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Harlan Page Amen (1853-1913) —
also known as Harlan P. Amen —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Sinking Spring, Highland
County, Ohio, April 14,
1853.
Son of Daniel Amen and Sarah J. (Barber) Amen.
Republican. School
teacher; principal, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., from
1895; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1912.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Historical Association.
Died November
9, 1913 (age 60 years, 209
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vera Andrus (1896-1976) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Reedsburg, Sauk
County, Wis., August
21, 1896.
Daughter of William Andrus and Alice (Barton) Andrus.
Republican. School
teacher; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from St. Clair
District, 1961-62.
Female.
Christian
Scientist. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women; National
Education Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Historical Association.
Died in August, 1976
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Burrill Angell (1829-1916) —
also known as James B. Angell —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Scituate, Providence
County, R.I., January
7, 1829.
Son of Andrew Aldrich Angell and Amey (Aldrich) Angell.
Editor of Sen. Henry
B. Anthony's newspaper,
Providence Journal, 1860-66; president,
University of Vermont, 1866-71; president,
University of Michigan, 1871-1909; U.S. Minister to China, 1880-81; Turkey, 1897-98.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Historical Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 1,
1916 (age 87 years, 85
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Emil Baensch (1857-1939) —
of Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis.
Born in Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis., June 12,
1857.
Son of August Frederick Baensch (1826-1863) and Gesine (Schuette)
Baensch (1831-1919).
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; Manitowoc
County Judge, 1888-94; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1895-99; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1904.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
League; American Historical Association.
Died in Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis., 1939
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wis.
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Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840-1927) —
also known as Simeon E. Baldwin —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
5, 1840.
Son of Roger
Sherman Baldwin and Emily (Perkins) Baldwin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1867; law
professor; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1897-1907; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1907-10; Governor of
Connecticut, 1911-15; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1914.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died January
30, 1927 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Francisco Antonio Balmaseda (b. 1935) —
also known as Francisco A. Balmaseda —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Camagüey, Cuba, August 8,
1935.
Son of Francisco Fidencio Balmaseda and Zoila Fé
(Nápoles) Balmaseda.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
instructor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1972.
Lutheran.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American Historical Association.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1955
to Eileen Bahnsen. |
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (1862-1927) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Highland
County, Ohio, October
6, 1862.
Son of Thomas Henry Beveridge (1818-1895) and Frances Eleanor
(Parkinson) Beveridge (1824-1918).
Lawyer;
historian;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1899-1911; defeated, 1914 (Progressive),
1922 (Republican); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1900,
1904
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1908,
1924;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1912; received the Pulitzer
Prize in Biography, 1920.
Member, American Historical Association.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 27,
1927 (age 64 years, 203
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Henry Beveridge (1818-1895) and Frances Eleanor (Parkinson)
Beveridge (1824-1918); married, November
24, 1887, to Katherine Maude Langsdale (1864-1900); married, August 7,
1907, to Catherine Spencer Eddy (1881-1970); father of Albert
Jeremiah Beveridge, Jr.. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Albert J. Beveridge: The
Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation 1815-1835
(1916) — The
Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815
(1916) — The
Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman
1789-1801 (1916) — The
Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker
(1916) — Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858 (1928) — The
Art of Public Speaking (1924) — The
Meaning of the Times, and Other Speeches (1908) — The
Russian Advance (1904) — The
State of the Nation (1924) — What
Is Back of the War (1915) |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, December 1902 |
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James MacGregor Burns (b. 1918) —
also known as James M. Burns —
of Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., August 3,
1918.
Son of Robert Arthur Burns and Mildred Curry (Bunce) Burns.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; college
professor; author;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1958.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Historical Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Received Pulitzer
Prize in history, 1971.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Arthur Burns and Mildred Curry (Bunce) Burns; married 1942 to Janet
Rose Dismorr Thompson; married 1969 to Joan
Simpson Meyers. |
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Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 2,
1862.
Son of Henry L. Butler and Mary J. (Murray) Butler.
Republican. University
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1888;
President
of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920,
1928;
co-recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; blind
in his later years.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Historical Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of bronchio-pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1947 (age 85 years, 249
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Robert Granville Caldwell (b. 1882) —
of Texas; Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
of American parents, August
31, 1882.
Son of Milton Etsil Caldwell and Susanna (Adams) Caldwell.
Democrat. College
professor; historian;
U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1933-37; Bolivia, 1937-39.
Member, American Historical Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1915
to Edith Jones. |
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) —
also known as Joshua L. Chamberlain —
of Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Brewer, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
8, 1828.
Son of Joshua Chamberlain and Sarah Dupree (Brastow) Chamberlain.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Maine, 1867-71; president,
Bowdoin College; U.S.
Surveyor of Customs, 1909.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; American Historical Association.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action as commander of the 20th Maine, at
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.
Died February
24, 1914 (age 85 years, 169
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Davis (b. 1925) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 12,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1965-66; U.S. Ambassador to Guatamala, 1968-71; Chile, 1971-73; Switzerland, 1975-77.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Historical Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry Stewart Dean (1830-1915) —
also known as Henry S. Dean —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., June 14,
1830.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; miller;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1894-1907; appointed 1894;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Historical Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
18, 1915 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846-1917) —
also known as Donald M. Dickinson; Don M.
Dickinson —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Ontario, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
17, 1846.
Son of Col. Asa C. Dickinson and Minerva H. Dickinson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1876; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1880-85; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1892.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Historical Association.
Died October
15, 1917 (age 71 years, 271
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Patrick Henry Drewry (1875-1947) —
also known as Patrick H. Drewry —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., May 24,
1875.
Son of Dr. E. A. Drewry and Alta L. (Booth) Drewry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1912-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1916,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1920-47 (4th District 1920-33,
at-large 1933-35, 4th District 1935-47); died in office 1947.
Methodist.
Member, American Historical Association; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
21, 1947 (age 72 years, 211
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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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.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1921-26; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1939-46.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Economic Association; American Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Union
League; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel James Ervin, Jr. (1896-1985) —
also known as Sam J. Ervin, Jr. —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., September
27, 1896.
Son of Samuel James Ervin and Laura Theresa (Powe) Ervin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931; chair of
Burke County Democratic Party, 1924; member of North Carolina
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-37; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1937-43; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1946-47; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1948-54; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Historical Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of
Ahepa; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Junior
Order; Newcomen
Society; Sigma
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., April 23,
1985 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Fred Tarbell Field (1876-1950) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., December
24, 1876.
Son of Frederic Griswold Field and Anna Melanie (Tarbell) Field.
Lawyer;
justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1929-47; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1938-47.
Baptist.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar
Association; American Historical Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Newton-Wellesley Hospital,
Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 23,
1950 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Garrett (b. 1875) —
of Roland Park, Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., June 24,
1875.
Son of Thomas Harrison Garrett and Alice Dickinson (Whitridge)
Garrett.
Republican. Banker;
candidate for Maryland
state house of delegates, 1903, 1905; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1904, 1906, 1908;
member of Maryland
Republican State Central Committee, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Historical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Harrison Garrett and Alice Dickinson (Whitridge) Garrett;
brother of John
Work Garrett; married, May 1,
1907, to Katharine Barker Johnson. |
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Warren Grice (b. 1875) —
of Hawkinsville, Pulaski
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Perry, Houston
County, Ga., December
6, 1875.
Son of Washington Leonidas Grice and Martha Virginia (Warren) Grice.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900-04; Georgia
state attorney general, 1914-15; law
professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1937-45.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Historical Association; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Allyn Haigh (1854-1942) —
also known as Henry A. Haigh —
of Michigan.
Born in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., March 13,
1854.
Son of Richard Haigh, Sr. (1811-1904) and Lucy Billings (Allyn) Haigh
(1815-1903).
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of William
L. Carpenter, Flavius
L. Brooke, and John
Atkinson, starting in 1889; active in promotion and construction
of electric railways,
and officer for several railroad
companies; director of the Alpena Power
Company; stockholder and director of the Peninsular Savings Bank;
director and counsel of Continental Casualty insurance
company; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1892;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1896.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American Historical
Association; Freemasons.
Died May 16,
1942 (age 88 years, 64
days).
Interment at Northview
Cemetery, Dearborn, Mich.
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Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1882-1964) —
also known as Carlton J. H. Hayes —
of New York.
Born near Afton, Chenango
County, N.Y., May 16,
1882.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; historian;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1942-45.
Catholic.
Member, American Historical Association.
Died, of a heart
ailment, at Sidney Hospital,
Afton, Chenango
County, N.Y., September
3, 1964 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bert M. Heideman (b. 1909) —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich., February
5, 1909.
Son of Rev. Arthur Heideman and Lempi (Kranck) Heideman.
Republican. Lawyer; university
professor; Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1958, 1960 (primary), 1962; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 32nd Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 110th District, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi Mu
Alpha; American
Political Science Association; American Historical
Association; Lions; Elks; Eagles.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Katherine Grayson Graham. |
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David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) —
also known as David J. Hill —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., June 10,
1850.
Son of Rev. Daniel T. Hill and Lydia Ann (Thompson) Hill.
Historian;
president,
Bucknell University, 1879-88; president,
University of Rochester, 1888-96; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1903-05; Netherlands, 1905-08; Luxembourg, 1905-08; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1908-11.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Historical Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1932
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clifford Chesley Hubbard (b. 1884) —
also known as Clifford C. Hubbard —
of Norton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 30,
1884.
Son of Elmer Elston Hubbard and Lucy Amelia (Read) Hubbard.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Jay II (1817-1894) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 23,
1817.
Son of William
Jay.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Austria, 1869-75; historian.
Member, American Historical Association.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1894 (age 76 years, 316
days).
Interment at Jay
Family Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Francis Bowler Keene (b. 1856) —
also known as Francis B. Keene —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
11, 1856.
Son of Rev. David Keene and Susan Elizabeth (Bowler) Keene.
Engineer;
coal
sales agent; newspaper
editor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1899-1902; U.S. Consul in Florence, 1903-05; Geneva, 1905-15; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, 1915-17; Rome, 1917-24.
Member, American Historical Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (1881-1958) —
also known as Breckinridge Long —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.; Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 16,
1881.
Son of William Strudwick Long and Margaret Miller (Breckinridge)
Long.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Democratic National Convention, 1916 ; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1920; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1928;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Historical Association.
Died in Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md., September
26, 1958 (age 77 years, 133
days).
Interment at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Married 1912
to Christine Alexander Graham. |
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George Washington Oakes (b. 1861) —
also known as George Washington Ochs —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1861.
Son of Julius Ochs and Bertha (Levy) Ochs.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, Civitan;
American Historical Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
| | | Relatives: Son of Julius Ochs and
Bertha (Levy) Ochs; brother of Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935; publisher,
New York Times); married to Bertie Gans (died 1913). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Francis Hubert Parker (b. 1850) —
also known as Francis H. Parker —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
23, 1850.
Son of Ozias H. Parker and Maria M. (Ayer) Parker.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1878, 1880, 1909; candidate for
Connecticut
state senate, 1894; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1900-08.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American Historical Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Oldfather Reischauer (1910-1990) —
Born in Tokyo, Japan,
October
15, 1910.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Historical Association.
With George McCune, developed a phonetic method for transliterating
Korean into the Roman alphabet.
Died, from complications of hepatitis,
in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., September
1, 1990 (age 79 years, 321
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip J. Roberts (b. 1948) —
also known as Phil Roberts —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in a hospital
at Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo., July 8,
1948.
Democrat. University
professor; candidate in primary for Governor of
Wyoming, 1998; chair of
Albany County Democratic Party, 1998-2004.
Member, American Historical Association.
Still living as of 2005.
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James Ralph Scales (b. 1919) —
of Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.; Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla.
Born in Jay, Delaware
County, Okla., May 27,
1919.
Son of John Grover Scales and Kate (Whitley) Scales.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; university
professor; president,
Oklahoma Baptist University, 1951-65; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Eta
Sigma; Pi
Kappa Delta; Kappa
Delta Pi; Lions.
Still living as of 1967.
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Henry Willson Temple (1864-1955) —
also known as Henry W. Temple —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Belle Center, Logan
County, Ohio, March 31,
1864.
Son of John B. Temple and Martha (Jameson) Temple.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1915-33 (24th District
1913-15, 1915-23, 25th District 1923-33).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Historical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., January
11, 1955 (age 90 years, 286
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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James Eugene Walker (1908-1972) —
also known as James E. Walker —
of Orange, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Miles City, Custer
County, Mont., July 19,
1908.
Son of Sharpless Walker and Gladys (James) Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; writer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1940; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-54; chair of
Orange County Democratic Party, 1942-44; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from California, 1944; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; member of California
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1946-52; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Society for International Law; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Historical
Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in May, 1972
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) —
also known as Andrew D. White —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., November
7, 1832.
Son of Horace White (1802-1860) and Clara (Dickson) White
(1811-1882).
Republican. University
professor; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1864-67; co-founder and first president
of Cornell University, 1867-79 and 1881-85; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1872
(alternate), 1884,
1912;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1872;
U.S. Minister to Germany, 1879-81; Russia, 1892-94; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1897-1902.
Member, American Historical Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
4, 1918 (age 85 years, 362
days).
Entombed at Sage
Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; statue at Arts
Quad, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
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