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Marvin E. Aspen (b. 1934) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 11,
1934.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1971-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1979-.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2000.
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Richard Martin Baner (b. 1936) —
also known as Richard Baner —
of Eureka, Woodford
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
27, 1936.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1972.
Christian.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Phi
Alpha Delta; Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Martin Baner and Ella (Detweiler) Baner; married 1955 to Janet
Mae Eastman. |
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George Hugo Boldt (1903-1984) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
28, 1903.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1953-71;
took senior status 1971.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died March
18, 1984 (age 80 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George F. Boldt and Christine (Carstensen) Boldt; married, November
17, 1928, to Eloise Baird. |
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William H. Chamberlain (1931-c.1979) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., January
22, 1931.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1964;
secretary
of state of Illinois, 1964-65; circuit judge in Illinois, 1965.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; American Judicature Society.
Died about 1979 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Homer Stillé Cummings (1870-1956) —
also known as Homer S. Cummings —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
30, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1900,
1904,
1920
(alternate), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1900-25; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1919-20; mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1900-02, 1904-06; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1902; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1913-19; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1916; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1933-39; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Connecticut.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died September
10, 1956 (age 86 years, 133
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Uriah C. Cummings and Audie Schuyler (Stillé) Cummings;
married to Cecilia Waterbury. |
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article — NNDB
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Charles H. Davis (b. 1906) —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill., January
7, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Winnebago County Republican Party, 1950; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1955-60, 1970-75 (6th District
1955-60, 2nd District 1970-75); chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1957-58; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court 2nd District, 1964-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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David Davis IV (1906-1978) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., July 29,
1906.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1953-67; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 37th District,
1969-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., April
14, 1978 (age 71 years, 259
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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John E. Dvorak —
of Bellwood, Cook
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 5th District,
1969-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972,
1980.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Pi Gamma
Mu; Moose.
Still living as of 1980.
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Moses W. Harrison II (b. 1932) —
of Illinois.
Born in Collinsville, Madison
County, Ill., March
30, 1932.
Circuit judge in Illinois, 1973-79; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1979-92; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1992-.
Member, American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1993.
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Otto Kerner Jr. (1908-1976) —
of Glenview, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
15, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-54; county
judge in Illinois, 1954-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Governor
of Illinois, 1961-68; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1968-74; resigned
1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Military
Order of the World Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of
over $300,000 in a stock deal which prosecutors later characterized
as bribery.
Convicted
in 1973 on 17 counts of bribery,
conspiracy, perjury,
and related charges; sentenced
to three years in federal prison
and fined
$50,000.
Died of cancer,
May
9, 1976 (age 67 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Walter J. LaBuy (1888-1967) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Beaver Dam, Dodge
County, Wis., July 25,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1920
(alternate), 1932;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1933-44; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1944.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Union
League.
Died September
29, 1967 (age 79 years, 66
days).
Interment at St.
Adalbert's Cemetery, Niles, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob LaBuy. |
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Edward Hirsch Levi (1911-2000) —
also known as Edward H. Levi —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 26,
1911.
Lawyer;
law
professor; president
of the University of Chicago, 1968-75; first
Jewish president of a major U.S. university; U.S.
Attorney General, 1975-77.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 7,
2000 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Irving Lezak (1924-2006) —
also known as Sidney I. Lezak —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1961-82.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society.
Died April
24, 2006 (age 81 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Manny Lezak and Celia (Weiner) Lezak; married, June 26,
1949, to Muriel Elaine Deutsch. |
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Howard Thomas Markey (1920-2006) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
10, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served in the U.S.
Air Force during the Korean conflict; Chief
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1972-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-91;
retired 1991.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., May 3,
2006 (age 85 years, 174
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mary Ann G. McMorrow (1930-2013) —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
16, 1930.
Democrat. Circuit judge in Illinois, 1976-85; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court, 1985-92; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1992-2006; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 2002-06.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American Judicature Society.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
23, 2013 (age 83 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin K. Miller (born c.1938) —
of Illinois.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., about 1938.
Circuit judge in Illinois, 1976-82; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1982-84; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1984-.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1993.
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Don A. Moore (b. 1928) —
of Midlothian, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
1, 1928.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1963-73 (2nd District 1963-67,
9th District 1967-73); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1968;
member of Illinois
state senate 9th District, 1973-81.
Member, American Judicature Society; Lions; Moose; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1981.
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James Lowell Oakes (b. 1924) —
also known as James L. Oakes —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., February
21, 1924.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1960;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1961-64; Vermont
state attorney general, 1967; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1970; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-92.
Unitarian-Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Lowell Oakes ; married to Rosalyn M. Landon. |
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Frank Lewis O'Bannon (1930-2003) —
also known as Frank L. O'Bannon —
of Indiana.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., January
30, 1930.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1971-89; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1989-97; Governor of
Indiana, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Suffered a major
stroke, and subsequently died, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 2003 (age 73 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.; statue at Old
Courthouse Square, Corydon, Ind.
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John Thomas Reardon (1910-1984) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., March 3,
1910.
Circuit judge in Illinois, 1957-76; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1976.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Eagles;
Elks; Lions; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, at St. Mary's Hospital,
Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., March
16, 1984 (age 74 years, 13
days).
Interment at Quincy
Memorial Park, Quincy, Ill.
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James Richard Rood (b. 1906) —
also known as James R. Rood —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in La Rose, Marshall
County, Ill., March
31, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Midland District, 1938; chair of
Midland County Republican Party, 1940-42, 1950; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1946-48; Midland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1953-60; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Midland County,
1961-62; circuit
judge in Michigan 42nd Circuit, 1967.
Presbyterian.
Member, Civitan;
Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Rood and Elizabeth (Simpson) Rood; married to Helen Margaret
Collins. |
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Howard C. Ryan (b. 1916) —
of Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., June 17,
1916.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; county judge in
Illinois, 1954-57; circuit judge in Illinois, 1957-68; Judge,
Illinois Appellate Court 3rd District, 1968-70; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 3rd District, 1970-90.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James C. Soper —
of Cicero, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state senate 7th District, 1967-79.
Member, American Judicature Society; Theta
Delta Chi; Gamma
Eta Gamma; American
Legion; Moose; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Orville Taylor (1885-1969) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, September
8, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American
Legion; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died in 1969
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orville J. Taylor and Eleanor Sarah (Harris) Taylor; married, January
19, 1924, to Catherine E. Apperson. |
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Robert C. Underwood (b. 1915) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Gardner, Grundy
County, Ill., October
27, 1915.
Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1946-62; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1962-84 (3rd District 1962-63, 4th
District 1964-84).
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Myron H. Wahls (b. 1921) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
11, 1921.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1974; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1975-82; appointed 1975; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1982-; appointed 1982.
African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel P. Ward (b. 1918) —
of La Grange Park, Cook
County, Ill.; Westchester, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
30, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Cook
County State's Attorney, 1960-66; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 1st District, 1966-90.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Ward and Jane (Convery) Ward; married, June 23,
1951, to Marilyn Corleto. |
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel W. Witwer (1908-1998) —
also known as "Father of the Illinois
Constitution" —
of Riverside, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., July 1,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1960; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District, 1969-70.
Methodist.
Member, American Judicature Society.
Died, in a hospice
at Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1998 (age 90 years, 74
days).
Burial location unknown.
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