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unusual facts about Ben C. Dawkins, Sr.



Ben C. Henley

As the state party chairman, Henley was a delegate to the 1956 and the 1960 Republican national conventions held in San Francisco and Chicago, respectively.

Gary R. Roberts

After completing his legal studies, Roberts clerked for the Honorable Ben C. Duniway on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco.

Jefferson B. Snyder

The list of honorary pallbearers reads like a "Who's Who" of state and delta politicians: Russell B. Long, Allen J. Ellender, John B. Fournet, Otto Passman, Ben C. Dawkins, Sr., Joseph E. Ransdell, W. W. Burnside, Joseph T. Curry, Andrew L. Sevier, Judge Frank Voelker, and successor District Attorney Thompson L. Clarke of Snyder's native St. Joseph.


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