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German ancestry Politicians in North Carolina

Martin Grove Brumbaugh (1862-1930) — also known as Martin G. Brumbaugh; "Hercules of the Educational World" — of Huntingdon County, Pa.; Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Penn Township, Huntingdon County, Pa., April 14, 1862. Republican. Huntingdon County Superintendent of Schools, 1884-90; university professor; president, Juniata College, 1895-1906; Puerto Rico Commissioner of Education, 1900-02; Philadelphia superintendent of schools, 1906-15; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1915-19; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916. Brethren. German ancestry. Member, Union League. Died in Pinehurst, Moore County, N.C., March 14, 1930 (age 67 years, 334 days). Interment at Valley View Cemetery, McConnellstown, Pa.   Relatives: Son of George Boyer Brumbaugh and Martha (Peightal) Brumbaugh; married 1884 to Anna Konigmacher; married, January 29, 1916, to Flora Belle Parks.   Brumbaugh Hall, a residence hall at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, Pennsylvania, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about Martin Grove Brumbaugh: Earl C. Kaylor, Jr., Martin Grove Brumbaugh : A Pennsylvanian's Odyssey from Sainted Schoolman to Bedeviled World War I Governor, 1862-1930   Image source: Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual 1916   Ian T. Kaplan (b. 1946) — also known as Ted Kaplan — of Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, N.C. Born in St. Leo's Hospital, Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., December 26, 1946. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1977-82; member of North Carolina state senate, 1985-94; defeated, 1994. Jewish. German and Russian ancestry. Still living as of 2003. John Elwin Kehl (1870-1936) — also known as John E. Kehl — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 10, 1870. Bookkeeper; printer; U.S. Consul in Stettin, 1897-1908; Sydney, 1908-11; Salonika, 1911-18; Aarhus, 1918-20; Stuttgart, as of 1926-29; U.S. Consul General in Hamburg, as of 1931-32. German ancestry. Died, in Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., April 2, 1936 (age 65 years, 175 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of John Kehl and Louise (Buckley) Kehl.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: U.S. passport application (1921) Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) — also known as Charles B. Landis — of Delphi, Carroll County, Ind. Born in Millville, Butler County, Ohio, July 9, 1858. Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated, 1908. Swiss and German ancestry. Died, from uremia due to interstital nephritis, in Meriwether Hospital, Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., April 24, 1922 (age 63 years, 289 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Abraham Hoch Landis and Mary (Kumler) Landis; brother of Walter Kumler Landis, Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Frederick Daniel Landis; uncle of Frederick Daniel Landis Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Cary Dayton Landis.   Political family: Landis family of Logansport, Indiana.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)   Charles A. Lehrer (1860-1924) — of Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. Born in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, October 18, 1860. Republican. Postmaster at Sandusky, Ohio, 1898-1904. German ancestry. Died in Moore County, N.C., November 4, 1924 (age 64 years, 17 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Johann Georg Lehrer and Susanna (Knab) Lehrer.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) — also known as William E. Rothery — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 25, 1851. Newspaper editor and publisher; Consul for Liberia in Philadelphia, Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers' agent; food broker. German ancestry. Died, following a heart attack, in St. Peter's Hospital, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., July 8, 1932 (age 81 years, 105 days). Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.   Relatives: Married, July 14, 1907, to Olive Draper (Leach) Hoag.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frederick W. Wurster (1850-1917) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Plymouth, Washington County, N.C., April 1, 1850. Republican. Manufacturer of axles; owner of a brass foundry; mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896. Presbyterian. German ancestry. Died June 27, 1917 (age 67 years, 87 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

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