Very incomplete list!  |  Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) — also known asWillis J. Abbot;Willis J.Abbott —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.; Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March16, 1863.Democrat.Newspapereditor; chairman ofHenryGeorge's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director ofthe Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend andspokesman ofWilliamJennings Bryan; candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian ScienceMonitor, 1922-27.ChristianScientist. Member,American Economic Association.Died in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 19,1934 (age71 years, 64days).Cremated;ashes interred atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Hugh Gardner Ackley (1915-1998) — also known asH. Gardner Ackley — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,June 30,1915.Universityprofessor;economist;chair, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, 1964-68; U.S. Ambassador toItaly, 1968-69.Scottishancestry. Member,KappaDelta Pi;TauKappa Alpha;PhiKappa Phi;TrilateralCommission;American Economic Association;AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease, in Huron Woodsnursinghome, Superior Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,February12, 1998 (age82 years, 227days).Cremated. | | Marcus Alexis (b. 1932) — of Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February26, 1932.Democrat.Economist;universityprofessor; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1979-81.Africanancestry. Member,American Economic Association.Still living as of 1994. | | George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) — also known asGeorge W. Anderson — of Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Acworth,SullivanCounty, N.H.,September1, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMassachusettsstate attorney general, 1911, 1912;U.S.Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; member, Interstate CommerceCommission, 1917-18;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; tooksenior status 1931.Unitarian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;American EconomicAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons.Died in DeLand,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,February14, 1938 (age76 years, 166days).Cremated.| |  Relatives: Sonof David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson;married1897 to MinnieE. Mitchell; married,January25, 1908, to Addie Earle Kenerson. |
| | Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. (1873-1936) — also known asA. Piatt Andrew, Jr. — of Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in LaPorte,LaPorteCounty, Ind.,February12, 1873.Republican. Director, U.S. Mint, 1909; U.S. Assistant Secretary ofthe Treasury, 1910-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1921-36; died inoffice 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1924,1928.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;American Economic Association.Died, frominfluenzaandarteriosclerosis,in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,June 3,1936 (age63 years, 112days).Cremated;ashes scattered.  | Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) — also known asRoger W. Babson;"The Seer of WellesleyHills" —of Wellesley Hills, Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 6,1875.Statistician;economist;Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1940.Congregationalist.Member,American Economic Association.Authorof many books on business and religion; famed for predicting the 1929stock market crash;founderof Babson Institute (now Babson College), in Wellesley, Mass.; WebberCollege (now Webber International University), in Babson Park, Fla.,and Utopia College (now defunct), in Eureka, Kan.Died in Mountain Lake,PolkCounty, Fla.,March 5,1967 (age91 years, 242days).Interment atBabson College Grounds, Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Mass. | | | William Burke Belknap (1885-1965) — also known asWilliam B. Belknap — of Goshen,OldhamCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April18, 1885.Democrat.Stockbreeder;economist;collegeteacher; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 59th District, 1924-28, 1934-35; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1933.Member,American Economic Association;ZetaPsi;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons.DiedSeptember7, 1965 (age80 years, 142days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Zenas Work Bliss (1867-1957) — also known asZenas W. Bliss — of Cranston,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; Edgewood, Cranston,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Johnston,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January10, 1867.Republican.Real estatebusiness; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1903-09;LieutenantGovernor of Rhode Island, 1910-13; Rhode Island State TaxCommissioner.Unitarian.Member,LoyalLegion;American Economic Association;AmericanPolitical Science Association;Freemasons.Died in Cranston,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January10, 1957 (age90 years, 0days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | Werner Michael Blumenthal (b. 1926) — also known asW. Michael Blumenthal — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Oranienburg,Germany,January3, 1926.Democrat. President, Bendix International, 1967-70;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1984;chairman,Burroughs(1980-86), andUnisys(1986-90); delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewJersey,2008;president, Berlin Jewish Museum.Jewish. Member,Council onForeign Relations;American Economic Association.Still living as of 2020. | | Edgar Bernard Brossard (b. 1889) — also known asEdgar B. Brossard — of Utah;Washington,D.C.Born in Oxford,BannockCounty, Idaho,April 1,1889.Republican.Collegeprofessor;economist;member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1925-45; chair, U.S. TariffCommission, 1930.Mormon. Member,American Economic Association;Grange;PhiKappa Phi;AlphaZeta;PiKappa Alpha.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Amable Alphonse Brossard and Mary Catherine (Hobson) Brossard;married,August25, 1915, to Laura P. Crowley. |
| | Charles Hillman Brough (1876-1935) — also known asCharles H. Brough — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in Clinton,HindsCounty, Miss.,July 9,1876.Democrat.Collegeprofessor;Governor ofArkansas, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Arkansas,1924.Baptist.Member,American Economic Association;AmericanPolitical Science Association;BetaTheta Pi;TauKappa Alpha;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Woodmen ofthe World;ModernWoodmen of America;ColumbianWoodmen;AncientOrder of United Workmen;Maccabees.Died, from aheartattack,December26, 1935 (age59 years, 170days).Interment atRoselawnMemorial Park, Little Rock, Ark. | | Frank Buchanan (1902-1951) — of McKeesport,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in McKeesport,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,December1, 1902.Democrat.Schoolteacher;athleticcoach;automobiledealer;mayorof McKeesport, Pa., 1942; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1944;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1946-51; died inoffice 1951.Protestant.Member,American Economic Association;PhiGamma Delta;Elks;Eagles;Moose;Lions.Died, fromesophagealand gastric bleeding, in thenavalhospital at Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April27, 1951 (age48 years, 147days).Interment atMt.Vernon Cemetery, near McKeesport, Elizabeth Township, AlleghenyCounty, Pa. | | Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) — also known asCharles W. Cole — of Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.; New York.Born in Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.,February8, 1906.Universityprofessor;Presidentof Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador toChile, 1961-64.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanAssociation of University Professors;Council onForeign Relations;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;DeltaSigma Rho;AmericanHistorical Association;American Economic Association.Died in1978(ageabout72 years).Burial location unknown.  | Charles Arthur Conant (1861-1915) — also known asCharles A. Conant — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Winchester,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,July 2,1861.Democrat. Candidate forMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1886; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1894; delegate toGold Democrat National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;journalist;author;economist;set up the currency system in the Philippine Islands; director of theManilaRailroadand the NationalBank ofNicaragua; treasurer of MortonTrustCompany of New York.Member,American Economic Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, fromstomachcancer, in Havana (La Habana),Cuba,July5, 1915 (age54 years, 3days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles E. Conant and Mary Crawford (Wallace)Conant. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, July 1908 |
| | Charles Richard Crane (1858-1939) — also known asCharles R. Crane — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Woods Hole, Falmouth,BarnstableCounty, Mass.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August7, 1858.President, Crane Company,valvesand fittings manufacturer; director, NationalBank ofthe Republic, Chicago; U.S. Minister toChina, 1920-21.Member,American Economic Association. DiedFebruary14, 1939 (age80 years, 191days).Interment atWoods Hole Village Cemetery, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Mass. | | William Smith Culbertson (1884-1966) — also known asWilliam S. Culbertson — of Kansas; Charmian,FranklinCounty, Pa.Born in Greensburg,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,August5, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;economist;universityprofessor; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921-25; U.S. MinistertoRomania, 1925-28; U.S. Ambassador toChile, 1928-33.Presbyterian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;American BarAssociation;AmericanSociety for International Law;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiAlpha Delta;DeltaPhi Epsilon;American Economic Association.Died in1966(ageabout81 years).Burial location unknown. | | Winthrop More Daniels (b. 1867) — also known asWinthrop M. Daniels — of Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.; Saybrook,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,September30, 1867.Universityprofessor; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1914-23;trustee of New York, New Haven and HartfordRailroad,1935.Member,American Economic Association. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof E. A. Daniels; married,October12, 1898, to Joan Robertson. |
| | Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) — also known asPaul H. Douglas — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,March26, 1892.Democrat.Universityprofessor;economist;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966.UnitarianorQuaker. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Americansfor Democratic Action;American Economic Association;AmericanPhilosophical Society;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaUpsilon.Died inWashington,D.C.,September24, 1976 (age84 years, 182days).Cremated;ashes scattered.  | Garrett Droppers (1860-1927) — of Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,April12, 1860.Democrat.Universityprofessor;president,University of South Dakota, 1898-1906; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1912(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); U.S. Minister toGreece, 1914-20;Montenegro, 1914-20.Member,American Economic Association. Died in Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,July 7,1927 (age67 years, 86days).Interment atWilliamsCollege Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass. | | Edward Dana Durand (1871-1960) — also known asE. Dana Durand — of Minnesota;Washington,D.C.Born in Romeo,MacombCounty, Mich.,October18, 1871.Economist;director, U.S. Census, 1909-13;universityprofessor; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1935-47.Member,American Economic Association;AmericanStatistical Association.Died inWashington,D.C.,January6, 1960 (age88 years, 80days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Cyrus Y. Durand and Celia (Day) Durand; married,July 15,1903, to Mary Elizabeth Bennett. |
| | Lynn Ramsay Edminster (b. 1893) — also known asLynn R. Edminster — of Illinois;Washington,D.C.Born in Chillicothe,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,January2, 1893.Universityprofessor;economist;member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1942-45.Member,American Economic Association;KappaSigma.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Howard Simmons Edminster and Julia (Jones) Edminster; married,May 19,1917, to Lucile Forsythe. |
| | Franklin Spencer Edmonds (b. 1874) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Whitemarsh,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March28, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;lawprofessor; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1921-26; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 12th District, 1939-46.Episcopalian.Member,American Economic Association;AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;American BarAssociation;UnionLeague;BetaTheta Pi;PhiDelta Phi.Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Lyman Fisher (1914-1992) — of Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Pawtucket,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January11, 1914.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1975-81.Unitarian.Member,American Economic Association;AmericanSociety for Public Administration;AmericanForestry Association.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,February19, 1992 (age78 years, 39days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Ralph Edward Flanders (1880-1970) — also known asRalph E. Flanders — of Springfield,WindsorCounty, Vt.Born in Barnet,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,September28, 1880.Republican.Mechanicalengineer; delegate to Republican National Convention fromVermont,1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee);U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1946-59.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;American EconomicAssociation;UnitedWorld Federalists.Died in Springfield,WindsorCounty, Vt.,February19, 1970 (age89 years, 144days).Cremated;ashes interred atSummerHill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt. | | Marion Bayard Folsom (1893-1976) — also known asMarion B. Folsom — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in McRae (now part of McRae-Helena),TelfairCounty, Ga.,November23, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member,Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55;U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1955-58;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;American EconomicAssociation.Treasurer of Eastman Kodak Company, 1935-53. DiedSeptember27, 1976 (age82 years, 309days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth — of Tennessee. Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Republican.Economist;member, Federal Communications Commission, 1997-2001.Member,American Economic Association. Still living as of 2001. | | James Kenneth Galbraith (born c.1952) — also known asJames K. Galbraith — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born about 1952. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1972;economist;universityprofessor.Member,American Economic Association;Americansfor Democratic Action.Still living as of 2014. | | John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Iona Station,Ontario,October15, 1908.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;economist;universityprofessor; U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1972.Scottishancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;American Economic Association;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000.Died, ofpneumonia,in Mt. AuburnHospital,Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April29, 2006 (age97 years, 196days).Interment atIndianHill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn. | | Edward Joseph Gardner (1898-1950) — also known asEdward J. Gardner — of Hamilton,ButlerCounty, Ohio.Born in Hamilton,ButlerCounty, Ohio,August7, 1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;accountant;economist;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1937-38, 1941-42;U.S.Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1945-47; defeated, 1946.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,American Economic Association;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Knightsof Columbus;Elks;Moose.Died in Hamilton,ButlerCounty, Ohio,December7, 1950 (age52 years, 122days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Hamilton, Ohio. | | Jule Lawrence Goetzman (1912-1956) — also known asJule L. Goetzman — of Moline,RockIsland County, Ill.;Washington,D.C.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,December12, 1912.Foreign Service officer;economist;U.S. Vice Consul inHavana, 1937-39;Yokohama, 1939-41;Bilbao, 1942-46.Member,American Economic Association. DiedJuly 23,1956 (age43 years, 224days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George L. Goetzman and Myrtle (Rinehart) Goetzman; married1937 toCharlotte Ehler. |
| | Henry Francis Grady (1882-1957) — also known asHenry F. Grady — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February12, 1882.Democrat. U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1947-48;Greece, 1948-50;Iran, 1950-51; U.S. Minister toNepal, 1948.Member,American Economic Association;BetaGamma Sigma;DeltaSigma Pi;LambdaChi Alpha;PhiGamma Mu.Died, of aheartattack,on theocean linerPresident Wilson, in thePacificOcean,September14, 1957 (age75 years, 214days).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.  | John Austin Gronouski Jr. (1919-1996) — also known asJohn A. Gronouski, Jr. — of Wisconsin. Born in Dunbar,MarinetteCounty, Wis.,October26, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;candidate forU.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1952;U.S.Postmaster General, 1963-65; U.S. Ambassador toPoland, 1965-68.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,American Economic Association.Died in Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.,January7, 1996 (age76 years, 73days).Interment atAllouez Catholic Cemetery, Allouez, Wis. | | Charles Humphrey Hamill (b. 1868) — also known asCharles H. Hamill — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March20, 1868.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofCharlesS. Deneen, 1898-1905; member, board of managers, PresbyterianHospital;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 29th District,1920-22.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanSociety for International Law;American EconomicAssociation;PsiUpsilon;PhiBeta Kappa.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles D. Hamill and Susan Fannie (Walbridge) Hamill; married,May 25,1910, to Kathleen McDonald Mather-Smith. |
 | James Denton Hancock (b. 1837) — also known asJames D. Hancock;"Nya GuaHai";"Grizzy Bear" —of Franklin,VenangoCounty, Pa.Born in Wyoming Valley,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,June 9,1837.Democrat.Universityprofessor;lawyer;solicitor, Allegeny ValleyRailroad,1877-88; solicitor, New York and PhiladelphiaRailroad,1878-88; general solicitor, Western New York and PennsylvaniaRailroad,from 1888; candidate forU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1892 (27th District), 1894(at-large).Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;PhiBeta Kappa;American Economic Association.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Hancock and Mary (Perkins) Hancock. | | | | Image source: The Book of ProminentPennsylvanians (1913) |
 | Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) — also known asHarry B. Hawes — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.,November15, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1904,1928;member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee,1904,1916;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sonsof Confederate Veterans;AmericanLegion;ReserveOfficers Association;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;American BarAssociation;AmericanSociety for International Law;American EconomicAssociation;IzaakWalton League;AudubonSociety;AmericanForestry Association;National RifleAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 31,1947 (age77 years, 258days).Cremated;ashes scattered ina private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Smith Nicholas Hawes and Susan Elizabeth (Simrall) Hawes; married,November15, 1899, to Elizabeth Eppes Osborne Robinson; grandson ofRichardHawes; grandnephew ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857) andAlbertGallatin Hawes; great-grandson ofGeorgeNicholas; great-grandnephew ofWilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas andAylettHawes; second great-grandson ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph; first cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin once removed ofPeterMyndert Dox,AylettHawes Buckner andEdmundRandolph; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnWalker,CarterBassett Harrison,FrancisWalker andWilliamHenry Harrison; third cousin ofEdmundRandolph Cocke; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall andFrancisBeverley Biddle; third cousin twice removed ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); third cousin thrice removed ofBurwellBassett; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasWalker Gilmer,CarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926). | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnJ. Cochran | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1921 |
| | | Leon Henderson (1895-1986) — ofWashington,D.C.; Rocky Mount,EdgecombeCounty, N.C.Born in Millville,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,May 26,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;economist;member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41;administrator, Office of Price Administration, 1941-42.Member,AmericanStatistical Association;American Economic Association;DeltaUpsilon;Freemasons.Died in October,1986(age91years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.  | Frank Harris Hitchcock (1867-1935) — also known asFrank H. Hitchcock — of Massachusetts; Arizona. Born in Amherst,LorainCounty, Ohio,October5, 1867.Republican.Lawyer;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1908-09;U.S.Postmaster General, 1909-13;newspaperpublisher; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Arizona, 1932-33.Member,American Economic Association. Died in Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,August25, 1935 (age67 years, 324days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Chapman Hitchcock and Mary Laurette (Harris)Hitchcock. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, July 1908 |
 | David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) — also known asDavid F. Houston — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Monroe,UnionCounty, N.C.,February17, 1866.Superintendentof schools;universityprofessor;president,Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05;president,University of Texas, 1905-08;chancellor,Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, AmericanTelephoneandTelegraphCo. and president, BellTelephoneSecurities Co.; president, MutualLifeInsurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United StatesSteelCorporation.Member,American Economic Association. Died, fromheartdisease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September2, 1940 (age74 years, 198days).Interment atMemorialCemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y. | | Emil Hurja (1892-1953) — of Breckenridge,StephensCounty, Tex.; Crystal Falls,IronCounty, Mich.Born in Crystal Falls,IronCounty, Mich.,January22, 1892.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1936;candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948.Finnishancestry. Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association;American EconomicAssociation;SigmaDelta Chi.Suffered aheartattack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club,Washington,D.C.,May 30,1953 (age61 years, 128days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Byron Lindberg Johnson (1917-2000) — also known asByron L. Johnson — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October12, 1917.Democrat.Economist;universityprofessor; member ofColoradostate house of representatives, 1955-56;U.S.Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1959-61; defeated,1956, 1960, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromColorado,1960,1968.Congregationalist.Member,American Economic Association;AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanAssociation of University Professors;PhiKappa Phi;DeltaSigma Rho.Died in Englewood,ArapahoeCounty, Colo.,January6, 2000 (age82 years, 86days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | David Matthew Kennedy (1905-1996) — also known asDavid M. Kennedy — of Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Randolph,RichCounty, Utah,July 21,1905.Economist;banker;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1969-71; U.S. Ambassador to, 1971-73.Mormon. Member,American Economic Association;Pi GammaMu.Died, from aheartailment, in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,May 1,1996 (age90 years, 285days).Interment atRandolphCemetery, Randolph, Utah. | | Tracy Hollingsworth Lay (b. 1882) — also known asTracy Lay — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.; Gadsden,EtowahCounty, Ala.;Washington,D.C.Born in Gadsden,EtowahCounty, Ala.,November5, 1882.Newspaperreporter;departmentstore manager; U.S. Deputy Consul General inLondon, 1912-14; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inDublin, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General inParis, 1914-15; U.S. Consul inParis, 1915-19; U.S. Consul General inMunich, 1923-25;Buenos Aires, 1926-28.Methodist.Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association;American EconomicAssociation;SigmaNu.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Patrick Lay and Laura Josephine (Hollingsworth) Lay;married,October5, 1921, to Marcia Bliss. |
| | Robert Luce (1862-1946) — of Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Waltham,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,December2, 1862.Republican.Lawyer;director, Boston MutualLifeInsurance Company; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Seventh Middlesex District, 1899,1901-08;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1912-13;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1919-35, 1937-41 (13thDistrict 1919-33, 9th District 1933-35, 1937-41); defeated, 1934,1940.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;AmericanPolitical Science Association;American EconomicAssociation;ExchangeClub.DiedApril 7,1946 (age83 years, 126days).Cremated;ashes interred atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Theodore Marburg (1862-1946) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,July 10,1862.U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1912-14.Member,American Economic Association;AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanSociety for International Law.Died in Vancouver,BritishColumbia,March 3,1946 (age83 years, 236days).Entombed atDruidRidge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.  | Balthasar Henry Meyer (1866-1954) — also known asBalthasar H. Meyer — of Wisconsin. Born near Mequon,OzaukeeCounty, Wis.,May 28,1866.Schoolteacher and principal;universityprofessor;Wisconsinrailroad commissioner, 1905-10; member, Interstate CommerceCommission, 1910-39.Member,American Economic Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died inWashington,D.C.,February9, 1954 (age87 years, 257days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Meyer and Louise (Wiepking) Meyer; married,August29, 1901, to Alice Elizabeth Carlton. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Thomas Walker Page (1866-1937) — Born in Cobham,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,December4, 1866.Economist;universityprofessor; chair, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1920-22.Episcopalian.Member,American Economic Association;AmericanHistorical Association.Died in1937(ageabout70 years).Interment atGrace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cismont, Va. | | Robin Lynn Raphel (b. 1947) — also known asRobin Raphel — of Washington. Born in Vancouver,ClarkCounty, Wash.,September16, 1947.Foreign Service officer; Assistant Secretary of State for South andCentral Asian Affairs, 1993-97; U.S. Ambassador toTunisia, 1997-2000.Member,American Economic Association;PhiBeta Kappa.Still living as of 2001. | | Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) — also known asB. Carroll Reece — of Butler,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.; Johnson City,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.Born in alogcabin near Butler,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.,December22, 1889.Republican.Schoolteacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;banker;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Tennessee,1932,1936,1944,1948(speaker),1956,1960;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate forU.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1948;TennesseeRepublican state chair, 1958.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;American Economic Association;AmericanStatistical Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;DeltaSigma Pi;Freemasons;Shriners.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March19, 1961 (age71 years, 87days).Interment atMonteVista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn. | | Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) — also known asRoland Renne — of Bozeman,GallatinCounty, Mont.Born in Greenwich,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,December12, 1905.Democrat.Economist;collegeprofessor;president,Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate forGovernor ofMontana, 1964.PresbyterianorUnitarian.Member,Rotary;American Economic Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;AlphaZeta.DiedAugust30, 1989 (age83 years, 261days).Interment atSunsetHills Cemetery, Bozeman, Mont. | | Victor Rosewater (b. 1871) — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,February13, 1871.Republican.Newspapereditor; member ofUniversityof Nebraska board of regents, 1896-97; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Nebraska,1908;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Nebraska, 1908-12;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1912.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Committee;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;American EconomicAssociation.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Rosewater and Leah (Colman) Rosewater; married,January27, 1904, to Katie Katz. |
 | George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) — also known asGeorge P. Shultz — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December13, 1920.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;economist;universityprofessor;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1969-70;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74;U.S.Secretary of State, 1982-89; survived anassassinationattempt in South America, August 1988; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1989.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;American Economic Association.Died in Stanford,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,February6, 2021 (age100 years,55 days).Interment atDawes Cemetery, Cummington, Mass. | | Neil Oliver Staebler (1905-2000) — also known asNeil Staebler;"Mr.Democrat" —of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,July 11,1905.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1950-61; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968;U.S.Representative from Michigan at-large, 1963-65; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1963-67, 1972-75; candidate forGovernorof Michigan, 1964; Democratic candidate for Presidential Electorfor Michigan,1984;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1988.Unitarian.Germanancestry. Member,ThetaChi;American Economic Association;AmericanPolitical Science Association.Died, from the effects ofAlzheimer'sdisease, in Glacier Hillsnursinghome, Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,December8, 2000 (age95 years, 150days).Cremated. | | Frank William Taussig (1859-1940) — also known asFrank W. Taussig;"The AmericanMarshall" —Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,December28, 1859.Universityprofessor;economist;chair, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1917-19.Member,American Economic Association;PhiBeta Kappa;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November11, 1940 (age80 years, 319days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Paul Harold Todd Jr. (1921-2008) — also known asPaul H. Todd, Jr. — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,September22, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; founded andled KalamazooSpiceExtraction Co. (now Kalsec); candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Kalamazoo County2nd District, 1961;U.S.Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated,1962, 1966, 1974.Protestant.Member,American Economic Association;AmericanChemical Society.DiedNovember18, 2008 (age87 years, 57days).Burial location unknown. | | John Meek Whitehead (1852-1924) — also known asJohn M. Whitehead — of Janesville,RockCounty, Wis.Born near Hillsboro,MontgomeryCounty, Ill.,July 29,1852.Republican.Lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1896-1912; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1920.Member,American BarAssociation;American Economic Association;PhiDelta Theta.Died in Janesville,RockCounty, Wis.,August31, 1924 (age72 years, 33days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.  | Carroll Davidson Wright (1840-1909) — also known asCarroll D. Wright — Born in Dunbarton,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,July 25,1840.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate senate Sixth Middlesex District, 1872-73; PresidentialElector for Massachusetts,1876;chief, Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, 1873-88; in charge of thestate census in 1875 and 1885, and the federal census forMassachusetts in 1880; U.S. Commissioner of Labor, 1885-1905;universityprofessor;president,Clark College, Worcester, Mass., 1902.Unitarian.EnglishandScottishancestry. Member,American Economic Association;AmericanStatistical Association;AmericanAntiquarian Society.DiedFebruary20, 1909 (age68 years, 210days).Burial location unknown.
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