Selected officials of Northumberland County

(not intended to be complete)

Jared Irwin (Sheriff, 1808-12) Herbert W. Cummings (District Attorney, 1902-05)

Politicians who were born in Northumberland County

• No city given: William P. Maclay 1774 Thomas Lyon Hamer 1800 Henry Kent McCay 1820 Jacob G. Frick 1838
• Atlas: David J. Pizzoli 1913
• Mt. Carmel: James M. Gavin 1907
• Milton: Robert H. Hammond 1791 James Pollock 1810 Franklin Bound 1829
• Northumberland: Robert J. Walker 1801 John Gallagher Montgomery 1805 Joseph W. Fisher 1814 Lewis D. Apsley 1852
• Near Northumberland: Henry Lutz Cake 1827
• Shamokin: Evan John Jones 1872 William I. Troutman 1905
• Sunbury: Daniel Cruger 1780 Lewis Dewart 1780 John Y. Kennedy 1792 Jasper Ewing Brady 1797 William Lewis Dewart 1821 John Black Packer 1824
• Trevorton: Edward Cooper 1873
• West Chillisquaque Township: Herbert W. Cummings 1873
• See also Pa. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Northumberland County

• No city given: Benjamin Apple - George A. Deitrick - John T. Fisher - Jared Irwin - Albert Lloyd - John McPherson - Frank H. Strouss
• Atlas: David J. Pizzoli
• Elysburg: S. A. Bergstresser - Edward W. Helfrick
• Excelsior: William J. Ryan
• Kulpmont: Eugene J. Mirarchi
• Mt. Carmel: Voris Auten - S. A. Bergstresser - Joseph P. Bradley - Arch B. Croll - Elmer J. Delcamp - David M. Hughes - Frederick William Magrady - John Mazur - Charles E. Miller - Stanford R. Moyer - Edmund W. Samuel - E. E. White
• Milton: Alexander J. Blair - Franklin Bound - Preston B. Davis - Harry C. Emsweller - Frederic A. Godcharles - William H. Hackenberg - Robert H. Hammond - Charles Hotlstein - Enos T. Kerr - William C. Lawson - Joe A. Logan - John Murray - Mary Rhoads - R. D. Werley
• Northumberland: Frederick D. Kessler - Charles Steele
• Shamokin: C. A. Barron - John J. Boback - Frank B. Dressler - A. G. Haas - William J. Jones - J. J. Kearney - W. Fred Kohler, Jr. - Monroe H. Kulp - Thomas F. Landy - John C. Moore - George W. Ryon - George W. Schultz - George W. Shade - Alfred G. Shissler - E. G. Sylvara - William I. Troutman - W. H. Unger - Lester W. Weller - William P. Zurick
• Sunbury: Edwin L. Bergstresser - John I. Carr - C. M. Clement - John C. Cott - Herbert W. Cummings - Samuel D. Deitrick - Henry Heckart - Fred E. Hoffman - Barney Kury - J. A. Lamb - Henry W. Lark - John V. Lesher - Harriet I. Lewis - Morris R. Michaels - Merle H. Phillips - George E. Rohrbach - William R. Rohrbach - Lester P. Shissler - Roger V. Wiest - Allen M. Wolfe - Simon P. Wolverton
• Trevorton: William P. Zurick
• See also Pa. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Northumberland County

• Milton: Franklin Bound 1910 Charles Heber Dickerman 1915
• Northumberland: Henry Lutz Cake 1899
• Shamokin: William I. Troutman 1971
• Sunbury: Lewis Dewart 1852 William Lewis Dewart 1888 John Black Packer 1891 Herbert W. Cummings 1956 Ivor D. Fenton 1986
• See also Pa. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Northumberland County

• Milton Harmony Cemetery
• Milton Milton Cemetery
• Mt. Carmel Mt. Carmel Cemetery
• Mt. Carmel Township St. Peter's Cemetery
• Northumberland Riverview Cemetery
• Potts Grove Chillisquaque Cemetery
• Shamokin City Cemetery
• Shamokin Odd Fellows Cemetery
• Sunbury City Cemetery
• Sunbury Pomfret Manor Cemetery
• Sunbury Pomfret-Manor Cemetery
• Sunbury Sunbury Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Frederic A. Godcharles (1872-1944) — also known as Fred Godcharles — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in 1872. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Died in 1944. Interment at Harmony Cemetery.
  
  

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• James Pollock (1810-1890) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., September 11, 1810. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1844-49; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1855-58. Director of the U.S. Mint; originator of the motto 'In God We Trust' for U.S. coins. Died April 19, 1890. Interment at Milton Cemetery.
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• Robert Hanna Hammond (1791-1847) — also known as Robert H. Hammond — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., April 28, 1791. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1837-41; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Injured during the Mexican War; ordered home on sick leave, but died of his wounds en route, aboard the steamship Orleans, At Sea, June 2, 1847. Interment at Milton Cemetery.
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• Alem Marr (1787-1843) — of Danville, Montour County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1787. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1829-31. Died in 1843. Interment at Milton Cemetery.
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• Franklin Bound (1829-1910) — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., April 9, 1829. Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1860-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1868; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1885-89. Died in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., August 8, 1910. Interment at Milton Cemetery.
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• Charles Heber Dickerman (1843-1915) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Harford, Susquehanna County, Pa., February 3, 1843. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1903-05. Died in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., December 17, 1915. Interment at Milton Cemetery.
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• Frederick William Magrady (1863-1954) — of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., November 24, 1863. Son of William Magrady and Isabel (McConaghy) Magrady; married to Mary Kiefer. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; vice-president, Shamokin and Mt. Carmel Transit Co.; director and solicitor for First National Bank of Mt. Carmel; director, Mt. Carmel Water Co.; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1925-33. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Died in Danville, Montour County, Pa., August 27, 1954. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
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• Edmund William Samuel (1857-1930) — also known as Edmund W. Samuel — of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Blamavon, Wales, November 27, 1857. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1905-07. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died March 7, 1930. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
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• Samuel Achmuty Bergstresser (d. 1900) — also known as S. A. Bergstresser — of Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pa.; Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860. Died in 1900. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  
  

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• David John Pizzoli (1913-1976) — also known as David J. Pizzoli — of Atlas, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Atlas, Northumberland County, Pa., January 16, 1913. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus. Died, of heart and lung problems, in Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pa., September 3, 1976. Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
  
  

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• John Vandling Lesher (1866-1932) — also known as John V. Lesher — of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Union Township, Union County, Pa., July 27, 1866. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1913-21; defeated, 1920. Died May 3, 1932. Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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• Henry Lutz Cake (1827-1899) — of Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pa. Born near Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pa., October 6, 1827. Republican. Newspaper publisher; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; coal mining business; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1867-71. Died in Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pa., August 26, 1899. Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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• John Murray (1768-1834) — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1768. Cousin of Thomas Murray, Jr.. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1817-21. Died in 1834. Interment at Chillisquaque Cemetery.
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• Thomas Murray, Jr. (1770-1823) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1770. Cousin of John Murray. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1821-23. Died in 1823. Interment at Chillisquaque Cemetery.
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• Monroe Henry Kulp (1858-1911) — also known as Monroe H. Kulp — of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Barto, Berks County, Pa., October 23, 1858. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1895-99. Died October 19, 1911. Interment at City Cemetery.
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• William Irvin Troutman (1905-1971) — also known as William I. Troutman — of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa., January 13, 1905. Married to Emeline B. Lark. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1943-45; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1945; resigned 1945; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1946-66. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Pi. Died in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa., January 27, 1971. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Politicians formerly buried here:

• Jasper Ewing Brady (1797-1871) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., March 4, 1797. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1844; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1847-49. Died in Washington, D.C., January 26, 1871. Original interment at City Cemetery; reinterment in 1893 at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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• John Black Packer (1824-1891) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., March 21, 1824. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1869-77. Died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., July 7, 1891. Interment at Pomfret Manor Cemetery.
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• Isaac Clinton Kline (1858-1947) — also known as I. Clinton Kline — of Pennsylvania. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa., August 18, 1858. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Died December 2, 1947. Interment at Pomfret Manor Cemetery.
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• Herbert Wesley Cummings (1873-1956) — also known as Herbert W. Cummings — of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pa., July 13, 1873. Son of R. M. Cummings and Mary Elizabeth (Albright) Cummings; married, February 20, 1902, to Marguerite Edna Howell (died). Democrat. Lawyer; Northumberland County District Attorney, 1902-05; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1912-22, 1936-46; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1923-25; defeated, 1924. Died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., March 4, 1956. Interment at Pomfret Manor Cemetery.
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• Simon Peter Wolverton (1837-1910) — also known as Simon P. Wolverton — of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1837. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1891-95. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in 1910. Interment at Pomfret-Manor Cemetery.
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• Lewis Dewart (1780-1852) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., November 14, 1780. Father of William Lewis Dewart. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1831-33. Died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., April 26, 1852. Interment at Sunbury Cemetery.
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• William Lewis Dewart (1821-1888) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., June 21, 1821. Son of Lewis Dewart. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1857-59. Died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., April 19, 1888. Interment at Sunbury Cemetery.
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