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Benjamin Phillip Alschuler (1876-1967) —
also known as Benjamin P. Alschuler; Ben
Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., November
8, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Judge, Illinois Court of Claims, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
vice-president and counsel, Western United Gas and
Electric Co.; director, publishing companies and newspapers.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League.
Died April
17, 1967 (age 90 years, 160
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham Lincoln Auth (1877-1968) —
also known as A. L. Auth —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
19, 1877.
Democrat. Printer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 27th District, 1925-27, 1929-39,
1941-49.
Member, Elks; Typographical
Union.
Died March
27, 1968 (age 90 years, 160
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) —
also known as Orlo M. Brees —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., April
13, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; printing business; author; lecturer;
poet;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in November, 1980
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1933 to
Frances W. Freeman. |
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Robert Emmet Burke (b. 1858) —
also known as Robert E. Burke —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September, 1858.
Democrat. Printer; campaign manager, Carter
Harrison for Chicago Mayor, 1893, and for Carter
Harrison, Jr. in 1897, 1899, and 1901; Chicago oil inspector,
1897-1901; granite
contractor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1900,
1904,
1916;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard M. Burke and Catherine Burke; married 1890 to Louise
J. Spangenberg. |
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Richard Butler (b. 1834) —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Canada,
November
11, 1834.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; printer; publisher; postmaster;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Hamilton, 1898-1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Clarke Chapman (1853-1944) —
also known as Charles C. Chapman; "The Orange King of
California" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Illinois, June 2,
1853.
Republican. Publishing business; mayor
of Fullerton, Calif., 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1916,
1924.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Orange
County, Calif., March 5,
1944 (age 90 years, 277
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue at Chapman University Entrance, Orange, Calif.
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George W. Coltrin (born c.1867) —
of Mathis, San
Patricio County, Tex.
Born in Illinois, about 1867.
Publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives 70th District, 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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Cynthia L. Davis (b. 1959) —
of O'Fallon, St.
Charles County, Mo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
23, 1959.
Bookseller; member of Missouri
state house of representatives 19th District, 2003-10; candidate
in Republican primary for Missouri
state senate, 2010; Constitution candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 2012; candidate in Republican primary for
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 2016.
Female.
Christian.
Still living as of 2016.
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Alois Mathew Feldman (b. 1884) —
also known as Alois M. Feldman —
of Lincoln, Logan
County, Ill.
Born in Lincoln, Logan
County, Ill., August
15, 1884.
Printer; mayor
of Lincoln, Ill., 1950-54.
Member, Rotary;
Moose;
Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bernard Feldman and Elizabeth (Boeger) Feldman; married 1906 to Mary
Hassenstab. |
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Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) —
also known as E. Haldeman-Julius; Emanuel
Julius —
of Girard, Crawford
County, Kan.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 30,
1889.
Socialist. Author;
editor of the Socialist newspaper
Appeal to Reason; founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications,
publisher of many five-cent paperback books, called "Little
Blue Books"; there were more than 6,000 titles, mostly literature,
biography, self-improvement, and other educational topics, to make
them widely accessible to the public; all together, from 1919 to
1951, over 500 million copies were printed and sold; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1932; indicted
by a federal grand jury in March, 1950 for income
tax evasion; tried
and convicted
in April, 1951; sentenced
to six months in prison,
and fined
$12,500; released pending appeal.
Jewish;
later Agnostic.
Drowned
in his swimming
pool, in Girard, Crawford
County, Kan., July 31,
1951 (age 62 years, 1
days). Possibly suicide,
but the coroner ruled his death to be accidental.
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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Richard William Hoffman (1893-1975) —
also known as Richard W. Hoffman —
of Riverside, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
23, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; publishing
business; radio station
owner; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1949-57; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964.
Died in Maywood, Cook
County, Ill., July 6,
1975 (age 81 years, 195
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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James Thomas Igoe (1883-1971) —
also known as James T. Igoe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
23, 1883.
Democrat. Printing business; Chicago City Clerk, 1917-23;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1928,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1927-33.
Member, Elks.
Died in 1971
(age about
87 years).
Interment at All
Saints Catholic Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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George Koop —
of Illinois.
Born in Germany.
Socialist. Compositor; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Illinois, 1912, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1926, 1932; candidate for
Governor
of Illinois, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman; labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; founder and editor, Minnesota
Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Francis Wayland Palmer (1827-1907) —
also known as Frank W. Palmer —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
11, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; printer; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1854-55; Iowa
State Printer, 1861-69; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1869-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1876;
postmaster at Chicago,
Ill., 1877-85; U.S. Public Printer, 1889-94, 1897-1905.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1907 (age 80 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Percy Pepoon (1861-1939) —
of Hardy, Sharp
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Warren, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., November
11, 1861.
Democrat. Printer; president,
St. Louis Typographical Union No. 8; executive board
member, Central Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis; candidate
for Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 2nd District,
1910; member of Missouri
state senate 30th District, 1935-39; died in office 1939.
Died September
7, 1939 (age 77 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, April 8,
1885, to Beatrice Trenchard Viggers. |
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Charles Hubbard Sergel (1861-1926) —
also known as Charles H. Sergel —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, September
25, 1861.
Republican. Book publisher; Consul
for Peru in Chicago,
Ill., 1893-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1919.
German
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1926 (age 64 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Sergel and Jean Gilchrist (Pocock) Sergel; married, November
3, 1891, to Annie Myers. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Chicago Tribune, January
12, 1896 |
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Emmett Whealan (1875-1950) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 4,
1875.
Democrat. Printing business; real estate
business; Cook
County Commissioner, 1919-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932.
Member, Typographical
Union; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in 1950
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of James Whealan and Johanna (Dewey) Whealan; married, November
8, 1905, to Catherine McDonald. |
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Herbert Moore Wicks (1889-1957) —
also known as Harry M. Wicks; Herbert
Moore —
of Oregon; New York; Pennsylvania.
Born in Arcola, Douglas
County, Ill., December
10, 1889.
Communist. Typesetter; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1918; founding member
Communist Party of America, 1919; Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1924; Workers
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1926; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934; expelled from Communist
Party, 1937.
Not to be confused with the British Communist of the same name.
Died in 1957
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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