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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Barber Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Ames (born c.1926) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born about 1926. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; barber; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 13th District, 1954; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 14th District, 1965. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael W. Andrews — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Barber; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/knoxville.html">mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.</a>, 2019. Still living as of 2019. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/383/62.27.jpg" width=70 height=122 border=0 alt="Ethel Judson Babcock"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ethel Judson Babcock (1903-1996) — also known as Ethel Babcock; Ethel Judson — of Elkhorn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis.; Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-lived.html">Racine County</a>, Wis. Born in Lake Geneva, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-born.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/04-05.html">April 5, 1903</a>. Republican. Cosmetologist; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/WI.html">1948</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 22nd District, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Darlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LF-died.html">Lafayette County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/04-11.html">April 11, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 6 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-buried.html#cms07527">Hazel Ridge Cemetery</a>, Elkhorn, 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: Daughter of Frederick Alexander Judson and Clara Edith (Darrow) Judson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/04-01.html">April 1, 1931</a>, to Wesley Earl Babcock.</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/61054656">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: Lake Geneva (Wis.) Regional News, September 8, 1960</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> August Bakeberg (1889-1935) — of Dupree, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ZI-lived.html">Ziebach County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Fairfax, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RE-born.html">Renville County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-01.html">January 1, 1889</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ZI-officials.html">Ziebach County Sheriff</a>, 1925-28; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 56th District, 1929-32. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ZI-died.html">Ziebach County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-17.html">September 17, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 259 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> Frederick H. Barton — of East Hampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Republican. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from East Hampton, 1939-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/album/index4.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/693/91.46.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Max Bedacht"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Max Bedacht (1883-1972) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Munich (München), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/10-13.html">October 13, 1883</a>. Communist. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, Swiss National Barbers' Union, 1907; Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1928; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1930 (19th District), 1936 (14th District); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">national secretary</a>, International Workers Order; expelled from the Communist Party in 1948 over factional differences. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/07-04.html">July 4, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max Bedacht">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Marxists Internet Archive</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 W. Bowens Jr. (1922-2014) — also known as Robert Bowens; Bob Bowens — of Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/03-21.html">March 21, 1922</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Oakland County 2nd District, 1962; appointed 1962. <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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died, in the VA <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Battle Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-died.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/11-18.html">November 18, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-buried.html# ">Great Lakes National Cemetery</a>, Holly, 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 Robert Bowens, Sr. and Hattie (Hood) Bowens; married to Nellie Joyce Cooley.</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. Coogan — of Melvindale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/melvindale.html">mayor of Melvindale, Mich.</a>, 1976-95. Still living as of 1995. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Juanine S. DePaolo (1914-1997) — also known as Juanine Stavola — of Plantsville, Southington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/10-15.html">October 15, 1914</a>. Democrat. Hairdresser; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">acting postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Southington, 1955-56, 1959-64; defeated, 1956; Southington town clerk, 1965-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> of St. Raphael, New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/10-06.html">October 6, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 356 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms07482">St. Thomas Cemetery</a>, Southington, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Gaetano Stavola and Justina (DiStefano) Stavola; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/">1942</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#489.24.57">Joseph A. DePaolo 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://findagrave.com/memorial/12318564">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> Roscoe D. Dix (1839-1912) — of Berrien Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/06-11.html">June 11, 1839</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">permanently disabled</a> by injuries suffered in the battle at Knoxville, November 24, 1863; barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/laco.html">Michigan land commissioner</a>, 1887-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/audgen.html">Michigan state auditor general</a>, 1897-1900. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died in Berrien Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-died.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/09-05.html">September 5, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-buried.html#cms06531">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Berrien Springs, 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 Dexter Ozias Dix and Mary Elizabeth (Rudd) Dix; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/01-02.html">January 2, 1867</a>, to Virginia M. Kephart; sixth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#024.71.41">Robert Treat</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#448.58.02">John Alden Dix</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families:Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42263579">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 M. Donnelly (born c.1875) — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., about 1875. Democrat. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 22nd District, 1907-08. 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> Bill Duncan — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ark. Democrat. Barbershop owner; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/newport.html">mayor of Newport, Ark.</a>; elected 1959. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wallace L. Files (b. 1926) — also known as Wally Files — of Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va. Born in Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-born.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/02-19.html">February 19, 1926</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 1st District, 1967-70, 1973-74; defeated, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/brethren.html">Brethren</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas W. Fleming (b. 1874) — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Mercer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/05-13.html">May 13, 1874</a>. Republican. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/OH.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/OH.html">1920</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/pr1928-election.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Fleming and Lavinia Fleming; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/02-12.html">February 12, 1912</a>, to Lethia Cousins.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Lawrence Hafner (1891-1984) — also known as Frank L. Hafner — of Kadoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, S.Dak.; Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BE-lived.html">Beadle County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-20.html">February 20, 1891</a>. Republican. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel proprietor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a>, 1933-36, 1939-44 (61st District 1933-36, 48th District 1939-44); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/SD.html">1956</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 15th District, 1961-62; appointed 1961. Died in February, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/index.html">1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">about 93 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Hafner and Mary Catherine (Ulrich) Hafner; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#817.19.88">Mathias E. Hafner</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/08-11.html">August 11, 1915</a>, to Mae Harrington.</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> Ferdinand Havis (1846-1918) — also known as Ferd Havis — of Pine Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ark. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DE-born.html">Desha County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/11-15.html">November 15, 1846</a>. Republican. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sthse.html">Arkansas state house of representatives</a>, 1873; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/AR.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/AR.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/AR.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/AR.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/AR.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/AR.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/AR.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/AR.html">1912</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Pine Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/08-25.html">August 25, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 283 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JF-buried.html#cms01323">Bellewood Cemetery</a>, Pine Bluff, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/207211155">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> Debbie Ann House (born c.1952) — also known as Debbie House — of Stillwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PA-lived.html">Payne County</a>, Okla. Born about 1952. Republican. Hair stylist; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/OK.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/OK.html">2008</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eli George Lague (1881-1960) — also known as Eli G. Lague — of Jewett City, Griswold, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Danielson, Killingly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/05-22.html">May 22, 1881</a>. Republican. Barber; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Griswold, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French Canadian</a> ancestry. Died in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-died.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/06-24.html">June 24, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 33 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 Eli Lague and Rosanna (Choquette) Lague; married to Sarah Elizabeth Wilbur.</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 Lentol (b. 1875) — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/09-25.html">September 25, 1875</a>. Democrat. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 14th District, 1919-20; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1930. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#290.37.50">Edward S. Lentol</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#742.40.71">Joseph R. Lentol</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/13877.html">Lentol family</a> of Brooklyn, New York.</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 Everett Libby (1867-1934) — also known as Edward E. Libby — of Waterboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Maine. Born in Waterboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/07-27.html">July 27, 1867</a>. Republican. Barbershop owner; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/waterboro.html">Waterboro, Maine</a>, 1898-1911. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/index.html">1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-buried.html# ">Pine Grove Cemetery</a>, Waterboro, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everett.html#682.37.80">Edward Everett</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sarah J. (Fiske) Libby and Franklin Stephen Libby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-29.html">July 29, 1891</a>, to Minnie T. Mitchell; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewison-lifshitz.html#388.81.02">Augustine B. Libby</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewison-lifshitz.html#515.32.53">Charles Welch Libby</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewison-lifshitz.html#860.69.98">Eugene Harvey Libby</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families:Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/120807702">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> Clayton B. Lucia (b. 1877) — of Hinesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-lived.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt. Born in Stowe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/LA-born.html">Lamoille County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/06-08.html">June 8, 1877</a>. Democrat. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Hinesburg, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8275578965/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/781/20.49.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Harold A. Lytie"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harold A. Lytie (1899-1961) — of Green Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PO-born.html">Portage County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/06-09.html">June 9, 1899</a>. Democrat. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Brown County 1st District, 1937-42; defeated, 1958; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 2nd District, 1945-48; defeated, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/index.html">1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BR-buried.html#cms00729">Fort Howard Memorial Park</a>, Green Bay, 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 B. O. Lytie.</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/84208418">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: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Donald John MacCormick (1888-1955) — also known as Donald J. MacCormick — of Wausau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-lived.html">Marathon County</a>, Wis. Born in Hillsgrove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SL-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/07-24.html">July 24, 1888</a>. Democrat. Barber; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Marathon County 2nd District, 1938; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WI.html">Wisconsin Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1944; acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/wausau.html#2">Wausau, Wis.</a>, 1946-49; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 25th District, 1950. Died in Wausau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-died.html">Marathon County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/02-09.html">February 9, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 200 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-buried.html#cms02914">Restlawn Memorial Park</a>, Wausau, Wis. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Malcolm John MacCormick and Clara (Sadler) MacCormick; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/12-07.html">December 7, 1909</a>, to Laura Johanna Josephine Seefelft.</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/159829731">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 H. Menegay (c.1904-1951) — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born about 1904. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1947-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/08-02.html">August 2, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">about 47 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-buried.html#cms06099">St. Louis Catholic Church Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ohio. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George A. Myers (1859-1930) — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/03-05.html">March 5, 1859</a>. Republican. Barber; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/OH.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/OH.html">1900</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/OH.html">Ohio Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1897-98. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died at the New York Central Railroad <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/rr-stations.html">ticket office</a> in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/01-17.html">January 17, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 318 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-buried.html#cms00167">Lake View Cemetery</a>, Cleveland, Ohio. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sam J. Nahil (1905-1982) — of Claremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H. Born in Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/10-03.html">October 3, 1905</a>. Republican. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Claremont 2nd Ward, 1951-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in October, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/index.html">1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jacqueline Cochran Odlum (1906-1980) — also known as Jacqueline C. Odlum; Jackie Odlum; Bessie Lee Pittman; Jacqueline Cochran — Born in Muscogee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-born.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/05-11.html">May 11, 1906</a>. Republican. Beautician; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">airplane pilot</a>; during World War II, she trained many women pilots for duty ferrying supplies; she was the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> woman ever to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> woman pilot ever to break the sound barrier, and to exceed Mach 2; in 1952, she was one of the leaders of the "Draft Ike" movement to nominate <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#075.91.63">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> for president; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 1956 ; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 29th District, 1956; elected to Aviation <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>, 1971. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Indio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-died.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/08-07.html">August 7, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 88 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-buried.html#cms07690">Coachella Valley Public Cemetery</a>, Coachella, 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: Daughter of Ira Pittman and Mary (Grant) Pittman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/">1936</a> to Floyd Odlum.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Jacqueline Cochran Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-airports.html">Airport</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-names.html">Thermal, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline Cochran">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7691192">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> Charles J. Parsons (born c.1867) — of Warehouse Point, East Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Moosup, Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., about 1867. Republican. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from East Windsor, 1907-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Raymond J. Petroni — of Melvindale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/melvindale.html">mayor of Melvindale, Mich.</a>, 1951-54. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry J. Phillips (1904-1984) — of Port Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich. Born in Red Deer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AB-born.html">Alberta</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-27.html">October 27, 1904</a>. Republican. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1943-62 (St. Clair County 1st District 1943-44, St. Clair County 1945-54, St. Clair District 1955-62); defeated in primary, 1962 (St. Clair District), 1964 (76th District). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/index.html">1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert L. Phillips and Bertha Ann (Dewey) Phillips; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/07-04.html">July 4, 1933</a>, to Marion Gertrude Hamilton.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3GQFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA306-IA1"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/143/62.30.jpg" width=70 height=95 border=0 alt="Joseph H. Rainey"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887) — also known as Joseph H. Rainey — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GO-lived.html">Georgetown County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a> in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GO-born.html">Georgetown County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/06-21.html">June 21, 1832</a>. Republican. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention</a> from Georgetown County, 1868; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Georgetown County, 1868-70; resigned 1870; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 1st District, 1870-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> Black member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Died in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GO-died.html">Georgetown County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/08-02.html">August 2, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GO-buried.html#cms02055">Baptist Cemetery</a>, Georgetown, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000016">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408998">Govtrack.us page</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: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)</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> Mary Rogers (born c.1911) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born about 1911. Beauty salon owner; candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html">mayor of Detroit, Mich.</a>, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1981. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=220965">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> Robert H. Samson (born c.1876) — of Glastonbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Glastonbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., about 1876. Democrat. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Glastonbury, 1919-20. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8276636180/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/409/21.83.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="John L. Sieb"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John L. Sieb (b. 1864) — of Racine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-lived.html">Racine County</a>, Wis. Born in Michigan City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-born.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/11-06.html">November 6, 1864</a>. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Racine County 1st District, 1931-32, 1935-40. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674263731/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/909/35.20.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Ernest G. Strand"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ernest G. Strand (b. 1883) — of Two Harbors, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Minn. Born in Smaland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-born.html">Sweden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/08-08.html">August 8, 1883</a>. Barber; secretary, North Shore Farmers Mutual <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Fire Insurance</a> Company; mayor of Two Harbors, Minn., 1916; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 57, 1917-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Swedish</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</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> Cloyd Taylor — of Burley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CS-lived.html">Cassia County</a>, Idaho. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/restaurant.html">cafe manager</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/burley.html">mayor of Burley, Idaho</a>, 1981. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Still living as of 1981. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/10-22.html">October 22, 1946</a>, to Maxine Price.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew C. Thomas (b. 1902) — of Portvue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in McKeesport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-08.html">August 8, 1902</a>. Democrat. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">deputy sheriff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">investigator</a>; justice of the peace; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Allegheny County 16th District, 1953-56. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Michael Thomas and Anna Thomas.</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 Asel Tooze (1892-1972) — also known as Otis A. Tooze — of Ypsilanti Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Ross, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-born.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/05-28.html">May 28, 1892</a>. Republican. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ypsilanti-twp.html">supervisor of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan</a>, 1942-49; defeated, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955. Died in Van Buren Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/12-29.html">December 29, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 215 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html# ">Alban Cemetery</a>, Ypsilanti 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 Henry James Tooze and Olive Alice (Peaks) Tooze; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/02-20.html">February 20, 1916</a>, to Helen Marie Nurnberger; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#080.17.86">Walter Lincoln Tooze</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#250.46.62">Walter Lincoln Tooze Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#547.49.30">Lamar Tooze</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#835.01.99">Walter Lincoln Tooze III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown6.html#492.29.49">Leslie Ann Tooze</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/39426.html">Tooze family</a> of Portland, Oregon.</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/68840526">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> Hugo E. Vogel (b. 1888) — of Manitowoc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-lived.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis. Born in Newton town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-born.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/08-29.html">August 29, 1888</a>. Democrat. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Manitowoc County 1st District, 1955-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8275576321/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/608/19.72.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Otto A. Vogel"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Otto A. Vogel (1886-1951) — of Manitowoc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-lived.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis. Born in Newton town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-born.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/10-10.html">October 10, 1886</a>. Progressive. Barber; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Manitowoc County 1st District, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1943-48. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/09-19.html">September 19, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-buried.html#cms02022">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Manitowoc, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/95222971">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: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Leo Pierre Wagner (b. 1870) — also known as Leo P. Wagner — of Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-born.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/04-18.html">April 18, 1870</a>. Democrat. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">secretary</a>, Saginaw Federation of Labor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Saginaw County 1st District, 1917-18; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 22nd District, 1922. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/">1903</a> to Amelia B. D. Gehrls.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/807/63.93.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="John L. Waller"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) — also known as John L. Waller — of Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan.; Yonkers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NM-born.html">New Madrid County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/01-12.html">January 12, 1850</a>. Republican. Barber; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/pr1888-meeting.html">1889</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MD-consuls.html ">Tamatave</a>, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's military takeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> by French forces and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in a French military court, purportedly for the offense of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/diplomatic-offenses.html">corresponding</a> with (or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/spying.html">spying</a> for) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas had granted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to twenty years in a French prison; his case became an international cause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment; ultimately <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> in February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freed after ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance to French rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Yonkers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-13.html">October 13, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 274 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms00902">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Yonkers, 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: Son of Anthony Waller and Maria (Nicholas) Waller.</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 L. Waller">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29119608">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: New York World, March 24, 1895</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8275574757/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/905/86.79.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="John E. Youngs"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John E. Youngs (b. 1883) — of Oconto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OC-lived.html">Oconto County</a>, Wis. Born in Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WH-born.html">Waushara County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/08-02.html">August 2, 1883</a>. Republican. 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