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Roger Douglas Branigin (1902-1975) —
also known as Roger D. Branigin —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 26,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968
(delegation chair); Governor of
Indiana, 1965-69; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta.
Died November
19, 1975 (age 73 years, 116
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Franklin, Ind.
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Albert Wayne Coy (b. 1903) —
also known as Wayne Coy —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Shelby
County, Ind., November
23, 1903.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; radio
executive; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1947-52;
chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1947-52; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Delta Theta;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Roscoe Coy and Lillian Monell (Nation) Coy; married, September
6, 1927, to Grace Elizabeth Cady. |
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Burton Lee French (1875-1954) —
also known as Burton L. French —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho; Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born near Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., August
1, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1903-09, 1911-15, 1917-33 (at-large
1903-09, 1911-15, 1st District 1917-33); defeated, 1934; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Delta Theta;
Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, September
12, 1954 (age 79 years, 42
days).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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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.
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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
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| | | 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) |
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William Harrison Hays (1879-1954) —
also known as Will H. Hays —
of Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., November
5, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Sullivan County Republican Party, 1904-08; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1914-18; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1916,
1932,
1940;
speaker, 1920;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1918-21; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Phi Delta Theta; Elks; Moose; Union
League.
President of Motion
Picture Producers & Distributors of America, 1922-45.
Died in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., March 7,
1954 (age 74 years, 122
days).
Interment at Center
Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Ind.
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William V. Hemphill (b. 1897) —
of Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Trafalgar, Johnson
County, Ind., July 22,
1897.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; dairy
business; mayor
of Franklin, Ind., 1943-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Redmen;
Phi Delta Theta; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Webster Jewett (1884-1961) —
also known as Charles W. Jewett —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., January
7, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Marion County Republican Party, 1914-16; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1918-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Theta; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died April
28, 1961 (age 77 years, 111
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Parker Jewett and Mary Alma (Aten) Jewett; married, October
25, 1911, to Elizabeth Dougherty. |
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Charles Marion LaFollette (1898-1974) —
also known as Charles M. LaFollette —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., February
27, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927; general
counsel, Central Labor Union (AFL) of Evansville, 1934-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1943-47.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 27,
1974 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Locust
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Edison Lothair Teetor (b. 1897) —
also known as Lothair Teetor —
of Hagerstown, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Hagerstown, Wayne
County, Ind., March
30, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president,
Perfect Circle Corp., piston
ring manufacturer, 1938-46; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1945-47.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John William Elmer Thomas (1876-1965) —
also known as J. W. Elmer Thomas —
of Medicine Park, Comanche
County, Okla.
Born near Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind., September
8, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1907-20; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1923-27; defeated,
1920; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1927-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1956
(alternate).
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Phi Delta Theta.
Died in Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla., September
19, 1965 (age 89 years, 11
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Lawton, Okla.
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