Very incomplete list! | |  Michael Dennis Antonovich (b. 1939) — also known asMichael D. Antonovich — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August12, 1939.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofCaliforniaRepublican State Central Committee, 1965-73; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from California,1972;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 43rd District, 1973-78.Lutheran.Member,SigmaNu;Phi Delta Kappa;Elks;NativeSons of the Golden West.Still living as of 2014. | | Julian Beck (1905-1992) — of San Fernando,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 13,1905.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 41st District, 1942; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1948,1952(alternate).Presbyterian.Member,Lions;Elks;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Phi Delta Kappa.DiedAugust18, 1992 (age87 years, 97days).Entombed in mausoleum atEternalValley Memorial Park, Santa Clarita, Calif. | | Guy Vernon Bennett (b. 1880) — also known asG. Vernon Bennett — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Waverly,BremerCounty, Iowa,February17, 1880.Democrat.Lawyer;superintendentof schools;universityprofessor; member ofCaliforniaDemocratic State Central Committee, 1938-40, 1948; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1940.Methodist.Member,Kiwanis;Freemasons;Phi Delta Kappa.Burial location unknown. | | Nancy Merritt Boykin (1919-2006) — also known asNancy M. Boykin;Nancy Merritt;NancySmith —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inWashington,D.C.,March20, 1919.Republican.Socialworker; founder (1966) and head (1966-87) of Detroit PublicSchools Continuing Education for Girls; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1972(alternate),1976;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1976(voted forGeraldR. Ford andBobDole); member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1975-80, 1983-2006.Female.Africanancestry. Member,Phi Delta Kappa;AlphaKappa Alpha.DiedJanuary28, 2006 (age86 years, 314days).Interment atDetroit Memorial Park West, Redford Township, Wayne County,Mich. | | Ernest King Bramblett (1901-1966) — also known asErnest K. Bramblett — of Pacific Grove,MontereyCounty, Calif.Born in Fresno,FresnoCounty, Calif.,April25, 1901.Republican.Insurancebusiness;mayorof Pacific Grove, Calif., 1938-46;U.S.Representative from California, 1947-55 (11th District 1947-53,13th District 1953-55).Protestant.Member,Phi Delta Kappa;Elks;Moose;Rotary;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Investigatedby a federal grand jury in Washington over payroll padding in hisoffice; he hadhired hiswife, receivedkickbacksfrom employees who did no work, and madefalsestatements to the House disbursing officer;indictedon 18 counts in June 1953; pleaded not guilty;tried inFebruary 1954;convictedon seven counts; his conviction was stayed pending appeal, butultimately upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court;fined$5,000, placed on one-yearprobation,and separately required to payrestitution.DiedDecember27, 1966 (age65 years, 246days).Burial location unknown. | | George Sylvester Counts (1889-1974) — also known asGeorge S. Counts — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Hope,BucksCounty, Pa.Born near Baldwin City,DouglasCounty, Kan.,December9, 1889.Universityprofessor;author;president,American Federation of Teachers, 1939-42; New York American LaborParty state chair, 1942-44; Liberal candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1952; New York Liberal Party state chair,1955-59.Member,American CivilLiberties Union;DeltaTau Delta;Phi Delta Kappa;KappaDelta Pi.Suffered astroke,and died two weeks later, in ahospitalat Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,November10, 1974 (age84 years, 336days). Hisbody wasdonated to Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Wilson Counts and Mertie Florella (Gamble)Counts. |
 | Arthur Griswold Crane (1877-1955) — also known asA. G. Crane — of Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.Born in Davenport Center,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,September1, 1877.Republican.Secretaryof state of Wyoming, 1947-51;Governor ofWyoming, 1949-51.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaSigma Rho;Phi Delta Kappa;Freemasons.DiedAugust21, 1955 (age77 years, 354days).Burial location unknown. | | | 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;Phi Delta Kappa;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Freemasons;OddFellows;Acacia.Died in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,April26, 1965 (age72 years, 161days).Interment atMemorialPark Cemetery, Columbia, Mo. | | Clyde Russel Dengler (1899-1992) — also known asClyde R. Dengler — of Newtown Square,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Fleetwood,BerksCounty, Pa.,May 10,1899.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1957-66; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 26th District, 1969-74.Presbyterian.Member,NationalEducation Association;AmericanLegion;Lions;Freemasons;Phi Delta Kappa.DiedAugust15, 1992 (age93 years, 97days).Burial location unknown. | | Walter Friar Dexter (1886-1945) — also known asWalter F. Dexter — of Whittier,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November21, 1886.Republican.President,Whittier College, 1923-34; secretary to Gov.FrankF. Merriam; delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1932;Californiasuperintendent of public instruction, 1937-45; appointed 1937;died in office 1945.Quaker. Member,Phi Delta Kappa;PhiBeta Kappa;Lions.DiedOctober21, 1945 (age58 years, 334days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Harry Dexter and Margaret (Bell) Dexter; married,August25, 1910, to Ethel Lenore Smith. |
 | Eugene B. Elliott (1896-1971) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.,April 6,1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;Michigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1935-48; appointed 1935;resigned 1948.Member,Freemasons;Phi Delta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;PhiBeta Kappa;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.DiedSeptember25, 1971 (age75 years, 172days).Interment atAdrianCenter Cemetery, Adrian, Mich. | | Ronald D. Glass (b. 1911) — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,September22, 1911.Schoolteacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in WorldWar II;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from PassaicCounty, 1947.Member,Phi Delta Kappa;AmericanLegion.Burial location unknown.  | James McNeil Hare (1910-1980) — also known asJames M. Hare — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,July 31,1910.Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1952;secretaryof state of Michigan, 1955-70; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1956(alternate),1968;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1960.Unitarian.Member,AmericanFederation of Teachers;Phi Delta Kappa.Died in1980(ageabout69 years).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
| | | Richard Fielding Harless (1905-1970) — also known asRichard F. Harless — of Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Kelsey,UpshurCounty, Tex.,August6, 1905.Democrat.Lawyer;MaricopaCounty Attorney, 1939-42;U.S.Representative from Arizona at-large, 1943-49; defeated, 1954,1958, 1960; candidate forGovernor ofArizona, 1948, 1950; candidate formayorof Phoenix, Ariz., 1963.Member,SigmaNu;PhiDelta Phi;Phi Delta Kappa;DeltaSigma Rho;Elks;Woodmen;OptimistClub.Died in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,November24, 1970 (age65 years, 110days).Interment atGreenwoodMemory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz. | | Charles Abner Howard (b. 1881) — also known asCharles A. Howard — of Monmouth,PolkCounty, Ore.Born inGreenwoodCounty, Kan.,February17, 1881.Republican.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;schoolprincipal;Oregonsuperintendent of public instruction, 1927-37; resigned 1937;president,Eastern Oregon College of Education, 1937-39;president,Oregon College of Education, from 1939.Presbyterian.Member,Phi Delta Kappa;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Abner Howard and Catherine Mary (Lough) Howard; married,August11, 1909, to Cora DeFontaigne Shaw. |
| | Thomas A. Hutto — also known asTom Hutto — of St. Albans,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Democrat.Collegeprofessor; state campaign chair,EugeneMcCarthy for President, 1968, andJimmyCarter for President, 1976; candidate forWestVirginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1970;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from WestVirginia,1972.Unitarian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;American CivilLiberties Union;KappaPhi Kappa;Phi Delta Kappa.Still living as of 2004. | | Dale Edward Kildee (b. 1929) — also known asDale E. Kildee — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,September16, 1929.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 81st District, 1965-74; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1968,1984,1988,1996,2000,2004,2008;member ofMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1975-77; resigned 1977;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1977-2013 (7th District 1977-93,9th District 1993-2003, 5th District 2003-13).Catholic.Member,OptimistClub;Knightsof Columbus;AmericanFederation of Teachers;UrbanLeague;Phi Delta Kappa;Elks.Still living as of 2014. | | Charles A. Lee (b. 1891) — ofBatesCounty, Mo.Born near Rolla,PhelpsCounty, Mo.,July 18,1891.Democrat.Missourisuperintendent of schools, 1923-34.Member,Phi Delta Kappa;Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Burial location unknown. | | Evelyn J. Lynn (b. 1930) — ofVolusiaCounty, Fla.Born in Astoria, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1930.Republican. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives 27th District, 1995-.Female.Methodist.Member,Phi Delta Kappa;AmericanAssociation of University Women.Still living as of 1999.  | C. H. McKown (b. 1907) — also known asJackie McKown — of Wayne,WayneCounty, W.Va.Born in Ripley,JacksonCounty, W.Va.,October10, 1907.Democrat.Schoolprincipal; member ofWestVirginia state senate 5th District, 1941-56, 1959-72; defeated,1956;chair ofWayne County Democratic Party, 1954-55.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Lions;Phi Delta Kappa;KappaAlpha Order.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John G. McKown and Charlotte (Staats) McKown; married to MarySinclair. | | | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1951 |
| | | William Estus McVey (1885-1958) — also known asWilliam E. McVey — of Harvey,CookCounty, Ill.Born inClintonCounty, Ohio,December13, 1885.Republican.Universityprofessor;U.S.Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1951-58; died inoffice 1958.Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Phi Delta Kappa;PhiKappa Tau.Died inWashington,D.C.,August10, 1958 (age72 years, 240days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Galesburg, Ill. | | Henry C. Messinger (b. 1915) — of Allentown,LehighCounty, Pa.Born in South Allentown,LehighCounty, Pa.,May 30,1915.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 16th District, 1971-82.Member,NationalEducation Association;Phi Delta Kappa.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Vernon Lewis Nickell (1891-1969) — also known asVernon L. Nickell — of Champaign,ChampaignCounty, Ill.Born in Bellflower,McLeanCounty, Ill.,March 2,1891.Republican.Schoolteacher;athleticcoach;superintendentof schools;Illinoissuperintendent of public instruction, 1943-59; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1952.Methodist.Member,Phi Delta Kappa;KappaDelta Pi;KappaPhi Kappa;ExchangeClub;UnionLeague;Elks;Freemasons.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,August15, 1969 (age78 years, 166days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Ill.  | Stephen Sutherland Nisbet (1895-1986) — also known asStephen S. Nisbet — of Fremont,NewaygoCounty, Mich.Born in Tawas City,IoscoCounty, Mich.,May 28,1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;school teacherand principal;superintendentof schools; vice-president, GerberBaby Foods;bankdirector; member ofMichiganstate board of education, 1943-61; appointed 1943; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee);delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 26th SenatorialDistrict, 1961-62; member ofMichiganState University board of trustees, 1964-70.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Phi Delta Kappa;Rotary.Died inRiversideCounty, Calif.,July 3,1986 (age91 years, 36days).Interment atMaple Grove Cemetery, Fremont, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Laura (Black) Nisbet and James Herbert Nisbet; married,August20, 1920, to Dorcas Sammons. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | Robert Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) — also known asRobert E. O'Brian — of Grand Forks,GrandForks County, N.Dak.; Sioux City,WoodburyCounty, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in Bryant,FultonCounty, Ill.,July 22,1895.Democrat.Locomotivefireman;automobilemechanic; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;pastor;president,Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate fordelegateto Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;secretaryof state of Iowa, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938;president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of ameat packingplant), 1944-59; candidate forU.S.Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1958.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaSigma Rho;Phi Delta Kappa;AlphaPi Zeta;Freemasons;Rotary.Killed when he washit by acar on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach,OrangeCounty, Calif.,October25, 1977 (age82 years, 95days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married1920 to MabelDay. |
| | Gary M. Owen (b. 1944) — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born inLawrenceCounty, Ala.,September9, 1944.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 22nd District, 1973-88;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1983-88.Baptist.Member,Jaycees;Phi Delta Kappa.Still living as of 1995. | | Ray Page (b. 1921) — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in New Berlin,SangamonCounty, Ill.,December8, 1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;schoolteacher;athleticcoach;Illinoissuperintendent of public instruction, 1963-71; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1964(delegation secretary),1968.Christian.Member,Phi Delta Kappa;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;AmericanLegion.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Warren Page and Pearl (Taylor) Page; married,June 6,1943, to Kathryn Kincaid. |
| | John W. Porter (1931-2012) — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.,August13, 1931.Schoolteacher;Michigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1969-79;firstAfrican-American state school superintendent;president,Eastern Michigan University, 1979-89.UnitedChurch of Christ.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;Phi Delta Kappa;NAACP.DiedJune 27,2012 (age80 years, 319days).Burial location unknown.  | Roman W. Prezioso Jr. (b. 1949) — of Fairmont,MarionCounty, W.Va.BornJune 29,1949.Democrat. Member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates, 1989-96; member ofWestVirginia state senate 13th District, 1997-.Catholic.Member,Phi Delta Kappa;Kiwanis;Knightsof Columbus;Toastmasters;Elks;Moose.Still living as of 2014.| | Relatives: Sonof Roman W. Prezioso and Amelia A. Prezioso; married,June 15,1974, to Deborah Marie Haught. | | | | Image source: West VirginiaLegislature |
| | Robert Lee Proffer (b. 1909) — of Justin,DentonCounty, Tex.Born in Ponder,DentonCounty, Tex.,April14, 1909.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1943-46; member ofTexasstate senate, 1947-50.Baptist.Member,Kiwanis;Phi Delta Kappa;Freemasons.Burial location unknown. | | Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) — also known asMax Rafferty — of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge),LosAngeles County, Calif.; Alabama.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,May 9,1917.Republican.School teacherand principal;superintendentof schools;newspapercolumnist;Californiasuperintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1968;dean,Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.Episcopalian.Irishancestry. Member,Phi Delta Kappa;Lions;Rotary.Drownedwhen hiscar wentoff the road into a pond, in Troy,PikeCounty, Ala.,June 13,1982 (age65 years, 35days).Interment atGreenHills Cemetery, Troy, Ala. | | Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. (1925-2008) — also known asBarefoot Sanders — of Texas. Born in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,February5, 1925.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1953-59; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 5th District, 1958;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1961-65; legislativecounsel for PresidentLyndonB. Johnson, 1965-67; candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1972;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1979-96; tooksenior status 1996; senior judge, 1996-2008.Methodist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;PhiDelta Phi;Phi Delta Kappa.Died in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,September21, 2008 (age83 years, 229days).Burial location unknown. | | Roy Scantlin (b. 1894) — of Neosho,NewtonCounty, Mo.Born near St. James,PhelpsCounty, Mo.,August11, 1894.Republican.Schoolteacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;NewtonCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1927-43;Missourisuperintendent of schools, 1943.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Kiwanis;Phi Delta Kappa;AmericanLegion.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1924 to LeahNeal. |
| | John A. Wieland (born c.1893) — of Illinois. Born in Illinois, about 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Illinoissuperintendent of public instruction, 1935-43.Germanancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Phi Delta Kappa;KappaPhi Kappa.Burial location unknown.
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