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Clinton S. Bailey (b. 1890) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
Texas Republican Party, 1923-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1926, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi
Gamma Delta; Theta
Nu Epsilon; American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cornelius Bailey and Erminnie (Campbell) Bailey; married to
Alice Mae Nicholson. |
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Martin Brachall Bailey (b. 1858) —
also known as M. B. Bailey —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Indianola, Vermilion
County, Ill., 1858.
Farmer;
school
teacher; silver
miner; mining
superintendent; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives; elected 1894; member of Illinois
state senate, 1901-03, 1903-05, 1909-33 (18th District 1901-03,
22nd District 1903-05, 1909-33).
Member, Elks; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Delta Theta; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Bailey and Sarah Ann (Brachall) Bailey; married 1899 to Lucia
Payne. |
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William Stiles Bennet (1870-1962) —
also known as William S. Bennet —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Port Jervis, Orange
County, N.Y., November
9, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1901-02;
municipal judge in New York, 1903; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1905-11, 1915-17 (17th District
1905-11, 23rd District 1915-17); defeated, 1910 (17th District), 1916
(23rd District), 1936 (19th District), 1944 (21st District); delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Delta
Chi.
Died in Falkirk Hospital,
Central Valley, Orange
County, N.Y., December
1, 1962 (age 92 years, 22
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) —
also known as Henry S. Boutell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
14, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903,
9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1908;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law
professor.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Sanremo, Italy,
March
11, 1926 (age 69 years, 362
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
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Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) —
also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry
Breckenridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1886.
Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Navy
League.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley)
Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married, August
5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married, March
27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of Levin
Irving Handy and Desha
Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd and George
Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Stephen
Valentine Southall and Earle
Cabell; fourth cousin of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Shelby Cullom Davis (1909-1994) —
also known as Shelby Davis —
of New York.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., 1909.
Journalist;
economist;
investment
banker; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1969-75.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., May 29,
1994 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1880-1980) —
also known as Charles S. Dewey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, November
10, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker; Honorary
Consul for Ecuador in Chicago,
Ill., 1935; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1938, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was
responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1980 (age 100 years,
47 days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of William Dudley Farthing and Sarah (Boyd) Farthing; married, June 18,
1914, to Harriet Helen Garrigues. |
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Carter Henry Harrison II (1860-1953) —
also known as Carter H. Harrison —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
23, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1897-1905, 1911-15; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1900,
1916,
1920,
1932,
1936;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Illinois District,
1933-44.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of the
Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the War of 1812; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
25, 1953 (age 93 years, 246
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Carter
Henry Harrison and Sophonisba Grayson (Preston) Harrison; married
to Marguerite Stearns; married, December
14, 1887, to Edith Ogden; great-grandson of William
Russell (1758-1825); great-grandnephew of Alfred
William Grayson and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; second great-grandson of William
Russell (1735-1793) and William
Grayson; second great-grandnephew of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791), William
Cabell and William
Smallwood; third great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin twice removed of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Carter
Bassett Harrison, William
Cabell Jr., William
Henry Cabell, William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841) and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; first cousin four times removed of Richard
Bland, Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775) and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge and Benjamin
Earl Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Scott Harrison and Edward
Carrington Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, George
Nicholas, Beverley
Randolph, James
Monroe (1758-1831), Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas and John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge, Henry
Skillman Breckinridge and Earle
Cabell; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, John
William Leftwich and Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901); third cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857), Thomas
Bell Monroe, James
Monroe (1799-1870) and Stanley
Matthews; third cousin thrice removed of Burwell
Bassett and Samuel
Nicholls Smallwood; fourth cousin of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Russell
Benjamin Harrison, Henry
De La Warr Flood, John
Brady Grayson, Frederick
Madison Roberts and Joel
West Flood; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Victor
Monroe, Peter
Myndert Dox, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, Harry
Flood Byrd and William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990). |
| | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: Robert
E. Burke |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) —
also known as Albert W. Hawkes —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
20, 1878.
Republican. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sons of the American Revolution; Newcomen
Society; Union
League.
Died in Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., May 9,
1971 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N.J.
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Wilber H. Hickman —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1926; member of Illinois
state senate 22nd District, 1933-41.
Christian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970) —
also known as Edgar W. Hiestand —
of Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1888.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1953-63; defeated,
1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1960.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Rotary;
John
Birch Society.
Died, of a kidney
infection and pneumonia,
at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1970 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden (1827-1905) —
also known as Charles C. P. Holden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Groton, Grafton
County, N.H., August
9, 1827.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; land agent for
Illinois Central Railroad;
helped to organize and build the Chicago and Illinois River Railroad;
Republican candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1862, 1871; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Illinois; Cook
County Commissioner, 1874.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Matteson, Cook
County, Ill., February
5, 1905 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Phineas Hemmenway Holden and Elizabeth 'Betsey' (Parker) Holden;
married, September
17, 1855, to Sarah Jane Reynolds; married, April
28, 1875, to Louise R. Jones; married, July 11,
1888, to Thelena M. McCoy; first cousin of Ebenezer
Gregg Danforth Holden; first cousin once removed of Charles
Wayne Holden; first cousin twice removed of Charlotte
H. McMorran; third cousin of Winfield
Scott Holden; third cousin twice removed of Luther
Lawrence, John
Davis and Abbott
Lawrence; fourth cousin once removed of Isaac
Davis, Alonzo
M. Garcelon, Amos
Adams Lawrence, John
Chandler Bancroft Davis, Samuel
Abbott Green, Horace
Davis and Gordon
Woodbury. |
| | Political families: Chandler-Hale
family of Portland, Maine; Lee-Randolph
family; Woodbury-Holden
family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon
family of Massachusetts; Starkweather-Pendleton
family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Albert Johnson (1869-1957) —
of Hoquiam, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., March 5,
1869.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1913-33 (2nd District 1913-15,
3rd District 1915-33); defeated, 1932.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in the American Lake veterans hospital,
Fort Lewis, Pierce
County, Wash., January
17, 1957 (age 87 years, 318
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, Hoquiam, Wash.
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George Pierson Morehouse (b. 1859) —
of Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., July 28,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer; Morris
County Attorney, 1894-97; local attorney, Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad,
1894-1915; member of Kansas
state senate, 1901-05; historian.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Horace Morehouse and Lavinia F. (Strong) Morehouse; married, April
23, 1906, to Louise (Thorne) Hull. |
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Lewis Baldwin Parsons (b. 1818) —
also known as Lewis B. Parsons —
of Flora, Clay
County, Ill.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., April 5,
1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
treasurer and president, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1880; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Lawyer;
Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Stow, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
7, 1868.
Republican. Pastor;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1916,
1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 27,
1954 (age 85 years, 293
days).
Interment at Graceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla.
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Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) —
also known as Henry J. Taylor —
of Virginia.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1902.
Republican. Pulp and
paper industry; trustee, Manhattan Savings Bank;
director, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel;
author;
newspaper
correspondent; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1984
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Floyd Eugene Thompson (b. 1887) —
also known as Floyd E. Thompson —
of East Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Roodhouse, Greene
County, Ill., December
25, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; Rock
Island County State's Attorney, 1913-19; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1919-28; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Modern
Woodmen; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Illinois Blue Book 1919 |
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Robert Joseph Twyman (1897-1976) —
also known as Robert J. Twyman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 18,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., June 28,
1976 (age 79 years, 10
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Fred W. Upham (1861-1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., January
29, 1861.
Republican. Lumber
business; president, City Fuel Company, coal
dealers; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1892,
1912,
1916,
1920
(chair, Arrangements
Committee), 1924;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1919; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1920-24; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1924.
Member, Union
League; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
15, 1925 (age 64 years, 17
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Roy Owen West (1868-1958) —
also known as Roy O. West —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Georgetown, Vermilion
County, Ill., October
27, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Cook County Board of Review, 1898-1914; Illinois
Republican state chair, 1904-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1928
(speaker);
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1912-16, 1928-32; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
29, 1958 (age 90 years, 33
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis O. Williams (1874-1937) —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in DeWitt
County, Ill., February
22, 1874.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate 28th District, 1933-37; died in office 1937;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
collision, March
19, 1937 (age 63 years, 25
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Servis Wilson (1872-1951) —
also known as Francis S. Wilson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
7, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in Illinois,
1920-27; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1927-35; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 7th District, 1935-51; died in
office 1951.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in 1951
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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