Very incomplete list!
Par B. Anderson (b. 1868) — also known as P. B. Anderson — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio; Kane, McKean County, Pa.; Caibarien, Cuba. Born in Sweden, March 27, 1868. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; steamship agent; banker; sugar business; U.S. Consular Agent in Caibarien, 1903-17. Swedish ancestry. Burial location unknown. Robert B. Asher (b. 1937) — also known as Bob Asher — of Souderton, Montgomery County, Pa. Born September 7, 1937. Republican. Co-chairman, Asher's Chocolates; chair of Montgomery County Republican Party, 1978-86; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2008, 2016; Pennsylvania Republican state chair, 1983-86; along with state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, was convicted in federal court in 1986, on bribery and perjury charges; served one year in prison; member of Republican National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1998-2020; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 2012 (on behalf of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan); Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 2016 (voted for Donald Trump and Mike Pence); Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 2020 (on behalf of Donald Trump and Mike Pence). Still living as of 2020. Henry Alexander Baldwin (1871-1946) — also known as Henry A. Baldwin — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii; Makawao, Island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii. Born in Paliuli, Island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii, January 12, 1871. Republican. Sugar planter; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1912, 1920; member of Hawaii territorial senate, 1913-21, 1934-37; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory, 1922-23; member of Hawaii territorial House of Representatives, 1933. Member, Chi Phi. Died in Paia, Island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii, October 8, 1946 (age 75 years, 269 days). Interment at Makawao Cemetery, Makawao, Island of Maui, Hawaii. William James Behan (1840-1928) — also known as William J. Behan — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; White Castle, Iberville Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 25, 1840. Republican. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; sugar planter; merchant; manufacturer; grocery business; mayor of New Orleans, La., 1882-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1896, 1900, 1908; Louisiana Republican state chair, 1900-12; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1904; postmaster at New Orleans, La., 1909-11. Irish ancestry. Member, United Confederate Veterans. Died, from a heart attack, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., May 4, 1928 (age 87 years, 222 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, La. Sosthenes Behn (1884-1957) — also known as Louis Richard Sosthenes Behn — of San Juan, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (now Virgin Islands), January 30, 1884. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; sugar business; member of Republican National Committee from Puerto Rico, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1912; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; he and his brother Hernand bought a telephone company in Puerto Rico, and went on to establish International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT), which rapidly expanded worldwide. Danish, French, and Italian ancestry. Died, from a heart ailment, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 6, 1957 (age 72 years, 342 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. John Black (1800-1854) — of Monroe, Franklin County, Miss.; Winchester, Va. Born in Virginia, August 11, 1800. School teacher; lawyer; justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38; resigned 1838; sugar cane planter. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Winchester, Va., August 29, 1854 (age 54 years, 18 days). Interment at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Innis, La. Charles Boettcher (1852-1948) — of Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo.; Boulder, Boulder County, Colo.; Leadville, Lake County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Kölleda, Germany, April 8, 1852. Republican. Hardware business; co-founder and vice-president, Great Western Sugar Co.; co-founder and president Ideal Cement Company; vice-president, Brown Palace Hotel Company; real estate investor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1916 (alternate), 1928. German ancestry. Died, in his suite at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colo., July 2, 1948 (age 96 years, 85 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo. Claudius Kedzie Boettcher (1875-1957) — also known as Claude K. Boettcher — of Denver, Colo. Born in Boulder, Boulder County, Colo., January 10, 1875. Republican. Packing business; banker; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman, Denver and Intermountain Railway; president, Brown Palace Hotel; director, Great Western Sugar Co.; director, Denver Dry Goods Co.; vice-president of several electric utilities; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1936 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1944. Episcopalian. German ancestry. Died in Denver, Colo., June 9, 1957 (age 82 years, 150 days). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo. Edward Cole Bryan (1919-1997) — also known as Edward C. Bryan; Ed Bryan — of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, August 22, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; surveyor; electrical engineer; business executive; delegate to Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950, 1968; Hawaii Territory Republican Party chair, 1957-58; housing director, Ewa Sugar Company; board member, St. Francis Hospital. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Humane Society. Died in Johnson City, Washington County, Tenn., May 27, 1997 (age 77 years, 278 days). Cremated; ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean. Relatives: Son of Kenneth Cole Bryan and Mary (Hayes) Bryan; married to Shada I. Pflueger. Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984) — also known as "The Refrigerator"; "The Sly Fox" — of New York; Dummerston, Windham County, Vt. Born in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., May 11, 1894. Director and officer, National Sugar Refining Company; director, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1951-52; Italy, 1952-53; India, 1956-61; Nepal, 1956-59; , 1966-67, 1973-78; Vietnam, 1967-73. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Recipient of two Presidential Medals of Freedom, in 1963 and in 1967. Died, in Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt., September 27, 1984 (age 90 years, 139 days). Interment somewhere in Dummerston, Vt. Claude Ernest Cady (1878-1953) — also known as Claude E. Cady — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., May 28, 1878. Democrat. Grocer; owner of three movie theaters; member of Lansing city council, 1910-17; member of Lansing Police and Fire Commission, 1918-28; wholesale candy dealer; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1926; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934; postmaster at Lansing, Mich., 1935-43 (acting, 1935). Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 30, 1953 (age 75 years, 186 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich. Donelson Caffery (1835-1906) — of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, La. Born near Franklin, St. Mary Parish, La., September 10, 1835. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; sugar planter; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; member of Louisiana state senate, 1892-93; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1892-1901; Populist candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1900. Slaveowner. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., December 30, 1906 (age 71 years, 111 days). Interment at Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, La. Etienne Joseph Caire (1868-1955) — also known as Etienne J. Caire — of Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, La. Born in Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, La., September 17, 1868. Republican. Merchant; pharmacist; sugar cane planter; banker; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1928. Catholic. French ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died in Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, La., July 16, 1955 (age 86 years, 302 days). Entombed at St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Edgard, La. Albert E. Carlton (born c.1862) — of Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colo.; Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo. Born in Indiana, about 1862. Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1916 (alternate), 1920; sugar executive. Burial location unknown. Adrial Hebard Case (1892-1966) — also known as A. Hebard Case — of Lihue, Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii. Born in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., November 20, 1892. Republican. Chemist for a sugar plantation; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1936. Died in Lihue, Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii, May 16, 1966 (age 73 years, 177 days). Interment at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. Horace Fay Casey (1890-1961) — also known as Horace F. Casey — of Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont. Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., May 9, 1890. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wholesale candy dealer; member of Montana state house of representatives, 1931; Montana state treasurer, 1957-61. Died, in St. Peter's Hospital, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont., October 11, 1961 (age 71 years, 155 days). Interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Helena, Mont. Thomas Withers Chinn (1791-1852) — also known as Thomas W. Chinn — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born near Cynthiana, Harrison County, Ky., November 22, 1791. Physician; lawyer; sugar cane planter; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1839-41. Slaveowner. Died in West Baton Rouge Parish, La., May 22, 1852 (age 60 years, 182 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.; reinterment at Live Oaks Plantation Cemetery, Iberville Parish, La.; cenotaph at Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La. William Patrick Connery Jr. (1888-1937) — also known as William P. Connery, Jr. — of Lynn, Essex County, Mass. Born in Lynn, Essex County, Mass., August 24, 1888. Democrat. Professional actor, 1908-16; candy manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1923-37; died in office 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Redmen; Kiwanis. Died in Washington, D.C., June 15, 1937 (age 48 years, 295 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass. Clarence Hyde Cooke (1876-1944) — also known as Clarence H. Cooke — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, April 17, 1876. Republican. Banker; president or vice-president of plantation and sugar companies; member of Hawaii territorial House of Representatives, 1912-28; Speaker of Hawaii Territory House of Representatives, 1923-24, 1927-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1924 (member, Resolutions Committee). Congregationalist. Died August 23, 1944 (age 68 years, 128 days). Interment at Kawaiaho Church Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) — also known as Channing H. Cox — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., February 28, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924, 1928 (speaker); Honorary Consul for Japan in Boston, Mass., 1929; president, Old Colony Trust Company; director, United Fruit Co., Revere Sugar Co., First National Bank of Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper); board member, Deaconess Hospital. Episcopalian. Member, Humane Society; Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Died August 20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174 days). Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) — also known as Fred L. Crawford — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born near Dublin, Erath County, Tex., May 5, 1888. Republican. Accountant; builder, financier, and operator of beet sugar mills; director, Michigan National Bank; director, Petroleum Transit Corporation; U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated in primary, 1952. Methodist. Member, Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., April 13, 1957 (age 68 years, 343 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md. Arthur J. Donner (born c.1850) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Germany, about 1850. Banker; commission merchant; steamship agent; Vice-Consul for Argentina in Boston, Mass., 1882-88; Consul for Austria-Hungary in Boston, Mass., 1883-1907; Consul for Germany in Boston, Mass., 1894-99; treasurer, American Sugar Refining Company. German ancestry. Burial location unknown. William Dunbar (1805-1861) — of Alexandria, Va.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; St. Bernard Parish, La. Born in Virginia, 1805. Democrat. Lawyer; justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1852-53; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1853-55; sugar cane planter. Slaveowner. Died in St. Bernard Parish, La., March 18, 1861 (age about 55 years). Burial location unknown. George Howard Earle III (1890-1974) — also known as George H. Earle — of Haverford, Delaware County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Devon, Chester County, Pa., December 5, 1890. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; sugar business; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1933-34; Bulgaria, 1940-41; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; member of Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1939. Episcopalian. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Freemasons; Shriners; Tall Cedars of Lebanon; Elks. Died December 30, 1974 (age 84 years, 25 days). Interment at Church of the Resurrection Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Robert Frazer Jr. (1878-1947) — of Salinas, Salinas Municipio, Puerto Rico. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 8, 1878. Bank employee; sugar cane planter; U.S. Consul in Valencia, 1909-12; Malaga, 1912-14; Bahia, 1914-16; Kobe, 1916-19; U.S. Consul General in , 1919-24; Zurich, 1924-27; Calcutta, 1927-30; Mexico City, 1930-32; London, 1932-33; U.S. Minister to El Salvador, 1937-38. Died in 1947 (age about 68 years). Burial location unknown. Gerald Michael Gabbard (b. 1948) — also known as Mike Gabbard — Born in Fagatogo, American Samoa, January 15, 1948. School teacher; restauranteur; candy manufacturer; Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 2004; member of Hawaii state senate, 2007-20 (19th District 2007-12, 20th District 2013-20). Samoan ancestry. Still living as of 2021. Relatives: Son of Benjamin Harrison Gabbard, Jr. and Aknesis Agnes (Yandall) Gabbard; father of Tulsi Gabbard. Edward James Gay (1816-1889) — also known as Edward J. Gay — of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, La. Born in Bedford County, Va., February 3, 1816. Democrat. Planter; president, Louisiana Sugar Exchange, New Orleans; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1885-89; died in office 1889. Slaveowner. Died in Iberville Parish, La., May 30, 1889 (age 73 years, 116 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) — also known as Alfred L. M. Gottschalk — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 8, 1873. Newspaper correspondent; sugar grower; U.S. Consul in Callao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Callao, 1905-06; Mexico City, 1906-08; , 1908-11; Rio de Janeiro, 1916-18, died in office 1918. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy ship Cyclops, during World War I, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers who perished when the ship sank, in the North Atlantic Ocean, March, 1918 (age 45 years, 0 days). The wreckage was never found. Relatives: Son of L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher) Gottschalk. Charles F. Gunther (1837-1920) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born March 6, 1837. Democrat. Confectioner; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1908. German ancestry. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 10, 1920 (age 82 years, 341 days). Entombed at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. Francis Russell Hart (1868-1938) — also known as Francis R. Hart — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., January 16, 1868. Engineer; vice-president, Cartagena-Magdalena Railway; director, Costa Rica Northern Railway; director, Boston and Providence Railroad; director, Mayan Steamship Corporation director, Revere Sugar Refinery; Vice-Consul for Colombia in Boston, Mass., 1905-07; banker; president, United Fruit Company, 1933-38. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Antiquarian Society. Died, from a heart attack, in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 18, 1938 (age 70 years, 2 days). Interment at Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass. William Frederick Havemeyer (1804-1874) — also known as William F. Havemeyer — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 12, 1804. Democrat. Sugar refining business; banker; Democratic Presidential Elector for New York, 1844; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1845-46, 1848-49, 1873-74; defeated, 1859; died in office 1874. German ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1874 (age 70 years, 291 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y. Samuel Whaley Hopkins (1845-1923) — also known as Samuel W. Hopkins — of Coventry, Tolland County, Conn.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Exeter, Washington County, R.I., April 1, 1845. School teacher; lawyer; real estate developer; Isabella County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Isabella District, 1877-80; candidate for village president of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1877; chair of Isabella County Republican Party, 1878-84; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884; president, Mount Pleasant Sugar Company; member of Michigan state senate 25th District, 1893-94; defeated, 1898 (Democratic), 1914 (Progressive). Unitarian. English ancestry. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., August 20, 1923 (age 78 years, 141 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. John Middleton Huger (1809-1894) — also known as John M. Huger — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., 1809. Sugar cane planter; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Consul for Turkey in New Orleans, La., 1872-82. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 24, 1894 (age about 84 years). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. Henry W. Hupfauf (b. 1885) — of Calumet County, Wis. Born in Harrison town, Calumet County, Wis., August 11, 1885. Democrat. Farmer; sugar company field man; general store operator; tavern owner; organizer of cooperative telephone company; treasurer of a butter and cheese cooperative; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Calumet County; elected 1936; defeated, 1938, 1940. Burial location unknown. Harold Frederic Jones (1891-1960) — Born in Brockton, Plymouth County, Mass., May 30, 1891. Employed with United Sugar Company in Mexico; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consular Agent in Los Mochis, 1919-32. Died December 4, 1960 (age 69 years, 188 days). Interment at Melrose Cemetery, Brockton, Mass. Lemuel Theophilus Jones Sr. (1896-1975) — also known as Lem T. Jones, Sr. — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pa., January 23, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school teacher; president and partner, Russell Stover Candies; bank director; Missouri Republican state chair, 1963; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1964. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died, from a heart attack, in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., September 20, 1975 (age 79 years, 240 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo. Luigi Felice Lastreto (1841-1913) — also known as Luis F. Lastreto — of San Francisco, Calif.; Paris, France. Born in Santa Margherita, Italy, 1841. Naturalized U.S. citizen; importer and exporter; chocolate maker; Consul for Ecuador in San Francisco, Calif., 1898-1901; Consul for Nicaragua in San Francisco, Calif., 1899-1900; Consul-General for Nicaragua in San Francisco, Calif., 1901-02. Italian ancestry. Member, Audubon Society. Died in Paris, France, May 27, 1913 (age about 71 years). Entombed at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. George William Loft (1865-1943) — also known as George W. Loft — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 6, 1865. Democrat. Candy manufacturer; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1908; Democratic Presidential Elector for New York, 1913 (voted for Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall); U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928 (alternate), 1932 (alternate), 1936 (alternate), 1940; Democratic Presidential Elector for New York, 1933. Catholic. Died in Baldwin, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., November 6, 1943 (age 78 years, 273 days). Entombed at St. Raymond's Old Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y. Fowler Smith Loftin (born c.1868) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Kentucky, about 1868. Democrat. Confectionary business; contractor; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1924. Burial location unknown. John Harvey Lowery (1860-1941) — also known as J. H. Lowery — of Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, La. Born in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, La., October 18, 1860. Republican. Physician; sugar grower; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1916 (alternate), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1940. Methodist. African ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows. Died, in Flint-Goodridge Hospital, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 25, 1941 (age 80 years, 342 days). Interment at Ascension Catholic Cemetery, Donaldsonville, La. Adolph Meyer (1842-1908) — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Natchez, Adams County, Miss., October 19, 1842. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; cotton and sugar planter; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1891-1908; died in office 1908. Jewish. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., March 8, 1908 (age 65 years, 141 days). Interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La. Frank J. Migas (b. 1888) — of East Chicago, Lake County, Ind. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 28, 1888. Democrat. Owner, Sweet Corn Candy Co., 1921-31; vice-president, American State Bank of Gary; deputy sheriff; mayor of East Chicago, Ind., 1939-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940, 1948; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1944. Catholic. Member, Moose; Polish National Alliance. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Calumet City, Ill. George M. Miller (c.1911-1972) — of Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Md. Born about 1911. Office manager and accountant for the Merchants Candy and Tobacco Company; later, accountant for the federal Bureau of Reclamation; mayor of Takoma Park, Md., 1954-72; died in office 1972. Died July 17, 1972 (age about 61 years). Burial location unknown. Benjamin Johnston Mixson (1874-1954) — also known as Benjamin J. Mixson — of Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, S.C. Born in Allendale, Allendale County, S.C., February 3, 1874. Republican. Grocer; deputy U.S. marshal; wholesale candy dealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1924, 1928 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1936. Died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, S.C., July 19, 1954 (age 80 years, 166 days). Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C. Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) — also known as Robert C. Nicholas — of Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, La. Born in Hanover County, Va., January 10, 1787. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; sugar cane planter; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1836-41; secretary of state of Louisiana, 1845; Louisiana Superintendent of Education, 1849-53. Slaveowner. Died in Terrebonne Parish, La., December 24, 1857 (age 70 years, 348 days). Entombed at St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La. Relatives: Son of George Nicholas and Mary (Smith) Nicholas; brother of Henrietta Morrison Nicholas (who married Richard Hawes); married to Susan Adelaide Vinson; nephew of Wilson Cary Nicholas and John Nicholas; grandson of Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); granduncle of Harry Bartow Hawes; first cousin of Peyton Randolph; first cousin once removed of Peter Myndert Dox and Edmund Randolph; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791), William Fitzhugh and Edmund Randolph Cocke; first cousin thrice removed of Francis Beverley Biddle; second cousin once removed of Carter Bassett Harrison, William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), Thomas Marshall and James Keith Marshall; third cousin of John Scott Harrison (1804-1878); third cousin once removed of Burwell Bassett, Carter Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, John Breckinridge Castleman and John Scott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin twice removed of Connally Findlay Trigg, Russell Benjamin Harrison, Carter Henry Harrison II, Richard Evelyn Byrd and William Welby Beverley; third cousin thrice removed of Harry Flood Byrd and William Henry Harrison (1896-1990); fourth cousin once removed of Montgomery Blair and Francis Preston Blair Jr.. Political families:Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article William J. O'Bryant — of Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho. Sugar executive; mayor of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1959-63. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. Henry Thomas Oxnard (1860-1922) — also known as Henry T. Oxnard — of Oxnard, Ventura County, Calif.; Upperville, Fauquier County, Va. Born in Marseille, France, June 22, 1860. Republican. President, later vice-president, American Beet Sugar Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1908. Died, from a heart attack, at the University Club, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 8, 1922 (age 61 years, 351 days). Burial location unknown. William L. Petriken (b. 1871) — of Denver, Colo. Born in Muncy, Lycoming County, Pa., February 17, 1871. Republican. Sugar executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Burial location unknown. Relatives: Married to Eloise N. Delbridge. Henry Newton Pharr (1872-1966) — Born in New Iberia, Iberia Parish, La., July 19, 1872. Republican. Sugar cane planter; engineer; manufacturer; bank director; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1908. Methodist. Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Died October 28, 1966 (age 94 years, 101 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, La. John Newton Pharr (1829-1903) — Born March 19, 1829. Republican. Sugar cane planter; lumberman; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1896. Died in Berwick, St. Mary Parish, La., November 21, 1903 (age 74 years, 247 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, La. Gustavo Preston (1856-1918) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Swampscott, Essex County, Mass. Born in Arroyo Municipio, Puerto Rico, August 1, 1856. Sugar and molasses importer; Consul for Ecuador in Boston, Mass., 1889-1907; Consul for Argentina in Boston, Mass., 1898. Died, from stomach cancer, in Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 15, 1918 (age 62 years, 14 days). Interment at Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, Mass. John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) — also known as John A. Quitman — of Mississippi. Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y., September 1, 1799. Democrat. Lawyer; cotton and sugar planter; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of Mississippi state senate, 1835-36; Governor of Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi, 1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848, 1856; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in office 1858. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons. Slaveowner. While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed to poison, but probably dysentery), and subsequently died, near Natchez, Adams County, Miss., July 17, 1858 (age 58 years, 319 days). Interment at Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Glen N. Richey — of Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Candy store owner; candidate in primary for mayor of Casper, Wyo., 1951, 1953. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. Frederick August Schaefer (1836-1920) — also known as Frederick A. Schaefer — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Bremen, Germany, September 19, 1836. Sugar magnate; trustee, secretary, vice-president of The Queen's Hospital; Consul for Italy in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1868-1915; Consul for Austria-Hungary in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1898-1914. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, March 11, 1920 (age 83 years, 174 days). Interment at Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. David Sloan — of Michigan. Born in Poland. Socialist. Confectioner; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Michigan, 1920. Burial location unknown. John B. Smith (1887-1961) — of Alma, Gratiot County, Mich. Born in Fairgrove, Tuscola County, Mich., April 25, 1887. Republican. Field man and superintendent, Michigan Sugar Co.; farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1935-42; member of Michigan state senate 25th District, 1943-44; defeated in primary, 1944, 1958. Died in 1961 (age about 74 years). Burial location unknown. William Wallace Smith (1830-1913) — also known as William W. Smith — of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Scotland, 1830. Restaurant business; co-owner of Smith Brothers, cough drop manufacturers; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1890 (16th District), 1908 (21st District); Prohibition candidate for Governor of New York, 1896; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1900; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1908; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1912. Scottish ancestry. Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y., November 15, 1913 (age about 83 years). Interment at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) — also known as Adolph B. Spreckels — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., January 5, 1857. Republican. President, Spreckels Sugar Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1884; angered by an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, on November 19, 1884, he shot and badly wounded the paper's publisher, M. H. de Young; arrested and charged with attempted murder; pleaded temporary insanity; tried in 1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway; vice-president, Western Sugar Company; vice-president, Oceanic Steamship Company. German ancestry. Died, from pneumonia and syphilis, in San Francisco, Calif., June 28, 1924 (age 67 years, 175 days). Entombed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. Relatives: Son of Claus Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of John Diedrich Spreckels; married to Alma de Bretteville. Political family: Spreckels family of San Francisco, California. Spreckels Lake, in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, is named for him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, is named for him and his brother. See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) — also known as "The Sugar King of Hawaii"; "His Royal Saccharinity" — Born in Lamstedt, Germany, July 9, 1828. Republican. Sugar magnate; Republican Presidential Elector for California, 1872 (voted for Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson); Republican Presidential Elector for California, 1897 (voted for William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart). German ancestry. Died in San Francisco, Calif., December 26, 1908 (age 80 years, 170 days). Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) — also known as John D. Spreckels — of San Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego County, Calif. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., August 16, 1853. Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship Company; president, Western Sugar Company; owned the Hotel de Coronado, the San Diego Electric Railway, newspapers in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway, from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1896, 1924; member of Republican National Committee from California, 1896. German ancestry. Died in Coronado, San Diego County, Calif., June 7, 1926 (age 72 years, 295 days). Entombed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. Relatives: Son of Claus Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie C. Siebein. Political family: Spreckels family of San Francisco, California. The Spreckels Theatre, in San Diego, California, is named for him. — Spreckels Elementary School, in San Diego, California, is named for him. — Spreckels Park, in Coronado, California, is named for him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, is named for him and his brother. See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial George Walter Staley (1879-1969) — also known as G. Walter Staley — of Prichard, Wayne County, W.Va. Born in Wayne County, W.Va., August 13, 1879. Democrat. Confectionary merchant; chair of Wayne County Democratic Party, 1940-50. Died in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., August 2, 1969 (age 89 years, 354 days). Interment at Staley Cemetery, Wayne County, W.Va. Relatives: Son of Charles E. 'Charley' Staley and Belvedora (Gilkeson) Staley; married, December 26, 1900, to Sallie G. Wilkinson; married 1916 to Anna Irby. Elmer Teal — of Milan, Washtenaw County, Mich. Republican. Confectioner; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912. Burial location unknown. Henry Odin Tilton (b. 1885) — also known as Henry O. Tilton — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Lexington, Middlesex County, Mass., June 1, 1885. Republican. Electrical engineer; local sales manager, General Electric; director, Stratton and Co., Concord, N.H.; director, New England Confectionary Co., Cambridge, Mass.; candidate for mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952. Congregationalist. Member, Kappa Sigma; Freemasons; Grotto; Rotary. Burial location unknown. Relatives: Son of Josiah Odin Tilton and Hattie (French) Tilton; married, September 30, 1914, to Olive Northrop Fobes. Dwight Townsend (1826-1899) — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 25, 1826. Democrat. Sugar refining business; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1864-65, 1871-73; defeated (Independent Democratic), 1882; telegraph business. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 29, 1899 (age 73 years, 34 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Jacques Philippe Villere (1761-1830) — of Louisiana. Born in Louisiana, April 28, 1761. Sugar cane planter; Governor of Louisiana, 1816-20; defeated, 1824. Catholic. Slaveowner. Died in Conseil Plantation, St. Bernard Parish, La., March 7, 1830 (age 68 years, 313 days). Entombed at St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La. Heinrich Martens von Holt (1863-1927) — also known as Harry M. von Holt — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, September 15, 1863. Officer in many corporations including the First National Bank of Honolulu, the Oahu Railway, Hamakua Mill Company (sugar producer), and the Hawaiian Pineapple Company; Consul for Netherlands in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1903-04. Episcopalian. Died in London, England, July 3, 1927 (age 63 years, 291 days). Interment at Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. George Augustus Waggaman (c.1782-1843) — also known as George A. Waggaman — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Caroline County, Md., about 1782. Lawyer; sugar cane planter; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; circuit judge in Louisiana, 1818; secretary of state of Louisiana, 1830-32; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1831-35. Slaveowner. Mortally wounded in a duel, and died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., March 31, 1843 (age about 61 years). Original interment at Girod Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1957 at Hope Mausoleum, New Orleans, La. Charles Abner Warrick (1855-1937) — also known as Charles A. Warrick — of DeKalb County, Mo. Born in Benton County, Ind., April 18, 1855. Republican. Farmer; molasses manufacturer; justice of the peace; member of Missouri state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1917-18. Died, from endocarditis, in near Amity, DeKalb County, Mo., January 16, 1937 (age 81 years, 273 days). Interment at Amity Cemetery, Amity, Mo. Robert Henry Winborne Welch (1899-1985) — also known as Robert Welch — Born in Chowan, Chowan County, N.C., December 1, 1899. Republican. Confectionary business; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1950; founder, in 1958, of the John Birch Society. Died in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., January 6, 1985 (age 85 years, 36 days). Burial location unknown. William John White (1850-1923) — also known as William J. White — of West Cleveland (now part of Cleveland), Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Rice Lake, Ontario, October 7, 1850. Republican. Candy and chewing gum manufacturer; mayor of West Cleveland, Ohio, 1889; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1893-95. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 16, 1923 (age 72 years, 132 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. Theodore Stark Wilkinson (1847-1921) — also known as Theodore S. Wilkinson — of Plaquemines Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Plaquemines Parish, La., December 18, 1847. Democrat. Sugar cane planter; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1887-91; U.S. Collector of Customs at New Orleans, La., Louisiana, 1893-98; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1912 (Honorary Vice-President), 1916 (alternate). Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., February 1, 1921 (age 73 years, 45 days). 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