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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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Michael Lambert Igoe (1885-1967) —
also known as Michael L. Igoe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
16, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1913-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928,
1932,
1936;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1935; resigned 1935; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1935-38;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1938; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1939-65.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Foresters.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
21, 1967 (age 82 years, 127
days).
Interment at All
Saints Catholic Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Albert Robert Imle (b. 1913) —
also known as Albert R. Imle —
of Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill.
Born in Marshall, Clark
County, Ill., December
25, 1913.
Democrat. FBI
special agent; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 23rd District, 1954, 1956; chair of
Montgomery County Democratic Party, 1956-60; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1962-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Carl Imle and Alta Mae (Finkbinder) Imle; married, September
2, 1939, to Mary Virginia Brinton. |
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Ebon Clarke Ingersoll (1831-1879) —
also known as Ebon C. Ingersoll; Clark
Ingersoll —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Marshall, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
12, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1864-71; defeated,
1862.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1879 (age 47 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) —
also known as Robert G. Ingersoll; "The Great
Agnostic"; "American Infidel";
"Impious Pope Bob" —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dresden, Yates
County, N.Y., August
11, 1833.
Lawyer; Democratic candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1860; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; charged
about 1864 with assault
and battery against the Peoria County Sheriff; tried;
the jury was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict; the case was
dismissed before a new trial could be held; Illinois
state attorney general, 1867-69; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1876;
made the nominating speech which dubbed James
G. Blaine as "The Plumed Knight".
Agnostic.
Died in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 21,
1899 (age 65 years, 344
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1911 at Glen
Oak Park, Peoria, Ill.
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Clifford Cady Ireland (1878-1930) —
also known as Clifford Ireland —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Washburn, Woodford
County, Ill., February
14, 1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; general counsel, State Trust and Savings Bank;
president, Western Live Stock Insurance
Co.; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1917-23; defeated in
primary, 1922; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1925; treasurer of
Illinois Republican Party, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1930
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Linn-Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Washburn, Ill.
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Ernest Eugene Jackman (b. 1884) —
also known as E. E. Jackman —
of Grant, Perkins
County, Neb.
Born in Lowpoint, Woodford
County, Ill., March 4,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Farmers State Bank;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 88th District, 1927-31; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1934, 1936; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American
Bankers Association; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ameal Jackman and Kate (Dunn) Jackman; married, April
24, 1912, to Ruth Waggner. |
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David H. Jackson (1874-1952) —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor
of Lake Forest, Ill., 1906-09; chair of
Cook County Republican Party, 1906-08; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1908, 1910.
Presbyterian.
Died January
5, 1952 (age 77 years, 356
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Jackson and Mary (Forsythe) Jackson; married to Cora
Maxwell. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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David Cary Jacobson (b. 1951) —
also known as David C. Jacobson —
of Illinois.
Born October
9, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 2009-.
Still living as of 2012.
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Alfred Perry Jaques (1857-1937) —
also known as Alfred Jaques —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Geneseo Township, Henry
County, Ill., February
9, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1887-89;
candidate for district judge in Minnesota 11th District, 1896;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1914-22; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1926.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 2,
1937 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Charles J. Jenkins (b. 1897) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., October
4, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1931-41.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel J. Jenkins and Irene B. Jenkins; married to Cynthia
Flowers. |
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William Sherman Jennings (1863-1920) —
also known as W. S. Jennings —
of Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Centralia, Marion
County, Ill., March
24, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hernando
County Judge, 1888; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1895; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Florida; Governor of
Florida, 1901-05; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1908.
Died February
28, 1920 (age 56 years, 341
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Thomas Marion Jett (1862-1939) —
also known as Thomas M. Jett —
of Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill.
Born near Greenville, Bond
County, Ill., May 1,
1862.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Montgomery
County State's Attorney, 1889-96; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1897-1903; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908;
circuit judge in Illinois 4th Circuit, 1909-39; died in office 1939;
Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1922-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., January
10, 1939 (age 76 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Hillsboro, Ill.
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John Franklin Jewell (1874-1927) —
also known as John F. Jewell —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Scales Mound, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., May 11,
1874.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Martinique, 1902-06; St. Michaels, 1906-08; Melbourne, 1908-11; Vladivostok, 1911-14; Chefoo, 1916; Lourenco Marques, 1917; Batavia, 1919; Birmingham, 1922-27, died in office 1927.
English
ancestry.
Died in Birmingham, England,
October
23, 1927 (age 53 years, 165
days).
Interment at Scales Mound Township Cemetery, Scales Mound, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Jewell and Ann (Reed) Jewell. |
| | | Epitaph: "Like one who wraps the
drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant
dreams." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frederick William Job (1862-1935) —
also known as Frederick W. Job; Fred W.
Job —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., May 19,
1862.
Lawyer; Consul-General
for Hawaiian Islands in Chicago,
Ill., 1894-97; Vice-Consul
for Dominican Republic in Chicago,
Ill., 1900-21.
Died in Douglas, Allegan
County, Mich., May 8,
1935 (age 72 years, 354
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Zephaniah Beall Job and Amanda Fitz Allen (Montgomery) Job;
married to Helen Crafts. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George E. Q. Johnson (b. 1874) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Harcourt, Webster
County, Iowa, July 11,
1874.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1927-31; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1932-33.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Johnson and Mathilda (Linderholm) Johnson; married, September
8, 1906, to Elizabeth M. Swanstrom. |
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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.
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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) |
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Sveinbjorn Johnson (1883-1946) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Holum, Hjaltadal, Iceland,
July
10, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; North Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1920-22; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1921-22; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1923-26; resigned 1926;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936;
candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1944.
Lutheran.
Icelandic
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Theta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., March
10, 1946 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment somewhere
in Champaign, Ill.
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Timothy V. Johnson (b. 1946) —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., July 23,
1946.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1976-2000; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 2001-.
Assembly
of God.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alfred Hanby Jones (1850-1937) —
also known as Alfred H. Jones —
of Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill.
Born in Honey Creek Township, Crawford
County, Ill., July 4,
1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Crawford
County State's Attorney, 1876-77; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1886-88; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1908,
1916.
Methodist.
Died in Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill., 1937
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Robinson
New Cemetery, Robinson, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Jones; married 1872 to Ella
M. Thompson; married 1878 to
Catherine A. Beals. |
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John Rice Jones (1759-1824) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.; Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.; Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Mallwyd, Gwynedd, Wales,
February
11, 1759.
Lawyer; member
Indiana territorial council, 1805-08; member of Missouri
territorial legislature, 1814; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Washington
County, 1820; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1820-24; appointed 1820; died in
office 1824.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
1, 1824 (age 64 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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McLain Jones (1855-1919) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., February
13, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 1st District,
1911-12, 1919; died in office 1919.
Suffered a paralytic
stroke, and died two days later, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., January
23, 1919 (age 63 years, 344
days).
Interment at Maple
Park Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Norman L. Jones (1870-1940) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born in Patterson, Greene
County, Ill., September
19, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1893-97; Greene
County State's Attorney; circuit judge in Illinois 7th Circuit,
1914-21, 1925; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1921-31; candidate
for Governor of
Illinois, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1928,
1936;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court, 1931-40; died in office 1940.
Died in 1940
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Jones and Minerva (Patterson) Jones; married, June 28,
1906, to Almeda Pegram. |
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Paul Fouts Jones (b. 1898) —
also known as Paul F. Jones —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., November
6, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1931-35.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver Morton Jones and Emma (Fouts) Jones; married, January
24, 1924, to Edith Fairchild. |
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Wesley Livsey Jones (1863-1932) —
also known as Wesley L. Jones —
of North Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Bethany, Moultrie
County, Ill., October
9, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1899-1909; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1909-32; died in office 1932.
Died, of heart and
kidney
trouble, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., November
19, 1932 (age 69 years, 41
days).
Cremated.
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Merritt L. Joslyn (1825-1904) —
of Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill.
Born in Livingston
County, N.Y., September
10, 1825.
Lawyer; village
president of Woodstock, Illinois, 1855-57, 1866-67; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1864-66; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1868;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1876-80; mayor
of Woodstock, Ill., 1881-82.
Died in Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill., October
13, 1904 (age 79 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Woodstock, Ill.
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Charles Frederick Joy (1849-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Joy —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., December
11, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1893-94, 1895-1903;
defeated, 1890 (8th District), 1902 (11th District); St. Louis
Recorder of Deeds, 1907-21.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
13, 1921 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Robert S. Juckett Sr. (b. 1932) —
of Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., August
14, 1932.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1960;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1967-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Theta
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 1973.
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Noble Brandon Judah (1884-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
23, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army
on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1927-29.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died February
26, 1938 (age 53 years, 309
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Malcolm S. Kamin (b. 1939) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
23, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 12th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1970.
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Elias Kent Kane (1794-1835) —
also known as Elias K. Kane —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 7,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Randolph County,
1818; secretary
of state of Illinois, 1818-22; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1824; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1825-35; died in office 1835.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1835 (age 41 years, 188
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Winfield Karber (1914-1976) —
also known as James W. Karber —
of Ridgway, Gallatin
County, Ill.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ill., July 8,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Gallatin
County State's Attorney, 1936-40; member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1941-44; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1946-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., September, 1976
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Interment at Union Ridge Cemetery, Herald, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of James F. Karber and Myrtle C. (Tyer) Karber; married to Irma
Cox. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Adam Karch (1875-1932) —
also known as Charles A. Karch —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Englemann Township, St. Clair
County, Ill., March
17, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1905-06, 1911-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1914; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1931-32; defeated,
1908 (22nd District), 1926 (at-large); died in office 1932; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Died November
6, 1932 (age 57 years, 234
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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Harold A. Katz —
of Glencoe, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1972.
Still living as of 2004.
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Wendell Palmer Kay (b. 1913) —
also known as Wendell P. Kay —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Illinois, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1951-56; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1955-56; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956;
member, Credentials Committee, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1970.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas E. Keane (b. 1905) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
29, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate 23rd District, 1935-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Moose; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Cyrus Kearns (1869-1931) —
also known as Charles C. Kearns —
of Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio; Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., February
11, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; Clermont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1915-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, December
17, 1931 (age 62 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Ohio.
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Edgar John Keating (1889-1981) —
also known as Edgar J. Keating —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
28, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 6th District,
1931-40, 1943-44; member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-72 (5th District 1945-48, 9th District
1949-72).
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in 1981
(age about
92 years).
Interment at Mt.
St. Mary's Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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John Hume Kedzie (1815-1903) —
also known as John H. Kedzie —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Stamford, Delaware
County, N.Y., September
8, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
developer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District, 1877-78.
Congregationalist.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., April 9,
1903 (age 87 years, 213
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Russell Watson Keeney (1897-1958) —
also known as Russell W. Keeney —
of Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Pittsfield, Pike
County, Ill., December
29, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; law associate of U.S. Rep. Chauncey
W. Reed; county judge in Illinois, 1940-50; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1953-56; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1957-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; American Bar
Association.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
11, 1958 (age 60 years, 13
days).
Interment at Naperville
Protestant Cemetery, Naperville, Ill.
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Helen J. Kelleher —
of Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1954.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Kent Ellsworth Keller (1867-1954) —
also known as Kent E. Keller —
of Ava, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born near Campbell Hill, Jackson
County, Ill., June 4,
1867.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; mining
business; member of Illinois
state senate 44th District, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 25th District, 1931-41; defeated,
1940 (25th District), 1942 (25th District), 1944 (25th District),
1948 (26th District), 1950 (26th District).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died September
3, 1954 (age 87 years, 91
days).
Interment at Ava
Evergreen Cemetery, Ava, Ill.
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James W. Kelley (b. 1876) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Seneca, La Salle
County, Ill., 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1924.
Member, Rotary;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907 to Eselyn
Brown. |
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William Dean Kellogg (1814-1872) —
also known as William Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Nebraska; Mississippi.
Born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 8,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1849-50; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1850-55; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1857-63; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Illinois District, 1867-69.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., December
20, 1872 (age 58 years, 165
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Kellogg and Paulina (Dean) Kellogg; married, December
21, 1843, to Lucinda Caroline Ross; second cousin once removed of
Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland; second cousin twice removed of James
Hodges, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Frank
Billings Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Orlando
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Case, Elijah
Hunt Mills, James
Leonard Hodges, Alvan
Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Rowland
Case Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Pierpont
Edwards, Jason
Kellogg, Josiah
Meigs, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter
Buell Porter, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Fiske Kellogg and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Isaiah
Kidder, Lyman
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder and David
Kidder; fourth cousin of Parmenio
Adams, Abiel
Case, Silas
Wright Jr., Marshall
Chapin, Jairus
Case, Elisha
Hunt Allen, Gouverneur
Morris, Marcus
Morton, Almon
Case, Stafford
Canning Cleveland, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney and Nelson
Appleton Miles; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Aaron
Burr, James
Davenport, Martin
Chittenden, Theodore
Dwight, Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr., Leonard
White, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Jedediah
Sabin, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Meigs, Charles
Jared Ingersoll, Lancelot
Phelps, Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Joseph
Reed Ingersoll, Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg, John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Caleb
Blodgett, John
Larkin Payson, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Charles
Anthony Ingersoll, Charles
Phelps Huntington and Peter
Buell Porter Jr.; also fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Belden Butler, Oliver
Dwight Filley, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Asahel
Pierson Case, Hiram
Bidwell Case, Peter
Augustus Porter, Augustus
Sabin Chase, William
Fessenden Allen, Zenas
Ferry Moody, Charles
Edward Phelps, John
Milton Hay, Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903), Marden
Sabin, Joseph
Spalding, James
Levi Hotchkiss, Clayton
Hyde Lathrop, Frederick
Hobbes Allen, George
Watson French and Claude
Carpenter Pinney. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918) —
also known as William P. Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Orwell, Addison
County, Vt., December
8, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; colonel
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1868,
1880,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1868-72, 1877-83; Governor of
Louisiana, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1883-85.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1918 (age 87 years, 245
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Presumably named
for: William
Pitt |
| | | Relatives: Son of Rev. Sherman K.
Kellogg and Rebecca (Eaton) Kellogg; married, June 6,
1865, to Mary E. Wills; second cousin twice removed of Jason
Kellogg, Orsamus
Cook Merrill and Timothy
Merrill; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg, Alvan
Kellogg, John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903) and Charles
Collins Kellogg. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Harry Eugene Kelly (b. 1870) —
also known as Harry E. Kelly —
of Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill.; Sullivan, Moultrie
County, Ill.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
27, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; school
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1906-08; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1912-14.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Joseph Kelly and Margery A. (Lytle) Kelly; married 1893 to Jessie
L. Speer; married 1903 to Edna
(McElravy) Smalley. |
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Harry Francis Kelly (1895-1971) —
also known as Harry F. Kelly; Henry Francis
Kelly —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Gaylord, Otsego
County, Mich.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., April
19, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lost part
of his left leg in France; lawyer; La
Salle County State's Attorney, 1919-23; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1939-42; Governor of
Michigan, 1943-46; defeated, 1950; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1954-70.
Died February
8, 1971 (age 75 years, 295
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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Roger Kent (1906-1980) —
of Kentfield, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 8,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1948, 1950
(Democratic); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960,
1964;
California
Democratic state chair, 1958; co-chair, Lyndon
Johnson for President campaign, 1964.
Died May 16,
1980 (age 73 years, 343
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Otto Kerner (1884-1952) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; River Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
22, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1920;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1927-31; Illinois
state attorney general, 1933-38; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1939.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died December
13, 1952 (age 68 years, 295
days).
Interment at Bohemian
National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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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Charles Joseph Kersten (1902-1972) —
also known as Charles J. Kersten —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 26,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1947-49, 1951-55;
defeated, 1948, 1954, 1956.
Died October
31, 1972 (age 70 years, 158
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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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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William Kenneth Kidwell (b. 1900) —
of Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill.
Born in Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill., August
8, 1900.
Lawyer; Coles
County State's Attorney, 1941-48.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Ashbury Kidwell and Luella May (Hearn) Kidwell; married, November
28, 1942, to Mary Helen Spitz. |
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Roger Joseph Kiley (1900-1974) —
also known as Roger J. Kiley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
23, 1900.
Democrat. Professional football
player, Chicago Cardinals, 1923; athletic
coach; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940;
superior court judge in Illinois, 1940; Judge, Illinois Appellate
Court, 1941-61; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1961-74; took
senior status 1974.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Suffering from diabetes
and a heart
ailment, he collapsed at Rosary College in River Forest, and died
soon after at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital,
Melrose Park, Cook
County, Ill., September
6, 1974 (age 73 years, 318
days).
Interment at Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.
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Jean Ledwith King (1924-2021) —
also known as Jean Ledwith —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
16, 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1967-69, 1977-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984
(member, Credentials
Committee), 2004
(alternate).
Female.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Kappa Phi; National
Organization for Women; American
Association of University Women.
Died October
9, 2021 (age 97 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Medkirk Ledwith and Nettie May (Herrington)
Ledwith; married 1943 to John
Culver King. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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William E. King (born c.1891) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse
Parish, La., about 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1925-27, 1929-33; member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District, 1935-39; defeated, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940,
1944,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1940, 1942, 1944,
1946, 1948.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Freemasons;
Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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James Callahan Kinsler (1869-1946) —
also known as James C. Kinsler —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., March
17, 1869.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Nebraska, 1921-30.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., April
27, 1946 (age 77 years, 41
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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John Robert Kirk (1851-1937) —
also known as John R. Kirk —
of Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Bureau
County, Ill., January
24, 1851.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1895-98; president,
Northeast Missouri State Teacher's College.
Died in Knox
County, Mo., November
7, 1937 (age 86 years, 287
days).
Interment at Maple
Hills Cemetery, Kirksville, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Kirk and Mary Jane (Reid) Kirk; married, July 15,
1875, to Rebecca Idella Burns. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Souvenir of the Missouri
Legislature 1897 |
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Mark Steven Kirk (b. 1959) —
also known as Mark Kirk —
of Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.; Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., September
11, 1959.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 2001-10; resigned
2010; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2010-.
Still living as of 2012.
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Ray I. Klingbiel (b. 1901) —
of East Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., March 2,
1901.
Lawyer; mayor
of East Moline, Ill., 1939-45; circuit judge in Illinois,
1945-53; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1953-69 (4th District 1953-63, 3rd
District 1964-69); chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1956-57.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas E. Kluczynski (b. 1903) —
of Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
29, 1903.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois, 1950-63; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court, 1963-66; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1966-76, 1978-80.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip M. Klutznick (1907-1999) —
of Park Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 9,
1907.
Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1980-81.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died August
14, 1999 (age 92 years, 36
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward C. Knotts (b. 1863) —
of Girard, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.
Born near Chatham, Sangamon
County, Ill., March
24, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; Macoupin
County State's Attorney, 1892-96; mayor of Girard, Ill., 1893-95;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1912;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1914-22.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abner Knotts and Mary J. (Peddicord) Knotts; married, May 18,
1893, to Elizabeth A. Routzhan. |
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William Kinney Koerner (b. 1880) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., August
21, 1880.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1939-47;
appointed 1939.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1946 to Edith
Marcum. |
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Christian Cecil Kohlsaat (b. 1844) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Edwards
County, Ill., January
8, 1844.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; probate judge in Illinois, 1890-99; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1899-1905;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1905.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reimer Kohlsaat and Sarah (Hall) Kohlsaat; married 1871 to
Frances S. Smith. |
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Marshall Korshak (1910-1996) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
6, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate 5th District, 1951-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Urban
League.
Died, in a hospital
at Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
19, 1996 (age 85 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Brother of Sidney Korshak. |
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Kenneth Bentley Kramer (b. 1942) —
also known as Kenneth B. Kramer; Ken
Kramer —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
19, 1942.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado
Republican State Central Committee, 1973-82; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 5th District, 1979-87; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1986.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1998.
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