BLACKWILL (Soundex
B424)
— See also
BECKWITH,
BICKWITH,
BLACK,
BLACKWELDER,
BLACKWELL,
BLACKWOOD,
DUCKWITZ,
HACKWORTH,
JACKWAY,
MACKWAIN,
PACKWOOD,
PRECKWINKLE,
SHONKWILER,
TUCKWILLER,
WICKWIRE.
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BLACKWOOD (Soundex
B423)
— See also
BLACK,
BLACKWELDER,
BLACKWELL,
BLACKWILL,
BRICKWOOD,
HACKWORTH,
JACKWAY,
KIRKWOOD,
LOCKWOOD,
MACKWAIN,
PACKWOOD,
ROCKWOOD.
|
| BLACKWOOD:
See also
Miguel
Antonio Otero II —
James
Blackwood Pearson |
|
Blackwood, Andrew J. —
U.S. Consular Agent in Christiansted, as of 1897-1906.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blackwood, Bill —
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives 101st District; elected 1992.
Still living as of 1992.
|
|
Blackwood, Curtis —
of North Carolina.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
|
|
Blackwood, Edmund J. —
of Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Delegate
to Montana convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blackwood, Harold —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District,
1938.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blackwood, Ibra Charles
(1878-1936) —
also known as Ibra C. Blackwood —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Blackwood, Spartanburg
County, S.C., November
21, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Spartanburg County,
1902-04; Governor of
South Carolina, 1931-35; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
12, 1936 (age 57 years, 83
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, S.C.
|
| Blackwood, J.
Leslie See Joel Leslie
Blackwood |
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Blackwood, Joel Leslie
(1861-1947) —
also known as J. Leslie Blackwood —
of Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born June 4,
1861.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1915.
Died April
29, 1947 (age 85 years, 329
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, W.Va.
|
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Blackwood, John —
of Gloucester
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1791-94.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Blackwood, John —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1853.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Blackwood, John A. —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blackwood, John C. —
of Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1923-24.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Blackwood, John R. —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Democrat. Postmaster at Hannibal,
Mo., 1915-23.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blackwood, Kristine —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
|
| Blackwood,
Leslie See Joel Leslie
Blackwood |
|
Blackwood, Lloyd —
of Oak Ridge, Anderson
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Blackwood, Robert —
of Carrboro, Orange
County, N.C.
Postmaster at Venable,
N.C., 1910-14; Carrboro,
N.C., 1914-17.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Blackwood, Robert —
of Wisconsin.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blackwood, W. J. —
of Clarke
County, Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1860.
Burial location unknown.
|
BLADE (Soundex
B430)
— See also
ABDEL,
BADE,
BELDA,
BLADEN,
BLADES,
BLADO,
BLIED,
BLOOD,
BLOYD,
BLUD,
ELABD,
LEBAD,
SUNDBLADE,
YOUNGBLADE.
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BLADEN (Soundex
B435)
— See also
ADEN,
BADEN,
BALDEN,
BANDEL,
BEELAND,
BELAND,
BLADE,
BLADES,
BLADINE,
BLAGDEN,
LADENBURG,
LADENDORF,
LADENSON,
SUNDBLADE,
YOUNGBLADE.
|
BLADES (Soundex
B432)
— See also
ADES,
BALDUS,
BILDSOE,
BLADE,
BLADEN,
BLAYDES,
BLEDSO,
BLEDSOE,
BOLDS,
BOWLDS,
LADESIC,
SEBALD,
SUNDBLADE,
YOUNGBLADE.
|
| BLADES:
See also
John
Blades Clarke |
|
Blades, Anthony O. —
of Monkton, Baltimore
County, Md.
Democrat. Candidate for Maryland
state senate 9th District, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
|
|
Blades, B. L. —
of Montgomery
County, Mo.
Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blades, Franklin —
of Illinois.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blades, Harlan R. —
of Kent
County, Del.
Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County 9th District,
1941-42.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blades, John E. —
of Sussex
County, Del.
Democrat. Candidate for Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 2nd District,
1950.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Blades, L. S., Jr. —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.
Mayor
of Elizabeth City, N.C., 1955-56.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Blades, Ray —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
|
BLADINE (Soundex
B435)
— See also
BALDINE,
BELINDA,
BERNADINE,
BLADEN,
BLAINE,
DINE,
FLADING,
GLADING,
JADINE,
PALADINI,
PALADINO,
PALLADINO,
SALADIN,
SALADINO,
WADINE.
|
|
Blaffer, John H. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1952
(alternate), 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
BLAGDEN (Soundex
B423)
— See also
BLADEN,
BLAGG,
BLAGIK,
BLAGO,
BLAGOJEVICH,
BROGDEN,
LONGDEN,
MAGDEFRAU,
MAGDELEAN,
MIGDEN,
OGDEN,
RIGDEN,
SUGDEN,
TROGDEN.
|
BLAGG (Soundex
B420)
— See also
BAGG,
BALOG,
BLAGDEN,
BLAGIK,
BLAGO,
BLAGOJEVICH,
BLOGG,
CLAGGETT,
FLAGG,
FLAGGE,
GLAAB,
LAGGER,
SLAGG.
|
BLAGO (Soundex
B420)
— See also
ALAGOOD,
BALOG,
BLAGDEN,
BLAGG,
BLAGIK,
BLAGOJEVICH,
BLAZO,
BLOGG,
GALBO,
GALLOB,
GOLBA,
LAGO,
LAGODNA,
LAGOFAATASI,
LAGOMARSINO,
LAGONA,
LAGONEGRO,
LILLAGORE.
|
BLAGOJEVICH (Soundex
B422)
— See also
ALAGOOD,
BLAGDEN,
BLAGG,
BLAGIK,
BLAGO,
GOJACK,
JURJEVITCH,
LAGO,
LAGODNA,
LAGOFAATASI,
LAGOMARSINO,
LAGONA,
LAGONEGRO,
LILLAGORE,
MATIJEVICH,
ROGOJARSKY,
STANOJEVIC,
VLAISAVLJEVICH.
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Blagojevich, Rod R. (b.
1956) —
also known as Rod Blagojevich;
"Blago" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
10, 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1993-96; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1997-2003; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2000,
2004,
2008;
Governor
of Illinois, 2003-09; solicited
bribes from potential candidates for appointment to Barack
Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat; arrested
by federal agents in December 2008, and set for trial on
federal corruption charges; in January 2009, based on charges
that he abused
his authority and attempted to sell
authorizations, vetoes, and appointments, he was impeached
by the Illinois House, convicted
by a unanimous vote of the Illinois Senate, and prohibited
from holding public office in the state; tried in
federal court in 2010-11, and after a mistrial, was ultimately found
guilty on eighteen counts, including bribery
and extortion;
sentenced
to 14 years in federal prison; an appeal later overturned five of the
eighteen convictions, but did not change his prison sentence.
Serbian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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| BLAIKIE:
See also
Charles
Neal Barney |
|
Blaikie, Robert Blair
(1906-1992) —
also known as Robert B. Blaikie; "Battling
Bob" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1906.
Democrat. Insurance
business; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1965.
Irish
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
26, 1992 (age 85 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Blaikie and Mary (Loughlin) Blaikie. |
|
BLAIN (Soundex
B450)
— See also
ALBIN,
BAIN,
BALLIN,
BLAINE,
BLAIR,
BLAN,
BLANE,
BLIN,
LAIN,
MCBLAIN,
NABIL,
PLAIN.
|
| BLAIN:
See also
Herman
Carlin Adamson —
Brad
Henry —
David
Blain Shaw |
|
Blain, Al —
of California.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1954.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blain, Bethune D. —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blain, James —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Mayor
of Springfield, Mo., 1906-08.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blain, Jay —
of West Valley City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
|
|
Blain, Ralph P. —
of Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H.
Republican. Candidate for New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Canaan, 1938.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blain, Richard K. —
of Ohio.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
|
|
Blain, Roger A. —
of California.
American Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1974.
Still living as of 1974.
|
|
Blain, Samuel —
of Romulus, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1830.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blain, T. P. —
of Ashton, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blain, Tony —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1988.
Still living as of 1988.
|
|
Blain, William W. —
Progressive. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blain, William W. —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 15th District, 1945-48.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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BLAINE (Soundex
B450)
— See also
BAILEN,
BAINE,
BELLANI,
BLADINE,
BLAIN,
BLAN,
BLANE,
CHAPDELAINE,
DECANTLAINE,
DELAINE,
DELAPLAINE,
DESPLAINES,
JAASKELAINEN,
KLAINE,
LABINE,
LAINE,
LAINEY,
MACLAINE,
MCBLAIN,
MCLAINE,
WETALAINEN.
|
| BLAINE:
See also
Maxwell
Blaine Allen —
J.
Blaine Anderson —
Blaine
B. Barefoot —
Blaine
Breeding —
Blaine
Jackson Brickwood —
Blaine
Campbell —
Winston
Churchill —
Blaine
Coffey —
Blaine
T. Colman —
Blaine
S. Correll —
Blaine
Engle —
Blaine
Galliher —
Robert
Blaine Hansen —
Blaine
Willard Hatch —
Blaine
Huffman —
Joseph
Blaine Johnson —
Blaine
Larson —
David
Warner Leedy —
Blaine
Luetkemeyer —
Blaine
Mann —
Blaine
Marrin —
Blaine
Ewing Matthews —
Charles
Blaine McClintock —
James
Blaine McLaughlin —
Blaine
McLaughlin —
Blaine
M. Miller —
Morris
Blaine Peterson —
William
Blaine Richardson —
George
Blaine Schwabe —
Blaine
Shewmaker —
Blaine
Simons —
Blaine
Thallheimer —
Blaine
Spooner Viles —
Mrs.
Blaine S. Viles —
R.
Blaine Whipple —
S.
Blaine Willes —
A.
Blaine York |
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Blaine, Anna C. —
Progressive. Candidate for Wisconsin
state senate 16th District, 1936.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
| Blaine,
Belshazzar: See
James Gillespie Blaine |
|
Blaine, Bob —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Chair of
Saginaw County Democratic Party, 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
|
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Blaine, E. F. —
of Granger, Yakima
County, Wash.
Democrat. Candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Washington, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Burial location unknown.
|
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Blaine, Frank C. —
of Del Rio, Val Verde
County, Tex.
Republican. Postmaster at Del
Rio, Tex., 1906-14.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Blaine, Greg —
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 12-B, 2001-06.
Still living as of 2006.
|
|
Blaine, Henry —
of Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1954.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Blaine, James G. (b.
1945) —
also known as Jamie Blaine —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
26, 1945.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Blaine, James George
(1897-1955) —
also known as James G. Blaine —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born September
15, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer;
general attorney for Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1944.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., December
10, 1955 (age 58 years, 86
days).
Interment at Resurrection Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Blaine, James Gillespie
(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.
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 Lyon Blaine and Maria Louise (Gillespie) Blaine; married,
June
30, 1850, to Harriet Stanwood; father of Harriet Blaine (who
married Truxtun
Beale); nephew of Ellen Blaine (who married John
Hoge Ewing); grandfather of James Gillespie
Blaine III. |
| | Political family: Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington
family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: Robert
G. Ingersoll |
| | Blaine counties in Idaho, Mont., Neb. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | Mount
Blaine, in Park
County, Colorado, is named for
him. — The city
of Blaine,
Washington, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James G. Blaine (built 1942 at South
Portland, Maine; scrapped 1969) was named for
him. |
| | Politician named for him: J.
B. McLaughlin
|
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | 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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Blaine, James Gillespie III
(1888-1969) —
also known as James G. Blaine III —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 1888.
Republican. Investment
broker; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1912.
Died November
3, 1969 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment somewhere in Stuart, Fla.
|
| Blaine,
Jamie See James G.
Blaine |
|
Blaine, John E. —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Pennsylvania.
U.S. Surveyor-General for Montana, 1871-73.
Burial location unknown.
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Blaine, John E. —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky.
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 9th Kentucky District,
1879.
Burial location unknown.
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Blaine, John James
(1875-1934) —
also known as John J. Blaine —
of Boscobel, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Wingville town, Grant
County, Wis., May 4,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president, Boscobel Telephone
Company; mayor of Boscobel, Wis., 1901-04, 1906-07; member of Wisconsin
state senate 16th District, 1909-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1932;
Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1919-21; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1921-27; defeated (Independent), 1914; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1927-33; defeated in primary, 1932.
Died in Boscobel, Grant
County, Wis., April
16, 1934 (age 58 years, 347
days).
Interment at Boscobel Cemetery, Boscobel, Wis.
|
| Blaine, S.
A. See Shields Adams
Blaine |
|
Blaine, S. E. —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
|
|
Blaine, Shields Adams (b.
1865) —
also known as S. A. Blaine —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Armstrong
County, Pa., March
20, 1865.
Farmer;
banker;
mayor
of Champaign, Ill., 1906-09; real
estate and insurance
business.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
| |
Relatives: Son
of Edward Wiggins Blaine and Nancy (Adams) Blaine; married, August
5, 1902, to Elizabeth Temperance Fairclo. |
|
|
Blaine, T. R. —
of Oklahoma.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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