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Ezekiel Silas Sampson (1831-1892) —
also known as Ezekiel S. Sampson —
of Sigourney, Keokuk
County, Iowa.
Born in Huron
County, Ohio, December
6, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; district judge in Iowa 6th District, 1867-75; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1875-79.
Died in Sigourney, Keokuk
County, Iowa, October
7, 1892 (age 60 years, 306
days).
Interment at Prairie
Grove Cemetery, Sigourney, Iowa.
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William Fletcher Sapp (1824-1890) —
of Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Danville, Knox
County, Ohio, November
20, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; Knox
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1855-58; member
Nebraska territorial council, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1865; U.S.
Attorney for Iowa, 1869-73; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1877-81.
Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, November
22, 1890 (age 66 years, 2
days).
Interment at Mound
View Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
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Henry P. Scholte (1805-1868) —
of Pella, Marion
County, Iowa.
Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands,
September
25, 1805.
Republican. Preacher;
joined the dissenters from the national church of the Netherlands; tried in
1834 for teaching
heresy, expelled
from the church, fined,
and imprisoned;
helped organize a group which emigrated to Iowa in 1847;
lawyer; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died August
25, 1868 (age 62 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Pella, Iowa.
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Louis W. Schultz (1927-2008) —
of Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Deep River, Poweshiek
County, Iowa, March
24, 1927.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Iowa
County Attorney, 1960-68; district judge in Iowa 6th District,
1971-80; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1980-93.
Died in Williamsburg, Iowa
County, Iowa, February
19, 2008 (age 80 years, 332
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Scidmore (1854-1922) —
Born in Iowa, November
21, 1854.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Dunfermline, 1877-84; Hiogo, as of 1884; Osaka, 1884-85; U.S. Vice Consul General in Shanghai, 1885; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Kanagawa, 1885-91; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Kanagawa, 1894-97; Yokohama, 1898-1904; U.S. Consul in Nagasaki, 1907-09; Kobe, 1909; U.S. Consul General in Seoul, 1909-11; Yokohama, as of 1914-22.
Died November
27, 1922 (age 68 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Cromwell Scott (1864-1948) —
also known as George C. Scott —
of Le Mars, Plymouth
County, Iowa; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe
County, N.Y., August
8, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 11th District, 1912-15, 1917-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, 1922-43; took
senior status 1943.
Died October
6, 1948 (age 84 years, 59
days).
Interment at Graceland
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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John Joseph Seerley (1852-1931) —
also known as John J. Seerley —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born near Toulon, Stark
County, Ill., March
13, 1852.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1891-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1920.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, February
23, 1931 (age 78 years, 347
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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Francis Seiberling (1870-1945) —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, September
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1929-33.
Died in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, February
1, 1945 (age 74 years, 134
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, Ohio.
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Cato Hedden Sells (1859-1948) —
also known as Cato Sells —
of Vinton, Benton
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Vinton, Benton
County, Iowa, October
6, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Iowa, 1888,
1900;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, 1894-98; member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1912; U.S. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1924.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., December
30, 1948 (age 89 years, 85
days).
Interment at Cleburne
Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Leslie Mortier Shaw (1848-1932) —
also known as Leslie M. Shaw —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa.
Born in Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt., November
2, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Governor of
Iowa, 1898-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1900;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1902-07; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1932 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Denison, Iowa.
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James Rockwell Sheffield (1864-1938) —
also known as James R. Sheffield —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
13, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
B. Allison; member of New York
state assembly, 1894, 1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1936;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1924-27; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Saranac Inn, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
2, 1938 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment somewhere
in Utica, N.Y.
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James Shields (1806-1879) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Rice
County, Minn.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.
Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), May 10,
1806.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1839-41; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when the
Springfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him,
Shields demanded to know who wrote them; Abraham
Lincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility,
and Shields challenged him to a duel,
which was averted only through the intervention of friends; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1868; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1874, 1879; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1879.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, June 1,
1879 (age 73 years, 22
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at Courthouse Grounds, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn.
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N. D. Shinn (1884-1959) —
of Knoxville, Marion
County, Iowa.
Born January
26, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marion
County Attorney; mayor of Knoxville; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1948.
Died June 1,
1959 (age 75 years, 126
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Knoxville, Iowa.
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Samuel Morgan Shortridge (1861-1952) —
also known as Samuel M. Shortridge —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, August
3, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; Republican Presidential Elector for
California, 1889
(voted for Benjamin
Harrison and Levi
P. Morton); Republican Presidential Elector for California, 1901
(voted for William
McKinley and Theodore
Roosevelt); Republican Presidential Elector for California, 1909
(voted for William
H. Taft and James
S. Sherman); U.S.
Senator from California, 1921-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen.
Died January
17, 1952 (age 90 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
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William A. Smith (b. 1870) —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Andalusia, Rock Island
County, Ill., 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1943-58.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Eben Smylie (1914-2004) —
also known as Robert E. Smylie —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Marcus, Cherokee
County, Iowa, October
31, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; Idaho
state attorney general, 1947-55; appointed 1947; Governor of
Idaho, 1955-67; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Idaho, 1956
(delegation chair; speaker),
1960
(speaker).
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, July 17,
2004 (age 89 years, 260
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Bruce M. Snell (1895-1976) —
of Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa.
Born in Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa, March 4,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; district
judge in Iowa, 1941-60; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1961-70.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in September, 1976
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bruce M. Snell Jr. (b. 1929) —
of Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa.
Born in Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa, August
18, 1929.
Lawyer; Judge,
Iowa Court of Appeals, 1976-87; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1987-.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1995.
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Thad S. Snell Jr. (1884-1941) —
of Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa.
Born in Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa, December
12, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1916
(alternate), 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a fatal heart
attack, while driving his
car, in Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa, April
14, 1941 (age 56 years, 123
days).
Interment at Ida
Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Iowa.
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Harrison Earl Spangler (b. 1879) —
also known as Harrison E. Spangler —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Guthrie
County, Iowa, June 10,
1879.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,
1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940
(member, Arrangements
Committee; speaker),
1944
(speaker),
1948,
1952;
member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1930-32; Iowa
Republican state chair, 1930-32; member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1931-49; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1942-44.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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James Eugene Stephenson (1926-2009) —
also known as James E. Stephenson —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Iowa, April
21, 1926.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1973-75; defeated, 1975.
Presbyterian.
Died August
29, 2009 (age 83 years, 130
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Wood. |
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John Loomis Stevens (1850-1933) —
also known as John L. Stevens —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa; Boone, Boone
County, Iowa.
Born in Northfield, Washington
County, Vt., May 29,
1850.
Lawyer; district attorney 11th District, 1879-86; promoter of
early telephone
companies; organizer, Boone Brick and
Tile Paving
Company; district judge in Iowa 11th District, 1887-92; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1900,
1912;
delegate to Progressive National Convention from Iowa, 1912;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Iowa, October
23, 1933 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Ames
Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Loomis Stevens and Harriet E. (Tucker) Stevens; married, August
10, 1876, to Rowena Estelle Edson. |
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memorial |
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Congress |
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Robert W. Stewart (b. 1866) —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, March
11, 1866.
Lawyer; Hughes
County State's Attorney, 1893; member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1899-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Stewart and Eliza (Mills) Stewart. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Luman M. Strong (1803-1867) —
of Marion, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Orange
County, Vt., October
24, 1803.
Lawyer; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Linn County, 1844;
member of Wisconsin state legislature, 1850; county judge in
Wisconsin, 1860.
Died in Dodgeville, Iowa
County, Wis., December
4, 1867 (age 64 years, 41
days).
Interment at Eastside
Cemetery, Dodgeville, Wis.
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Ralph Richard Stuart (b. 1889) —
of Hampton, Franklin
County, Iowa.
Born in Hampton, Franklin
County, Iowa, September
1, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Franklin
County Attorney, 1920-26; mayor of Hampton, Iowa, 1928-34;
candidate for Iowa
state senate 43rd District, 1940.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Iden L. Stuart and Katherine (Clemmer) Stuart; married, June 16,
1920, to Mable Young. |
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William Corwin Stuart (1920-2010) —
also known as William C. Stuart —
of Chariton, Lucas
County, Iowa.
Born in Knoxville, Marion
County, Iowa, April
28, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of
Iowa
state senate, 1953-61; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1962-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, 1971-86; took
senior status 1986.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Lions.
Died in Chariton, Lucas
County, Iowa, August
12, 2010 (age 90 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lyman B. Sutter (1904-1963) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, June 14,
1904.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1953-54; municipal judge in California,
1950.
Died of cancer in
August
22, 1963 (age 59 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eric Michael Swalwell Jr. (b. 1980) —
also known as Eric Swalwell —
of Dublin, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Sac City, Sac
County, Iowa, November
16, 1980.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 15th District, 2013-.
Still living as of 2018.
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Fletcher B. Swank (1875-1950) —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born near Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa, April
24, 1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; private secretary to U.S. Rep Scott
Ferris, 1907-08; lawyer; Cleveland
County Judge, 1911-14; district judge in Oklahoma 14th District,
1915-20; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1921-29, 1931-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Woodmen
Circle.
Died in Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla., March
16, 1950 (age 74 years, 326
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Burton Erwin Sweet (1867-1957) —
also known as Burton E. Sweet —
of Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa.
Born in Bremer
County, Iowa, December
10, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1900-04; member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1902-06; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1915-23; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1922, 1924.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
3, 1957 (age 89 years, 24
days).
Interment at Harlington
Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa.
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Melvin D. Synhorst (b. 1914) —
of Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, January
21, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1949-65, 1967-80; resigned 1980.
American
Reformed Church. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugo Synhorst and Ethel Synhorst; married 1941 to Alice
Rossing. |
| | | Image source: Iowa Official Register
1951-52 |
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