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Joseph Baltzell Showalter (1851-1932) —
also known as Joseph B. Showalter —
of Chicora, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
11, 1851.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 41st District, 1889-92; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1897-1903.
Died December
3, 1932 (age 81 years, 296
days).
Interment at North Cemetery.
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Thomas Wharton Phillips, Jr. (1874-1956) —
also known as Thomas W. Phillips, Jr. —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1874.
Son of Thomas
Wharton Phillips.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1923-27;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1926, 1934.
Died in 1956
(age about
82 years).
Interment at North Cemetery.
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John Gilmore (1780-1845) —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Somerset
County, Pa., February
18, 1780.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1816; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1829-33; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1841-42.
Died May 11,
1845 (age 65 years, 82
days).
Interment at North Cemetery.
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Ebenezer McJunkin (1819-1907) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Center Top, Butler
County, Pa., March 28,
1819.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1871-75; state
court judge in Pennsylvania, 1875.
Died November
10, 1907 (age 88 years, 227
days).
Interment at North Cemetery.
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George Washington Fleeger (1839-1894) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Concord Township, Butler
County, Pa., March 13,
1839.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1885-87.
Died in Butler, Butler
County, Pa., June 25,
1894 (age 55 years, 104
days).
Interment at North Cemetery.
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John Haden Wilson (1867-1946) —
also known as John H. Wilson —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
20, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1932,
1940
(alternate), 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1919-21;
defeated, 1920; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1933-43.
Died in Butler, Butler
County, Pa., January
28, 1946 (age 78 years, 161
days).
Interment at North Cemetery.
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