Hi!
 To see 2009 election results try this addresses. If these don't work a search
can bring you results and sample ballots:
 Connecticut: http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/site/default.asp
 New Jersey: http://www.njelections.org/results_2009_doe.html
 New York: http://www.elections.state.ny.us/2009ElectionResults.html
 Pennsylvania: http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/
 Rhode Island: http://www.elections.state.ri.us
 Virginia: http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Index.html
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Gov. Avery died on 11/4/2009 (unknown location).

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Former Kan. Gov. Avery Dies

TOPEKA, Kan. -- Former Kansas Gov. William Avery, who served one term in the
Statehouse in the 1960s, has died. He was 98.

Gov. Mark Parkinson's office said Thursday that Avery, a Republican who served
as governor from 1965-66, died Wednesday night. He served for 10 years as a
congressman from the 2nd District before running for governor.

Born Aug. 11, 1911, Avery grew up on the family farm in Wakefield. After
graduating from the University of Kansas he returned to Wakefield to farm and
raise livestock.

Avery entered politics as a local school board member after a stint as a pilot
in World War II. He then served in the Kansas House from 1951-55 before being
elected to Congress.

Funeral plans haven't been announced by the family.

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TOPEKA | William Avery, a one-term Republican governor in the 1960s and former
U.S. House member, has died, the governor's office said Thursday. He was 98.

Gov. Mark Parkinson's office said Avery died Wednesday and ordered flags across
the state lowered until Nov. 14.

"Governor Avery led our state during a time of tragic loss and national
attention. Kansas honors his long life and service to our state. Our thoughts
and prayers are with his children and family," Parkinson said in a statement.

Born Aug. 11, 1911, he grew up on the family farm in Wakefield. After graduating
from the University of Kansas he returned there to farm and raise livestock.

Avery entered politics as a local school board member after a stint as a pilot
in World War II. He then served in the Kansas House from 1951-55. After that,
Avery began a decade-long career as a congressman from the 2nd District before
running for governor.

Avery served his one term from 1965-66, when a governor's term was two years. He
was defeated for re-election by Democrat Robert Docking, receiving 44 percent of
the vote.

His most notable achievement as the state's 37th governor was recommending the
establishment of a state income tax withholding system in 1965. It was part of a
package of income and sales tax increases to improve public schools.

But he also signed legislation legalizing studded snow tires and banning trading
stamps, which were popular in the 1960s. He also established the first private
club law at a time when liquor by the drink in public establishments was banned.

Avery once said the number of state taxpayers after the withholding law took
effect indicated 10 percent of Kansans hadn't been paying their state income
tax.

"Quite obviously, I didn't endear myself to those people who weren't paying
their taxes," he said.

Docking campaigned against some of the tax proposals, saying they were excessive
and unfair to the poor. Avery said statewide unification of school districts
also may have cost him votes for a second term.

Not everything Avery did was unpopular. He denied a reprieve request from Perry
Smith and Richard Hickock, who were hanged at Lansing State Prison on April 14,
1965, for the 1959 slayings of Herbert Clutter, his wife and two children, in
Holcomb. The murders were immortalized by Truman Capote in his novel "In Cold
Blood."

Another controversy was a bill directing the state Board of Health to give out
birth control information along with contraceptives to married couples. Avery
said he was pressured to veto the measure but let it become law without his
signature.

He was governor when the House changed its system of representation to make it
conform to the U.S. Supreme Court's one-man, one-vote mandate for equal
representation. The old system in place since 1873 gave each county one
representative and distributed the remaining 20 among the most populous
counties, leaving rural counties over-represented.

After being turned out of office, Avery moved to Wichita where he became an oil
company executive. In 1968, he made a final bid for public office when he lost
the GOP primary for the U.S. Senate to Bob Dole.

In 1977, he returned to Wakefield to resume a role with the Farmers and
Merchants Bank. In 2000, the post office in his hometown was renamed in his
honor.

Funeral services for Avery haven't been announced by his family.

During The Dirksen Center's annual Congress in the Classroom® workshop --
http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_programs_CongressClassroom.htm --
participants are asked to introduce the lesson plans, resources, and techniques
that have proven successful in teaching about Congress in their classrooms. A
2009 participant, Erica Powell, Mt. Diablo High School, Concord, CA, presented a
lesson entitled, "Congress: A Vocabulary Review."

This activity is based on a game called "Shenanigans." The purpose of this
lesson is to review students’ knowledge of key concepts and terms related to
Congress.

Find  "Congress: A Vocabulary Review" at:
http://www.congresslink.org/print_lp_congressvocabrev.htm

Cindy Koeppel
The Dirksen Congressional Center
2815 Broadway
Pekin, IL 61554
309.347.7113
309.347.6432 Fax

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Fmr. Amb. Kimelman died on 11/9/2009 in West Palm Beach, FL.

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Kimelman, McGovern fundraiser, dies in Fla. at 88

By JENNIFER KAY
Associated Press Writer
Posted on Wednesday, 11.11.09

MIAMI -- Henry Kimelman, whose fundraising and support for Sen. George McGovern
in the 1972 presidential campaign earned him a spot on President Richard Nixon's
"enemies list," has died. He was 88.

Kimelman died Monday of heart failure at his home in West Palm Beach, his son
Donald said Wednesday.

Henry Kimelman turned to politics after building a business career in the U.S.
Virgin Islands. He was chief of staff for Secretary of the Interior Stewart
Udall during the final year of the Johnson administration. During his time in
Washington, he befriended Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota.

While visiting Kimelman on St. Thomas in 1969, McGovern learned of Sen. Edward
Kennedy's accident on Chappaquiddick Island. A young woman passenger in
Kennedy's car died, and the Massachusett senator's plans for a presidential
campaign appeared to derail.

Kimelman encouraged him to pursue the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination,
even though most of his own staff were trying to talk him out of it, McGovern
said.

"He said, 'George, you're never going to know if you could be nominated
president and elected president unless you try. I urge you to give it a try,'"
McGovern told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "He said, 'It's a great
privilege just to run for the presidency, and you have the right position on the
issues and you're a person of reliable character and integrity.' And he never
varied from that."

Kimelman became McGovern's chief fundraiser, and his house in Washington was the
scene where the campaign told Sen. Thomas Eagleton that he could not continue to
be McGovern's running mate after it was revealed he had received electroshock
treatment for depression, Donald Kimelman said.

His support for McGovern landed him on Nixon's notorious "enemies list" of 200
political opponents.

"He wasn't surprised because he thought those people would really do anything to
retain power," his son said. "It became a point of pride."

President Jimmy Carter named Kimelman ambassador to Haiti in 1980, during the
regime of Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.

Kimelman never thought the impoverished Caribbean country was hopeless, and he
tried pushing the dictator toward more democratic policies, his son said.

"How to get this regime to get better, to stop being president for life, to be
less corrupt - that was his position," his son said. "He was concerned about a
military takeover and what that could lead to."

However, he never was able to see if his position would have succeeded because
Carter lost his re-election campaign that year.

After Carter left office, Kimelman became a founding member and officer of the
Council of American Ambassadors, a Washington-based nonprofit group.

Kimelman was born on Jan. 21, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York. He studied business
administration at New York University, and he enlisted in the Navy after the
attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Kimelman was a prominent businessman in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He helped his
father-in-law, Sidney Kessler, run the Virgin Isle Hotel on St. Thomas after it
opened in 1950. At the time, it was the largest hotel on St. Thomas. One of
Kimelman's marketing strategies was to give any guest a free room on nights when
the temperature dropped below 70 degrees; the hotel never had to give away a
free night. He became the islands' first commissioner of commerce in 1960.

His later years were focused on philanthropy in South Florida and in the Virgin
Islands, including a cancer center, a community foundation and school projects,
his son said.

Kimelman is survived by his wife, Charlotte, sons Donald and John and a
daughter, Suzi Edwards. A memorial service will be held next week on St. Thomas.

Gov. King died on 11/13/2009 at his ranch in Stanley, NM.

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Nov 13, 12:22 PM EST

Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King dies at age 85

By DEBORAH BAKER
Associated Press Writer

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King, a folksy cattle
rancher who served more time as governor than anyone else and became an
institution in state politics, died Friday. He was 85.

Attorney General Gary King announced his father's death.

King was a Democrat who served three terms that spanned three decades. He was in
office in 1971-74, 1979-82 and 1991-94.

King was with family members at his ranch in Stanley when he died Friday
morning. His death comes less than a year after the death of his wife of 61
years.

"None of us in the family thought this day would come so soon after we lost my
mom, Alice King, but we are comforted by the thought that Bruce and Alice can be
together once again," Gary King said in a statement released by his office.

King had been ill and was recovering from a heart procedure in September to
adjust the pacemaker that was implanted after he had a heart attack in 1997.

Gov. Bill Richardson ordered flags flown at half-staff, saying King's death
"leaves a huge void in our state."

"Bruce King was an innovative, farsighted governor who knew the state better
than any living New Mexican," Richardson said. "He was as genuine and colorful
as his cowboy boots. I can just hear him say `mighty fine' as he shook another
hand."

King was known for the sharp political mind behind his country-boy manner. He
was famous for entering restaurants and greeting people table-by-table with a
vigorous handshake and a down-home, "How y'all doing? Fine. Fine."

He also was known for his malapropisms, once telling a lawmaker that the
lawmaker's proposal could "open up a whole box of Pandoras."

King told The Associated Press in 2005 at a Moriarty restaurant, where he and
family members met for morning coffee for decades, that he was happy to be known
for working with New Mexico's diverse groups and political parties.

He retained programs he liked from governors who preceded him, occasionally
keeping key personnel, whether from a Democratic or Republican regime.

King said he was proudest of his economic development accomplishments,
particularly an Intel Corp. computer chip plant in Rio Rancho. But he also was
governor during one of the most horrific events in New Mexico history: a 1980
prison riot at the old main penitentiary near Santa Fe. Thirty-three inmates
were butchered by other prisoners.

King said in 2005 that he resisted advice from around the country to storm the
prison immediately. The slain inmates were killed in the early hours of the
riot, and King said his concern was to keep alive a dozen prison workers taken
hostage. None of the employees was killed.

The situation at the penitentiary before the riot was "kind of like the guy who
was going to control the tea kettle by just putting Scotch tape and taping over
the spout and lid," King said. "And as he heated it up, well, it just has to
give. That's kind of where we were."

Details about memorial services were pending.

Ambassador Lilley died in Washington, DC on 11/12/2009.

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James Lilley, a former ambassador to China, dies
The Associated Press

James R. Lilley, a longtime CIA operative and later the U.S. ambassador to China
during the time of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died. He was 81.

The Washington Post said Lilley, who was born in China to an oilman father and
schoolteacher mother, died Thursday in Washington from complications related to
prostate cancer.

Lilley had a close relationship with former President George H.W. Bush dating to
the early 1970s, when Lilley headed the CIA's operations in Beijing and Bush was
the chief of the U.S. mission there. During the 1989 Tiananmen protests, Lilley,
a stern critic of the crackdown, often sent his reports about the unfolding
events directly to Bush, who was then president.

In a statement Friday, Bush called Lilley "a most knowledgeable and effective
ambassador who served with great honor and distinction."

Bush said he'd spoken with Lilley just a few days before his death.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is traveling in Asia, said she
was saddened to learn of Lilley's death and called him "one of our nation's
finest diplomats."

She said Lilley "inspired generations of China hands."

Lilley who earlier served as the ambassador to South Korea, was the ambassador
to China from 1989 to 1991, "one of the most difficult periods in our bilateral
relations," Clinton said.

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JAMES R. LILLEY, 81
U.S. ambassador to China served during crackdown at Tiananmen Square

By John Pomfret
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, November 14, 2009

James R. Lilley, 81, a longtime CIA operative in Asia who served as ambassador
to China during the Tiananmen Square crackdown and was regarded as one of the
most pragmatic voices on the modern Sino-American relationship, died Nov. 12 at
Sibley Memorial Hospital. He had complications related to prostate cancer.

Mr. Lilley, born in China, the son of an oilman and a schoolteacher, had a
storied career as an intelligence officer in Asia. Gruff with a no-nonsense
manner and a keen eye for detail that peppered his reports from the field, Mr.
Lilley was singular in the fractious world of China-watching in that he was
respected by both Communist China and Taiwan and across the political spectrum
at home. Alone among U.S. officials, Mr. Lilley served as a U.S. ambassador to
China and as the top American representative to Taiwan.

"Because he was raised in China, Jim Lilley had the ability to view China as an
ordinary country with no romanticism about his views," said J. Stapleton Roy,
who succeeded him as ambassador to China in 1991. "On the one hand, he could be
very critical of China. On the other hand, he could weigh in when you weren't
expecting it with a defense of our relationship with China."

The height of the public portion of Mr. Lilley's career came during the
Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Because of a close relationship with
then-President George H.W. Bush -- Mr. Lilley had served as the CIA station
chief in the U.S. mission in Beijing when Bush was chief of mission during the
early 1970s -- his graphic reports about the dramatic events unfolding in
Beijing were often sent directly to the president.

Mr. Lilley was a harsh critic of the crackdown. He housed top Chinese dissident
Fang Lizhi in the embassy for a year and a month before the Chinese allowed Fang
to leave for the United States. But Mr. Lilley also played a critical role in
arranging a secret trip by two senior U.S. officials to Beijing after the
crackdown to assure China that the United States valued its relationship with
Beijing.

James Roderick Lilley was born Jan. 15, 1928, in Qingdao, a resort in Shandong
province famed for its German-run brewery and its white sand beaches. He had an
idyllic childhood in an international community, with a Chinese nanny who
attended to his every need. Mr. Lilley idolized his eldest brother, Frank, whom
he would follow to Yale and also into the U.S. Army.

Mr. Lilley was an 18-year-old serving at Fort Dix, N.J., when he learned that
Frank had committed suicide in 1946 at a U.S. military base outside Hiroshima,
Japan. Mr. Lilley dedicated his 2004 memoir, "China Hands," to his brother who
"died young and pure so that we could carry on."

Mr. Lilley joined the CIA in 1951. Three years later, he married Sally Booth.
The District resident survives, along with the couple's children, Jeffrey Lilley
of Silver Spring, Doug Lilley of the District and Michael Lilley of Rumson,
N.J.; a sister; and six grandchildren.

Mr. Lilley started his career, he wrote, "as a foot soldier in America's covert
efforts to keep Asia from being dominated by Communist China." He helped insert
agents into China, gathered intelligence in Hong Kong and battled against the
Communist takeover in Laos. He served as ambassador to South Korea, among other
posts.

Mr. Lilley was involved in bureaucratic battles that resonate today. In the
early 1980s as chief of the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto U.S.
Embassy there, Mr. Lilley clashed with State Department officials over arms
sales to Taiwan. Senior State Department officials wanted to bend to Chinese
pressure and agree to a cutoff date; Mr. Lilley thought this was unwise and
represented an unnecessary present to Beijing.

In the end, the Reagan administration agreed in a letter to the Chinese
government that "there would naturally be a decrease in the need for arms by
Taiwan," a clause that has bedeviled U.S. relations with China each time
Washington agrees to sell Taiwan another batch of weapons.

Hi!
 A lawyer by an the name of Michael J. Gardiner is running for U.S. House, 2nd
Cong. District of Rhode Island as a Republican. It wasin THe Providence Journal
today www.projo.com ,. Mark Zaccaria who ran in 2008 is also running again. Mr,
Gardiner is an unknown politically and I cannot comment on him.
 This Thursday at my Elks Lodge in Westerly, R.I., Gardiner, Zaccaria,
and Elizabeth Dennigan a Democrat will meet for candidates in that race. Erik
Wallin, a Republican Attorney General candidate will be present. Jim Langevin is
the Democratic U.S. House member from our district who is known to be running
again. Interestingly, Dennigan resigned her State House seat to run in our
district and has changed her residence or will do so. Ironically she did not
have to do so to make a run in the district she was not a voter in! Patrick
Kennedy, Ted's son is the U.S. House member in that district.
 The forum will be from 7 to 9:30 P.M., in the evening and contact people are
Gina Fuller and Steve Wright at 401-935-7600 and rivc@... ,. The web site of
the hosting organization is http://rhodeislandvotercoalition.org/ ,. This is the
Rhode Island Voter Coalition.
 Sharing with some contacts through "Bcc:" including e-mail address above,.
Regards,
Scott

Scott Bill Hirst
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Ashaway,RI 02804-1300 USA
(401)377-4643
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Former Assemblyman Takasugi died on 11/19/2009 in Oxnard,CA.

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Nao Takasugi

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Former state Assemblyman Nao Takasugi (NAH'-oh
tah-kah-SOO'-gee), who was sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War
II, has died. He was 87.

Takasugi, a Republican from Oxnard, spent six years in the Legislature before he
was termed out of office in 1998. He had been the mayor of Oxnard for 10 years
before winning the Assembly seat.

His son, Ronald Takasugi, said Friday that his father died Thursday night of
complications from a stroke. Robert Garcia of Garcia Mortuary in Oxnard told The
Associated Press that arrangements are pending.

Takasugi was a 19-year-old student at UCLA when he was sent to an internment
camp. He later graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia before returning
to California.

Hi!
 First, Happy Thanksgiving!
 Secondly, hot political topics in Rhode Island are the R.I. Congressman Patrick
Kennedy and his battle with the R.C. Bishop Tobin over abortion, the nomination
of O. Rogeriee Thompson to be a federal judge, and the civil trial concerning
actor James Woods over the handling of his brother Michael Woods in Kent
Hospital in Warwick, where the brother died. Michael Woods was a former
Democratic candidate for Mayor of Warwick. That fact (mayoral candidate), I note
seems to be omitted from press coverage on the trial, which I realize may not be
that relevant to that story. Also a former Jamestown Town Council member David
Swain was recently convicted in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands for
murdering his wife.
 I am a descendant of some of The Pilgrims. I belong to The Alden Kindred of
America www.alden.org  President Coolidge and both Adams Presidents are
descendants as well as VP Dan Quayle,. I have yet to join The Mayflower Society
www.mayflower.org ,.
 In closing, check out The Providence Journal www.projo.com for the stories
above. 
Regards,
Scott

Scott Bill Hirst
20 Maple Court
Ashaway,RI 02804-1300 USA
(401)377-4643
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Mr. Stimpson was Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization
(Montreal) from 1999-2004. He died in Boise,ID on 11/25/2009. His wife, Dorothy
S. Stimpson, was a 2000 Delegate to the Dem. National Convention and is listed
on TPG.

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Edward W. Stimpson, aviation advocate, dies at 75

By JOHN MILLER
Associated Press Writer

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Edward Stimpson, an aviation advocate who pushed to
rejuvenate struggling small aircraft manufacturers in the 1990s by limiting
lawsuits against them, has died after a five-month illness. He was 75.

He died Wednesday from complications related to lung cancer, though he wasn't a
smoker, said his sister, Catharine Stimpson.

Stimpson, president of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association for 25
years, was a major proponent of legislation signed by President Bill Clinton in
1994 to prevent general aviation companies from being named as defendants in
lawsuits in crashes of small planes 18 years old or older.

By 1994, a wave of lawsuits was blamed for a downturn at small aircraft
manufacturers such as Beech Aircraft Co. and Cessna Aircraft Corp., costing
100,000 industry jobs. Annual sales of single-engine planes averaged 13,000 from
1965 to 1982, but dropped to just 500 by 1993.

Catharine Stimpson remembered how Cessna used her brother's initials to signify
the first 100 piston-powered planes the company built after resuming production.

"Whatever he did to preserve the industry was more than a job to him," she said
in a phone interview from her home in New York. "He just loved the idea of being
up there in the clouds."

Stimpson, who held a private pilot's license, also advocated against record
attempts like 7-year-old Jessica Dubroff's 1996 bid to become the youngest
person to fly across the country. Dubroff, her father and her flight instructor
died when their plane crashed in Cheyenne, Wyo., prompting Stimpson to call for
measures to "stop the circus-like, media-driven events."

He retired from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association in 1996 to become
chairman of "Be A Pilot," an industrywide education and research program aimed
at increasing the number of people learning to fly.

Stimpson was born in Bellingham, Wash., the oldest of seven children. He
graduated from Harvard College and received a graduate degree from the
University of Washington in Seattle. He and his wife, Dorothy, met as employees
at the Seattle World's Fair in 1962.

He settled in Idaho after being hired as a lobbyist for Boise-based engineering
firm Morrison Knudsen Corp. in 1989. His wife became one of the state's
representatives to the Democratic National Committee until 2000. They had no
children.

In 1998, Stimpson received the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy for public
service in aviation, an honor he shared with aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, World
War II pilot Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle and Apollo 11 astronaut Neil A.
Armstrong.

And in 1999, then-President Clinton appointed Stimpson to the Council of the
International Civil Aviation Organization, a Montreal-based group that promotes
safe aviation around the world. The post carries the rank of ambassador;
Stimpson served through 2004.

Catharine Stimpson remembered one flight she took with her brother in Washington
state where his concern for safety caught her attention.

"He saw the pilot doing something he did not approve of," she said. "Believe me,
that pilot will not forget what he heard."

For two decades, Stimpson was a board member at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University in Florida, where a residence hall and laboratory have been named
after him.

In April 2008, Stimpson was named to a Federal Aviation Administration panel to
recommend improvements to airline safety measures after concerns arose that the
FAA allowed Southwest Airlines to fly dozens of Boeing 737s without inspecting
them for fuselage cracks as required and that Southwest's system for complying
with FAA safety directives hadn't been inspected since 1999.

Edward Watts Stimpson, 75, passed away peacefully at his Boise home on Nov. 25,
2009. Although he never smoked, he was diagnosed with lung cancer in June 2009,
and died from complications of the disease. Edward was born on June 18, 1934, in
Bellingham, Wash., the eldest of the seven children of Edward Keown and
Catharine "Kitty" Watts Stimpson. He graduated from Bellingham High School in
1952 and from Harvard College in 1956. He earned a graduate degree from the
University of Washington, Seattle, in 1959.

In 1962, in Seattle, he met his future wife, Dorothy "Dottie" Sortor who was
born in Omaha, Neb. At the time, both were employed at the Seattle World's Fair.
Among the VIPs he was assigned to show around were Sen. Frank Church and Federal
Aviation Administration head Najeeb Halaby. The latter invited Ed to move to
Washington, D.C., to work for the FAA and he accepted, serving for six years as
the head of Congressional Affairs for the FAA under the Kennedy administration.
In 1970, Ed was instrumental in creating a new trade association, the General
Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), and served as its president for 19
years.

He quickly assumed a leadership role in the setting of the direction of many
significant aviation policy issues of the era, including the establishment of
the Airport and Airways Trust Fund and the allocation of aviation fuel during an
oil embargo, Ed married Dottie in 1970. She was then working for the League of
Women Voters of the U.S. They crossed the Washington, DC line to Virginia for
the ceremony. In 1989, Morrison Knudsen CEO Bill Agee hired Ed in a key
management position, which brought the Stimpsons to Boise. "Agee did me two huge
favors: He hired me and he fired me," Ed was fond of saying. Leaving MK, Ed
returned to GAMA for nine years, retiring in 1996.

During his distinguished career, Ed quarterbacked industry advocacy that led to
enactment of the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994, which helped
preserve and create thousands of jobs. In recognition of that accomplishment,
Cessna Aircraft Company emblazoned Ed's initials on the first 100 piston-powered
airplanes the manufacturer produced when it returned to that market. After
retiring from GAMA, Ed led the "Be A Pilot" program, the largest "learn-to-fly"
initiative in general aviation history to that date.

Two U.S. Presidents then recognized Ed's unique abilities, asking him to serve
as U.S. Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an
agency of the United Nations, in Montreal. In 2000, President Bill Clinton
nominated Stimpson to the ICAO post; Clinton's successor, President George W.
Bush, seconded the nomination in 2001. Stimpson served at ICAO until 2005. For
the next several years, Stimpson served as the chairman of the Flight Safety
Foundation in Washington, D.C., continuing his strong commitment to flight
safety and traveling the world to promote it.

Stimpson's monumental contributions to the industry earned him the highest
awards in aviation, including the prestigious Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
and the NBAA Meritorious Service to Aviation Award. On Oct. 14, 2009, Ed was
honored with the Flight Safety Foundation - Boeing Aviation Safety Lifetime
Achievement Award, presented by FSF president and CEO William R. Voss, FSF
counsel Ken Quinn and Boeing vice president Steve Atkins. Throughout his life,
Ed generously gave of his time to others. He was a friend and mentor to many
people in and outside the aviation community.

Ed served on the Board of Trustees for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for
15 years, including seven as chairman. In recognition of his service at
Embry-Riddle, a residence hall and laboratory were named after him. In the
1980s, he chaired the Franklin Square Assoc., dedicated to improving a blighted
area of Washington, D.C. In Boise, he was active in arts, aviation, cultural,
environmental, and health causes.

Ed leaves a large family behind. It includes his wife Dottie; her sister
Margaret Joseph, Eckert, Colo.; her niece Doris Jean McGuire, Cedaredge, Colo.;
and her nephew, Thomas Joseph, O'Fallon, Ill. Stimpson also is survived by a
brother, John, of San Juan Island, Wash., and by his five sisters: Catharine,
New York City, and her partner, Elizabeth Wood; Mary and her husband, Steven
Rivkin, Bethesda, Md.; Susan and her husband, Loch Trimingham, Lummi Island,
Wash.; Jane and her husband, William Bremner, Seattle; Caroline and her husband,
Torbert Macdonald Jr., Cape Neddick, Me. Ed took a great interest in his 15
nieces and nephews, and in the 14 grand-nieces and grand-nephews of the newest
generation.

As tributes and statements gather about his death, they illustrate the number of
his friends across the nation and around the world. Celebrations of Stimpson's
life will be held in Boise on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, at 3 p.m. at St. Michael's
Episcopal Cathedral, 518 N. 8th Street, and on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the
Smithsonian Institution Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. from 7:30 am to
10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be directed to the
Treasure Valley Family YMCA Civic Engagement Scholarship Fund, 1050 W. State
Street, Boise, Id. 83702; or, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Ed Stimpson
Scholarship Fund, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, Fla. 32114-3900.
Condolences for the family may be submitted online at CloverdaleFuneralHome.com.

Fmr. Sen. Hawkins died in Orlando, FL on 12/4/2009.

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Dec 4, 12:23 PM EST

Ex-US Sen. Paula Hawkins of Florida dies at 82

By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press Writer

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Paula Hawkins, who in 1980 became the first woman elected
to a full Senate term without a family political connection, died Friday. She
was 82.

Hawkins had been in poor health recently, having suffered a stroke and a fall,
said U.S. Rep. John Mica, a close friend. She died at Florida Hospital in
Orlando surrounded by her family, he said.

During her single six-year term in the U.S. Senate, the Republican positioned
herself as a media-savvy champion of children and working mothers and an enemy
of drug dealers. She lost her bid for a second term in 1986 to then-Gov. Bob
Graham.

Hawkins entered public office at a time when doors that previously had been
closed to women were being opened. She never considered herself a feminist, but
she championed equal opportunities for women.

She was the first woman senator elected from the South and the first woman from
any state elected to a full Senate term who was not the wife or daughter of a
politician. Nebraska businesswoman Hazel Abel, who also had no political family
ties, was elected from that state in 1954 to serve the final two months in the
term of a senator who had died in office.

"I think it showed other women that you could do this," Hawkins said in a 1997
interview for an oral history program at the University of Florida.

Hawkins backed legislation that helped homemakers enter the job market after
divorce or widowhood. She supported equalizing pension benefits for women by
taking into account their years spent at home raising children. She fought to
get day care for the children of Senate employees and pushed for tax breaks on
child care expenses.

She even forced fellow senators to don bathing trunks when swimming in the
Senate gym so she could work out at the previously all-male bastion during
daytime hours.

But there were slights. At one of her first news conferences in Washington as a
senator, a television reporter asked who was going to do her laundry if she was
busy working in the U.S. Senate.

"I kept saying (to myself), this is 1980 and I can't believe that anybody is
asking me this, especially a grown man from a national network," Hawkins said in
the 1997 interview.

Yet at the same time, Hawkins opposed the Equal Rights Amendment and
abortion-on-demand. She refused to join the Congressional Woman's Caucus because
she thought childcare, pension equity and other matters were "family issues" and
not just of concern to women.

"I did not like the Equal Rights Amendment," she said. "I predicted that it
would bring about the downfall of the father's responsibility to support the
family."

Elected to the Senate in 1980, Hawkins was part of a wave of conservatives who
came to Washington as part of the Ronald Reagan landslide.

She helped pass the Missing Children's Act of 1982, which established a national
clearinghouse for information about missing children.

In 1984, she startled her Senate colleagues, friends and relatives by disclosing
during a congressional hearing that she was sexually molested as a child. Her
admission was greeted with widespread public sympathy.

She pushed legislation that cut aid to countries that did not reduce their drug
production. She helped initiate the South Florida Drug Task Force and assisted
in creating the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.

Hawkins was born in Salt Lake City in 1927. She attended Utah State University
before marrying her husband, Gene Hawkins. They had three children.

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U.S. Rep. John Mica

On behalf of the family of former United States Senator Paula Hawkins, U.S.
Congressman John Mica announced the passing of the Senator in Orlando, Florida
early Friday morning.

Mica, former chief of staff for the Senator, said, "With Paula Hawkins' passing,
we have lost a remarkable public servant and trailblazer for women and all
Americans in the state and national political landscape.  Senator Hawkins was
the first popularly elected female United States Senator who attained the office
without a husband or father preceding her in politics.  Senator Hawkins was
widely known as a champion for children and authored the Missing Children's Act
of 1982.  As chairman of a Senate subcommittee, she led the nation's efforts to
curtail drug trafficking and address substance abuse."

"Senator Paula Hawkins was tireless, tenacious and an incredible champion for
America's children," said Ernie Allen, President of the National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children.  "We will cherish her memory and miss her very
much."

Senator Hawkins was part of Florida's and the national political history for
four decades.  She began her political career in her Maitland neighborhood. 
Hawkins was the first Florida statewide elected woman when she won election to
the Public Service Commission in 1972.  The press gave her the title of the
"Battling Maitland Housewife."  Hawkins' campaign to reform the Public Service
Commission was so upsetting to the political establishment her opponents
successfully ended the popular election of Public Service Commissioners.

Paula Hawkins was a pioneer in building the Republican Party in Florida.  She
began organizing at the community level, served as the GOP State and National
Committee Woman, and co-chaired the National Platform Committee of the 1984
Republican Convention.

Senator Hawkins is survived by her husband Gene Hawkins of Winter Park, FL and
three children, Genean McKinnon of Winter Park and Montreal, Kevin Hawkins of
Denver, CO and Kelly McCoy of Orlando, FL, as well as 11 grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren.  Senator Hawkins had dealt with a number of health issues,
however her passing is attributed to complications from a recent fall.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

Amb. Wilson died on 12/5/2009 in Carmel, CA.

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Updated December 05, 2009
First U.S. Ambassador to Vatican Dies

AP

William Wilson, a member of President Reagan's "kitchen cabinet" of advisers,
dies at the age of 95.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- William A. Wilson, the first American to serve as
ambassador to the Vatican and a member of President Ronald Reagan's "kitchen
cabinet" of advisers, has died. He was 95.

Wilson was among a group of about a dozen conservative, wealthy Los Angeles
businessmen who became confidantes and advisers to Reagan, first as he sought to
become governor of California, and later, president. They also helped bankroll
his campaigns for office.

Wilson died around 1 a.m. Saturday at his home in Carmel, said his daughter,
Marcia Wilson Hobbs.

A rancher and horse lover by nature, Wilson grew up in Los Angeles and studied
the family business, oil, at Stanford University in Palo Alto, where he met his
future wife, Elizabeth. After graduation, he joined his father's company, Web
Wilson Oil Tools.

Reagan first appointed Wilson as presidential envoy to Rome in 1981, when the
United States did not have full diplomatic relations with the Vatican because of
an 1867 U.S. law that prohibited establishing such ties to maintain separation
of church and state.

In 1984, after the law was repealed, Reagan appointed Wilson as the first
ambassador and served in the post for about two years, according to an obituary
released by the family.

"He was a delightful, gentlemanly like man of the old school and he was the
perfect diplomat," said longtime family friend Bee Canterbury Lavery. She said
the Wilsons outfitted the residence in Rome with beautiful furniture. "They were
the first ones, and so they really furnished the American Embassy there in
Rome."

Elizabeth Wilson, who grew up in a well-connected wealthy L.A. family, also
developed a close friendship with Nancy Reagan after the couples met at a party
in 1960, hosting annual birthday parties for the first lady at the family's
ranch in Riverside County, according to a Vanity Fair profile of Nancy Reagan.
Elizabeth Wilson died in 1996.

The Wilsons also owned a ranch in Sonora, Mexico, where Reagan often vacationed
and where he famously was thrown from his horse.

Hobbs said beyond his distinguished biography, Wilson was a good dad.

"He was the best. He was a great father, he was very loving and very doting,"
said Hobbs, who was with her father when he died.

Wilson is survived by two daughters, Hobbs, of Los Angeles, and Anna Marie
Wilson of Sonora, Mexico, five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services were pending in Los Angeles.

Fmr. State Rep. Pittenger died on 12/6/2009 in Lancaster, PA. He served in the
PA House from 1965-1967 & 1969-1971.

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Former education secretary Pittenger dies
By The Associated Press
December 08, 2009, 1:01PM
Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education John Pittenger has died. He was 79.

Pittenger died Sunday in Lancaster from complications of Parkinson's disease.

A lawyer and Army veteran, Pittenger became involved in Democratic politics and
served in the state House of Representatives for two nonconsecutive terms. In
1971, he joined the administration of Gov. Milton Shapp and became Shapp's
secretary of education the following year.

He fought for the rights of disabled students and to mandate equal athletic
programs for girls.

He later served as dean of Rutgers University Law School in the 1980s, as well
as on the boards of numerous civic and charitable organizations.

He's survived by his wife, Pauline, and two stepsons.

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Top Dem John Pittenger dead at 79
Was state legislator, education secretary

By LORI VAN INGEN, Staff Writer

John C. Pittenger, former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education and former state
representative died Sunday at Homestead Village from complications of
Parkinson's disease. He was 79.

"'Pitt,' as he was affectionately known, was a true patriot, serving his nation,
his state and his community as a military veteran, as an educator, a farmer, a
lawyer, a state legislator and a state Cabinet secretary," Bruce Beardsley,
chairman of the Lancaster County Democratic Committee, said.

"To me, and to my political colleagues, he was a friend and trusted mentor,"
Beardsley said. "He played an invaluable behind-the-scenes role in the
renaissance of the local Democratic Party, advising me, my predecessor and many
others. He helped the party raise money, and he enjoyed and had a remarkable
knack for motivating and recruiting people to volunteer for the party. It was
almost impossible to say 'no' to Pitt."

Beardsley said Pittenger was the "epitome of a great American. Throughout a
lifetime of service, he never abandoned the effort to make the world a little
better place, although he did come to discover that it's a lot harder than he
thought it would be. He will be sorely missed."

Mike Sturla, the current state Congressman for the 96th District, said, "I,
along with countless others, consider him a mentor. Very few people talked to
him and didn't learn learn something. I respected what he accomplished and what
he tried to get others to accomplish."

Jim Shultz actively campaigned for Pittenger's election in the 1960s.

"He was a mentor to me and others. We sought out his counsel and great advice.
He was selfless, taking an interest in our lives, in our careers and families,"
said Shultz, a friend of Pittenger for more than 50 years. "I admired his
passion for the Democratic Party. He was the personification of Mr. Democrat."

Just three months ago, Pittenger was on the phone to committee people and
working to get people registered to vote, Shultz said.

"He was passionate about public service," Shultz said. "I will greatly miss
him."

G. Terry Madonna, director of Franklin & Marshall College's government
department and a political analyst, said Pittenger was an early mentor of his,
too.

"I deeply respected his views on politics and government. He was the first
person to introduce me to politics when I was in college and to participating in
government," Madonna said. "He deliberately sought out some of the young people
at the college to get involved in politics."

Madonna said Pittenger encouraged young people to get into politics as an
"honorable profession."

"He stressed that good people need to get into government service," Madonna
said. "He was a man of incredible integrity with very, very strong convictions
and willing to express them. He was an incredible role model."

Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray said Pittenger was "certainly a man of principles and
an anchor in the Lancaster Democratic Party for many years."

"Even when he was not living here, he participated from a distance," Gray said.
"His intellectual abilities were great, and he was a warm, caring person. His
character traits were reflected in his politics. He was motivated to get the
best for a person, whether aged, infirm or young. He was a tremendous guy."

After practicing law in Lancaster from 1958 to 1965, Pittenger became involved
in Democratic politics. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
for the 96th District from 1965 to 1966. During this term, Pittenger helped
draft the bill that set up the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
scholarship program and was a principal sponsor of the Mental Health/Mental
Retardation Act of 1966.

He was defeated in the next election, but was re-elected the following term,
serving from 1969 to 1970. As a member of the Democratic Policy Committee and
chairman of the Joint Legislative Data Processing Committee, Pittenger helped
develop assessment procedure reform and computerize all state registration and
election figures.

Also during his two terms, Pittenger authored a controversial proposal for
charging graduated -- or income-based -- tuition at state colleges and
universities and vigorously supported a bill to strengthen the powers of the
state Board of Education. He was the first member of the General Assembly to
bring high school seniors to Harrisburg on a regular basis to serve as pages in
the House of Representatives.

He also served as director of research for the minority Caucus of the House of
Representatives from 1967 to 1968.

In 1971, while a member of the Commission on School Finance, Pittenger was
appointed legislative secretary to Gov. Milton J. Shapp and served as a liaison
between the governor's office and the Department of Education.

As legislative secretary, he helped steer the state's first personal income tax
bill through the General Assembly, played an instrumental role in securing
reforms to Workmen's Compensation and Unemployment Compensation Acts and guided
to passage the bill that created the Department of Environmental Resources.

A year later, Shapp named Pittenger the state secretary of education.

As secretary, he established due process rights for handicapped children and
created the Governor's School for the Arts and the state government internship
program for state college students.

He also led the fight to mandate equal athletic programs for female students in
public schools and supervised the first complete rewrite of the school code in
30 years. In addition, he played a key role in adopting the system of statewide
achievement and attitudinal testing in grades five, eight and 11.

He served for three years as chairman of the legislative committee of the
National Council of Chief State School Officers.

Pittenger resigned as secretary in late 1976 to accept a position as visiting
lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

In 1978, state House Speaker K. Leroy Irvis asked Pittenger to chair a
commission on the reform of the Pennsylvania House. His commission's report led
to the establishment of the Bi-Partisan Management Committee and other major
reforms.

In 1979, Pittenger threw his hat into the ring in the race for the U.S. Senate
seat being vacated by Richard Schweiker, but withdrew a year later when Mayor
Pete Flaherty of Pittsburgh entered the race.

Pittenger was named dean of Rutgers University Law School in 1981. There, he
instituted an exchange program with the law faculty of Karl Francis University
in Graz, Austria; presided over the development of specialties in taxation and
international law; and helped persuade Rutgers to build a law school dormitory
in Camden.

Although he stepped down as dean in 1986 to move back to Pittwillow Farm --the
family farm in southern Chester County --he continued to teach at the law school
until his retirement in 1994.

Throughout the years, Pittenger taught several courses as an adjunct professor
in the government department at F&M and served as the college's pre-law advisor.

He also was the co-author, with Henry W. Bragdon, of "The Pursuit of Justice,"
an introduction to constitutional law for high school students, and of "Politics
Ain't Beanbag," a political memoir.

Once Pittenger moved to Homestead Village in 1997, he became active in
Democratic politics once more. He said he wouldn't be happy until the day there
was a Democratic mayor in Lancaster, a Democratic governor in Harrisburg and a
Democrat in the White House -- all at the same time.

Pittenger attended public school in Swarthmore and Phillips Exeter Academy,
Exeter, N.H. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in
American history in 1951 and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1958.

Between college and law school, Pittenger was a Frank Knox Fellow at the London
School of Economics. He received the honorary degree, doctorate of humane
letters, from Franklin & Marshall College in 1981.

A first lieutenant, he served in the infantry and government intelligence in the
U.S. Army from 1952 to 1955.

He was a member of the Society of Friends.

Active in community affairs, Pittenger served as president of Lancaster Opera
Workshop and Harvard Club of Central Pennsylvania and vice president of the
board of Family and Children's Services and Lancaster Foundation for Educational
Enrichment. He was a trustee of Lincoln University.

An avid squash and badminton player, he served intermittently for 15 years as
the first coach of F&M's men's squash team.

He received the Lancaster Jaycee Good Government Award in 1967, the B'Nai B'rith
Man of the Year Award in 1968 and the Penn State Special Award for Leadership in
1976. The Lancaster County Democratic Committee honored him in 2003 with its
first Lifetime Achievement Award.

Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Nicholas Otto and Cornelia
VanDerveer Chapman Pittenger.

He was married to Pauline Miller Pittenger.

Surviving in addition to his wife are two stepsons, Josiah Leet of Lancaster and
Matthew Leet of Oakland, Calif.; and a sister, Jane Kellenberger of Boulder,
Colo.

A memorial service has not yet been announced.

Death notice and burial info for Sen. Hawkins. Note her sobriquet while serving
on the FL PSC: "The Battling Maitland Housewife."

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HAWKINS, UNITED STATES SENATOR PAULA, 82, of Winter Park, Florida passed away
Friday, December 4, 2009.

Senator Hawkins was born January 24, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Paul Burt
Fickes and Mary Leoan Staley. She was the oldest of four children. Her father
was in the Navy and the family lived in Long Beach, CA, Hawaii, Jacksonville, FL
and Atlanta, GA. It was in Sunday school class in Atlanta, Georgia that she met
Walter Eugene Hawkins, who would become her husband. They married in Logan, UT,
where Paula was a student at Utah State University.

They initially lived in Atlanta and then moved to Winter Park, FL, in 1954.
After building a new home in Maitland, Paula was surprised to find there was no
sewer system in the town. She urged her neighbors to elect a mayor and council
who would support this improvement for the city. They were successful and sewers
were soon installed. Thus began her love for "grass roots" politics.

In 1968, Paula was elected Republican National Committeewoman for the State of
Florida. This was a position she held until 1986. She served as a delegate to
five consecutive Republican National Conventions. In 1972, Paula was elected as
one of three members of Florida's Public Service Commission which regulated
monopolies in Florida that provided electricity, water, telephone and
transportation. She earned the nickname "The Battling Maitland Housewife"
through her strong advocacy of consumers' rights.

In 1976, Paula became the first Republican to be reelected to political office
in the state of Florida. In 1980, Paula was elected to the United States Senate.
She was the first woman elected from Florida to the Senate and the first woman
in the country elected in her own right (not following a father or a husband) to
the Senate. In the Senate she became a very effective champion of children and
families, authoring the legislation that established the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children.

She also authored legislation establishing Radio Marti and legislation that
provided innovative ways for displaced housewives and mothers to re-enter the
work force. She was also well known for her strong and innovative actions to
fight the importation and trafficking of illegal drugs.

Paula and Gene were married for 62 years and are members of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. They have three children: Genean McKinnon (Joel) of
Winter Park and Montreal; Kevin (Jean) of Denver; and Kelley McCoy (David) of
Winter Park; sister, Carole Wright of Sacramento, CA; eleven grandchildren and
ten great grandchildren.

A gathering for family and friends will be held Wednesday, December 9th from 6
to 9 p.m. at Baldwin Fairchild Ivanhoe Chapel. Funeral services will be held
Thursday, December 10th at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day
Saints, 45 East Par Street, Orlando, FL, with interment immediately following at
Palm Cemetery in Winter Park, FL.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to: The National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children, 699 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Arrangements are
being handled by BALDWIN FAIRCHILD
IVANHOE CHAPEL 301 NE Ivanhoe Blvd., Orlando, FL 32804.

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Hi!
 Marvin Holland has died. See obituary at The Providence, R.I., Journal
www.projo.com ,. Was interested in United States Senate seat. However I do not
believe he was a candidate in primary or general election? Will check!
Regards,
Scott

Scott Bill Hirst
20 Maple Court
Ashaway,RI 02804-1300 USA
(401)377-4643
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Hi!
 Julius C. Michaelsen was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Rhode
Island losing to Republican incumbent John H. Chafee in 1982,. Holland I
remember in the race but I recall his bid did not last.
 Michaelsen and Rhode Island Governor Frank Licht both served as Worshipful
Master of Redwood Lodge No. 35, A.F. & A.M., in the 1950's BTW,.
Regards,
Scott 

Scott Bill Hirst
20 Maple Court
Ashaway,RI 02804-1300 USA
(401)377-4643
Note:Telephone if you need quick reply.

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From: Scott Bill Hirst <scottbillhirst@...>
Subject: [political-graveyard] Marvin Holland
To: political-graveyard@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 5:05 PM


 



Hi!
 Marvin Holland has died. See obituary at The Providence, R.I., Journal
www.projo.com ,. Was interested in United States Senate seat. However I do not
believe he was a candidate in primary or general election? Will check!
Regards,
Scott

Scott Bill Hirst
20 Maple Court
Ashaway,RI 02804-1300 USA
(401)377-4643
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Hi!
 Two ways to meet conservative personalities in 2010 will be the Conservative
political Action Conference www.cpac.org and  NewsMax Cruise
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 FYI!
Regards,
Scott

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State Rep. Simpson died on 12/18/2009 en route from Cleveland, OH back to
Michigan (location unspecified) from a heart attack following treatment for a
blood disorder (light-chain deposition).

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BREAKING: Rep. Mike Simpson, D-Jackson, dies
By Susan J. Demas
December 18, 2009, 8:12PM

Rep. Mike Simpson, D-Jackson, has died of a heart attack, MIRS News has just
reported.

The announcement was made by Speaker Andy Dillon in the House chamber as
lawmakers were poised to vote on education reform legislation.

Simpson just turned 47 and was in his second term in the House. He had been
receiving treatment for a rare blood disorder. Simpson suffered the heart attack
while driving home from the Cleveland Clinic.

"He was extremely passionate," recalled Rep. Marty Griffin, D-Jackson. "He was
100 percent into this place."

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State Rep. Mike Simpson dies of heart attack at age of 47
By Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot
December 18, 2009, 9:09PM

No matter where they fall on the political spectrum, those who worked with state
Rep. Mike Simpson have always been impressed with what some call his linebacker
approach to politics — diving headfirst into whatever issue he covered.

It was an attitude friends and colleagues say he carried through the end.

Simpson of Blackman Township died Friday afternoon after suffering a heart
attack while riding home from the Cleveland Clinic as a passenger, said state
Rep. Martin Griffin, D-Jackson. He had been receiving treatment for a rare blood
disorder known as light-chain deposition.

Simpson was 47.

"I think everyone knows that Mike was quite passionate about this place and
about the issues," Griffin said by phone from the House floor Friday evening.
"It's been quiet around here without him, and it's going to be much quieter
knowing he won't be coming back."

Simpson, who announced in October he had been diagnosed with the disorder, said
last week he completed six weeks of treatment and that his doctors were pleased
he was responding better than expected.

The disease is a disorder of the antibody-producing cells of the body, where an
excess amount of light chains are produced. A doctor in October called the
illness "serious" and "uncommon."

The House was at ease in a rare Friday night session to take up school reform
when House Speaker Andy Dillon asked the members to take their seats around 8
p.m. and stunned them with the news of Simpson's death.

"There's much work in front of us tonight, but it is with great sadness that I
have to announce that each of us has lost a colleague and a friend," Dillon
said.

"We've lost a very close friend and a guy that really cared and had passion for
issues like no one that I met since I've been here. So it's appropriate for us
as a group to come together and take a moment of silence."

Members of both sides of the House aisle sat silently, quietly discussed their
colleague's passing and consoled one of his seatmates in the front row of desks
on the House floor, Rep. Deb Kennedy, D-Brownstown Township.

A House sergeant removed the personal belongings that remained on Simpson's
desk. Moments later as Simpson's colleagues stood, four sergeants carried an
arrangement of lilies, burgundy roses and carnations and a black cloth to the
front of the chambers where they were placed on Simpson's desk.

The flag at the state Capitol was lowered to half-staff. House members then sat
in silence for five minutes.

"He'd been getting some good reports that the treatment was working on the blood
disorder," Griffin said. "But apparently it was affecting his organs and in the
end it apparently affected the biggest one, the most important one anyway.

"We'll all have different memories, but we all know he was passionate. He was
working right up until (Thursday) when I talked to him. He truly felt he was
coming back."

Simpson was especially known for his work in Jackson's economic development.

Blackman Township Supervisor Rob Rando said he got to know Simpson through
Jackson Citizens for Economic Growth and his work in getting a SmartZone
designation for Jackson.

"He's probably one of the reasons that I got into the township supervision,"
Rando said. "I was the rookie coming in and not really knowing how to do things.

"He basically took me under his wing."

Rando said Simpson told him if he ever needed help in his new post to give him a
call.

"Whether people like the things that he did or he didn't do, he was always full
blast," Rando said.

Simpson, who was serving his second term as the 65th District representative,
was last elected in November 2008.

The former owner of Poppa's Place Restaurant in Brooklyn and the Pizza Factory
in Hillsdale first ran for a major office in 2002. He campaigned hard on a
populist platform that called for scaling back America's overseas commitments
and reforming health care.

The health-care reform issue hit close to home. His daughter Gina died of bone
cancer in 1994 at age 16. At the time, Simpson was self-employed. He had
purchased insurance, but medical bills swamped the family's finances.

"Health care in general is a major issue to me," Simpson said in 2002. "No
family in America should have to worry financially about a medical emergency."

He was bested that year by then-Republican incumbent and U.S. Rep. Nick Smith.

Simpson again lost a bid in 2004, this time for state House. He won the same
seat, amid a wave of Democratic success, against the same opponent, Leslie
Mortimer, in 2006.

U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer said Simpson had a unique determination and was one of
the most hardworking public servants he has ever met.

Schauer first got to know Simpson in his bid for Congress when Schauer was
running for the state Senate. He said Simpson held close his personal
experiences and was on a constant quest to improve the health-care system and
always fought for jobs.

He was living his dream, Schauer said.

"He was always focused on others. He was always focused on solving problems and
making things better for people and for businesses and for communities," Schauer
said. "It's unfortunate that with so much ahead of him his life and work was cut
short."

Simpson is survived by his wife, Debbie, and four adult children.

— Staff Writer Danielle Quisenberry and Citizen Patriot News Service reporter
Peter Luke contributed to this report

Rep. Rawson died on 12/19/2009 in Hooper,UT.
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Last Democratic majority leader in Utah House
Lawmaker » Love of education defined him as a legislator
By Paul Rolly

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated: 12/23/2009 05:29:17 PM MST

Roger Rawson was the majority leader the last time the Utah House of
Representatives was under Democratic control.

That was 30 years ago, but Rawson, who died Saturday of liver disease, was still
a force in the Legislature when his Democratic Party shrunk to almost nothing
after the Reagan revolution of 1980.

"By the time I was elected to the House, the Democrats had dropped to only about
12 out of 75 members," said former Republican lawmaker Nolan Karras. "He was the
minority leader then and his assignment was to make noise about we in the
majority were doing and create some kind of opposition. He was very good at
that."

"He defeated me by one vote for majority leader back in the 1970s," said former
Democratic legislator Mike Dmitrich. "But despite that battle, we got along
well. He was a tough legislator and a good guy."

Rawson, who went to Utah State University on a basketball scholarship, conjured
up another, more happy memory for Dmitrich.

"When Roger was in the House, we almost always beat the Republicans in
basketball games," he said.

Rawson, born May 19, 1939, in Weber County, was one of the original faculty
members when Roy High School opened in the early 1960s. He taught history,
political science and economics and was named outstanding faculty member of the
year.

His love of education was what defined him as a legislator after he was elected
to the House at age 33 in 1972.

He rose first to majority whip, then majority leader in the House in the late
1970s before the Utah Legislature took a sharp turn toward Republican dominance,
which remains today.

After the Republicans took control in 1978, Rawson was the minority leader and
became "an effective spokesman for a small minority in difficult time period,"
said Karras. "He represented his Democratic constituency very well."

During his 10 years in the House, Rawson was a strong advocate for public and
higher education and helped create a master's of education program at what then
was Weber State College in 1978.

He was frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for higher office, including
Democratic challenges for the seats held by Sen. Orrin Hatch and Congressman Jim
Hansen, both R-Utah.

After Rawson left the House in the 1980s, he served a four-year term on the
Weber County Commission.

He is survived by wife Sheryl, as well as by his mother, a sister, six children
and 25 grandchildren.

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Roger Frank Rawson
Hooper, Utah

Roger F. Rawson, age 70, completed his mission on earth December 19, 2009 and
passed away peacefully at his home from complications of liver disease. He was
surrounded by his family, including his 97-year-old mother. Roger was born on
May 19, 1939 to Frank V. and Della Hull Rawson of Hooper, Utah. As a young boy
he had Scarlet Fever and was confined to bed for six months. The rest of his
life was spent in sharp contrast to that as he went on to become a notable
athlete, tireless public servant, hard-working farmer, and successful
businessman. Prior to serving an LDS mission to Nova Scotia and New Foundland,
Roger attended Utah State University on a basketball scholarship. He married Kay
Thompson on October 6, 1961. They were married for 37 years and raised six
children together.

An original staff member when Roy High School opened, Mr. Rawson taught history,
political science and economics, and was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year.
He received his Master of Education Degree in Economics from the University of
Missouri - Columbia. His passion for education and public policy led him to run
for political office at the young age of 33. He served five terms in the Utah
Legislature where he was Majority Whip, Majority Leader and Minority Leader.

Representative Rawson received numerous awards for his work within the Utah
Democratic Party as well as promoting and improving education in the State of
Utah, which included sponsoring the bill which resulted in the establishment of
the Master's of Education Program at Weber College in 1978. Ever working to
enhance his community and state, he served on the Utah State Retirement Board
and various other civic committees. He served as ward and stake Sunday School
President and as a High Councilman in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. He also served a four-year term as Weber County Commissioner,
championing causes to help senior citizens and the underprivileged which
culminated in the building of a new Human Services Building and facilities for
Weber County.

As president of Thompson-Rawson Company, Rawson Insulation and Rawson
Management, he has provided affordable housing to thousands of families in
Northern Utah and Burley, Idaho over the past four decades. In recent years, he
co-founded Rawson Development Company with his son, David Rawson. He married
Sheryl Stevens Seifert on Nov. 3, 1998. Together they served in the Special
Needs Program and in the Ogden LDS temple.

In his "spare time" Grandpa Roger has developed and cultivated his family
homestead: Raw-Ute Ranch in Hooper. He enjoyed raising Charolais and Gelbvieh
cattle and collecting Allis-Chalmers tractors and miniature trains. He had a
great love for music, ballroom dancing with his girls, and playing the
saxophone. We will miss his beautiful tenor singing voice.

He is survived by his wife, mother, and sister, Belva (Richard) Moyle of So.
Ogden; his children, RaDene (Harlan) Hatfield of Provo, Tana (Gary) Gooch of
Hooper, Kamie (Garff) Hubbard of Hooper, LaDawn (Darryl) Sheets of Navarre,
Florida, David (Amy) Rawson of Hooper, and Rochelle (Damon) Martin of Heber; the
mother of his children, Kay T. Swan of Roy, 25 grandchildren and a large
extended family. He was preceded in death by his father and many loved ones.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 23rd at 11:00 a.m. at the
Hooper 2nd Ward Building 5000 S. 5900 W. Friends and family may call on Tuesday,
December 22, 2009 from 6 to 8:00 p.m. at Myers Roy Mortuary, 5865 South 1900
West, Roy, Utah and from 9:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the church prior to services.
Interment, Hooper Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the
Roger F. Rawson Scholarship at Weber State University, 4018 University Circle,
Ogden, UT 84408. Send condolences to: www.myers-mortuary.com

State Rep. Ira Trombley died on 12/20/2009 in Grand Isle, VT. Trombley was the
first of two deaths of VT state legislators in the past week.

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12.21.2009

Rep, Trombley dead at 57

Rep. Ira Trombley, Democrat from Grand Isle, died suddenly Sunday at home. He
was 57.

Trombley had been out of the Statehouse much of last session with a foot
infection, but he appeared to be over that and ready to return in January,
friends said.

A memorial service is likely to be held after the New Year, said Rep. Mitzi
Johnson, D-South Hero.

I remember Ira as a man always in a good mood, always ready to chat.


- Terri Hallenbeck


posted by vt.Buzz  |  3:10 PM

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Vermont Rep. Ira Trombley of Grand Isle dies
Free Press Staff Report • Tuesday, December 22, 2009

GRAND ISLE -- Rep. Ira Trombley, a Democrat from Grand Isle who always seemed to
be in good cheer, died unexpectedly Sunday. He was 57.

Trombley had been out of the Statehouse much of last session with an infected
foot, but Rep. Mitzi Johnson, D-South Hero, said he appeared healthy of late,
had lost weight and was looking forward to the upcoming legislative session.

Johnson said Trombley likely died of natural causes -- a family member returned
home from Christmas shopping and found him unresponsive.

"It's an awful shock because he had been doing so well," said Johnson, who was
elected to the Legislature with Trombley in 2002.

Trombley was known for his involvement in Grand Isle community groups, Johnson
said. "He had sort of mastered the art of being in two places at once," she
said. "He really loved this job."

His connections with people went beyond physically attending events, though. "He
was Dr. Postcard," Johnson said, sending notes to people in and out of his
district to thank them for writing letters to the editor of newspapers or to
congratulate them on a new job.

Trombley is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter and grandchildren. A
service will likely be held after the new year, Johnson said.

The governor will appoint someone to fill Trombley's House seat.

VT State Rep. Rick Hube died on 12/21/2009 in Maitland, FL. He was the second of
two VT State legislators to die this week following Ira Trombley.

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12.22.2009


Rep. Rick Hube dies


Another shock from the Legislature, and not the good kind. Rick Hube, a
Republican from Londonderry, died Monday in Florida, according to House Minority
Leader Patti Komline, R-Dorset.

Hube was 62.

He died a day after Rep. Ira Trombley, D-Grand Isle. Both deaths were sudden.

Hube was a bear of a guy, with a gruff outer image that really wasn't so gruff
at all. "He was everyone's big brother," Komline said.

He was well-versed in tax issues and a defender of the property tax, serving
most recently on the Ways & Means Committee.

Komline said Hube was in Florida visiting his sister for the holidays, when he
felt pain in his leg while out for a walk. He called his sister, who called an
ambulance but Hube died of an aortic aneurysm, Komline said.

A service is expected to be held on Hube's birthday, Jan. 31, she said.

- Terri Hallenbeck
vt.buzz
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Hube remembered for bipartisanship Sudden death shocks colleagues
CHRIS GAROFOLO
Posted: 12/23/2009 10:58:29 PM EST


BRATTLEBORO -- Lawmakers around the Statehouse are mourning the loss of South
Londonderry Rep. Rick Hube, who died Monday evening while visiting family in
Florida.

Hube was spending the holidays with his sister in the Orlando suburb of Maitland
when he felt a sharp pain in his leg while walking, according to his first
cousin, Kip Kelsey, of Columbus, Ohio. Kelsey said Hube had lost roughly 100
pounds in the last year, and he was much more physically active. Since arriving
in Florida on Dec. 19 to share Christmas with his family, he often would take
long walks around the neighborhood.

Suffered aneurysm

During a walk on Monday afternoon, Hube suffered a pain in his leg so severe he
could not return to his sister's residence and called for assistance, according
to Kelsey. He was transported to the local hospital with his brother-in-law, Dr.
James Louttit, on scene shortly after the call for assistance.

Several hours after he arrived at the medical center, Hube reportedly died
within seconds after an aortic aneurysm. He was 62.

From the early days in Montpelier after his first election in 1998, Hube was a
champion for the fight to reform Act 60. As an early member of the "Gang of 10,"
a coalition of Democrats and Republicans that fought successfully for changes in
the law, Hube was a stern opponent of what he saw as oppressive taxation to his
district. Years later, he authored a sweeping restructure plan to allow towns to
eliminate most residential property taxes.
"Rick will be remembered for his quick wit, his kind heart and his unwavering
dedication to reforming Act 60," said Gov. James Douglas. "As we prepare for the
upcoming legislative session and the fiscal challenges that lie ahead, I know we
will look back on Rick's service to Vermont for strength to get the job done."

Douglas said Wednesday he was deeply saddened by the sudden loss of his good
friend. The two recently traveled to China to promote Vermont as a great place
to invest in business.

"Rick was a great man, a true statesman and dedicated representative of his
district. Dorothy (Douglas' wife) and I extend our deepest sympathies to his
family, friends and loved ones," said Douglas.

House Minority Leader Patti Komline, R-Dorset, remembers Hube as a guardian of
the educational fund and for his hard work fighting for property tax reform on
behalf of his constituents. "I don't think you will find anyone more dedicated
to serving his constituents. He loved his job," she said.

Former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., also expressed his
sympathies after Hube's sudden death. Hube was the vice chairman of McCain's
campaign in the Green Mountain State last year.

"Rick was an important part of my team in Vermont, and he will be remembered as
someone who always put the people of Vermont first," said McCain. "His family
are in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time."

While Hube was a Republican in title, he refused to let partisanship step in the
way of what he felt was in the best interest for all Vermonters. Earlier this
year, Hube was one of only five GOP members voting in favor of the same-sex
marriage bill. He also co-sponsored legislation seeking to allow
physician-assisted death, showing his ability to reach across the aisle.

"Rick was a gifted, talented, intelligent person who had the ability to see
beyond partisanship and view what was best for Vermont," said Rep. Michael
Obuchowski, D-Bellows Falls, who served with Hube on the House Ways and Means
Committee. "He represented his district well, and at the same time, was able to
see things in a statewide perspective," said Obuchowski.

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, former Senate President Pro Tem in Vermont, said Hube was
the assistant leader in the House when the Republicans held a majority in the
state Legislature. The two forged a bipartisan friendship during that time and
were able to hammer out several difficult pieces of legislation, Welch said. And
when the Democrats took control several years later, he said, Hube became a
trusted link between the Republicans and Democrats.

"Rick had a sharp wit, a deep intelligence and a wonderful sense of humor. He
was a legislator who built bridges, who worked with those of every viewpoint to
improve the state he loved so much," said Welch. "Just in terms of political
skills, he was one of the old-time Vermonters," he said. "Above all, he was a
man of deep principle. All of us who knew Rick were the better for it."

Rep. Mike Mrowicki, D-Putney, said Hube's death is a major loss to the state,
the district he represented and the Legislature. "Rick was as well-respected as
a legislator because he worked hard and was fair. He also loved Vermont as much
as anyone. He will be missed," said Mrowicki.

When lawmakers return to the Legislature this January, many will miss the
constant practical jokes that Hube was best known for around the Statehouse.
"Rick was famous for his pranks," said Rep. Patricia O'Donnell, R-Vernon. "One
time he lifted a note pad from the governor's office with the governor's
official letterhead on it. He wrote a message to a fellow legislator asking for
a meeting at 11:15 a.m. at the governor's office and signed it `Jim Douglas,'"
said O'Donnell.

"When the member arrived at the governor's office all excited to be called to a
meeting, he was told that there had to be some mistake, [because] the governor
was not expecting him. The member left the governor's office confused as to what
could have happened, until he walked into Rick who was laughing hysterically,"
she added.

Oliver Olsen, chairman of the Jamaica Select Board and a close friend, said Hube
understood that "wit and good humor" would always bring people together.

"He was a master of the practical joke, and brought laughter to many people with
his antics," said Olsen. Even dating back to his childhood years, Kelsey said he
and Hube were always pulling innocent pranks on his friends and family.

"Between the two of us, we drove a lot of people nuts," he said.

Steve Larrabee, the new chairman of the Vermont Republican Party, said he had
the privilege of serving with Hube in the House for many years, and will always
remember him as a hard-working lawmaker who always was thinking of innovative
ways to tackle any issue. "His quick wit and humor always made some of our more
serious moments and days easier to navigate," said Larrabee. "His presence in
the Statehouse will be missed."

Komline was close to Hube, crediting his guidance as part of her rise within the
state Republican Party. "He called like three times a day. He really was my big
brothers," she said. "He was my mentor and my friends. He is the first person
that reached out to help when I was running for office."

Hube served the towns of Londonderry, Jamaica, Weston, Winhall and Stratton
during his tenure in Montpelier. He was re-elected last November despite
sweeping Democratic victories across Windham County. Furthermore, Hube was
honored by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns as one of the Legislators of
the Year for his service to the state.

According to Olsen, the memorial services in Vermont are set to take place at
Stratton Mountain on Jan. 31, Hube's 63th birthday. His friends will update his
Web site (www.rickhube.com) with more information as it becomes available.

Mr. Davis died on 12/15/2009 in Frankfort,KY.

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Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009

'Yellow Dog' Democrat held two statewide offices twice
By Jack Brammer - jbrammer@...

FRANKFORT — Drexell R. Davis, a self-described "Yellow Dog" Democrat who held
several statewide elective offices, died Tuesday night at his son's Frankfort
home, family members said. He was 88.

Mr. Davis served two terms in the offices of treasurer and secretary of state.
He was a "musical chairs" politician, a reference to officeholders who run for
one statewide office and then another repeatedly. From 1891 to 1999, the state
Constitution did not allow any holder of statewide office to succeed themselves
for a second consecutive term.

Mr. Davis, Thelma Stovall and Frances Jones Mills were the best known musical
chairs officeholders.

Gov. Steve Beshear, in a statement, said Mr. Davis "was a fine public servant.
His true passion was working for the people of Kentucky, and our state is better
for his years of dedication."

Secretary of State Trey Grayson said in a statement that Kentucky "has lost a
political icon."

"Even today, we still have several employees who recall the important
innovations that he brought to Kentucky government," Grayson said.

Mr. Davis, a Shelby County native, won election as clerk of the Kentucky Court
of Appeals in 1963 and held that partisan elective position until 1967.

Mr. Davis lost a bid for state treasurer in 1967 but captured that office in
1971. He was elected secretary of state in 1975 and treasurer again in 1979. His
last elective office was secretary of state, which he won in 1983.

His son, Drexel R. Davis Jr., said Mr. Davis served 33 years in state
government.

Mr. Davis also was known for his extensive collection of political campaign
buttons. He donated many of them to the Kentucky Historical Society.

In addition to his son, Mr. Davis is survived by a daughter, Ann L. Davis of
Frankfort.

Visitation will be noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Highland Christian Church in
Frankfort and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday at Rogers Funeral Home in Frankfort.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

For more information about the life of Mr. Davis, visit the secretary of state's
history page at www.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/history.

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Former treasurer, secretary of state Davis dies
By Joseph Gerth • jgerth@... • December 16, 2009

Drexell R. Davis, who spent two decades moving from one elected state job to
another, died Wednesday in Frankfort. He was 88.

A diehard Democrat and the consummate political insider, "Drex" Davis was best
known for rotating between the offices of secretary of state and treasurer at a
time when Democrats controlled Frankfort and all of state government's top
elected positions.

In 24 years of running for political office, Davis lost only once — a 1967
primary race for secretary of state.

"He was the epitome of the grass-roots politician," said his son, Drexell R.
Davis Jr. "He got out, shook hands and went to every fish fry, every supper."

The younger Davis said his father, after serving in the Army, was befriended by
Charles K. O'Connell, the clerk of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the state's
highest court at the time. O'Connell hired him as his chief deputy and took him
under his wing, the younger Davis said.

Davis won election in 1963 as clerk of the Court of Appeals. In 1971 he was
elected treasurer and in 1975 he jumped to secretary of state. Four years later
it was back to the treasurer's office, and in 1983 he won election again as
secretary of state.

At the time, Kentucky's constitution prohibited state officials from succeeding
themselves, and Davis and Frances Jones Mills were well known for trading
offices.

In 1981, Davis quietly campaigned for a constitutional amendment that would have
allowed succession for constitutional officers. It failed, but the provision
later passed as part of a constitutional amendment that required gubernatorial
candidates to run as a ticket with candidates for lieutenant governor.

Davis, a Shelby County native, retired in 1987 to travel, play golf and collect
political buttons — a collection that he donated to the Kentucky Historical
Society.

"I just wanted it to be someplace where people could enjoy it," Davis said in
2001. "The people of Kentucky have been good to me, and I couldn't give 'em
money, so I wanted to give 'em buttons."

As a politician, he focused on the personal side. Upon announcing his
retirement, he said, "I think a handshake and a smile are better than issues to
be a successful politician."

He spent a few short stints as acting governor at a time when the state
constitution called for transferring gubernatorial power each time a governor
left the state.

"I didn't raise any taxes, just issued a few Kentucky Colonels (certificates)
and had my picture taken with my feet on his desk," Davis proclaimed after Gov.
Julian Carroll, Lt. Gov. Thelma Stovall and Senate President Pro Tem Joe
Prather, those ahead of him in the line of succession, left him in charge.

During the early 1980s, Davis feuded with Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. over where to
invest state tax dollars. Brown wanted to maximize the interest paid by banks
that held the state's money, which Davis opposed.

Brown's aides "don't have any warm spot in their hearts for bankers," Davis
lamented in an interview with The Courier-Journal.

And in 1977 he criticized Democratic President Jimmy Carter's proposal for
instant voter registration on Election Day as a way to boost turnout. He said
the plan would "destroy" Kentucky's system, which required closing the books on
new registration 30 days before the election.

Secretary of State Trey Grayson said in a statement Wednesday that "the
commonwealth has lost a political icon today. Drex dedicated his life to public
service, and his contributions to our state are still felt in the offices in
which he served. Even today, we still have several employees who recall the
important innovations that he brought to Kentucky government."

Les Fugate, a spokesman for Grayson, said it was Davis who created the first
centralized state election night system for reporting results.

In addition to his son, Davis is survived by a daughter, Ann L. Davis.

Reporter Joseph Gerth can be reached at (502) 582-4702.

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"Musical chairs' office holder Drex Davis dies

By Paul Glasser and Charlie Pearl
December 17, 2009

His name was a household word during Drex Davis' 40 years of public service.

"Everybody knew Drex Davis," said former Gov. Julian Carroll. "He rendered
public service with a smile and good hand shake."

He died Tuesday at his son's home in Frankfort.

Davis was known for holding "musical chairs" because he alternated between
serving as state treasurer and secretary of state repeatedly. Until 1999, the
state constitution banned candidates from holding consecutive terms.

Davis was born in Shelby County in 1921 and attended Henry Clay High School.

He attended Georgetown College for two years before serving in the Army during
World War II.

His political career began in 1948 when he became deputy clerk of the Kentucky
Court of Appeals. He went on to become clerk of the Court of Appeals in 1964.

He served two terms as treasurer from 1972 to 1976 and from 1980 to 1984. As
treasurer he began investing in overnight funds, which earned the state
additional revenue.

Davis loved to campaign and meet people, Carroll said.

"He was one of the most energetic, outgoing public servants I've ever known."

Davis also served two terms as secretary of state from 1976 to 1980 and 1984 to
1988. He was the first official to link computers in his office to the county
clerks so that election returns could be calculated faster.

Secretary of State Trey Grayson said the commonwealth has lost a "political
icon" who had a lasting impact on state government.

"His contributions to our state are still felt in the offices in which he
served," Grayson said. "Even today, we still have several employees who recall
the important innovations that he brought to Kentucky government."

Fontaine Banks Jr., 80, chief of staff for Govs. Bert Combs and Ned Breathitt in
the 1960s, said he first met Davis in 1955 when Combs ran unsuccessfully against
A.B. "Happy" Chandler in the Democratic primary for governor.

"Drex was a very fine officeholder and a real nice fellow," Banks said. "We
worked together for many years and were neighbors for a while. He did the
musical chairs, going from one office to another – secretary of state,
treasurer, clerk of the Court of Appeals.

"He had a good record all over the state and was always there to help the
governor push programs when the legislature was in session. His wife worked with
Gov. Combs and they were a very popular family. Everybody liked them."

Franklin County Judge-Executive Ted Collins said he's known Davis a long time.

"It was good to have a long-time state officeholder living in Frankfort," said
Collins. "He was a good person, a good politician, and was always friendly and
enjoyable to be around. He's going to be greatly missed."

Davis also kept a large collection of political campaign buttons and
memorabilia. Some of his collection is on display at the Thomas D. Clark Center
for Kentucky History and the Old State Capitol.

Gene Flynn, brother of the late Pete Flynn, who owned the Statesman and Flynn's
restaurants where politicians frequently gathered, said Davis was a "top-notch
political man who came to the restaurants many times.

"I loved looking at his huge collection of campaign memorabilia. He had about
every campaign button I know of."

Funeral services are 11 a.m. Monday at Rogers Funeral Home.

Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Visitation is noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Highland Christian Church. There is no
visitation on Sunday.

Sen. Bullen died on 12/23/2009 in Logan, UT.

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Former legislator was a stable force for his 14 years
Logan businessman served in the Utah House and Senate.
By Sheena McFarland

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated: 12/27/2009 06:35:00 PM MST

Charles "Chic" Bullen wasn't one to give long-winded speeches or play partisan
politics, but instead worked hard during the 14 years he represented Logan
residents.

That's how former Utah Gov. Norm Bangerter remembers the man who served with him
in the Utah State Legislature during the 1980s.

"He was a very logical, capable and competent public servant. I went to him
often for advice," Bangerter said. "He was not political. He always wanted to do
what was right."

Bullen died Wednesday (in Logan) at the age of 90 (at the Legacy House Assisted
Living Center).

He served as a Republican in the Utah State House of Representatives from 1971
to 1976 and the Utah State Senate from 1977 to 1984.

Sen. Lyle Hillyard ran for the Legislature in the early 1980s at Bullen's
encouragement, and successfully ran for Bullen's Senate seat after he stepped
down.

"He was thorough and never a grand-stander," Hillyard said. "He had the unique
ability to bridge the gap between the Republicans and Democrats."

Bullen was born in 1919 in Logan, and earned a bachelor's degree in business
from the University of Utah. He married Jonnie Blackett in 1940. He served in
the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II, from 1942 to 1946, and
returned to Salt Lake City to work at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. He
moved to Logan in 1949 and successfully owned and operated a farm equipment and
irrigation supply company.

He was a member of several organizations' boards of directors, including the
Logan Chamber of Commerce, the Utah State Board of Regents and Logan Regional
Hospital.

He is survived by his wife, three children, nine grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. today at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 E.
Center Street in Logan. A viewing will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the
mortuary. He will be buried at the Logan City Cemetery. Family members ask that
in lieu of flowers, a donation be made to a charitable organization.

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Former legislator Charles Bullen dies

By Emilie H. Wheeler
Published:
Thursday, December 24, 2009 7:04 PM CST
Former longtime Cache Valley legislator Charles Bullen died Wednesday in Logan.
He was 90 years old.

Bullen, who served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1971-76 and the
Utah Senate from 1977-84, was active in several organizations and known as a
successful businessman over the decades he lived in Cache Valley. He died at the
Legacy House Assisted Living Center, and his funeral will be held Monday.

Sen. Lyle Hillyard, who ran for Bullen's Senate seat in 1984, remembers his
former colleague as "a remarkable person."

"Not only did he bring a business perspective to the Legislature, but he brought
very practical experience," he said.

Hillyard, who has occupied the same Senate seat since 1985, said Bullen worked
for the well-being of all residents no matter their political affiliation.

"He had a great impact on the valley," he said, "probably more so than people
appreciated."

While a senator, Bullen also served as the Utah chairman for the George H.W.
Bush for President campaign in 1980 and later did the same job when Bush ran in
1988.

Hillyard said Bullen helped do away with the state inheritance tax, among other
accomplishments.

During an interview with The Herald Journal in 2005, Bullen said 60 of the 61
bills he sponsored while working as a representative or senator were still law
in Utah.

Bullen was born in Logan in 1919 to Roy and Annie Nibley Bullen. He married
Jonnie Blackett in 1940.

After graduating from East High, he received a bachelor's degree in business
from the University of Utah. In 1940 he joined the Navy and served on active
duty from 1942-46 in the Pacific. Following the war, Bullen worked in Salt Lake
City and Ogden for Firestone Tire and Rubbery Company before moving to Logan.

In Cache Valley, he successfully started a irrigation and farm supply business.

In 2005, he said he was proud of his accomplishments while running that
business.

"In '49 I sold a sprinkler irrigation pipe down to a guy in Paradise and that
was the first in the valley, maybe the first in the state," he said. "I think
that's still in use out there now."

Bullen was active in several organizations, including the Big Blue Club, Logan
Chamber of Commerce, Logan Golf and Country Club and Logan Rotary Club.

He received several awards over the years, as well, from Utah State University,
the University of Utah and other organizations.

Former Assemblyman and Manhattan Borough President Sutton died on 12/26/2009 in
Manhattan, NY. (Born: November 20, 1920) Note sobriquets: "The Chairman" and
"The Wizard of Ooze."

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Dec 27, 6:39 AM EST

Percy Sutton, attorney for Malcolm X, dies at 89

By CRISTIAN SALAZAR
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who
represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power
broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89.

Marissa Shorenstein, a spokeswoman for Gov. David Paterson, confirmed that
Sutton died Saturday. She did not know the cause. His daughter, Cheryl Sutton,
declined to comment when reached by phone at her New York City home on Saturday
before midnight.

The son of a slave*, Percy Sutton became a fixture on 125th Street in Harlem
after moving to New York City following his service with the famed Tuskegee
Airmen in World War II. His Harlem law office, founded in 1953, represented
Malcolm X and the slain activist's family for decades.

The consummate politician, Sutton served in the New York State Assembly before
taking over as Manhattan borough president in 1966, becoming the highest-ranking
black elected official in the state.

Sutton also mounted unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S. Senate and mayor of New
York, and served as political mentor for the Rev. Jesse Jackson's two
presidential races.

"The godfather," Jackson once called him.

In a statement released Saturday night, Gov. David Paterson called Sutton a
mentor and "one of New York's and this nation's most influential
African-American leaders."

"Percy was fiercely loyal, compassionate and a truly kind soul," Paterson
continued. "He will be missed but his legacy lives on through the next
generations of African-Americans he inspired to pursue and fulfill their own
dreams and ambitions."

In 1971, with his brother Oliver, Sutton purchased WLIB-AM, making it the first
black-owned radio station in New York City. His Inner City Broadcasting Corp.
eventually picked up WBLS-FM, which reigned for years as New York's top-rated
radio station, before buying stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit and
San Antonio between 1978-85.

The Texas purchase marked a homecoming for the suave and sophisticated Sutton,
born in San Antonio on Nov. 24, 1920, the youngest of 15 children.

Among Sutton's other endeavors was his purchase and renovation of the famed
Apollo Theater when the Harlem landmark's demise appeared imminent.

Sutton's father, Samuel, was born into slavery just before the Civil War. The
elder Sutton became principal at a segregated San Antonio high school, and he
made education a family priority: All 12 of his surviving children attended
college.

When he was 13, Percy Sutton endured a traumatic experience that drove him
inexorably into the fight for racial equality. A police officer approached
Sutton as the teen handed out NAACP pamphlets. "N-----, what are you doing out
of your neighborhood?" he asked before beating the youth.

When World War II arrived, Sutton's enlistment attempts were rebuffed by
Southern white recruiters. The young man went to New York, where he was accepted
and joined the Tuskegee Airmen.

After the war, Sutton earned a law degree in New York while working as a post
office clerk and a subway conductor. He served again as an Air Force
intelligence officer during the Korean War before returning to Harlem in 1953
and establishing his law office with brother Oliver and a third partner, George
Covington.

In addition to representing Malcolm X for a decade until his 1965 assassination,
the Sutton firm handled the cases of more than 200 defendants arrested in the
South during the 1963-64 civil rights marches. Sutton was also elected to two
terms as president of the New York office of the NAACP.

After Malcolm's assassination, Sutton worked as lawyer for Malcolm's widow,
Betty Shabazz. He represented her grandson, 12-year-old Malcolm Shabazz, when
the youth was accused of setting a 1997 fire that caused her death.

Sutton was elected to the state Legislature in 1965, and quickly emerged as
spokesman for its 13 black members. His charisma and eloquence led to his
selection as Manhattan borough president in 1966, completing the term of
Constance Baker Motley, who was appointed federal judge.

Two years later, Sutton announced a run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Jacob
Javits, although he pulled out of the Democratic primary to back Paul O'Dwyer.

Sutton remained in his Manhattan job through 1977, the same year he launched a
doomed campaign for mayor that ended with Edward I. Koch defeating six
competitors for the Democratic nomination.

Sutton was among the first voices raised against the Vietnam War, surrendering
his delegate's seat at the 1968 Democratic convention in protest and supporting
anti-war candidate George McGovern four years later against incumbent President
Richard Nixon.

In addition to his radio holdings, Sutton also headed a group that owned The
Amsterdam News, the second largest black weekly newspaper in the country. The
paper was later sold.

Sutton's devotion to Harlem and its people was rarely more evident than when he
spent $250,000 to purchase the shuttered Apollo Theater in 1981. The Apollo
turned 70 in 2004, a milestone that was unthinkable until Sutton stepped in to
save the landmark.

Sutton "retired" in 1991, but his work as an adviser, mentor and confidante to
politicians and businessmen never abated. He was among a group of American
businessmen selected during the Clinton administration to attend meetings with
the Group of Seven (G-7) Nations in 1995-96.

"He was a great man," said Charles Warfield Jr., the president and chief
operating officer of ICBC Broadcast Holdings Inc., reached early Sunday morning.
He declined to comment further out of respect, he indicated, for the wishes of
Sutton's family. The Rev. Al Sharpton planned a news conference Sunday to talk
about Sutton's life and legacy.

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*Note error in article, Sutton's father was born a free Black man

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Percy E. Sutton, Political Trailblazer, Dies at 89

By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Published: December 27, 2009

Percy E. Sutton, a pioneering figure who represented Malcolm X as a young lawyer
and became one of the nation's most prominent black political and business
leaders, died in a Manhattan nursing home on Saturday, his family said. He was
89.

Entering politics in the early 1950s, Mr. Sutton rose from the Democratic
clubhouses of Harlem to become the longest-serving Manhattan borough president
and, for more than a decade, the highest-ranking black elected official in New
York City.

Mr. Sutton, whose passion for civil rights was inherited from his father, was
arrested as a Freedom Rider in Mississippi and Alabama in the 1960s, yet once
described himself as "an evolutionist rather than a revolutionist" in matters of
race. "You ought always to keep the lines of communication open with those with
whom you disagree," he said.

He was the senior member of the group of prominent Harlem politicians who became
known, sometimes derisively, as the Gang of Four. The other three were David N.
Dinkins, New York's first black mayor; Representative Charles B. Rangel; and
Basil A. Paterson, who was a state senator and New York's secretary of state.
Mr. Sutton was also a mentor to Mr. Paterson's son, Gov. David A. Paterson.

"It was Percy Sutton who talked me into running for office, and who has
continued to serve as one of my most valued advisers ever since," Governor
Paterson said in a statement on Saturday night.

In a statement on Sunday, President Obama called Mr. Sutton "a true hero to
African-Americans in New York City and around the country."

Mr. Sutton was the first seriously regarded black candidate for mayor when he
ran in 1977. But after he finished fifth in a seven-way Democratic primary, his
supporters saw the loss as a stinging rebuke of his campaign's strenuous efforts
to build support among whites. Still, Mr. Dinkins, who was elected in 1989,
called Mr. Sutton's failed bid indispensable to his own success.

"I stand on the shoulders of Percy Ellis Sutton," he later said.

Mr. Sutton's business empire included, over the years, radio stations, cable
television systems and national television programs. Another business invested
in Africa. Still another sold interactive technology to radio stations.

Mr. Sutton had an immaculately groomed beard and mustache, tailored clothing and
a sonorous voice that prompted a nickname, "wizard of ooze." Associates called
him "the chairman," a nickname more to his liking.

Percy Ellis Sutton, the last child in a family of 15 children, was born on Nov.
24, 1920, in San Antonio and grew up on a farm nearby in Prairie View, Tex. His
father, Samuel Johnson Sutton, born in the last days of slavery, was the
principal of a segregated high school in San Antonio. His mother, Lillian, was a
teacher.

The 12 children who survived into adulthood went to college, with the older ones
giving financial and moral support to the younger. (One of the brothers, Oliver
C. Sutton, became a State Supreme Court justice in Manhattan.)

His father was an early civil rights activist who farmed, sold real estate and
owned a mattress factory, a funeral home and a skating rink — in addition to
being a full-time educator.

Percy milked the cows and sometimes helped his father deliver milk to the poor,
riding in the same Studebaker that was used for funerals.

At 12, he stowed away on a passenger train to New York, where he slept under a
sign on 155th Street. Far from being angry, his family regarded him as an
adventurer, he later said.

From an early age, he bristled at prejudice. At 13, while passing out N.A.A.C.P.
leaflets in an all-white neighborhood, he was beaten by a policeman.

Mr. Sutton attended Prairie View A & M, as well as Tuskegee in Alabama and
Hampton University in Virginia, without earning a degree. During college, he
took up stunt-flying on the barnstorming circuit, but gave it up after a friend
crashed.

When World War II began, he tried to enlist in Texas but was turned away. He
finally enlisted in New York, and served as an intelligence officer with the
Tuskegee Airmen, the famed all-black unit of the Army Air Forces. He won combat
stars in the Italian and Mediterranean theaters.

After the war, Mr. Sutton entered Columbia Law School on the G.I. Bill on the
basis of his solid college grades, but transferred to Brooklyn Law School
because he worked two jobs — at a post office from 4 p.m. until midnight, then
as a subway conductor until 8:30 in the morning. He reported to law school at
9:30. This schedule continued for three years until he graduated.

The punishing pace so annoyed his wife, the former Leatrice O'Farrell, that she
divorced him in 1950 — only to remarry him in 1952. In between, he married and
divorced Eileen Clark.

Mr. Sutton is survived by his wife, Leatrice; a son from their marriage, Pierre;
a daughter from his second marriage, Cheryl Lynn Sutton; his sister, Essie Mae
Sutton of New York; and four grandchildren.

After law school, Mr. Sutton made what he called "a major miscalculation" —
enlisting in the Air Force because he mistakenly thought he had failed the bar
exam.

He served in the Korean War, and in 1953 opened a law practice in Harlem. The
initial going was tough; he had to take extra jobs, one of which involved
scrubbing floors.

Mr. Sutton threw himself into the civil rights movement, representing more than
200 people arrested in protests in the South. He heard Malcolm X preaching at
125th Street and Seventh Avenue and introduced himself, telling the activist
that he was his new lawyer.

Mr. Sutton represented Malcolm X beyond his assassination in 1965, when
cemeteries refused his body. Mr. Sutton arranged for burial in Westchester
County.

"Had it not been for Percy, I don't know where Malcolm would have been buried,"
Mr. Dinkins said.

In the 1950s, Mr. Sutton worked in political campaigns, both for others and for
himself. He lost seven times in 11 years in challenges to established Democrats
for a State Assembly seat, finally winning by a slim margin in 1964.

In 1966, the Manhattan borough president, Constance Baker Motley, was appointed
to a federal judgeship, and the City Council chose Mr. Sutton to replace her. He
was elected that fall to serve the remaining three years of her term, then was
re-elected twice, in 1969 and 1973. When the Beame administration, engulfed in
the fiscal crisis, could not come up with the $20,000 needed to expand the New
York City Marathon into a five-borough race in 1976, Mr. Sutton solicited
$25,000 from Lewis and Jack Rudin, the real estate executives..

In 1973, Mr. Sutton threw his support to Abraham D. Beame, who faced a strong
challenge from Representative Herman Badillo. Mr. Sutton hoped that, in return,
Mr. Beame would support him in 1977 in the race for mayor of New York.

Mr. Sutton saw his path to victory as combining minority support with that of
the white liberals and organization Democrats who had elevated Mr. Beame. But
the mayor delayed making a decision on running for re-election, causing Mr.
Sutton to tell The New York Times, "It's rather castrating to be waiting on
others for your future."

Mr. Beame finally decided to run again, and Mr. Sutton embraced a strategy of
appealing to whites by taking strong anti-crime stands and championing white
ethnic neighborhoods. But polls suggested that many New Yorkers saw mainly the
color of his skin. This, to Mr. Sutton, was "the most disheartening,
deprecating, disabling experience."

As the Democratic primary grew more crowded, with seven candidates running, Mr.
Sutton eventually switched tactics and tried to shore up his black support. It
was not enough, though the eventual victor, Edward I. Koch, later called Mr.
Sutton "one of the smartest people I have met in politics or outside of
politics."

Mr. Sutton blamed the news media as much as his opponents for his defeat. "It's
racism pure and simple," he declared.

Mr. Sutton began investing in media companies in 1971, while he was Manhattan
borough president, and he was part of a group that bought The New York Amsterdam
News, New York's largest black newspaper. Later that year, the same group's
purchase of an AM station, WLIB, made it the first black-owned radio station in
New York.

Critics said the borough president was using the weekly to further his own
political career, but he insisted he wanted to "liberate" blacks by expanding
their influence in the media.

(Skeptics could not help noting that an Amsterdam News writer wrote that he had
never seen "a more diligent or competent public official" than Mr. Sutton.)

Mr. Sutton sold his stake in the paper in 1975, calling it "a political
liability."

In 1974, he and his investors bought WBLS-FM, and the group, Inner City
Broadcasting, grew to own, at various times, 18 radio stations in other cities
and cable franchises in Queens and Philadelphia.

In 1981, Inner City, of which Mr. Sutton was chairman, bought the Apollo, the
celebrated Harlem theater, at a bankruptcy sale for $225,000. He presided over a
$20 million renovation, which included building a cable television studio used
to produce the syndicated television program "It's Showtime at the Apollo." The
theater reopened in 1985.

In 1992, a nonprofit foundation took over the theater after Mr. Sutton said he
could no longer afford to run it. Some years later, Mr. Sutton became a
defendant in a lawsuit by the state attorney general, Dennis C. Vacco, that
accused the foundation, of which Mr. Rangel was chairman, of failing to collect
$4 million from Inner City. Mr. Sutton denied wrongdoing, and the suit was
eventually settled. When Inner City began producing a program called "Showtime
in Harlem" in 2002, the theater accused the company of violating the Apollo
trademark and filed suit.

Feuds and controversies materialized in Mr. Sutton's political career, as well.
There was bitterness between him and Mr. Badillo over the 1977 mayoral race —
when the supporters of each accused the other of splitting the black and
Hispanic vote — as well as the 1985 race, when Mr. Sutton and other Harlem
leaders refused to endorse Mr. Badillo. They instead backed Assemblyman Herman
D. Farrell Jr.

In 1970, Mr. Sutton was criticized when he helped Mr. Rangel unseat
Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Ebony magazine said Mr. Sutton's actions
"did little to endear him to blacks in New York and across the nation."

Mr. Sutton sometimes recalled how his father would not let his children play in
a segregated San Antonio park on the one day of the year that they were allowed
in — on June 19, the anniversary of Texas's implementation of the Emancipation
Proclamation.

But Mr. Sutton also remembered something else he had learned from his father:
"Suffer the hurts, but don't show the anger, because if you do, it will block
you from being able to effectively do anything to remove the hurts."

Hi Scot, Trini Mestre-Quiroz wishes you a great Thanks Giving Day!



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Sirs:



    the graveyard has it wrong on the birthplace for William Ephraim Smith, D-Ga,
el 1874.

    He was born in Albany, Georgia -- not Albany NY.  His congressional biography
is cq.



Joe Galu of Albany NY

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I have an addition to TPG under http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html



I happened upon information online that says that Nathanael Greene Pendleton,
the congressman from Ohio, whose first name is also spelled Nathaniel in some
documents, is the son of Nathaniel Pendleton, the Georgia federal judge. The
elder Pendleton served under Nathanael Greene in the revolutionary war and
therefore named his son after the general (while also naming the son after
himself, sort of).



http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=6921700&page=gr



http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vi01144.document





Interesting to note that the Biographical directory of the US Congress does not
have the information that they are father and son.



Thanks.



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Wake Forest, NC







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Graveyarders:



       John J. McNulty, D-Green Island, N.Y., died Monday after serving as town
supervisor, mayor and Albany County Sheriff and serving as a leader of Albany
County's powerful Democratic organization for decades.

       He was 87 and had been in declining health for several months.

       His son, Michael R, McNulty, was the congressman from the Albany area for
20 years before stepping down in 2008.

       The McNulty family broke the Republican rule of the town in 1921 when John
J. McNulty Sr. was elected supervisor for a two-year term.

        His son was elected town supervisor in 1949 and served until 1957, when
he was elected mayor of the co-terminus town and village.  The mayor of the
village is by far the more powerful position.

       McNulty was elected mayor in 1957 and served until 1973 when he handed the
Democratic organization a shattering primary defeat and was elected Sheriff, a
position his father held in the 1930s.

       McNulty was a traditional cigar-smoking backroom politician and an
accessible inclusive open-door official who also served as mayor after the 1983
elections and yet again, elected in 1991 until he resigned in 2003, when his
daughter, the present mayor, Ellen M. McNulty-Ryan was appointed and elected.

      The Democratic organization fought McNulty as sheriff, undercutting him
through the budget process and forced his resignation in May of 1979.

      After his son was elected town supervisor, village mayor, Member of
Assembly and to Congress, the McNultys became accepted and respected members of
the Albany County Democratic leadership, often negotiating settlements of
disputes throughout the county.



     from Joe Galu, who worked for the Troy Record in 1966-68 and got to know the
McNultys from then until now.  Newspaper reports likely tomorow.



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