Hal Holmes was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses ( 1943 – 1959). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress. He died in Yakima, Washington, July 27, 1977, and was buried in Terrace Heights Memorial Park.

James Eubert Holshouser, Jr. was the 68th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977.

Holshouser was elected to the first of several terms representing Watauga County in the North Carolina House of Representatives, eventually becoming minority leader. North Carolina had been virtually a one-party, Democratic-dominated state since 1899; Holshouser came from one of the few areas of the state where the GOP even existed. During the 1960s, however, a number of Southern whites began shifting their support to the Republican..

He chaired the state Republican Party from 1966 through 1972, following passage of federal civil rights legislation in 1964 and 1965 that ended segregation and authorized federal oversight and enforcement of suffrage for African Americans.

In 1972, Holshouser defeated Jim Gardner for the Republican nomination for Governor, and then narrowly defeated Democrat Skipper Bowles in the general election with 51 percent of the vote, becoming North Carolina’s first Republican governor elected since 1896. At age 38, Holshouser was also the state’s youngest governor since the nineteenth century.

Holshouser was a moderate Republican, which caused some chagrin among many members of his own party. The governor supported Gerald Ford for president in 1976, while Republican U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (a former Democrat) supported Ronald Reagan. When Reagan won the North Carolina presidential preference primary of 1976, the Republican state convention refused to appoint Holshouser as a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

His accomplishments in office included consolidation of the University of North Carolina system under a Board of Governors, capital improvement funding for the community college system, statewide enrollment for children in kindergarten, and establishment of health clinics in rural areas not served by local physicians. He could not run for reelection in 1976. North Carolina governors were barred from immediate reelection at the time; while the state constitution had been amended to allow governors to run for reelection, this was not slated to take effect until 1976.

After leaving office, Holshouser returned to the practice of law was elected to the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina, and later served as a member emeritus. He also served on the Boards of St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, NC, and his undergraduate alma mater, Davidson College.

Holshouser eventually became great friends with Democratic Lieutenant Governor Jim Hunt, who succeeded him in 1976. They served together on the North Carolina Advisory Board of DonorsChoose.

David Franklin Houston was an American academic, businessman and conservative Democratic politician. Houston served as President Woodrow Wilson’s Secretary of Agriculture from 1913 to 1920, when he became the Secretary of the Treasury until 1921.

During his time as Agriculture Secretary many important agricultural laws were passed by the U.S. Congress, including the Smith-Lever Act, the Farm Loan Act, the Warehouse Act, and the Federal Aid Road Act.

Houston came to the Treasury Department as World War I was ending. As ex officio Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, he issued severe warnings and, increased rediscount rates in order to prevent the inflation that the European allies were experiencing. Houston predicted a fall in U.S. prices, particularly of farm products, after the optimism of the Armistice wore off. He pushed for easier credit for farmers and urged them to produce less.

But when prices fell more dramatically than expected in 1920, farm spokesmen unfairly accused Houston of deliberately wrecking agrarian prosperity. Abroad, England and France were pushing to cancel their war debts. Houston, the U.S. Congress and the President, against cancellation, converted the short-term debts to long-term loans. Houston resigned at the end of President Wilson’s term, after only a year in office.

Allan Hubbard received his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University cum laude in 1969. He received a J.D. from Harvard Law School (1975), also cum laude, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a classmate of Bush’s.

He was previously the director of E & A Industries, a conglomerate in Indiana that owns three chemical companies, among others. A major fundraiser for Bush, from 1993 to 1994, Hubbard served as the volunteer chairman of the Indiana State Republican Party and from 1990 to 1992 as deputy chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, and previously as executive director of the President’s Council on Competitiveness, which was chaired by Quayle.

Hubbard formerly served as an Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council. He was also one of the Members of the 2006 Bilderberg Meeting in Ottawa, Canada, and is a former member of the group’s Steering Committee.

Jared William Huffman is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for California’s 2nd congressional district since 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. From 2006 to 2012, Huffman was a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 6th district. Huffman chaired the Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee and also chaired the Assembly Environmental Caucus. He was elected to Congress in November 2012 with more than 70% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Dan Roberts. His congressional district covers the North Coast from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border.

Harold LeClair Ickes was an American administrator and politician. He served as United States Secretary of the Interior for 13 years, from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and the second longest-serving Cabinet member in U.S. history next to James Wilson. He and Labor Secretary Frances Perkins were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet who remained in office for his entire presidency.

Ickes was responsible for implementing much of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal”. He was in charge of the major relief program, the Public Works Administration (PWA), and in charge of the federal government’s environmental efforts.

In his day, he was considered a prominent liberal spokesmen, a skillful orator and a noted supporter of many African-American causes, although he was at times politically expedient where state-level segregation was concerned. Before his national-level political career, where he did remove segregation in areas of his direct control, he had been the president of the Chicago NAACP.

Robert C. Weaver, who in 1966 became the first African-American person to hold a cabinet position in the U.S., was in the “Black Kitchen Cabinet,” Ickes’ group of advisers on race relations.

He was the father of Harold M. Ickes, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton.

John Jarman served as the United States House of Representatives for twenty-six years (1951-1977). John enlisted in the United States Army shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and was discharged in 1945. John retired in 1976 and practiced law in Oklahoma.

Royal C. Johnson was a member of the United States House of Representatives for eighteen years (1915-1933). Royal Johnson was also a veteran of World War I, where he received the Distinguished Service Cross after putting his body in harm’s way to save his fellow soldiers.

After Royal’s death, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the Veterans Administration Hospital in South Dakota is named in his honor.

J. Bennett Johnston Jr. was a Senator from Louisiana; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parrish, La., June 10, 1932; educated in the public schools of Shreveport, La.; attended Washington and Lee University and United States Military Academy; graduated, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, La., 1956; admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1956 and commenced practice in Shreveport; served in the United States Army, Judge Advocate General Corps, Germany, 1956-1959; member, Louisiana house of representatives 1964-1968, serving as floor leader; member, State senate 1968-1972; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, November 7, 1972, for the term commencing January 3, 1973; subsequently appointed by the Governor to complete the unexpired term ending January 3, 1973, caused by the death of Allen J. Ellender and left vacant by the resignation of Elaine S. Edwards; reelected in 1978, 1984, and again in 1990 and served from November 14, 1972, to January 3, 1997; was not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (Ninety-fourth Congress), Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses); engaged in the consulting and development businesses.

Hamilton Jordan ran Jimmy Carter’s successful gubernatorial campaign in 1970, which included a Democratic primary election fight against former Governor Carl Sanders and a less eventful general election against the Republican Hal Suit.

While serving as Governor Carter’s executive assistant, Jordan wrote a lengthy memorandum detailing a strategy for winning the 1976 Democratic Primary. Years later, Jordan’s memo served as the “game plan” for Carter’s 1976 presidential bid. Jordan was a key advisor and strategist for Carter during the 1976 presidential campaign and during Carter’s administration, serving as White House Chief of Staff in 1979-1980 (Carter, who took office in 1977, had previously not seen the need formally to appoint an aide to such a post).

Jordan played a powerful role in the formulation of election strategies and government policies. In 1986, Jordan ran for the Democratic nomination for one of Georgia’s seats in the United States Senate. He lost the primary to Representative Wyche Fowler, who went on to win the general election against the Republican incumbent Mack Mattingly.