Very incomplete list! | |  Tadao Beppu (1919-1993) — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Island of Maui,MauiCounty, Hawaii,March26, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofHawaiiterritorial House of Representatives, 1958; member ofHawaiistate house of representatives, 1959-;Speaker ofthe Hawaii State House of Representatives, 1967-; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii,1960.Japaneseancestry. Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans;Purple Heart.DiedJuly 22,1993 (age74 years, 118days).Interment atNationalMemorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,Hawaii. | | Charles Wayland Brooks (1897-1957) — also known asC. Wayland Brooks — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Wyanet,BureauCounty, Ill.,March 8,1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934; candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1936; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Illinois, 1939-52; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1944,1948,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1956(chair,CredentialsCommittee;speaker);U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1940-49; defeated, 1948.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;PhiDelta Phi;DeltaSigma Phi;Elks;Purple Heart.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January14, 1957 (age59 years, 312days).Interment atPleasantView Cemetery, Kewanee, Ill. | | Clyde Lee Choate (1920-2001) — also known asClyde L. Choate — of Anna,UnionCounty, Ill.Born in West Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ill.,June 28,1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; received theMedalof Honor for action near Bruyeres, France, October 25, 1944.;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1947-79 (50th District 1947-57,58th District 1957-67, 59th District 1967-79); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1956(alternate),1964,1972.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks;Moose;Purple Heart.Died in Carbondale,JacksonCounty, Ill.,October5, 2001 (age81 years, 99days).Interment atAnnaCemetery, Anna, Ill.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Isaac Choate and Grace Ellen (Brown) Choate; married toMadonna Ross. | | | | Choate Mental Health Center (state mentalhospital),inAnna,Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "Proudly Served the People ofthe State of Illinois. Southern Illinois' GuardianAngel." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel C. Cleland (b. 1892) — of Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.Born inNobleCounty, Ind.,August6, 1892.Democrat.Lawyer;chair ofAllen County Democratic Party, 1930-34; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1942.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Purple Heart;American BarAssociation.Burial location unknown. | | Kenneth Frank Cramer (1894-1954) — also known asKenneth F. Cramer — of Wethersfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Gloversville,FultonCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;coalbusiness; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1929-32; memberofConnecticutstate senate, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Connecticut,1936;general in the U.S. Army during World War II.Member,AmericanLegion;Purple Heart;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof the War of 1812;Sonsof Union Veterans;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Died, from aheartattack, whilehunting,in Baden-Wurttemberg,Germany,February20, 1954 (age59 years, 140days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Orville Lothrop Freeman (1918-2003) — also known asOrville L. Freeman — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,May 9,1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;lawyer;aide to Minneapolis MayorHubertH. Humphrey, and his campaign manager for U.S. Senator in 1948;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,1948,1952,1960,1964;Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1948-50;Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate forMinnesotastate attorney general, 1950;Governor ofMinnesota, 1955-61; defeated (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1952,1960;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1961-69.Lutheran.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;AmericanLegion;AmericanJudicature Society;Americansfor Democratic Action;American CivilLiberties Union;Moose;Eagles;IzaakWalton League;Sons ofNorway;Purple Heart;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease, in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,February20, 2003 (age84 years, 287days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Leo E. Green — of Bowie,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Democrat.Lawyer;mayor ofBowie, Md., 1968-72; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1975-79; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Maryland,1976;member ofMarylandstate senate 23rd District, 1983-.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;Lions;Elks;Purple Heart.Still living as of 2002.  | Perry William Greene (1894-1974) — also known asPerry W. Greene — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Carsonville,SanilacCounty, Mich.,May 28,1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;pharmacist;member, Grand Rapids City Commission, 1934-44; member ofMichiganstate senate 16th District, 1945-62.Catholic.Member,Elks;Lions;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Knightsof Columbus;Purple Heart.DiedFebruary16, 1974 (age79 years, 264days).Interment atMt.Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich. |  | Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (1922-2016) — also known asMelvin R. Laird — of Marshfield,WoodCounty, Wis.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,September1, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofWisconsinstate senate 24th District, 1947-52; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Wisconsin,1948(alternate),1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960,1964;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1953-69;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1969-73.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Freemasons;Elks;UnitedCommercial Travelers;Purple Heart.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1974.Died in Fort Myers,LeeCounty, Fla.,November16, 2016 (age94 years, 76days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John E. McCauley (1924-1975) — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Delaware,DelawareCounty, Ohio,April28, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;mayorof Wyandotte, Mich., 1957-61;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County18th District, 1961-62; member ofMichiganstate senate 11th District, 1965-75; died in office 1975.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Kiwanis;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Eagles;Purple Heart.Died in1975(ageabout51 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John E. McCauley and Fern (Gibson) McCauley; married to JeanetteE. Poet. |
 | Douglas James McKay (1893-1959) — also known asDouglas McKay — of Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,June 24,1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;automobiledealer;mayor ofSalem, Ore., 1933-34; member ofOregonstate senate 1st District, 1935; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Oregon,1940(alternate),1952;speaker,1952,1956;Governorof Oregon, 1949-52; resigned 1952;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56; candidate forU.S.Senator from Oregon, 1956.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Purple Heart.Died in Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.,July 22,1959 (age66 years, 28days).Interment atBelcrestMemorial Park, Salem, Ore. | | | Robert Henry Michel (1923-2017) — also known asRobert H. Michel — of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,March 2,1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;administrative assistant to U.S. Rep.HaroldVelde, 1949-56;U.S.Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1957-95; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1964,1968,1972.Member,Order ofAhepa;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Amvets;SigmaNu;PiKappa Delta;Purple Heart;Jaycees.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1994.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,February17, 2017 (age93 years, 352days).Burial location unknown. | | Terry Doyle Schrunk (b. 1913) — also known asTerry D. Schrunk — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Stayton,MarionCounty, Ore.,March10, 1913.Democrat.Firefighter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;MultnomahCounty Sheriff, 1949-56; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Oregon,1952;mayorof Portland, Ore., 1957-72;indictedin March, 1957 onbriberyandperjurycharges;triedand found not guilty; anotherindictment,forconspiracyto obtain wiretaps and other related charges, was dismissed inSeptember, 1957.Presbyterian.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Purple Heart;Elks;Eagles;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Schrunk and Pearl Margaret (Doyle) Schrunk; married,May 17,1936, to Virginia Dorothy Price. |
 | John Burley Swainson (1925-1994) — also known asJohn B. Swainson — of Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Windsor,Ontario,July31, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1955-58;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1959-60;Governor ofMichigan, 1961-62; defeated, 1962; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1963;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1965-70;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1971-75; resigned 1975.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;DeltaTheta Phi;Amvets;Purple Heart;Lions;Elks.Lostboth legs in a land mine explosion on November 15, 1944, nearMetz, Alsace-Lorraine, during World War II.Chargedin 1975 withacceptinga bribe; found not guilty, butconvictedofperjuryover his testimony to the grand jury.Died, of aheartattack, in Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,May 13,1994 (age68 years, 286days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Manchester, Mich. | | | John Hart Terry (1924-2001) — also known asJohn H. Terry — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;assistant secretary to Gov.NelsonRockefeller, 1959-60; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1963-70 (Onondaga County 2nd District 1963-65,134th District 1966, 121st District 1967-70);U.S.Representative from New York 34th District, 1971-73; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1972(did not serve).Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Purple Heart;HolyName Society.Died in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,October20, 2001 (age76 years, 340days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, DeWitt, N.Y. | | Robert Willis Warren (1925-1998) — also known asRobert W. Warren — of Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.; Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Raton,ColfaxCounty, N.M.,August30, 1925.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;BrownCounty District Attorney, 1961-64; member ofWisconsinstate senate 2nd District, 1965-68;Wisconsinstate attorney general, 1969-74; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1972(delegation chair);U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1974-91.Methodist.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Purple Heart.Died, ofcancer,at ColumbiaHospital,Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,August20, 1998 (age72 years, 355days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Riton Younglove (b. 1893) — also known asJoseph R. Younglove — of Johnstown,FultonCounty, N.Y.Born in Johnstown,FultonCounty, N.Y.,July 5,1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1941-64;chair ofFulton County Republican Party, 1955.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Purple Heart.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Lelah Oaksford. |
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