| |  Otto Phillipp Max Adae (1840-1907) — also known asOtto M. Adae — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Möckmühl,Germany,September26, 1840.Consulfor Austria-Hungary inCincinnati,Ohio, 1873-77.German ancestry.Took hisown life bydrowning,inSanDiego Bay,August8, 1907 (age66 years, 316days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif. | | Edward Arnold (1890-1956) — also known asGunther Edward Arnold Schneider — of Encino, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1890.Republican.Actor;appeared in more than 150movies,most during 1932-56;president,Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for California,1944.German ancestry. Member,ScreenActors Guild.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April26, 1956 (age66 years, 68days).Interment atSanFernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif. | | Maximilian Joseph Baehr (1858-1934) — also known asMax J. Baehr — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.; Long Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Zweibrücken, Bavaria,Germany,August2, 1858.Republican. Candidate forNebraskastate house of representatives, 1889; U.S. Consul inKehl, 1898-99;Magdeburg, 1900-02;Cienfuegos, 1902-14;Berne, 1914-15.German ancestry. Died in Long Beach,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 7,1934 (age75 years, 278days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Blasius Baehr and Josefine (Forstmair) Baehr; married,February17, 1885, to Marie A. Zeminek. |
 | Max Bedacht (1883-1972) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Munich (München),Germany,October13, 1883.Communist.Barber;president,Swiss National Barbers' Union, 1907; Workers candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1930 (19th District), 1936 (14thDistrict); candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1934;nationalsecretary, International Workers Order; expelled from theCommunist Party in 1948 over factional differences.German ancestry. DiedJuly 4,1972 (age88 years, 265days).Burial location unknown. | | | Henry Nicholas Bolander (1831-1897) — also known asHenry N. Bolander — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Schlüchtern, Hesse,Germany,February22, 1831.Republican.Californiasuperintendent of public instruction, 1871-75.Lutheran;laterEpiscopalian.German ancestry. Member,OddFellows.State Botanist for California Geological Survey, 1864-67; discoveredmany plant species.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,August28, 1897 (age66 years, 187days).Interment atGreenwoodHills Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Angela Marie Buchanan (b. 1948) — also known asBay Buchanan — Born inWashington,D.C.,December23, 1948.Republican. Treasurer forRonaldReagan's presidential campaigns, 1976-84; treasurer of the UnitedStates, 1981-83;televisioncommentator; delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1988;candidate forCaliforniastate treasurer, 1990.Female.Catholic;laterMormon.Irish,English,andGerman ancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | William Edwin Dannemeyer (1929-2019) — also known asWilliam E. Dannemeyer;BillDannemeyer —of Fullerton,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in South Gate,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September22, 1929.Republican.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1962-66, 1976-77; candidate forCaliforniastate senate, 1966; superior court judge in California, 1966-76;U.S.Representative from California 39th District, 1979-93.Lutheran.German ancestry. Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Thousand Palms,RiversideCounty, Calif.,July 9,2019 (age89 years, 290days).Burial location unknown. | | Irene Dunne (1898-1990) — also known asIrene Marie Dunn — Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December20, 1898.Republican.Actress;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956 ;member, California Arts Commission, 1967-70.Female.IrishandGerman ancestry.Died in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September4, 1990 (age91 years, 258days).Entombed in mausoleum atCalvaryCemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif. | | John Eric Ensign (b. 1958) — also known asJohn E. Ensign — of Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in Roseville,PlacerCounty, Calif.,March25, 1958.Republican.Veterinarian;hoteland casino manager;U.S.Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1995-99;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 2001-; defeated, 1998; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Nevada,2008.Pentecostal.Italian,German, andFilipinoancestry.In June 2009, headmittedto anextramaritalaffair with Cindy Hampton, a member of his campaign staff and thewife of his Senate aide Doug Hampton. In an unsuccessful attempt tokeep the Hamptons quiet about the affair, he gave them $96,000 (anillegallyundisclosed severance payment) through his parents. He also usedhis influence to set up Jeff Hampton as alobbyist,in violation of laws restricting lobbying by former congressionalaides. A grand juryinvestigationis in progress.Still living as of 2014. | | Ulysses Simon Fitzpatrick (1887-1938) — also known asUlysses S. Fitzpatrick — of Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.Born in Orange,OrangeCounty, Calif.,September2, 1887.Lawyer;U.S. Vice Consul inSan Jose, 1916-19.ManxandGerman ancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in California,January12, 1938 (age50 years, 132days).Interment atSanta Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana, Calif.  | Otto Godfrey Foelker (1875-1943) — also known asOtto G. Foelker — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Mainz,Germany,December29, 1875.Republican.Baker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1905-06; member ofNewYork state senate 4th District, 1907-08;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1908-11.German ancestry. Member,RoyalArcanum.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,January18, 1943 (age67 years, 20days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | George Willems Frisby (1890-1974) — also known asGeorge W. Frisby — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 12,1890.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1936.EnglishandGerman ancestry.Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,October18, 1974 (age84 years, 128days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.  | Clarence F. Graebner (1899-1967) — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,October13, 1899.Republican.Insurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,1947-54; member ofMichiganstate senate 22nd District, 1955-62.Lutheran.German ancestry.Died in Torrance,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February23, 1967 (age67 years, 133days).Entombed atOakwoodMemorial Mausoleum, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.  | Eric Hass (1905-1980) — of Oregon; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,1905.Socialist.Advertisingbusiness; Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Senator from Oregon, 1936;editorofThe Weekly People, 1938-68; Socialist Labor candidate forNewYork state attorney general, 1942; Industrial Governmentcandidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1944; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1945 (Socialist Labor), 1949 (IndustrialGovernment), 1957 (Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965(Socialist Labor); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; resigned orexpelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969;librarian.German andDanishancestry.Died, from aheartattack, in CommunityHospital,Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.,October2, 1980 (ageabout 75years).Burial location unknown. | | | Walter Emil Hettman (1886-1971) — also known asWalter E. Hettman — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Norwalk,MonroeCounty, Wis.,February24, 1886.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1932;HonoraryConsul for Estonia inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1935.German ancestry. Died in California,September30, 1971 (age85 years, 218days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Enoch Arden Holtwick (1881-1972) — also known asEnoch A. Holtwick — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Greenville,BondCounty, Ill.Born in Rhineland,MontgomeryCounty, Mo.,January3, 1881.Schoolteacher;president,Los Angeles Pacific Junior College, 1915-18;collegeprofessor; Prohibition candidate forIllinoisstate treasurer, 1936; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1950;Prohibition candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1952; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1956.FreeMethodist.German ancestry.Died, in Fair OaksNursingHome, Greenville,BondCounty, Ill.,March28, 1972 (age91 years, 85days).Interment atMt. Auburn Cemetery, Greenville, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof William Henry Holtwick and Elida (Heying) Holtwick; married,June 30,1908, to Clara Wilmot Uglow; married,June 27,1946, to Ruth Elmira (Turner) Hamilton. | | | | HoltwickHall, a student residence building atGreenvilleUniversity,Greenville,Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Janet Leigh (1927-2004) — also known asJeanette Helen Morrison — Born in Merced,MercedCounty, Calif.,July 6,1927.Democrat.Actress;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Female.Danish,Scotch-Irish,andGerman ancestry.Died, from aheartattack while also suffering fromvasculitis,in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October3, 2004 (age77 years, 89days).Cremated;ashes interred atWestwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.| | Relatives:Daughter of Frederick Robert Morrison and Helen Lita (Westergaard)Morrison; married,June 4,1951, toTonyCurtis; married,August1, 1942, to John Kenneth Carlisle; married,October5, 1945, to Stanley Reames; married,September15, 1962, to Robert Brandt. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Lund Jr. (1870-1925) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inGermany,1870.Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1901-04.NorwegianandGerman ancestry.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November30, 1925 (ageabout 55years).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Pat Nixon (1912-1993) — also known asThelma Catherine Ryan;"Starlight" —of California. Born in Ely,White PineCounty, Nev.,March16, 1912.Republican.Schoolteacher;Second Ladyof the United States, 1953-61;honored guest, Republican National Convention,1956 ;First Ladyof the United States, 1969-74;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.Female.Protestant.IrishandGerman ancestry.Died, fromlungcancer, in Park Ridge,BergenCounty, N.J.,June 22,1993 (age81 years, 98days).Interment atRichardNixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.| | Relatives:Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan;married,June 21,1940, toRichardMilhous Nixon. | | | | Political family:Eisenhowerfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Patricia NixonElementarySchool (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), inCerritos,California, isnamed forher. — Pat NixonPark(established 1969), inCerritos,California, isnamed forher. | | | | Epitaph: "Even when people can't speakyour language, they can tell if you have love in yourheart." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Genevieve Nutto (1902-1993) — also known asGenevieve Heffernan — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Laguna Hills,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,October23, 1902.Republican.Stenographer;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1950.Female.IrishandGerman ancestry.Died in Laguna Hills,OrangeCounty, Calif.,May 2,1993 (age90 years, 191days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of James Heffernan and Anna M. Heffernan. |
| | Edgar Anthony Riedinger (1896-1970) — also known asEdgar Riedinger — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Sylmar,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Missouri,June 23,1896.Republican.Garageowner; sales manager,motortruck company; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,1925-26.German ancestry. Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,November8, 1970 (age74 years, 138days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert Reidinger and Mary (Anthis) Reidinger; married to MarthaLenora Walkenhorst. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) — also known asWilliam E. Rothery — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.; Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March25, 1851.Newspapereditor and publisher;Consulfor Liberia inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1888-95;manufacturers'agent;food broker.German ancestry. Died, following aheartattack, in St. Peter'sHospital,Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,July 8,1932 (age81 years, 105days).Interment atCataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass. | | Paul Schrade (b. 1924) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Newhall (now part of Santa Clarita),LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,December17, 1924.Democrat.Aerospacemanufacturing worker;president,United Auto Workers local representing workers at North AmericanAviation; later, westernregionaldirector, United Auto Workers; early supporter ofCesarChavez's efforts to unionize farm workers; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1956,1968,1972;supported and worked forRobertF. Kennedy's presidential campaign, and on June 5, 1968, whenKennedy was shot, Schrade was one of five others who were alsoshot andwounded.German ancestry. Still living as of 2018.| | Relatives: Sonof Florence Anna (Keil) Schrade and William Theodore Schrade; nephewofHenryGottlieb Schrade. |
| | Ally Sheedy (b. 1962) — also known asAlexandra Elizabeth Sheedy — Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,June 13,1962.Democrat.Actress;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.Female.Jewish,Irish, andGerman ancestry.Still living as of 2022. | | John Marion Sheets (1854-1940) — also known asJohn M. Sheets — of Ottawa,PutnamCounty, Ohio.Born near Columbus Grove,PutnamCounty, Ohio,May 26,1854.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1894-99; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Ohio,1896;Ohiostate attorney general, 1900-04.German andEnglishancestry.Died in Palo Alto,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,December29, 1940 (age86 years, 217days).Burial location unknown. | | Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) — also known asAdolph B. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January5, 1857.Republican. President, SpreckelsSugarCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1884;angered by an article in the San FranciscoChronicle, onNovember 19, 1884, heshotand badly wounded the paper's publisher,M.H. de Young;arrestedandchargedwithattemptedmurder; pleaded temporary insanity;tried in1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San MateoElectricRailway; vice-president, WesternSugarCompany; vice-president, OceanicSteamshipCompany.German ancestry. Died, frompneumoniaandsyphilis,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 28,1924 (age67 years, 175days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofJohnDiedrich Spreckels; married to Alma deBretteville. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | SpreckelsLake,in Golden Gate Park,SanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) — also known as"The Sugar King of Hawaii";"His Royal Saccharinity" —Born in Lamstedt,Germany,July9, 1828.Republican.Sugarmagnate; Republican Presidential Elector for California,1872(voted forUlyssesS. Grant andHenryWilson); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1897(voted forWilliamMcKinley andGarretA. Hobart).German ancestry. Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December26, 1908 (age80 years, 170days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) — also known asJohn D. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,August16, 1853.Republican. Founder and president, OceanicSteamshipCompany; president, WesternSugarCompany; owned theHotel deCoronado, the San DiegoElectricRailway,newspapersin San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and ArizonaRailway,from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1896,1924;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1896.German ancestry. Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,June 7,1926 (age72 years, 295days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofAdolphBernard Spreckels; married1877 to LillieC. Siebein. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | The SpreckelsTheatre,inSanDiego, California, isnamed forhim. — SpreckelsElementarySchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — SpreckelsPark,inCoronado,California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (1830-1898) — also known asAdolph Sutro — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.Born inGermany,April29, 1830.Cigar andtobacco merchant; promoted and led the construction of the SutroTunnel, to drain water from thesilvermines of the Comstock Lode in Nevada;real estateinvestor;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1895-97.Jewish.German ancestry.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,August8, 1898 (age68 years, 101days).Interment atHomeof Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | John Charles Thomas (1891-1960) — Born in Meyersdale,SomersetCounty, Pa.,September6, 1891.Republican.Operasinger;performed, Republican National Convention, 1956.WelshandGerman ancestry.Died, fromcancer,in Apple Valley,SanBernardino County, Calif.,December13, 1960 (age69 years, 98days).Burial location unknown. | | Ernest Untermann (1864-1956) — of Idaho; California. Born in Brandenburg, Prussia (nowGermany),November6, 1864.Socialist.Sailor;naturalized U.S. citizen;author;translator;first American translator ofDas Kapital by Karl Marx;candidate forGovernor ofIdaho, 1908; candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1914.German ancestry. Died in Vernal,UintahCounty, Utah,January5, 1956 (age91 years, 60days).Burial location unknown.  | Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born inLynchburg,Va.,March 2,1858.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1900,1904,1908,1912,1916,1932,1936;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall); candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1916;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.Jewish.German ancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanSociety for International Law.Died in Palm Springs,RiversideCounty, Calif.,March16, 1940 (age82 years, 14days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Clarence E. Wagner (1896-1979) — of Long Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Palos Verdes Peninsula,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Antigo,LangladeCounty, Wis.,September6, 1896.Pharmacist;mayorof Long Beach, Calif., 1938-39, 1942-45.German ancestry. Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 26,1979 (age82 years, 323days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Katherine (Scharmann) Wagner and Daniel Wagner. |
| | Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) — also known asC. W. Wendte — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 11,1844.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;minister;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1880.Unitarian.German ancestry.Injured in afall, anddied two weeks later in PeraltaHospital,Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,September9, 1931 (age87 years, 90days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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