Very incomplete list! | |  Joseph Arnall (b. 1947) — also known asJoe Arnall — of Florida. Born in Newnan,CowetaCounty, Ga.,February14, 1947.Republican. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives 18th District, 1989-.Episcopalian.Member,National Trust for Historic Preservation.Still living as of 1999. | | Gwen Barnett (b. 1925) — of Texas. Born in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,October8, 1925.Republican. Member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Texas, 1960-.Female.Episcopalian.Member,National Trust for Historic Preservation.Still living as of 1967. | | Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) — also known asRalph E. Becker — of Port Chester,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January29, 1907.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Republican candidate forPresidential Elector for District of Columbia,1972;U.S. Ambassador toHonduras, 1976-77.Jewish;laterEpiscopalian.LithuanianandBelarusianancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;FederalBar Association;National Trust for Historic Preservation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;JewishWar Veterans;AmericanLegion;B'naiB'rith;AmericanJewish Committee.Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to theSmithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South PoleOperation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in George Washington UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,August24, 1994 (age87 years, 207days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Katharine Cooke Blow (1897-1965) — also known asKatharine C. Blow;Katharine RowlandCooke;Mrs. George W. Blow —of Yorktown,YorkCounty, Va.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April21, 1897.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1948,1956;candidate forVirginiastate house of delegates, 1949; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia, 1950.Female.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,National Trust for Historic Preservation.Staffwriter forThe New Yorkermagazine,1936-42.Died in Yorktown,YorkCounty, Va.,March25, 1965 (age67 years, 338days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) — also known asFrances P. Bolton;Frances PayneBingham —of Lyndhurst,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,March29, 1885.Republican. Member ofOhioRepublican State Central Committee, 1938-40;U.S.Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1940-69; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1948(speaker),1952(HonoraryVice-President),1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960,1964,1968.Female.Presbyterian.Member,League of WomenVoters;National Trust for Historic Preservation;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Firstwoman member of Congress to head a mission abroad, 1955.Died in Lyndhurst,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,March 9,1977 (age91 years, 345days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Arthur Amory Houghton Jr. (b. 1906) — also known asArthur A. Houghton, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1906.Republican. Vice-president, CorningGlass Works,1935-40; director, Delaware, Lackawanna and WesternRailroad;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1960.Episcopalian.Member,National Trust for Historic Preservation;Council onForeign Relations;ModernLanguage Association.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: SonofArthurAmory Houghton and Mabel (Hollister) Houghton; married toElizabeth Douglas McCall. |
| | Robert Lee Humber (1898-1970) — also known asRobert L. Humber — of Greenville,PittCounty, N.C.Born in Greenville,PittCounty, N.C.,May 30,1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Rhodesscholar;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from NorthCarolina,1956;member ofNorthCarolina state senate 5th District, 1959-64.Baptist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;SigmaPhi Epsilon;UnitedWorld Federalists;AmericanLegion;Rotary;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;FarmBureau;National Trust for Historic Preservation.DiedNovember10, 1970 (age72 years, 164days).Interment atCherryHill Cemetery, Greenville, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Lee Humber and Lena Clyde (Davis) Humber; married,October16, 1929, to Lucie Berthier. |
| | Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) — also known asLarry Kestenbaum — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Scio Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September13, 1955.Democrat.Lawyer;InghamCounty Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 52nd District, 1998;WashtenawCounty Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02;WashtenawCounty Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.Jewish.Hungarian,German,Polish, andNorwegianancestry. Member,National Trust for Historic Preservation;AmericanCivil Liberties Union;Grange;SierraClub;NAACP.Creator of The Political Graveyard web site. Still living as of 2025. | | Lucille Maurer (1922-1996) — also known asLucy Maurer;Lucille ShirleyDarvin —of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born, in BushwickHospital,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1922.Democrat.Economist;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967-68; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1969-87; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland, 1970;Marylandstate treasurer, 1987-96; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1988.Female.Jewish. Member,League of WomenVoters;National Trust for Historic Preservation;AmericanAssociation of University Women;NationalOrganization for Women.Elected to Maryland Women'sHall ofFame, 1990.Died of abraintumor, in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 17,1996 (age73 years, 209days).Interment atJewishCommunity Cemetery, New Hempstead, N.Y.  | Brooks F. McCabe Jr. (b. 1949) — of Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Born in Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.,January19, 1949.Democrat.Realtor;member ofWestVirginia state senate 17th District, 1999-.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanPsychological Association;National Trust for HistoricPreservation;NatureConservancy.Still living as of 2014.| | Relatives: Sonof Brooks F. McCabe and Jane M. McCabe; married to BarbaraGiven. | | | | Image source: West VirginiaLegislature |
| | Jacob Haight Morrison IV (1905-1974) — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Roads,PointeCoupee Parish, La.,March12, 1905.Newspaperreporter;lawyer;member ofLouisianastate board of education, 1930; served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.Catholic.Member,National Trust for Historic Preservation;American BarAssociation;PhiDelta Phi;SigmaDelta Chi.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December4, 1974 (age69 years, 267days).Interment atLafayetteCemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La. | | Walter S. Orlinsky (1938-2002) — also known asWally Orlinsky;"WallyAppleseed" —ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,May 19,1938.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates from Baltimore city 2nd District,1967-72; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland,1972;candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 1978;pleadedguilty to Federalchargesof accepting abribefrom an FBI informant posing as a sludge hauler; served 4.5 months inprison;pardonedby PresidentBillClinton in 2000.Member,National Trust for Historic Preservation;American CivilLiberties Union;PhiAlpha Delta.DiedFebruary9, 2002 (age63 years, 266days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Helyer Thayer (1901-1984) — also known asRobert H. Thayer — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Southborough,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,September22, 1901.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1946; U.S. MinistertoRomania, 1955-57.Member,National Trust for Historic Preservation;AudubonSociety.Died, ofleukemia,inWashington,D.C.,January26, 1984 (age82 years, 126days).Interment atSouthboroughRural Cemetery, Southborough, Mass.
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