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English ancestry Politicians in Indiana

  Harry James Allington (1872-1934) — also known as Harry J. Allington — of Newport, Campbell County, Ky. Born in Knightsville, Clay County, Ind., October 3, 1872. Advertising business; delegate to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. English ancestry. Died in Newport, Campbell County, Ky., October 25, 1934 (age 62 years, 22 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Allington and Anna Allington; married 1896 to Lillian Maud Lineback.
  Frank Probasco Bohn (1866-1944) — also known as Frank P. Bohn — of Newberry, Luce County, Mich. Born in Charlottesville, Hancock County, Ind., July 14, 1866. Physician; banker; Democratic candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Delta District, 1896; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1916; member of Michigan state senate 30th District, 1923-26; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1927-33; defeated (Republican), 1932. Episcopalian. German and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Newberry, Luce County, Mich., June 1, 1944 (age 77 years, 323 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Newberry, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Bohn and Mary (Probasco) Bohn; married, January 19, 1918, to Martena J. Jensen.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Abraham Lincoln Brick (1860-1908) — also known as Abraham L. Brick — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born near South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., May 27, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana Republican State Central Committee, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896 (member, Credentials Committee); U.S. Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1899-1908; died in office 1908. Scotch-Irish and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., April 7, 1908 (age 47 years, 316 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  Presumably named for: Abraham Lincoln
  Relatives: Married, November 11, 1884, to Anna Meyer.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Christian (c.1743-1786) — Born in Staunton, Va., about 1743. Lawyer; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1773-75; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Manx ancestry. Killed while fighting Indians in what is now Clark County, Ind., April 9, 1786 (age about 43 years). Interment at Bullitt Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Israel Christian and Elizabeth (Starke) Christian; brother of Anne Christian (who married William Fleming); married to Anne Henry (sister of Patrick Henry); second great-granduncle of William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt.
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Bullitt-Speed-Fry-Henry family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Christian counties in Ill., Ky. and Mo. are named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Townsend A. Ely (b. 1843) — of Alma, Gratiot County, Mich. Born in Wabash, Wabash County, Ind., August 27, 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; postmaster at Alma, Mich., 1883-91; village president of Alma, Michigan, 1894-96; member of Michigan state senate 19th District, 1905-08; Michigan state highway commissioner, 1909-13. English ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 25, 1866, to Maggie C. Chapin.
William H. English William Hayden English (1822-1896) — also known as William H. English — of Lexington, Scott County, Ind. Born in Lexington, Scott County, Ind., August 27, 1822. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1851-52; Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1851-52; U.S. Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1853-61; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1880. English and French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., February 7, 1896 (age 73 years, 164 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Mahala (Eastin) English and Elisha Gale English; married 1847 to Emma Mardulia Jackson; father of William Eastin English.
  Political family: English family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Image source: Cornell University Library
  Bert Fish (1875-1943) — of DeLand, Volusia County, Fla. Born in Bedford, Lawrence County, Ind., October 8, 1875. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; county judge in Florida, 1910-17, 1931-33; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1933-38; Saudi Arabia, 1939-41; Portugal, 1941-43, died in office 1943. German and English ancestry. Member, Sigma Nu. Died in Lisbon, Portugal, July 21, 1943 (age 67 years, 286 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Fish and Sarah M. (Lee) Fish.
  Fish Memorial Hospital (later, Florida Hospital Fish Memorial; now, AdventHealth Fish Memorial), Orange City, Florida, is named for him.
  Epitaph: "An educator and philanthropist, a judge and outstanding statesman, who died while on duty, in the service of his country."
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Job Freeman (1844-1919) — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind.; Linton, Greene County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind. Born in Henley, Staffordshire, England, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; coal mine operator; Knox County Auditor, 1887; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1900. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., January 3, 1919 (age about 74 years). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Linton, Ind.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Emil Wiley Hanley (1896-1982) — also known as Emil W. Hanley — of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Ind. Born in Rensselaer, Jasper County, Ind., March 4, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pharmacist; mayor of Rensselaer, Ind., 1950-63; defeated, 1963. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish and English ancestry. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Rotary; Sigma Chi. Died in Rensselaer, Jasper County, Ind., May 18, 1982 (age 86 years, 75 days). Interment at Weston Cemetery, Rensselaer, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Walker Hanley and Harriett Letucia 'Hattie' (Hopkins) Hanley; married, November 20, 1921, to Marian Eloise Planque.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Marshall E. Hanley Marshall E. Hanley (1920-1981) — of Muncie, Delaware County, Ind. Born in Muncie, Delaware County, Ind., May 7, 1920. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1952-53. Presbyterian. Irish and English ancestry. Member, Rotary; Beta Theta Pi. Died, in Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Delaware County, Ind., May 23, 1981 (age 61 years, 16 days). Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Frank A. Hanley and Emily (Shirk) Hanley; married, December 7, 1947, to Elaine L. Bowers.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Indiana Lives (1967)
Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) — also known as "Little Ben"; "Kid Gloves" — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 20, 1833. Republican. Indiana reporter of state courts, 1861-63, 1865-69; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of Indiana, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1880; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1881-87; President of the United States, 1889-93; defeated, 1892. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Phi Delta Theta. Died of pneumonia, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., March 13, 1901 (age 67 years, 205 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of John Scott Harrison and Elizabeth Ramsey (Irwin) Harrison; married, October 20, 1853, to Caroline Harrison; married, April 6, 1896, to Mary Scott (Lord) Dimmick (sister-in-law of Joseph Benjamin Dimmick); father of Russell Benjamin Harrison; grandson of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) and Anna Harrison; grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990); grandnephew of Carter Bassett Harrison; great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) and John Cleves Symmes; first cousin twice removed of Beverley Randolph and Burwell Bassett; first cousin thrice removed of Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin twice removed of George Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas and John Nicholas; third cousin of Carter Henry Harrison; third cousin once removed of Peyton Randolph, Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and Carter Henry Harrison II; fourth cousin of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Peter Myndert Dox and Edmund Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Edmund Randolph Cocke, Connally Findlay Trigg, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Harry Bartow Hawes and William Welby Beverley.
  Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Other politicians named for him: Benjamin H. SwigBen H. WaigandBen DeHart
  Campaign slogan: "Grandfather's hat fits Ben."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Benjamin Harrison: Rita Stevens, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States — Harry J. Sievers, Benjamin Harrison : Hoosier President: The White House and After, 1889-1901 — Charles W. Calhoun, Benjamin Harrison — Homer E. Socolofsky & Allan B. Spetter, The Presidency of Benjamin Harrison — Susan Clinton, Benjamin Harrison : Twenty-Third President of the United States (for young readers)
  Critical books about Benjamin Harrison: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) — also known as "Tippecanoe"; "Old Tip"; "Farmer of North Bend"; "General Mum"; "Cincinnatus of the West" — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Berkeley, Charles City County, Va., February 9, 1773. Whig. Secretary of Northwest Territory, 1798-99; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800; Governor of Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member of Ohio state senate, 1819-21; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1820; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia, 1828-29; President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Slaveowner. Died of pneumonia or typhoid, at the White House, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1841 (age 68 years, 54 days). Interment at Harrison Tomb, North Bend, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother of Carter Bassett Harrison; married, November 22, 1795, to Anna Tuthill Symmes (daughter of John Cleves Symmes); father of John Scott Harrison; grandfather of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); great-grandfather of Russell Benjamin Harrison; second great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin of Beverley Randolph and Burwell Bassett; first cousin once removed of Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); first cousin twice removed of Carter Henry Harrison; first cousin thrice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin of George Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas and John Nicholas; second cousin once removed of Peyton Randolph and Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857); second cousin twice removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Peter Myndert Dox and Edmund Randolph; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund Randolph Cocke, Connally Findlay Trigg, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Harry Bartow Hawes and William Welby Beverley; second cousin four times removed of Francis Beverley Biddle and Harry Flood Byrd; second cousin five times removed of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Robert Monroe Harrison.
  Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Harrison counties in Ind., Iowa, Miss. and Ohio are named for him.
  The city of Harrison, New Jersey, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: William H. Harrison TaylorW. H. H. EbaWilliam H. H. ClaytonWilliam H. H. AllenWilliam H. H. BeadleWilliam H. H. VarneyWilliam H. H. CowlesWilliam H. H. StowellWilliam H. H. MillerWilliam H. H. CookWilliam H. H. FlickWilliam H. HeardWilliam H. H. LlewellynWilliam H. Harrison
  Campaign slogan (1840): "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about William Henry Harrison: Freeman Cleaves, Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time — Norma Lois Peterson, Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — David Lillard, William Henry Harrison (for young readers)
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  George Graham Hunter (1872-1958) — also known as George G. Hunter — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Marion, Grant County, Ind.; St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich. Born in Ovid Township, Clinton County, Mich., August 16, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1919-22; member of Michigan state senate 15th District, 1923-26; Clinton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-34; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. English ancestry. Member, Rotary. Died in St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich., March 14, 1958 (age 85 years, 210 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Ovid, Mich.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Scott Justice (1912-1992) — of Cass County, Ind. Born in Logansport, Cass County, Ind., March 8, 1912. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1945-48, 1951-52; defeated, 1948; member of Indiana state senate, 1957-60; defeated, 1960. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Farm Bureau; Toastmasters; United Commercial Travelers; Delta Chi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died December 9, 1992 (age 80 years, 276 days). Interment at Keeps Creek Cemetery, Clymers, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Ethel B. (Scott) Justice and Robert Owen Justice; brother of William Franklin Justice; married 1942 to Catherine Augusta Leirer.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Franklin Justice (1914-1996) — Born in Clinton Township, Cass County, Ind., August 2, 1914. Farmer; member of Indiana state senate, 1981-84. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish and English ancestry. Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Eagles. Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind., September 5, 1996 (age 82 years, 34 days). Interment at Keeps Creek Cemetery, Clymers, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Ethel B. (Scott) Justice and Robert Owen Justice; brother of Robert Scott Justice; married 1938 to Paulita Sheets.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The Illinois Baboon" — of New Salem, Menard County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in a log cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue County), Ky., February 12, 1809. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; postmaster; lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856; candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1858; President of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865; His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this, redefined American nationhood. He was. English ancestry. Elected in 1900 to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Shot by the assassin John Wilkes Booth, during a play at Ford's Theater, in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding House, across the street, the following day, April 15, 1865 (age 56 years, 62 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary Park, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married, November 4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (sister-in-law of Ninian Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson and Benjamin Hardin Helm; half-sister of Emilie Pariet Todd; aunt of Martha Dee Todd; grandniece of David Rittenhouse Porter); father of Robert Todd Lincoln; second cousin four times removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; third cousin twice removed of Levi Lincoln; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Sim Lee, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee and Zachary Taylor; fourth cousin once removed of Levi Lincoln Jr. and Enoch Lincoln.
  Political families: Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Edwards-Cook family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr. — Isham N. Haynie — William M. Stone — John Pitcher — Stephen Miller — John T. Stuart — William H. Seward — Henry L. Burnett — Judah P. Benjamin — Robert Toombs — Richard Taylor Jacob — George W. Jones — James Adams — John G. Nicolay — Edward Everett — Stephen T. Logan — Francis P. Blair — John Hay — Henry Reed Rathbone — James A. Ekin — Frederick W. Seward — John H. Surratt — John H. Surratt, Jr. — James Shields — Emily T. Helm — John A. Campbell — John Merryman — Barnes Compton
  Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are named for him.
  The city of Lincoln, Nebraska, is named for him.  — Lincoln Memorial University, in Harrogate, Tennessee, is named for him.  — Lincoln University, in Jefferson City, Missouri, is named for him.  — Lincoln University, near Oxford, Pennsylvania, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Abraham L. KeisterAbraham L. TuckerAbraham L. BrickAbraham L. KelloggAbraham Lincoln BernsteinA. Lincoln ReileyA. L. HelmickAbraham L. SuttonA. Lincoln AckerAbraham L. OsgoodAbraham L. WitmerAbraham L. PhillipsAbraham L. PaytonA. L. AuthA. Lincoln MooreA. Lincoln NiditchAbraham L. RubensteinAbraham L. Davis, Jr.Abraham L. FreedmanA. L. MarovitzLincoln GordonAbraham L. BannerAbraham Lincoln Tosti
  Coins and currency: His portrait has appeared on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $1 to $500.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Abraham Lincoln: David Herbert Donald, Lincoln — George Anastaplo, Abraham Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt, ed., The Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American Icon — Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 — Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief — David Herbert Donald, We Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends — Edward Steers, Jr., Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln — Mario Cuomo, Why Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W. Kauffman, American Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln — Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness — John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr., The Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words — Harold Holzer, Lincoln at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln President — Michael Lind, What Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln — Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay — Thomas J. Craughwell, Stealing Lincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr., The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — John Stauffer, Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln — Karen Judson, Abraham Lincoln (for young readers) — Maira Kalman, Looking at Lincoln (for young readers)
  Critical books about Abraham Lincoln: Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
  Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: Gore Vidal, Lincoln: A Novel
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  Harold Carlton Mason (1888-1964) — also known as Harold C. Mason — of Blissfield, Lenawee County, Mich.; Huntington, Huntington County, Ind.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko County, Ind. Born in Kunkle, Williams County, Ohio, November 9, 1888. School teacher; minister; Prohibition candidate for Michigan state senate 19th District, 1914; bishop; college professor; president, Huntington College, 1932-39. Free Methodist. German, Scottish, English, and Welsh ancestry. Died, from a myocardial infarction, in Winona Lake, Kosciusko County, Ind., June 2, 1964 (age 75 years, 206 days). Interment at Waldron Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Emmit Carlton Mason and Virginia Elizabeth 'Libby' (Munson) Mason; married, December 25, 1909, to Alta Elvida McFate.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Thomas W. Nadal Thomas William Nadal (b. 1875) — also known as Thomas W. Nadal — of Olivet, Eaton County, Mich.; Springfield, Greene County, Mo. Born near Milroy, Rush County, Ind., June 17, 1875. Republican. College professor; member of Michigan state board of education, 1911-17; appointed 1911; acting president, Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., 1915-16; president, Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1917. Congregationalist. English and French ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Modern Language Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Nadal and Jerusha (Richey) Nadal; married, June 2, 1909, to Kathryne Dillingham Wyckoff.
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1911
Harry S. New Harry Stewart New (1858-1937) — also known as Harry S. New — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., December 31, 1858. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896, 1912, 1920, 1924; member of Indiana state senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Republican National Committee from Indiana, 1900-12; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1907-08; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1917-23; U.S. Postmaster General, 1923-29. Disciples of Christ. English and Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Sigma Chi. Died in Baltimore, Md., May 9, 1937 (age 78 years, 129 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of John Chalfant New and Melissa (Beeler) New.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1908
  John Chalfant New (1831-1906) — also known as John C. New — of Marion County, Ind. Born in Vernon, Jennings County, Ind., July 6, 1831. Republican. Banker; newspaper publisher; lawyer; member of Indiana state senate, 1863; Treasurer of the United States, 1875-76; Indiana Republican state chair, 1880-82. Disciples of Christ. English and Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., June 4, 1906 (age 74 years, 333 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of John Bowman New and Mariah (Chalfant) New; married 1854 to Melissa Beeler; married to Elizabeth McRae; father of Harry Stewart New.
  See also Wikipedia article
  William Ellis Niblack (1822-1893) — also known as William E. Niblack — of Martin County, Ind.; Vincennes, Knox County, Ind. Born in Portersville, Dubois County, Ind., May 18, 1822. Democrat. Surveyor; lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1849-50, 1863; member of Indiana state senate, 1850-52; circuit judge in Indiana, 1854-57; U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1857-61, 1865-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1864, 1868, 1880 (member, Credentials Committee); member of Democratic National Committee from Indiana, 1864-72; justice of Indiana state supreme court, 1877-89. Scottish and English ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., May 7, 1893 (age 70 years, 354 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Father of Mason Jenks Niblack; cousin *** of Silas Leslie Niblack.
  Political family: Niblack family of Vincennes, Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Joseph Doty Oliver (1850-1933) — also known as Joseph D. Oliver; J. D. Oliver — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Ind., August 20, 1850. Republican. Chairman, Oliver Farm Equipment Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1884, 1912. Presbyterian. Scottish and English ancestry. Died August 6, 1933 (age 82 years, 351 days). Entombed at Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of James Oliver and Susan Catherine (Doty) Oliver; brother of Josephine Oliver (who married George Ford); married to Anna Gertrude Wells; father of James Oliver II and Joseph Doty Oliver, Jr. (son-in-law of Benton McMillin).
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Chase S. Osborn Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) — also known as Chase S. Osborn — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in a log house in Huntington County, Ind., January 22, 1860. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908; Governor of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1928; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Presbyterian. English, French, and Irish ancestry. Member, Kiwanis; Lions; Knights of Pythias; Audubon Society; National Rifle Association; Sigma Chi; Sigma Delta Chi; Pi Gamma Mu; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Grange. Died April 11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
  Presumably named for: Salmon P. Chase
  Relatives: Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn; married, May 7, 1881, to Lillian G. Jones.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1911
  Samuel Wilson Parker (1805-1859) — also known as Samuel W. Parker — of Connersville, Fayette County, Ind. Born near Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., September 9, 1805. Farmer; lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1839-40, 1843-44; member of Indiana state senate, 1840-43; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (4th District 1851-53, 5th District 1853-55); defeated, 1849. German and English ancestry. Died in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, N.Y., February 1, 1859 (age 53 years, 145 days). Interment in private or family graveyard.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Dennis Lark Pennington (1776-1854) — also known as Dennis Pennington — of Harrison County, Ind. Born in Virginia, May 18, 1776. Whig. Farmer; stonemason; member of Indiana territorial House of Representatives, 1810, 1812-16; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana state senate, 1816-20, 1825-27, 1830-33, 1842-45; defeated, 1839; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1822-24, 1828-30, 1845-46; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1825; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1833. Methodist. English ancestry. Died near Corydon, Harrison County, Ind., September 2, 1854 (age 78 years, 107 days). Interment at Pennington Chapel Cemetery, Harrison County, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Pennington and Nettie (Lark) Pennington; married, August 7, 1800, to Elizabeth English; granduncle of Walter Quintin Gresham.
  Political family: Gresham-Andrews family of Harrison County, Indiana.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Corbin Pettit (1863-1913) — of Wabash, Wabash County, Ind. Born in Wabash, Wabash County, Ind., 1863. Lawyer; mayor of Wabash, Ind., 1888-90; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1895-97; Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1897. Presbyterian. English, Scottish, and French ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died in Wabash, Wabash County, Ind., July 26, 1913 (age about 50 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Upfold Pettit.
  John Pitcher (1795-1892) — of Spencer County, Ind.; Posey County, Ind. Born in Watertown, Litchfield County, Conn., August 22, 1795. Lawyer; Spencer County Sheriff, 1826-30; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1830-31; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana state senate, 1841-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; candidate for delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Reputed to have loaned law books to the young Abraham Lincoln. Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey County, Ind., August 2, 1892 (age 96 years, 346 days). Interment at Hedges Central Elementary School Playground, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
  Hiram Prather (1809-1874) — of Jennings County, Ind. Born in Clark County, Ind., October 13, 1809. Farmer; Jennings County Treasurer, 1838; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1847-50, 1865-67; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Methodist. English ancestry. Died in North Vernon, Jennings County, Ind., March 27, 1874 (age 64 years, 165 days). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, North Vernon, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of William Ira Prather and Lettice (McCarroll) Prather; married, April 24, 1834, to Mary Ann Huckleberry; father of Alonzo Smith Prather; second cousin twice removed of Asa Porter Prather.
  Political family: Prather family of North Vernon, Indiana.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George H. Proffit (1807-1847) — of Petersburg, Pike County, Ind. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 7, 1807. Merchant; lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1831-33, 1836-39; U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1839-43; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1843-44. French and English ancestry. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., September 7, 1847 (age 40 years, 0 days). Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Petersburg, Ind.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary
  Franklin Peleg Randall (1812-1892) — also known as Franklin P. Randall — of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind. Born in Madison County, N.Y., June 2, 1812. School teacher; lawyer; railroad promoter; candidate for Indiana state house of representatives, 1845; member of Indiana state senate, 1847-50; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; mayor of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1859-64, 1869-73. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind., May 23, 1892 (age 79 years, 356 days). Interment at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Ratliff (1822-1912) — of Grant County, Ind. Born in Wayne County, Ind., March 1, 1822. Republican. School teacher; farmer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1867-69. Quaker. English ancestry. Died in 1912 (age about 90 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Cousin *** of Joseph Clayton Ratliff.
  Joseph Clayton Ratliff (1827-1909) — of Wayne County, Ind. Born in Wayne County, Ind., July 6, 1827. Republican. Physician; dentist; business executive; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1875. Quaker. English and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Wayne County, Ind., October 16, 1909 (age 82 years, 102 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Cousin *** of John Ratliff.
  Floyd W. Rowe (b. 1861) — of Camden, Hillsdale County, Mich. Born in Steuben County, Ind., June 8, 1861. Republican. Farmer; merchant; banker; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Hillsdale County, 1921-24; defeated in primary, 1924, 1932, 1938. English ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Robert A. Smith (1827-1913) — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Boonville, Warrick County, Ind., June 13, 1827. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1880, 1888; mayor of St. Paul, Minn., 1887-92, 1894-96, 1900-08; postmaster at St. Paul, Minn., 1896-1900. Methodist. English ancestry. Died in Ramsey County, Minn., February 12, 1913 (age 85 years, 244 days). Burial location unknown.
  Ralph Eugene Updike, Sr. (1894-1953) — also known as Ralph E. Updike — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Brookville, Franklin County, Ind., May 27, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives from Marion County, 1923-24; U.S. Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1925-29; defeated, 1928. Christian. Dutch and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Improved Order of Red Men. Died in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., September 16, 1953 (age 59 years, 112 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1918 to Charlotte Davis.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
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