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ORGANIZATION

American veterans group founded in 1919.

Official Website:
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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Sherman Adams
Government
8-Jan-1899 27-Oct-1986 Eisenhower's Chief of Staff
Hugh J. Addonizio
Politician
31-Jan-1914 2-Feb-1981 Mayor of Newark, 1962-70
Spiro T. Agnew
Politician
9-Nov-1918 17-Sep-1996 US Vice President, 1969-73
Bill Alexander
Politician
16-Jan-1934   Congressman from Arkansas, 1969-93
William Robert Anderson
Military
17-Jun-1921 25-Feb-2007 Commander, USS Nautilus
Tim Babcock
Politician
27-Oct-1919   Governor of Montana, 1962-69
Robert E. Badham
Politician
9-Jun-1929 21-Oct-2005 Congressman from California, 1977-89
William M. Barker
Judge
13-Sep-1941   Tennessee Chief Justice
Doug Barnard, Jr.
Politician
20-Mar-1922   Congressman from Georgia, 1977-93
William E. Barrett
Politician
9-Feb-1929   Congressman from Nebraska, 1991-2001
William W. Barron
Politician
8-Dec-1911 12-Nov-2002 Governor of West Virginia, 1961-65
Herbert H. Bateman
Politician
7-Aug-1928 11-Sep-2000 Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2000
Berkley W. Bedell
Politician
5-Mar-1921   Congressman from Iowa, 1975-87
Charles E. Bennett
Politician
2-Dec-1910 6-Sep-2003 Congressman from Florida, 1949-93
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr.
Politician
11-Feb-1921 23-May-2006 US Senator, Treasury Secretary
James T. Blair, Jr.
Politician
15-Mar-1902 12-Jul-1962 Governor of Missouri, 1957-61
Matt Blunt
Politician
20-Nov-1970   Governor of Missouri
Nils A. Boe
Politician
10-Sep-1913 30-Jul-1992 Governor of South Dakota, 1965-69
John Boehner
Politician
17-Nov-1949   House Majority Leader
Hale Boggs
Politician
15-Feb-1914 16-Oct-1972 Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-72
Leonard Boswell
Politician
10-Jan-1934   Congressman, Iowa 3rd
Otis R. Bowen
Politician
26-Feb-1918   Governor of Indiana, 1973-81
John Brademas
Politician
2-Mar-1927   Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81
Roger D. Branigin
Politician
26-Jul-1902 19-Nov-1975 Governor of Indiana, 1965-69
Owen Brewster
Politician
22-Feb-1888 25-Dec-1961 Governor and Senator from Maine
John W. Bricker
Politician
6-Sep-1893 22-Mar-1986 Governor of Ohio, 1939-45
William E. Brock
Politician
23-Nov-1930   US Secretary of Labor, 1985-87
William S. Broomfield
Politician
28-Apr-1922   Congressman from Michigan, 1957-93
Jesse Brown
Government
27-Mar-1944 15-Aug-2002 U.S. Secretary of Veteran's Affairs 1993-97
John W. Brown
Politician
28-Dec-1913 29-Oct-1993 Governor of Ohio, 1957
Conrad Burns
Politician
25-Jan-1935   US Senator from Montana, 1989-2007
Prescott Bush
Politician
15-May-1895 8-Oct-1972 US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63
Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Politician
20-Dec-1914   US Senator from Virginia, 1965-83
Harry P. Cain
Politician
10-Jan-1906 3-Mar-1979 US Senator from Washington, 1946-53
Jack M. Campbell
Politician
10-Sep-1916 14-Jun-1999 Governor of New Mexico, 1963-67
Howard W. Cannon
Politician
26-Jan-1912 5-Mar-2002 US Senator from Nevada, 1959-83
Hugh L. Carey
Politician
11-Apr-1919   Governor of New York, 1975-83
David F. Cargo
Politician
13-Jan-1929   Governor of New Mexico, 1967-71
Frank Carlson
Politician
23-Jan-1893 30-May-1987 Governor and Senator from Kansas
Mel Carnahan
Politician
11-Feb-1934 16-Oct-2000 Dead man, still defeated John Ashcroft
Oscar L. Chapman
Government
22-Oct-1896 8-Feb-1978 US Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53
Frank Church
Politician
25-Jul-1924 7-Apr-1984 US Senator from Idaho, 1957-81
Joseph Sill Clark
Politician
21-Oct-1901 21-Jan-1990 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-69
Tom C. Clark
Judge
23-Sep-1899 13-Jun-1977 US Supreme Court Justice, 1949-67
Frank G. Clement
Politician
2-Jun-1920 4-Nov-1969 Governor of Tennessee
Howard Coble
Politician
18-Mar-1931   Congressman, North Carolina 6th
Bert T. Combs
Politician
13-Aug-1911 4-Dec-1991 Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63
Barber Conable
Politician
2-Nov-1922 30-Nov-2003 World Bank President, Congressman
John Cook
Politician
27-Feb-1946   Mayor of El Paso
John S. Cooper
Politician
23-Aug-1901 21-Feb-1991 US Senator from Kentucky
Prentice Cooper
Government
28-Sep-1895 18-May-1969 Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45
Lawrence Coughlin
Politician
11-Apr-1929 30-Nov-2001 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93
Adrian Cronauer
Radio Personality
8-Sep-1938   Subject of biopic Good Morning Vietnam
Duke Cunningham
Politician
8-Dec-1941   Congressman from California, 1991-2005
Kenneth M. Curtis
Politician
8-Feb-1931   Governor of Maine, 1967-74
John N. Dalton
Politician
11-Jul-1931 30-Jul-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1978-82
Dan Daniel
Politician
12-May-1914 23-Jan-1988 Congressman from Virginia, 1969-88
Price Daniel
Politician
10-Oct-1910 25-Aug-1988 Governor of Texas, 1957-63
Tom Daschle
Politician
9-Dec-1947   US Senator from South Dakota, 1987-2005
Hal Daub
Politician
23-Apr-1941   Mayor of Omaha, 1995-2001
F. Elwood Davis
Attorney
15-Dec-1915   Prominent Washington lawyer
Geoff Davis
Politician
26-Oct-1958   Congressman, Kentucky 4th
Gray Davis
Politician
26-Dec-1942   Governor of California, 1999-2003
John E. Davis
Politician
18-Apr-1913 12-May-1990 Governor of North Dakota, 1957-61
Charles Diggs, Jr.
Politician
2-Dec-1922 24-Aug-1998 Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80
John Dingell
Politician
6-Jul-1926   US Congressman, Michigan 15th
Everett Dirksen
Politician
4-Jan-1896 7-Sep-1969 US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69
Robert Docking
Politician
9-Oct-1925 8-Oct-1983 Governor of Kansas, 1967-75
William J. B. Dorn
Politician
14-Apr-1916 13-Aug-2005 Congressman from South Carolina, 1947-74
Bob Dornan
Politician
3-Apr-1933   Congressman from California, 1977-97
Paul H. Douglas
Politician
26-Mar-1892 24-Sep-1976 US Senator from Illinois, 1949-67
Thelma Drake
Politician
20-Nov-1949   Congresswoman, Virginia 2nd
Lee S. Dreyfus
Politician
20-Jun-1926 2-Jan-2008 Governor of Wisconsin, 1979-83
William A. Egan
Politician
8-Oct-1914 6-May-1984 Twice Governor of Alaska
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Head of State
14-Oct-1890 28-Mar-1969 34th US President, 1953-61
Robert F. Ellsworth
Politician
11-Jun-1926   Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67
Sam Ervin
Politician
27-Sep-1896 23-Apr-1985 US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74
Jim Exon
Politician
9-Aug-1921 11-Jun-2005 US Senator from Nebraska, 1979-97
Dante Fascell
Politician
9-Mar-1917 28-Nov-1998 Congressman from Florida, 1955-93
Orval Faubus
Politician
7-Jan-1910 14-Dec-1994 Governor of Arkansas, 1955-67
Murphy J. Foster, Jr.
Politician
11-Jul-1930   Governor of Louisiana, 1996-2004
J. Allen Frear
Politician
7-Mar-1903 15-Jan-1993 US Senator from Delaware, 1949-61
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Politician
29-Apr-1946   Congressman, New Jersey 11th
Harold V. Froehlich
Politician
12-May-1932   Congressman from Wisconsin, 1973-75
Robert D. Fulton
Politician
13-May-1929   Lt. Governor of Iowa, 1962-69
Don Fuqua
Politician
20-Aug-1933   Congressman from Florida, 1963-87
Kika de la Garza
Politician
22-Sep-1927   Congressman from Texas, 1965-97
Ralph F. Gates
Politician
24-Feb-1893 28-Jul-1978 Governor of Indiana, 1945-49
Dick Gephardt
Politician
31-Jan-1941   Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005
Jim Geringer
Politician
24-Apr-1944   Governor of Wyoming, 1995-2003
Fernand St. Germain
Politician
9-Jan-1928   Congressman from Rhode Island, 1961-89
Jack Germond
Columnist
c. 1928   Fat Man in a Middle Seat
Wayne Gilchrest
Politician
15-Apr-1946   Congressman, Maryland 1st
Jim Gilchrist
Activist
1949   Minuteman Project founder
Guy M. Gillette
Politician
3-Feb-1879 3-Mar-1973 US Senator from Iowa, 1949-55
John J. Gilligan
Politician
22-Mar-1921   Governor of Ohio, 1971-75
Benjamin A. Gilman
Politician
6-Dec-1922   Congressman from New York, 1973-2003
Sam Goddard
Politician
8-Aug-1919 1-Feb-2006 Governor of Arizona, 1965-67
Barry Goldwater
Politician
1-Jan-1909 29-May-1998 US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87
Al Gore
Politician
31-Mar-1948   US Vice President under Clinton
Lindsey Graham
Politician
9-Jul-1955   US Senator from South Carolina
Dwight H. Green
Politician
9-Jan-1897 20-Feb-1958 Governor of Illinois, 1941-49
William J. Green, Jr.
Politician
5-Mar-1910 21-Dec-1963 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1949-63
Chuck Hagel
Politician
4-Oct-1946   US Senator from Nebraska
John H. Hager
Politician
28-Aug-1936   Lt. Governor of Virginia, 1998-2002
Ralph Hall
Politician
3-May-1923   Congressman, Texas 4th
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Politician
4-May-1922   Congressman from Arkansas, 1967-93
Tom Harkin
Politician
19-Nov-1939   US Senator from Iowa
Stanley K. Hathaway
Politician
19-Jul-1924 4-Oct-2005 Governor of Wyoming, 1967-75
Carl T. Hayden
Politician
2-Oct-1877 25-Jan-1972 US Senator from Arizona, 1927-69
Warren E. Hearnes
Politician
24-Jul-1923   Governor of Missouri, 1965-73
Dave Heineman
Politician
12-May-1948   Governor of Nebraska
Ed Herschler
Politician
27-Oct-1918 5-Feb-1990 Governor of Wyoming, 1975-87
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Politician
21-Jul-1896 4-Sep-1971 Governor and Senator from Iowa
Lister Hill
Politician
29-Dec-1894 21-Dec-1984 US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69
Conrad Hilton
Business
25-Dec-1887 3-Jan-1979 Founder, Hilton Hotels
Luther H. Hodges
Politician
9-Mar-1898 6-Oct-1974 Governor of North Carolina, 1954-61
Fritz Hollings
Politician
1-Jan-1922   US Senator from South Carolina, 1967-2005
Frank J. Horton
Politician
12-Dec-1919 30-Aug-2004 Congressman from New York, 1963-93
Harry Hughes
Politician
13-Nov-1926   Governor of Maryland, 1979-87
William L. Hungate
Politician
14-Dec-1922 22-Jun-2007 Congressman from Missouri, 1964-77
Henry Hyde
Politician
18-Apr-1924 29-Nov-2007 Congressman from Illinois, 1975-2007
Irving M. Ives
Politician
24-Jan-1896 24-Feb-1962 US Senator from New York, 1947-59
Andrew Jacobs, Jr.
Politician
24-Feb-1932   Congressman from Indiana, 1965-97
Jacob K. Javits
Politician
18-Mar-1904 7-Mar-1986 US Senator from New York, 1957-81
Bill Jenkins
Politician
29-Dec-1936   Congressman, Tennessee 1st
Louis A. Johnson
Government
10-Jan-1891 24-Apr-1966 US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50
Lyndon B. Johnson
Head of State
27-Aug-1908 22-Jan-1973 36th US President, 1963-69
Paul B. Johnson, Jr.
Politician
23-Jan-1916 14-Oct-1985 Governor of Mississippi, 1964-68
Kenneth B. Keating
Politician
18-May-1900 5-May-1975 US Senator from New York, 1959-65
Robert F. Kennedy
Politician
20-Nov-1925 6-Jun-1968 Slain Presidential candidate
Robert S. Kerr
Politician
11-Sep-1896 1-Jan-1963 Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
Bob Kerrey
Politician
27-Aug-1943   Governor and Senator from Nebraska
F. Ray Keyser, Jr.
Politician
17-Aug-1927   Governor of Vermont, 1961-63
Pete King
Politician
5-Apr-1944   Congressman, New York 3rd
Richard G. Kleindienst
Government
5-Aug-1923 3-Feb-2000 US Attorney General, 1972-73
Goodwin Knight
Politician
9-Dec-1896 22-May-1970 Governor of California, 1953-59
Tony Knowles
Politician
1-Jan-1943   Governor of Alaska, 1994-2002
Warren P. Knowles
Politician
19-Aug-1908 1-May-1993 Governor of Wisconsin, 1965-71
Joseph P. Kolter
Politician
3-Sep-1926   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1983-93
Ernest Konnyu
Politician
17-May-1937   Congressman from California, 1987-89
Thomas H. Kuchel
Politician
15-Aug-1910 21-Nov-1994 US Senator from California, 1953-69
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Politician
4-Sep-1926   Congressman from California, 1974-93
Melvin Laird
Government
1-Sep-1922   US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73
Greg Laughlin
Politician
21-Jan-1942   Congressman from Texas, 1989-95
Paul Laxalt
Politician
2-Aug-1922   US Senator from Nevada, 1974-87
Tom Lewis
Politician
26-Oct-1924 1-Aug-2003 Congressman from Florida, 1983-95
Russell Long
Politician
3-Nov-1918 9-May-2003 US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87
John A. Love
Politician
29-Nov-1916 21-Jan-2002 Governor of Colorado, 1963-73
George W. Malone
Politician
7-Aug-1890 19-May-1961 US Senator from Nevada, 1947-59
Serphin Maltese
Politician
7-Dec-1932   New York State Senator
Edward Martin
Politician
18-Sep-1879 19-Mar-1967 Governor and Senator from Pennsylvania
James A. McClure
Politician
27-Dec-1924   US Senator from Idaho, 1973-91
Bill McCollum
Politician
12-Jul-1944   Congressman from Florida, 1981-2001
Ernest W. McFarland
Politician
9-Oct-1894 8-Jun-1984 Governor of Arizona, 1955-59
John L. McMillan
Politician
12-Apr-1898 3-Sep-1979 Congressman from South Carolina, 1939-73
Robert H. Michel
Politician
2-Mar-1923   Congressman from Illinois, 1957-95
Jack R. Miller
Politician
6-Jun-1916 29-Aug-1994 US Senator from Iowa, 1961-73
Arch A. Moore, Jr.
Politician
16-Apr-1923   Twice Governor of West Virginia
J. P. Morgan, Jr.
Business
7-Sep-1867 13-Mar-1943 Banking magnate, J. P. Morgan & Co.
Bill Morrow
Politician
19-Apr-1954   California State Senator
F. Bradford Morse
Politician
7-Aug-1921 18-Dec-1994 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1961-72
Frank E. Moss
Politician
23-Sep-1911 29-Jan-2003 US Senator from Utah, 1959-77
Grayson Murphy
Business
1878 Nov-1937 Banker, Co-Founder of American Legion
John M. Murphy
Politician
3-Aug-1926   Congressman snagged in ABSCAM
Jack Murtha
Politician
17-Jun-1932   Congressman, Pennsylvania 12th
Grace Napolitano
Politician
4-Dec-1936   Congresswoman, California 38th
Charlie Norwood
Politician
27-Jul-1941 13-Feb-2007 Congressman from Georgia, 1995-2007
Herbert O'Conor
Politician
17-Nov-1896 4-Mar-1960 Governor and Senator from Maryland
Butch Otter
Politician
3-May-1942   Governor of Idaho
Stanford E. Parris
Politician
9-Sep-1929   Congressman from Virginia, 1981-91
Wright Patman
Politician
6-Aug-1893 7-Mar-1976 Congressman from Texas, 1929-76
John Malcolm Patterson
Politician
27-Sep-1921   Governor of Alabama, 1959-63
Endicott Peabody
Politician
15-Feb-1920 1-Dec-1997 Governor of Massachusetts, 1963-65
Claude Pepper
Politician
8-Sep-1900 30-May-1989 Congressman from Florida, 1963-89
Edward Perkins
Diplomat
1928   US Ambassador to Australia, 1993-96
Collin Peterson
Politician
29-Jun-1944   Congressman, Minnesota 7th
Walter R. Peterson
Politician
19-Sep-1922   Governor of New Hampshire, 1969-73
James H. Quillen
Politician
11-Jan-1916 2-Nov-2003 Congressman from Tennessee, 1963-97
Jim Ramstad
Politician
6-May-1946   Congressman, Minnesota 3rd
Stanley Reed
Judge
31-Dec-1884 2-Apr-1980 US Supreme Court Justice, 1938-57
Ralph Regula
Politician
3-Dec-1924   Congressman, Ohio 16th
Thomas Reynolds
Politician
3-Sep-1950   Congressman, New York 26th
John J. Rhodes
Politician
18-Sep-1916 24-Aug-2003 Congressman from Arizona, 1953-83
Tom Ridge
Politician
26-Aug-1945   US Secretary of Homeland Security, 2003-04
Toby Roth
Politician
10-Oct-1938   Congressman from Wisconsin, 1979-97
Richard B. Russell
Politician
2-Nov-1897 21-Jan-1971 US Senator from Georgia, 1933-71
Leverett Saltonstall
Politician
1-Sep-1892 17-Jun-1979 US Senator from Masachusetts, 1945-67
Don W. Samuelson
Politician
27-Jul-1913 20-Jan-2000 Governor of Idaho, 1967-71
Carl Sanders
Politician
15-May-1925   Governor of Georgia, 1963-67
Terry Sanford
Politician
20-Aug-1917 18-Apr-1998 Governor and Senator from North Carolina
George E. Sangmeister
Politician
16-Feb-1931 7-Oct-2007 Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95
Grant Sawyer
Politician
14-Dec-1918 19-Feb-1996 Governor of Nevada, 1959-67
William B. Saxbe
Politician
24-Jun-1916   US Attorney General, 1974-75
William Donald Schaefer
Politician
2-Nov-1921   Governor of Maryland, 1987-95
Victor H. Schiro
Politician
6-May-1904 29-Aug-1992 Mayor of New Orleans, 1961-70
John G. Schmitz
Politician
12-Aug-1930 10-Jan-2001 Congressman from California, 1970-73
Richard T. Schulze
Politician
7-Aug-1929   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1975-93
Richard S. Schweiker
Politician
1-Jun-1926   US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1969-81
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Government
20-Sep-1894 10-Jun-1948 US Secretary of Labor, 1945-48
Hugh D. Scott, Jr.
Politician
11-Nov-1900 21-Jul-1994 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77
James G. Scrugham
Politician
19-Jan-1880 23-Jun-1945 Governor of Nevada, 1923-27
Samuel H. Shapiro
Politician
25-Apr-1907 16-Mar-1987 Governor of Illinois, 1968-69
John Shimkus
Politician
21-Feb-1958   Congressman, Illinois 19th
Hulett C. Smith
Politician
21-Oct-1918   Governor of West Virginia, 1965-69
Richard A. Snelling
Politician
18-Feb-1927 14-Aug-1991 Twice Governor of Vermont
Mike Sodrel
Politician
17-Dec-1945   Congressman, Indiana 9th
John J. Sparkman
Politician
20-Dec-1899 16-Nov-1985 US Senator from Alabama, 1946-79
Floyd Spence
Politician
9-Apr-1928 16-Aug-2001 Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001
Robert T. Stafford
Politician
8-Aug-1913 23-Dec-2006 Governor and Senator from Vermont
Harley O. Staggers, Sr.
Politician
3-Aug-1907 20-Aug-1991 Congressman from West Virginia, 1949-81
Ted Stevens
Politician
18-Nov-1923   US Senator from Alaska
Samuel S. Stratton
Politician
27-Sep-1916 13-Sep-1990 Congressman from New York
William G. Stratton
Politician
26-Feb-1914 2-Mar-2001 Governor of Illinois, 1953-61
John B. Swainson
Politician
31-Jul-1925 13-May-1994 Governor of Michigan, 1961-63
John Tanner
Politician
22-Sep-1944   Congressman, Tennessee 8th
Mike Thompson
Politician
24-Jan-1951   Congressman, California 1st
John Tower
Politician
25-Sep-1925 5-Apr-1991 US Senator from Texas, 1961-85
Harry S. Truman
Head of State
8-May-1884 26-Dec-1972 33rd US President, 1945-53
Bill Tuck
Politician
28-Sep-1896 9-Jun-1983 Governor of Virginia, 1946-50
Jesse Unruh
Politician
30-Sep-1922 4-Aug-1987 Speaker of California State Assembly
Jerome R. Waldie
Politician
15-Feb-1925   Congressman from California, 1966-75
Monrad C. Wallgren
Politician
17-Apr-1891 18-Sep-1961 Governor of Washington, 1945-49
John Warner
Politician
18-Feb-1927   US Senator from Virginia
Dave Weldon
Politician
31-Aug-1953   Congressman, Florida 15th
Herman Welker
Politician
11-Dec-1906 30-Oct-1957 US Senator from Idaho, 1951-57
John C. West
Politician
27-Aug-1922 21-Mar-2004 Governor of South Carolina, 1971-75
G. Mennen Williams
Politician
23-Feb-1911 2-Feb-1988 Governor of Michigan, 1949-61
Joe Wilson
Politician
31-Jul-1947   Congressman, South Carolina 2nd
Harry H. Woodring
Politician
31-May-1890 9-Sep-1967 US Secretary of War, 1936-40
Robert A. Young III
Politician
27-Nov-1923 17-Oct-2007 Congressman from Missouri, 1977-87


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