| |  Archibald Alphonso Alexander (1888-1958) — also known asArchie Alexander — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Ottumwa,WapelloCounty, Iowa,May 14,1888.Civil engineer;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands, 1954-55; resigned 1955.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,January4, 1958 (age69 years, 235days).Interment atGlendaleCemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. | | George Titus Baker (1857-1940) — also known asGeorge T. Baker — of Davenport,ScottCounty, Iowa.Born in Homestead,IowaCounty, Iowa,1857.Democrat.Civil engineer; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1895;mayorof Davenport, Iowa, 1898-1900; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Iowa,1900.Died in Davenport,ScottCounty, Iowa,December13, 1940 (ageabout 83years).Interment atOakdaleMemorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa.| |  Relatives: Sonof A. W. Baker and Freelove M. (Kenyon) Baker; married to ClaraIsabel Poole. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Donald J. Canney (1930-2011) — also known asDon Canney — of Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa.Born in Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa,October8, 1930.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;civilengineer;mayorof Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1969-92.Catholic.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa,March20, 2011 (age80 years, 163days).Burial location unknown. | | Daniel L. Cushing (b. 1836) — ofPoweshiekCounty, Iowa; Quechee, Hartford,WindsorCounty, Vt.Born in Hartford,WindsorCounty, Vt.,August4, 1836.Republican.Civil engineer; worked on theErieCanal andrailroadprojects;farmer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Hartford, 1882-83; member ofVermontstate senate from Windsor County, 1886.Congregationalist.Burial location unknown. | | Peter Anthony Dey (1825-1911) — also known asPeter A. Dey — of Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa.Born in Romulus,SenecaCounty, N.Y.,1825.Democrat. Chiefengineer of the Union PacificRailroad,1864; founder of the First NationalBank ofIowa City; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1876;member ofIowarailroad commission, 1878-95.Died in1911(ageabout86 years).Burial location unknown. | | Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) — also known asGrenville M. Dodge — of Iowa. Born in Danvers,EssexCounty, Mass.,April12, 1831.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1867-69; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Iowa,1868(member,ResolutionsCommittee); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Iowa, 1872-74.Member,LoyalLegion.Chiefengineer of the Union PacificRailroad.Died in Council Bluffs,PottawattamieCounty, Iowa,January3, 1916 (age84 years, 266days).Entombed atWalnutHill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa. | | Thomas Cooper Evans (1924-2005) — also known asT. Cooper Evans — of Grundy Center,GrundyCounty, Iowa.Born in Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa,May 26,1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;engineer;farmer;member ofIowaRepublican State Central Committee, 1971; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1975-79;U.S.Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1981-87.Methodist.Died in Grundy Center,GrundyCounty, Iowa,December22, 2005 (age81 years, 210days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Grundy Center, Iowa. | | John William Feller (b. 1893) — also known asJohn W. Feller — of Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.Born in Victor,IowaCounty, Iowa,August30, 1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;engineer; postmaster atRochester,Minn., 1935-53 (acting, 1935).Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Louis Feller and Katherine (Frawley) Feller; married,February25, 1922, to Florence Lyons. |
 | Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known asHerbert Hoover;"The GreatEngineer";"The Grand Old Man" —of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in West Branch,CedarCounty, Iowa,August10, 1874.Republican.Miningengineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1920;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28;Presidentof the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,Republican National Convention,1940,1952,1956,1960.Quaker.SwissandDutchancestry.Inducted into the National MiningHall ofFame, Leadville, Colorado.Died, ofintestinalcancer, in his suite at the Waldorf TowersHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1964 (age90 years, 71days).Interment atHerbertHoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.| | Relatives: Sonof Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,February10, 1899, toLouHenry; father ofHerbertClark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** ofCharlesLewis Hoover. | | | | Cross-reference:HoraceA. Mann —WalterH. Newton —ChristianA. Herter —LewisL. Strauss —ClarenceC. Stetson | | | | HooverDam(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado RiverbetweenClarkCounty, Nevada, andMohaveCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inGlendale,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inDesMoines, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inElkview,West Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanets (asteroids)932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), arenamed forhim. | | | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken inevery pot." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Herbert Hoover:TheOrdeal of Woodrow Wilson | | | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.Fausold,ThePresidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson,HerbertHoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash,Lifeof Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —George H. Nash,TheLife of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg,HerbertHoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — GlenJeansonne,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —Kendrick A. Clements,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,1918-1928 — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — David Holford,HerbertHoover (for young readers) | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1965) |
| | Frank William Howbert (1858-1945) — also known asFrank W. Howbert;William FrankHowbert —of Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.;Denver,Colo.Born in Clarinda,PageCounty, Iowa,October26, 1858.Republican.Civil engineer;ElPaso County Clerk, 1888;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Denver, Colorado, 1897-1913,1921-32; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,1928(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Germanancestry. Member,Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen ofthe World;Freemasons.Died, frompneumonia,inDenver,Colo.,December5, 1945 (age87 years, 40days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Vivien Kellems (1896-1975) — of Mystic, Stonington,New LondonCounty, Conn.; East Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,June 7,1896.Engineer;manufacturer;candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1952 (Independent Republican), 1956(Independent), 1958 (Independent).Female.Died in1975(ageabout79 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Rev. David Clinton Kellems and Louisa (Flint)Kellems. |
| | Joseph P. Lawlor (1893-1982) — of Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa.Born in De Witt,ClintonCounty, Iowa,1893.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;engineer; servedin the U.S. Navy during World War II;mayor ofAmes, Iowa, 1954-57.Died in1982(ageabout89 years).Burial location unknown. | | Daniel D. Mills (b. 1905) — also known asDan Mills — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Keokuk,LeeCounty, Iowa,1905.Republican.Civil engineer; candidate forMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1944, 1952; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1948; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1950.Burial location unknown. | | Cyrus Goldsmith Oliver (1864-1929) — of Onawa,MononaCounty, Iowa.Born in Onawa,MononaCounty, Iowa,August7, 1864.Engineer;farmer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1923-29.Died in Onawa,MononaCounty, Iowa,February15, 1929 (age64 years, 192days).Interment atOnawaCemetery, Onawa, Iowa. | | Hoval A. Smith (1876-c.1954) — of Arizona. Born in Iowa,1876.Republican.Miningengineer; candidate forU.S.Senator from Arizona, 1911.Norwegianancestry.Advocated the annexation of Sonora from Mexico to the U.S. Died about 1954 (ageabout 78years).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives:Married to Nina R. Smith. |
 | Reno W. Trego (1877-1961) — of Merrill,LincolnCounty, Wis.; Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.Born near Blairstown,BentonCounty, Iowa,August24, 1877.Progressive.Machinist;automobiledealer;real estateagent;hoteloperator;truckingbusiness;electricutilityengineer; member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Lincoln County, 1937-40.Member,OddFellows.Died in Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.,November3, 1961 (age84 years, 71days).Interment atGarrison Cemetery, Garrison, Iowa.
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