Selected officials of Cuyahoga County

(not intended to be complete)

Sherlock J. Andrews (Prosecuting Attorney, 1830) Herman C. Baehr (County Recorder, 1904-09) Seth C. Taft (County Commissioner, 1971)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cuyahoga County

• Bedford Bedford Cemetery
• Brook Park Holy Cross Cemetery
• Cleveland Unknown location
• Cleveland Calvary Cemetery
• Cleveland Erie Street Cemetery
• Cleveland Highland Park Cemetery
• Cleveland Lake View Cemetery
• Cleveland Monroe Street Cemetery
• Cleveland Riverside Cemetery
• Cleveland Woodland Cemetery
• Cleveland Heights Mayfield Cemetery
• Mayfield Heights Knollwood Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Vincent Albert Taylor (1845-1922) — of Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1845. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1888; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1891-93. Died in 1922. Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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Politicians buried here:

• Anthony Joseph Celebrezze (1910-1998) — also known as Anthony J. Celebrezze — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Anzi, Italy, September 4, 1910. Father of Anthony Joseph Celebrezze, Jr.. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Ohio state senate, 1951-53; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1953-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1956, 1960, 1964; U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1962-65; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1965. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Died October 29, 1998. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Ralph J. Perk (c.1914-1999) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1971-77; defeated, 1969, 1977 ( primary); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1972; candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1974. Died April 21, 1999. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  
  
• Anthony Alfred Fleger (1900-1963) — also known as Anthony A. Fleger — of Ohio. Born in Austria-Hungary, October 21, 1900. Democrat. State court judge in Ohio, 1930-32; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1933; mayor of Parma, Ohio, 1934-35; U.S. Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1937-39; defeated, 1940. Died in Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, Va., July 16, 1963. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• William Augustus Barstow (1813-1865) — also known as William A. Barstow — of Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wis.; Janesville, Rock County, Wis. Born in Plainfield, Windham County, Conn., September 13, 1813. Son of William A. Barstow; married 1844 to Maria Quarles. Democrat. Secretary of state of Wisconsin, 1850-52; Governor of Wisconsin, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860; president, St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., December 13, 1865. Interment somewhere.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

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• Frank John Lausche (1895-1990) — also known as Frank J. Lausche — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 14, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; municipal judge in Ohio, 1932-37; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1937-41; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1941-44; Governor of Ohio, 1945-47, 1949-57; defeated, 1946; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1957-69. Catholic. Member, Delta Theta Phi. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 21, 1990. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Francis Patrick Corrigan (1881-1968) — also known as Frank P. Corrigan — of Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 14, 1881. Father of Robert Foster Corrigan. Physician; U.S. Minister to El Salvador, 1934-37; Panama, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, 1939-47. Catholic. Member, American Medical Association; Rotary. Assisted with the first modern blood transfusion, in 1906 at the Cleveland Clinic. Died in 1968. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  
  
• Thomas A. Burke (1898-1971) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 30, 1898. Son of Thomas A. Burke and Lillian (McNeil) Burke; married, June 25, 1924, to Josephine Lyon. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1945-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1953-54. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Phi Alpha Delta. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, December 5, 1971. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Martin Leonard Sweeney (1885-1960) — also known as Martin L. Sweeney — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 15, 1885. Father of Robert E. Sweeney. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1913-14; municipal judge in Ohio, 1924-32; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1931-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1932; candidate for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1933, 1941; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1944. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, May 1, 1960. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank Joseph Battisti (1922-1994) — of Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, October 4, 1922. Son of Eugene Battisti and Jennie (Dalesandro) Battisti. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1959-61; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1961-94; took senior status 1994. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 19, 1994. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• John Joseph Babka (1884-1937) — of Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 16, 1884. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 22, 1937. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Joshua Mills (1797-1843) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1797. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1838-40, 1842-43; defeated, 1840, 1841. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 29, 1843. Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
  
  
• John William Allen (1802-1887) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., 1802. Son of John Allen. Whig. Lawyer; director, Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, 1832; incorporator, Cleveland Newburg Railroad, 1834; member of Ohio state senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841-42; president, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad, 1845; postmaster. Episcopalian. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 5, 1887. Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Hoadley (1781-1857) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Connecticut, December 15, 1781. Father of George Hoadly. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1846-47. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 20, 1857. Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
  
  
• Jabez W. Fitch — of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1878-80. Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• John Wheelock Willey (1797-1841) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in New Hampshire, 1797. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1827-30; member of Ohio state senate, 1830-32; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1836-38; district judge in Ohio, 1840-41; died in office 1841. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 9, 1841. Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph William Gray (d. 1862) — also known as J. W. Gray — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860. Died May 26, 1862. Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment at Highland Park Cemetery.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) — also known as Harold H. Burton — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Boise, Ada County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 22, 1888. Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz) Burton; married, June 15, 1912, to Selma Florence Smith. Republican. Lawyer; assistant attorney, Utah Power & Light Company and Utah Light & Traction Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power Company and Boise Valley Traction Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1929; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1944; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis; Exchange Club. Died in Washington, D.C., October 28, 1964. Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert Crosser (1874-1957) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, June 7, 1874. Son of James Crosser and Barbara Crosser; married, April 18, 1906, to Isabelle D. Hogg. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1911-12; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1913-19, 1923-55 (at-large 1913-15, 21st District 1915-19, 1923-55). Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., June 3, 1957. Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph William Gray (d. 1862) — also known as J. W. Gray — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860. Died May 26, 1862. Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment at Highland Park Cemetery.
  
  

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• James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known as James A. Garfield — of Hiram, Portage County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. Married, November 11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918); father of James Rudolph Garfield. Republican. Lawyer; college professor; president, Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881. Disciples of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Delta Upsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in about 1898-1905. Shot by Charles J. Guiteau, at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881; died from the effects of the wound and treatment, in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., September 19, 1881. Interment at Lake View Cemetery; statue erected 1887 at Garfield Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif. Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: William S. Maynard
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about James A. Garfield: Allan Peskin, Garfield: A Biography; Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur
  
  
• John Milton Hay (1838-1905) — also known as John Hay — of Washington, D.C. Born in Salem, Washington County, Ind., October 8, 1838. Son of Dr. Charles Hay and Helen (Leonard) Hay; married 1874 to Clara Stone; father of Alice Hay (who married James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.); grandfather of John Hay Whitney and James Jermiah Wadsworth; great-grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington. Private secretary and assistant to President Abraham Lincoln; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1893-98; U.S. Secretary of State, 1898-1905; died in office 1905. Died in Newbury, Merrimack County, N.H., July 1, 1905. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Spencer F. Eddy
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about John Milton Hay: Michael Burlingame, ed., At Lincoln's Side : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings; Robert L. Gale, John Hay (out of print); Howard I. Kushner, John Milton Hay : The Union of Poetry and Politics; Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay
  
  
• Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) — also known as Newton D. Baker — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., December 3, 1871. Son of Newton Diehl Baker and Mary (Dukehart) Baker; married, July 5, 1902, to Elizabeth Leopold. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1912-15; U.S. Secretary of War, 1916-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924, 1928; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, American Judicature Society; Phi Gamma Delta. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, December 25, 1937. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) — Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Mich., March 8, 1890. Lawyer; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57. Episcopalian. President of M.A. Hanna Company 1929-52s. Died January 20, 1970. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Myron Timothy Herrick (1854-1929) — also known as Myron T. Herrick — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Huntington, Lorain County, Ohio, October 9, 1854. Son of Timothy R. Herrick and Mary L. Herrick; married, June 30, 1880, to Carolyn M. Parmely (died 1918). Republican. Lawyer; banker; secretary-treasurer and president, Society for Savings, Cleveland; director and board chairman of railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1904, 1908, 1920; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1892; member of Republican National Committee from Ohio, 1901; Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1912-14, 1921-29, died in office 1929; candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1916. Member, American Bankers Association. Died of a heart attack in Paris, France, March 31, 1929. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Theodore Elijah Burton (1851-1929) — also known as Theodore E. Burton — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, December 20, 1851. Son of William Burton and Elizabeth (Grant) Burton. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1889-91, 1895-1909, 1921-28 (21st District 1889-91, 1895-1909, 22nd District 1921-28); resigned 1909, 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904, 1908, 1924, 1928; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1909-15, 1928-29; died in office 1929; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916. Died in Washington, D.C., October 28, 1929. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Wesley Frost
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Raymond Henry Norweb (1894-1983) — also known as R. Henry Norweb — of Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. Born in Nottingham, England, May 31, 1894. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1936-37; Dominican Republic, 1937-40; Portugal, 1943-44; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1940-43; Portugal, 1944-45; Cuba, 1945-48. Died in 1983. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Harry Lyman Davis (1878-1950) — also known as Harry L. Davis — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 25, 1878. Son of Evan H. Davis and Barbara D. Davis; married, July 16, 1902, to Lucy V. Fegan. Republican. Insurance business; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1915-20, 1933-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916; Governor of Ohio, 1921-23; defeated, 1924. Baptist. Member, Moose. National organizer, Loyal Order of Moose, 1912. Died May 21, 1950. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) — also known as Marcus A. Hanna; Mark Hanna; "Dollar Mark" — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, September 24, 1837. Father of Ruth Hanna McCormick (who married Joseph Medill McCormick). Republican. Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904. Died in Washington, D.C., February 15, 1904. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also McCormick family of Illinois
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Samuel Starkweather (1799-1876) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I., December 27, 1799. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1844-46, 1857-58; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-57. Died July 5, 1876. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry B. Payne (1810-1896) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y., November 30, 1810. Grandfather of Frances Payne Bolton; great-grandfather of Oliver Payne Bolton. Democrat. Member of Ohio state senate, 1849-50; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1875-77; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1880; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1885-91. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 9, 1896. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Bolton-Payne family of Ohio
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David Austin Starkweather (1802-1876) — also known as David A. Starkweather — of Ohio. Born in Preston, New London County, Conn., January 21, 1802. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1833-35; member of Ohio state senate, 1836-38; U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1839-41, 1845-47; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1854-57. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 12, 1876. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Augustus Otis, Sr. (1827-1905) — also known as Charles A. Otis — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum County, Ohio, January 30, 1827. Second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Alleyne Otis; third cousin twice removed of Harrison Gray Otis; son of William Augustus Otis and Eliza (Proctor) Otis; third cousin once removed of John Otis and James Otis; nephew of William Shaw Chandler Otis; married, September 8, 1853, to Mary Jane Sheppard (died 1860); married, October 14, 1863, to Ann Eliza Sheppard. Democrat. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1873-75. Founder, Otis Iron and Steel Co. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 28, 1905. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Otis family of New York
  
  
• Robert Johns Bulkley (1880-1965) — also known as Robert J. Bulkley — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Bratenahl, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 8, 1880. Son of Charles Henry Bulkley and Roberta (Johns) Bulkley; married, February 17, 1909, to Katharine Pope (died 1932); married, March 31, 1934, to Helen (Graham) Robbins. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1911-15; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1930-39; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1964; delegate to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1940. Episcopalian. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 21, 1965. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Wheelock Willey (1797-1841) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in New Hampshire, 1797. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1827-30; member of Ohio state senate, 1830-32; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1836-38; district judge in Ohio, 1840-41; died in office 1841. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 9, 1841. Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Rensselaer R. Herrick (1826-1899) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1826. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1879-82. Died in 1899. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• William Ganson Rose (1829-1899) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1829. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1877-78, 1891-92. Died in 1899. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Robert E. McKisson (1863-1915) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1863. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1895-98. Died in 1915. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Thomas James Herbert (1894-1974) — also known as Thomas J. Herbert — of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 28, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; lawyer; Ohio state attorney general, 1939-45; Governor of Ohio, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948. Methodist. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Died October 26, 1974. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• William Case (1818-1862) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 10, 1818. Son of Leonard Case, Sr.. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1850-52. Died April 19, 1862. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• William B. Castle (1814-1872) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1814. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1855-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868. Died in 1872. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Herman M. Chapin (1823-1879) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1823. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1865-67. Died in 1879. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Nathan P. Payne (1838-1885) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1838. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1875-77. Died in 1885. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• John D. Marshall (1885-1961) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, April 14, 1885. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1925-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936. Died May 17, 1961. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Kingsley Arter Taft (1903-1970) — also known as Kingsley A. Taft — of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 19, 1903. Son of Frederick L. Taft and Mary Alice (Arter) Taft; married, September 14, 1927, to Louise Dakin. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1933-34; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1946-47; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1948-62, 1962-70; died in office 1970. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Psi; Freemasons. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 28, 1970. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Carl Burton Stokes (1927-1996) — also known as Carl B. Stokes — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1927. Brother of Louis Stokes. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1962; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1967-71; defeated, 1965; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1972; municipal judge in Ohio, 1983-94; U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles, 1994-95. Black. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi. Died of cancer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 3, 1996. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • Books about Carl B. Stokes: Leonard N. Moore, Carl B. Stokes and the Rise of Black Political Power
  
  
• David Kellogg Cartter (1812-1887) — also known as David K. Cartter — of Massillon, Stark County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jefferson County, N.Y., June 22, 1812. U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1849-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1860; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1861-62; justice of District of Columbia supreme court, 1863. Died April 16, 1887. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Sherrill Flint (1819-1902) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1819. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1861-63. Died in 1902. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Nicholas Dockstadter (1802-1871) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 4, 1802. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1840-41. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 9, 1871. Original interment at Woodland Cemetery; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Josiah A. Harris (1808-1876) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1808. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1847-48. Died in 1876. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Lorenzo A. Kelsey (1803-1890) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1803. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1848-49. Died in 1890. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Brenton D. Babcock (1830-1906) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1830. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1887-88. Died in 1906. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Frederick Kohler (1864-1934) — also known as Fred Kohler — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, May 2, 1864. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1922-23; candidate in primary for Governor of Ohio, 1928. Died January 31, 1934. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Edward Blythin (1884-1958) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Parma Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Newmarket, Wales, October 10, 1884. Son of Peter Blythin and Elizabeth (Roberts) Blythin; married, April 5, 1913, to Jane Rankin. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1940-41; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1949. Member, Delta Theta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners. Died February 14, 1958. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Rufus P. Ranney (1813-1891) — of Trumbull County, Ohio. Born October 30, 1813. Democrat. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Trumbull County, 1850-51; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1851-57, 1863-65; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1857; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864. Died December 6, 1891. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) — also known as Frances P. Bolton; Frances Payne Bingham — of Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 29, 1885. Granddaughter of Henry B. Payne; daughter of Charles William Bingham and Mary Perry (Payne) Bingham; married, September 14, 1907, to Chester Castle Bolton; mother of Oliver Payne Bolton. Republican. Member of Ohio Republican State Central Committee, 1938-40; U.S. Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1940-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968. Female. Presbyterian. Member, League of Women Voters; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Daughters of the American Revolution. First woman member of Congress to head a mission abroad, 1955. Died in Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 9, 1977. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Bolton-Payne family of Ohio
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jacob Atlee Beidler (1852-1912) — also known as Jacob A. Beidler — of Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. Born in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pa., November 2, 1852. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1901-07. Died near Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio, September 13, 1912. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Rufus Paine Spalding (1798-1886) — also known as Rufus P. Spalding — of Ohio. Born in West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass., May 3, 1798. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1849-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856 (Honorary Vice-President; Speaker), 1868 (Speaker); U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1863-69. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 29, 1886. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• James Thomas Begg (1877-1963) — also known as James T. Begg — of Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. Born near Lima, Allen County, Ohio, February 16, 1877. Son of John Begg and Mary Ellen (Kalb) Begg; married, August 26, 1903, to Grace Mohler. Republican. School principal; superintendent of schools; U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1919-29; defeated, 1942; candidate in primary for Governor of Ohio, 1928. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died March 26, 1963. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Leonard Paul Howland (1865-1942) — also known as L. Paul Howland — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, December 5, 1865. Son of W. P. Howland and Esther Elizabeth (Leonard) Howland; married, January 18, 1905, to Jessie F. Pruden. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1907-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916, 1920. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1942. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Amos Townsend (1821-1895) — of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, 1821. Republican. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1873; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1877-83. Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Fla., March 17, 1895. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Chester Castle Bolton (1882-1939) — also known as Chester C. Bolton — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 5, 1882. Son of Charles C. Bolton and Julia (Castle) Bolton; married, September 14, 1907, to Frances Payne Bingham; father of Oliver Payne Bolton. Republican. Member of Ohio state senate, 1923-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928; U.S. Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1929-37, 1939; died in office 1939. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Rotary. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 29, 1939. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Bolton-Payne family of Ohio
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• John Crowell (1801-1883) — of Ohio. Born in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., September 15, 1801. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1847-51. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 8, 1883. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Martin Ambrose Foran (1844-1921) — also known as Martin A. Foran — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, 1844. Democrat. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1873; U.S. Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1883-89. Died in 1921. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972) — also known as Oliver P. Bolton — of Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 22, 1917. Great-grandson of Henry B. Payne; son of Chester Castle Bolton and Frances Payne Bolton; married, October 4, 1940, to Adelaide Brownlee. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1953-57, 1963-65. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., December 13, 1972. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Bolton-Payne family of Ohio
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• John Hutchins (1812-1891) — of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Vienna, Trumbull County, Ohio, July 25, 1812. Cousin of Wells Andrews Hutchins. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1849-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1859-63. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 20, 1891. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Clifton Bailey Beach (1845-1902) — also known as Clifton B. Beach — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Sharon, Medina County, Ohio, September 16, 1845. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1895-99. Died in Rocky River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 15, 1902. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Lycurgus Luther Marshall (1888-1958) — also known as L. L. Marshall — of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, July 9, 1888. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1920-21; member of Ohio state senate, 1921-34; U.S. Representative from Ohio at-large, 1939-41; defeated, 1940. Lutheran. Died in 1958. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• William Collins (1818-1878) — of New York. Born in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., February 22, 1818. Son of Ela Collins; uncle of Helen Herron (who married William Howard Taft). Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1847-49. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 18, 1878. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Taft family of Ohio
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• Sherlock James Andrews (1801-1880) — also known as Sherlock J. Andrews — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., November 17, 1801. Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, 1830; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1841-43; superior court judge in Ohio, 1848-50; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1850-51; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1873. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 11, 1880. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Henry Ivory Emerson (1871-1953) — also known as Henry I. Emerson — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Litchfield, Kennebec County, Maine, March 14, 1871. Son of Ivory W. Emerson and Rose A. (Stewart) Emerson; married, December 25, 1894, to Nettie Naumann (died 1915); married, February 19, 1917, to Lillian B. McCormick. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1915-21; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1924, 1926. Methodist. Died October 28, 1953. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Richard Chappel Parsons (1826-1899) — of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., October 10, 1826. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives from Cuyahoga County, 1858-61; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1873-75. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 9, 1899. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• William John White (1850-1923) — also known as William J. White — of West Cleveland (now part of Cleveland), Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Rice Lake, Ontario, October 7, 1850. Republican. Candy and chewing gum manufacturer; mayor of West Cleveland, Ohio, 1889; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1893-95. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 16, 1923. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) — also known as W. R. Hopkins — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., July 26, 1869. Son of David J. Hopkins and Mary Jeffreys Hopkins; married 1903 to Ellen Louise Cozad. Republican. Lawyer; industrial real estate developer; promoter of Cleveland Short Line Railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916; Cleveland city manager, 1924-30; founder of Cleveland Municipal Airport, later named for him. Died February 9, 1961. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Leonard Case, Sr. (1786-1864) — of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Westmoreland County, Pa., July 29, 1786. Father of William Case. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1824-27. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, December 7, 1864. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph Carabelli (1850-1911) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1850. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904, 1908; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1908. Died in 1911. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Liberty Emery Holden (1833-1913) — of Ohio. Born in Raymond, Cumberland County, Maine, June 20, 1833. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1888, 1896. Died in 1913. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• George A. Myers (1859-1930) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Baltimore, Md., March 5, 1859. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1892, 1900; member of Ohio Republican State Executive Committee, 1897-98. Black. Died at the New York Central Railroad ticket office in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 17, 1930. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Dudly Stuart Blossom (1879-1938) — of Ohio. Born in 1879. Member of Ohio state house of representatives. Died in 1938. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• William R. Van Aken (1912-1993) — of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1912. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1943-44, 1947-48; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960. Died in 1993. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• John Bourne Dempsey — also known as John B. Dempsey — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  

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• Irvine Masters (1819-1865) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1819. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1863-64. Died in 1865. Interment at Monroe Street Cemetery.
  
  

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• Frederick Pelton (1827-1902) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1827. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1871-73. Died in 1902. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
  
  

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• Reuben Wood (1792-1864) — of Ohio. Born in 1792. Democrat. Justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1833-47; Governor of Ohio, 1850-53; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1853-54. Died October 1, 1864. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
  
  
• John Brough (1811-1865) — of Ohio. Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, September 17, 1811. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1838-39; Ohio auditor of state, 1839-45; Governor of Ohio, 1864-65; died in office 1865. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 29, 1865. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
  
  
• George W. Gardner (1834-1911) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., 1834. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1885-86, 1889-90. Died December 18, 1911. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
  
  
• Frederick William Green (1816-1879) — of Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Fredericktown (now Frederick), Frederick County, Md., February 18, 1816. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1851-55 (6th District 1851-53, 9th District 1853-55). Editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1866-74. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 18, 1879. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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• Edward Wade (1802-1866) — of Ohio. Born in Massachusetts, 1802. Brother of Benjamin Franklin Wade. U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1853-61. Died in 1866. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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• Jacob Mueller (1822-1905) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Alsenz, Germany, March 9, 1822. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1872; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1872-74; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1873; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, 1885-91. German ancestry. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 31, 1905. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
  
  
• Van R. Humphrey (1800-1864) — of Summit County, Ohio. Born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., July 28, 1800. Married to Stella Beach (1799-1832). Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864. Died September 5, 1864. Original interment at Hudson Cemetery, Hudson, Ohio; reinterment in 1871 at Woodland Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Nicholas Dockstadter (1802-1871) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 4, 1802. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1840-41. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 9, 1871. Original interment at Woodland Cemetery; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  

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• Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) — also known as Howard M. Metzenbaum; "Senator No"; "Headline Howard" — of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 4, 1917. Cousin of James Metzenbaum. Democrat. Lawyer; airport parking lot and car rental business; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Ohio state senate, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1952 (alternate), 1964; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1974, 1977-95; defeated, 1970. Jewish. Died in Aventura, Miami-Dade County, Fla., March 12, 2008. Interment at Mayfield Cemetery.
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Politicians buried here:

• George Harrison Bender (1896-1961) — also known as George H. Bender — of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 29, 1896. Republican. Insurance executive; member of Ohio state senate, 1920-30; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1939-49, 1951-54 (at-large 1939-49, 1951-53, 23rd District 1953-54); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1954-57. Protestant. Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 18, 1961. Interment at Knollwood Cemetery.
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• George John Urban (1906-1978) — also known as George J. Urban — of South Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, May 14, 1906. Republican. Mayor of South Euclid, Ohio, 1948-72. Methodist. German and Czech ancestry. Member, Lions. Died, of cancer, in a nursing home at Oil City, Venango County, Pa., March 25, 1978. Cremated; ashes interred at Knollwood Cemetery.
  
  

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