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• Homer E. Abele (1916-2000) — also known as Pete Abele — of McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio. Born in Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio, November 21, 1916. Son of Oscar Abele and Margaret (Burke) Abele; married 1938 to Addie Riggs. Republican. Played professional baseball for a minor league team in Nashville, Tenn., 1938; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1949-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956; U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1963-65; defeated, 1958, 1964; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1967-91. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Lions. Died, of Alzheimer's disease, in Huston's Nursing Home, Hamden, Vinton County, Ohio, May 12, 2000. Cremated.
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• Will H. Acord (1896-1977) — of Waverly, Pike County, Ohio. Born in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio, March 14, 1896. Son of Joseph G. Acord and Edna (Overly) Acord. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school teacher; probate judge in Ohio, 1924-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1944. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in the Chillicothe Veterans Hospital, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, September 16, 1977. Interment at Evergreen-Union Cemetery, Waverly, Ohio.
  
  
• Charles Adkins (1863-1941) — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Pickaway County, Ohio, February 7, 1863. Married to Dora E. Farrow. Republican. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1907-13; Speaker of the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1911-13; U.S. Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1925-33; defeated, 1932; candidate for Illinois state senate 28th District, 1936. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Died in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., March 31, 1941. Interment at Bement Cemetery, Bement, Ill.
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• Daniel B. Ainger (1844-1913) — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio; Bryan, Williams County, Ohio; Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich.; Washington, D.C.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio, March 9, 1844. Son of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger; married, November 29, 1866, to Fannie Rhodes; married 1896 to Kittie Rose Savage. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868, 1876; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1878, 1894; postmaster of Washington, D.C., until 1882; Adjutant General of Michigan, 1887-91; Michigan state banking commissioner, 1896-97. Congregationalist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., April 2, 1913. Interment somewhere in Charlotte, Mich.
  
  
• Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) — of Missouri. Born in Knox County, Ohio, October 4, 1828. U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., April 3, 1877. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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• Walter Hugh Albaugh (1890-1942) — of Troy, Miami County, Ohio. Born in Phoneton, Miami County, Ohio, January 2, 1890. Son of Clifford Lincoln Albaugh and Frances (Anderson) Albaugh; married, January 2, 1923, to Grace Grove. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1921-25; president, Shelby Oil and Gas Company; U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1938-39. Presbyterian. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, January 21, 1942. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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• Chester Hardy Aldrich (1862-1924) — also known as Chester H. Aldrich — of David City, Butler County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 10, 1862. Son of George W. Aldrich and Sophrona E. (Hardy) Aldrich; married, June 4, 1889, to Sylvia E. Stroman. Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska state senate, 1907; Governor of Nebraska, 1911-13; justice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1918-24; died in office 1924. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died March 10, 1924. Interment at Ulysses Cemetery, Ulysses, Neb.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Fred H. Aldrich (b. 1861) — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio, September 11, 1861. Son of Joseph D. Aldrich and Julie E. (Carter) Aldrich; married, August 21, 1884, to Sarah Corine Isbell. Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 28th Circuit, 1888-99. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joshua Willis Alexander (1852-1936) — also known as Joshua W. Alexander — of Gallatin, Daviess County, Mo. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 22, 1852. Son of Thomas Wilson Alexander and Jane (Robinson) Alexander; married, February 3, 1876, to Roe Ann Richardson. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1883-87; Speaker of the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1887; mayor of Gallatin, Mo., 1891-92; circuit judge in Missouri, 1901-07; U.S. Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1907-19; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1919-21; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922-23. Presbyterian; later Christian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Gallatin, Daviess County, Mo., February 27, 1936. Interment at Brown Cemetery, Gallatin, Mo.
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• Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) — also known as Russell A. Alger — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in a log cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio, February 27, 1836. Son of Russell Alger and Caroline (Moulton) Alger; married, April 2, 1861, to Annette H. Henry; father of Frederick Moulton Alger (who married Mary Eldridge Swift); grandfather of Frederick Moulton Alger, Jr.. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884; Governor of Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888; U.S. Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office 1907. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., January 24, 1907. Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. Alger County, Mich. is named for him.
  • See also Alger family of Michigan
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• Alfred Gaither Allen (1867-1932) — also known as Alfred G. Allen — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born near Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, July 23, 1867. Son of Isaac B. Allen and Eliza W. (Gaither) Allen; married, December 10, 1901, to Clara B. Forbes. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1920. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Phi Delta Phi. Died of angina pectoris, in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 9, 1932. Interment at Sugar Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio.
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• Edwin Bird Allen (1836-1908) — also known as Edwin B. Allen — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Born near Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, March 7, 1836. Brother of Joseph P. Allen. Republican. Physician; Sedgwick County Coroner, 1870-71; mayor of Wichita, Kan., 1871-72; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1872-76, 1883-84; secretary of state of Kansas, 1885-89. Member, Freemasons. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in the State Hospital for Insane, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo., March 31, 1908. Interment at Highland Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
  
  
• Charles H. Ambler (b. 1876) — of Pleasants County, W.Va.; Ashland, Hanover County, Va.; Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va. Born in Ohio, August 12, 1876. Son of Lutellis Ambler and Ella Rebecca (Wells) Ambler; married, September 4, 1920, to Helen Mary Carle. Democrat. School teacher; Pleasants County Sheriff, 1900-01; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1951-54. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Maccabees; Odd Fellows; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Nu; Tau Kappa Alpha. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Striker Andrews (1919-2001) — also known as John S. Andrews — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, April 25, 1919. Son of Burton Richardson Andrews and Cora (Striker) Andrews; married, July 4, 1964, to Marjorie Ann Carney. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; underwriter and manager, Travelers Insurance; director of public relations, Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956 (alternate), 1960 (alternate), 1964, 1972; chair of Lucas County Republican Party, 1958-66; Ohio Republican state chair, 1965-73; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1972. Congregationalist. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Jaycees. Died, of complications from diabetes, in Adamstown, Frederick County, Md., February 25, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Leroy Anspach (1895-1977) — also known as Charles L. Anspach — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, March 5, 1895. Son of Philip Anspach and Amanda (Loose) Anspach; married to Mary Fisher. Republican. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Isabella District, 1961-62. Brethren. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. President, Central Michigan University. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., October 25, 1977. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Rudolph Wellmon Archer (b. 1869) — also known as Rudolph W. Archer — of Belmont County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, September 20, 1869. Son of Orlando Gallagher Archer and Lena (Keifer) Archer; married, May 8, 1905, to Hannah St. John. Republican. Belmont County Treasurer, 1906-11; Ohio treasurer of state, 1915-17, 1919-23. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Junior Order; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alexander John Arndt (1899-1979) — also known as Alex J. Arndt — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 26, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; business owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Rotary. Died in 1979. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John H. Arnold (b. 1862) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Freeport, Armstrong County, Pa., December 11, 1862. Son of Richard V. Arnold and Araminta J. (Holmes) Arnold; married, August 17, 1904, to Eleanor A. Moore. Lumberman; railroad mechanic; lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1915-17. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Milan Ashbrook (1928-1982) — also known as John M. Ashbrook; "The Small Paul Revere" — of Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio. Born in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, September 21, 1928. Son of William Albert Ashbrook and Marie Swank Ashbrook; married 1948 to Joan Needles (divorced 1971); married 1974 to Emily Jean Spencer. Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956, 1960; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1957-60; U.S. Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1961-82; died in office 1982; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Lions; Delta Theta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi. Suffered a massive gastrointestinal bleed, and died soon after, in Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark, Licking County, Ohio, April 24, 1982. Cremated; ashes interred at Green Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
  • See also Ashbrook family of Ohio
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• William Albert Ashbrook (1867-1940) — also known as William A. Ashbrook — of Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio. Born near Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, July 1, 1867. Son of William Ashbrook and Lucy (Pratt) Ashbrook; married, December 24, 1889, to Jennie B. Williston; father of John Milan Ashbrook (who married Emily Jean Spencer). Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster; banker; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1905-06; U.S. Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1907-21, 1935-40; defeated, 1920, 1922; died in office 1940. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Died in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, January 1, 1940. Interment at Green Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
  • See also Ashbrook family of Ohio
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• Robert M. Ashley (b. 1890) — of Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, April 12, 1890. Son of Walter Allen Ashley and Mary Elma Ashley; married, June 15, 1929, to Gretchen Rebecca Peterman. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; pharmacist; osteopath; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County 4th District, 1933; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940. Congregationalist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Kiwanis; Kappa Sigma. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Wayne Norviel Aspinall (1896-1983) — also known as Wayne N. Aspinall — of Palisade, Mesa County, Colo. Born in Middleburg, Logan County, Ohio, April 3, 1896. Married, January 27, 1920, to Julia Edith Kuns. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1937-38; member of Colorado state senate, 1939-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1948, 1952 (alternate), 1956, 1960; U.S. Representative from Colorado 4th District, 1949-73. Methodist. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Lions; Odd Fellows; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Palisade, Mesa County, Colo., October 9, 1983. Cremated; ashes interred at Orchard Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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• Ray Dudley Avery (b. 1886) — also known as Ray D. Avery — of Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio. Born in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, August 23, 1886. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Wood County Prosecuting Attorney, 1922-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Walton H. Bachrach (1904-1989) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 22, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1960-67. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; B'nai B'rith; Moose. Died December 17, 1989. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Herman C. Baehr (1866-1942) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, March 16, 1866. Son of Jacob Baehr and Magdalena (Zipf) Baehr; married, April 22, 1899, to Rose E. Schulte. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1910-11. Mennonite. Member, Freemasons. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 4, 1942. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Alexander Ball (b. 1862) — also known as George A. Ball — of Muncie, Delaware County, Ind. Born in Green, Summit County, Ohio, November 5, 1862. Republican. President, Ball Brothers glass manufacturing company; chairman, Merchants National Bank of Muncie; member of Republican National Committee from Indiana, 1932-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Beta Gamma Sigma. Entombed at Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.
  
  
• John W. Barkley (b. 1889) — of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Braceville (unknown county), Ohio, September 2, 1889. Son of John Barkley and Josephine A. (Kreitler) Barkley; married, June 2, 1917, to Margaret E. Megirt. Lawyer; mayor of Shaker Heights, Ohio, 1952-54. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Gamma Delta. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Barr (1802-1839) — of Texas. Born in Ohio, 1802. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas Republic Postmaster General, 1836-39; died in office 1839. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Houston, Harris County, Tex., October 11, 1839. Interment at City Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  
  
• Donald G. Batchelor (1895-1971) — also known as Don G. Batchelor — of Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Hicksville, Defiance County, Ohio, June 15, 1895. Son of George Batchelor and Cora (Babb) Batchelor; married to Grace F. Dibble. Republican. School teacher; athletic coach; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Genesee County 2nd District, 1961-62. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons. Died in Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Mich., September 25, 1971. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Albert David Baumhart, Jr. (1908-2001) — also known as A. David Baumhart, Jr. — of Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio; Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio. Born in Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio, June 15, 1908. Republican. Member of Ohio state senate, 1937-40; U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1941-42, 1955-61; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1968, 1972. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Community Health Partners nursing home, Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio, January 23, 2001. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Vermilion, Ohio.
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• William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) — also known as William R. Bayes — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio, July 29, 1876. Son of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September 7, 1904, to Mabel Ross. Republican. Lawyer; president, Kings Highway Savings Bank; president, Brooklyn National Life Insurance Co.; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933, 1940; justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Union League; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Died in Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y., November 28, 1964. Interment at Willow Brook Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
  
  
• 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, Cleveland, Ohio.
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• Charles S. Bell (1880-1945) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 8, 1880. Common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1927-42; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1942. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Moose. Died August 22, 1945. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Orin Bement (1847-1915) — also known as Arthur O. Bement — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, May 22, 1847. Republican. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1892-93. Congregationalist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Founder, with his father, of the E. Bement Sons implement and stove manufacturing firm. Died, of heart trouble, in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., January 26, 1915. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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• Leonard Julius Benckenstein (b. 1894) — also known as L. J. Benckenstein — of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex. Born in Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 5, 1894. Son of Leonard Frederick Benckenstein and Genevieve (Peterson) Benckenstein; married, April 15, 1917, to Elaine Lock. Republican. Lawyer; member of Texas Republican State Executive Committee, 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948; candidate for chief justice of Texas state supreme court, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Alpha Chi Rho. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) — also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow Pages" — of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio. Born in Wabash, Wabash County, Ind., July 24, 1888. Son of Charles D. Berry and Elizabeth (Murphy) Berry; married, June 9, 1909, to Lucile Kneipple (died 1935); married, August 28, 1938, to Helen Anderson Henry (died 1974). Republican. Newspaper reporter; advertising salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone companies; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1956, 1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960, 1964. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis. Elected to Telephone Hall of Fame in 1982. Died in Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio, February 10, 1980. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Theodore Moody Berry (1907-2000) — also known as Theodore M. Berry; Ted Berry — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Maysville, Mason County, Ky., November 8, 1907. Son of Daniel Berry and Cora (Parks) Berry; married 1938 to Johnnie M. E. Newton. Democrat. Lawyer; associate general counsel, Dunbar Life Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1972; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972-75. Black. Methodist. Member, NAACP; Urban League; Freemasons; Alpha Phi Alpha. First black mayor of Cincinnati. Died October 15, 2000. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jackson Edward Betts (1904-1993) — also known as Jackson E. Betts — of Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. Born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, May 26, 1904. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1945-46; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1951-73. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Died August 13, 1993. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Richard Ely Bird (1878-1955) — also known as Richard E. Bird — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, November 4, 1878. Son of Nicholas Bird and Laura Cordelia (Wilder) Bird; married, May 21, 1903, to Gertrude M. Hacker. Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Kansas 18th District, 1917-20; U.S. Representative from Kansas 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 10, 1955. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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• John Kenneth Blackwell (b. 1948) — also known as Ken Blackwell — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 28, 1948. Son of George Blackwell and Dana Blackwell. Republican. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1979-80; candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1990; Ohio treasurer of state, 1994-99; secretary of state of Ohio, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 2004; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 2006. Black. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons. Still living as of 2007.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) — also known as Thomas H. Blake — of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind. Born in Frederick County, Md., July 25, 1792. Brother-in-law of William Crawford Linton. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1816; U.S. Attorney for Indiana, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana, 1818; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1819-20, 1823-24; member of Indiana state senate, 1821-22, 1829-30; U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1827-29; candidate for U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1831, 1838. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died of cholera in a hotel at Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, November 28, 1849. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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• Ray Charles Bliss (1907-1981) — also known as Ray C. Bliss — of Akron, Summit County, Ohio. Born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, December 16, 1907. Son of Emil Bliss and Emilie (Wieland) Bliss; married 1959 to Ellen F. Palmer. Republican. Insurance business; chair of Summit County Republican Party, 1942-60; member of Ohio Republican State Central Committee, 1944-65; Ohio Republican state chair, 1949-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1972; member of Republican National Committee from Ohio, 1952-80; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1965-69; Vice-Chair of Republican National Committee, 1960-64. Episcopalian. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; Phi Kappa Tau. Suffered a heart attack at his office, and died soon after at Akron City Hospital, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, August 6, 1981. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Earl D. Bloom (b. 1871) — of Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio. Born in Wood County, Ohio, May 29, 1871. Son of James L. Bloom and Lydia A. (Ackerman) Bloom; married, July 24, 1895, to Eleanor G. Lathrop. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1917-19, 1923-25, 1927-28; defeated, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924; candidate in primary for Governor of Ohio, 1928. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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, Freemasons; Shriners; Delta Theta Phi. Died February 14, 1958. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  
  
• 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, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • See also Bolton-Payne family of Ohio
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Xenophon A. Boomhower — of Bad Axe, Huron County, Mich. Born in Ohio. Son of Addison Boomhower and Almy (Stuart) Boomhower; married to Catherine Gillies. Republican. Lawyer; Huron County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-21; circuit judge in Michigan 24th Circuit, 1924-53. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Clinton DeWitt Boyd (b. 1884) — also known as Clinton D. Boyd; Clint Boyd — of Middletown, Butler County, Ohio. Born in Mt. Orab, Brown County, Ohio, September 26, 1884. Son of Edward H. Boyd and Hester (Day) Boyd; married 1916 to Clara Cretors. Republican. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1924; candidate in primary for Ohio state attorney general, 1926, 1928; candidate in primary for chief justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1938. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Junior Order; Phi Kappa Tau. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Daniel Boyd (b. 1875) — of Enterprise, Wallowa County, Ore. Born in Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio, December 5, 1875. Married, December 26, 1900, to Mary Ethel Axtell. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Enterprise, Ore.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1912, 1916; Presidential Elector for Oregon, 1924. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Everett Boysen (b. 1890) — also known as George E. Boysen — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio, March 15, 1890. Son of Charles Boysen and Caroline Boysen; married, June 18, 1913, to Kathryn Wadsworth. Republican. Employed with Buick Motor Company, 24 years; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1932, 1936; mayor of Flint, Mich., 1935-36; candidate for Michigan state senate 13th District, 1938. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Brand (1871-1966) — of Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. Born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, November 1, 1871. Son of John F. Brand and Fannie E. (Patrick) Brand; married, October 24, 1894, to Louise J. Vance. Republican. Farmer; manufacturer; banker; member of Ohio state senate, 1921-22; U.S. Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1923-33. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Moose. Died in Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Fla., May 23, 1966. Interment at Melbourne Cemetery, Melbourne, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter Ellsworth Brehm (1892-1971) — also known as Walter E. Brehm — of Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. Born in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, May 25, 1892. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1938-42; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1943-53. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Kiwanis; Odd Fellows. Convicted in 1950 of accepting illegal campaign contributions. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, August 24, 1971. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John William Bricker (1893-1986) — also known as John W. Bricker — of Upper Arlington, Franklin County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born near Mt. Sterling, Madison County, Ohio, September 6, 1893. Son of Lemuel Spencer Bricker and Laura (King) Bricker; married, September 4, 1920, to Harriet Day. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Ohio state attorney general, 1933-37; defeated in primary, 1928; Governor of Ohio, 1939-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940, 1948, 1960, 1972; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1944; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1947-59; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1972. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Optimist Club; Rotary; Delta Chi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 22, 1986. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John R. Britten (b. 1898) — of Richmond, Wayne County, Ind. Born in Reading, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 16, 1898. Republican. Lawyer; Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; mayor of Richmond, Ind., 1939-44. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Grotto; Order of the Eastern Star; Eagles; Elks; Junior Order; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Moose. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John B. Brooks (b. 1871) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born near Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 29, 1871. Son of Amaziah Brooks and Mary Brooks; married 1899 to Genevieve Wilbur. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1898-99. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Clarence J. Brown (1893-1965) — of Blanchester, Clinton County, Ohio. Born in Blanchester, Clinton County, Ohio, July 14, 1893. Son of Owen Brown and Ellen Barrere (McCoppin) Brown; married, July 15, 1916, to Ethel McKinney; father of Clarence J. Brown, Jr.. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1919-23; secretary of state of Ohio, 1927-33; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936, 1944, 1948, 1956, 1960; U.S. Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1939-65; died in office 1965; member of Republican National Committee from Ohio, 1944-64; Vice-Chair of Republican National Committee, 1959. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Exchange Club; Junior Order; Rotary. Died in Washington, D.C., August 23, 1965. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Blanchester, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Clarence J. Brown, Jr. (b. 1927) — also known as Bud Brown — of Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, June 18, 1927. Son of Clarence J. Brown and Ethel (McKinney) Brown; married, June 11, 1955, to Joyce Eldridge. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1965-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1982. Presbyterian. Member, Farm Bureau; American Legion; Freemasons; Rotary; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Sigma; Sigma Delta Chi. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Taylor Brown (1876-1951) — also known as John T. Brown — of Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio. Born in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio, March 14, 1876. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1921-28; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Enshrined in Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1968. Died, of heart failure, in Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio, January 18, 1951. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
  
  
• John William Brown (1913-1993) — of Medina, Medina County, Ohio. Born in Athens, Athens County, Ohio, December 28, 1913. Republican. Mayor of Medina, Ohio, 1950-52; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1953-57, 1963-75; Governor of Ohio, 1957; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1959-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Medina, Medina County, Ohio, October 29, 1993. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina, Ohio.
  
  
• Milton Brown (1804-1883) — of Jackson, Madison County, Tenn. Born in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, February 28, 1804. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1841-47 (12th District 1841-43, 11th District 1843-47); One of the founders of Southwestern University (later Union University), and Lambuth College, Jackson, Tenn.; president of the Mississippi Central & Tennessee Railroad, 1854-56; president of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, 1856-71. Member, Freemasons. Died in Jackson, Madison County, Tenn., May 15, 1883. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ted William Brown (b. 1906) — also known as Ted W. Brown — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, April 19, 1906. Republican. Secretary of state of Ohio, 1951-79; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960, 1972. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Grotto; Jaycees; Junior Order; Knights of Pythias; Moose. Still living as of 1979.
  
  
• Thomas McLelland Browne (1829-1891) — also known as Thomas M. Browne — of Winchester, Randolph County, Ind. Born in New Paris, Preble County, Ohio, April 19, 1829. Republican. Member of Indiana state senate, 1863; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Attorney for Indiana, 1869-75; candidate for Governor of Indiana, 1872; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1877-91 (5th District 1877-81, 6th District 1881-91). Disciples of Christ. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Winchester, Randolph County, Ind., July 17, 1891. Interment at Fountain Park Cemetery, Winchester, Ind.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry G. Brunner (c.1885-1963) — also known as Heinie Brunner; "Mr. Mansfield" — of Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. Democrat. Insurance business; newspaper manager; banker; mayor of Mansfield, Ohio, 1918-24; Ohio Democratic state chair, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1932; delegate to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Lutheran. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died January 2, 1963. Interment at Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
  
  
• John Alexander Bryan (1794-1864) — also known as John A. Bryan — of Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County, N.Y.; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Menasha, Winnebago County, Wis. Born in Berkshire County, Mass., April 13, 1794. Father-in-law of John B. Weller; father of Charles Henry Bryan. Lawyer; Ohio auditor of state, 1833-39; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Peru, 1845. Member, Freemasons. One of the founders of Bryan, Ohio. Died in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wis., May 24, 1864. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wis.
  • See also Bryan-Weller family
  
  
• 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, American Bar Association; Grange; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Eagles; Exchange Club; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Rotary; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., October 28, 1964. Interment at Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) — also known as George E. Bushnell — of Highland Park, Wayne County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Roanoke, Va., November 4, 1887. Brother of Miller Bushnell. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned 1955; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 30, 1965. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  
  
• John Levi Cable (1884-1971) — also known as John L. Cable — of Lima, Allen County, Ohio. Born in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, April 15, 1884. Great-grandson of Joseph Cable; son of Davis J. Cable and Mary (Harnley) Cable; married to Rhea Watson. Republican. Lawyer; director and counsel, Lima Telephone and Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone Co., Lima Toledo Railroad, Lima City Street Railway Co.; Allen County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33; defeated, 1912; candidate in primary for Governor of Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1936. Episcopalian or Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Junior Order; Kiwanis; Moose. Died in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, September 15, 1971. Entombed at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles M. Caldwell (b. 1866) — of Waverly, Pike County, Ohio. Born in Beaver, Pike County, Ohio, November 20, 1866. Son of John L. Caldwell and Kate (Hoffman) Caldwell; married, October 16, 1895, to Mollie Schrader. Democrat. Lawyer; Pike County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1912. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Isaac B. Cameron — of Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio. Born in Nairn, Scotland. Married 1875 to Laura A. Irwin. Republican. Merchant; Columbiana County Treasurer, 1894-97; Ohio treasurer of state, 1900-04; chair of Columbiana County Republican Party, 1901. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alexander Morton Campbell (b. 1907) — also known as Alexander M. Campbell; Alex Campbell — of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind.; Coesse, Whitley County, Ind. Born in Coldwater, Mercer County, Ohio, April 14, 1907. Son of Samuel T. Campbell and Elsie (Bolman) Campbell; married, April 8, 1958, to Ruby Tharp. Democrat. Chair of Allen County Democratic Party, 1934-36, 1958-63; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1941-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1956; member of Democratic National Committee from Indiana, 1960-64. Christian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Jesters; Eagles; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose; Delta Chi; Delta Theta Phi; Tau Kappa Alpha. Still living as of 1967.
  
  
• John Allen Campbell (1835-1880) — of Wyoming. Born in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, October 8, 1835. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Wyoming Territory, 1869-75. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., July 14, 1880. Burial location unknown. Campbell County, Wyo. is named for him.
  
  
• Samuel B. Campbell (b. 1846) — of Jefferson County, Ohio. Born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, July 2, 1846. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Ohio treasurer of state, 1896-1900. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Willard Donald Campbell (b. 1901) — also known as Willard D. Campbell — of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, June 6, 1901. Son of Dr. Howard N. Campbell and Eloise (Gray) Campbell; married, November 25, 1936, to Rosanna L. Vance. Lawyer; Guernsey County Prosecuting Attorney, 1930-34; member of Ohio state senate, 1935-37; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1938-39. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Delta Theta Phi; Phi Delta Theta. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Henry Carey (b. 1857) — also known as Charles H. Carey — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 27, 1857. Son of Samuel Doak Carey and Martha Louisa (Felton) Carey; married, September 24, 1883, to Mary N. Bidwell. Republican. Lawyer; attorney for James J. Hill's railroad lines; municipal judge in Oregon, 1892-95; member of Republican National Committee from Oregon, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1912, 1924. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Glover H. Cary (1885-1936) — of Calhoun, McLean County, Ky.; Owensboro, Daviess County, Ky. Born in Calhoun, McLean County, Ky., May 1, 1885. Son of Remus G. Cary and Henrietta (Allen) Cary; married, April 4, 1906, to Bessie Wayne Miller. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1914-17; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1931-36 (2nd District 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 2nd District 1935-36); died in office 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 5, 1936. Interment at Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, Ky.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Lewis Cass (1782-1866) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., October 9, 1782. Great-great-grandfather of Thomas Cass Ballenger. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Michigan Territory, 1813-31; U.S. Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister to France, 1836-42; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844,