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James Madison Barrett Sr. (1852-1929) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in La Salle
County, Ill., February
7, 1852.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1887-89.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 1,
1929 (age 77 years, 83
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Birch Evans Bayh III (b. 1955) —
also known as Evan Bayh —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., December
26, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1986-89; Governor of
Indiana, 1989-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1999-2011.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone
directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone
Hall
of Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge Jr. (1908-1965) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
21, 1908.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter and columnist;
radio
newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
15, 1965 (age 56 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) —
also known as Thomas H. Blake —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., June 14,
1792.
Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana,
1818; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1819-20, 1823-24; member of Indiana
state senate, 1821-22, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1827-29; Commissioner
of the General Land Office, 1842-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died of cholera
in a hotel at
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
28, 1849 (age 57 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Joseph Breckinridge Board Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph B. Board, Jr. —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., March 5,
1931.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; university
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1993.
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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.
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Michael Graham Bright (1803-1881) —
of Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
16, 1803.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
19, 1881 (age 78 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg (b. 1982) —
also known as Pete Buttigieg; "Mayor
Pete" —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., January
19, 1982.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; candidate for Indiana
state treasurer, 2010; mayor
of South Bend, Ind., 2012-19; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 2020;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 2020
(delegation chair); U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 2021-.
Episcopalian. Gay.
First
openly gay U.S. cabinet member.
Still living as of 2021.
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Charles Harvey Denby (1830-1904) —
also known as Charles H. Denby —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Mt. Joy, Botetourt
County, Va., June 16,
1830.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1857; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1876,
1884;
U.S. Minister to China, 1885-98.
Episcopalian.
Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., January
13, 1904 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Edwin Denby (1870-1929) —
also known as Ned Denby —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
18, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1903-04; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of State
Albert
B. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to the
Interior Department; Fall then accepted large bribes
to sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the Teapot
Dome scandal;
in 1924, Denby was forced to
resign as Secretary of the Navy.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1929 (age 58 years, 356
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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George Fiske Dudley (b. 1867) —
also known as George F. Dudley —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., September
25, 1867.
Episcopal
priest; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Lions; Loyal
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Eddy (1810-1872) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
10, 1810.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847; member of Indiana
state senate, 1849-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1853-55; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1855-57; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1871-72.
Episcopalian.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
28, 1872 (age 61 years, 49
days).
Interment at South
Bend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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Joseph Phelps Edson (1831-1862) —
of Indiana.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., August
3, 1831.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861.
Episcopalian.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., May 16,
1862 (age 30 years, 286
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Paley Edson (1834-1902) —
also known as William P. Edson —
of Indiana.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., May 14,
1834.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1857; common pleas court judge in
Indiana, 1871-72; candidate for justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1876, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., April
30, 1902 (age 67 years, 351
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
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Henry James Feltus (1846-1926) —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
15, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Bloomington,
Ind., 1886-87.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks.
Died in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., January
12, 1926 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Entombed at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
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Lucien Peyre Ferry (1811-1844) —
also known as Lucien P. Ferry —
of Indiana.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, October
3, 1811.
Probate judge in Indiana, 1837-39; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1843-44.
Episcopalian. French
ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., August
20, 1844 (age 32 years, 322
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Graham Newell Fitch (1809-1892) —
also known as Graham N. Fitch —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y., December
5, 1809.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836-37, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1849-53; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1857-61; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., November
28, 1892 (age 82 years, 359
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Wynne C. Garvin (1909-1973) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Francesville, Pulaski
County, Ind., January
28, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 3rd
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks.
Died in 1973
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Garvin and Mary (Hibaugh) Garvin; married to Mary Emma
Menafee. |
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Newton Whiting Gilbert (1862-1939) —
also known as Newton W. Gilbert —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 24,
1862.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1901-05; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1905-06; resigned
1906; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1913; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Philippine Islands, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Santa Ana, Orange
County, Calif., July 5,
1939 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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Dwight Herbert Green (1897-1958) —
also known as Dwight H. Green —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ligonier, Noble
County, Ind., January
9, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1931-35;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1939; Governor of
Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died February
20, 1958 (age 61 years, 42
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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.
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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 Taylor
— W.
H. H. Eba
— William
H. H. Clayton
— William
H. H. Allen
— William
H. H. Beadle
— William
H. H. Varney
— William
H. H. Cowles
— William
H. H. Stowell
— William
H. H. Miller
— William
H. H. Cook
— William
H. H. Flick
— William
H. Heard
— William
H. H. Llewellyn
— William
H. Harrison
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| | | 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) |
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Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885) —
also known as Thomas A. Hendricks —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
7, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (5th District 1851-53, 6th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; Commissioner of the General Land
Office, 1855-59; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1863-69; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868,
1876,
1884;
Governor
of Indiana, 1873-77; defeated, 1860, 1868; Vice
President of the United States, 1885; defeated, 1876; died in
office 1885; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1884.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian. Scottish
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, apparently from a heart
attack, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
25, 1885 (age 66 years, 79
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Oscar Raymond Holcomb (b. 1867) —
also known as O. R. Holcomb —
of Ritzville, Adams
County, Wash.
Born in Gibson
County, Ind., December
31, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1902; superior court
judge in Washington, 1909-15; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1915-27, 1927-31; chief
justice of Washington state supreme court, 1919-21.
Episcopalian. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Virginia Ellis Jenckes (1877-1975) —
also known as Virginia E. Jenckes; Virginia Ellis
Somes —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
6, 1877.
Democrat. Farmer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1933-39.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., January
9, 1975 (age 97 years, 64
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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James Garrard Jones (1814-1872) —
also known as James G. Jones —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., July 3,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1847-53; Indiana
state attorney general, 1861; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1869.
Episcopalian.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., April 5,
1872 (age 57 years, 277
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Boaz Walton Long (1876-1962) —
also known as Boaz Long —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind., September
27, 1876.
Democrat. U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1914-19; Cuba, 1919-21; Nicaragua, 1936-38; Ecuador, 1938-42; U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, 1942-43; Guatemala, 1943-45.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1962
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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David Martin McIntosh (b. 1958) —
also known as David M. McIntosh —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 8,
1958.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1995-2001; candidate
for Governor of
Indiana, 2000.
Episcopalian. Member, Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2014.
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Irene Ellis Murphy (1900-1989) —
also known as Irene E. Murphy; Irene Ellis —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., May 12,
1900.
Democrat. Member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1958-66; defeated, 1966.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., July 25,
1989 (age 89 years, 74
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Thomas Myers (1927-2015) —
also known as John T. Myers —
of Covington, Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Covington, Fountain
County, Ind., February
8, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; banker; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1967-97.
Episcopalian.
Died in Covington, Fountain
County, Ind., January
27, 2015 (age 87 years, 353
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Covington, Ind.
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Meredith Nicholson (1866-1947) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., December
9, 1866.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1930-32; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1933-35; Venezuela, 1935; Nicaragua, 1938-41; novelist;
poet.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
21, 1947 (age 81 years, 12
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Wanda Kathleen Parker (b. 1915) —
also known as Wanda K. Parker —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Wolflake, Noble
County, Ind., October
11, 1915.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Upfold Pettit (1820-1881) —
also known as John U. Pettit —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1844-45, 1865; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1865; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1853-54, 1873-79; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1855-61; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian. Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., March
21, 1881 (age 60 years, 191
days).
Interment at Falls
Cemetery, Wabash, Ind.
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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.
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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.
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Graham A. Richard —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1974-78; mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 2000-07; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2008.
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Ballard Smith (1821-1866) —
of Cannelton, Perry
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., January
13, 1821.
Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1855-57; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1857; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., October
3, 1866 (age 45 years, 263
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) —
also known as Ted Stevens —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
18, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-68; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Indicted
in July 2008 on federal charges
of failing
to report gifts
from VECO Corporation and its CEO; tried
and convicted
in October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due to
prosecutorial misconduct.
Killed in a plane
crash, in Bristol Bay
Borough, Alaska, August
9, 2010 (age 86 years, 264
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Reginald H. Sullivan (1876-1980) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
10, 1876.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1911-13; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1930-34, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1932,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Died January
30, 1980 (age 103 years,
326 days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Thomas Lennox Sullivan (1846-1936) —
also known as Thomas L. Sullivan —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
6, 1846.
Democrat. Circuit judge in Indiana, 1888; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1890-93; candidate for superior court
judge in Indiana, 1899.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died July 9,
1936 (age 89 years, 277
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., April
17, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
territorial legislature, 1888; justice of
Wyoming territorial supreme court, 1889; member of Republican
National Committee from Wyoming, 1896; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1896;
law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1903-10; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-37; took senior status 1937.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1941 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harold Johnson Warner (b. 1890) —
also known as Harold J. Warner —
of Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., November
6, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Oregon; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1950-63; appointed 1950; resigned
1963; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1955-57.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas C. Warner and Katherine E. (Johnson) Warner; married, August
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Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) —
also known as Wendell L. Willkie —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Elwood, Madison
County, Ind., February
18, 1892.
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924;
Republican candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Episcopalian. German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of complications from a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1944 (age 52 years, 233
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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Ralph H. Young (1889-1962) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind., December
17, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; athletic
coach; Michigan State College athletic director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1957-62; died in office 1962.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary;
Phi
Gamma Delta.
Elected to Michigan Sports Hall of
Fame.
Died in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., January
23, 1962 (age 72 years, 37
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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