Very incomplete list! | |  John Moore Allison (1905-1978) — also known asJohn M. Allison — of Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.; Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Holton,JacksonCounty, Kan.,April 7,1905.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inKobe, as of 1932; U.S. Consul inTsinan, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1953-57;Indonesia, 1957-58;Czechoslovakia, 1958-60.Member,Acacia. Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,October28, 1978 (age73 years, 204days).Interment atNationalMemorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,Hawaii. | | Jay Rogers Benton (1885-1953) — also known asJay R. Benton — of Belmont,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,October18, 1885.Republican.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;banker;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1916;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1917-18;Massachusettsstate attorney general, 1923-27;insuranceexecutive.Congregationalist.Member,PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;Acacia;Sons ofthe American Revolution;American BarAssociation.Died in Belmont,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November3, 1953 (age68 years, 16days).Interment atBelmont Cemetery, Belmont, Mass. | | William Gilmer Bray (1903-1979) — also known asWilliam G. Bray — of Martinsville,MorganCounty, Ind.Born near Mooresville,MorganCounty, Ind.,June 17,1903.Republican.Lawyer;MorganCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-31; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1951-75 (7th District 1951-67, 6thDistrict 1967-75).Quaker. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Eagles;Kiwanis;TauKappa Alpha;Acacia.Died in Martinsville,MorganCounty, Ind.,June 4,1979 (age75 years, 352days).Interment atWhiteLick Cemetery, Mooresville, Ind. | | Benjamin Beuhring Brown (b. 1893) — also known asBen B. Brown — of Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Born in Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.,March14, 1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1925-26;defeated, 1928; president, LewisLandandCoalCompany; director, Kanawha ValleyBank;director, Slab ForkCoalCompany; director, ScotiaCoal andCoke Company; director, EagleLandCompany.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Acacia;American BarAssociation.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Frederick Brown and Jennie Morgan (Woodbridge) Brown;married,August22, 1917, to Hester Moulton Newhall. |
| | Haslett Platt Burke (b. 1874) — also known asHaslett P. Burke — ofDenver,Colo.Born inMononaCounty, Iowa,April28, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; districtjudge in Colorado 13th District, 1907-19;justice ofColorado state supreme court, 1919-49;chiefjustice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1927-28, 1937-39, 1947-49.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiAlpha Delta;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Acacia;Elks;Redmen.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Thomas Burke and Clara Jane (Hardy) Burke; married,March16, 1904, to Rose M. Sanner. |
| | Wilburn Cartwright (1892-1979) — of McAlester,PittsburgCounty, Okla.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born in Georgetown,MeigsCounty, Tenn.,January12, 1892.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;lawyer;member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1915-18; member ofOklahomastate senate, 1919-22;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1927-43; major in theU.S. Army during World War II;secretaryof state of Oklahoma, 1947-51;Oklahomastate auditor, 1951-55.Baptist.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Acacia;Lions;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks;JuniorOrder.Died in Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,March14, 1979 (age87 years, 61days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla. | | Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) — also known asFrancis Case — of Custer,CusterCounty, S.Dak.Born in Everly,ClayCounty, Iowa,December9, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;newspapereditor and publisher;rancher;U.S.Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51;U.S.Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegateto Republican National Convention from South Dakota,1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker).Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;PiKappa Delta;SigmaDelta Chi;Freemasons;Acacia;Elks;Rotary.Died, in theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 22,1962 (age65 years, 195days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak. | | Sidna Poage Dalton (1892-1965) — also known asS. P. Dalton — of Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.Born inVernonCounty, Mo.,November16, 1892.Lawyer;CapeGirardeau County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28, 1931-34;justice ofMissouri state supreme court, 1950-65; appointed 1950;chiefjustice of Missouri state supreme court, 1956-58.Methodist.Member,Order ofthe Coif;PhiAlpha Delta;PhiDelta Kappa;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Freemasons;OddFellows;Acacia.Died in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,April26, 1965 (age72 years, 161days).Interment atMemorialPark Cemetery, Columbia, Mo. | | Jacob Erastus Davis (1905-2003) — also known asJacob E. Davis — of Waverly,PikeCounty, Ohio; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Beaver,PikeCounty, Ohio,October31, 1905.Democrat.Lawyer;PikeCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1935-37; resigned 1937; commonpleas court judge in Ohio, 1937-40;U.S.Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1941-43; vice-president,Kroger Company (supermarkets),1945-60; president and CEO, 1961-70.Protestant.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaTheta Phi;Freemasons;Acacia.Died in Naples,CollierCounty, Fla.,February28, 2003 (age97 years, 120days).Entombed in mausoleum atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Ovie Clark Fisher (1903-1994) — also known asO. Clark Fisher — of San Angelo,Tom GreenCounty, Tex.Born in Junction,KimbleCounty, Tex.,November22, 1903.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1935-37;U.S.Representative from Texas 21st District, 1943-75; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1960.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Knightsof Pythias;Rotary;Acacia.DiedDecember9, 1994 (age91 years, 17days).Interment atJunctionCemetery, Junction, Tex. | | Curtis Daniel MacDougall (1903-1985) — also known asCurtis D. MacDougall — of Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Fond du Lac,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,February11, 1903.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;newspapereditor; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1944.Member,SigmaDelta Chi;PiDelta Epsilon;PiKappa Delta;Acacia.Died in Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.,November10, 1985 (age82 years, 272days).Cremated;ashes interred atRienziCemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis.| | Relatives: Sonof Gilbert Thomas MacDougall and Isabella (McCollum) MacDougall;married to Genevieve Rockwood. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Wheaton Mott (1883-1945) — also known asJames W. Mott — ofClatsopCounty, Ore.; Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.Born near New Washington,ClearfieldCounty, Pa.,November12, 1883.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1922-26, 1930;U.S.Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1933-45; defeated inprimary, 1928; died in office 1945.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;SigmaChi;Elks;Kiwanis;Acacia.Died inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,November12, 1945 (age62 years, 0days).Entombed in mausoleum atCityView Cemetery, Salem, Ore. | | Floyd E. Page (1896-1967) — of Denison,CrawfordCounty, Iowa.Born in Arthur,IdaCounty, Iowa,November5, 1896.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1940(member,CredentialsCommittee).Presbyterian.Member,Kiwanis;Freemasons;PhiDelta Phi;OmicronDelta Kappa;Acacia.Died in1967(ageabout70 years).Burial location unknown. | | Leslie Earnest Salter (1895-1964) — also known asLeslie E. Salter — of Flossmoor,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Alva,WoodsCounty, Okla.,May 10,1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1920-24; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1948; circuit judge inIllinois, 1953-64.Baptist.Member,Acacia;AmericanLegion;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaSigma Rho;PhiAlpha Delta;AlphaKappa Psi.Died in Flossmoor,CookCounty, Ill.,February20, 1964 (age68 years, 286days).Burial location unknown.  | Charles Albert Sink (1879-1972) — also known asCharles A. Sink — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Westernville,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1879.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1stDistrict, 1919-20, 1925-26; member ofMichiganstate senate 12th District, 1921-22, 1927-30; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1932; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1936; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1948.Congregationalist.Member,Rotary;Freemasons;Acacia;Phi MuAlpha;PhiKappa Phi.Died, from astroke,in St. Joseph MercyHospital,Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,December17, 1972 (age93 years, 166days).Entombed atWashtenongMemorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Herman Sink and Caroline (Gleasman) Sink; married,June 18,1923, to Alva Joanna Gordon. | | | | Image source: Ann Arbor Daily News,October 8, 1928 |
| | | Harry A. Spencer (b. 1903) — of Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in Bishops, Walton,England,September16, 1903.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska,1936,1940(HonoraryVice-President);vice-chair ofNebraska Republican Party, 1936-38;justice ofNebraska state supreme court, 1950.Methodist.Member,Order ofthe Coif;Lions;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;OddFellows;Elks;Acacia.Burial location unknown.  | C. Tracey Stagg (1878-1939) — of Cayuga Heights,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,December16, 1878.Republican.Lawyer;lawprofessor; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 41st District, 1935-39; died in office 1939.Presbyterian.Member,PhiDelta Phi;Acacia;Order ofthe Coif;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.DiedJuly 14,1939 (age60 years, 210days).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Red Book 1936 |
| | | Hubert G. Utterback (1880-1942) — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Hayesville,KeokukCounty, Iowa,June 28,1880.Democrat.Lawyer;district judge in Iowa 9th District, 1915-27;justice ofIowa state supreme court, 1932-33;U.S.Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1935-37; defeated, 1938;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1936;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Iowa, 1937-40.Disciplesof Christ. Member,Acacia;PhiBeta Kappa;AlphaPhi Omega;DeltaTheta Phi;Lions.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,May 12,1942 (age61 years, 318days).Interment atDesMoines Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. | | Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903-1996) — also known asRalph W. Yarborough — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Chandler,HendersonCounty, Tex.,June 8,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;district judge in Texas, 1936-41; candidate for nomination forTexasstate attorney general, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II; candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1952, 1954, 1956;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1957-71; defeated in primary, 1970, 1972;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1964,1980.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;PhiDelta Phi;Order ofthe Coif;Moose;Freemasons;Shriners;Acacia.DiedJanuary27, 1996 (age92 years, 233days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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