| ROOT (Soundex
R300)
— See also
DEGROOT,
GROOT,
GROOTENDORST,
KOOT,
LENROOT,
NOOT,
ORT,
OSTROOT,
ROAT,
ROATH,
ROETHE,
ROOD,
ROOF,
ROOTE,
ROOTES,
ROOTH,
ROOTS,
ROTE,
ROTH,
ROTHE,
ROTT,
ROUGHT,
ROUTT,
ROYT,
RUETH,
RUTH,
RUTT,
SCHROOTEN,
TORR,
VINROOT,
WROTH.
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| |  ROOT:
See also
Albert
M. Barber —
John
Birge —
Henry
Skillman Breckinridge —
Charles
Hopkins Clark —
Fanny
Root Danser —
Clayton
Riley Lusk —
Max
E. Neal —
Cyrus
Baldwin Sammons —
Henry
Root Stern —
Kenneth
Herndon Tuggle |
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Root, Adrian R. —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 30th New York
District, 1867.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Amos —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Republican. Mayor
of Jackson, Mich., 1860-61; postmaster at Jackson,
Mich., 1861-66.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, B. G. —
of Illinois.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1868.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, C. B. —
of Plant City, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Mayor
of Plant City, Fla., 1916-19.
Burial location unknown.
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| | Root, C. J.
See Chapman Jay Root |
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Root, Carl L. —
of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1932-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Carolyn —
of Parma, Jackson
County, Mich.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Female.
Still living as of 1976.
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Root, Cedric —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1970; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 56th District, 1974.
Still living as of 1974.
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Root, Chapman Jay
(1864-1945) —
also known as C. J. Root —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Wayne
County, Pa., November
22, 1864.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1936
(alternate; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Founded Root Glass Company in 1901; in 1915, Root Glass designed and
patented the "pod-shaped" Coca-Cola bottle.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
20, 1945 (age 80 years, 363
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Root, Charles A. —
of Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Charles G. (b.
1855) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., August
13, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1891-92; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben H. Root and Laura E. Root; married 1881 to Carrie
M. Chapin. |
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Root, Charles H. —
of Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Republican. Mayor
of Red Bank, N.J.; elected 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Charles W. —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1945-50; member of Minnesota
state senate 33rd District, 1951-60.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Claude B.
(1880-1970) —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Calhoun
County, Mich., March 6,
1880.
Democrat. Osteopath;
member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1934, 1936, 1950,
1952; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1942 (Montcalm County), 1946
(Montcalm County), 1948 (Montcalm County), 1956 (Montcalm District);
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1949.
Died in 1970
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Greenville, Mich.
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Root, Cyril H.
(1896-1983) —
of Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born May 23,
1896.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1950-68 (Kalamazoo County 2nd
District 1950-64, 47th District 1965-68); defeated in primary, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in 1983
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Grand
Prairie Cemetery, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, Mich.
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Root, Daniel —
of Chenango
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1824.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, David F. —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1940,
1960.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Derwood L. —
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
|
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Donald See J. Donald
Root |
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Root, E. Tallmadge —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1940; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1944, 1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Ebenezer —
of Willington, Tolland
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Willington, 1820-21.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Edson V., Sr.
(1877-1947) —
of Paw Paw, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in 1877.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Van Buren County, 1935-47;
died in office 1947.
Died March
12, 1947 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Edson V., Jr.
(1903-1971) —
of Bangor, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Bangor, Van Buren
County, Mich., August
27, 1903.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-50; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1953-71 (Van Buren County
1953-64, 54th District 1965-71); died in office 1971.
Church
of Christ. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1971
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Edward R. —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Republican. Postmaster at Coldwater,
Mich., 1882-86.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Eleazer —
of Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1849-52.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Elias —
of Oswego
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County 1st District, 1862, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Elias —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Prohibition candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Elihu (1845-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
15, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1883-85; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1899-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904
(Temporary
Chair), 1912;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1905-09; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1909-15; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Union
League; American
Society for International Law; American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Recipient of the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1937 (age 91 years, 358
days).
Interment at Hamilton
College Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.
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Root, Elisha A. (born
c.1886) —
of East Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1886.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Granby, 1927-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Emery B. —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1928
(alternate), 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Erastus (1773-1846) —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hebron, Windham County (now Tolland
County), Conn., March
16, 1773.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1798-99, 1800-02, 1817-21,
1826-28, 1830; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1827-28, 1830; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1803-05, 1809-11, 1815-17, 1831-33
(14th District 1803-05, 12th District 1809-11, 8th District 1815-17,
11th District 1831-33); defeated, 1838; member of New York
state senate, 1811-15, 1840-43 (Middle District 1811-15, 3rd
District 1840-43); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1823-24; defeated, 1824.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1846 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodland
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.
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Root, Ezekiel C. —
of Ashtabula, Ashtabula
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Postmaster at Ashtabula,
Ohio, 1853-61.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Francis S. —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Frederick P. —
of Monroe
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1880-81.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, George F. —
of Vermont.
Democrat. Candidate for secretary
of state of Vermont, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Gerald —
American Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1950.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Glenn A. —
of Beulah, Benzie
County, Mich.
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1951; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1952, 1954, 1958;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Prohibition
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Charlevoix District, 1956,
1960.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Harry E. —
of Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norfolk; elected 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Helen —
of Bergen, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
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Root, Helen R. —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1976,
1980,
1984;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 55th District, 1976; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1979; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Female.
Still living as of 1984.
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Root, Henry G. —
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Herbert Taft —
also known as Herbert T. Root —
of Michigan.
Candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 20th Circuit, 1899.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Humphrey G. —
of Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County 2nd District, 1850.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, J. Donald —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Root, Jacob H. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Socialist. Candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, James N. —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield; elected 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Jasper R. (b. 1857) —
of Benson, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Benson, Rutland
County, Vt., December
15, 1857.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Benson, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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H. See Jesse Hart Root |
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Root, Jesse (1736-1822) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn., December
28, 1736.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1778-83; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1789; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1789-1807; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1807-09; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Died in Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn., March
29, 1822 (age 85 years, 91
days).
Interment at Nathan
Hale Cemetery, South Coventry, Coventry, Conn.
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Root, Jesse Hart (d.
1934) —
also known as Jesse H. Root; Jess H. Root —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Republican. Circuit
judge in Michigan 38th Circuit, 1918-34; defeated, 1917;
appointed 1918; died in office 1934; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1932.
Died August
22, 1934.
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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Root, Jesse L. —
of Nebraska.
Justice
of Nebraska state supreme court, 1908-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Mrs. John —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
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Root, John B. —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Postmaster at Galveston,
Tex., 1853-57, 1860-65.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, John Frick
(1918-1988) —
also known as John F. Root —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., January
14, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Ivory Coast, 1969-74.
Died in 1988
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Root, John G. —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. President, Farmers and Mechanics National Bank; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1888-90.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, John H. —
of Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norfolk; elected 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, John W. —
of Indiana.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Joseph Mosley
(1807-1879) —
also known as Joseph M. Root —
of Erie
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, 1807.
Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1845-51; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856
(speaker);
delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Erie County, 1873.
Died in 1879
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio.
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Root, Joseph Pomeroy
(1826-1885) —
also known as Joseph P. Root —
of Connecticut; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Greenwich (now part of Quabbin Reservoir), Hampshire
County, Mass., April
23, 1826.
Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1855; member
Kansas territorial council, 1857; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1861-63; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1870-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1884.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., July 20,
1885 (age 59 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Root and Lucy (Reynolds) Root; married, September
9, 1851, to Frances Eveline Alden; second great-grandnephew of William
Pitkin and Abraham
Davenport (1715-1789); fifth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin twice removed of Daniel
Davis; first cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; first cousin five times removed of Roger
Wolcott; second cousin once removed of Noah
Davis; second cousin twice removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Abraham
Davenport (1767-1837) and Theodore
Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards and Daniel
Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed of Thaddeus
Betts; third cousin twice removed of Aaron
Burr, Theodore
Dwight, Elijah
Hunt Mills, Gold
Selleck Silliman, Henry
Waggaman Edwards and Benjamin
Silliman; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Moses
Seymour, Aaron
Kitchell, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; fourth cousin of Frederick
Walker Pitkin; fourth cousin once removed of Abel
Merrill, Charles
Robert Sherman, Gideon
Hard, Elisha
Hunt Allen, Benjamin
Douglas Silliman, Gouverneur
Morris, Aaron
Augustus Sargent, John
Robert Graham Pitkin and Walter
Harrison Blodget. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Root, Lyman C. (b. 1852) —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, September
29, 1852.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Allegan County 1st District,
1915-18; defeated in primary, 1922.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Lyman C. —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Prohibition candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Marv —
of Bend, Deschutes
County, Ore.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1968; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Root, Morris J. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Myron H. —
of Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Supervisor
of Oshtemo Township, Michigan, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Norman (1798-1867) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
22, 1798.
Mayor
of Athens, Ohio, 1842-43, 1853-64.
Died September
21, 1867 (age 69 years, 242
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Oren —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1949.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Paul B. —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Richard L. —
of Kentwood, Kent
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Kentwood, Mich., 2002-.
Still living as of 2007.
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Root, Richard V. —
of Wayne, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1959; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Root, Robert —
of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Fullerton, Calif., 1972-74.
Still living as of 1976.
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Root, Roland —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Village
president of Coldwater, Michigan, 1856-57.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Roswell —
of Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Supervisor
of Plymouth Township, Michigan; elected 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Roswell L. —
of Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich.
Postmaster at Plymouth,
Mich., 1871-81.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Russell W. (b.
1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Diamond, Grundy
County, Ill., August
22, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1947.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Samuel —
of Essex
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1868-69.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Shirley C. —
of Hacienda Heights, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
|
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Tallmadge See E. Tallmadge
Root |
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Root, W. E. —
of Wood, Mellette
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 44th District, 1941-44.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Warren L. —
of Outagamie
County, Wis.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Outagamie County 1st District; elected 1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, Wayne Allyn (b.
1961) —
also known as Wayne A. Root —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 20,
1961.
Libertarian. Sports
reporter and handicapper; radio and
television host and anchorman; television
producer; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2008.
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Root, Wilbur M. —
of Sheboygan, Sheboygan
County, Wis.
Wisconsin
insurance commissioner, 1891-95.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, William —
Member of New York
state assembly from Oneida and Oswego counties, 1820-21.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, William A. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1944,
1952,
1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, William Albert (b.
1850) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., January
5, 1850.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1917; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1919, 1923; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, William H. —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Root, William Walter
(1837-1912) —
also known as William W. Root —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 28,
1837.
Physician;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1870; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1882-83, 1904-06; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1884.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., April
20, 1912 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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