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John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) —
also known as John P. Altgeld —
of Andrew
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hesse, Germany,
December
30, 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Andrew
County State's Attorney, 1875; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1884; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1886-91; Governor of
Illinois, 1893-97; Independent candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1899.
German ancestry.
Pardoned the surviving protesters of the Haymarket incident in
Chicago, and refused to send troops against the Pullman railway
strikers. These actions were not popular at the time, and he never
won another election.
As he finished a speech
at the Joliet Opera
House, he suffered a stroke,
was carried across the street to the Hotel
Monroe, and died the next morning, in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March
12, 1902 (age 54 years, 72
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.; statue at Lincoln
Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Harvey Sandburg Amerson (1875-1943) —
also known as Harvey S. Amerson —
of Elk Rapids, Antrim
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Illinois, November
29, 1875.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Antrim County, 1911-12.
German and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Elk Rapids, Mich.
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William Augustus Ayres (1867-1952) —
also known as William A. Ayres —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ill., April
19, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Sedgwick
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1915-21, 1923-34 (8th District
1915-21, 1923-33, 5th District 1933-34); defeated, 1920; resigned
1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member, Federal Trade Commission,
1934-52; died in office 1952; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1937,
1942, 1946.
Christian.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1952 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Old
Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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William Frederick Beck (1848-1925) —
also known as William F. Beck —
of Olney, Richland
County, Ill.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany,
July
31, 1848.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1888;
postmaster at Olney,
Ill., 1893-98.
German ancestry.
Died in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., January
28, 1925 (age 76 years, 181
days).
Interment at Haven
Hill Cemetery, Olney, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of George Beck and Barbara (Streich) Beck; married to Amelia
Bechmann. |
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memorial |
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William Dee Becker (1876-1943) —
also known as William D. Becker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
23, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
Judge, Missouri St. Louis Court of Appeals, 1916-40; defeated, 1940;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1941-43; died in office 1943.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Was a passenger in an experimental Army glider, towed by an airplane;
the glider's wings suddenly fell off, and it crashed
at Lambert-St. Louis Airfield,
St.
Louis County, Mo., August
1, 1943 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Philip Becker and Anna A. (Cammann) Becker; married, June 10,
1902, to Margaret Louise McIntosh. |
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Max Bedacht (1883-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Munich (München), Germany,
October
13, 1883.
Communist. Barber; president,
Swiss National Barbers' Union, 1907; Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1930 (19th District), 1936 (14th
District); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; national
secretary, International Workers Order; expelled from the
Communist Party in 1948 over factional differences.
German ancestry.
Died July 4,
1972 (age 88 years, 265
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Riley Alvin Bender (1890-1973) —
also known as Riley A. Bender —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1890.
Prize
fighter; hotel
manager; music
store manager; seed
wholesaler; candidate in Democratic primary for Illinois
state senate 11th District, 1938; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1944,
1948,
1952.
Church
of Christ. German and Welsh
ancestry.
Died, in Illinois Central Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 6,
1973 (age 82 years, 241
days).
Interment at Onarga
Cemetery, Onarga, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Bender and Rachel Josephine 'Josie' (Davis)
Bender. |
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William John Blesse (1882-1961) —
also known as William J. Blesse —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
28, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 6th District,
1917-18.
German ancestry.
Died in St. Louis
County, Mo., January
25, 1961 (age 78 years, 332
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.
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Theodore J. Bluthardt (d. 1906) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Physician;
U.S. Consul in Barmen, 1904-06, died in office 1906.
German ancestry.
Died in Barmen (now part of Wuppertal), Germany,
January
14, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Bowman (1832-1885) —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
1832.
Republican. Civil
engineer; lawyer; real estate
business; mayor
of East St. Louis, Ill., 1865-66, 1868, 1872-74, 1877-78.
German ancestry.
Shot
and killed by
an unknown assailant, in front of his home, in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
21, 1885 (age about 53
years). Two East St. Louis policemen were later charged with his
murder, but they were never tried.
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Lorenzo Brentano (1813-1891) —
also known as Lorenz Peter Carl Brentano —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
November
4, 1813.
Republican. In Germany, he participated in the 1849 revolution;
arrested and sentenced
to life imprisonment;
escaped
to the United States; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 61st District, 1863-65; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1864;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S. Consul in Dresden, 1872-76; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1877-79.
German ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
18, 1891 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Henry Brueggemann —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Germany.
Republican. Postmaster at Alton,
Ill., 1906-14.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred A. Busse (1866-1914) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 3,
1866.
Republican. Hardware
business; coal
dealer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1895-98; member of Illinois
state senate, 1899-1900; Illinois
state treasurer, 1903-05; member of Illinois
Republican State Committee, 1905; postmaster at Chicago,
Ill., 1905-07; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1907-11; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from valvular heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 9,
1914 (age 48 years, 128
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Theodore Canisius —
of Illinois.
Born in Westphalia, Germany.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consul in Bristol, 1875-81; Apia, as of 1884.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Caro Dawes (1866-1957) —
also known as Caroline Dana Blymyer —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
6, 1866.
Second
Lady of the United States, 1925-29.
Female.
German ancestry.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., October
3, 1957 (age 91 years, 270
days).
Entombed at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Charles Emil Dehner (1871-1945) —
also known as Charles E. Dehner —
of Lincoln, Logan
County, Ill.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
27, 1871.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916.
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died November
11, 1945 (age 74 years, 15
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lincoln, Ill.
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Charles Henry Dietrich (1853-1924) —
also known as Charles H. Dietrich —
of Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., November
26, 1853.
Republican. Banker; Governor of
Nebraska, 1901; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1901-05.
German ancestry.
Died in Hastings, Adams
County, Neb., April
10, 1924 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger (1836-1911) —
also known as Hubert Dilger —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Sulgen, Germany,
March
5, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Illinois, 1869-73; appointed 1869.
German ancestry.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action in the Battle of Chancellorsville,
May 2, 1863.
Died in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., May 4,
1911 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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. |
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memorial |
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Ning S. Eley (1868-1943) —
also known as Ning Eley —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Newcastle Township, Fulton
County, Ind., May 13,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1932.
German ancestry.
Died in Cook
County, Ill., August
9, 1943 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Willems Frisby (1890-1974) —
also known as George W. Frisby —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 12,
1890.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1936.
English
and German ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
18, 1974 (age 84 years, 128
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Joseph Frederick Haas (b. 1857) —
also known as Joseph F. Haas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
15, 1857.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate 25th District, 1903-06; Cook
County Clerk, 1906-10; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1912;
Cook
County Recorder of Deeds, 1917.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Royal
League.
Burial location unknown.
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John Jorgen Hanberg (b. 1858) —
also known as John J. Hanberg —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,
January
29, 1858.
Republican. Merchant;
real
estate business; Cook
County Treasurer, 1903; Chicago Commissioner of Public Works,
1907-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Hanberg and Christina Hanberg; married, December
14, 1882, to Ida Carr. |
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Harry LeRoy Heer (1873-1962) —
also known as Harry L. Heer —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
22, 1873.
Mining
engineer;
lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit, 1925.
German and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., November
12, 1962 (age 89 years, 294
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Galena, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of David H. Heer and Martha (Evans) Heer; married, April
21, 1914, to Myrtle L. Renwick. |
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March
15, 1874.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944;
newspaper
columnist.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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Arthur M. Kaindl (1887-1967) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
5, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; elected Illinois
state house of representatives 23rd District 1934.
Catholic.
German ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., April 8,
1967 (age 80 years, 62
days).
Interment at Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Sebastian Kaindl and Pauline (Felder) Kaindl; married to
Marguerite Farley. |
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memorial |
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Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) —
also known as Larry Kestenbaum —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1998; Washtenaw
County Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02; Washtenaw
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.
Jewish.
Hungarian,
German, Polish,
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Civil
Liberties Union; Grange;
Sierra
Club; NAACP.
Creator of The Political Graveyard web site.
Still living as of 2022.
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John Linebaugh Knuppel (1923-1986) —
also known as John L. Knuppel —
of Petersburg, Menard
County, Ill.
Born in Easton, Mason
County, Ill., August
15, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention, 1969-70; member of
Illinois
state senate, 1971-81 (42nd District 1971-73, 48th District
1973-81); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1980.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Jailed
for contempt
of court for refusing to
wear a tie.
Died, of heart
disease, in a hospital
at Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., November
15, 1986 (age 63 years, 92
days).
Interment somewhere
in Havana, Ill.
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August Koenig —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Hardin
County, Iowa; Tyndall, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Mainz, Germany.
Democrat. Bricklayer;
farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1891-94, 1903-04 (4th
District 1891-92, 7th District 1893-94, 1903-04).
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Herman Henry Kohlsaat (1853-1924) —
also known as H. H. Kohlsaat —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Edwards
County, Ill., March
22, 1853.
Republican. Bakery
business; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1888.
German ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
17, 1924 (age 71 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Christian Krueger (b. 1836) —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Prussia,
April
24, 1836.
Carpenter;
contractor;
village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1880-83.
Lutheran.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Catharine Koch. |
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William F. Kruse (1894-1952) —
also known as Bill Kruse —
of Illinois.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., 1894.
Bookkeeper;
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; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1918, 1920; delegate
to Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; Socialist
candidate for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1921; Workers candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1928.
German and Danish
ancestry.
Died in 1952
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Gustav O. Kundert (1913-2000) —
also known as Gust Kundert —
of Mound City, Campbell
County, S.Dak.
Born in Java, Walworth
County, S.Dak., December
7, 1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; accountant;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 25th District, 1983-88.
Presbyterian.
Volga German ancestry.
Died in Yorkville, Kendall
County, Ill., March
23, 2000 (age 86 years, 107
days).
Interment at Mound City Cemetery, Mound City, S.Dak.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, November
20, 1866.
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1905-22;
resigned 1922; Commissioner of Baseball,
1920-44.
Swiss
and German ancestry.
Elected to National Baseball Hall of
Fame, 1944.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
25, 1944 (age 78 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Lasker; "The Father of Modern
Advertising" —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), Germany,
May
1, 1880.
Republican. Advertising
business; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; resigned 1923;
chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940;
University
of Illinois trustee, 1937-42.
Jewish.
German ancestry. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
As part owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920.
Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion of
medical research.
Died, of cancer,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1952 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Christopher Mamer —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Germany.
Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Illinois
District, 1891; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916,
1920.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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George Jacob Mecherle (b. 1877) —
also known as George J. Mecherle —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., June 7,
1877.
Republican. Farmer;
founder (1922), president (1922-37), and chairman, State Farm Mutual
Automobile
Insurance Company; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Moose;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Christian Thomas Mecherle and Susan Johnson (Hull) Mecherle;
married, November
6, 1901, to May Edith Perry; married, January
8, 1944, to Sylvia H. Caldwell. |
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Bruce Vincent Rauner (b. 1956) —
also known as Bruce Rauner —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
18, 1956.
Republican. Governor of
Illinois, 2015-19; defeated, 2018.
Swedish
and German ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Charles F. Renich (1871-1947) —
of Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill.
Born December
19, 1871.
Republican. Postmaster at Woodstock,
Ill., 1899-1911; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Swiss
and German ancestry.
Died March
13, 1947 (age 75 years, 84
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oakland
Cemetery, Woodstock, Ill.
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Martin E. Rudolph (b. 1853) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
11, 1853.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; Lincoln
County State's Attorney; member of South
Dakota state senate 5th District, 1903-04.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1884 to
Claudia Shedd. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Albert L. Schimpff —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Germany.
Republican. U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1891.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Schoenlaub (1868-1909) —
of Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Indiana, June, 1868.
Prohibition candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1908.
German ancestry.
Died in Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1909 (age 41 years, 0
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Newton, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Emil Schoenlaub and Appolonia (Strasser) Schoenlaub; married 1892 to Anna
M. Robertson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Campaign palm card
(1908) |
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Charles Hubbard Sergel (1861-1926) —
also known as Charles H. Sergel —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, September
25, 1861.
Republican. Book
publisher; Consul
for Peru in Chicago,
Ill., 1893-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1919.
German ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1926 (age 64 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Sergel and Jean Gilchrist (Pocock) Sergel; married, November
3, 1891, to Annie Myers. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Chicago Tribune, January
12, 1896 |
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Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915-2011) —
also known as R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.;
"Sarge" —
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., November
9, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
organized and directed the Peace Corps, 1961-66; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1968-70; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1976.
Catholic.
German ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 2011 (age 95 years, 70
days).
Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Sargent Shriver and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver; married, May 23,
1953, to Eunice Mary Kennedy (daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend); father of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger) and Mark
Kennedy Shriver; nephew of James
Causten Shriver; grandson of Thomas
Herbert Shriver; great-grandson of Thomas
Johns Perry. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Sargent Shriver Elementary
School, in Silver
Spring, Maryland, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about R. Sargent Shriver: Scott
Stossel, Sarge:
The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver — Mark Shriver,
A
Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent
Shriver |
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John Henry Stelle (1891-1962) —
also known as John Stelle —
of McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill.
Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., August
10, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1935-37; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1937-40; Governor of
Illinois, 1940-41.
English,
Irish,
German, and French
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died July 5,
1962 (age 70 years, 329
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, McLeansboro, Ill.
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Wilhelm Carl August Thielepape (1814-1904) —
also known as W. C. A Thielepape —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wabern, Hesse, Germany,
July
10, 1814.
Engineer;
architect;
mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1867-72; lawyer.
German ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
7, 1904 (age 90 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Werner Philipp Thielepape and Elisabeth (Thompson) Thielepape;
married 1841 to
Mathilde Gössling. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Benjamin Harrison Waigand (1900-1998) —
also known as Ben H. Waigand —
of Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1900.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer;
inventor;
refrigeration
equipment dealer; mayor of
Nampa, Idaho, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho, May 6,
1998 (age 97 years, 302
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) —
also known as C. W. Wendte —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1880.
Unitarian.
German ancestry.
Injured in a fall, and
died two weeks later in Peralta Hospital,
Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
9, 1931 (age 87 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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John A. Wieland (born c.1893) —
of Illinois.
Born in Illinois, about 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1935-43.
German ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Phi Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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