The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Wrighton to Wyant

Index to Politicians: Wrighton to Wyant

WRIGHTON (Soundex W623) — See also ARKWRIGHT, BOATWRIGHT, BOTWRIGHT, BRIGHTON, CARTWRIGHT, CORTWRIGHT, CREIGHTON, DRUMWRIGHT, HIGHTOWER, KNIGHTON, LAIGHTON, LEIGHTON, LIGHTON, MCCREIGHTON, RATTAN, RATTON, RETAN, RHOTON, RITON, ROTAN, ROUTON, RUTAN, RUTHANNE, SEAWRIGHT, WAINWRIGHT, WANEWRIGHT, WHEELWRIGHT, WORTHING, WRIGHT, WRIGHTSMAN, WRIGHTSON.

WRIGHTON: See also Jesse Ormondroyd.

WRIGHTSMAN (Soundex W623) — See also ARKWRIGHT, BOATWRIGHT, BOTWRIGHT, CARTWRIGHT, CORTWRIGHT, DRUMWRIGHT, HEITSMAN, HORTSMAN, HUNTSMAN, KNIGHTS, LIGHTSEY, PROTSMAN, RITZMAN, SALTSMAN, SEAWRIGHT, SIGHTS, STUTSMAN, WAIGHTSTILL, WAINWRIGHT, WANEWRIGHT, WHEELWRIGHT, WRIGHT, WRIGHTON, WRIGHTSON, ZELTSMAN.

WRIGHTSMAN: See also Joseph James Wrightsman Gawthrop.
Wrightsman, Eileen — of New York. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000. Female. Still living as of 2000.

WRIGHTSON (Soundex W623) — See also ARKWRIGHT, ARTESANI, BOATWRIGHT, BOTWRIGHT, CARTWRIGHT, CORTWRIGHT, DRUMWRIGHT, KNIGHTS, LIGHTSEY, ROUTZAHN, ROUTZOHN, RUTSEN, RUTSON, SEAWRIGHT, SIGHTS, WAIGHTSTILL, WAINWRIGHT, WANEWRIGHT, WHEELWRIGHT, WRIGHT, WRIGHTON, WRIGHTSMAN.

Wrightson, Thomas II (1822-1897) — of Kentucky. Born July 24, 1822. Member of Kentucky state senate, 1869-73; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1870. Died August 7, 1897. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

WRIGLEY (Soundex W624) — See also AMARIGLIO, BRIGLIA, CRIGLER, GRIGLIK, HIGLEY, MCGARRIGLE, QUIGLEY, WEIGLEY, WIGLEY, WRISLEY.

WRIGLEY: See also William Perry George.
Wrigley, Byron E. — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Wrigley, William, Jr. — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928. Burial location unknown.

WRINKLE (Soundex W652) — See also BOWRING, BRINKLEY, CRINKLAW, DRINKLE, RANKL, RANKLE, RONCALIO, RONCALLO, RUNKEL, RUNKLE, TRINKLE, WINKLE, WINKLER.

Wrinkle, B. Winston — of Big Spring, Howard County, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1972. Still living as of 1972.
Wrinkle, J. R. — of Silver City, Grant County, N.M. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1952. Still living as of 1952.
Wrinkle, Winston See B. Winston Wrinkle

WRISLEY (Soundex W624) — See also BRISLIN, CRISLIP, DAISLEY, DRISLANE, HAISLEY, ISLEY, KNISLEY, KRISLOV, PAISLEY, RAESLY, RISLEY, RISLING, RIZLEY, ROUSLEY, SISLEY, TRISLER, WRIGLEY, WRISTON, YEISLEY.

Wrisley, Jeffrey — Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 2002. Still living as of 2002.

WRISTON (Soundex W623) — See also CORRISTON, HARISTON, RESTIANO, RISTINE, ROSTON, ROWSTON, ROYSTON, RUSTIN, WRISLEY.

WRISTON: See also Tom M. Bell.
Wriston, Clyde O. — of Raleigh County, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for West Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1950, 1952. Still living as of 1952.
Wriston, Robert — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Republican. Mayor of Beckley, W.Va., 1935-37, 1944-45. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WRITER (Soundex W636) — See also FERRITER, FRITER, REITER, REITHER, RETTER, REUTER, REUTHER, REUTTER, RIGHTER, RITER, RITTER, RYTER.

Writer, Harold D. — of Denver, Colo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1952. Still living as of 1952.

WROBEL (Soundex W614) — See also BOWLER, LOWBER, REBAL, REBEL, ROBELEN, ROYBAL, RUBEL, STROBEL, WOBLER, WOLBER, WROBLESKI.

Wrobel, George A. — of Wayne County, Mich. Constitutional Democratic candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WROBLESKI (Soundex W614) — See also KORALESKI, KOVALESKI, LESKIW, MAZALESKI, NOBLES, OLESKI, POLESKI, ROBLEE, ROBLES, ROBLEY, STROBLE, WASILESKI, WROBEL, ZALESKI.

Wrobleski, Edward Z. (1893-1973) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born January 4, 1893. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1940 (primary), 1941. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 20, 1973. Burial location unknown.

WROE (Soundex W600) — See also RHOE, RHUE, ROE, ROEH, ROUGH, ROUW, ROW, ROWE, ROY, ROYE, RUE, RUGH, RUH.

WROE: See also John Edwards.
Wroe, John C. — of Waltham, Middlesex County, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952. Still living as of 1952.
Wroe, William H. H. — of Medina, Outagamie County, Wis. Republican. Member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1872. Burial location unknown.

WRONSKI (Soundex W652) — See also BOWRON, DOBRONSKI, GAWRON, GAWRONSKI, GOLONSKI, JABLONSKI, OKONSKI, PLONSKI, SKOWRONSKI, STEDRONSKY, TARGONSKI, YABLONSKI.

Wronski, Bronislaw — of Michigan. Communist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Wronski, Joseph F. — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932, 1936. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WRUCKE (Soundex W620) — See also ROACH, ROCHE, ROCK, ROCKE, ROOK, ROOKE, ROQUE, ROUCH, RUCH, RUCK, RUICK, RUYAK, WRUPLE.

Wrucke, Albert See H. Albert Wrucke
Wrucke, Ernst C. — of Wisconsin. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1924. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Wrucke, H. Albert — of Campbellsport, Fond du Lac County, Wis. Republican. Member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1931. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WRUPLE (Soundex W614) — See also DUPLER, DUPLESSIE, EUPLE, RUPLEY, RUPLI, SCHUPLER, SUPLEE, WRUCKE.

Wruple, Marc R. — Libertarian. Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 37th District, 1982. Still living as of 1982.

WU (Soundex W000)

Wu, Christina — of Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2008. Female. Still living as of 2008.
Wu, David (b. 1955) — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore. Born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 8, 1955. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1999-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 2000, 2004, 2008. Chinese ancestry. Still living as of 2009.
- See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
Wu, John (born c.1935) — of Ludlow, Windsor County, Vt. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 2004. Still living as of 2004.

WUCHTER (Soundex W236) — See also BUCHTEL, BUCHTER, FRUCHTER, WACHTER, WAECHTER, WECHTER.

Wuchter, George — of Medina, Medina County, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908. Burial location unknown.

WUERCH (Soundex W620) — See also WARK, WARKE, WERK, WORCH, WORK, WUERSCH, WUERTELE, WUERTHNER, WUERTZ, WUEST.

Wuerch, George P. (born c.1936) — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Republican. Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 2000-03; defeated, 2003. Still living as of 2003.
- See also: Wikipedia article.

WUERSCH (Soundex W620) — See also WUERCH, WUERTELE, WUERTHNER, WUERTZ, WUEST, WURSCH.

Wuersch, Daniel G. — of East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill. Republican. Member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1925. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WUERTELE (Soundex W634) — See also BERTELS, BERTELSEN, BERTELSMAN, ERTEL, HERTEL, HERTELL, QUERTERMOUS, SCHAUERTE, TERTELING, WARTELL, WORTLEY, WUERCH, WUERSCH, WUERTHNER, WUERTZ, WUEST.

Wuertele, Carl E. — of Colorado. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1944. Still living as of 1944.

WUERTHNER (Soundex W635) — See also ATHNEIL, GOTHNER, GUENTHNER, HUERTH, MCCATHNEY, OTHNEIL, WARTNER, WATHNE, WIRTNER, WUERCH, WUERSCH, WUERTELE, WUERTZ, WUEST.

Wuerthner, Julius J. (1890-1972) — of Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont. Born in Manchester, Washtenaw County, Mich., May 18, 1890. Member of Montana state house of representatives, 1925-27; member of Montana state senate, 1928-31; mayor of Great Falls, Mont., 1937-41. Died in a nursing home at Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., February 21, 1972. Interment at Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont.

WUERTZ (Soundex W632) — See also WERTS, WERTZ, WIRTZ, WORTIS, WORTZ, WUERCH, WUERSCH, WUERTELE, WUERTHNER, WUEST, WURTS, WURTZ.

Wuertz, Frank O. — Conservative. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1972. Still living as of 1972.
Wuertz, Werner E. — of Minnesota. Candidate for Minnesota state senate 5th District, 1950. Still living as of 1950.

WUEST (Soundex W230) — See also WASTE, WEST, WESTA, WESTE, WIEST, WISETH, WISTI, WOESTE, WUERCH, WUERSCH, WUERTELE, WUERTHNER, WUERTZ.

Wuest, George W. (b. 1924) — of South Dakota. Born in Lake Andes, Charles Mix County, S.Dak., February 3, 1924. Circuit judge in South Dakota, 1965-84; justice of South Dakota state supreme court, 1985-86, 1986- (2nd District 1985-86, 5th District 1986-93); chief justice of South Dakota state supreme court, 1986-90. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 1993.

WUISTER (Soundex W236) — See also WESTER, WESTRA, WISTAR, WISTER, WOOSTER, WULSTER.

Wuister, Jacob — U.S. Vice Consul in Curacao, 1897. Burial location unknown.

WULDERK (Soundex W436) — See also DERK, DERKHEIM, DERKOORKANIAN, DERKSEN, ELDERKIN, GOULDER, MOULDER, MULDER, OUDERKIRK, SHOULDERS, WILDRICK.

Wulderk, David — of Pennsylvania. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2000. Still living as of 2000.

WULF (Soundex W410) — See also VANWULFEN, WEILOFF, WELF, WOLF, WOLFE, WOLFF, WOOLF, WOULFE, WULFF, WULFJEN, WULFMAN.

Wulf, Mrs. Chris — of Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont.; Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1972. Female. Still living as of 1972.

WULFF (Soundex W410) — See also MCHALFFEY, MUSOLFF, VANWULFEN, WEILOFF, WELF, WOLF, WOLFE, WOLFF, WOOLF, WOULFE, WULF, WULFJEN, WULFMAN.

Wulff, Henry — of Cook County, Ill. Illinois state treasurer, 1895-97. Burial location unknown.
Wulff, Joseph F. — of Argyle, Osage County, Mo. Democrat. Chair of Osage County Democratic Party, 1949. Still living as of 1949.

WULFJEN (Soundex W412) — See also FJELDSTED, FJELLBO, FJETLAND, VANWULFEN, WULF, WULFF, WULFMAN.

WULFJEN: See also John Benjamin Kendrick.

WULFMAN (Soundex W415) — See also VANWULFEN, WOLFMAN, WULF, WULFF, WULFJEN.

Wulfman, Samuel H. — of Huntingburg, Dubois County, Ind. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1904. Burial location unknown.

WULKAN (Soundex W425) — See also GOMULKA, HULKA, MALKAN, MATULKA, WALKIN, WILCKEN, WILKEN, WILKIN.

Wulkan, A. David — of Jackson County, Mich. Libertarian. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives 50th District, 1976. Still living as of 1976.
Wulkan, David See A. David Wulkan

WULLWEBER (Soundex W416) — See also BOLLWEG, BULLWINKEL, ELLWEIN, HALLWEY, REISENWEBER, ROMWEBER, STILLWELL, WEBE, WEBER.

Wullweber, Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Jurgen (1833-1877) — also known as Christian Wullweber — of Iowa. Born in 1833. U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1875-76. Died in 1877. Burial location unknown.

WULSTER (Soundex W423) — See also BOLSTER, COULSTON, FAULSTICH, GALSTER, GILSTER, HULST, KRAWULSKI, KULSTEAD, MALSTER, RAULSTON, SCHULSTAD, SULSTON, WUISTER.

Wulster, Emil M. — of New Jersey. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1942. Still living as of 1942.

WUNDERLY (Soundex W536) — See also BRUDERLY, POWDERLY, SUNDERLAND, SUNDERLIN, VANDERLYN, WUNEK, WUNSCH, WUNSCHL.

Wunderly, Edward — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Democrat. Member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1848. Burial location unknown.

WUNEK (Soundex W520) — See also BARTUNEK, LUNEKE, WANEK, WARRUNEK, WAYNICK, WIENEKE, WINEKE, WINICK, WINIK, WUNDERLY, WUNSCH, WUNSCHL.

Wunek, Samuel — Socialist Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1956. Still living as of 1956.

WUNSCH (Soundex W520) — See also DUNSCOMB, WONSCH, WUNDERLY, WUNEK, WUNSCHL, WURSCH.

Wunsch, Ellis A. — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1959. Still living as of 1959.
Wunsch, Paul R. — of Kingman, Kingman County, Kan. Republican. Speaker of the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1943-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1960. Still living as of 1960.

WUNSCHL (Soundex W524) — See also DUNSCOMB, LAUTENSCHLAGER, OCHSENSCHLAGER, WEINSHALL, WINSHALL, WUNDERLY, WUNEK, WUNSCH.

WUNSCHL: See also Martha Allen-Wunschl.

WURF (Soundex W610) — See also WARF.

Wurf, Alfred — of Fair Lawn, Bergen County, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1980. Still living as of 1980.
Wurf, Jerry (b. 1919) — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 18, 1919. Democrat. President, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, from 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1972, 1980. Jewish. Member, Urban League; Americans for Democratic Action; American Arbitration Association. Still living as of 1980.

WURM (Soundex W650) — See also WERME, WURMLINGER.

Wurm, Ernest J. — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for New York state senate 9th District, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Wurm, Jack C., Jr. — of Comstock Park, Kent County, Mich.; Rockford, Kent County, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Still living as of 2008.

WURMLINGER (Soundex W654) — See also DUEMLING, GORMLEY, GRAMLING, HAMLING, HARMLESS, LINGER, PARMLEE, PARMLEY, REMLING, SCRAMLING, SEMLING, SUMLING, THEEMLING, WORMLEY, WURM.

Wurmlinger, Norma — of Southgate, Wayne County, Mich. Mayor of Southgate, Mich., 1999. Female. Still living as of 2005.

WURSCH (Soundex W620) — See also URSCHEL, WUERSCH, WUNSCH, WURST, WURSTER.

WURSCH: See also Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr..

WURST (Soundex W623) — See also HURST, WURSCH, WURSTER, WURTS.

Wurst, Edward L. — of Minnesota. Fellowship candidate for U.S. Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1944. Still living as of 1944.
Wurst, H. R. — of Gladstone, Clay County, Mo. Republican. Mayor of Gladstone, Mo., 1965-67. Still living as of 1967.
Wurst, Henry E. — of Missouri. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1964. Still living as of 1964.

WURSTER (Soundex W623) — See also BURSTEIN, FARSTER, FERSTER, FOERSTER, FORSTER, GERSTER, PORSTER, RSTER, WORSTER, WURSCH, WURST.

Wurster, Ernest M. — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Democrat. Carriage and wagon dealer; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1915-21. Burial location unknown.
Wurster, Frederick W. (1850-1917) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Plymouth, Washington County, N.C., April 1, 1850. Republican. Manufacturer of axles; owner of a brass foundry; mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1896-97. Presbyterian. German ancestry. Died June 27, 1917. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Wurster, Patsy — of Peyton, El Paso County, Colo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004.

WURTS (Soundex W632) — See also BURTS, COURTS, CURTS, WERTS, WERTZ, WIRTZ, WORTIS, WORTZ, WUERTZ, WURST, WURTSMITH, WURTZ, WURTZEL.

Wurts, Alexander — of Hunterdon County, N.J. Member of New Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1845-46, 1865-67. Burial location unknown.
Wurts, George — of New Jersey. Secretary of state of New Jersey, 1899. Burial location unknown.
Wurts, Jacob D. — of New Paltz, Ulster County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Ulster County 2nd District, 1875-76. Burial location unknown.
Wurts, John (1792-1861) — of Pennsylvania. Born in New Jersey, 1792. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1825-27. Died in 1861. Interment in private or family graveyard.
- See also: congressional biography.

WURTSMITH (Soundex W632) — See also BURTS, COURTS, CURTS, HORTSMAN, SMITH, WURTS, WURTZ, WURTZEL.

Wurtsmith, Joseph E. — of Wayne County, Mich. Democrat. Democratic candidate for Michigan state senate 21st District, 1926, 1928 (primary). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WURTZ (Soundex W632) — See also KURTZ, KURTZENACKER, SCHURTZ, STURTZ, WERTS, WERTZ, WIRTZ, WORTIS, WORTZ, WUERTZ, WURTS, WURTSMITH, WURTZEL.

WURTZ: See also George Wurtz Hughes.
Wurtz, Richard J. — of Mound City, Linn County, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1996. Still living as of 1996.

WURTZEL (Soundex W632) — See also BARTZEN, HARTZELL, KURTZ, KURTZENACKER, SCHERTZER, SCHURTZ, SCHWARTZEL, SCHWARTZENBURG, SHARTZER, STURTZ, WURTS, WURTSMITH, WURTZ, WURZEL.

Wurtzel, Janet — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Democrat. Member, Rules Committee, Democratic National Convention, 2008. Female. Still living as of 2008.

WURZBACH (Soundex W621) — See also BACH, EKWURZEL, GLOTZBACH, HERZBERG, HERZBURG, KATZBACH, KATZBAN, WIERZBICKI, WURZEL, WURZER.

Wurzbach, Harry McLeary (1874-1931) — also known as Harry M. Wurzbach — of Seguin, Guadalupe County, Tex. Born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., May 19, 1874. Married to Darden Wagner; uncle of Robert Christian Eckhardt. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Guadalupe County Attorney, 1901-02; Guadalupe County Judge, 1905-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912 (alternate), 1924; U.S. Representative from Texas 14th District, 1921-29, 1930-31; died in office 1931. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., November 6, 1931. Interment at Military Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
- See also Kleberg-Wurzbach family of Texas
- See also: congressional biography.

WURZEL (Soundex W624) — See also EKWURZEL, GURZENDA, WORSLEY, WORZEL, WURTZEL, WURZBACH, WURZER.

Wurzel, Raymond C. (1902-1967) — of North Street, St. Clair County, Mich. Born in St. Clair County, Mich., April 1, 1902. Married, November 13, 1926, to Ada Quail. Republican. Farmer; president and chairman, London Farm Dairy, Inc., of Port Huron; excavating business; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1957-66 (St. Clair District 1957-64, 76th District 1965-66). Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Farm Bureau; Kiwanis. Died in 1967. Burial location unknown.

WURZER (Soundex W626) — See also EKWURZEL, GURZENDA, WURZBACH, WURZEL.

Wurzer, F. H. — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1904. Burial location unknown.

WUSTUM (Soundex W235) — See also AGUSTUS, AUGUSTUS, COSTUMA, GUSTUS, JUSTUS, STUM, STUMBO, STUMM, STUMP, STUMPF.

Wustum, George — of Racine, Racine County, Wis. Mayor of Racine, Wis., 1855. Burial location unknown.

WUTKE (Soundex W320) — See also GUTKES, LUTKE, LUTKEWITTE, WATCH.

Wutke, Margaret Peggy — of Nevada. Republican. Presidential Elector for Nevada, 2000. Female. Still living as of 2000.

WYAMAN (Soundex W550) — See also WAYMON, WEYMAN, WIEMAN, WIMAN, WYANNE, WYANT, WYATT, WYMAN, YAMANI.

WYAMAN: See also Wyaman Williams.

WYANNE (Soundex W500) — See also FAYANNE, TREYANNE, WAYNE, WEIN, WENE, WEYNA, WIEN, WINE, WINN, WINNE, WYAMAN, WYANT, WYATT, WYNN, WYNNE.

WYANNE: See also Wyanne Bunyan.

WYANT (Soundex W530) — See also WANATEE, WEANT, WEIANT, WENDT, WEYANDT, WIANDT, WIANT, WINNETT, WINT, WYAMAN, WYANNE, WYATT, WYGANT, WYNANT.

WYANT: See also Wyant Clinton.
Wyant, Adam Martin (1869-1935) — also known as Adam M. Wyant — of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa. Born near Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., September 15, 1869. Married, December 1, 1910, to Katharine Nelson Doty. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1921-33 (22nd District 1921-23, 31st District 1923-33). Died in 1935. Interment at St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
- See also: congressional biography.
Wyant, Harry L., Jr. — of Phillipsburg, Warren County, N.J. Mayor of Phillipsburg, N.J., 2007. Still living as of 2007.

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