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Marcus Wilson Acheson (1828-1906) —
also known as Marcus W. Acheson —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., June 7,
1828.
Son of David Acheson (1769-1851) and Mary Cunningham (Wilson) Acheson
(1787-1872).
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1880-91;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1891-1906; died in
office 1906.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 21,
1906 (age 78 years, 14
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Allen Clark Adsit (1837-1912) —
also known as Allen C. Adsit —
of Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
20, 1837.
Son of Stephen Adsit (1805-1884) and Polly (Smiley) Adsit (died
1853).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District,
1871-72; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1891-99; defeated, 1899, 1908;
law partner of Peter
J. Danhof, 1901-12; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1901, 1904.
Universalist.
English
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1912 (age 74 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Martyn Livingston Agens (1855-1909) —
also known as M. Livy Agens —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., June 17,
1855.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mason County, 1905-09; died
in office 1909.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grange; Odd
Fellows.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March 30,
1909 (age 53 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) —
also known as George B. Agnew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Son of Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew.
Republican. Stockbroker;
director of mining
companies and railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Presbyterian.
English,
French
Huguenot, Scottish,
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Union
League; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New
York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
to Emily D. Gruban. |
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Taliaferro Alexander (1846-1924) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Catahoula
Parish, La., March 17,
1846.
Son of John Steele Alexander and Susan (Taliaferro) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for railroads;
delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., January
3, 1924 (age 77 years, 292
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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William Baker (1813-1872) —
of Loudon (now Fort Loudon), Franklin
County, Pa.; Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton, Franklin
County, Pa., February
11, 1813.
Son of Conrad Baker and Mary (Winterheimer) Baker.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1847-49; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1859-68, 1870-72; defeated, 1868; died in
office 1872.
Lutheran;
later Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died May 23,
1872 (age 59 years, 102
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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John O. Bard (b. 1829) —
of Bard, Hanson
County, S.Dak.
Born in Orretown, Franklin
County, Pa., 1829.
Democrat. Farm
implement dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 12th District, 1891-92.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Witter Johnston Baxter (1816-1888) —
also known as Witter J. Baxter —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Plains, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1816.
Son of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-76, 1877-81; appointed 1857;
resigned 1876, 1881; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1877-78.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died February
6, 1888 (age 71 years, 233
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter; married 1852 to Alice
Beaumont (1831-1872; granddaughter of Myron Holly (prominent
abolitionist)). |
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William S. Beardsley (1901-1954) —
also known as Bill Beardsley —
of New Virginia, Warren
County, Iowa.
Born in Beacon, Mahaska
County, Iowa, May 13,
1901.
Son of William Beardsley and Carrie (Shane) Beardsley.
Republican. Pharmacist;
farmer;
member of Iowa state
senate, 1933-41; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1947-48; Governor of
Iowa, 1949-54; died in office 1954; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1952.
Methodist.
English
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Killed in an automobile
accident, November
21, 1954 (age 53 years, 192
days).
Interment at New
Virginia Cemetery, New Virginia, Iowa.
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John James Bell (1864-1929) —
also known as John J. Bell —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Palmerston, Ontario,
April
6, 1864.
Son of John Bell (1829-1867) and Catherine Julia (Sides) Bell
(1832-1909).
Naturalized U.S. citizen; music
store owner; mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1907-12, 1927-28.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Modern
Maccabees; Maccabees
of the World; Foresters;
Woodmen of
the World; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., April 1,
1929 (age 64 years, 360
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) —
also known as James G. Blaine; "The Plumed
Knight"; "Belshazzar Blaine";
"Magnetic Man" —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in West Brownsville, Washington
County, Pa., January
31, 1830.
Son of Ephraim Blaine and Maria (Gillespie) Blaine.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856
(Honorary
Secretary); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1859-62; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1863-76; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1869-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1876-81; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1881, 1889-92; candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1893 (age 62 years, 362
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1920 at Blaine
Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Blaine and Maria (Gillespie) Blaine; nephew of Ellen
Blaine (who married John
Hoge Ewing); married, June 30,
1850, to Harriet Stonwood; father of Harriet Blaine (who married
Truxtun
Beale). See Beale-Blaine
family of Pennsylvania. |
| | | Cross-reference: Robert
G. Ingersoll |
| | | Blaine counties in Idaho, Mont., Neb. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: J.
B. McLaughlin
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James G. Blaine: Mark
Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Edward P. Crapol, James
G. Blaine : Architect of Empire — Richard B. Cheney &
Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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H. G. Boyland (b. 1832) —
of Bangor, Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Selby, Walworth
County, S.Dak.
Born in 1832.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 36th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Abraham Lincoln Brick (1860-1908) —
also known as Abraham L. Brick —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born near South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., May 27,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1892; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1899-1908; died in
office 1908.
Scotch-Irish and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 7,
1908 (age 47 years, 316
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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Francis Shunk Brown (b. 1858) —
also known as Francis S. Brown —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 9,
1858.
Son of Charles
Brown and Elizabeth (Shunk) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1915-19; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Calhoon —
of Kentucky; Madison
County, Miss.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1836.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Son of George
Calhoon and Louisiana (Brandenburg) Calhoon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1876-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Thomas Coleman (b. 1867) —
also known as William T. Coleman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison Township, Armstrong
County, Pa., April 20,
1867.
Son of John Coleman and Mary E. (Langler) Coleman.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1905.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Taylor Corson (1857-1928) —
also known as Oscar T. Corson —
of Ohio.
Born near Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, May 3,
1857.
Son of William Corson (1823-1893) and Elizabeth (McBurney) Corson
(died 1901).
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Ohio
commissioner of common schools, 1892-98.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
and Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died suddenly while addressing a
conference at Ohio State University, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 14,
1928 (age 70 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Stanley Coutant (b. 1854) —
also known as A. S. Coutant —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Greenwich, Huron
County, Ohio, December
11, 1854.
Son of Isaac Newton Coutant and Anne (Oglevee) Coutant.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1896-1900; postmaster.
French,
Dutch,
Scotch-Irish, and German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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George D. Cowdin (b. 1835) —
of Oxford, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Livingston
County, N.Y., October
21, 1835.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District,
1907-08.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) —
also known as Charles M. Croswell —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
31, 1825.
Son of John Croswell and Sally (Hicks) Croswell.
Republican. Carpenter;
contractor;
lawyer;
Lenawee
County Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner of Thomas
M. Cooley, 1855; mayor of
Adrian, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8th
District 1867-68); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1868;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,
1873-74; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74; Governor of
Michigan, 1877-80.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish and Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
13, 1886 (age 61 years, 43
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Andrew Gregg Curtin (1817-1894) —
also known as Andrew G. Curtin; "War Governor of
Pennsylvania" —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., April 22,
1817.
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1848,
1852;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1855-58; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1861-67; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1869-72; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1881-87.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., October
7, 1894 (age 77 years, 168
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.; statue at Centre
County Courthouse Square, Bellefonte, Pa.
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Harry Micajah Daugherty (1860-1941) —
also known as Harry M. Daugherty —
of Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio, January
26, 1860.
Son of John H. Daugherty and Jane A. (Draper) Daugherty.
Republican. Lawyer; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1890-94; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1924;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1921-24.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Subject of a Senate investigation
of his conduct
as Attorney General; resigned
under fire; indicted
on charges of conspiracy to defraud
the U.S. government, but acquitted in 1927.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
12, 1941 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington Court House, Ohio.
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John Dick (1794-1872) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 17,
1794.
Son of William Dick (died 1810) and Anna (McGunnegle) Dick
(1767-1848).
Merchant;
banker;
burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1830, 1834, 1850-51; Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1853-59 (24th District 1853-55,
25th District 1855-59); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., May 29,
1872 (age 77 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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John David Dingell, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as John D. Dingell; "Big John";
"The Truck" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., July 8,
1926.
Son of John
David Dingell and Grace (Bigler) Dingell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65,
16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1968,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Polish
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Arthur Dixon (b. 1837) —
also known as "Watch-Dog of the City
Treasury" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 27,
1837.
Son of Arthur Dixon and Jane (Allen) Dixon.
Republican. Grocer; transfer
business; member, Chicago Common Council, 1867-91; president of
council, 1874-80; director, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
director, Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway,
1900-17; director, Metropolitan National Bank;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 96th District, 1871-73; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1880;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1904.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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George William Dixon (born c.1866) —
also known as George W. Dixon —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1866.
Son of Arthur
Dixon and Annie (Carson) Dixon.
Republican. Lawyer; transfer
business; member of Illinois
state senate 1st District, 1903-07; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1908.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas John Dixon (b. 1869) —
also known as Thomas J. Dixon —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
9, 1869.
Son of Arthur
Dixon and Annie (Carson) Dixon.
Republican. Transfer
business; Chicago alderman; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1904.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Campbell Dunn (b. 1855) —
also known as Robert C. Dunn; Bob Dunn —
of Princeton, Mille Lacs
County, Minn.
Born in Plumbridge, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
14, 1855.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Minnesota
state auditor, 1895-1903; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1904; member of Minnesota
state senate 55th District, 1915-18.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Interment somewhere
in Princeton, Minn.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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John Hoge Ewing (1796-1887) —
also known as John H. Ewing —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born near Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., October
5, 1796.
Son of William Porter Ewing and Mary (Conwell) Ewing.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1835-36; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1838-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1845-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., June 9,
1887 (age 90 years, 247
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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William Cramp Ferguson (b. 1864) —
also known as William C. Ferguson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
2, 1864.
Son of Joseph Cooper Ferguson and Sophia (Cramp) Ferguson.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 1st District, 1906-29;
appointed 1906.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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John P. FitzGerald (1872-1950) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 30,
1872.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1919-20, 1947-48; defeated, 1942, 1944, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in 1950
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roswell Pettibone Flower (1835-1899) —
also known as Roswell P. Flower —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Theresa, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August 7,
1835.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1881-83, 1889-91 (11th District
1881-83, 12th District 1889-91); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888
(speaker),
1892,
1896;
Governor
of New York, 1892-95.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Eastport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 12,
1899 (age 63 years, 278
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Henry Ford (1863-1947) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1863.
Son of William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary (Litogot) Ford
(c.1839-1876).
Engineer;
inventor;
founder, Ford Motor
Company, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1916;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish and Belgian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Publisher, in 1919-27, of the Dearborn Independent newspaper,
which promoted anti-Semitic
ideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World's
Problem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, a libel
lawsuit against Ford over these writings led him to shut down
the paper and publicly recant
its contents.
Died, from a stroke, in
Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1947 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Ford
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary (Litogot) Ford (c.1839-1876);
married, April 11,
1888, to Clara Jane Bryant (1866-1950); uncle of Clarence
M. Ford. |
| | | Cross-reference: James
Couzens — Herman
Bernstein — Alfred
J. Murphy — Martin
C. Ansorge |
| | | Personal motto:
"Efficiency." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Henry Ford: Douglas
Brinkley, Wheels
for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,
1903-2003 — William A. Levinson, Henry
Ford's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy, Henry
Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young
readers) — David Weitzman, Model
T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Henry Ford: Max
Wallace, The
American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the
Third Reich — Neil Baldwin, Henry
Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
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John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853) —
also known as John B. Gibson; John Banister
Gibson —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Westover Mill, Cumberland County (now Perry
County), Pa., November
8, 1780.
Son of George Gibson and Anne (West) Gibson.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1810-12; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1816-27, 1851-53; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1827-51.
Scotch-Irish and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1853 (age 72 years, 175
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Relatives:
Nephew of John
Gibson; son of George Gibson and Anne (West) Gibson; married 1812 to Sarah
Work. |
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George A. Gillespie (1883-1960) —
of Gaines, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Argentine Township, Genesee
County, Mich., March 20,
1883.
Republican. Farmer; insurance
agent; director, Gaines Telephone
Company; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District,
1939-40, 1943-48, 1951-60; defeated, 1940, 1948; died in office 1960.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died in 1960
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Bird Glaspie (b. 1876) —
also known as Andrew B. Glaspie —
of Oxford, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Oxford, Oakland
County, Mich., November
21, 1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
printing
business; newspaper
editor; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District,
1917-22; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1923-24.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Morgan Greer (1844-1912) —
also known as John M. Greer —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, August 3,
1844.
Son of Thomas Greer (1815-1880) and Margaret Jane (Morgan) Greer
(1823-1846).
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 41st District, 1877-84.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Butler, Butler
County, Pa., March 16,
1912 (age 67 years, 226
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Greer (1815-1880) and Margaret Jane (Morgan) Greer
(1823-1846); married, March 24,
1864, to Julia Stebbins Butler (1843-1913); father of Robert
Bruce Greer. |
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Gail Handy (1898-1970) —
of Eau Claire, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Coon Rapids, Carroll
County, Iowa, January
18, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; fruit
farmer; sheriff's
deputy; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1939-42, 1959-64; defeated, 1942 (Berrien County 2nd District), 1944
(Berrien County 2nd District), 1948 (Berrien County 2nd District),
1950 (Berrien County 2nd District), 1952 (Berrien County 2nd
District), 1964 (44th District).
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Grange.
Died in 1970
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Earl Harrington (b. 1881) —
of University Place (now part of Lincoln), Lancaster
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Delmar, Clinton
County, Iowa, February
6, 1881.
Business
executive; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1923-26.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen of America; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March 15,
1767.
Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days). Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20
bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S.
notes
and certificates of various denominations from $5
to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States
$1,000
notes.
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781); married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (1767-1828; aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). See Donelson-Smith-Jackson
family of Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
Jackson Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew J.
May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Adam Kasson (1822-1910) —
also known as John A. Kasson —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Charlotte, Chittenden
County, Vt., January
11, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1863-67, 1873-77, 1881-84 (5th District
1863-67, 7th District 1873-77, 1881-84); member of Iowa state
legislature, 1868; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1877-81; Germany, 1884-85.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died May 18,
1910 (age 88 years, 127
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Ardolph Loges Kline (1858-1930) —
also known as Ardolph L. Kline —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born near Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., February
21, 1858.
Son of Anthony Kline and Margaret (Busby) Kline.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1913; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Episcopalian.
German
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
13, 1930 (age 72 years, 234
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Bernard Linn (b. 1898) —
of Sturgis, Meade
County, S.Dak.
Born in South Dakota, February
18, 1898.
Republican. South
Dakota commissioner of school and public lands, 1949-58.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin McFarland Long (1827-1903) —
also known as Benjamin M. Long —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.; Cordova, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga., November
5, 1827.
Son of John
Long and Nancy Davis (Long) Long.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; merchant;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-74; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-82; Presidential Elector for
Alabama, 1884;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1890; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1894.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Cordova, Walker
County, Ala., June 17,
1903 (age 75 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Long —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Marshall's Ferry, Grainger
County, Tenn.
Merchant;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1868-69.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dewey William Loomis (1892-1986) —
also known as Dewey W. Loomis —
of Wellston, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., August 9,
1892.
Republican. Musician;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Manistee County, 1939-42;
defeated in primary, 1942.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in 1986
(age about
93 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eben Wever Martin (1855-1932) —
also known as Eben W. Martin —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, April 12,
1855.
Son of Capt. James W. Martin and Lois Hyde (Wever) Martin.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1901-07, 1908, 1909-15
(at-large 1901-07, 1908, 1909-13, 3rd District 1913-15).
Methodist.
English
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., May 22,
1932 (age 77 years, 40
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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John Alexander Martin (1839-1889) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March 10,
1839.
Son of James Martin and Jane Montgomery (Crawford) Martin.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; member of Kansas
state senate, 1859; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1860,
1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1865; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1868-70, 1872-; Governor of
Kansas, 1885-89.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died of pleuro-pneumonia,
in Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan., October
2, 1889 (age 50 years, 206
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Douglas Mathewson (c.1870-1948) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1897;
defeated, 1895; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1914-17; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died, in St. Barnabas Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
24, 1948 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Dillingham. |
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John Sidney McCain III (b. 1936) —
also known as John S. McCain —
of Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Canal Zone (now part of Panama),
August
29, 1936.
Son of John S. McCain, Jr. (1911-1981) and Roberta (Wright) McCain.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1983-87; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1987-; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 2000;
candidate for President
of the United States, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Relatives: Son
of John S. McCain, Jr. (1911-1981) and Roberta (Wright) McCain;
married, July 3,
1965, to Carol Shepp (divorced 1980); married, May 17,
1980, to Cindy Lou Hensley. |
| | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Country
first." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by John McCain: Faith
of My Fathers (1999) — Worth
the Fighting for: A Memoir, with Mark Salter (2002) —
Why
Courage Matters : The Way to a Braver Life, with Mark Salter
(2004) — Hard
Call: The Art of Great Decisions, with Mark Salter
(2008) |
| | | Books about John McCain: Robert
Timberg, John
McCain : An American Odyssey — Paul Alexander, Man
of the People: The Life of John McCain |
| | | Critical books about John McCain: Cliff
Schecter, The
Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents
Shouldn't — David Brock and Paul Waldman, Free
Ride : John McCain and the Media — Matt Welch, McCain
: The Myth of a Maverick |
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Emlin McClain (1851-1915) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
25, 1851.
Son of William McClain.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. George
G. Wright, 1875-77; law
professor; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1901-12; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly, of apoplexy,
in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, May 25,
1915 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Neil R. McCluhan (c.1923-1987) —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born about 1923.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee, 1971; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1972.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in 1987
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) —
also known as Cyrus H. McCormick —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., February
15, 1809.
Son of Robert McCormick (1780-1846) and Mary Ann 'Polly' (Hall)
McCormick.
Democrat. One of the inventors
of the McCormick reaper, and the founder of the farm
implement manufacturing company which became International
Harvester; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1876.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 13,
1884 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph Medill McCormick (1877-1925) —
also known as Medill McCormick —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 16,
1877.
Son of Robert
Sanderson McCormick.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916,
1920;
member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1917-19; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1919-25; died in office 1925.
Scotch-Irish and Dutch
ancestry.
Committed
suicide, in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1925 (age 47 years, 285
days).
Interment at Middlecreek
Cemetery, Byron, Ill.
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Robert Rutherford McCormick (1880-1955) —
also known as Robert R. McCormick; Bertie McCormick;
Robert Sanderson McCormick, Jr.; "Colonel
McCormick"; "Colonel McCosmic" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 30,
1880.
Son of Robert
Sanderson McCormick.
Republican. Longtime publisher, Chicago Tribune newspaper;
creator of the Tribune's paper
manufacturing and aluminum
mining operations in Canada; president, Chicago Sanitary
Commission (which built the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
connecting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River system); delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1940,
1948,
1952.
Scotch-Irish and Dutch
ancestry.
Died April 1,
1955 (age 74 years, 245
days).
Interment at Cantigny
Estate, Wheaton, Ill.
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Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849-1919) —
also known as Robert S. McCormick —
of Illinois.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., July 26,
1849.
Son of William Sanderson McCormick (1815-1865) and Mary Ann (Grigsby)
McCormick (1828-1878).
Grain
brokerage business; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1901-02; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1902; Russia, 1902-05; France, 1905-07.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., April 16,
1919 (age 69 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas McKean (1734-1817) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New London Township, Chester
County, Pa., March 19,
1734.
Son of William McKean and Letitia (Finley) McKean.
Lawyer;
member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,
1765-74; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1777-83; President
of Delaware, 1777; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1781; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1799-1808; impeached
by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 24,
1817 (age 83 years, 97
days).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in
1843 at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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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 (age 73 years, 175
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Lakeside
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $500
bill from about 1928 until 1946.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Interment at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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John McKinly (1721-1796) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Northern
Ireland, February
21, 1721.
Physician;
New
Castle County Sheriff, 1757; member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1771-76; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1776-77; President
of Delaware, 1777.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
21, 1796 (age 75 years, 182
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment in 1922 at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Duncan McRae (b. 1869) —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich., February
16, 1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
merchant;
lumber
business; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1917-22.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Grange; Gleaners.
Burial
location unknown.
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William McWillie (1795-1869) —
of Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C.; Madison
County, Miss.
Born in Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C., November
17, 1795.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
South
Carolina state senate, 1836-40; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1849-51; defeated,
1850; Governor of
Mississippi, 1857-59.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Camden, Madison
County, Miss., March 3,
1869 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Interment at Kirwood
Cemetery, Camden, Miss.
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Joseph Medill (1823-1899) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near St. John, New
Brunswick, April 6,
1823.
Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune newspaper;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 16,
1899 (age 75 years, 344
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952) —
also known as A. Harry Moore —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 3,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
New Jersey, 1926-29, 1932-35, 1938-41; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1935-38.
Christian
Reformed. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grange; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles; Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died from a heart
attack while driving
his car along State Highway 29 in Somerset
County, N.J., November
18, 1952 (age 73 years, 138
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Herbert Pritcgard Orr (1882-1939) —
also known as Herbert P. Orr —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Tuscola
County, Mich., September
16, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; actuary;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1931-34.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Killed, along with his wife, in an automobile
collision, in Tuscola
County, Mich., August
14, 1939 (age 56 years, 332
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) —
also known as Robert L. Owen —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
2, 1856.
Son of Robert L. Owen (president of the Virginia and Tennesee
Railroad) and Narcissa Chisholm Owen (Cherokee Nation).
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish and Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Modern
Woodmen of America; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died July 19,
1947 (age 91 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Ellis T. Pierce (b. 1846) —
of Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real estate
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 44th District, 1903-04.
English
and Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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James Knox Polk (1795-1849) —
also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory";
"Napoleon of the Stump" —
of Tennessee.
Born near Little Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
2, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th
District 1833-39); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1835-39; Governor of
Tennessee, 1839-41; President
of the United States, 1845-49.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cholera,
in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 15,
1849 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1891 at Tennessee
State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.
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Relatives:
Nephew by marriage of Thomas
Jones Hardeman; third cousin once removed of Charles
Polk; first cousin of William
Polk Dobson; married, January
1, 1824, to Sarah Childress; fourth cousin of Trusten
Polk; brother of William
Hawkins Polk; second cousin by marriage of George
Davis; uncle and adoptive father of Marshall
Tate Polk; second cousin twice removed of Frank
Lyon Polk. See Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina. |
| | | Cross-reference: Aaron
V. Brown — John
Charles Frémont |
| | | Polk counties in Ark., Fla., Ga., Iowa, Minn., Mo., Neb., Ore., Tenn., Tex. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Knox Polk Hall
— James
P. Latta
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.
Haynes, James
K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.
Bergeron, The
Presidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard, James
K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — Eugene
Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War
1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career
1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — John Seigenthaler, James
K. Polk: 1845 - 1849 |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Albert Nevin Pomeroy (1859-1927) —
also known as A. Nevin Pomeroy —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 27,
1859.
Son of John
Means Pomeroy and Rebecca C. (Kelly) Pomeroy (1829-1899).
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; chair of
Franklin County Republican Party, 1889-92; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Franklin County, 1895-96,
1901-02; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Redmen; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died December
2, 1927 (age 68 years, 189
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William H. Reynolds (1868-1931) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
29, 1868.
Son of William Reynolds and Margaret (McChesney) Reynolds.
Republican. Builder;
real
estate developer; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1894-95; indicted
by a grand jury in August 1917 for perjury,
over his 1912 expert testimony on the value of land sought by the
city for a park; the grand jury alleged that he falsely
denied any personal
interest in the realty company which owned the property; also indicted
in October 1917, with three others, for conspiracy defraud
the city of $500,000 by inflating the appraisal; the indictments were
dismissed in May 1920 over the prosecutor's delay of the trial; village
president of Long Beach, New York, 1921-22; mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1922-24; removed 1924; defeated, 1925; indicted
on May 1, 1924, along with the Long Beach city treasurer, for misappropriating
city funds in connection with a bond issue; tried in
June 1924, convicted,
sentenced
to six months in the county
jail, and automatically removed from
office as mayor; released pending appeal; the Appellate Division
reversed the conviction in June 1925 and ordered a new trial; the
indictment was dismissed in June 1927.
English
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1931 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Elise Guerrier. |
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Andrew Robison (1800-1879) —
of Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario
County, N.Y., November
18, 1800.
Son of John Robison.
Farmer;
tanner;
currier;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 4th
District, 1859-60.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died January
27, 1879 (age 78 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John J. Robison (b. 1824) —
of Sharon Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Phelps, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
23, 1824.
Son of Gertrude (Hoag) Robison (1797-1878) and Andrew
Robison.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1863-64; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1869-72, 1883-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1872;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1874, 1876; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 3rd
District, 1879-80; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1886-87.
Scotch-Irish, English,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward MacGlen Sharpe (1887-1975) —
also known as Edward M. Sharpe —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Bay
County, Mich., December
18, 1887.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1934-57; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1941, 1949, 1956.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Hampton Township, Bay
County, Mich., March 3,
1975 (age 87 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual, 1939 |
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John M. C. Smith (1853-1923) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
6, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-88; president, First National
Bank of
Charlotte, 1889-1923; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 15th District,
1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1911-21, 1921-23; died
in office 1923.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights of
the Maccabees.
Died, of heart
disease, in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., March 30,
1923 (age 70 years, 52
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835-1914) —
also known as Adlai E. Stevenson —
of Metamora, Woodford
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., October
23, 1835.
Son of John Turner Stevenson (1808-1857) and Eliza Ann (Ewing)
Stevenson (1809-1889).
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1864;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1875-77, 1879-81;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1884,
1892;
Vice
President of the United States, 1893-97; defeated, 1900;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1908.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1914 (age 78 years, 234
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March 18,
1863.
Son of Thomas Sulzer and Lydia Sulzer.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-09, 16th District 1909-11, 10th District 1911-12);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Zachary Taylor Sutley (1848-1930) —
also known as Zack T. Sutley —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., May 1,
1848.
Son of William Sutley (1818-1899) and Jane (Hays) Sutley (1830-1919).
Democrat. Farmer; postmaster;
livery
business; railroad
builder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 1908;
Honorary Vice-President, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1908;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1911-12; author.
German
and Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., April 17,
1930 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin R. Thompson (b. 1842) —
of Waubay, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Quebec,
July
1, 1842.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 32nd District, 1903-04.
Scotch-Irish and English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John Harper Trumbull (1873-1961) —
also known as John H. Trumbull —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., March 4,
1873.
Son of Hugh Homer Trumbull (1847-1922) and Mary Ann (Harper) Trumbull
(1849-1923).
Republican. Organizer and president, Trumbull Electric Manufacturing
Co.; board chairman, Colonial Air
Transport, Inc.; director and treasurer, Plainville Realty
Co.; president, Plainville Trust Co.;
director, Connecticut Light &
Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1921-24; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-27; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1925; Governor of
Connecticut, 1925-31; delegate to
Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 5th District,
1933.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Humane
Society.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 21,
1961 (age 88 years, 78
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Plainville, Conn.
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William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) —
also known as William M. Tweed; William Marcy Tweed;
"Boss Tweed" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Son of Richard Tweed and Eliza (Magear) Tweed.
Democrat. Chairmaker;
fire
fighter; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1868-73.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Convicted
of embezzlement
and sentenced
to twelve years in prison;
escaped;
captured
in Spain and brought back to New York.
Died in
prison, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 12,
1878 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Samuel Matthews Vauclain (1856-1940) —
also known as Samuel M. Vauclain —
of Rosemont, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 18,
1856.
Son of Andrew Constant Vauclain and Mary Ann (Campbell) Vauclain.
Republican. Locomotive
manufacturer; inventor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
French
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; American
Philosophical Society.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Rosemont, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
4, 1940 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Robert Moore Wallace (1847-1914) —
also known as Robert M. Wallace —
of Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., May 2,
1847.
Son of Jonas Wallace and Mary (Darling) Wallace.
Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1877-78; Hillsborough
County Solicitor, 1883-93; delegate to
New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1893-1901; appointed 1893;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1901-13.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April 5,
1914 (age 66 years, 338
days).
Interment at West
Street Cemetery, Milford, N.H.
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William Henry Wallace (b. 1862) —
also known as William H. Wallace; W. H.
Wallace —
of Bay Port, Huron
County, Mich.; Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Port Hope, Huron
County, Mich., September
12, 1862.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908,
1916,
1924;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture; elected 1909, 1915.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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James H. Webb (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Webb —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
9, 1946.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; lawyer; author; screenwriter;
journalist;
U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 2008.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Irving H. Welch (b. 1860) —
of Edgerton, Hanson
County, S.Dak.; Platte, Charles Mix
County, S.Dak.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., July 16,
1860.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; postmaster;
real
estate business; mayor of Platte, S.D., 1901-03; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1903-04.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John Wilson (1849-1918) —
of Henry
County, Ill.; Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., February
21, 1849.
Son of Samuel Wilson and Mary (Owens) Wilson.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; livery
business; Buffalo
County Sheriff, 1889-92; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1893.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb., January
13, 1918 (age 68 years, 326
days).
Interment at Kearney
Cemetery, Kearney, Neb.
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Arthur E. Wood (1870-1966) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., August
12, 1870.
Republican. Milliner;
banker;
business
executive; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1917-18; member of Michigan
state senate, 1919-32, 1935-36, 1943-44, 1947-48 (3rd District
1919-26, 4th District 1927-32, 1935-36, 1943-44, 1947-48); defeated,
1932, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1932;
candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1944.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in 1966
(age about
95 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hamilton Mercer Wright (b. 1852) —
also known as Hamilton M. Wright —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
26, 1852.
Son of Hamilton Mercer Wright and Virginia (Huckins) Wright.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 1st District,
1883-86; mayor of
Bay City, Mich., 1887-89, 1895-97; probate judge in Michigan,
1889-1900.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1871
to Anne Dana Fitzhugh. |
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Luther L. Wright (b. 1856) —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Canton, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., January
18, 1856.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state board of education, 1901-06; appointed 1901; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1907-13.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual, 1911 |
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John Walter Yeager (b. 1891) —
also known as John W. Yeager —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Richland, Spencer
County, Ind., March 1,
1891.
Son of Wilhelm Carl Yeager and Laura Elizabeth (Barton) Yeager.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in
Nebraska 4th District, 1933-; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1940-.
Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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