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Politician members in Illinois

  Frank Cicero Jr. (b. 1935) — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 30, 1935. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District, 1969-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972. Presbyterian. Member, Order of the Coif; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1972.
Caswell J. Crebs Caswell Jones Crebs (1912-1988) — also known as Caswell J. Crebs — of Robinson, Crawford County, Ill. Born in Carmi, White County, Ill., January 14, 1912. Lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois 2nd Circuit, 1945-64; justice of Illinois state supreme court 5th District, 1969-70, 1975-76. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Kiwanis; Moose; Grange; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Died in Fountain Valley, Orange County, Calif., March 5, 1988 (age 76 years, 51 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Stewart L. Crebs and Dorothy Mary (Jones) Crebs; married 1942 to Mary Wakefield Mann; nephew of John Montgomery Crebs Jr.; grandson of John Montgomery Crebs.
  Political family: Crebs family of Carmi, Illinois.
  Image source: Illinois Supreme Court
  Joseph E. Daily (b. 1888) — of Peoria, Peoria County, Ill. Born in Manito, Mason County, Ill., January 22, 1888. Lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois, 1926-48; justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1948-64 (5th District 1948-63, 3rd District 1964); chief justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1951-52, 1958-59. Member, Order of the Coif; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Sidney Daily and Drusilla (Robison) Daily; married, January 7, 1914, to Audrey L. Woodward.
  Paul Farthing (b. 1887) — of East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill. Born in Odin, Marion County, Ill., April 12, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; St. Clair County Judge, 1930-33; justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1933-42; defeated, 1924; chief justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1937-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, Optimist Club; Sons of the Revolution; Redmen; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Blind since age 12, when his eyes were shot out by another boy. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Dudley Farthing and Sarah (Boyd) Farthing; married, June 18, 1914, to Harriet Helen Garrigues.
  Jerome New Frank (1889-1957) — also known as Jerome Frank — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 10, 1889. Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-41; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1941-57; died in office 1957. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., January 13, 1957 (age 67 years, 125 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Herman Frank and Clara (New) Frank; married, July 18, 1914, to Florence Kiper.
  See also Wikipedia article
  John Murchison Grimm (b. 1866) — also known as John M. Grimm — of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. Born in Henry County, Ill., December 21, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; Linn County Attorney, 1893-98; justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1929-32; appointed 1929; resigned 1932. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Delta Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis; Union League. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Henry Grimm and Catherine (McLennan) Grimm; married, December 28, 1894, to Orphea Bealer.
  David F. Levi (b. 1951) — of California. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 29, 1951. Republican. Lawyer; clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin C. Duniway, 1980-81, and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, 1981-82; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 1987-90; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1990-2007. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Still living as of 2007.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Hirsch Levi and Kate (Sulzberger) Levi; married, July 14, 1973, to Nancy Ryerson Ranney.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Edward Hirsch Levi (1911-2000) — also known as Edward H. Levi — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 26, 1911. Lawyer; law professor; president of the University of Chicago, 1968-75; first Jewish president of a major U.S. university; U.S. Attorney General, 1975-77. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Died, from Alzheimer's disease, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 7, 2000 (age 88 years, 255 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Gerson B. Levi and Elsa B. (Hirsch) Levi; married, June 4, 1946, to Kate (Sulzberger) Hecht; father of David F. Levi.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by Edward H. Levi: An Introduction to Legal Reasoning
  Joseph Warren Madden (1890-1972) — also known as J. Warren Madden — of Falls Church, Va. Born in Damascus, Stephenson County, Ill., January 17, 1890. Democrat. Law professor; member, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-40; chair, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-40; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1941-61; took senior status 1961. Presbyterian. Member, Delta Upsilon; Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1947. Died in San Francisco, Calif., February 17, 1972 (age 82 years, 31 days). Interment somewhere in Falls Church, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William James Madden and Elizabeth Dickey (Murdaugh) Madden; married, July 16, 1913, to Margaret Bell Liddell.
  See also federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
William C. Marland William Casey Marland (1918-1965) — also known as William C. Marland — of Glen Rogers, Wyoming County, W.Va. Born in Johnston City, Williamson County, Ill., March 26, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; West Virginia state attorney general, 1948-52; Governor of West Virginia, 1953-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1956; candidate for U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1956. Methodist. Member, Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Lambda Chi Alpha; United Mine Workers; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Moose. Died of pancreatic cancer, in Barrington, Cook County, Ill., November 26, 1965 (age 47 years, 245 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  Relatives: Married 1942 to Valerie Allen.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951
  Newton Norman Minow (b. 1926) — also known as Newton N. Minow — of Glencoe, Cook County, Ill. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., January 17, 1926. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1961-63; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964 (alternate), 1972; Honorary Consul-General for Singapore in Chicago, Ill., 2006. Jewish. Member, Order of the Coif; American Bar Association; American Society for International Law; B'nai B'rith; American Jewish Committee. Still living as of 2016.
  Relatives: Son of Jay A. Minow and Doris (Stein) Minow; married, May 29, 1949, to Josephine Baskin.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Theodore Bevry Olson (b. 1940) — also known as Theodore B. Olson — Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., September 11, 1940. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General, 2001-04. Member, Order of the Coif. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Married 1996 to Barbara Kay Bracher.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Victor Henry Palmieri (b. 1930) — also known as Victor H. Palmieri — of Malibu, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 16, 1930. Democrat. Lawyer; business executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968; U.S. Ambassador to , 1979-81. Member, Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma. Still living as of 1991.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  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.
  Daniel Walker (b. 1922) — of Deerfield, Lake County, Ill. Born in Washington, D.C., August 6, 1922. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; lawyer; administrative assistant to Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson, 1952; Governor of Illinois, 1973-77. Member, American Bar Association; American Society for International Law; Order of the Coif. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis W. Walker and Virginia (Lynch) Walker; married, April 12, 1947, to Roberta Dowse.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Books by Dan Walker: The Maverick and the Machine: Governor Dan Walker Tells His Story (2007)
  Chesley Mathew Walter (b. 1889) — also known as Chesley M. Walter — of Savanna, Carroll County, Ill.; Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Savanna, Carroll County, Ill., November 19, 1889. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 7th District, 1944. Member, Kiwanis; Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta; American Legion; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Walter and Catherine (Duffy) Walter; married 1912 to Fannie Machen; married, May 24, 1941, to Dorothy Mills Smith.
  Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, December 16, 1925. Lawyer; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District, 1969-70. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; American Civil Liberties Union; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Charles F. Wennerstrum (1889-1986) — of Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa. Born in Cambridge, Henry County, Ill., October 11, 1889. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in Iowa 2nd District, 1930-40; justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1941-58. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Rotary; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif. Died in June, 1986 (age 96 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles F. Wennerstrum and Anna Mathilda (Vinstrand) Wennerstrum; married, February 14, 1925, to Helen F. Rogers.
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