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John Richard Walsh (1913-1975) —
also known as John R. Walsh —
of Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind.; Anderson, Madison
County, Ind.
Born in Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind., May 22,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; Morgan
County Attorney, 1935-36; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950, 1954; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Eagles;
Moose;
American
Legion.
Died in Anderson, Madison
County, Ind., January
23, 1975 (age 61 years, 246
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Martinsville, Ind.
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Thomas Bayless Ward (1835-1892) —
of Indiana.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, April
27, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Lafayette, Ind., 1861-65; superior court judge in Indiana,
1875-80; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1883-87.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., January
1, 1892 (age 56 years, 249
days).
Interment at Spring
Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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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
5, 1925, to Aluta M. Larsen. |
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Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871) —
also known as Henry D. Washburn —
of Clinton, Vermillion
County, Ind.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., March
28, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1866-69.
As Surveyor-General of Montana Territory in 1870, led the Washburn
Expedition into what is now Yellowstone National Park.
Died of tuberculosis,
in Clinton, Vermillion
County, Ind., January
26, 1871 (age 38 years, 304
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Clinton, Ind.
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James Eli Watson (1864-1948) —
also known as James E. Watson —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.
Born in Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind., November
2, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1895-97, 1899-1909 (4th District
1895-97, 6th District 1899-1909); defeated, 1896; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1912,
1920
(chair, Resolutions
Committee), 1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1916-33; defeated, 1932; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1928.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1948 (age 83 years, 270
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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John Sebrie Watts (1816-1876) —
of Indiana; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Boone
County, Ky., January
19, 1816.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846; U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1851-54; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1861-63; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1868-69.
Died in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., June 11,
1876 (age 60 years, 144
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
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Daniel Webster Waugh (1842-1921) —
also known as Daniel W. Waugh —
of Tipton, Tipton
County, Ind.
Born near Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind., March 7,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; farmer;
lawyer; circuit judge in Indiana, 1884-90; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1891-95.
Died in Tipton, Tipton
County, Ind., March
14, 1921 (age 79 years, 7
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Tipton, Ind.
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Roscoe Delmor Wheat (1876-1951) —
also known as Roscoe D. Wheat; Ross D.
Wheat —
of Portland, Jay
County, Ind.
Born in Jackson Township, Jay
County, Ind., February
22, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died July 17,
1951 (age 75 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Smith White (1803-1864) —
also known as Albert S. White —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Blooming Grove, Orange
County, N.Y., October
24, 1803.
Lawyer; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837-39, 1861-63 (7th District
1837-39, 8th District 1861-63); U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1839-45; railroad
president.
Died in Stockwell, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., September
4, 1864 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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Richard Alan White (b. 1953) —
also known as Rick White —
of Washington.
Born in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., November
6, 1953.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1995-99; defeated,
1998.
Still living as of 2002.
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William Watson Wick (1796-1868) —
also known as William W. Wick —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Canonsburg, Washington
County, Pa., February
23, 1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Indiana 5th Circuit,
1822-25, 1834-37, 1850-53; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1825-29; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1839-41, 1845-49 (6th District
1839-41, 5th District 1845-49); postmaster at Indianapolis,
Ind., 1853-57.
Died in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., May 19,
1868 (age 72 years, 86
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Franklin, Ind.
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Philip Herman Willkie (1919-1974) —
also known as Philip H. Willkie —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
7, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; banker; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948,
1960;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1949-54.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Died April
10, 1974 (age 54 years, 124
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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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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Henry Lane Wilson (1857-1932) —
also known as Henry L. Wilson —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., November
3, 1857.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S. Minister to Chile, 1897-1904; Belgium, 1905-09; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1909-12; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1928.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
22, 1932 (age 75 years, 49
days).
Entombed at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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James Wilson (1825-1867) —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., April 9,
1825.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1857-61; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1866-67, died in office 1867.
Died in Caracas, Venezuela,
August
8, 1867 (age 42 years, 121
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Simeon Kalfius Wolfe (1824-1888) —
of Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind.; New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.
Born near Georgetown, Floyd
County, Ind., February
14, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1860;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1860-64; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1873-75; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1880-84.
Died in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., November
18, 1888 (age 64 years, 278
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Albany, Ind.
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Thomas Jefferson Wood (1844-1908) —
of Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Athens
County, Ohio, September
30, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1872-76; member of Indiana
state senate, 1878-82; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1883-85.
Died in Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind., October
15, 1908 (age 64 years, 15
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Cemetery, Crown Point, Ind.
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William Robert Wood (1861-1933) —
also known as William R. Wood; Will R.
Wood —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Oxford, Benton
County, Ind., January
5, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of J.
Frank Hanly; director and attorney, City National Bank;
director, Lafayette Telephone
Co.; Tippecanoe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1890-94; member of Indiana
state senate, 1896-1914; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1912,
1928
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1915-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1933
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Spring
Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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John Walter Yeager (b. 1891) —
also known as John W. Yeager —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Richland, Spencer
County, Ind., March 1,
1891.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district
judge in Nebraska 4th District, 1933-; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1940-.
Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilhelm Carl Yeager and Laura Elizabeth (Barton) Yeager; married,
June
28, 1922, to Lena E. Deeg. |
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Jonathan Stoltzfus Yoder (1881-1959) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Weilersville, Wayne
County, Ohio, September
13, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Elkhart County, 1917-20;
president of two milk
condensing firms.
Methodist.
German
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died in Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., April
22, 1959 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911 to Nelle
Catherine Colburn; married 1920 to Mrs.
Laura Ethel Cole. |
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Todd Christopher Young (b. 1972) —
also known as Todd C. Young —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., August
24, 1972.
Republican. Aide to U.S. Sen Richard
Lugar, 2001-03; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 2011-17; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 2017-.
Still living as of 2018.
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