Very incomplete list! | |  Robert L. Barr Jr. (b. 1948) — also known asBob Barr — of Smyrna,CobbCounty, Ga.Born in Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa,November5, 1948.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1986-90; candidatein Republican primary forU.S.Senator from Georgia, 1992;U.S.Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1995-2003; defeated inRepublican primary, 2002; Libertarian candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2008.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon;PhiAlpha Delta.Still living as of 2014. | | Bob A. Butterworth — of Florida. Democrat.Floridastate attorney general, 1990; Democratic Presidential Elector forFlorida,1996;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,2000.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon. Still living as of 2000.  | Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-2010) — also known asRobert C. Byrd;Cornelius Calvin SaleJr.;"The King of Pork" —of Sophia,RaleighCounty, W.Va.Born in North Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.,November20, 1917.Democrat.Grocer;lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;member ofWestVirginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from West Virginia,1960,1996,2000,2004,2008;speaker,1988.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Elks;Moose;Eagles;Lions;FarmBureau;Tau Kappa Epsilon;Ku Klux Klan.Died inFairfax,Va.,June 28,2010 (age92 years, 220days).Interment atColumbiaGardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Pete Thomas Cenarrusa (1917-2013) — also known asPete T. Cenarrusa — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Carey,BlaineCounty, Idaho,December16, 1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1951-67;secretaryof state of Idaho, 1967-; appointed 1967; Republican PresidentialElector for Idaho,2004(voted forGeorgeW. Bush andRichardB. Cheney).Catholic.Basqueancestry. Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon;Elks.Died in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,September29, 2013 (age95 years, 287days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof José Cenarrusa and Ramona (Gardoqui) Cenarrusa; married1947 to FredaCoates. | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier |
| | Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (1919-2003) — also known asJeffrey P. Hillelson — of Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.; Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Springfield,ClarkCounty, Ohio,March 9,1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidateforMissouristate house of representatives from Jackson County 11th District,1948;U.S.Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1953-55; defeated,1954, 1956; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1956;acting postmaster atKansasCity, Mo., 1957-61.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon. Died in Shawnee Mission,JohnsonCounty, Kan.,May 28,2003 (age84 years, 80days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Robert G. Hodges (b. 1935) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January26, 1935.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1958; member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1959-61;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 1stDistrict, 1961-62; candidate forMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1962.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon. Still living as of 1962.| | Relatives: Sonof Milton Hodges and Viola Gerrie Hodges; married to Joyce B.Chappell. |
| | Lester Callaway Hunt (1892-1954) — of Lander,FremontCounty, Wyo.Born in Isabel,EdgarCounty, Ill.,July 8,1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;dentist;member ofWyomingstate house of representatives, 1933-34;secretaryof state of Wyoming, 1935-43; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Wyoming,1940,1944(speaker),1948,1952;Governorof Wyoming, 1943-49;U.S.Senator from Wyoming, 1949-54; died in office 1954.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon. In despair over his poor health and threats to expose his son'sarrest for homosexual solicitation, he died fromself-inflictedrifleshot, at his desk in the SenateOfficeBuilding, and died soon after, in CasualtyHospital,Washington,D.C.,June 19,1954 (age61 years, 346days).Interment atBethEl Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo. | | Frederick Rulfs Keith (b. 1900) — also known asFred R. Keith — of St. Pauls,RobesonCounty, N.C.; Lumberton,RobesonCounty, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,December25, 1900.Republican.Realtor;farmer;hardwarestore owner;banker;candidate forU.S.Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1940; delegateto Republican National Convention from North Carolina,1948,1960,1964;chairof Robeson County Republican Party, 1952.Baptist.Member,FarmBureau;AmericanLegion;Tau Kappa Epsilon;Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Franklin Keith and Lillie (Rulfs) Keith; married,November24, 1927, to Grace Butler. |
| | George Michael Leader (1918-2013) — also known asGeorge M. Leader — of Dover,YorkCounty, Pa.; Camp Hill,CumberlandCounty, Pa.; Gladwyne,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.; Bryn Mawr,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born near York,YorkCounty, Pa.,January17, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;chair ofYork County Democratic Party, 1946-50; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 28th District, 1951-54; candidate forPennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1952;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1956,1960,1964,1968,1972;candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1958.Lutheran.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Eagles;Freemasons;OddFellows;Moose;Amvets;AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died in Hershey,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,May 9,2013 (age95 years, 112days).Interment atSalem Union Cemetery, Jacobus, Pa. | | S. Watkins Overton (b. 1894) — also known asWatkins Overton — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,June 5,1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1925; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1927;mayorof Memphis, Tenn., 1928-39, 1949-53.Presbyterian.Member,Order ofthe Coif;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners;PhiDelta Phi;Tau Kappa Epsilon;OmicronDelta Kappa.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Watkins Overton and May (Hill) Overton; married,January18, 1937, to Bessie Ganong. |
| | Gary James Pagel (b. 1940) — also known asGary Pagel — of West St. Paul,DakotaCounty, Minn.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,April17, 1940.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMinnesota,1964.Lutheran.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon.Still living as of 1967.| | Relatives: Sonof R. Emil Pagel and Lucille (Finson) Pagel. |
| | Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) — also known asRonald Reagan;"Dutch";"The Gipper";"The GreatCommunicator";"The Teflon President";"Rawhide" —of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Tampico,WhitesideCounty, Ill.,February6, 1911.Republican. Worked as asportsbroadcasterin Iowa in the 1930s, doing localradiobroadcastof Chicago Cubsbaseballgames; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professionalactorin 1937-64; appeared in dozens offilmsincludingKings Row,Dark Victory,Santa FeTrail,Knute Rockne, All American, andThe WinningTeam;president ofthe Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member ofCaliforniaRepublican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1964(alternate),1972(delegation chair);Governor ofCalifornia, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1968,1976;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1968(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew);Presidentof the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside theWashington Hilton hotel, he and three others wereshotand wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1993.Disciplesof Christ. Member,ScreenActors Guild;Lions;AmericanLegion;Tau Kappa Epsilon.Died, frompneumoniaandAlzheimer'sdisease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 5,2004 (age93 years, 120days).Interment atRonaldReagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married,January25, 1940, to Jane Wyman; married,March 4,1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923;actress)andNancyDavis (1921-2016); father ofMaureenElizabeth Reagan. | | | | Political family:Reaganfamily of Bel Air and Simi Valley, California. | | | | Cross-reference:KatherineHoffman Haley —DanaRohrabacher —DonaldT. Regan —HenrySalvatori —L.William Seidman —ChristopherCox —PatrickJ. Buchanan —BayBuchanan —EdwinMeese III | | | | Ronald Reagan Washington NationalAirport(opened 1941; renamed 1998), inArlington,Virginia, isnamed forhim. —MountReagan (officially known as Mount Clay), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The Ronald ReaganBuildingand International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Ronald Reagan:RonaldReagan : An American Life | | | | Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon,PresidentReagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon,GovernorReagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer,Reagan'sWar : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final TriumphOver Communism — Lee Edwards,RonaldReagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor,Godand Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary BethBrown,Handof Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of RonaldReagan — Edmund Morris,Dutch:A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan,WhenCharacter Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — PeterJ. Wallison,RonaldReagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of HisPresidency — Dinesh D'Souza,RonaldReagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an ExtraordinaryLeader — William F. Buckley, Jr.,RonaldReagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley,Reagan'sRevolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started ItAll — Richard Reeves,PresidentReagan : The Triumph of Imagination — Ron Reagan,MyFather at 100 — Newt & Callista Gingrich & David N.Bossie,RonaldReagan: Rendezvous with Destiny — William F. Buckley,TheReagan I Knew — Chris Matthews,Tipand the Gipper: When Politics Worked — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:Haynes Johnson,SleepwalkingThrough History: America in the Reagan Years — WilliamKleinknecht,TheMan Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main StreetAmerica |
| | Albert Dean Rosellini (1910-2011) — also known asAlbert D. Rosellini — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.,January21, 1910.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofWashingtonstate senate 33rd District, 1939-47;Governor ofWashington, 1957-65.Catholic.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon;Elks;Eagles;Moose;Kiwanis.DiedOctober10, 2011 (age101 years,262 days).Burial location unknown. | | John Grosvenor Rowland (b. 1957) — also known asJohn G. Rowland — of Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 24,1957.Republican.Insuranceagent; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1981-84;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1985-91;Governor ofConnecticut, 1995-2004; defeated, 1990; resigned 2004; delegateto Republican National Convention from Connecticut,2000;Pleadedguilty to federal corruption charges in 2004; served ten monthsinprison.Catholic.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon.Still living as of 2014. | | C. Thomas Schettino (1907-1983) — of New Jersey. Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,September9, 1907.Democrat. Superior court judge in New Jersey, 1948-59;associatejustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1959-72.Member,American BarAssociation;Tau Kappa Epsilon.DiedMarch21, 1983 (age75 years, 193days).Burial location unknown. | | Victor Hugo Schiro (b. 1904) — also known asVictor H. Schiro — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 28,1904.Democrat.Insurancebusiness;mayorof New Orleans, La., 1961, 1961-70; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Louisiana,1968.Italianancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Tau Kappa Epsilon;OptimistClub.Burial location unknown.| | Presumably namedfor:VictorHugo | | | | Relatives: Son of Andrew E. Schiro andMary (Pizatti) Schiro; married to Margaret-MaryGibbes. |
| | Wilbert Joseph Tauzin (b. 1943) — also known asW. J. 'Billy' Tauzin — of Thibodaux,LafourcheParish, La.; Chackbay,LafourcheParish, La.Born in Chackbay,LafourcheParish, La.,June 14,1943.Lawyer;member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1972-80;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1980-2005; defeated(Republican), 2004; Democratic candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1987.Catholic.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon.Still living as of 2014. | | David E. Wallace (b. 1936) — of Madison,BooneCounty, W.Va.Born in Van,BooneCounty, W.Va.,January5, 1936.Democrat.Physician;member ofWestVirginia state senate 7th District, 1971-74; resigned 1974.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Tau Kappa Epsilon;Rotary;Jaycees.Still living as of 1974.| | Relatives: Sonof H. M. Wallace and Bonnie (Bowman) Wallace; married,July 6,1956, to Charlotte Miller. |
| | Charles Evans Whittaker (1901-1973) — Born in Troy,DoniphanCounty, Kan.,February22, 1901.Judgeof U.S. District Court, 1954-56;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1956-57;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1957-62.Methodist.Member,Tau Kappa Epsilon.DiedNovember26, 1973 (age72 years, 277days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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