Very incomplete list! | |  Eileen Ewing Archibold (1899-1992) — also known asEileen E. Archibold;Eileen EleanorEwing —ofDenver,Colo.Born in Leadville,LakeCounty, Colo.,October2, 1899.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Colorado,1940;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Colorado, 1944-48; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Colorado,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Female.Member,Junior League. Died in February,1992(age92years, 0 days).Entombed atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Ann Smith Bedsole (b. 1930) — also known asAnn Bedsole;Ann Smith;Mrs. PalmerBedsole —of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Born in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,January7, 1930.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1964(alternate),1972;member ofAlabamaRepublican State Executive Committee, 1966; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Alabama,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew); member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1979-82;firstRepublican woman to be elected to the Alabama House; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1983-94; candidate formayor ofMobile, Ala., 2005.Female.Methodist.Member,Junior League.Still living as of 2006.| |  Relatives:Daughter of Malcolm White Smith and Sybil (Huey) Smith; married1958 to MasseyPalmer Bedsole, Jr. |
| | Joanne Kleinhofer Benjamin (b. 1945) — also known asJoanne Kleinhofer — of Los Gatos,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Abington,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,March20, 1945.Democrat.Schoolteacher;mayorof Los Gatos, Calif., 1984-85, 1988-90.Female.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;League of WomenVoters;Junior League.Still living as of 1990.| | Relatives:Daughter of Burkhart A. Kleinhofer and Marie Elizabeth (Liggett)Kleinhofer; married,June 24,1967, to James Edward Benjamin. |
| | Margaret Martin Brock (1904-1997) — also known asMargaret M. Brock — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,1904.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1944(alternate),1948(alternate),1952,1956(alternate),1960,1964(alternate),1972;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1956(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1968(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew).Female.Protestant.Member,Junior League.Died in1997(ageabout93 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to George C. Brock. |
| | Carol Newberry Brooks (b. 1888) — also known asCarol Newberry;Mrs. Frank W. Brooks,Jr. —of Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November7, 1888.Republican. Member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1936.Female.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;Junior League;AmericanLegion Auxiliary.Burial location unknown. | | Katharine Kennedy Brown (1891-1986) — also known asKatharine Louise Kennedy;Mrs. Kleon ThawBrown —of Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio.Born in Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,July 16,1891.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1928(alternate),1932,1944,1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968,1972(alternate); member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,1928;member, Arrangements Committee,1940;speaker,1952;member ofOhioRepublican State Central Committee, 1928-50; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Ohio, 1932-67;Vice-Chairof Republican National Committee, 1944-52.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;Junior League;ColonialDames.Died, in the Kettering Convalescent Centernursinghome, Kettering,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,November10, 1986 (age95 years, 117days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Dayton, Ohio. | | Shirley Brown (b. 1952) — of Sarasota,SarasotaCounty, Fla.Born in Oshkosh,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,October2, 1952.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives 69th District, 1993-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1996.Female.Presbyterian.Member,League of WomenVoters;Junior League.Still living as of 1999. | | Cynthia Moore Chestnut (b. 1949) — of Gainesville,AlachuaCounty, Fla.Born in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,July 25,1949.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives 23rd District, 1991-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1996,2008;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida,2020(on behalf ofJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Female.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Junior League;AlphaKappa Alpha;NAACP;Altrusa;Rotary.Still living as of 2020. | | Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) — also known asMary S. Coleman;Mary LeslieStallings —of Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.Born in Forney,KaufmanCounty, Tex.,June 24,1914.Republican.Lawyer;probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1973-82; resigned 1982;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1979-82; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1984.Female.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Junior League;Altrusa;AmericanLegion Auxiliary;AmericanAssociation of University Women;BetaSigma Phi;PhiKappa Phi;AlphaOmicron Pi.Died, ofcancer,in Ocala,MarionCounty, Fla.,November27, 2001 (age87 years, 156days).Cremated;ashes interred atOakridgeCemetery, Marshall, Mich. | | Paula Dockery (b. 1961) — of Lakeland,PolkCounty, Fla.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,June 6,1961.Republican. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives 64th District, 1997-.Female.Catholic.Member,Junior League.Still living as of 1999. | | Daisy L. Elliott (1917-2015) — also known asDaisy Elizabeth Lenoir — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Filbert,McDowellCounty, W.Va.,November26, 1917.Democrat.Realtor;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4thDistrict, 1961-62; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1963-78, 1981-82 (Wayne County4th District 1963-64, 22nd District 1965-72, 8th District 1973-78,1981-82); defeated in primary, 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954(Wayne County 11th District), 1956 (Wayne County 4th District), 1958(Wayne County 4th District), 1960 (Wayne County 4th District), 1982(8th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1968(alternate),1976;co-author of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act; candidate forMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1978;arrestedin April 1982 for driving astolen1977 Cadillac deVilleautomobile;arraignedon a charge of receiving and concealingstolenproperty; she claimed she had bought the car from a dealer, butthe firm had no record of this, and the document she presented hadbeen faked;lostrenomination as State Representatve in August 1982, while underindictment;convictedin November 1982 andsentencedto 60 days in jail.Female.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;League of WomenVoters;Junior League.Died, in DMC Sinai-GraceHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December22, 2015 (age98 years, 26days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (1898-1984) — also known asElizabeth P. Farrington;Mary ElizabethPruett;Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington —of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Tokyo,Japan,May30, 1898.Republican.Newspaperreporter;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory, 1954-57; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Hawaii Territory,1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Female.Disciplesof Christ. Member,Junior League;AmericanAssociation of University Women;ThetaSigma Phi;AlphaOmicron Pi.Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,July 21,1984 (age86 years, 52days).Cremated;ashes interred atOahuCemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. | | Julia Grimmet Fortson (1910-1985) — also known asJulia L. Grimmet — of Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.Born in Dyersburg,DyerCounty, Tenn.,July 8,1910.Republican. Member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Louisiana, 1936-50.Female.Baptist.Member,Junior League.Died in Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.,August24, 1985 (age75 years, 47days).Interment atForestPark East Cemetery, Shreveport, La. | | Tillie Kidd Fowler (1942-2005) — also known asTillie K. Fowler;TillieKidd —of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,December23, 1942.Republican.Lawyer;legislative assistant to U.S. Rep.RobertG. Stephens, Jr., 1967-70;U.S.Representative from Florida 4th District, 1993-2001; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Florida,2004.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Junior League.Died, of abrainhemorrhage, in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,March 2,2005 (age62 years, 69days).Burial location unknown. | | Sherry Biggers Gardiner (b. 1918) — also known asSherry B. Gardiner;SherryBiggers —of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,December30, 1918.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1968(alternate),1972.Female.Protestant.Member,Junior League;League of WomenVoters.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of John David Biggers and Mary (Kelsey) Biggers; married,October22, 1941, to Sprague H. Gardiner. |
| | Polly Dougherty Gibson (1917-1998) — also known asPolly D. Gibson — of Michigan. Born in Athens,McMinnCounty, Tenn.,February26, 1917.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 24th District, 1970.Female.Congregationalist.Member,Junior League.Died of complications ofdiabetes,June16, 1998 (age81 years, 110days).Burial location unknown.  | Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) — also known asOveta Culp;Mrs. William P.Hobby —of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Killeen,BellCounty, Tex.,January19, 1905.Democrat. Parliamentarian, Texas House of Representatives, 1926-31,1939-41; served in Women's Army Corps during World War II; president,editor and publisher ofHouston Postnewspaper;director,radiostation KPRC;U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1953-55; member,Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Junior League.Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 1996.Died, from astroke,in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August16, 1995 (age90 years, 209days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | | Flora Cameron Kampmann (born c.1926) — also known asFlora Cameron;Mrs. Ike S. Kampmann,Jr. —of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex., about 1926.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,1960,1964;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Texas, 1960-68.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Junior League;ColonialDames.Still living as of 1968. | | Hilda Sheets Long — also known asHilda S. Long;Mrs. EdwardLong —of Huntington,CabellCounty, W.Va.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; Democratic Presidential Elector for West Virginia,1964;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from West Virginia, 1968-72.Female.Member,Junior League;ColonialDames;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Still living as of 1972. | | Lynn Morley Martin (b. 1939) — also known asLynn Martin;Lynn Morley — of Rockford,WinnebagoCounty, Ill.Born in Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.,December26, 1939.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1977-79; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1979-81;U.S.Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1981-91; candidateforU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1990;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1991-93.Female.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;Junior League.Still living as of 2014. | | Ellen Skae Phelan (1905-1985) — also known asEllen S. Phelan;Mrs. James J. Phelan,Jr. —of Metamora,LapeerCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 10,1905.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1960(alternate),1964;candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 34th SenatorialDistrict, 1961; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1964.Female.Catholic.Member,FarmBureau;Junior League.Died in1985(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown. | | Mary Rockefeller (1907-1999) — also known asTod Rockefeller;Mary TodhunterClark —Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 17,1907.First Lady of New York, 1959-62.Female.Member,Junior League. DiedApril21, 1999 (age91 years, 308days).Burial location unknown. | | Phyllis Stewart Schlafly (1924-2016) — also known asPhyllis Schlafly;Phyllis McAlpinStewart —of Alton,MadisonCounty, Ill.; Ladue,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,August15, 1924.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1952 (24th District), 1970 (23rdDistrict); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1956,1960(alternate),1964,1968;delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,2004,2008(alternate),2012,2016.Female.Catholic.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;Junior League;PhiBeta Kappa;PiSigma Alpha.AuthorofA Choice Not An Echo and other books; leader of oppositionto the Equal Rights Amendment; founder and president of the EagleForum.Died, fromcancer,in Ladue,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,September5, 2016 (age92 years, 21days).Burial location unknown. | | Loretta Spencer — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Schoolteacher;mayorof Huntsville, Ala., 2003-05.Female.Methodist.Member,Junior League.Still living as of 2005. | | Katie Kratz Stine (b. 1956) — of Fort Thomas,CampbellCounty, Ky.BornDecember6, 1956.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1995-98; member ofKentuckystate senate 24th District, 1999-.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Junior League;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Still living as of 2004. | | Ruth Cheney Streeter (1895-1990) — also known asRuth C. Streeter;RuthCheney —of Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October2, 1895.Republican.Firstdirector of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve, 1943-46; she was thetop-ranking woman in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Morris County,1947; Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1948.Female.Member,Junior League. Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.,September30, 1990 (age94 years, 363days).Interment atPineHill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H. | | Martha G. Wehrle (b. 1925) — also known asMartha Gaines — of Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Born inKanawhaCounty, W.Va.,November30, 1925.Democrat. Member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates 17th District; elected 1974,1976, 1978, 1980, 1982; member ofWestVirginia state senate 17th District, 1989-94; appointed 1989.Female.Episcopalian.Member,League of WomenVoters;Junior League.Still living as of 1994.| | Relatives:Daughter of L. Ebersole Gaines and Betty (Chilton) Gaines; married,October16, 1954, to Russell S. Wehrle. |
| | Jessica McCullough Weis (1901-1963) — also known asJessica McCullough;Mrs. Charles W. Weis,Jr. —of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 8,1901.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936(alternate),1940(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1944,1948,1952,1956,1960;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1944-63;U.S.Representative from New York 38th District, 1959-63.Female.Member,Junior League. Died in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1963 (age61 years, 297days).Cremated.
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