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Politicians in the Printing and Publishing Business in the District of Columbia
other than newspapers

Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) — of Washington, D.C.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 17, 1850. Republican. Newspaper editor; book publisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery Light and Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented in 1893 and patented a railroad car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1899-1900. Burial location unknown.   Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) — also known as Howard A. Coffin — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Mass., June 11, 1877. Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed Steel Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star Oil Refining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, 1933; U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated, 1944, 1948. Baptist. Member, Rotary. Died in Washington, D.C., February 28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.   Relatives: Son of George Henry Coffin and Jane Clifford (Guild) Coffin; married, October 4, 1904, to Abbie Sweetland Ghodey.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Harry Alexander McBride (1887-1961) — also known as Harry A. McBride — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., October 14, 1887. Manager of printing and advertising for a hotel, 1905-08; U.S. Consular Agent in Bilbao, 1909-10; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Barcelona, 1910-11; Zurich, 1911-13; Boma, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Boma, 1915-16; London, 1916-17; Malaga, 1923-29; U.S. Consul in London, 1917-18; Warsaw, 1919-20; Acting General Receiver of Customs and Financial Advisor for Liberia, 1918-19. Died in 1961 (age about 73 years). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Alexander McBride and Frances Ellen (Tyler) McBride; married 1915 to Ruth K. Quine; father of Robert Henry McBride.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   David Batcheller Mellish (1831-1874) — also known as David B. Mellish — of New York. Born in Oxford, Worcester County, Mass., January 2, 1831. Republican. Printer; school teacher; newspaper reporter; appraiser; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1873-74; died in office 1874. Died in Washington, D.C., May 23, 1874 (age 43 years, 141 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Auburn, Mass.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Caleb Cushing Norvell (1813-1891) — also known as Caleb C. Norvell — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Green County, Ky., April 24, 1813. Republican. Newspaper editor; printer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1870. Died in Washington, D.C., February 3, 1891 (age 77 years, 285 days). Interment at Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Lipscomb Norvell and Mary (Hendrick) Norvell; brother of John Norvell; married, June 27, 1833, to Catherine Mary Carroll (daughter of William Carroll; sister of William Henry Carroll (1810-1868); aunt of William Henry Carroll (1842-1915)); married, March 4, 1844, to Ann Jannette Gordon; uncle of Henry Laurence Norvell, Dallas Norvell and Emily Virginia Norvell (who married Henry Nelson Walker); third cousin twice removed of Ernest Campbell Norvell.   Political family: Conway-Norvell-Johnson-Carroll family.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Oliver A. Quayle Jr. (b. 1894) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., March 6, 1894. Democrat. President, Quayle & Son, bank note engravers; Treasurer of Democratic National Committee, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1944. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Oliver A. Quayle and Belle K. (Blampied) Quayle; married, June 20, 1915, to Signa Norstrand.

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