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Adolph Joachim Sabath (1866-1952) —
also known as Adolph J. Sabath; A. J.
Sabath —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Zabori, Bohemia (now Czechia),
April
4, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Illinois, 1895-97;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1907-52 (5th District 1907-49, 7th
District 1949-52); died in office 1952.
Jewish.
Bohemian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Royal
League.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
6, 1952 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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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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article |
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Leslie Earnest Salter (1895-1964) —
also known as Leslie E. Salter —
of Flossmoor, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Alva, Woods
County, Okla., May 10,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1920-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1948; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1953-64.
Baptist.
Member, Acacia;
American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died in Flossmoor, Cook
County, Ill., February
20, 1964 (age 68 years, 286
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Morris Sames (1873-1958) —
also known as Albert M. Sames —
of Solomonville, Graham
County, Ariz.; Douglas, Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., February
9, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; assistant prosecuting attorney; Arizona
Republican state chair, 1918-20; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1920;
superior court judge in Arizona, 1921-31; U.S.
District Judge for Arizona, 1931-46; took senior status 1946.
Died March
16, 1958 (age 85 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lorenzo Sawyer (1820-1891) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., May 23,
1820.
Lawyer; district judge in California 12th District, 1862-63;
justice
of California state supreme court, 1864-69; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1868-69; Judge of U.S.
Circuit Court for the 9th Circuit, 1870-91; died in office 1891; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1891; died in
office 1891.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
7, 1891 (age 71 years, 107
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Robert Nute Sawyer (b. 1911) —
also known as Robert N. Sawyer —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
3, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1939-42;
defeated in primary, 1946; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1949-54.
Member, Freemasons;
Jaycees.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter V. Schaefer (1904-1986) —
of Lake Bluff, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., December
10, 1904.
Lawyer; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1951-76 (7th District 1951-63, 1st
District 1964-76); appointed 1951.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died June 15,
1986 (age 81 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Steven Harvey Schiff (1947-1998) —
also known as Steven Schiff —
of New Mexico.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
18, 1947.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico 1st District, 1989-98; died in
office 1998.
Died, of squamous-cell
skin cancer, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., March
25, 1998 (age 51 years, 7
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Lillian E. Schlagenhauf (b. 1899) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., December
19, 1899.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; American
Association of University Women; Kappa
Beta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg (1889-1968) —
also known as Elmer J. Schnackenberg —
of Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., August
22, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 13th District, 1923-44; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1941-45; circuit
judge in Illinois, 1945-53; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1953-68; died in
office 1968.
Died September
15, 1968 (age 79 years, 24
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Werner William Schroeder (b. 1892) —
also known as Werner W. Schroeder —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., December
20, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1932,
1944,
1956;
speaker, 1952;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1940-43.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred P. Schuman (b. 1909) —
of Granite City, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Indiana Harbor, Lake
County, Ind., August
9, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1956.
Burial location unknown.
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Mark William Schwiebert (b. 1950) —
also known as Mark W. Schwiebert —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., August
2, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Rock Island, Ill., 1989-.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives: Son
of Lloyd A. Schwiebert and Olive E. Schwiebert; married 1987 to
Deborah Louise Johnson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Douglas P. Scott (b. 1960) —
also known as Doug Scott —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., 1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 67th District, 1995-2000; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2000,
2004;
mayor
of Rockford, Ill., 2001-05; defeated, 2005; director, Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency, 2005-.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2005.
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Guy C. Scott (d. 1909) —
of Illinois.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1892;
law partner of George
A. Cooke, 1896-1900; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1903-09; died in office 1909.
Died in 1909.
Interment at Aledo
Cemetery, Aledo, Ill.
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Owen Scott (1848-1928) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Jackson Township, Effingham
County, Ill., July 6,
1848.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1882; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1891-93; insurance
business.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., December
21, 1928 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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John Joseph Seerley (1852-1931) —
also known as John J. Seerley —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born near Toulon, Stark
County, Ill., March
13, 1852.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1891-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1920.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, February
23, 1931 (age 78 years, 347
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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Thomas Jefferson Selby (1840-1917) —
also known as Thomas J. Selby —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.; Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, December
4, 1840.
Democrat. Jersey
County Sheriff, 1864-66; newspaper
publisher; Jersey
County Clerk, 1869-77; lawyer; Calhoun
County State's Attorney, 1888-90; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1901-03.
Died in Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill., March
10, 1917 (age 76 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hardin
Cemetery, Hardin, Ill.
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Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. —
of Shorewood, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Menomonee Falls, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1943.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1969-75; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1979-2004 (9th District 1979-2003,
5th District 2003-04); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 2004.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles X. Seward (b. 1856) —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Marengo, McHenry
County, Ill., January
11, 1856.
Lawyer; mayor
of Watertown, S.Dak., 1890; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1891-92, 1901-02 (31st
District 1891-92, 28th District 1901-02); Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1891-92; member
of South
Dakota state senate 28th District, 1909-10; circuit judge in
South Dakota 3rd Circuit, 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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William Sharon (1821-1885) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County, Ohio, January
9, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker; mining
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Aaron Shaw (1811-1887) —
of Lawrenceville, Lawrence
County, Ill.
Born near Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y., December
19, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1850, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1857-59, 1883-85 (7th District
1857-59, 16th District 1883-85); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1860;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1863-69.
Died in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., January
7, 1887 (age 75 years, 19
days).
Interment at Haven
Hill Cemetery, Olney, Ill.
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Elwyn Riley Shaw (1888-1950) —
also known as Elwyn R. Shaw —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Lyndon, Whiteside
County, Ill., October
19, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1932;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court, 1933-42; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1938-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1944-50;
died in office 1950.
Died July 18,
1950 (age 61 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) —
also known as Charles D. Sherwood —
of Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.; Sherwood, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
18, 1833.
Republican. Physician;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 9
1859-60, District 14 1861, 1863); postmaster;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1864-66.
Drowned,
reportedly as a suicide,
in Lake
Michigan, near Chicago, Illinois, July 2,
1895 (age 61 years, 226
days).
Interment at Mound
Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Ill.
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James Shields (1806-1879) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Rice
County, Minn.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.
Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), May 10,
1806.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1839-41; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when the
Springfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him,
Shields demanded to know who wrote them; Abraham
Lincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility,
and Shields challenged him to a duel,
which was averted only through the intervention of friends; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1868; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1874, 1879; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1879.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, June 1,
1879 (age 73 years, 22
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at Courthouse Grounds, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn.
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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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L. C. Sieberns —
of Gridley, McLean
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate 26th District, 1933-41; defeated, 1940; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Jeanne Hurley Simon (1922-2000) —
also known as Jeanne C. Hurley —
of Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.; Makanda, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 10,
1922.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1957-61.
Female.
Catholic.
Died of complications from brain
cancer, in Makanda, Jackson
County, Ill., February
20, 2000 (age 77 years, 286
days).
Interment at Rowan
Cemetery, Makanda, Ill.
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Berthold Singer (1860-1952) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jászberény, Hungary,
November
23, 1860.
Lawyer; naturalized U.S. citizen; Consul
for Nicaragua in Chicago,
Ill., 1895-96, 1917; Honorary
Consul for Costa Rica in Chicago,
Ill., 1899-1935; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Chicago,
Ill., 1901-17; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in Chicago,
Ill., 1919-35; Honorary
Consul for Salvador in Chicago,
Ill., 1921; Honorary
Consul-General for Turkey in Chicago,
Ill., 1935-40.
Hungarian
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
27, 1952 (age 92 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Fanny (Donath) Singer and Maximilian Miksa Singer; married 1885 to Anna
Sophie Amalie Ebner. |
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James Richard Slack (1818-1881) —
also known as J. R. Slack —
of Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., September
28, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1854, 1880; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1856,
1868,
1880
(Convention
Vice-President); member of Indiana
state senate, 1850; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1872-78.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1881 (age 62 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Ind.
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James Harvey Slater (1826-1899) —
of Corvallis, Benton
County, Ore.
Born near Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
28, 1826.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Oregon
territorial House of Representatives, 1857-58; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1859; District Attorney 5th
District, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Oregon at-large, 1871-73; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1879-85.
Died in La Grande, Union
County, Ore., January
28, 1899 (age 72 years, 31
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, La Grande, Ore.
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Joseph Humphrey Sloss (1826-1911) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.; Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born in Somerville, Morgan
County, Ala., October
12, 1826.
Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1858-59; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Tuscumbia, Alabama;
member of Alabama state legislature, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1871-75.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
27, 1911 (age 84 years, 107
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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John A. Smietanka (b. 1941) —
of Stevensville, Berrien
County, Mich.; Ada, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 28,
1941.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1977-81; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1981-94; candidate
for Michigan
state attorney general, 1994, 1998.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1998.
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Elbert Sidney Smith (b. 1911) —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Sangamon
County, Ill., October
27, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; member of Illinois
state senate, 1949-57; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1957-61; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1960;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 50th District,
1969-70.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Smith (1846-1907) —
also known as George W. Smith —
of Murphysboro, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in Putnam
County, Ohio, August
18, 1846.
Republican. Blacksmith;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1889-1907 (20th District 1889-95,
22nd District 1895-1903, 25th District 1903-07); died in office 1907.
Died in Murphysboro, Jackson
County, Ill., November
30, 1907 (age 61 years, 104
days).
Interment at Murphysboro
City Cemetery, Murphysboro, Ill.
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Ralph Tyler Smith (1915-1972) —
also known as Ralph T. Smith —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Granite City, Madison
County, Ill., October
6, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1955-69; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1967-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1968;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1969-70; defeated, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club.
Died in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., August
13, 1972 (age 56 years, 312
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Edwardsville, Ill.
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Ronald C. Smith (b. 1933) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lombard, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1933.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 13th District,
1969-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 2004.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2004.
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Theophilus Washington Smith (1784-1845) —
also known as Theophilus W. Smith —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1784.
Studied law in the office of Aaron
Burr; lawyer; newspaper
editor; candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1820; member of Illinois
state senate, 1823-26; advocated the legalization of slavery in
Illinois; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1825-42; impeached
by the Illinois Legislature in 1833, on charges
of oppressive
conduct and corruption;
the Senate acquitted him on a vote of 12-10 (two-thirds required).
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 6,
1845 (age 60 years, 220
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William A. Smith (b. 1870) —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Andalusia, Rock Island
County, Ill., 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1943-58.
Burial location unknown.
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William Rudolph Smith (1787-1868) —
also known as William R. Smith —
of Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., August
31, 1787.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1820; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1822-24; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1856-58.
Died in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., August
22, 1868 (age 80 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Vincent K. Snowbarger (b. 1949) —
also known as Vince Snowbarger —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., September
16, 1949.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1985-96; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1997-99; defeated, 1998.
Still living as of 1999.
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Roy J. Solfisburg Jr. —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois, 1956-57; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court, 1957-60; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1960-69 (6th District 1960-63, 2nd
District 1964-69); resigned 1969.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Andrew Jackson Sparks (1828-1904) —
also known as William A. J. Sparks —
of Carlyle, Clinton
County, Ill.
Born near New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., November
19, 1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1868,
1884;
member of Illinois state legislature, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1875-83; Commissioner
of the General Land Office, 1885-88.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 7,
1904 (age 75 years, 170
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Carlyle, Ill.
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John W. Speakman (1900-1942) —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Vermilion
County, Ill., March 5,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives; elected 1936, 1938; member of Illinois
state senate 22nd District; elected 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Drowned
when his boat
capsized, June 7,
1942 (age 42 years, 94
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Oliver Martin Spencer (1849-1924) —
also known as Oliver M. Spencer —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Buchanan
County, Mo., August
23, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 12th Circuit,
1887-90; general solicitor for the Burlington Railroad
System in Missouri.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 5,
1924 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Arthur William Sprague (1902-1983) —
also known as Arthur W. Sprague —
of La Grange, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in DeKalb
County, Ill., August
2, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District, 1939-42, 1951-57;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state senate 2nd District, 1957-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie
County, Fla., January
18, 1983 (age 80 years, 169
days).
Interment at Parkholm Cemetery, La Grange Park, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur William Sprague (1856-1916) and Cora Sprague; married to
Louise Bliss Horr. |
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Robert Arthur Sprecher (1917-1982) —
also known as Robert Sprecher —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 30,
1917.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1971-82; died in
office 1982.
Died May 15,
1982 (age 64 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Lee Springer (1909-1992) —
also known as William L. Springer —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., April
12, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; Champaign
County State's Attorney, 1940-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; county judge in Illinois, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1951-73; member,
Federal Power Commission, 1973-75; member, Federal Election
Commission, 1976-79.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died September
20, 1992 (age 83 years, 161
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Ill.
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William McKendree Springer (1836-1903) —
also known as William M. Springer —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Sullivan
County, Ind., May 30,
1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1860-62; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1871-72; defeated, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (12th District 1875-83,
13th District 1883-95); U.S.
District Judge for Indian Territory, 1895-99.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., December
4, 1903 (age 67 years, 188
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Edmund John Stack (1874-1957) —
also known as Edmund J. Stack —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
31, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1906.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
12, 1957 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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William Alexander Steel (1836-1879) —
also known as W. A. Steel —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Blairsville, Indiana
County, Pa., October
11, 1836.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; stone quarry
proprietor; mayor of
Joliet, Ill., 1869-71, 1872-73, 1875-76.
Died, reportedly as the result of a horsedrawn
sleigh accident, in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March
28, 1879 (age 42 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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John Allen Sterling (1857-1918) —
also known as John A. Sterling —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Le Roy, McLean
County, Ill., February
1, 1857.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; McLean
County State's Attorney, 1892-96; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1896-98; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1903-13, 1915-18;
died in office 1918.
Died as the result of an automobile
accident, near Pontiac, Livingston
County, Ill., October
17, 1918 (age 61 years, 258
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, 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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Herbert Lyman Stern Jr. (1915-2000) —
also known as Herbert L. Stern, Jr. —
of Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
10, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1966; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1968;
chair
of Lake County Democratic Party, 1968-78.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died February
21, 2000 (age 84 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles L. Stevens (b. 1867) —
of Warren, Marshall
County, Minn.
Born near Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill., February
1, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1912;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 67, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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John Paul Stevens (1920-2019) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
20, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1970-75; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1975-2010; took senior status 2010.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., July 16,
2019 (age 99 years, 87
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835-1914) —
also known as Adlai E. Stevenson —
of Metamora, Woodford
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., October
23, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1875-77, 1879-81;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1884,
1892;
Vice
President of the United States, 1893-97; defeated, 1900;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1908.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1914 (age 78 years, 234
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965) —
also known as Adlai E. Stevenson —
of Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
5, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Illinois, 1949-53; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1960;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1961-65, died in office 1965.
Unitarian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Stricken with a heart
attack, and died soon after, in St. George's Hospital,
London, England,
July
14, 1965 (age 65 years, 159
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Stephen Stockton (b. 1947) —
also known as Steve Stockton —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 4,
1947.
Lawyer; accountant;
insurance
executive; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 2005-.
Still living as of 2011.
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Clyde E. Stone (b. 1876) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born near Mason City, Mason
County, Ill., March
23, 1876.
Lawyer; Peoria
County Judge, 1910-15; circuit judge in Illinois 10th Circuit,
1915-18; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1918-48; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1936-37.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Illinois Blue Book 1919 |
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Joseph E. Streeter (1829-1863) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August
3, 1829.
Lawyer; mayor of
Joliet, Ill., 1854-55; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-63; died in office 1863.
Died February
20, 1863 (age 33 years, 201
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Todd Stuart (1807-1885) —
also known as John T. Stuart —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
10, 1807.
Lawyer; law partner of Abraham
Lincoln; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1839-43, 1863-65 (3rd District
1839-43, 8th District 1863-65); member of Illinois
state senate 12th District, 1849-50.
Died November
23, 1885 (age 78 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Robert Douglas Stuart Jr. (1916-2014) —
also known as Robert D. Stuart, Jr. —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill., April
26, 1916.
Republican. Co-founder in 1940 of the America First Committee, which
opposed U.S. involvement in World War II; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; lawyer; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1964-72; chief executive,
Quaker Oats
Company, 1966-1981; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1968,
1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1984-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Urban
League.
Died May 8,
2014 (age 98 years, 12
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Ill.
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Harry C. Stuttle (b. 1879) —
of Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill.
Born in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., February
25, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate; elected 1932, 1936; defeated, 1940 (38th District).
Member, Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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