Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Walter Lincoln Tooze (1860-1927) — of Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.Born in Pittsfield,LorainCounty, Ohio,November25, 1860.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1920.Died in Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.,September28, 1927 (age66 years, 307days).Original interment atEugene Pioneer Cemetery, Eugene, Ore.; re-entombed atRiverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Ore. | | Walter Lincoln Tooze Jr. (1887-1956) — also known asWalter L. Tooze — of McMinnville,YamhillCounty, Ore.; Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Butteville,MarionCounty, Ore.,February24, 1887.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Oregon,1920(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1936,1940;candidate forU.S.Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1938; circuit judge inOregon, 1949-50;justice ofOregon state supreme court, 1950-56; died in office 1956.Methodist.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Eagles;OddFellows;Elks;AmericanLegion.Died in Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.,December21, 1956 (age69 years, 301days).Entombed atRiverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Ore. | | Otis Asel Tooze (1892-1972) — also known asOtis A. Tooze — of Ypsilanti Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Ross,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,May 28,1892.Republican.Barber;supervisorof Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1942-49; defeated, 1940, 1941,1949, 1951, 1953, 1955.Died in Van Buren Township,WayneCounty, Mich.,December29, 1972 (age80 years, 215days).Interment atAlban Cemetery, Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. | | Lamar Tooze (1895-1971) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Oregon,February4, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Oregon,1948,1952(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).Died, from aheartattack, in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,November29, 1971 (age76 years, 298days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Walter Lincoln Tooze III (1912-1971) — also known asWalter L. Tooze — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Oregon,October9, 1912.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon,1960.Died in Medford,JacksonCounty, Ore.,February1, 1971 (age58 years, 115days).Interment atWillametteNational Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Leslie Brown (1930-1996) — also known asLeslie Ann Tooze;LeslieTooze —of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,March29, 1930.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1952.Female.Died inDeschutesCounty, Ore.,February2, 1996 (age65 years, 310days).Interment atIlwaco Cemetery, Ilwaco, Wash.
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