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Harry Evans Sackett (b. 1874) —
also known as Harry E. Sackett —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, October
10, 1874.
Son of Oliver P. Sackett and Mary (Evans) Sackett.
Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1907; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1912,
1920;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1914; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1924-26.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sali (b. 1954) —
also known as Bill Sali —
of Kuna, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, February
17, 1954.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1990-2006; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 2007-.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ezekiel Silas Sampson (1831-1892) —
also known as Ezekiel S. Sampson —
of Sigourney, Keokuk
County, Iowa.
Born in Huron
County, Ohio, December
6, 1831.
Son of Mary Polly (Merrifield) Sampson (1788-1870) and Ezekiel
Sampson (1793-1853).
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; district judge in Iowa 6th District, 1867-75; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1875-79.
Died in Sigourney, Keokuk
County, Iowa, October
7, 1892 (age 60 years, 306
days).
Interment at Prairie
Grove Cemetery, Sigourney, Iowa.
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Charles W. Sawyer (1887-1979) —
also known as "Buzz" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1887.
Son of Edward Milton Sawyer and Caroline (Butler) Sawyer.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1933-35; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934 (primary), 1938; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 1936-44; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1944-45; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1944-45; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1948-53; part owner, Cincinnati Reds baseball
team.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 7,
1979 (age 92 years, 56
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William Bart Saxbe (1916-2010) —
also known as William B. Saxbe —
of Mechanicsburg, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Mechanicsburg, Champaign
County, Ohio, June 24,
1916.
Son of Bart Rockwell Saxbe and Faye Henry (Carey) Saxbe.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1947-54; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1953-54; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1954; Ohio
state attorney general, 1957-59, 1963-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1969-74; U.S.
Attorney General, 1973-75; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1975-76.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Grange; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Chi Phi;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died August
24, 2010 (age 94 years, 61
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Benton Sayler (1836-1900) —
of Indiana.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, March 31,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1873-75; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1875-1900.
Died in Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind., June 18,
1900 (age 64 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Ind.
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Moses McIlvain Sayre (1849-1901) —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Spring Hills, Champaign
County, Ohio, November
21, 1849.
Son of Martin Sayre and Jane Crocket (McIlvain) Sayre.
Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate, 1882.
Died, of typhoid
fever, in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, September
21, 1901 (age 51 years, 304
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Cumming Schenck (1809-1890) —
also known as Robert C. Schenck —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio, October
4, 1809.
Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1839-43; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1843-51, 1863-71 (3rd District 1843-51,
1863-67, 5th District 1867-69, 3rd District 1869-71); U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1851-53; Great Britain, 1870-76; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
While U.S. minister to Great Britain in 1871, he promoted the sale of
shares in the Emma Silver Mine Company, of which was a director;
quietly sold his own shares before news about the mine's depletion
caused their value to collapse. His diplomatic immunity enabled him
to avoid facing fraud charges
in a British court.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 23,
1890 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Harvey David Scott (1818-1891) —
of Indiana.
Born in Milford Center, Union
County, Ohio, October
18, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Newton
Booth; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1855-57; state court
judge in Indiana, 1882-84.
Member, Grange.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 11,
1891 (age 72 years, 266
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Willis Gratz Sears (1860-1949) —
also known as Willis G. Sears —
of Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Willoughby, Lake
County, Ohio, August
16, 1860.
Son of Stephen Sears and Mary Sears.
Republican. Lawyer; Burt
County Attorney, 1895-1901; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1901-04; district judge in
Nebraska 4th District, 1905-22, 1933-48; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1923-31.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 1,
1949 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at Tekamah
Cemetery, Tekamah, Neb.
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Murray Seasongood (1878-1983) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1878.
Son of Alfred Seasongood and Emily Fechheimer Seasongood.
Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926-29.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
21, 1983 (age 104 years,
117 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Selby (1840-1917) —
also known as Thomas J. Selby —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.; Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, December
4, 1840.
Democrat. Jersey
County Sheriff, 1864-66; newspaper
publisher; Jersey
County Clerk, 1869-77; lawyer; Calhoun
County State's Attorney, 1888-90; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1901-03.
Died in Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill., March 10,
1917 (age 76 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hardin
Cemetery, Hardin, Ill.
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Wilson Shannon (1802-1877) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Mt. Olivet, Belmont
County, Ohio, February
24, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Ohio, 1838-40, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1844-45; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1853-55; defeated, 1832;
Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1855-56, 1856; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kansas, 1876.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., August
30, 1877 (age 75 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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William Sharon (1821-1885) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County, Ohio, January
9, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker; mining
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Joseph W. Sharts —
of Ohio.
Socialist. Lawyer; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from Ohio, 1920; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1926, 1928, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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John M. Sheets (b. 1854) —
of Ottawa, Putnam
County, Ohio.
Born near Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio, May 26,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1894-98;
Ohio
state attorney general, 1900-04.
German
and English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828-1917) —
of Lorain
County, Ohio; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Worcester, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
30, 1828.
Son of Allen Sheldon and Anna Maria (de les Dernier) Sheldon.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1856; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1869-75; Presidential
Elector for Louisiana, 1876;
Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1917 (age 88 years, 140
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas W. Shreve (1858-1924) —
of Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Roscoe, Coshocton
County, Ohio, March 31,
1858.
Son of Martha B. (Bradshaw) Shreve (1824-1902) and Charles Ridgway
Shreve (1829-1890).
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1902.
Died in St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va., December
9, 1924 (age 66 years, 253
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Martins Ferry, Ohio.
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David Evans Skaggs (b. 1943) —
also known as David E. Skaggs —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
22, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; aide to U.S. Rep. Timothy
E. Wirth, 1975-77; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1981-86; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1987-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1996.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Richard Elihu Sloan (1857-1933) —
also known as Richard E. Sloan —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Morning Sun, Preble
County, Ohio, June 22,
1857.
Son of Richard Sloan and Mary (Caldwell) Sloan.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Arizona territorial council, 1888-89; justice of
Arizona territorial supreme court, 1889-93, 1897-1909; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1908;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1909-12; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1912-13.
Presbyterian.
Accidentally
fell on a public sidewalk and struck his head, suffering a skull
fracture; died three days later, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
14, 1933 (age 76 years, 175
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Ellison Griffith Smith (b. 1854) —
also known as Ellison G. Smith —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Noble
County, Ohio, December
5, 1854.
Son of Amos Griffith Smith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1887; circuit judge in South Dakota
1st Circuit, 1889-1909; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1909-23; law
professor.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Griffith Smith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith; married, October
18, 1877, to Anna F. Kirkwood; married, January
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Jacob David Smith (b. 1870) —
also known as Jacob D. Smith —
of Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Born in Scott Town, Lawrence
County, Ohio, April 28,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-25; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1929-32.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Quincy Adams Smith (b. 1844) —
also known as Quincy A. Smith —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Dover, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
6, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Michigan, 1885-91; resigned
1891; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1896; candidate for
circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1905.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stearns Fisher Smith (b. 1835) —
also known as Stearns F. Smith —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Dover, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
18, 1835.
Lawyer; mayor of
Owosso, Mich., 1894; circuit
judge in Michigan 35th Circuit, 1895-1905; appointed 1895.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Walker Smith, Jr. (b. 1874) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
21, 1874.
Son of William Walker Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives from Hamilton County, 1902-05; U.S.
Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John William Snow (b. 1939) —
also known as John W. Snow —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August 2,
1939.
Lawyer; charged
with driving
while intoxicated,
in West Valley City, Utah, 1982; chairman and chief executive officer
of CSX railroad;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06; director, Marathon Oil Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Loren Edmunds Souers, Jr. (b. 1882) —
also known as Loren E. Souers, Jr. —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Mineral City, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
4, 1882.
Son of Enos S. Souers and Celestia M. (Black) Souers.
Republican. Lawyer; vice-president and general counsel,
Continental Steel Corp.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Sigma Rho; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Harding Southard (1851-1919) —
also known as James H. Southard —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born near Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
20, 1851.
Son of Samuel Southard and Charlotte (Hitchcock) Southard.
Republican. Lawyer; Lucas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1883-89; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1895-1907; defeated, 1908.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, February
20, 1919 (age 68 years, 31
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Zachary T. Space (b. 1961) —
also known as Zack Space —
of Dover, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio.
Born in Dover, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, January
27, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1996,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 2007-.
Greek
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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William T. Spear (b. 1834) —
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, June 3,
1834.
Son of Edward Spear (Judge).
Lawyer; Trumbull
County Prosecuting Attorney; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1885-1901.
Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Squire (b. 1850) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mantua, Portage
County, Ohio, October
21, 1850.
Son of Dr. Andrew Jackson Squire (born 1815) and Martha (Wilmot)
Squire.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Lt. Gov. Alphonso
Hart, 1875-78; director for two Cleveland banks;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Stallo (1823-1900) —
also known as Johann Bernhard Stallo —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Rome, Italy.
Born in Sierhausen (now Damme), Germany,
March
16, 1823.
Son of Johann Heinrich Stallo (1797-1840) and Anna Maria Adelheid
(Moormann) Stallo (1798-1861).
College
teacher; lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio,
1852-55; district judge in Ohio; U.S. Minister to Italy, 1885-89.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Rome, Italy,
January
6, 1900 (age 76 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Stanbery (1788-1873) —
of Newark, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Essex
County, N.J., August
10, 1788.
Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1827-33; censured
by the Congress for use of unparliamentary
language, July 11, 1832.
Died in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, January
23, 1873 (age 84 years, 166
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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James Vincent Stanton (b. 1932) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
27, 1932.
Son of Martin Joseph Stanton and Loretta Mary (McFadden) Stanton.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1971-77; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1976.
Still living as of 1998.
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Robert W. Steele (1857-1910) —
of Colorado.
Born in Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, November
14, 1857.
Lawyer; Arapahoe
County Judge, 1895-1901; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1901-10; died in office 1910; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1907-10; died in office 1910.
Died October
12, 1910 (age 52 years, 332
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens (1862-1927) —
also known as A. E. B. Stephens —
of North Bend, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Crosby Township, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 3,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1919-27; died in office
1927.
Died in 1927
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Cleves, Ohio.
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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Son of Charles Sterling and Anna (Kessler) Sterling.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean,
college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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John White Stevenson (1812-1886) —
also known as John W. Stevenson —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 2,
1812.
Son of Andrew
Stevenson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1845-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1848,
1852,
1856,
1880;
delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1857-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1867; Governor of
Kentucky, 1867-71; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1871-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., August
10, 1886 (age 74 years, 100
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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James Garfield Stewart (b. 1881) —
also known as James G. Stewart —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, November
17, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1938-47; resigned 1947; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1944; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1957.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Neel Stilwell (1830-1874) —
also known as Thomas N. Stilwell —
of Anderson, Madison
County, Ind.
Born in Stilwell, Butler
County, Ohio, August
29, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1856; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1865-67; U.S. Minister
to Venezuela, 1867-68.
During an argument over financial matters, he drew his pistol and
fired at John E. Corwin, wounding him in the leg; Corwin then shot
Stilwell in the head, killing
him, in Anderson, Madison
County, Ind., January
14, 1874 (age 43 years, 138
days).
Interment at West
Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
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Walter N. Stockfish (1908-1973) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, July 16,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,
1935-44; removed 1944; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried, convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Died in 1973
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Stokes (b. 1925) —
of Warrensville Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
23, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1969-99 (21st District 1969-93, 11th
District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972,
1996.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Arrested
for drunken
driving
in 1983; convicted
on a lesser charge
and fined.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Wesley Stone (1838-1922) —
also known as John W. Stone —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Wadsworth, Medina
County, Ohio, July 18,
1838.
Son of Rev. Chauncey Stone and Sarah (Bird) Stone.
Republican. Lawyer; Allegan
County Clerk, 1860-64; Allegan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1864-70; circuit
judge in Michigan, 1873-74, 1890-1909 (20th Circuit 1873-74, 25th
Circuit 1890-1909); resigned 1874; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1877-81; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1882-86; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1910-22; died in office 1922; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March 24,
1922 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Interment at Park
Cemetery, Marquette, Mich.
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Betty Sutton (b. 1963) —
of Barberton, Summit
County, Ohio; Copley, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Barberton, Summit
County, Ohio, July 31,
1963.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1993-2000; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert E. Sweeney (1924-2007) —
of Bay Village, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
4, 1924.
Son of Martin
Leonard Sweeney.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for Ohio
state attorney general, 1962, 1966; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio at-large, 1965-67.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Gates Mills, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 30,
2007 (age 82 years, 238
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Sweeny (1796-1877) —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born near Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., February
22, 1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1839-43.
Died in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, October
10, 1877 (age 81 years, 230
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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Mac Swinford (1899-1975) —
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., December
23, 1899.
Son of MaCalla
C. Swinford and Alice Freeman 'Allie' (McKee) Swinford
(1867-1942).
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1926-29; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1933-37; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1937-75;
died in office 1975; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1937-75;
died in office 1975.
Died, in Cincinnati General Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
3, 1975 (age 75 years, 42
days).
Interment at Battle
Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Ky.
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