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Horn, Stephen John, 1931-

Bio: Stephen John Horn (b. 1931), Republican Congressman from California, was born in Gilroy, California. His career began as a young political appointee in the Eisenhower Administration, where he was the administrative assistant to Secretary of…

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Hoopes, Roy H., Jr., 1922-2009

Bio: Roy Hoopes, Jr., also known as Peter Potomac, (b. May 17, 1922, Salt Lake City, Utah-d. December 1, 2009, Silver Spring, Maryland), longtime Washington journalist who was the author of an acclaimed biography of crime novelist James M. Cain and…

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Hood, Lorraine Barnes, 1909-1997

Bio: Lorraine Barnes Hood (b. October 2, 1909, Missouri-d. September 28, 1997, Austin, Texas), reporter. She graduated from Austin High School in 1927, and worked as a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman. She was married…

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Hood, Buck, 1906-1983

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Bio: Buck Hood (b. May 2, 1906, Springtown, Parker County, Texas-d. September 22, 1983, Austin, Texas), newspaper editor. He was a longtime managing editor of the Austin American-Statesman newspaper in Austin, Texas. Hood also worked on Lyndon…

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Holverson, James Durie, 1921-1986 

Bio: James Durie Holverson (b. March 9, 1921, Clifton, Texas-d. August 2, 1986, McLennan County, Texas) was a resident of Texas. He attended Clifton High School and Clifton Junior College, both located in Clifton, Texas, and upon graduation from…

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Holum, Ken, 1915-1998

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Holton, John Watson, 1917-1997

Bio: John Watson Holton (b. September 9, 1917, Brownwood, Texas-d. December 27, 1997, Durham, North Carolina), lawyer, was the former administrative assistant to two speakers of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn and John McCormack. After his…

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Holt, Thaddeus, 1929-

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Hoffman, Hattie Belle, 1924-1972

Bio: Hattie Belle Hoffman (b. Hattie Belle Calisch, March 2, 1924, Tucumcari, New Mexico-d. March 1, 1972, Dallas, Texas), civic and political organizer for the Democratic Party. She is the daughter of Stanley G. Calisch and Erna Freudenberg. She…

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Higley, Morris, 1910-1995

Bio: Morris Higley (b. 1910, Atchison County, Kan.-d. 1995, Amarillo, Tex.), newspaperman, started as a reporter with the Amarillo Globe-News in 1930. He was Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign chair for Childress County, Texas, in Johnson's run against…

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Heath, Mavis Barnett, 1908-1998

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Heath, Kathryn Gladys, 1910-1989

Bio: Kathryn Gladys Heath (b. May 8, 1910, Cincinnati, Ohio-d. April 15, 1989, Alexandria, Virginia) was Assistant for Special Studies, Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, serving under both the Kennedy and Johnson…

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Hayes, John S., 1910-1981

Bio: John S. Hayes (1910-1981) was the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland from 1966 to 1969, and an executive for a number of communications companies.

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Hardin, Jim

Bio: Bertrand Morrison Harding (1919-2002) was an analyst for atomic weapons program at the Atomic Energy Commission from 1950 to 1953, assistant to the Deputy Commissioner at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 1953 to 1954, Assistant…

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Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949

Bio: Robert E. Hannegan was born June 30, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his LL.B. degree in 1925 from St. Louis University. From 1925 to 1942 he practiced law in St. Louis. From 1933 1942 he served as Chairman of the Democratic City…

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Hannegan, Irma P., 1904-1995

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Hamilton, Edward K.

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Hall, J. Oliver

Bio: J. Oliver Hall was a professor of political science at Michigan State University.

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Hackney, V. H., 1907-1990

Bio: Vivian Howard Hackney, also known as V. H. (b. November 24, 1907, Burleson, Texas-d. December 16, 1990, Gregg County, Texas), was a friend of Lady Bird Johnson and a resident of Marshall, Texas. He grew up in Dallas and graduated from Southern…

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Greenberg, Polly, 1932-2013

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Green, Mamye A.

Bio: Mamye A. Green, also known as Mayme A. Kelly, also known as Mary Green, was appointed postmaster of Oakalla, Texas, on July 6, 1942.

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Graham, William Pierson, 1935 

Bio: William Pierson Graham (b. February 19, 1935, East Saint Louis, Illinois), investment banker and entrepreneur. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in 1956. Graham worked at IBM Corporation from 1956 to 1969,…

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Govatos, John George, 1890-1968

Bio: John George Govatos (b. January 20, 1890, Greece-d. February 18, 1968, Corpus Christi), restaurant owner in Corpus Christi, Texas, was a friend of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Gould Lewis L., 1939-

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Goodwin, Richard N. (Richard Naradhoff), 1931-

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Bio: Richard Naradhoff Goodwin (b. 1931) graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in 1953. He went on to study law at Harvard University, graduated summa cum laude in 1958 and joined the Massachusetts State bar the same year. After…

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Goldstein, Gary Bruce

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Gibbons, William Conrad, 1926

Bio: William Conrad Gibbons (b. September 26, 1926, Harrisonburg, Virginia), entered the University of Virginia in 1945, but his studies were interrupted in order to serve in World War II. He worked on Capitol Hill for both Senator Wayne Morse and…

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Gehrig, James J., 1921-2003

Bio: James Joseph Gehrig, also Jim Gehrig, (b. Nov. 7, 1921, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; d. Sept. 12, 2003) moved to Manitowoc at a young age. He majored in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, but had his studies interrupted by his time of service…

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Gavin, John, 1931-

Bio: John Gavin was an actor who appeared in films such as “Spartacus” (1960) and “Psycho” (1960). He was appointed by Ronald Reagan as Ambassador to Mexico and served in this post from June 1981 to June 1986.

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Gans, Curtis B. (Curtis Bernard), 1937-2015

Bio: Curtis Ganswas a political activist and expert on voting patterns in the United States. He was one of the founders of the 'Dump Johnson" movement and Operations Director for the 1968 Presidential campaign of Eugene V. McCarthy.

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Galbraith, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1913-1986

Bio: Francis Joseph Galbraith (1913-1986) worked for the Department of State from 1946 to 1974. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Singapore from 1966 to 1969, and the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia from 1969 to 1974.

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Fuller, Helen M. (Helen Marjorie), 1913-1972

Bio: Helen Fuller was an author, columnist, and editor for the New Republic magazine

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Frantz, Harry W. (Harry Warner), 1891-1982

Bio: Harry W. Frantz (1891-1982) was the Press Director of the Office of Inter-American Affairs at the U.S. Department of State from 1941 to 1944, and Information Officer to the Assistant Secretary of State for American Republics from 1944 to 1945.…

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Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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Bio: Gerald Rudolph Ford was the 38th President of the United States, U. S. Congressman (R-Michigan) from 1949-1973; He became a member of the House Appropriations Committee in 1951, and rose to prominence on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee,…

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Flournoy, Craig, 1951

Bio: Craig Flournoy (b. John Craig Flournoy, June 26, 1951, Shreveport, Louisiana), reporter and professor. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Orleans in 1975, a Master of Arts in history from Southern Methodist University in…

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Fleming, Robert J. (Robert John), 1907-1984

Bio: Robert John Fleming (1907-1984) was appointed the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone on January 4, 1962.

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Flax, Alexander H. (Alexander Henry), 1921-

Bio: Alexander Henry Flax (b. 1921) was an aeronautical engineer, serving as chief scientist at the U.S. Air Force from 1959 to 1961. He was Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development from 1963 to 1969.

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Feldman, George Joseph, 1903-1994

Bio: George J. Feldman, also known as G. J. Feldman, (b. November 6, 1903-d. November 22, 1994, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania), became an administrative assistant to Senator David L. Walsh, a Massachusetts Democrat, in the 1930s, and later served as a…

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Erb, Paul Ross, 1953

Bio: Paul Ross Erb (b. October 20, 1953, Nueces County, Texas) was a resident of Houston, Texas and is the son of Paul Walters Erb and Wilma Ann Soape Erb of Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Elsey, George McKee, 1918-2015

Bio: George McKee Elsey (b. February 5, 1918, Palo Alto, California-d. December 30, 2015, Tustin, California) was a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve and a staff member in the White House Map Room from 1941 to 1946. He was Assistant to the Special…

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