Selected officials of Delaware County

(not intended to be complete)

Samuel Anderson (Sheriff, 1819-23) William I. Schaffer (District Attorney, 1893-1900) Albert Dutton MacDade (District Attorney, 1906-12) G. Robert Watkins (Sheriff, 1945-48)

Politicians who were born in Delaware County

• No city given: Herbert J. McGlinchey 1904
• Aston Township: Isaac D. Barnard 1791
• Bethel: Powell Clayton 1833 Clarence F. Manbeck 1908
• Cardington: James Wolfenden 1889
• Chester: George W. Roosevelt 1844 John J. McClure 1886 Joseph L. Eyre 1905 James H. Gorbey 1920 Edwin G. Holl c.1921
• Chester Township: Samuel Edwards 1785
• Near Chester: Jacob Richards 1773
• Concord Township: John Larkin, Jr. 1804
• Darby: Robert G. Tingle 1957
• Near Darby: John James Pearson 1800
• Eddystone: Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. 1901
• Haverford: Charles Humphreys 1714 W. Thacher Longstreth 1920
• Ivy Mills: John Edwards 1786
• Lansdowne: Joan D. Aikens 1928
• Lower Chichester Township: Albert Dutton MacDade 1871
• Marcus Hook: Curt Weldon 1947
• Media: John M. Broomall III 1878
• Ridley: Abraham Robinson McIlvaine 1804
• Ridley Township: John Morton 1724
• St. Davids: Richard Helms 1913
• Secane: Joe Sestak 1951
• Upland: Clarence D. Bell 1914
• Upper Chichester Township: John M. Broomall 1816
• Upper Darby: Elizabeth C. Amig 1929
• See also Pa. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Delaware County

• No city given: Jesse M. Baker - Richard J. Baldwin - J. F. Bogardus - H. Jones Brooke - John M. Broomall III - Thomas V. Cooper - W. Roger Fronefield - Charles J. Hepburn, Jr. - William H. Milliken, Jr. - Robert J. Strunk - G. Robert Watkins
• Aston Township: Wayne Garrett
• Chester:
  • Lived in Chester, 1750-1799: William Anderson
  • Lived in Chester, 1800-1849: Edward Darlington - Samuel Edwards - Jacob Richards
  • Lived in Chester, 1850-1899: James Barton, Jr. - Crosby M. Black - John M. Broomall - Joseph R. T. Coates - Edward Darlington - J. L. Forwood - John B. Hinkson - Daniel W. Jefferis - John Larkin, Jr. - Albert Dutton MacDade - William Ward
  • Lived in Chester, 1900-1949: William H. Berry - Sara T. Bullock - Louis A. Clyde - Mary Loretta Conner - Samuel R. Crothers - Frances P. Donahoo - Charles Haines, Jr. - Howard H. Houston - Frederick A. Howard - Daniel W. Jefferis - David M. Johnson - May R. E. Lenny - Albert Dutton MacDade - John J. Malick - John J. McClure - John E. McDonough - Wesley S. McDowell - Clifford H. Peoples - William T. Ramsey - William I. Schaffer - John Roach Sproul - S. Everett Sproul - William C. Sproul - Ralph F. Swarts - Samuel E. Turner - William Ward, Jr. - Mrs. William Ward, Jr.
  • Lived in Chester, 1950-1999: Norman M. Aaronson - Joseph F. Battle, Jr. - Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard - Lottie J. Byrd - Joseph L. Eyre - James H. Gorbey - Willie Mae James Leake - John J. Malick - Elizabeth McGeehan - Neil Montella - John H. Nacrelli - Dominic F. Pileggi - Ralph F. Swarts - Charles E. Wood
  • Lived in Chester, 2000-2008: Dominic F. Pileggi
• Clifton Heights: James C. Leahan
• Collingdale: Philip O. Brookes - Richard A. Conway - Dottie Gallagher - C. M. Johnstown - Samuel L. Neville
• Darby: Alex Abbott - Edgar S. Bancroft - George McHenry - George Morris - Jacob S. Serrill
• Drexel Hill: Robert W. Beatty - Alex R. Cunningham - Paul W. O'Rourke - Fredric N. Rieder
• East Lansdowne: Marius T. Russo
• Folcroft: Clifford E. Wilson
• Folsom: Dewey Hancock
• Glen Mills: Linda Silva - Curt Weldon
• Glen Riddle: Ernest Palmer, Jr.
• Glenolden: James J. Connor - Thomas J. Judge - Boyd M. McGranaghan
• Haverford: George H. Earle - Samuel E. Ewing - Andrew B. Foster - Caroline M. Huber - John A. Lafore, Jr. - Frank C. P. McGlinn - William I. Schaffer - Philip T. Sharples - R. Meade Smith, Jr. - Faith Whittlesey
• Havertown: Myron Bortnicker - Eleanor G. Evans - O. Warren Higgins
• Ivy Mills: John Edwards
• Lansdowne: Albert S. Beers, Jr. - Irene Bennett - Arthur P. Bretherick - Fred T. Chandler - Elden Magaw - J. Herbert Ogden - James T. Stewart - Basil B. Sullivan
• Lenni: J. B. Rhodes
• Marcus Hook: Curt Weldon
• Media: James Connor - Edward Darlington - Raymond J. Dawson - Henry Gouley - Patricia H. Graff - William J. Hallinan - W. Frank Mathues - William L. Mathues - Samuel Edgar Nicholson - Edward A. Price - Frank B. Rhodes - John B. Robinson - Curt Weldon
• Morton: Tor H. Jonassen - Earl J. Remington - Edward W. Smith
• Moylan: Georgie W. Drinker - Allen S. Olmsted II - E. Adele Scott Saul
• Nether Providence: Wheeler S. Sprague
• Newtown Square: George J. Buddy - John B. H. Carter - Michael Choi
• Parkside: Louis Kapelski
• Radnor: William Wallace Atterbury - C. Fenno Hoffman - John Kent Kane - Stuart W. Rockwell - Sarah H. Shakespeare
• Ridley Park: Charles A. Ernst
• Rose Valley, Wallingford: E. Wallace Chadwick - John F. Innelli
• Secane: Mildred E. Emmons
• Sharon Hill: Thomas H. Garvin
• Springfield: Mary Ann Arty - Edward J. McKaig - Edward A. Powers - Charles P. Sexton
• Strafford: Sylvia Lichtenfeld
• Swarthmore: Joan D. Aikens - Helen C. MacElwee - William D. Mason - Melissa Maxman - Thomas B. McCabe - Alexis McCann
• Upland: Clarence D. Bell
• Upper Darby: William Fitzpatrick - Charles J. Gane - J. Spencer Holm - Joan Reivich - Thomas Weidemann - James Wolfenden
• Villanova: R. Lawrence Coughlin - Thomas J. Mangan - R. Alexander Montgomery - Anne B. Roosevelt - Agnes Veitch
• Wallingford: J. H. Ward Hinkson - James W. Mercur - Joe Sestak
• Wayne: Milton G. Baker - Mary Ellen Balchunis-Harris - Joseph M. Crimmins - Samuel Kichtenfeld - Richard T. Schulze - John F. Stone
• Yeadon: Frederick K. Hartley - W. A. Johnson - Mae W. Kernaghan - Albert Branson Maris - B. L. Schaefer
• See also Pa. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Delaware County

• Chester: William Anderson 1829 Samuel Anderson 1850 Samuel Edwards 1850 Joseph L. Eyre 1976
• Near Chester: Jacob Richards 1816
• Clifton Heights: Edward G. Bradford II 1928
• Darby: Thomas Smith 1846 William T. Granahan 1956
• Near Glen Mills: John Edwards 1843
• Haverford: Charles Humphreys 1786 Christopher Augustus Bergen 1905 J. A. Tuck Sherman c.1976
• Near Leiperville: John Chew Thomas 1836
• Media: Edward Darlington 1884 Samuel Edgar Nicholson 1934 George A. Welsh 1970
• Radnor: William Wallace Atterbury 1935
• Ridley Park: William H. Milliken, Jr. 1969
• See also Pa. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Delaware County

• Aston Mt. Hope Cemetery
• Chadds Ford Lafayette Cemetery
• Chester Unknown location
• Chester Chester Rural Cemetery
• Chester Old St. Paul's Cemetery
• Chester St. Paul's Churchyard
• Near Chester Friends Cemetery
• Darby Holy Cross Cemetery
• Haverford Old Haverford Meeting House Cemetery
• Havertown St. Denis Cemetery
• Lansdowne Arlington Cemetery
• Media Unknown location
• Media Media Cemetery
• Near Media Middletown Presbyterian Cemetery
• Middletown Township Friends Cemetery
• Radnor Township St. David's Church Burial Grounds
• Ridley Township Ridley Presbyterian Church Cemetery
• Thornton Edgewood Memorial Park
• Upper Darby Arlington Cemetery
• Upper Darby Southwestern Friends Burial Ground
• Rose Valley, Wallingford Union United Methodist Church Cemetery
• Wayne Old St. David's Churchyard Cemetery
• Yeadon Holy Cross Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Joseph Larkin Eyre (1905-1976) — also known as Joseph L. Eyre; Joe Eyre; "Mr. Republican" — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Chester, Delaware County, Pa., April 24, 1905. Descendant of John Larkin, Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Lawrence Eyre and Stanley Eyre Bowdle. Republican. Mayor of Chester, Pa., 1956-63. Died in Sacred Heart Hospital, Chester, Delaware County, Pa., December 28, 1976. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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• Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912) — also known as Weldon B. Heyburn — of Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho. Born in Pennsylvania, 1852. Republican. U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1903-12; died in office 1912; member of Republican National Committee from Idaho, 1904. Died in 1912. Interment at Lafayette Cemetery.
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• Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) — Born in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1822. Son of George Beale and Emily (Truxton) Beale; married 1849 to Mary Edwards; father of Truxtun Beale. Surveyor; explorer; led the experiment to use camels in the U.S. Army; during the Mexican War, made six trips between Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast, relaying military information; thought to be the courier who brought news to Washington of the discovery of gold in California; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1876-77. Camp Beale (now Beale Air Force Base) is named for him. Died in Washington, D.C., April 22, 1893. Interment somewhere.
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• William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) — also known as William C. Sproul — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Octoraro, Lancaster County, Pa., September 16, 1870. Son of William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul; married, January 21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. Republican. Farmer; manufacturer; journalist; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1897-1919; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916, 1920, 1924; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920. Quaker. Member, American Philosophical Society; Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Patriotic Order Sons of America; Union League; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Psi; Sigma Xi. Died March 21, 1928. Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery.
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• Samuel Edwards (1785-1850) — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Chester Township, Delaware County, Pa., March 12, 1785. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1819-27 (1st District 1819-21, 2nd District 1821-23, 4th District 1823-27). Died in Chester, Delaware County, Pa., November 21, 1850. Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery.
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• Edward Darlington (1795-1884) — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa.; Media, Delaware County, Pa. Born in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., September 17, 1795. Nephew of Edward Darlington (1755-1825); son of Amy (Sharpless) Darlington (1758-1831) and Jesse Darlington (1762-1842); first cousin of Isaac Darlington, William Darlington (1782-1863), Esther Darlington (1793-1877) (who married James B. Roberts) and William Darlington (1804-1879); married, April 26, 1827, to Ann P. Eyre (1804-1843); first cousin once removed of Smedley Darlington. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1833-39. Died in Media, Delaware County, Pa., November 21, 1884. Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery.
  • See also Darlington-Butler family of Pennsylvania
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• William Ward (1837-1895) — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1837. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1877-83. Died in 1895. Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery.
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• John J. McClure (1886-1965) — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Chester, Delaware County, Pa., September 24, 1886. Republican. Manufacturer; member of Pennsylvania state senate 9th District, 1929-36. Died March 28, 1965. Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery.
  
  

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• William Anderson (1762-1829) — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Accomack County, Va., December, 1762. Married to Elizabeth Dixon. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1809-15, 1817-19 (1st District 1809-13, 2nd District 1813-15, 1st District 1817-19); county judge in Pennsylvania, 1826-29. Died in Chester, Delaware County, Pa., December 16, 1829. Interment at Old St. Paul's Cemetery.
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• John Morton (1724-1777) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pa., 1724. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776. Died in 1777. Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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• John Chew Thomas (1764-1836) — of Maryland. Born in Perryville, Cecil County, Md., October 15, 1764. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1796-97; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1799-1801. Quaker. Died near Leiperville, Delaware County, Pa., May 10, 1836. Interment at Friends Cemetery.
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• Joseph P. Bartilucci — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908 (alternate), 1920. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  
  

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• Charles Humphreys (1714-1786) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Haverford, Delaware County, Pa., September 19, 1714. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76. Quaker. Voted against the Declaration of Independence because he was a Quaker and opposed to war. Died in Haverford, Delaware County, Pa., March 11, 1786. Interment at Old Haverford Meeting House Cemetery.
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• Michael Joseph Stack (1888-1960) — also known as Michael J. Stack — of Pennsylvania. Born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, September 29, 1888. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1935-39; defeated (Royal Oak), 1938. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 14, 1960. Interment at St. Denis Cemetery.
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• William H. Milliken, Jr. (1897-1969) — of Delaware County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 19, 1897. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1959-65. Died in Ridley Park, Delaware County, Pa., July 4, 1969. Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
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• Jesse Matlack Baker — also known as Jesse M. Baker — of Delaware County, Pa. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1893-96. Interment somewhere.
  
  

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• John Martin Broomall (1816-1894) — also known as John M. Broomall — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Upper Chichester Township, Delaware County, Pa., January 19, 1816. Grandfather of John Martin Broomall III. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1851-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1863-69; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1874; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1874-75. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 3, 1894. Interment at Media Cemetery.
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• Samuel Anderson (1773-1850) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pa., 1773. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1815-18, 1823-25, 1829-35; Speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1833; Delaware County Sheriff, 1819-23; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1827-29. Died in Chester, Delaware County, Pa., January 17, 1850. Interment at Middletown Presbyterian Cemetery.
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• John Edwards Leonard (1845-1878) — of Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La. Born in Fairville, Chester County, Pa., February 22, 1845. Grandnephew of John Edwards. Republican. Justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1876; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1877-78; died in office 1878. Died in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, March 15, 1878. Interment at Friends Cemetery.
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• John Edwards (1786-1843) — of Ivy Mills, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Ivy Mills, Delaware County, Pa., 1786. Granduncle of John Edwards Leonard. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1839-43. Died near Glen Mills, Delaware County, Pa., June 26, 1843. Interment at Friends Cemetery.
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• Edward Lowber Stokes (1880-1964) — also known as Edward L. Stokes — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 29, 1880. Republican. Candidate for Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1930; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1931-35 (2nd District 1931-33, 6th District 1933-35); defeated, 1950; candidate in primary for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1934. Died November 8, 1964. Interment at St. David's Church Burial Grounds.
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• George Gray Leiper (1786-1868) — also known as George G. Leiper — of Leiperville (unknown county), Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 3, 1786. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1822; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1829-31; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1843. Died November 18, 1868. Interment at Ridley Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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• Lawrence Gordon Williams (1913-1975) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., September 15, 1913. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1967-75. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Lions. Died July 13, 1975. Interment at Edgewood Memorial Park.
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• Benjamin Franklin James (1885-1961) — also known as Benjamin F. James — of Rosemont, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 1, 1885. Married to Frieda Pauline Gneiting. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1939-47; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1949-59. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons; Lions. Died in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa., January 26, 1961. Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
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• Joseph Marmaduke Pratt (1891-1946) — also known as Joseph M. Pratt — of Pennsylvania. Born in New Jersey, 1891. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1944-45; defeated, 1944. Died in 1946. Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
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• James Wolfenden (1889-1949) — of Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Cardington, Delaware County, Pa., 1889. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1928-47 (8th District 1928-45, 7th District 1945-47). Died in 1949. Interment at Southwestern Friends Burial Ground.
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• E. Wallace Chadwick (1884-1969) — of Rose Valley, Wallingford, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., January 17, 1884. Republican. Lawyer; orphan's court judge in Pennsylvania, 1945; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1947-49. Member, Rotary; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1969. Interment at Union United Methodist Church Cemetery.
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• George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Devon, Chester County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 16, 1867. Son of George Pepper and Hitty Markoe (Wharton) Pepper; married, November 25, 1890, to Charlotte Root Fisher (daughter of George Park Fisher (historian, theologian)). Republican. Lawyer; law professor; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-27; member of Republican National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1922-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924, 1928, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Philosophical Society. Died in 1961. Interment at Old St. David's Churchyard Cemetery.
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• Isaac Wayne (1772-1852) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Paoli, Chester County, Pa., 1772. Son of Anthony Wayne. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1799-1801, 1806; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1810; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1814; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1823-25. Died October 25, 1852. Interment at Old St. David's Churchyard Cemetery.
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• Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) — also known as "Mad Anthony" — of Georgia. Born in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pa., January 1, 1745. Son of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774); father of Isaac Wayne (1772-1852). Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Erie, Erie County, Pa., December 15, 1796. Original interment at Garrison Hill, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 at Old St. David's Churchyard Cemetery. Wayne counties in Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa. and Tenn. are named for him.
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• William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) — also known as "The Railroad General" — of Radnor, Delaware County, Pa. Born in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., January 31, 1866. Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Philosophical Society. President, Pennsylvania Railroad; during World War I, organized U.S. military railroad operations in France; two World War II army camps were named for him. Died, of apoplexy, in Radnor, Delaware County, Pa., September 20, 1935. Interment at Old St. David's Churchyard Cemetery.
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• Thomas Michael Foglietta (1928-2004) — also known as Thomas M. Foglietta — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 3, 1928. Lawyer; member, Philadelphia city council, 1955-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956; Republican candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1975; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1981-97; resigned 1997; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1997-2001. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Loyal Legion; Sons of Italy. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 13, 2004. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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• William Aloysius Barrett (1896-1976) — also known as William A. Barrett — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 14, 1896. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1945-47, 1949-76; defeated, 1946; died in office 1976; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 12, 1976. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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• Michael Joseph Bradley (1897-1979) — also known as Michael J. Bradley — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 24, 1897. Son of Dennis Joseph Bradley and Hannah (McCarthy) Bradley; married, July 6, 1919, to Emily Anguili. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1937-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Knights of Columbus. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 27, 1979. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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• Joseph McLaughlin (1867-1926) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Burt, County Donegal, Ireland, June 9, 1867. Married to Eleanor Driscoll. Republican. Real estate business; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1917-19, 1921-23 (3rd District 1917-19, at-large 1921-23). Irish ancestry. Member, Ancient Order of Hibernians. Died November 21, 1926. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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• James A. Gallagher (1869-1957) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 16, 1869. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1943-45, 1947-49; defeated, 1944. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 8, 1957. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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• Robert Neill McGarvey (1888-1952) — also known as Robert N. McGarvey — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 14, 1888. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948. Died June 28, 1952. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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