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Marion County
Kansas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Marion County

Index to Locations Marion Highland Cemetery Marion Marion Cemetery Highland Cemetery Marion, Marion County, Kansas Politicians buried here:   Edward Wallis Hoch (1849-1925) — of Marion, Marion County, Kan. Born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., March 17, 1849. Republican. Member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1889; Governor of Kansas, 1905-09. Died in Marion, Marion County, Kan., June 1, 1925 (age 76 years, 76 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Homer Hoch.   See also National Governors Association biography   William Randolph Carpenter (1894-1956) — also known as Randolph Carpenter — of Marion, Marion County, Kan. Born in Marion, Marion County, Kan., April 24, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1929-32; U.S. Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1940, 1944 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee); U.S. Attorney for Kansas, 1945-48; candidate for Governor of Kansas, 1948. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; American Legion; Chi Phi; Elks; Kiwanis. Died in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., July 26, 1956 (age 62 years, 93 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Herbert Carpenter and Lulu A. (Stone) Carpenter; married, July 15, 1920, to Helen Frances Williams.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Marion Cemetery Marion, Marion County, Kansas Politicians buried here:   Homer Hoch (1879-1949) — of Marion, Marion County, Kan. Born in Marion, Marion County, Kan., July 4, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1938-49; died in office 1949. Methodist. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Freemasons. Died in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., January 30, 1949 (age 69 years, 210 days). Interment at Marion Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edward Wallis Hoch and Sarah Louisa (Dickerson) Hoch; married, June 7, 1905, to Edna Wharton.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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