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Frank Coffroth Dailey (b. 1870) —
also known as Frank C. Dailey —
Born in Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind., December
22, 1870.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1913-16; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Leonard Dailey (1896-1956) —
also known as Joseph L. Dailey —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind., August
28, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
district judge in New Mexico 2nd District, 1934-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died June 19,
1956 (age 59 years, 296
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) —
also known as Joe Daviess —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., March 4,
1774.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Around 1801, he served as a second to John
Rowan in his duel
with James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, he fled
to avoid
prosecution as accomplice to murder,
and became a fugitive,
but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legal
counsel.
Shot
and killed
in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is now Tippecanoe
County, Ind., November
7, 1811 (age 37 years, 248
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Battlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind.
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James M. Davis (b. 1844) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Orchard Grove, Lake
County, Ind., September
11, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer; Kalamazoo
County Probate Judge, 1889-96; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Terry Davis (1765-1807) —
Born in Fluvanna
County, Va., 1765.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1795-97; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1797-1803; justice of
Indiana territorial supreme court, 1803-07.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind., November
15, 1807 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Old City Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Ind.
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John W. Dawson (1820-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820.
Farmer;
lawyer; newspaper
editor; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary
of state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1861.
In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,
fled
Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured.
Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877 (age 56 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Charles Werden Deane (1837-1914) —
also known as Charles W. Deane; C. W. Deane; Charles
W. Dean —
of Pentwater, Oceana
County, Mich.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Antigo, Langlade
County, Wis.
Born in Grafton, Windham
County, Vt., 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; Oceana
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861-62; major in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Newaygo District, 1867-68;
village president, Pentwater, Mich., 1867; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868.
Died in Antigo, Langlade
County, Wis., June 4,
1914 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Michigan City, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Werden Dean and Philinder (Willey) Dean; married to Adele C.
Woodward. |
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memorial |
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Horace Emerson Deemer (b. 1858) —
also known as Horace E. Deemer —
of Red Oak, Montgomery
County, Iowa.
Born in Bourbon, Marshall
County, Ind., September
24, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Iowa 15th District,
1887-94; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1894-1917.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Political Science Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Deemer and Elizabeth (Erwin) Deemer; married, July 12,
1882, to Jeannette Gibson. |
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Mark Lindsey De Motte (1832-1908) —
also known as Mark L. De Motte —
of Valparaiso, Porter
County, Ind.; Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.
Born in Rockville, Parke
County, Ind., December
28, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
editor and publisher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1872, 1876; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1881-83; member of Indiana
state senate, 1887-89; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1888;
postmaster at Valparaiso,
Ind., 1890-94.
Methodist.
French
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Valparaiso, Porter
County, Ind., September
23, 1908 (age 75 years, 270
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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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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Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton (1896-1971) —
also known as Winfield K. Denton —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., October
28, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Vanderburgh
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-36; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1939-42; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1949-53, 1955-67 (8th District
1949-53, 1955-63, 1st District 1963-65, 8th District 1965-67);
defeated, 1946, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1952,
1956,
1964.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Kappa Psi; Kiwanis.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., November
2, 1971 (age 75 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Charles Hall Dillon (1853-1929) —
also known as Charles H. Dillon —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Jasper, Dubois
County, Ind., December
18, 1853.
Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1903-10; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1913-19; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1923-26;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Died in Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., September
15, 1929 (age 75 years, 271
days).
Interment at Yankton
Municipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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Lincoln Dixon (1860-1932) —
of North Vernon, Jennings
County, Ind.
Born in Vernon, Jennings
County, Ind., February
9, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; prosecuting attorney, 6th Judicial Circuit,
1884-92; member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1897-1904; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1905-19; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died in Lyndon, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
16, 1932 (age 72 years, 220
days).
Interment at Vernon
Cemetery, Vernon, Ind.
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Isham Burnett Dodson (1818-1879) —
also known as Isham B. Dodson —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Ind., December
7, 1818.
Lawyer; Adair
County Sheriff, 1847-51; major in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 7th District, 1865;
member of Missouri
state senate 8th District, 1867-70.
Died in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., December
25, 1879 (age 61 years, 18
days).
Interment at Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery, Kirksville, Mo.
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Joe Donnelly (b. 1955) —
of Granger, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
28, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 2007-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 2008;
member, Rules Committee, 2020.
Still living as of 2020.
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M. Edward Doran (b. 1895) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Bronson, Branch
County, Mich., October
1, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
St. Joseph County Democratic Party, 1935-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Joel Fredrick Dubina (b. 1947) —
also known as Joel F. Dubina —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind., 1947.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 1986-90; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1990-2013; took
senior status 2013.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Wade Dudley (b. 1842) —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Weathersfield Bow, Weathersfield, Windsor
County, Vt., August
27, 1842.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded
at the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, and lost his
right leg; Wayne
County Clerk of Courts, 1866-74; milling
business; lawyer; banker;
U.S. Marshal, District of Indiana, 1879-81; U.S. Commissioner of
Pensions, 1881-85; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1864 to
Theresa Fiske. |
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George Grundy Dunn (1812-1857) —
of Indiana.
Born in Washington
County, Ky., December
20, 1812.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1847-49, 1855-57 (6th District
1847-49, 3rd District 1855-57); member of Indiana
state senate, 1850-52.
Died in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., September
4, 1857 (age 44 years, 258
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Bedford, Ind.
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George Hedford Dunn (1794-1854) —
also known as George H. Dunn —
of Indiana.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1794.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1828-29, 1832-34; candidate for
Indiana
state senate, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1837-39; Indiana
state treasurer, 1841-44; circuit judge in Indiana, 1847-50; railroad
promoter.
Died in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
12, 1854 (age 59 years, 58
days).
Original interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
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Moses Fell Dunn (1842-1915) —
of Indiana.
Born in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., April
26, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1867-69; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1870.
Died October
21, 1915 (age 73 years, 178
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Bedford, Ind.
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William McKee Dunn (1814-1887) —
of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Hanover, Jefferson
County, Ind., December
12, 1814.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1859-63; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Dunn Loring, Fairfax
County, Va., July 24,
1887 (age 72 years, 224
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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