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Episcopalian Politicians
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• Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) — also known as Robert G. Allen — of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa. Born in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., August 24, 1902. Son of Arthur Harrison Allen and Sally (Gray) Allen; married, January 17, 1925, to Katharine Hancock Williamson. Democrat. Business executive; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41. Episcopalian. Member, Eagles; Elks; Moose; Rotary. Died in Keene, Albemarle County, Va., August 9, 1963. Interment at Christ Episcopal Church, Keene, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Garner Anthony (b. 1899) — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 19, 1899. Son of Charles Howard Anthony and Rachel Edith (Humphreys) Anthony; married, June 29, 1926, to Dorothy McClaren. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Hawaii territory attorney general, 1942-43; delegate to Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Lewis Balcom (1819-1900) — also known as George L. Balcom — of Cavendish, Windsor County, Vt.; Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Mass., October 9, 1819. Republican. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1855-57; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884; member of New Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1889-90. Episcopalian. Died in Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., May 13, 1900. Interment somewhere in Philadelphia, Pa.
  
  
• Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., January 14, 1780. Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin; half-brother of Abraham Baldwin. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 21, 1844. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
  • See also Baldwin family of Connecticut
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Frances Catherine Baur (b. 1949) — also known as Frances C. Baur — of McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 21, 1949. Daughter of Robert Matthew Baur and Louise (Owen) Baur. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972. Female. Episcopalian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Still living as of 1973.
  
  
• Charles A. Bay (1886-1978) — Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, June 6, 1886. U.S. Vice Consul in Dublin, 1920-22; U.S. Consul in Corinto, 1926; Tientsin, 1927; Bangkok, 1929; Seville, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Milan, 1946-48. Episcopalian. Died in Lahaska, Bucks County, Pa., June 2, 1978. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Theodore Lane Bean (1878-1943) — of Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa.; West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., June 27, 1878. Son of Col. Theodore Weber Bean and Hannah (Heebner) Bean; married, October 14, 1903, to Sarah Albertson Hunter (died 1908); married, August 18, 1917, to Adele Cantrell. Republican. Lawyer; burgess of Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1903; member of Pennsylvania state senate 12th District, 1935-38. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Died September 22, 1943. Interment at Washington Memorial Cemetery, Valley Forge, Pa.
  
  
• John Cromwell Bell, Jr. (1892-1974) — of Wynnewood, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 25, 1892. Son of John Cromwell Bell and Fleurette deBenneville (Myers) Bell; married, June 29, 1918, to Sarah Andrews Baker. Lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1943-47; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1950-72; chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1961-72. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the Revolution; Delta Psi. Died March 18, 1974. Interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) — of Elizabeth, Union County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 2, 1740. Brother-in-law of Richard Stockton; father of Susan Vergereau Boudinot (who married William Bradford). Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1777-78, 1781-84; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1789-95. Episcopalian. Died in Burlington, Burlington County, N.J., October 24, 1821. Interment at St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
  • See also Stockton family of New Jersey
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Slingluff Boyd (1883-1935) — also known as James S. Boyd — of Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., July 11, 1883. Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1917; member of Pennsylvania state senate 12th District, 1919-22, 1927-35; died in office 1935. Episcopalian. Member, Beta Theta Pi. Died March 13, 1935. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Francis Shunk Brown, Jr. (b. 1891) — also known as Francis S. Brown, Jr. — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 3, 1891. Great-great-great-grandson of William Findlay; great-grandson of Francis Rawn Shunk; grandson of Charles Brown; son of Francis Shunk Brown and Elizabeth (Hamm) Brown; married, February 10, 1917, to Janet Ramsey McKeen. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 1st District, 1927-39. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Elks; Phi Delta Phi; Zeta Psi. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Findlay-Brown family of Pennsylvania
  
  
• John Brewer Brown (1836-1898) — of Maryland. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 13, 1836. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1870; member of Maryland state senate, 1888-94; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1892-93. Episcopalian. Died in Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Md., May 16, 1898. Interment at Chesterfield Cemetery, Centreville, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Franklin Brumm (1878-1934) — also known as George F. Brumm — of Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pa. Born in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pa., January 24, 1878. Son of Charles Napoleon Brumm and Virginia (James) Brumm. Republican. Lawyer; solicitor for Miners State Bank; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1923-27, 1929-34; died in office 1934. Episcopalian. Died, in Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 29, 1934. Interment at Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Buffington (1855-1947) — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., September 5, 1855. Son of Ephraim Buffington and Margaret Chambers (Orr) Buffington; married, January 29, 1885, to Mary Alice Simonton; married, January 1, 1931, to Mary Fullerton Jones (died 1933). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1892-1906; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1906-38; took senior status 1938. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., October 21, 1947. Interment somewhere in Kittanning, Pa.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) — also known as Charles E. Bunnell — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Dimock, Susquehanna County, Pa., January 12, 1878. Son of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell; married, July 24, 1901, to Mary Anna Kline. Democrat. Candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S. District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later University of Alaska), 1921-45. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, following a heart attack, at a nursing home in Burlingame, San Mateo County, Calif., November 1, 1956. Interment at Birch Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.
  
  
• Robert Grey Bushong (1883-1951) — also known as Robert G. Bushong — of Reading, Berks County, Pa.; Sinking Spring, Berks County, Pa. Born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., June 10, 1883. Grandson of Anthony Ellmaker Roberts; son of Jacob Bushong and Lillie (Roberts) Bushong; married, July 20, 1919, to Helen Bowman. Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1909; orphan's court judge in Pennsylvania, 1914-15; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916, 1924; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1927-29. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Reading, Berks County, Pa., April 6, 1951. Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Pierce Butler (1744-1822) — of South Carolina. Born in County Carlow, Ireland, July 11, 1744. Son of Sir Richard Butler and Henrietta (Percy) Butler; married 1771 to Mary Middleton. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-89; Adjutant General of South Carolina, 1779; Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1789-96, 1802-04. Episcopalian. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 15, 1822. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Maidstone, Calvert County, Md., November 29, 1722. Chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1774-77. Quaker; later Anglican. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 20, 1810. Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
  
  
• Thomas McKeen Chidsey (1884-1958) — of Easton, Northampton County, Pa. Born in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., January 26, 1884. Republican. Lawyer; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1947-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1950-58; died in office 1958. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Psi. Died April 19, 1958. Interment somewhere in Easton, Pa.
  
  
• George Clymer (1739-1813) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 16, 1739. Married 1765 to Elizabeth Meredith (sister of Samuel Meredith); ancestor of James R. Macfarlane. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1785; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1789-91. Episcopalian. Died in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pa., January 23, 1813. Interment at Friends Graveyard, Trenton, N.J.
  • See also Read family of Pennsylvania
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Jay Cooke (b. 1897) — of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 2, 1897. Son of Jay Cooke and Nina L. (Benson) Cooke; married, April 24, 1924, to Mary F. Glendinning; father of Mary Ellen Cooke (daughter-in-law of Hallett C. Johnson). Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940, 1948; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1940. Episcopalian. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Robert Lawrence Coughlin (1929-2001) — also known as R. Lawrence Coughlin — of Villanova, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., April 11, 1929. Nephew of Clarence Dennis Coughlin. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1965-67; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1967-69; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1969-93. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Jaycees. Died in Mathews, Mathews County, Va., November 30, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• William Radford Coyle (1878-1962) — also known as William R. Coyle — of Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa. Born in Washington, D.C., July 10, 1878. Son of Randolph Coyle and Mary (Radford) Coyle; married, December 21, 1904, to Jane Weston Dodson. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1925-27, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa., January 30, 1962. Interment at Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Willard Sevier Curtin (1905-1996) — also known as Willard S. Curtin — of Morrisville, Bucks County, Pa. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., November 28, 1905. Great-grandnephew of Andrew Gregg Curtin; son of William S. Curtin and Edna G. (Mountford) Curtin; married to Geraldine Hartman. Republican. Lawyer; Bucks County District Attorney, 1949-53; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1957-67. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Rotary. Died February 4, 1996. Cremated; ashes scattered.
  • See also Gregg-Curtin family of Pennsylvania
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Darlington (1782-1863) — of West Chester, Chester County, Pa. Born in Birmingham, Chester County, Pa., April 28, 1782. Son of Edward Darlington (1755-1825) and Hannah (Townsend) Darlington (1760-1826); first cousin of Isaac Darlington, Esther Darlington (1793-1877) (who married James B. Roberts), Edward Darlington (1795-1884) and William Darlington (1804-1879); married, June 1, 1808, to Catherine Lacey (1785-1847); first cousin once removed of Smedley Darlington. Democrat. Physician; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23; Chester County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30; among the founders of the West Chester Railroad; president, Bank of Chester County. Quaker; later Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., April 23, 1863. Interment at Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
  • See also Darlington-Butler family of Pennsylvania
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• John Dickinson (1732-1808) — Born near Trappe, Talbot County, Md., November 8, 1732. Brother of Philemon Dickinson. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76; Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; President of Delaware, 1781; President of Pennsylvania, 1782-85; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Quaker; later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., February 14, 1808. Interment at Friends Burial Ground, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ralph Waldo Emerson Donges (b. 1875) — of Camden, Camden County, N.J.; Collingswood, Camden County, N.J. Born in Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pa., May 5, 1875. Son of John W. Donges and Rose (Renaud) Donges; married, October 1, 1921, to Lillian L. Mosebach. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in New Jersey, 1920-30; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1930-48; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1948-51. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Moose. Entombed in mausoleum at Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
  
  
• George Howard Earle III (1890-1974) — also known as George H. Earle — of Haverford, Delaware County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Devon, Chester County, Pa., December 5, 1890. Great-grandson of Thomas Earle; son of Catherine Hansell (French) Earle and George Howard Earle, Jr.; married, January 20, 1916, to Huberta Potter. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; sugar business; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1933-34; Bulgaria, 1940-41; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died December 30, 1974. Interment at Church of the Resurrection Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
  • See also Earle family of Pennsylvania
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) — also known as Walter E. Edge — of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 20, 1873. Son of William Edge and Mary (Evans) Edge; married, June 10, 1907, to Lady Lee Phillips (died 1915); married, December 9, 1922, to Camilla Loyall Ashe Sewall (daughter of Harold Marsh Sewall). Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; advertising business; newspaper publisher; banker; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908 (alternate), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1910; member of New Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936. Presbyterian; later Episcopalian. Member, Union League. Died October 29, 1956. Interment at Northwood Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
  • See also Sewall family of Maine
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Franklin Spencer Edmonds (b. 1874) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 28, 1874. Son of Henry R. Edmonds and Catherine Ann (Huntzinger) Edmonds; brother of George Washington Edmonds; married, December 6, 1909, to Elise Julia Beitler. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1921-26; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1939. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar Association; American Economic Association; American Historical Association; American Political Science Association; Union League; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Washington Edmonds (1864-1939) — also known as George W. Edmonds — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., February 22, 1864. Son of Henry R. Edmonds and Catherine Ann (Huntzinger) Edmonds; married, June 14, 1899, to Julia H. Riley; brother of Franklin Spencer Edmonds. Republican. Druggist; coal dealer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1913-25, 1933-35. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died, in Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 28, 1939. Interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Prince L. Edwoods (b. 1889) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Bay City, Bay County, Mich., May 1, 1889. Son of Cornelius Edwoods and Rebecca (Johnson) Edwoods; married 1914 to Laura Henderson. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940. Black. Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; Alpha Phi Alpha. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Harvey Farris (1922-1997) — also known as Joe H. Farris — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., April 14, 1922. Married to Mary Lou Corey (sister-in-law of Mario J. Palumbo; aunt of Corey Palumbo). Radio and television personality; sports announcer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1991-97; died in office 1997. Episcopalian. Lebanese ancestry. Member, Lions. Found dead in a hotel room probably from cardiac arrythmia, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 10, 1997. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
  • See also Palumbo-Corey family of West Virginia
  
  
• James Forbes (c.1731-1780) — of Maryland. Born near Benedict, Charles County, Md. State court judge in Maryland, 1770; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1777-78; Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1777-80; died in office 1780. Episcopalian. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 25, 1780. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Bertram Graeme Frazier (1878-1963) — also known as Bertram G. Frazier — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 3, 1878. Married to Lotta Gertrude Eagan. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 4th District, 1927-34, 1947-50; defeated, 1934. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 1, 1963. Interment at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  
  
• Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) — also known as Lake J. Frazier — of Winchester, Va.; Roswell, Chaves County, N.M. Born near Danville, Montour County, Pa., December 11, 1898. Son of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier; married 1921 to Helen P. Holshue. Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1948; mayor of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Delta Theta Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) — of Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., June 12, 1892. Great-great-grandson of Robert H. Gardiner; son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and Alice (Bangs) Gardiner; married, September 16, 1916, to Margaret Thomas. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion, traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of Union Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows. Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in midair, and crashed in Schnecksville, Lehigh County, Pa., August 2, 1953. Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
  • Cross-reference: Edward E. Chase
  • See also Gardiner family of Maine
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Henry G. Hager (b. 1934) — of Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa. Born in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa., April 28, 1934. Son of Dr. Henry G. Hager and Eleanor (Watt) Hager; married to Sally Ann Parrish. Republican. Lawyer; Lycoming County District Attorney, 1964-68; member of Pennsylvania state senate 23rd District, 1973-81. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 1981.
  
  
• Lydia Cromwell Hearne — also known as Lydia Cromwell; Mrs. Julian G. Hearne — of Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va. Born in Bedford, Bedford County, Pa. Daughter of William F. Cromwell and Eliza (Bowles) Cromwell; married to Julian G. Hearne. Republican. Physician; Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1924. Female. Episcopalian. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Adolph A. Hoehling (b. 1868) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 3, 1868. Son of Rear Adm. Adolph August Hoehling and Annie (Rudduck) Hoehling. Lawyer; justice of District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928; banker. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Psi Upsilon. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• June N. Honaman (b. 1920) — also known as June Newcomer; Mrs. Peter K. Honaman — of Landisville, Lancaster County, Pa. Born in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., May 4, 1920. Daughter of Lester W. Newcomer and Maud (Stauffer) Newcomer; married, November 20, 1948, to Peter K. Honaman. Republican. School teacher; vice-chair of Pennsylvania Republican Party, 1963-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964, 1968, 1972. Female. Episcopalian. Member, American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1973.
  
  
• Lewis Taylor Hubbs, Jr. (b. 1923) — also known as Lewis T. Hubbs — of Gladwin, Gladwin County, Mich. Born in North Glenside, Montgomery County, Pa., September 24, 1923. Son of Lewis T. Hubbs, Sr. and Mary (Hainsworth) Hubbs; married to Dorothy Eloise Ward. Republican. Chair of Gladwin County Republican Party, 1960-62; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 28th District, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 28th Senatorial District, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary. Still living as of 1962.
  
  
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll (1786-1868) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 14, 1786. First cousin once removed of Jonathan Ingersoll; son of Jared Ingersoll and Elizabeth (Pellet) Ingersoll; brother of Charles Jared Ingersoll; married, September 22, 1813, to Ann Wilcocks (1781-1831); second cousin of Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll and Charles Anthony Ingersoll; third cousin once removed of Laman Ingersoll; second cousin once removed of Colin Macrae Ingersoll and Charles Roberts Ingersoll; granduncle of Charles Edward Ingersoll; second cousin twice removed of George Pratt Ingersoll. Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1835-37, 1841-49; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1852-53. Episcopalian. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 20, 1868. Interment at St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • See also Ingersoll family of Connecticut
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) — also known as Robert H. Jackson — Born in Spring Creek, Warren County, Pa., February 13, 1892. U.S. Attorney General, 1940-41; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., October 9, 1954. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y.
  
  
• Francis Fisher Kane (b. 1866) — also known as Francis F. Kane — of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 17, 1866. Son of Robert Patterson Kane and Elizabeth (Francis) Kane. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1890; candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1903; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1913-19. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Kappa Sigma. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (b. 1922) — also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach — of Washington, D.C.; New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 17, 1922. Son of Edward Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie Louise (Hilson) Katzenbach; married, June 8, 1946, to Lydia King Phelps Stokes. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes scholar; lawyer; law professor; U.S. Attorney General, 1965-66; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1996. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2003.
  
  
• J. A. Kiester (b. 1832) — of Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minn. Born in Pennsylvania, 1832. Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 20th District, 1865; member of Minnesota state senate 5th District; elected 1890. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alan Goodrich Kirk (1888-1963) — also known as Alan G. Kirk — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 30, 1888. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1946-49; Soviet Union, 1949-51; China (Taiwan), 1962-63; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1946-49. Episcopalian. Died in 1963. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Crain Kunkel (1898-1970) — also known as John C. Kunkel — of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., July 21, 1898. Great-great-grandson of Robert Whitehill and Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant; great-grandson of John Sergeant; grandson of John Christian Kunkel; son of John C. Kunkel and Louisa (Sergeant) Kunkel. Republican. Banker; farmer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-51, 1961-67 (19th District 1939-45, 18th District 1945-51, 16th District 1961-67); candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1950. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Elks; Lions; Moose; Odd Fellows. Died July 27, 1970. Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
  • See also Wise-Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel family of Pennsylvania
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) — also known as Alfred B. Lewis — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 20, 1897. Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis; married, November 20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan (divorced 1939); married, October 14, 1939, to Eileen B. (O'Connor) Lane. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later president, Union Casualty insurance company. Episcopalian. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Americans for Democratic Action; NAACP. Interment somewhere in Fairfield County, Conn.
  
  
• Albert Dutton MacDade (b. 1871) — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Lower Chichester Township, Delaware County, Pa., September 23, 1871. Son of Joseph Walker MacDade and Amy Manwarren (Hedden) MacDade; married, October 5, 1899, to Mabel Troth; married, February 17, 1924, to Jessie G. Kimes; married, February 21, 1939, to Clara P. Wood. Republican. Lawyer; Delaware County District Attorney, 1906-12; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1921-28; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1928-39. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Union League. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harry Arista Mackey (1869-1938) — also known as Harry A. Mackey — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Susquehanna, Susquehanna County, Pa., June 26, 1869. Son of George W. Mackey and Isadora (MacCollum) Mackey; married, February 1, 1900, to Ida Boner. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1928-32. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Foresters; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Optimist Club; Patriotic Order Sons of America; Redmen; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in 1938. Interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
  
  
• Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) — of Washington, D.C. Born in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., June 6, 1860. Son of Wayne MacVeagh and Letitia Miner (Lewis) MacVeagh; married 1887 to Fannie Davenport Rogers. Lawyer; general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S. Steel Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in 1931. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James McDevitt Magee (1877-1949) — also known as James M. Magee — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Evergreen, Allegheny County, Pa., April 5, 1877. Son of Frederick M. Magee and Hannah Mary (Gillespie) Magee; married, November 7, 1924, to Mary (Gittings) Forsyth. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 35th District, 1923-27; trustee, Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Odd Fellows. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., April 16, 1949. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Rowland B. Mahany (b. 1904) — of Titusville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., November 2, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1947-50; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1958. Episcopalian. Member, Eagles; Elks; Moose; Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) — also known as George C. Marshall — of Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va. Born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., December 31, 1880. Son of George Catlett Marshall and Laura (Bradford) Marshall; married, February 11, 1902, to Elizabeth Carter Coles (died 1927); married, October 15, 1930, to Katherine Boyce Tupper Brown. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Secretary of State, 1947-49; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1950-51. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons; Kappa Alpha Order. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1959. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about George C. Marshall: Larry I. Bland & James B. Barber, George C. Marshall, Soldier of Peace
  
  
• John Marshall (1755-1835) — of Virginia. Born in Germantown, Fauquier County, Va., September 24, 1755. Third cousin once removed of Thomas Jefferson; married, January 3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (1766-1831) (daughter of Jacquelin Ambler); brother-in-law of William McClung, George Keith Taylor and Joseph Hamilton Daviess; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841); brother of James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); cousin of John Randolph of Roanoke; father of Thomas Marshall, Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin Burwell Harvie) and James Keith Marshall; uncle of Edward Colston, Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander Keith McClung, Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas Alexander Marshall; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John Augustine Marshall. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S. Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S. Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835; received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury Note in the 1880s, and the $500 bill in the early 20th century. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 6, 1835. Interment at Shockoe Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are named for him.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward Smith, John Marshall : Definer of a Nation; Charles F. Hobson, The Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of Law; Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation 1815-1835; Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815; Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman 1789-1801; Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker; David Scott Robarge, A Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia to the Supreme Court; R. Kent Newmyer, John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
  
  
• William Watson McIntire (1850-1912) — also known as William W. McIntire — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pa., June 30, 1850. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1897-99. Episcopalian. Died on a boat while fishing in the Middle River (or Gunpowder River), Baltimore County, Md., March 30, 1912. Interment at Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) — also known as Frank E. McKee — of North Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 22, 1877. Republican. Member of Michigan state senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary, 1944; died in office 1951. Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish, Swiss, German, and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Frank E. McKee School in North Muskegon is named for him. Died, of a heart attack, in a room at the Porter Hotel, Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., February 13, 1951. Interment at Evergreen-Lakeside Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
  
  
• John Francis Mercer (1759-1821) — of Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Stafford County, Va., May 17, 1759. Son of John Mercer and Anne (Roy) Mercer; brother of James Mercer; married to Sophia Sprigg. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-84; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1788-92, 1800-06; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1792-94 (at-large 1792-93, 2nd District 1793-94); Governor of Maryland, 1801-03. Anglican; later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 30, 1821. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md. Mercer County, Mo. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Charles Robert Miller (1857-1927) — also known as Charles Miller — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., September 30, 1857. Father of Thomas Woodnutt Miller; grandfather of Clement Woodnutt Miller. Republican. Governor of Delaware, 1913-17. Episcopalian. Died in Berlin, Camden County, N.J., September 18, 1927. Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also Miller family of Delaware
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Singer Moorhead (1923-1987) — also known as William S. Moorhead — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., April 8, 1923. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1959-81 (28th District 1959-63, 14th District 1963-81). Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Amvets; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in Baltimore, Md., August 3, 1987. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Leland Burnette Morris (1886-1950) — also known as Leland B. Morris — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Fort Clark, Kinney County, Tex., February 7, 1886. Foreign Service officer; interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Smyrna, 1914-17; U.S. Consul in Salonika, 1919-22; Cologne, 1926; Athens, 1927-29; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1932; U.S. Minister to Iceland, 1942-44; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1944-45. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Gamma Delta. Died in 1950. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Morris (1734-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Liverpool, England, January 20, 1734. Father-in-law of James Markham Marshall; father of Thomas Morris. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1785; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95. Episcopalian. Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process. Imprisoned for debt from February 1798 to August 1801. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10 silver certificate in the 1870s and 1880s. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 8, 1806. Entombed at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) — Born in Trappe, Montgomery County, Pa., October 12, 1746. Son of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and Anna Maria (Weiser) Muhlenberg; married, November 6, 1770, to Anna Barbara Meyer; brother of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg; uncle of Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg; father of Francis Swaine Muhlenberg; great-great-grandfather of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg. Democrat. Pastor; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801 (at-large 1789-91, 1st District 1793-95, 1799-1801); delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801; resigned 1801; U.S. Collector of Customs for Philadelphia, Pa., 1802-07. Lutheran; later Episcopalian. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 1, 1807. Interment at Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pa. Muhlenberg County, Ky. is named for him.
  • See also Muhlenberg-Hiester family of Pennsylvania
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• W. Reed Orr (1910-1975) — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., June 3, 1910. Married 1934 to Helen Gustine. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Calhoun County Circuit Court Commissioner; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District, 1951-54. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Amvets; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Kiwanis. Died in 1975. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
  
  
• Asa Packer (1805-1879) — of Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa. Born in Mystic, Stonington, New London County, Conn., December 20, 1805. Nephew of Daniel Packer; father of Robert Asa Packer. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1842-43; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1843-48; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860, 1864; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1869. Episcopalian. Founder, Lehigh Valley Railroad; founder, in 1865, of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. By some accounts, he had the largest fortune in Pennsylvania at the time. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 17, 1879. Interment at Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
  • See also Packer family of Pennsylvania
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Grove Payne (b. 1887) — also known as J. G. Payne — of Oil City, Venango County, Pa. Born in Farmdale, Trumbull County, Ohio, December 13, 1887. Son of I. N. Payne and Cora B. (Thompson) Payne; married 1909 to Alice Montgomery. Republican. Superintendent, Allegheny Division, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1917-27; mayor of Oil City, Pa., 1931-39. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Minnie Freeman Penney (b. 1868) — also known as Minnie Mae Freeman; Mrs. Edgar B. Penney — of Fullerton, Nance County, Neb. Born in Raymonds Corners, Potter County, Pa., February 25, 1868. Daughter of Sarah Lovica (Cushing) Freeman (1833-1904) and William Elder Freeman (died 1912); married, April 22, 1891, to Edgar Byron Penney. Republican. School teacher; during a sudden, fierce blizzard on January 12, 1888, saved the lives of seventeen children by leading them from her schoolhouse to the nearest farm, a mile away; member of Republican National Committee from Nebraska, 1922-28. Female. Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution; Order of the Eastern Star; American Legion Auxiliary; Pi Beta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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, Wayne, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958) — also known as Lawrence C. Phipps — of Denver, Colo. Born in Washington County, Pa., August 30, 1862. Son of Rev. William Henry Phipps and Agnes (McCall) Phipps. Republican. Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie Steel Corporation; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1919-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1920, 1924, 1928; member of Republican National Committee from Colorado, 1932. Episcopalian. Died in 1958. Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Kerr Pollock (1898-1968) — also known as James K. Pollock — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa., May 25, 1898. Son of James Kerr Pollock and Ella (Newton) Pollock; married to Agnes Marie Haun. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university professor; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Political Science Association; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Delta Kappa. Died October 4, 1968. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) — of Virginia. Born in Williamsburg, Va., 1721. Son of John Randolph (1693-1737); first cousin of Richard Bland; brother-in-law of Benjamin Harrison; first cousin once removed of Theodorick Bland; uncle of Edmund Jenings Randolph. Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 22, 1775. Interment at College of William and Mary Chapel, Williamsburg, Va. Randolph County, N.C. is named for him.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harry Clay Ransley (1863-1941) — also known as Harry C. Ransley — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 5, 1863. Son of Robert H. Ransley and Mary A. (Irvin) Ransley; married, March 31, 1902, to Harrie Dilks. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912; Philadelphia County Sheriff, 1916-20; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1920-37 (3rd District 1920-33, 1st District 1933-37). Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died November 7, 1941. Interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Read (1769-1854) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., July 17, 1769. Son of George Read and Mary (Howell) Read; married 1795 to Martha Meredith (daughter of Samuel Meredith); father of John Meredith Read; grandfather of John Meredith Read, Jr.. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1816-17. Episcopalian. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., July 13, 1854. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Read family of Pennsylvania
  
  
• John Meredith Read (1797-1874) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 21, 1797. Grandson of George Read and Samuel Meredith; son of John Read and Martha (Meredith) Read; married, March 20, 1828, to Priscilla Marshall (died 1841); married, July 26, 1855, to Amelia Thompson; father of John Meredith Read, Jr..