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Jane Addams (1860-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cedarville, Stephenson
County, Ill., September
6, 1860.
Progressive. Social
worker; sociologist;
lecturer; woman suffrage activist; pacifist; delegate to
Progressive National Convention from Illinois, 1912; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931.
Female.
Presbyterian
or Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Lesbian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom; NAACP.
Died, from cancer,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 21,
1935 (age 74 years, 257
days).
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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Carlos Coolidge Alden (b. 1866) —
also known as Carlos C. Alden —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilmington, Will
County, Ill., June 4,
1866.
Progressive. Lawyer;
law professor; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1912; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1913; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward A. Alden and Adelaide (Cousens) Alden; married, June 29,
1898, to Suzanne Weismer. |
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Marcus Alexis (b. 1932) —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
26, 1932.
Democrat. Economist;
university professor; member, Interstate Commerce Commission,
1979-81.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Economic Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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John David Ashcroft (b. 1942) —
also known as John Ashcroft —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 9,
1942.
Republican. Lawyer;
university professor; Missouri
state auditor, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; Missouri
state attorney general, 1977-85; Governor of
Missouri, 1985-93; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; U.S.
Attorney General, 2001-05.
Assembly
of God. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2020.
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Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) —
also known as Leroy G. Augenstein —
of Holt, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., March 6,
1928.
Republican. Biophysicist;
university professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969.
Protestant.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Killed when his twin-engine plane crashed
during the landing approach to Beech Airport,
near Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., November
8, 1969 (age 41 years, 247
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Roy H. Augenstein; married 1950 to
Elizabeth Schmalfuss. |
| | | Books by Leroy G. Augenstein: Come,
let us play God |
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Robert Shillingford Babcock (1915-1985) —
also known as Robert S. Babcock —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 22,
1915.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
university professor; member of Vermont
state senate, 1951-54, 1957-58; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1959-61; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1960; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1977-81.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association.
Died in Yuma, Yuma
County, Ariz., September
1, 1985 (age 70 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Harold Blackwell (1919-2010) —
also known as David Blackwell —
of Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Centralia, Marion
County, Ill., April
24, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1972.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Statistical Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died, in a hospital
at Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., July 8,
2010 (age 91 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Silas Walter Bond (1864-1939) —
also known as Silas W. Bond —
of Houghton, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.; Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Nora, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
13, 1864.
Minister;
professor, Houghton Seminary, Houghton, N.Y.; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1904; president,
Miltonvale Wesleyan College, Miltonvale, Kan.; Prohibition candidate
for Governor of
Kansas, 1914; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Wesleyan
Methodist.
Died in Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif., December
3, 1939 (age 75 years, 324
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Williams Bond and Matilda (Shaw) Bond; married, August
11, 1896, to Harriet 'Hattie' West; married, November
26, 1931, to Jessie LaVinia Ward. |
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Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) —
also known as Henry S. Boutell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
14, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903,
9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1908;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law professor.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Sanremo, Italy,
March
11, 1926 (age 69 years, 362
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
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Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) —
also known as Orlo M. Brees —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., April
13, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; printing
business; author;
lecturer; poet;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in November, 1980
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1933 to
Frances W. Freeman. |
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Marie Caroline Brehm (1859-1926) —
also known as Marie C. Brehm —
of Illinois; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, June 30,
1859.
Lecturer; Prohibition candidate for University
of Illinois trustee, 1902, 1904, 1908; Prohibition candidate for
Vice
President of the United States, 1924.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Died January
26, 1926 (age 66 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Henry Brehm and Elizabeth (Rhode)
Brehm. |
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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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Thomas J. Campbell (b. 1952) —
also known as Tom Campbell —
of Campbell, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
14, 1952.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
Representative from California, 1989-93, 1995-2001 (12th District
1989-93, 15th District 1995-2001); Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1992 (primary), 2000; member of California
state senate, 1993-95.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward Capps (1866-1950) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., December
21, 1866.
University professor; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1920.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in 1950
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Diamond
Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill.
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George Sylvester Counts (1889-1974) —
also known as George S. Counts —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; New Hope, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born near Baldwin City, Douglas
County, Kan., December
9, 1889.
University professor; author; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1939-42; New York American Labor
Party state chair, 1942-44; Liberal candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952; New York Liberal Party state chair,
1955-59.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two weeks later, in a hospital
at Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
10, 1974 (age 84 years, 336
days). His body was
donated to Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wilson Counts and Mertie Florella (Gamble)
Counts. |
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Charles Davison (b. 1858) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lake
County, Ill., January
13, 1858.
Physician;
medical school professor; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1904.
Methodist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Davison and Martha Maria (Whedon) Davison; married, October
20, 1887, to Mary Lavinia Kidd. |
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Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) —
also known as Jacob M. Dickinson —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
30, 1851.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1891-93; law professor;
general counsel, Illinois Central Railroad,
1899-1909; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1909-11.
Member, Izaak
Walton League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
13, 1928 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Henry Bernhard Dirks (1884-1955) —
also known as Henry B. Dirks —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 21,
1884.
College professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1928-29; defeated (Independent), 1925,
1929.
German
ancestry.
Died September
18, 1955 (age 71 years, 89
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Hermann Johannes Dirks and Anna Elizabeth (Meyer) Dirks; married
1913 to
Blanche Breckenridge. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) —
also known as Paul H. Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
26, 1892.
Democrat. University professor; economist;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966.
Unitarian
or Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1976 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Alexander Vincent Dye (1876-1956) —
of Douglas, Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in Flora, Clay
County, Ill., February
11, 1876.
Bookkeeper;
college professor; U.S. Consul in Nogales, 1909-13; assistant general manager of a mining
corporation, 1913-17.
Died in Tryon, Polk
County, N.C., June 2,
1956 (age 80 years, 112
days).
Interment at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fletcher, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander E. Dye and Mary (Hudsteth) Dye; married to Margaret
Scott. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Eugene Eager (b. 1859) —
also known as George E. Eager —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Enfield (now part of Quabbin Reservoir), Hampshire
County, Mass., March
15, 1859.
College instructor; U.S. Consul in Barmen, 1906-17.
Burial location unknown.
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Lynn Ramsay Edminster (b. 1893) —
also known as Lynn R. Edminster —
of Illinois; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chillicothe, Peoria
County, Ill., January
2, 1893.
University professor; economist;
member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1942-45.
Member, American
Economic Association; Kappa
Sigma.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Howard Simmons Edminster and Julia (Jones) Edminster; married, May 19,
1917, to Lucile Forsythe. |
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Louis William Fairfield (1858-1930) —
also known as Louis W. Fairfield —
of Angola, Steuben
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio, October
15, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; college teacher; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1917-25.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., February
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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Philip J. Finnegan (1886-1959) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 25,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1918; municipal judge
in Illinois, 1922-29; circuit judge in Illinois, 1929-33; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1949-59; died in
office 1959.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks; Moose.
Died January
4, 1959 (age 72 years, 193
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cecil E. Fraser (b. 1895) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936.
Protestant.
Member, Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilbur J. Fraser and Alice (Eaton) Fraser; married, September
1, 1920, to Esther Stevens. |
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006) —
also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
4, 1921.
Democrat. University professor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984.
Female.
Jewish
and Russian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Stuart Fullerton (b. 1892) —
also known as Hugh S. Fullerton —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
27, 1892.
College instructor; U.S. Vice Consul in Geneva, 1920; Huelva, 1920-21; Lyon, 1921-23; U.S. Consul in Le Havre, 1923; Calais, 1923; Antwerp, 1923-25; Cologne, 1926-28; Kovno, 1928-32; Lyon, 1932-33; Helsingfors, 1933; Paris, as of 1938; U.S. Consul General in Paris, 1944.
Burial location unknown.
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Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) —
also known as Buell G. Gallagher —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Granite Springs, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rankin, Vermilion
County, Ill., February
4, 1904.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; college professor; president,
Talladega College, 1933-43; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in August, 1978
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher;
married, September
1, 1927, to June Lucille Sampson. |
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Frederic Webster Goding (1858-1933) —
also known as Frederic W. Goding —
of Rutland, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 9,
1858.
School
teacher; college professor; physician;
newspaper
editor; justice of the peace; U.S. Consul in Newcastle, 1898-1907; Montevideo, 1907-13; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1913-24.
Died in Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 5,
1933 (age 74 years, 361
days).
Interment at Lamb
Cemetery, Livermore, Maine.
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Lou Gold —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Grants Pass, Josephine
County, Ore.
College instructor; Pacific candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Louis Hill Gourley (1889-1950) —
also known as Louis H. Gourley —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., October
17, 1889.
College professor; U.S. Vice Consul in Veracruz, 1916-19; Warsaw, 1919-22; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1922-25; Lourenco Marques, 1925; Port Elizabeth, 1925-27; Sao Paulo, 1928-31; Medan, 1931-33; Shanghai, as of 1938.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
28, 1950 (age 60 years, 162
days).
Interment at Acacia
Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Mich.
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Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus (1856-1921) —
also known as Frank W. Gunsaulus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chesterville, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
1, 1856.
Republican. Pastor;
lecturer; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1888 ; president,
Armour Institute of Technology, 1893-1921.
Congregationalist.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
17, 1921 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Homel (born c.1944) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1944.
Democrat. University professor; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993-95; defeated, 1995.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2020.
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Byron Lindberg Johnson (1917-2000) —
also known as Byron L. Johnson —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
12, 1917.
Democrat. Economist;
university professor; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1955-56; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1959-61; defeated,
1956, 1960, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1960,
1968.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., January
6, 2000 (age 82 years, 86
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Theron Preston Keator (1850-1917) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rosendale, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
1, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; lecturer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1884.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 10,
1917 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Ross Kirkpatrick (1867-1937) —
also known as George R. Kirkpatrick; Kirk
Kirkpatrick —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; California.
Born in West Lafayette, Coshocton
County, Ohio, February
24, 1867.
Socialist. Lecturer; candidate for New York
state senate 17th District, 1912; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1932, 1934 (Socialist).
Died in 1937
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Stowell Leavenworth (1862-1943) —
also known as William S. Leavenworth —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.; Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., July 28,
1862.
Progressive. Chemist;
college professor; candidate for Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1914; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1915.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 30,
1943 (age 80 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Evelina (Griggs) Leavenworth and Abel Edgar Leavenworth;
married, December
15, 1892, to Sophia Holt Shepard. |
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Noble Wishard Lee (1896-1978) —
also known as Noble W. Lee —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
27, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
law professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1938; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District; elected 1940.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; National
Lawyers Guild.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
8, 1978 (age 82 years, 42
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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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Daniel William Lipinski (b. 1966) —
also known as Daniel Lipinski —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 15,
1966.
Democrat. Aide to U.S. Rep. George
Sangmeister, 1993-94; aide to U.S. Rep Jerry
Costello, 1995-96; aide to U.S. Rep. Rod
Blagojevich, 1999-2000; university professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 2005-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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Nehemiah Homand Losey (1804-1875) —
also known as Nehemiah H. Losey —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery, Orange
County, N.Y., March 4,
1804.
Democrat. School
teacher; surveyor;
college professor; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1837-40.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., June 1,
1875 (age 71 years, 89
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Robert Morss Lovett (1870-1956) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lake Zurich, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
25, 1870.
Progressive. University professor; novelist;
playwright;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; secretary
of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1939-43; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1940-41; removed from
office as Secretary of the Virgin Islands, and barred
from federal employment, by action of the U.S. Congress in 1943, over
his ties to left-wing
and purportedly Communist
individuals and groups; the action was later struck down by the U.S.
Supreme Court as an unconstitutional bill of attainder, and he
received about $2,000 in salary owed to him.
Atheist.
Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
8, 1956 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) —
also known as Frank O. Lowden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oregon, Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn., January
26, 1861.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
law professor; director, National Bank of
the Republic; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1900,
1904;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1904-12; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1906-11; Governor of
Illinois, 1917-21; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from rectal
cancer, in El Conquistador Hotel,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March
20, 1943 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Julian William Mack (1866-1943) —
also known as Julian W. Mack —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; circuit judge in Illinois, 1904-05; Judge,
Illinois Appellate Court, 1905-11; Judge
of U.S. Commerce Court, 1911-13; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for
the 7th Circuit, 1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1911-29; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1929-30; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-40; took
senior status 1940; senior judge, 1940-43.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, in his room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James H. Madden (born c.1842) —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born about 1842.
University professor; merchant;
U.S. Consul in Smyrna, 1893-97.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Warren Madden (1890-1972) —
also known as J. Warren Madden —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in Damascus, Stephenson
County, Ill., January
17, 1890.
Democrat. Law professor; member, National Labor Relations
Board, 1935-40; chair, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-40; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1941-61; took senior status 1961.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Order of
the Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1947.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1972 (age 82 years, 31
days).
Interment somewhere
in Falls Church, Va.
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John Fleming Main (b. 1864) —
also known as John F. Main —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Mercer
County, Ill., September
10, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; superior court judge in Washington, 1910-12; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1912-31; chief
justice of Washington state supreme court, 1923-26.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William R. Main and Sarah M. (Fleming) Main; married, June 29,
1892, to Mary G. Crouch. |
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William Estus McVey (1885-1958) —
also known as William E. McVey —
of Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, December
13, 1885.
Republican. University professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1951-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1958 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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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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Richard Murphy —
of Illinois.
Democrat. University professor; Assistant Parliamentarian, Democratic National
Convention, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Omari Musa (born c.1944) —
also known as Herman Fagg —
of California; Illinois; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1944.
Socialist. College instructor; Socialist Workers candidate for
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1972; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from California, 1974 (28th District), 1996
(Independent, 9th District); Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1976; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1986; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 17th District, 2004; candidate for
mayor
of Miami, Fla., 2005; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Florida, 2006; Socialist Workers candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 2010.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) —
also known as Ruth Bryan; Ruth Bryan Rohde; Mrs.
Borge Rohde —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
2, 1885.
Democrat. Lecturer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1929-33; U.S. Minister
to Denmark, 1933-36.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Delta
Gamma.
first
woman to be elected to Congress from the South; inducted 1992 into
the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame.
Died in Copenhagen, Denmark,
July
26, 1954 (age 68 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Ordrup
Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Paul Martin Pearson (1871-1938) —
Born in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., October
22, 1871.
College professor; author; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1931-35; forced to
resign in July, 1935 during a Congressional investigation
of financial
mismanagement in the Islands government.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a month later, March
26, 1938 (age 66 years, 155
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Michael Bruce Quigley (b. 1958) —
also known as Mike Quigley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
17, 1958.
Democrat. Lawyer;
university professor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 2000
(alternate), 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 2009-.
Still living as of 2018.
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James R. Quinn (b. 1890) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
27, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James M. Quinn and Mary Elizabeth (Lynch) Quinn; married, May 10,
1919, to Helen Langlois. |
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Milton Rakove (1918-1983) —
also known as "Mayor Daley's
Intellectual" —
of Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buhl, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
30, 1918.
Democrat. University professor; political historian;
consultant and speechwriter to U.S. Sen. Charles
H. Percy and Gov. Otto
Kerner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980.
Died, in Weiss Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
5, 1983 (age 65 years, 6
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Frank Stewart Regan (b. 1862) —
also known as Frank S. Regan —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., October
3, 1862.
Lawyer;
lecturer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1899-1900; Prohibition candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1932; Prohibition candidate for
Illinois
state treasurer, 1934; Prohibition candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Marshall H. Regan and Adelaide Regan; married, June 11,
1895, to Helen M. Crumb. |
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Melvin Jay Reynolds (b. 1952) —
also known as Mel Reynolds —
of Illinois.
Born in Mound Bayou, Bolivar
County, Miss., January
8, 1952.
Democrat. University professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1993-95; defeated in
primary, 1988, 1990; resigned 1995.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Convicted
in 1995 on sexual
misconduct and obstruction
of justice charges and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Convicted
in federal court in 1997 of 15 counts of bank
fraud, wire fraud, and lying to the Federal
Election Commission; sentenced
to 78 more months in prison.
Still living as of 2014.
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Chester Harvey Rowell (1867-1948) —
also known as Chester H. Rowell —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., November
1, 1867.
College instructor; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of California
Republican State Committee, 1906-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1912,
1928,
1936;
delegate to Progressive National Convention from California, 1912;
member, University of California Board of Regents, 1914-48; California
Republican state chair, 1916-18; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1920-21.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Union
League.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., April
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer;
university professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler;
married, July 21,
1917, to Hariette P. Jamieson. |
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John Frederick Shepard (1881-1965) —
also known as John F. Shepard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Illinois, January
30, 1881.
Progressive. Psychologist;
university professor; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1949; candidate for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1952.
Died, following a cerebral-vascular
accident, in Whitehall Convalescent
Home, Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
25, 1965 (age 84 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Frederick Shepard and Alice Jane (French) Shepard; married
to Berenice Barnes. |
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George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) —
also known as George P. Shultz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
13, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; economist;
university professor; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1969-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1982-89; survived an assassination
attempt in South America, August 1988; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1989.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
6, 2021 (age 100 years,
55 days).
Interment at Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Mass.
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Paul Martin Simon (1928-2003) —
also known as Paul Simon —
of Makanda, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in Eugene, Lane
County, Ore., November
29, 1928.
Democrat. University professor; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1955-63; member of Illinois
state senate, 1963-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1969-73; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1972
(alternate), 1996;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1975-85 (24th District 1975-83,
22nd District 1983-85); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1985-97; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1988,
1992.
Lutheran.
Died, following heart
surgery, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
9, 2003 (age 75 years, 10
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Jackson County, Ill.
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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean, college
of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor;
college professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Irwin St. John Tucker —
of Illinois.
Socialist. Lecturer; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1918; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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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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William Caesar Warfield (1920-2002) —
also known as William Warfield —
Born in West Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., January
22, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional
singer; actor;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
university professor.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Broke his neck in an accidental fall, and
died a few weeks later, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 2002 (age 82 years, 215
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Frances Elizabeth Willis (1899-1983) —
also known as Frances E. Willis —
of Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Metropolis, Massac
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
College professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul
in Valparaiso, 1928-31; Santiago, 1931-32; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1940-43; London, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1953-57; Norway, 1957-61; Ceylon, 1961-64.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
She was the first
female career foreign service officer to serve as Ambassador.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., July 23,
1983 (age 84 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Hopkins Worcester Jr. (1845-1893) —
also known as John H. Worcester —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 2,
1845.
Republican. Pastor,
Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1883-90; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary,
1890-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., February
5, 1893 (age 47 years, 309
days).
Interment somewhere
in Burlington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Worcester and Martha P. (Clark) Worcester; married, October
29, 1874, to Harriet Strong. |
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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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