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Orlando Harrison Baker (1830-1913) —
also known as Orlando H. Baker —
of Indianola, Warren
County, Iowa.
Born in Union
County, Ind., September
16, 1830.
College professor; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1892-94; Sydney, 1900-08; Sandakan, 1908-13, died in office 1913.
Died, from uremia,
on board the steamship
Thomas, en route to San Francisco, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August
6, 1913 (age 82 years, 324
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa.
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Guy Vernon Bennett (b. 1880) —
also known as G. Vernon Bennett —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, February
17, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; university professor; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938-40, 1948; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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James F. Bryan (b. 1857) —
of Creston, Union
County, Iowa.
Born in Illinois, October, 1857.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lecturer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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William A. Campbell (born c.1876) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Pocahontas
County, Iowa, about 1876.
Traveling
salesman; lecturer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1909-14; member of
Minnesota
state senate 32nd District, 1915-18; candidate for mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Chester Cicero Cole (b. 1824) —
also known as Chester C. Cole —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Oxford, Orange
County, N.Y., June 4,
1824.
Lawyer;
justice
of Iowa state supreme court, 1864-76; law professor.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Cole and Alice (Pullman) Cole; married, June 25,
1848, to Amanda M. Bennett. |
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John Forrest Dillon (1831-1914) —
also known as John F. Dillon —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Northampton, Montgomery County (now Fulton
County), N.Y., December
25, 1831.
Lawyer;
law professor; author;
district judge in Iowa 7th District, 1859-63; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1864-69; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1867-69; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1870-79.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1914 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa.
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Oran Faville (1817-1872) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Manheim, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
13, 1817.
College professor; president,
Wesleyan Female College, Delaware, Ohio, 1853-55; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1858-60; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1864-67.
Died in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, November
2, 1872 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harlington
Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Faville and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville; married to
Maria M. Peck; uncle of Frederick
F. Faville. |
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Eugene Allen Gilmore (1871-1953) —
also known as Eugene A. Gilmore —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb., July 4,
1871.
Lawyer;
law professor; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1927, 1929; president,
University of Iowa, 1934-40.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, November
4, 1953 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Cremated.
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John Samuel Hagelin (b. 1954) —
also known as John Hagelin —
of Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Iowa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 9,
1954.
University professor; physicist;
Natural Law candidate for President
of the United States, 1992, 1996, 2000.
Still living as of 2020.
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John Flournoy Henry (1793-1873) —
of Kentucky; Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., January
17, 1793.
Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 12th District, 1826-27; medical
school professor.
Slaveowner.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, November
12, 1873 (age 80 years, 299
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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John Hospers (1918-2011) —
Born in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, June 9,
1918.
Libertarian. University professor; candidate for President
of the United States, 1972.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died June 12,
2011 (age 93 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cloyce Kenneth Huston (1900-1986) —
also known as Cloyce K. Huston —
of Crawfordville, Washington
County, Iowa.
Born in Crawfordville, Washington
County, Iowa, May 12,
1900.
University faculty; U.S. Vice Consul in Cairo, 1927-28; Aden, 1928-30; Genoa, 1930-32; Tirana, 1932-33; U.S. Consul in Bucharest, as of 1938.
Died in 1986
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Warrenton
Cemetery, Warrenton, Va.
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David W. Loebsack (b. 1952) —
also known as Dave Loebsack —
of Mt. Vernon, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, December
23, 1952.
Democrat. University professor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 2000,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 2007-.
Still living as of 2014.
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Klarenc Wade Mak (1861-1930) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Iowa, 1861.
Physician;
poet;
author;
lecturer.
Advocate of phonetic spelling.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
31, 1930 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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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Wade Hampton McCree Jr. (1920-1987) —
also known as Wade H. McCree, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, July 3,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-61; appointed 1954; resigned
1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1966-77; resigned
1977; U.S. Solicitor General, 1977-81; law professor.
Unitarian.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
attack and bone
cancer in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
30, 1987 (age 67 years, 58
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles Edward Merriam Jr. (1874-1953) —
also known as Charles E. Merriam —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hopkinton, Delaware
County, Iowa, November
15, 1874.
Republican. Political
scientist; university professor; candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1911; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I.
Member, American
Political Science Association.
Died, in Hilltop Hospital,
Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., January
8, 1953 (age 78 years, 54
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Stephen V. Monsma (1936-2017) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, September
22, 1936.
Democrat. College professor; writer;
member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1979-82; defeated, 1970, 1985; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives 93rd District, 1975-78; Democratic
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1980 (primary), 1982.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Urban
League.
Died February
18, 2017 (age 80 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Martin Monsma and Marie (Vos) Monsma; married to Mary
Carlisle. |
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Daniel Walter Morehouse (1876-1941) —
also known as D. W. Morehouse —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., February
22, 1876.
Astronomer;
university professor; president,
Drake University, 1922-41; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
21, 1941 (age 64 years, 334
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Drake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park, Des Moines, Iowa.
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John H. Muyskens (1887-1957) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, September
3, 1887.
Democrat. University professor; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1935; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936.
Died, from uremia,
in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
10, 1957 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Muyskens and Tietje (Cupido) Muyskens; married to Mary G.
Groen. |
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Leonard F. Parker (b. 1825) —
of Iowa.
Born in Arcade, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
3, 1825.
College professor; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1868-70.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
History of Iowa (1903) |
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Alfred John Pearson (1869-1939) —
also known as Alfred J. Pearson —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Landskrona, Sweden,
September
29, 1869.
Republican. University professor; U.S. Minister to Poland, 1924-25; Finland, 1925-30.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Modern
Language Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died August
9, 1939 (age 69 years, 314
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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John E. Powell (born c.1937) —
also known as Jack Powell —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Kingsley, Plymouth
County, Iowa, about 1937.
University professor; mayor
of Vermillion, S.Dak., 2010-.
Still living as of 2011.
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Walter Ward Reynoldson (b. 1920) —
also known as W. Ward Reynoldson —
of Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa.
Born in St. Edward, Boone
County, Neb., May 17,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Clarke
County Attorney, 1953-57; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1971-87; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1978-87; law
professor.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Scorer Reynoldson and Mabel Matilda (Sallach) Reynoldson;
married, December
24, 1942, to Janet Aline Mills; married, June 3,
1989, to Patricia A. Frey. |
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Oliver Morris Spencer (1829-1895) —
also known as Oliver M. Spencer —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, 1829.
University professor; president,
University of Iowa, 1862-67; U.S. Consul in Genoa, 1867-78; U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, 1879-84.
Died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
July
27, 1895 (age about 66
years).
Interment at St. Kilda Cemetery, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia.
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Henry Oscar Talle (1892-1969) —
also known as Henry O. Talle —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born near Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn., January
12, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; college professor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1939-59 (4th District 1939-43, 2nd
District 1943-59); defeated, 1936 (4th District), 1958 (2nd District).
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
14, 1969 (age 77 years, 61
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Martin Joseph Wade (1861-1931) —
also known as Martin J. Wade —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., October
20, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 8th District, 1893-1903; law professor;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1903-05; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1912; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, 1915-31; died
in office 1931.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
16, 1931 (age 69 years, 178
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 11,
1866.
Farmer;
college professor; magazine
editor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24; died in office 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1924 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) —
also known as Adonijah S. Welch —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., April
12, 1821.
Republican. First principal,
in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich.
(later Eastern Michigan University); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber mill
at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president,
in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later
Iowa State University); college professor; author.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
14, 1889 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Iowa
State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949) —
also known as Ray L. Wilbur —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Boonesborough (now Boone), Boone
County, Iowa, April
13, 1875.
Republican. Physician;
dean of Stanford University Medical School, 1911-16; president
of Stanford University, 1916-43; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1929-33.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 26,
1949 (age 74 years, 74
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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James Wilson (1835-1920) —
also known as "Tama Jim" —
of Tama
County, Iowa.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
August
16, 1835.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1867-73; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1872-73; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1873-77, 1883-85; member
of Iowa
railroad commission, 1882-88; director, Iowa Agricultural
Experiment Station, and professor of agriculture at Iowa
Agricultural College, 1891-97; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1897-1913.
Died in Traer, Tama
County, Iowa, August
26, 1920 (age 85 years, 10
days).
Interment at Buckingham
Cemetery, Traer, Iowa.
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John McClelland Work (1869-1961) —
also known as John M. Work —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Washington
County, Iowa, January
3, 1869.
Socialist. Lawyer;
lecturer; writer;
candidate for mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1902; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1910; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1914; editorial page
editor for the Socialist Milwaukee Leader newspaper,
1917-42; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1925; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Wisconsin.
Died in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
5, 1961 (age 92 years, 2
days).
Burial location unknown.
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