952. Died, of prostate cancer, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/01-25.html">January 25, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 296 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-buried.html#cms00627">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Denver, Colo. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Miller O'Brien (1917-1986) — also known as George M. O'Brien — of Illinois. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/06-17.html">June 17, 1917</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1970-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1973-86 (17th District 1973-83, 4th District 1983-86); died in office 1986. Died, from prostate cancer, at the National Cancer <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Institute</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/07-18.html">July 18, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WI-buried.html#cms04537">Resurrection Cemetery</a>, Lockport, 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=O000010">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408261">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/444/000130054">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> Emerson Hugh De Lacy (1910-1986) — also known as Hugh De Lacy — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash.; Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-born.html">King County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/05-09.html">May 9, 1910</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College instructor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">machinist</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/WA.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 1st District, 1945-47; defeated, 1946; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">carpenter</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">International Association of Machinists</a>. Died, from prostate cancer, in Dominican <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Santa Cruz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-died.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/08-19.html">August 19, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 102 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-buried.html# ">Home of Peace Cemetery</a>, Santa Cruz, 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: Son of John Byron De Lacy and Abigail Anna 'Abbie' (Green) De Lacy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/12-23.html">December 23, 1932</a>, to Betty Marie Jorgensen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/">1949</a> to Hester Holm Sondergaard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/06-23.html">June 23, 1961</a>, to Dorothy Rose Baskin.</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=D000206">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403311">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44562968">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> Leon Baqueiro Poullada (1913-1987) — also known as Leon B. Poullada — of California; St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in Santa Rosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/GU-born.html">Guadalupe County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/04-13.html">April 13, 1913</a>. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TG-diplomats.html ">Togo</a>, 1961-64. Died of prostate cancer, in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/07-17.html">July 17, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 95 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 to Leila Jackson.</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/Leon B. Poullada">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/poullada-leon-baqueiro ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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> Jesse Marvin Unruh (1922-1987) — also known as Jesse M. Unruh; Jess Unruh; "Big Daddy" — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Inglewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/HA-born.html">Harvey County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/09-30.html">September 30, 1922</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">economist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1955-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the California State Assembly</a>, 1962-68; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <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/1968/CA.html">1968</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/speakers.html">speaker</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1970; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html">mayor of Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1973; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/trea.html">California state treasurer</a>, 1975-87; died in office 1987. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in Marina del Rey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/08-04.html">August 4, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 308 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms04397">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Santa Monica, 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: Son of Isaac Peter 'Ike' Unruh and Nettie Laura (Kessler) Unruh; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/11-02.html">November 2, 1943</a>, to Virginia June Lemon.</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/rainie-ralph.html#903.17.41">Leon D. Ralph</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: Simple man, great leader, California's best. We love you, we will not forget. "Soar with the eagles Jesse, for that is where you belong."</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/Jesse M. Unruh">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/870/000047729">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8852050">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 Jess Unruh: Bill Boyarsky, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520219678/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0520219678&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics</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> Sigurd Anderson (1904-1990) — of Webster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DY-lived.html">Day County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Arendal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/01-22.html">January 22, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DY-officials.html">Day County State's Attorney</a>, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/attygn.html">South Dakota state attorney general</a>, 1947-51; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/SD.html">South Dakota Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1947-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1951-55; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1955-64; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1970. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</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/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>. Died, from prostate cancer and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Lake Area <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Webster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DY-died.html">Day County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/12-21.html">December 21, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DY-buried.html# ">Webster Cemetery</a>, Webster, S.Dak. <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 Bertha (Broten) Anderson and Karl August Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/04-03.html">April 3, 1937</a>, to Vivian Dall Walz.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/sigurd-anderson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/196/000208569">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28510297">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> Otis Milton Smith (1922-1994) — also known as Otis M. Smith — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/02-20.html">February 20, 1922</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/audgen.html">Michigan state auditor general</a>, 1959-61; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MI.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1961-66; appointed 1961; defeated, 1966; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> Black member of the Michigan Supreme Court; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1967-71; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; vice-president and general counsel of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">General Motors</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/06-29.html">June 29, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 129 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">Books by Otis M. Smith: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081432939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=081432939X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Looking Beyond Race : The Life of Otis Milton Smith</a> (2000)</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> Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994) — also known as Linus Pauling — of California. Born in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-born.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-28.html">February 28, 1901</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1962; received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/nobel-prize.html">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> in 1954, the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/nobel-prize.html">Nobel Peace Prize</a> in 1962, and the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/lenin-stalin-prize.html">Lenin Peace Prize</a> in 1968-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/atheist-agnostic.html">Atheist</a>. Died, from prostate cancer, in Big Sur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-died.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/08-19.html">August 19, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 172 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-buried.html# ">Oswego Pioneer Cemetery</a>, Lake Oswego, Ore. <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 Herman Pauling and Lucy Isabelle (Darling) Pauling; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/06-17.html">June 17, 1923</a>, to Ava Helen 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus Pauling">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> Dean Anderson Gallo (1935-1994) — also known as Dean A. Gallo — of West Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J.; Parsippany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Born in Hackensack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-born.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/11-23.html">November 23, 1935</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Realtor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a>, 1976-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 11th District, 1985-94; died in office 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in Denville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-died.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/11-06.html">November 6, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 348 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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franko-franzke.html#125.18.93">Bob Franks</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 Dean and Betty Gallo <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-hospitals.html">Prostate Cancer Center</a>, at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-names.html">New Brunswick, New Jersey</a>, is partly <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=G000025">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404401">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean Gallo">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/84894141">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> Orval Eugene Faubus (1910-1994) — also known as Orval Faubus — of Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/MD-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ark. Born in Combs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/MD-born.html">Madison County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/01-07.html">January 7, 1910</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1955-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/AR.html">1956</a>; National States Rights candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died of prostate cancer, in Conway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/FA-died.html">Faulkner County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/12-14.html">December 14, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/MD-buried.html#cms04721">Combs Cemetery</a>, Combs, Ark. <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 Samuel Faubus and Addie (Joslen) Faubus; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/11-21.html">November 21, 1931</a>, to Celia Alta Haskins.</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/wilsons-winford.html#597.50.23">J. Gayle Windsor, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mann.html#479.67.01">Woodrow Wilson Mann</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://www.nga.org/governor/orval-eugene-faubus/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/836/000121473">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268963">Internet Movie Database profile</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 Anthony Moore (1914-1995) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/index.html">1914</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-diplomats.html ">Ireland</a>, 1989-92. Died, of prostate cancer, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/01-27.html">January 27, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 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">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/moore-richard-anthony ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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 Lyman Soards (1942-1996) — also known as William L. Soards — of Indiana. Born in Crawfordsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/07-26.html">July 26, 1942</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1975-85; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1985-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/IN.html">1988</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/01-26.html">January 26, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 184 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MN-buried.html#cms06293">Waynetown Masonic Cemetery</a>, Waynetown, 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/soapy-solwin.html#228.32.78">William Lyman Soards II</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> Jerome Warner (1927-1997) — of Waverly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Waverly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/11-23.html">November 23, 1927</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/uleg.html">Nebraska unicameral legislature</a>, 1960. Died of prostate cancer, in Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/04-20.html">April 20, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 148 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warner-warnock.html#124.08.00">Charles Joseph Warner</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warner-warnock.html#200.36.25">Esther Warner</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/40570.html">Warner family</a> of Waverly, Nebraska.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) — also known as Joseph L. Alioto — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/02-12.html">February 12, 1916</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1968-76; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1971 on federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a>, conspiracy, and mail fraud; acquitted in 1972. Died, of prostate cancer and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/01-29.html">January 29, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 351 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms00860">Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colma, 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: Son of Guiseppe Alioto and Domenica Mae (Lazio) Alioto; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/06-02.html">June 2, 1941</a>, to Angelina Genaro; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/">1978</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#074.31.13">Kathleen Sullivan</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#235.49.58">Angela Mia Alioto</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#654.80.12">Michela Alioto-Pier</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Alioto">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/854/000047713">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019666">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43501846">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> Thomas Gerard Dunn (1921-1998) — also known as Thomas G. Dunn; Tom Dunn — of Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/04-09.html">April 9, 1921</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/elizabeth.html">mayor of Elizabeth, N.J.</a>, 1964-92; defeated, 1961, 1992; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> 21st District, 1974-77; defeated (Re-elect Experience, Courage), 1977; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> 20th District, 1991-93. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers</a>. Died, from prostate cancer, in Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-died.html">Union County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/02-11.html">February 11, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 308 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas G. Dunn">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=95909">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> Kenneth J. Cory (1937-1998) — also known as Ken Cory — of Garden Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Calif. Born in September, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/index.html">1937</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1967-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/CA.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/comp.html">California state controller</a>, 1975-87. Died, of prostate cancer, in Loomis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PL-died.html">Placer County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/11-13.html">November 13, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James McClure Clarke (1917-1999) — also known as James M. Clarke — of Fairview, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-lived.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C. Born in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-born.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/06-12.html">June 12, 1917</a>. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 11th District, 1983-85, 1987-91; defeated, 1984, 1990. Died of prostate cancer, in Fairview, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-died.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/04-13.html">April 13, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 305 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=C000462">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402600">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/271/000129881">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> Robert Berkey Crosby (1911-2000) — also known as Robert B. Crosby; "The Boy Governor from North Platte" — of North Platte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LI-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, Neb.; Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in North Platte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LI-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/03-26.html">March 26, 1911</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/uleg.html">Nebraska unicameral legislature</a>, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1947-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1953-55; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nebraska</a>, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NE.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NE.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/NE.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NE.html">1972</a>, <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/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/parkinsons.html">Parkinson's disease</a> and prostate cancer, in Madonna Rehabilitation <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/01-07.html">January 7, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 287 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-buried.html#cms05182">Lincoln Memorial Park</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 Mainard E. Crosby and Cora May (Berkey) Crosby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/11-29.html">November 29, 1934</a>, to Elizabeth Ehler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/05-22.html">May 22, 1971</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosby.html#361.01.88">LaVon Kehoe</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://www.nga.org/governor/robert-berkey-crosby/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/532/000213890">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> Clennon Washington King Jr. (c.1921-2000) — also known as Clennon King; "The Black Don Quixote" — of Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla. Born about 1921. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; Independent Afro-American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1960; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/miami.html">mayor of Miami, Fla.</a>, 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">Attempted to enroll</a> in the then-all-white University of Mississippi in 1958, and was sent to the state's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">insane asylum</a>; attempted to join and integrate <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter5.html#903.47.33">Jimmy Carter</a>'s all-white Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., on the eve of the 1976 presidential election. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Jailed</a> on numerous occasions for his flamboyant tactics. Died, of prostate cancer, in Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/02-12.html">February 12, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DO-buried.html#cms01116">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Albany, Ga. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Patrick Casey (1932-2000) — also known as Robert P. Casey; Bob Casey; "Spike" — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/01-09.html">January 9, 1932</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 22nd District, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/PA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/PA.html">1992</a> (delegation chair); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1967-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/audgen.html">Pennsylvania state auditor general</a>, 1969-77; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trea.html">Pennsylvania state treasurer</a>, 1980; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1987-95; defeated in primary, 1966, 1970, 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">amyloidosis</a> and complications of prostate cancer, in Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/05-30.html">May 30, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 142 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-buried.html#cms04368">St. Catherine's Cemetery</a>, Moscow, 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/casebolt-caseyjones.html#420.01.26">Patrick Casey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/casebolt-caseyjones.html#495.73.70">Robert Patrick Casey Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13875.html">Casey family</a> of Scranton, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-p-casey/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/049/000116698">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> Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) — also known as Herbert H. Bateman — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/nn-lived.html">Newport News</a>, Va. Born in Elizabeth City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PA-born.html">Pasquotank County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/08-07.html">August 7, 1928</a>. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1968-82 (27th District 1968-71, 2nd District 1972-82); resigned 1982; candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Virginia</a>, 1981; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 1st District, 1983-2000; died in office 2000. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-alpha.html">Pi Kappa Alpha</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung-cancer.html">lung cancer</a> and prostate cancer, at Loudoun <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> Center, Leesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-died.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/09-11.html">September 11, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/nn-buried.html#cms05876">Peninsula Memorial Park</a>, Newport News, 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 Elbert E. Bateman and Edna Lee (Buffkin) Bateman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/">1954</a> to Laura Anne Yacobi.</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=B000229">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400569">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/319/000129929">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6628268">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 George Schmitz (1930-2001) — also known as John G. Schmitz — of California. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/08-12.html">August 12, 1930</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1965-70, 1979; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 35th District, 1970-73; defeated in Republican primary, 1972, 1976, 1984; American Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1972; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">reprimanded</a> by the California Senate in 1982 over a press release issued by his office, which characterized a critic and her supporters with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">crude slurs</a>; candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1982. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/young-ams-freedom.html">Young Americans for Freedom</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/john-birch-soc.html">John Birch Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-alhambra.html">Order of Alhambra</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/toastmasters.html">Toastmasters</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">National Naval Medical Center</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/01-10.html">January 10, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 151 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: Father of Mary Kay LeTourneau.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan: "When you're out of Schmitz, you're out of gear."</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=S000133">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409641">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/041/000087777">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> John William Gardner (1912-2002) — also known as John W. Gardner — of Scarsdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. 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/1912/10-08.html">October 8, 1912</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare</a>, 1965-68. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-psychological-assoc.html">American Psychological Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/common-cause.html">Common Cause</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1964; founder of Common Cause in 1970. Died, from complications of prostate cancer, in Palo Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-died.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/02-16.html">February 16, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 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: Son of William Gardner and Marie Flora Gardner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/08-14.html">August 14, 1934</a>, to Aida Marroquin.</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/John W. Gardner">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/463/000167959">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1725394">Internet Movie Database profile</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 Westergaard (1931-2003) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-02.html">July 2, 1931</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1960; campaign treasurer for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#272.55.28">Daniel Patrick Moynihan</a>, 1965-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NY.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> against him in 2000; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curran.html#723.03.55">Paul J. Curran</a> volunteered to serve as defense counsel pro bono; in 2001, the fraud charges were withdrawn, and the case was settled with no penalty. Died, of prostate cancer, at Calvary <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hospice.html">Hospice</a>, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-died.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/01-31.html">January 31, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 213 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> Edward Richard Dudley (1911-2005) — also known as Edward R. Dudley — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in South Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-born.html">Halifax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/03-11.html">March 11, 1911</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-diplomats.html ">Liberia</a>, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-diplomats.html ">Liberia</a>, 1949-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html#3">borough president of Manhattan, New York</a>, 1961-64; appointed 1961; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1962; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1965-85. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died, of prostate cancer, in St. Luke's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/02-10.html">February 10, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 336 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 to Rae Oley.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/dudley-edward-richard ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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> George Clement Furton (1923-2006) — also known as George C. Furton — of Chesterfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Born in New Baltimore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-born.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/10-24.html">October 24, 1923</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 75th District, 1985-86; defeated, 1982, 1986; Chesterfield Township Treasurer, 1988-96. Died, of prostate cancer, in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/03-22.html">March 22, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-buried.html#cms07290">St. Mary's Cemetery</a>, New Baltimore, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Chic Hecht (1928-2006) — also known as Mayer Jacob Hecht — of Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Nev. Born in Cape Girardeau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-born.html">Cape Girardeau County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/11-30.html">November 30, 1928</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/stsen.html">Nevada state senate</a>, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NV.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nevada</a>, 1983-89; defeated, 1988; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BI-diplomats.html ">Bahamas</a>, 1989-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-died.html">Clark County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/05-15.html">May 15, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 166 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/1959/">1959</a> to Gail Kahn.</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=H000439">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405305">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic Hecht">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/hecht-chic ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/079/000116728">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4850">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> Thomas J. Manton (1932-2006) — of Woodside, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y.; Astoria, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/11-03.html">November 3, 1932</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/NY.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/NY.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NY.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NY.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NY.html">2004</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1985-99 (9th District 1985-93, 7th District 1993-99); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">Democratic National Committee from New York</a>, 2004. <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/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic-war-vets.html">Catholic War Veterans</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in Calvary <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-died.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/07-22.html">July 22, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms01209">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Diane Schley.</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=M000117">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407141">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/446/000141023">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15015742">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> George Becker (1928-2007) — of Allison Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa.; West Deer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/10-20.html">October 20, 1928</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">steelworker</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/PA.html">1984</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/PA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/PA.html">2000</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, United Steelworkers of America, 1993-2000. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">United Steelworkers of America</a>. Died, of prostate cancer, in West Deer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/02-03.html">February 3, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 106 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 Becker and Frances Becker; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/">1950</a> to Jane Goforth.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Becker">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> Charles Anthony Gillespie Jr. (1935-2008) — also known as Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.; Tony Gillespie — of California. Born in Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/03-22.html">March 22, 1935</a>. Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-diplomats.html ">Colombia</a>, 1985-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-diplomats.html ">Chile</a>, 1988-91. Died, of prostate cancer, in Scripps Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, La Jolla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-died.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/03-07.html">March 7, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 351 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 to Vivian Havens.</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/Charles A. Gillespie%2C Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/gillespie-charles-anthony ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/797/000119440">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> James Roderick Lilley (1928-2009) — also known as James R. Lilley — of Maryland. Born in Tsingtao (Qingdao), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-born.html">China</a>, of American parents, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/01-15.html">January 15, 1928</a>. Republican. Director, American Institute in Taiwan (de facto U.S. embassy), 1981-84; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/KS-diplomats.html ">South Korea</a>, 1986-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-diplomats.html ">China</a>, 1989-91. Died, from complications of prostate cancer, in Sibley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/11-12.html">November 12, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 301 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 Frank Walder Lilley and Inez (Bush) Lilley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/05-01.html">May 1, 1954</a>, to Sally Booth.</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/James R. Lilley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/lilley-james-roderick ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/934/000127553">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3612933">Internet Movie Database profile</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> Deon H. Swift II (1947-2009) — also known as "Butch" — of Attica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FO-lived.html">Fountain County</a>, Ind. Born in Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-born.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/10-22.html">October 22, 1947</a>. Republican. Facilities supervisor for Harrison <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Steel Castings</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/attica.html">mayor of Attica, Ind.</a>, 2000-09. Died, from prostate cancer, in a Home <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-died.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/12-10.html">December 10, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FO-buried.html# ">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Attica, 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 Betty (Zinsmeister) Swift and Deon Swift, Jr.; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/12-18.html">December 18, 1970</a>, to Monica Lynn Parlier.</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/45410909">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> Earle Elias Morris Jr. (1928-2011) — also known as Earle E. Morris, Jr. — of Pickens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/PI-lived.html">Pickens County</a>, S.C. Born in Pickens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/PI-born.html">Pickens County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/07-14.html">July 14, 1928</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1951-54; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1954-70 (Pickens County 1954-66, 2nd District 1966-70); delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/SC.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/SC.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/SC.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/SC.html">South Carolina Democratic state chair</a>, 1966-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1971-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/compg.html">South Carolina state comptroller general</a>, 1976-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 2004 of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">securities fraud</a> following the collapse of Carolina Investors, though he denied any intent to defraud anyone; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 44 months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <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/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/blue-key.html">Blue Key</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/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>. Died, from prostate cancer, in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-died.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/02-11.html">February 11, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 212 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-buried.html# ">Bush River Memorial Gardens</a>, Columbia, 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 Earle Elias Morris and Bernice (Carey) Morris; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/04-12.html">April 12, 1958</a>, to Jane Lewis Boroughs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/10-04.html">October 4, 1972</a>, to Carol Telford.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Life Journey Of Dignity" / Beloved Husband, Father and Friend.</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/Earle Morris Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/65513936">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 Orris Blake (1921-2015) — also known as Robert O. Blake — 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/1921/04-07.html">April 7, 1921</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ML-diplomats.html ">Mali</a>, 1970-73. Died, from prostate cancer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2015/12-28.html">December 28, 2015</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 265 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/1956/07-28.html">July 28, 1956</a>, to Sylvia Whitehouse; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#791.56.06">Robert Orris Blake 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert O. Blake">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/blake-robert-orris ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/439/000121076">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> David Ted Eyre (1946-2017) — also known as D. Ted Eyre — of Murray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Rawlins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/CR-born.html">Carbon County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/08-14.html">August 14, 1946</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">airline pilot</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/murray.html">mayor of Murray, Utah</a>, 2014-17; died in office 2017. Died, from prostate cancer, in Murray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2017/08-25.html">August 25, 2017</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 11 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted Eyre">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/537/33.48.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="John D. Dingell"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John David Dingell Jr. (1926-2019) — also known as John D. Dingell; "Big John"; "The Truck" — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Dearborn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-born.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/07-08.html">July 8, 1926</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a>, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65, 16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MI.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MI.html">1960</a>, <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>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish-legion-am-vets.html">Polish Legion of American Veterans</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/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>. Died, from prostate cancer, in Dearborn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2019/02-07.html">February 7, 2019</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 214 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 Grace Blossom (Bigler) Dingell and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#783.99.59">John David Dingell</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to Helen Henebry; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/">1981</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#491.80.21">Deborah Ann Insley</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#758.71.53">Christopher D. Dingell</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/10415.html">Dingell family</a> of Detroit, Michigan.</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/ross.html#410.67.06">Doug Ross</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">John Dingell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Drive</a>, in Detroit Metro <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-airports.html">Airport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-names.html">Romulus, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The John D. Dingell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-hospitals.html">VA Medical Center</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-names.html">Detroit, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The John D. Dingell Jr. Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Bridges</a>, which take Stadium Boulevard over State Street and the Ann Arbor Railroad tracks, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-names.html">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a>, are <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=D000355">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400110">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Dingell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John Dingell">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/196686278">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> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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