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Disciples of Christ Politicians in Illinois

  William Frederick Milton Arny (1813-1881) — of Bloomington, McLean County, Ill.; Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan. Born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., May 9, 1813. Republican. U.S. Indian Agent in various capacities, 1861-62 and 1867-75; secretary of New Mexico Territory, 1862-67. Disciples of Christ. Died in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., September 18, 1881 (age 68 years, 132 days). Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert C. Baltzell (1879-1950) — of Princeton, Gibson County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Lawrence County, Ill., August 15, 1879. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; chair of Gibson County Republican Party, 1912; member of Indiana Republican State Committee, 1914-18; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in Indiana, 1921-25; U.S. District Judge for Indiana, 1925-28; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, 1928-50; took senior status 1950; member executive committee, Methodist Hospital. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons; American Bar Association. Died October 18, 1950 (age 71 years, 64 days). Interment somewhere in Sumner, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Henry H. Baltzell and Margaret C. (Roderick) Baltzell; married, March 28, 1904, to Vienna N. Carlton.
  Charles Clarke Chapman (1853-1944) — also known as Charles C. Chapman; "The Orange King of California" — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Fullerton, Orange County, Calif. Born in Illinois, June 2, 1853. Republican. Publishing business; mayor of Fullerton, Calif., 1904-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1916, 1924. Disciples of Christ. Died in Orange County, Calif., March 5, 1944 (age 90 years, 277 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue at Chapman University Entrance, Orange, Calif.
  Chapman University, in Orange, California, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) — of Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa. Born in Rushville, Schuyler County, Ill., December 30, 1830. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; railroad builder; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1888; Governor of Iowa, 1896-98. Disciples of Christ. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, of diabetes, in Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, November 20, 1903 (age 72 years, 325 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
  Presumably named for: Francis Marion
  Relatives: Son of John Adams Drake and Harriet Jane (O'Neal) Drake; married, December 24, 1855, to Mary Jane Lord.
  Drake University, in Des Moines, Iowa, is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Seth Gard (1775-1845) — of Edwards County, Ill. Born in Morris County, N.J., March 14, 1775. Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from Edwards County, 1818. Disciples of Christ. Died in Gard's Point, Lick Prairie Township, Wabash County, Ill., July 25, 1845 (age 70 years, 133 days). Interment at Nye Chapel Church Cemetery, Lick Prairie Township, Wabash County, Ill.
  Guy Urban Hardy (1872-1947) — also known as Guy U. Hardy — of Canon City, Fremont County, Colo. Born in Abingdon, Knox County, Ill., April 4, 1872. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Canon City, Colo., 1900-01; U.S. Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932. Disciples of Christ. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; Moose. Died January 26, 1947 (age 74 years, 297 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Canon City, Colo.
  Relatives: Son of U. W. Hardy and Virginia (Moorehead) Hardy; married, August 2, 1899, to Jessie Mack.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Hale Johnson Hale Johnson (1847-1902) — of Newton, Jasper County, Ill. Born in Montgomery County, Ind., August 21, 1847. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; mayor of Newton, Ill.; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1896. Disciples of Christ. While attempting to collect a debt from a farmer, the debtor, Harry Harris, shot and killed him, in Bogota, Jasper County, Ill., November 4, 1902 (age 55 years, 75 days). Harris was arrested that day, but poisoned himself on the way to jail. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Newton, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of John B. Johnson; married 1871 to Mary E. Loofbourrow.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)
  Anson Rainey (1848-1922) — of Waxahachie, Ellis County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in El Dorado, Union County, Ark., March 1, 1848. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Texas state senate, 1881-82; district judge in Texas, 1885-93; Judge, Texas Court of Appeals, 1893. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons. Died in Hinsdale, DuPage County, Ill., August 6, 1922 (age 74 years, 158 days). Interment at Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Columbus Rainey and Nancy Blake (Baker) Rainey; married, February 17, 1874, to Frances Irene 'Fannie' Meriwether (first cousin twice removed of David Meriwether (1755-1822) and James Meriwether (1755-1817); second cousin once removed of James Meriwether (1788-1852), David Meriwether (1800-1893) and James Archibald Meriwether; third cousin of Reuben Handy Meriwether).
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Payne Harry Ratner (1896-1974) — also known as Payne Ratner — of Parsons, Labette County, Kan. Born in Casey, Clark County, Ill., October 3, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Labette County Attorney, 1923-27; member of Kansas state senate, 1929, 1937-39; Governor of Kansas, 1939-43. Disciples of Christ. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Delta Theta Pi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Kiwanis. Died in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan., December 27, 1974 (age 78 years, 85 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Wichita Park Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
  Relatives: Son of Harry Ratner and Julia (Miller) Ratner; married, August 21, 1920, to Cliffe Dodd.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) — also known as Ronald Reagan; "Dutch"; "The Gipper"; "The Great Communicator"; "The Teflon President"; "Rawhide" — of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Tampico, Whiteside County, Ill., February 6, 1911. Republican. Worked as a sports broadcaster in Iowa in the 1930s, doing local radio broadcast of Chicago Cubs baseball games; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional actor in 1937-64; appeared in dozens of films including Kings Row, Dark Victory, Santa Fe Trail, Knute Rockne, All American, and The Winning Team; president of the Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member of California Republican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1964 (alternate), 1972 (delegation chair); Governor of California, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968, 1976; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; President of the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside the Washington Hilton hotel, he and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1993. Disciples of Christ. Member, Screen Actors Guild; Lions; American Legion; Tau Kappa Epsilon. Died, from pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 5, 2004 (age 93 years, 120 days). Interment at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married, January 25, 1940, to Jane Wyman; married, March 4, 1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923; actress) and Nancy Davis (1921-2016); father of Maureen Elizabeth Reagan.
  Political family: Reagan family of Bel Air and Simi Valley, California.
  Cross-reference: Katherine Hoffman Haley — Dana Rohrabacher — Donald T. Regan — Henry Salvatori — L. William Seidman — Christopher Cox — Patrick J. Buchanan — Bay Buchanan — Edwin Meese III
  Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (opened 1941; renamed 1998), in Arlington, Virginia, is named for him.  — Mount Reagan (officially known as Mount Clay), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C., is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books by Ronald Reagan: Ronald Reagan : An American Life
  Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon, President Reagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon, Governor Reagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer, Reagan's War : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism — Lee Edwards, Ronald Reagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor, God and Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary Beth Brown, Hand of Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of Ronald Reagan — Edmund Morris, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan, When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — Peter J. Wallison, Ronald Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency — Dinesh D'Souza, Ronald Reagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader — William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald Reagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley, Reagan's Revolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All — Richard Reeves, President Reagan : The Triumph of Imagination — Ron Reagan, My Father at 100 — Newt & Callista Gingrich & David N. Bossie, Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny — William F. Buckley, The Reagan I Knew — Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked
  Critical books about Ronald Reagan: Haynes Johnson, Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years — William Kleinknecht, The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America
Robert Sabonjian Robert V. Sabonjian (1916-1992) — also known as "The Rock" — of Waukegan, Lake County, Ill. Born in Waukegan, Lake County, Ill., January 4, 1916. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; dry cleaning business; acting postmaster at Waukegan, Ill., 1952-53; mayor of Waukegan, Ill., 1957-77, 1985-89; defeated, 1977; bank director; candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1966. Disciples of Christ. Armenian ancestry. Member, Eagles; Moose; Disabled American Veterans; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., August 19, 1992 (age 76 years, 228 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lazurus Sabonjian and Zaruhey (Mooradian) Sabonjian; married, June 7, 1947, to Lorene Terrill; father of Robert Sabonjian Jr..
  Image source: City of Waukegan
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