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William Augustus Ayres (1867-1952) —
also known as William A. Ayres —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ill., April
19, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Sedgwick
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1915-21, 1923-34 (8th District
1915-21, 1923-33, 5th District 1933-34); defeated, 1920; resigned
1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member, Federal Trade Commission,
1934-52; died in office 1952; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1937,
1942, 1946.
Christian.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1952 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Old
Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (1863-1922) —
also known as Andrew J. Barchfeld —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 18,
1863.
Republican. Physician;
president, South Side Hospital;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1905-17;
defeated, 1902.
German ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association.
One of 98 killed when heavy
snow caused a roof
collapse at the Knickerbocker Theater,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1922 (age 58 years, 255
days).
Interment at South
Side Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Solomon Berliner (1856-1910) —
also known as Sol Berliner —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1856.
Republican. Tobacco
dealer; U.S. Consul in Tenerife, 1898, 1905-10, died in office 1910.
Jewish.
German ancestry.
Died, probably from diabetes,
in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1910 (age 54 years, 39
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius Berliner and Julia Berliner; married, September
1, 1901, to Jennie Ottenberg. |
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Julius Bing —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consul in Smyrna, 1861-64.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1810-1883) —
also known as Jeremiah S. Black —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.; York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Stonycreek Township, Somerset
County, Pa., January
10, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Pennsylvania, 1842-51; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1851-54; U.S.
Attorney General, 1857-60; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1860-61; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1873.
Disciples
of Christ. Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., August
19, 1883 (age 73 years, 221
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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Angela Marie Buchanan (b. 1948) —
also known as Bay Buchanan —
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1948.
Republican. Treasurer for Ronald
Reagan's presidential campaigns, 1976-84; treasurer of the United
States, 1981-83; television
commentator; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988;
candidate for California
state treasurer, 1990.
Female.
Catholic;
later Mormon.
Irish,
English,
and German ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Patrick Joseph Buchanan (b. 1938) —
also known as Patrick J. Buchanan; Pat Buchanan;
"Pitchfork Pat" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
2, 1938.
Advisor and speechwriter
to President Richard
Nixon and Vice President Spiro
Agnew; communications director for President Ronald
Reagan; newspaper
columnist,
radio and
television commentator; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1992,
1996;
Reform candidate for President
of the United States, 2000.
Catholic.
Irish,
English,
and German ancestry. Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Still living as of 2020.
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Victor Laurence August Christgau (1894-1991) —
also known as Victor Christgau —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Austin, Mower
County, Minn., September
20, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1927-29; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1929-33; defeated
(Independent), 1932.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in George Washington Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
10, 1991 (age 97 years, 20
days).
Interment at St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, St. Paul Park, Minn.
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Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger (1836-1911) —
also known as Hubert Dilger —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Sulgen, Germany,
March
5, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Illinois, 1869-73; appointed 1869.
German ancestry.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action in the Battle of Chancellorsville,
May 2, 1863.
Died in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., May 4,
1911 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Emma M. Doak (1883-1951) —
also known as Emma Marie Cricher; Mrs. W. N.
Doak —
of Roanoke,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
27, 1883.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1936.
Female.
German ancestry.
Died in Virginia, November
12, 1951 (age 67 years, 320
days).
Entombed at Black Lick Cemetery, Near Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Va.
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) —
also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower;
"Ike" —
Born in Denison, Grayson
County, Tex., October
14, 1890.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president
of Columbia University, 1948-53; President
of the United States, 1953-61.
Presbyterian.
German and Swiss
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Loyal
Legion.
Died, after a series of heart
attacks, at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1969 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Eisenhower
Center, Abilene, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower;
brother of Milton
Stover Eisenhower; married, July 1,
1916, to Mamie
Eisenhower; father of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower
II (son-in-law of Richard
Milhous Nixon). |
| | | Political family: Eisenhower-Nixon
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Sherman
Adams — Carter
L. Burgess — Woodrow
Wilson Mann — Jacqueline
C. Odlum — George
E. Allen — Meyer
Kestnbaum — Bernard
M. Shanley |
| | | The Eisenhower Expressway,
from downtown Chicago west to Hillside, in Cook
County, Illinois, is named for
him. — The Eisenhower Tunnel
(opened 1973), which carries westbound I-70 under the Continental
Divide, in the Rocky Mountains, from Clear
Creek County to Summit
County, Colorado, is named for
him. — The Eisenhower Range of mountains,
in Victoria
Land, Antarctica, is named for
him. — Mount
Eisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $1 coin (1971-78). |
| | | Campaign slogan: "I Like
Ike." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower:
Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower
: Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein, The
Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlo
d'Este, Eisenhower
: A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk, Dwight
D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T.
Buchanan, Jr., Red
Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the
Eisenhower Administration — Jim Newton, Eisenhower:
The White House Years — William Lee Miller, Two
Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous
World |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1969) |
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Archibald Henry Grimké (1849-1930) —
also known as Archibald H. Grimké —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
17, 1849.
Newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Santo Domingo, 1894-98.
African
and German ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1930 (age 80 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elijah Hise (1802-1867) —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., July 4,
1802.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1829; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Guatemala, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1866-67; died in
office 1867.
German ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died by a self-inflicted
pistol
shot, in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., May 8,
1867 (age 64 years, 308
days). He left a note declaring that he had "lost all hope of
… saving the country from the impending disasters and ruin in
which despotic and unconstitutional rule has involved her." However,
later news
reports disclosed that he had been about to be indicted
for perjury
and tax
evasion, based on his statements as a candidate.
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March
15, 1874.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944;
newspaper
columnist.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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Herman Henry Kohlsaat (1853-1924) —
also known as H. H. Kohlsaat —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Edwards
County, Ill., March
22, 1853.
Republican. Bakery
business; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1888.
German ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
17, 1924 (age 71 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-2005) —
also known as Eugene J. McCarthy; "Clean
Gene" —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Watkins, Meeker
County, Minn., March
29, 1916.
Democrat. School
teacher; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1949-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1968,
1972,
1992;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1968, 1976 (Independent).
Catholic.
Irish
and German ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Kappa Theta.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in the Georgetown Retirement
Residence, Washington,
D.C., December
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, Va.
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Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) —
also known as Henry A. Muhlenberg —
of Berks, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., July 21,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 5th District, 1850-52; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854.
German ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Washington,
D.C., January
9, 1854 (age 30 years, 172
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Eugene Hermann Plumacher (1837-1910) —
also known as Eugene H. Plumacher —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Germany,
1837.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; university
professor; inventor;
U.S. Consul in Maracaibo, 1883-1909.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Founded a leprosy hospital in Venezuela.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
25, 1910 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Victor George Reuther (1912-2004) —
also known as Victor G. Reuther —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., January
1, 1912.
Democrat. Director of
the Education Department, United Auto Workers; later, International
Director; in 1949, at his home in Detroit, he was shot
through the window by an unknown gunman, badly injured, and lost an
eye; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1968.
German ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 3,
2004 (age 92 years, 154
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine Reuther and Anna (Stocker) Reuther. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Hermann Schoenfeld (1861-1926) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Oppeln, Prussia (now Opole, Poland),
January
21, 1861.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; university
professor; U.S. Consul in Riga, 1893-94; Consul-General
for Turkey in Washington,
D.C., 1899-1910.
German ancestry.
Died in Wildwood Crest, Cape May
County, N.J., July 4,
1926 (age 65 years, 164
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Fred Severene Schow (b. 1886) —
also known as Fred S. Schow —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Richmond, Cache
County, Utah, July 4,
1886.
Democrat. Furniture
salesman; accountant;
lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1932.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of August S. Schow and Marie (Francis) Schow; married 1912 to Marian
Merrill. |
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John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
6, 1854.
Republican. Band
conductor; composer;
honored guest, Republican National Convention,
1924.
Bavarian and Portugese
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Audubon
Society.
He was elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1973.
Died, in his room at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel,
Reading, Berks
County, Pa., March 6,
1932 (age 77 years, 121
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Christian Markle Straub (1804-1860) —
also known as Christian M. Straub —
of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa., 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Schuylkill
County Prothonotary, 1845; Schuylkill
County Sheriff, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1853-55; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-58 (28th District 1856-57, 7th District 1858).
German ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
1860 (age about 55
years).
Interment somewhere
in Pottsville, Pa.
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William Wirt (1772-1834) —
of Virginia.
Born near Bladensburg, Prince
George's County, Md., November
8, 1772.
Lawyer;
prosecuting attorney at the treason trial of Aaron
Burr, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17; U.S.
Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate for President
of the United States, 1832.
Presbyterian.
German and Swiss
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1834 (age 61 years, 102
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Wirt and Henrietta Wirt; married, May 28,
1795, to Mildred 'Millie' Gilmer (niece of John
Walker and Francis
Walker; aunt of Thomas
Walker Gilmer); married, September
7, 1802, to Elizabeth Washington Gamble (sister-in-law of William
Henry Cabell); father of Catherine Gratten Wirt (who married Alexander
Randall); grandfather of John
Wirt Randall; great-grandfather of Hannah
Parker Randall (who married William
Bladen Lowndes). |
| | | Wirt County,
W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Wirt
Adams
— William
Wirt Virgin
— William
Wirt Watkins
— William
Wirt Vaughan
— William
W. Warren
— William
Wirt Culbertson
— William
Wirt Herod
— William
W. Dixon
— William
Wirt Henderson
— William
W. Hastings
— W.
Wirt Courtney
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| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William Wirt: Gregory Kurt
Glassner, Adopted
Son: The Life, Wit & Wisdom of William Wirt,
1772-1834 |
| | | Image source: The South in the Building
of the Nation (1909) |
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Simon Wolf (b. 1836) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Himzweiler, Bavaria, Germany,
October
28, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds, 1869-78; insurance
business; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1881-82.
Jewish.
German ancestry. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Wolf and Amalia Wolf. |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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