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Politician members in Indiana

John Coburn (1825-1908) — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., October 27, 1825. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1850-51; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; common pleas court judge in Indiana, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1865-66; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1867-75 (6th District 1867-69, 5th District 1869-75); member of Republican National Committee from Indiana, 1870-72; justice of Montana territorial supreme court, 1884-86. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Beta Theta Pi. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., January 28, 1908 (age 82 years, 93 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Henry P. Coburn; married, March 9, 1852, to Caroline A. Test.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Charles Taylor Doxey (1841-1898) — of Indiana. Born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., July 13, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana state senate, 1877; U.S. Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1883. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in Anderson, Madison County, Ind., April 30, 1898 (age 56 years, 291 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.   Relatives: Married to Minnie Stilwell.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   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. John Watson Foster (1836-1917) — also known as John W. Foster — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind.; Washington, D.C. Born in Pike County, Ind., March 2, 1836. Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868; postmaster at Evansville, Ind., 1869-73; Indiana Republican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1873-80; Russia, 1880-81; Spain, 1883-85; U.S. Secretary of State, 1892-93. Presbyterian. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Washington, D.C., November 15, 1917 (age 81 years, 258 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Matthew Watson Foster and Eleanor (Johnson) Foster; married 1859 to Mary Parke McFerson; father of Eleanor Foster (who married Robert Lansing); grandfather of John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Foster-Dulles family of Watertown and New York City, New York; Wanamaker-Welsh-Dulles-Brown family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS John W. Foster (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1971) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893) Walter Quintin Gresham (1832-1895) — also known as Walter Q. Gresham — of Indiana. Born near Lanesville, Harrison County, Ind., March 17, 1832. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1866, 1868; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868; U.S. District Judge for Indiana, 1869-83; U.S. Postmaster General, 1883-84; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1884; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1884-93; U.S. Secretary of State, 1893-95; died in office 1895. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in Washington, D.C., May 28, 1895 (age 63 years, 72 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of William Gresham and Sarah (Davis) Gresham; grandfather of Walter Gresham Andrews; grandnephew of Dennis Lark Pennington.   Political family: Gresham-Andrews family of Harrison County, Indiana.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Walter Q. Gresham: Charles W. Calhoun, Gilded Age Cato : The Life of Walter Q. Gresham   Image source: New York World, March 5, 1893 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. Swig — Ben H. Waigand — Ben 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 Edward McLean (1832-1906) — of Indiana. Born in Calvert County, Md., October 12, 1832. Member of Indiana state senate, 1857-60, 1893-96; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1861, 1867-68; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1876. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Odd Fellows; Loyal Legion. Died in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., November 6, 1906 (age 74 years, 25 days). Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.   Relatives: Step-son-in-law of James Hughes; nephew of Grafton Fleener Cookerly.   Political family: Hughes-McLean-Cookerly family of Terre Haute, Indiana. Stanton Judkins Peelle (1843-1928) — also known as Stanton J. Peelle — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Wayne County, Ind., February 11, 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1877-79; U.S. Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1881-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888 (alternate), 1892; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1892-1913; law professor. Presbyterian. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., September 4, 1928 (age 85 years, 206 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Cox Peelle and Ruth (Smith) Peelle; married, July 16, 1867, to Lou R. Perkins; married, October 16, 1878, to Mary Arabella Canfield; nephew of William A. Peelle.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Men of Mark in America (1906)   John Stevenson Tarkington (1832-1923) — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Centerville, Wayne County, Ind., June 24, 1832. Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1863; defeated, 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1870-72. Methodist. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., January 30, 1923 (age 90 years, 220 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.   Relatives: Father-in-law of Ovid Butler Jameson; father of Newton Booth Tarkington; nephew of William Clayborne Tarkington; grandfather of John Tarkington Jameson and Donald Ovid Butler Jameson.   Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana. 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.   Relatives: Son of James Wilson and Emma (Ingersoll) Wilson; brother of John Lockwood Wilson; married 1885 to Alice Vajen; grandson of John Wilson; granduncle of William Cassius Goodloe III.   Political family: Wilson-Dunn family of Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1897

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