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Charles Wallace Adair Jr. (1914-2006) —
also known as Charles W. Adair, Jr. —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Florida.
Born in Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio, January
26, 1914.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Nogales, as of 1940-41; Mexico City, as of 1941; Bombay, as of 1942-46; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1965-69; Uruguay, 1969-72.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Falls
Church, Va., January
22, 2006 (age 91 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John William Allen (1802-1887) —
also known as John W. Allen —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
4, 1802.
Lawyer;
director, Commercial Bank of
Lake Erie, 1832; incorporator, Cleveland Newburg Railroad,
1834; member of Ohio
state senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841; president, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad,
1845; postmaster at Cleveland,
Ohio, 1870-75.
Episcopalian.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
5, 1887 (age 85 years, 62
days).
Interment at Erie
Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Allen and Ursala (McCurdy) Allen; married, July 22,
1830, to Harriet Caroline Mather; grandnephew of Roger
Griswold; great-grandson of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Oliver
Wolcott Jr. and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin of Henry
Titus Backus and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); second cousin once removed of Frederick
William Lord; second cousin twice removed of Selden
Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin and Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; third cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), James
Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Thomas
Hale Sill, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Albert
Haller Tracy, Theodore
Sill, George
Bradley Kellogg, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), George
Frederick Stone, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott and Alfred
Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821), Daniel
Pitkin, Zina
Hyde Jr. and James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of James
Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Amaziah
Brainard, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Elisha
Hunt Allen, George
Washington Wolcott, Augustus
Frank and George
Griswold Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah
Boardman, William
Bostwick, Timothy
Pitkin, Oliver
Owen Forward, Daniel
Warner Bostwick, Walter
Forward, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878), Chauncey
Forward, Chester
William Chapin, Graham
Hurd Chapin, Edmund
Holcomb, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Erastus
Clark Scranton, Sereno
Hamilton Scranton, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Henry
Ward Beecher, Philemon
Bliss, Joseph
H. Elmer, Leveret
Brainard, William
Fessenden Allen, Samuel
Lord, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Frederick
Hobbes Allen and Allen
Jacob Holcomb. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Kelly Ayers (b. 1907) —
also known as Richard K. Ayers —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Lewisburg, Preble
County, Ohio, June 28,
1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; public
relations business; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucius K. Baker (1855-1929) —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, August
16, 1855.
Republican. Lumber
business; mayor
of Ludington, Mich., 1892.
Episcopalian.
Died February
5, 1929 (age 73 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward P. Baker and Paulina (Bloss) Baker; married 1882 to May C.
Foster. |
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Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) —
also known as Newton D. Baker —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., December
3, 1871.
Democrat. Private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General William
L. Wilson, 1896-97; lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1912-15; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1912
(speaker),
1916,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1916-21; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Gamma Delta; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
25, 1937 (age 66 years, 22
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Charles Alexander Bay (1886-1978) —
also known as Charles A. Bay —
of Five Corners, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 7,
1886.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Dublin, 1920-22; Casablanca, 1923; Port-au-Prince, 1924; U.S. Consul in Tampico, 1924-26; Corinto, 1926; Tientsin, 1927; Bangkok, 1928-29; Seville, 1936-39; U.S. Consul General in Milan, 1946-48.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lahaska, Bucks
County, Pa., June 2,
1978 (age 91 years, 360
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lewis Bay and Cecelia Sarah (Radenbach) Bay; married, July 24,
1929, to Opal Alydia Martin. |
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Leonard Julius Benckenstein (1894-1966) —
also known as L. J. Benckenstein —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Wyoming, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 5,
1894.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Texas
Republican State Executive Committee, 1928; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Alpha
Chi Rho; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in October, 1966
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonard Frederick Benckenstein and Genevieve (Peterson)
Benckenstein; married, April
15, 1917, to Elaine Lock. |
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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone
directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone
Hall
of Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Jackson Edward Betts (1904-1993) —
also known as Jackson E. Betts —
of Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio.
Born in Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio, May 26,
1904.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1945-46; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1951-73.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio, August
13, 1993 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio.
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Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) —
also known as Thomas H. Blake —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., June 14,
1792.
Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana,
1818; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1819-20, 1823-24; member of Indiana
state senate, 1821-22, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1827-29; Commissioner
of the General Land Office, 1842-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died of cholera
in a hotel at
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
28, 1849 (age 57 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Ray Charles Bliss (1907-1981) —
also known as Ray C. Bliss —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, December
16, 1907.
Republican. Insurance
business; chair of
Summit County Republican Party, 1942-60; member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1944-65; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1949-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1952-80; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1965-69; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1960-64.
Episcopalian. German
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Suffered a heart
attack at his office,
and died soon after at Akron City Hospital,
Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, August
6, 1981 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Interment at Mt.
Peace Cemetery, Akron, Ohio.
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Mabel Thorp Boardman (1860-1946) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
12, 1860.
Member, Board of Incorporators, Red Cross, 1900; also served as Red
Cross national secretary; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1920-21.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Colonial
Dames; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died, from a coronary
thrombosis, in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1946 (age 85 years, 156
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Chester Castle Bolton (1882-1939) —
also known as Chester C. Bolton —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
5, 1882.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state senate, 1923-28; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1929-37, 1939; died in
office 1939.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Rotary.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
29, 1939 (age 57 years, 54
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Stanley Eyre Bowdle (1868-1919) —
also known as Stanley E. Bowdle —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
4, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914,
1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Struck
by an automobile while getting off a streetcar,
and died a few hours later, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 6,
1919 (age 50 years, 214
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Katharine Kennedy Brown (1891-1986) —
also known as Katharine Kennedy; Mrs. Kleon Thaw
Brown —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 16,
1891.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(alternate); member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
1928;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1940;
speaker, 1952;
member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1928-50; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1932-67; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1944-52.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Junior
League; Colonial
Dames.
Died, in the Kettering Convalescent Center nursing
home, Kettering, Montgomery
County, Ohio, November
10, 1986 (age 95 years, 117
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Grafton Claggett Kennedy and Louise (Achey) Kennedy;
married, April
20, 1921, to Kleon Thaw Brown. |
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Robert Johns Bulkley (1880-1965) —
also known as Robert J. Bulkley —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Bratenahl, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
8, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1911-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1912,
1916,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1930-39; defeated, 1938; delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Episcopalian.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 21,
1965 (age 84 years, 286
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Harvey Jacob Burkhart (b. 1861) —
also known as Harvey J. Burkhart —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
14, 1861.
Republican. Dentist;
mayor
of Batavia, N.Y., 1902-04, 1915-16.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Burkhart and Biena (Buckholtz) Burkhart; married, November
6, 1890, to Jane Hingston. |
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John William Bush (b. 1909) —
also known as John W. Bush —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, September
17, 1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1956,
1964;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1961-72.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hayden Bush and Esther (Brushart) Bush; married, January
13, 1962, to Dorothy McElroy. |
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Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) —
also known as Prescott S. Bush —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 15,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
director, Pan American Airways;
director, Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948,
1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of lung
cancer, in the Memorial Hospital
for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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John Levi Cable (1884-1971) —
also known as John L. Cable —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April
15, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, Lima Telephone
and Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone
Co., Lima Toledo Railroad,
Lima City Street
Railway Co.; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;
defeated, 1912; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Episcopalian or Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Grange;
Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153
days).
Entombed at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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George Prescott Carrel (1865-1949) —
also known as George Carrel —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
4, 1865.
Republican. Mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1922-25.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 3,
1949 (age 83 years, 241
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Hercules Carrel and Eleanora Kerr (Prescott) Carrel; married, December
31, 1896, to Olive Sargent. |
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Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) —
also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr.
Greenbacks" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
13, 1808.
Republican. Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1846; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of
Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1873 (age 65 years, 114
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Ithamar Chase and Janette Chase; married to Eliza Ann Smith;
father of Katherine Jane 'Kate' Chase (who married William
Sprague); nephew of Dudley
Chase; cousin *** of Dudley
Chase Denison. |
| | | Political families: Sprague
family of Providence, Rhode Island; Chase
family of Vermont (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Chase County,
Kan. is named for him. |
| | | Chase Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at Harvard
University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Salmon P. Chase (built 1942 at Portland,
Oregon; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: Chase
S. Osborn
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on various U.S. currency, including $1 and $10 notes in
the 1860s, and the $10,000 bill from 1918 to 1946.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Salmon P. Chase: Frederick
J. Blue, Salmon
P. Chase : A Life in Politics — John Niven, Salmon
P. Chase : A Biography — Albert B. Hart, Salmon
P. Chase — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham
Lincoln |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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U. S. G. Cherry (b. 1863) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lewistown, Logan
County, Ohio, December
2, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1896; candidate for justice of
South Dakota state supreme court, 1904; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1920, 1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Alonzo Churchill (b. 1862) —
also known as J. A. Churchill —
of Ashland, Jackson
County, Ore.; Monmouth, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, October
14, 1862.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; Oregon
superintendent of public instruction, 1913-26; appointed 1913;
resigned 1926.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Maccabees;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius R. Churchill and Lou (Saint) Churchill; married, October
18, 1887, to Florence B. Jennings; married, March 5,
1922, to Inez Depew. |
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Frank Clague (1865-1952) —
of Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born in Warrensville (now Warrensville Heights), Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 13,
1865.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Redwood
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1902; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 19, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1905; member of Minnesota
state senate 19th District, 1907-14; district judge in Minnesota
9th District, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1921-33.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn., March
25, 1952 (age 86 years, 256
days).
Interment at Redwood
Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Minn.
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Constance Eberhardt Cook (1919-2009) —
also known as Constance E. Cook; Connie Cook;
Constance Eberhardt —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
17, 1919.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-73 (Tompkins County 1963-65, 138th District
1966, 125th District 1967-72, 128th District 1973); president of land
grant affairs, Cornell University, 1976-80; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1984.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Zonta.
Co-sponsor, in 1970, of the bill which legalized abortion in New York
State.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
20, 2009 (age 89 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Walter Eberhardt and Catherine (Sellmann) Eberhardt;
married 1955 to Alfred
P. Cook. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Middleton Cox (1870-1957) —
also known as James M. Cox —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Jacksonburgh, Butler
County, Ohio, March
31, 1870.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1909-13; Governor of
Ohio, 1913-15, 1917-21; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Episcopalian or Brethren.
Member, Moose.
Suffered a stroke,
and died three days later, in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 15,
1957 (age 87 years, 106
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Harry Van Custer (b. 1894) —
also known as Harry V. Custer —
of Pasco, Franklin
County, Wash.
Born in Hillsboro, Highland
County, Ohio, December
14, 1894.
Railway
station agent; mayor of
Pasco, Wash., 1953-58.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles T. Custer and Sally J. (Harmon) Custer; married, August
17, 1913, to Bernice K. Lake. |
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David Short Dennison (1918-2001) —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Poland, Mahoning
County, Ohio, July 29,
1918.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1957-59; defeated, 1958,
1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Grange.
Died in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, September
21, 2001 (age 83 years, 54
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1880-1980) —
also known as Charles S. Dewey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, November
10, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker; Honorary
Consul for Ecuador in Chicago,
Ill., 1935; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1938, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was
responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1980 (age 100 years,
47 days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Gertrude Walton Donahey (1908-2004) —
also known as Gertrude Donahey; Gertrude
Walton —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Goshen Township, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, August
4, 1908.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964;
Ohio
treasurer of state, 1971-83.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bexley, Franklin
County, Ohio, July 11,
2004 (age 95 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond D. Dzendzel (b. 1921) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Clinton, Ottawa
County, Ohio, July 29,
1921.
Democrat. Business
representative, Carpenters Local 982; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 12th District,
1955-58; member of Michigan
state senate, 1959-70 (18th District 1959-64, 7th District
1965-70); defeated in primary, 1970.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Moose; Carpenters
Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucien Peyre Ferry (1811-1844) —
also known as Lucien P. Ferry —
of Indiana.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, October
3, 1811.
Probate judge in Indiana, 1837-39; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1843-44.
Episcopalian. French
ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., August
20, 1844 (age 32 years, 322
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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William Louis Fiesinger (1877-1953) —
also known as William L. Fiesinger —
of Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio.
Born in Willard, Huron
County, Ohio, October
25, 1877.
Democrat. Common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1925-31; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1931-37.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
11, 1953 (age 75 years, 321
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio.
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Roy Gerald Fitzgerald (1875-1962) —
also known as Roy G. Fitzgerald —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
25, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Merchants National Bank;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1921-31.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American
Legion.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, November
16, 1962 (age 87 years, 83
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Bartlett S. Fleming (b. 1942) —
also known as Bart Fleming —
of Chandler, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in a hospital
at Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, November
16, 1942.
Republican. Arizona
state treasurer, 1973-78; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1976.
Anglican. Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Lions.
Still living as of 2006.
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Newton Whiting Gilbert (1862-1939) —
also known as Newton W. Gilbert —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 24,
1862.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1901-05; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1905-06; resigned
1906; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1913; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Philippine Islands, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Santa Ana, Orange
County, Calif., July 5,
1939 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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Sherman Moorhead Granger (b. 1870) —
also known as Sherman M. Granger —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, June 16,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1912-16; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1912;
member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1912-14; vice-president,
Zanesville Telephone &
Telegraph Co.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Theta
Nu Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Moorhead Granger and Mary Hoyt (Reese) Granger; married, February
7, 1900, to Wanda Dawson Follett. |
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John Patterson Green (1845-1940) —
also known as John P. Green; "The Father of Labor
Day" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April 2,
1845.
Republican. Lawyer;
justice of the peace; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1882-84; member of Ohio
state senate, 1890-92, 1892-94; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1896.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry.
Introduced the bill that made Labor Day an Ohio state holiday; later,
the U.S. Congress made it a national holiday.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
1, 1940 (age 95 years, 152
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of John Rice Green and Temperance (Dirden) Green; married 1869 to Annie
Laura Walker; married 1912 to Lottie
(Mitchell) Richardson. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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William Oliver Raymond Greene (b. 1906) —
also known as William O. Greene —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, December
31, 1906.
Democrat. Deputy
sheriff; candidate for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1956, 1958; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 3rd Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Greene and Ethel (Glover) Greene; married to Edverta
Eunice Motley. |
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William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) —
also known as "Tippecanoe"; "Old
Tip"; "Farmer of North Bend";
"General Mum"; "Cincinnatus of the
West" —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Berkeley, Charles
City County, Va., February
9, 1773.
Whig. Secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1798-99; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800; Governor
of Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member of Ohio
state senate, 1819-21; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1820; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia, 1828-29; President
of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died of pneumonia
or typhoid,
at the White
House, Washington,
D.C., April 4,
1841 (age 68 years, 54
days).
Interment at Harrison
Tomb, North Bend, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother of
Carter
Bassett Harrison; married, November
22, 1795, to Anna
Tuthill Symmes (daughter of John
Cleves Symmes); father of John
Scott Harrison; grandfather of Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901); great-grandfather of Russell
Benjamin Harrison; second great-grandfather of William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin of Beverley
Randolph and Burwell
Bassett; first cousin once removed of Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); first cousin twice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison; first cousin thrice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin of George
Nicholas, Wilson
Cary Nicholas and John
Nicholas; second cousin once removed of Peyton
Randolph and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857); second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Peter
Myndert Dox and Edmund
Randolph; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Richard
Evelyn Byrd, Harry
Bartow Hawes and William
Welby Beverley; second cousin four times removed of Francis
Beverley Biddle and Harry
Flood Byrd; second cousin five times removed of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Robert
Monroe Harrison. |
| | | 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). |
| | | Harrison counties in Ind., Iowa, Miss. and Ohio are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Harrison,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
H. Harrison Taylor
— W.
H. H. Eba
— William
H. H. Clayton
— William
H. H. Allen
— William
H. H. Beadle
— William
H. H. Varney
— William
H. H. Cowles
— William
H. H. Stowell
— William
H. H. Miller
— William
H. H. Cook
— William
H. H. Flick
— William
H. Heard
— William
H. H. Llewellyn
— William
H. Harrison
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1840): "Tippecanoe and
Tyler Too." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William Henry Harrison:
Freeman Cleaves, Old
Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time —
Norma Lois Peterson, Presidencies
of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — David
Lillard, William
Henry Harrison (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Dow Watters Harter (1885-1971) —
also known as Dow W. Harter —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, January
2, 1885.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1933-43.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1971 (age 86 years, 245
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885) —
also known as Thomas A. Hendricks —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
7, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (5th District 1851-53, 6th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; Commissioner of the General Land
Office, 1855-59; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1863-69; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868,
1876,
1884;
Governor
of Indiana, 1873-77; defeated, 1860, 1868; Vice
President of the United States, 1885; defeated, 1876; died in
office 1885; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1884.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian. Scottish
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, apparently from a heart
attack, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
25, 1885 (age 66 years, 79
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Henry DeWitt Hotchkiss (1856-1922) —
also known as Henry D. Hotchkiss —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 2,
1856.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1886; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 9th District, 1894;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1912-22; died in office
1922; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme
Court, 1913-15.
Episcopalian. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 6,
1922 (age 65 years, 247
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.
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George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) —
also known as George M. Humphrey —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich., March 8,
1890.
Lawyer;
president, M.A. Hanna Company (mining and
processing iron and
nickel ores), 1929-52; chairman of Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal
Company; chairman, Executive Committee, National Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in University Hospital,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
20, 1970 (age 79 years, 318
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Henry Thomas Hunt (1878-1956) —
also known as Henry T. Hunt; "Boy
Mayor" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April
29, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1907; Hamilton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1908-11; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912-13; major in the U.S. Army during World
War I.
Episcopalian.
Died in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., February
29, 1956 (age 77 years, 306
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lewis Morris Iddings (1850-1921) —
also known as Lewis M. Iddings —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rome, Italy.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April
23, 1850.
Republican. Worked at New York Tribune and New York Evening
Post newspapers,
1876-91; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1905-10; representative of American Red Cross in Italy
during World War I; director, American War Relief Clearing House in
Italy.
Episcopalian.
Died December
26, 1921 (age 71 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis J. Iddings and Jane (Chesney) Iddings; married, October
29, 1887, to Louise A. Belden. |
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David Sinton Ingalls (1899-1985) —
also known as David S. Ingalls —
of Hunting Valley, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
28, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1927-29; U.S. Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Aeronautics, 1929-32; director, City of Cleveland
Department of Public Health and Welfare, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1940,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1940; vice-president and general
manager, Pan American Air
Ferries, 1941-42; commander, Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station;
executive, Pan American World
Airways; newspaper
publisher.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Skull
and Bones.
Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
26, 1985 (age 86 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Brereton Chandler Jones (b. 1939) —
also known as Brereton C. Jones; Brerry
Jones —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio, June 27,
1939.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1965-68; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91; Governor of
Kentucky, 1991-95.
Episcopalian or Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Kilbourne (1770-1850) —
of Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., October
19, 1770.
Democrat. Surveyor;
merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1813-17; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1823.
Episcopalian.
Died April 9,
1850 (age 79 years, 172
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Worthington, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Kilbourne and Anna (Neal) Kilbourne; married, November
8, 1789, to Lucy Fitch; married 1808 to
Cynthia Goodale; father of Byron
H. Kilbourn; grandfather of James
Kilbourne (1842-1919); second cousin once removed of Charles
H. Eastman; second cousin twice removed of Robert
Cleveland Usher; second cousin four times removed of James
Warren Driver; third cousin of John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, Solomon
Taintor and Jonathan
Stratton; third cousin once removed of John
Adams Taintor and Henry
G. Taintor; third cousin twice removed of Lemuel
Stetson, Samuel
Lount Kilbourne and George
Eastman; third cousin thrice removed of Warren
Walter Rich and Charles
Dudley Kilbourn; fourth cousin of Jonathan
Brace, Samuel
Clesson Allen and Greene
Carrier Bronson; fourth cousin once removed of Gold
Selleck Silliman, Benjamin
Silliman, Thomas
Kimberly Brace, Theodore
Davenport, Millard
Fillmore, Eliphalet
Adams Bulkeley, Elisha
Hunt Allen and William
Alfred Buckingham. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman
family; Flanders
family of Vermont; Rowell
family of Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Charles Kinney (b. 1850) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., July 7,
1850.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Ohio, 1897-1901.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John Albert Lacey (1917-2002) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1964-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died March
25, 2002 (age 84 years, 284
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ohio.
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper
work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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James Thomas Lynn (1927-2010) —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
27, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1973-75.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died December
6, 2010 (age 83 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Robert Lynn and Dorthea Estelle (Petersen) Lynn;
married, June 5,
1954, to Joan Miller. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Howard Perry Mace (1916-1996) —
also known as Howard P. Mace —
of Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, May 19,
1916.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Consul General in
Istanbul, as of 1972-76.
Episcopalian. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in Citrus
County, Fla., December
8, 1996 (age 80 years, 203
days).
Interment at Fountains Memorial Park, Homosassa Springs, Fla.
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Haveth Elmer Mau (b. 1886) —
also known as Haveth E. Mau —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 4,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-22; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1925-34.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius Frederick Mau and Martha Matilda (Gronman) Mau; married, April
25, 1911, to Louise Caverley. |
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John McSweeney (1890-1969) —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born in Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio, December
19, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1923-29, 1937-39, 1949-51 (16th
District 1923-29, at-large 1937-39, 16th District 1949-51); defeated,
1920 (16th District), 1938 (at-large), 1950 (16th District);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1940; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1960,
1964.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio, December
13, 1969 (age 78 years, 359
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio.
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William Estus McVey (1885-1958) —
also known as William E. McVey —
of Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, December
13, 1885.
Republican. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1951-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1958 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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William Howard Melish (1910-1986) —
also known as W. Howard Melish —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 11,
1910.
Episcopal
priest; vice-chair of New York American Labor Party, 1945-49;
chairman, National Council of Soviet-American Friendship, 1947-51 and
1971-78; this organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; ousted
in 1957 as rector of Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn, over his
allegedly pro-Communist
activities.
Episcopalian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 15,
1986 (age 76 years, 35
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John Grove Payne (b. 1887) —
also known as J. G. Payne —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Farmdale, Trumbull
County, Ohio, December
13, 1887.
Republican. Superintendent, Allegheny Division, Pennsylvania Railroad,
1917-27; mayor
of Oil City, Pa., 1931-39.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of I. N. Payne and Cora B. (Thompson) Payne; married 1909 to Alice
Montgomery. |
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William Cooper Procter (1862-1934) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
25, 1862.
Republican. President (1907-30) and chairman (1930-34), Proctor &
Gamble Company, where he established profit-sharing and pension
system; director, New York Central Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1924,
1928.
Episcopalian. Member, Union
League.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Holmes Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 2,
1934 (age 71 years, 250
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ralph Straus Regula (1924-2017) —
also known as Ralph Regula —
of Navarre, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Beach City, Stark
County, Ohio, December
3, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Ohio state
board of education, 1960-64; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1965-66; member of Ohio
state senate, 1967-72; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1972;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1973-.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bethlehem Township, Stark
County, Ohio, July 19,
2017 (age 92 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in St. Petersburg, as of 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April
14, 1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Ellsworth Rudesill (b. 1863) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, October
10, 1863.
Republican. Insurance
agent; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1903; mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1904-05.
Episcopalian. German
and English
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Cromley. |
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Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) —
Born in Scotland,
March
23, 1734.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87; Governor
of Northwest Territory, 1788-1802; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1790.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Injured in a fall from
an overturned horsedrawn
cart, and died a few days later, near Youngstown, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1818 (age 84 years, 161
days).
Interment at Old
St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Charles W. Sawyer (1887-1979) —
also known as "Buzz" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1933-35; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934 (primary), 1938; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 1936-44; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1944-45; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1944-45; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1948-53; part owner, Cincinnati Reds baseball
team.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 7,
1979 (age 92 years, 56
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William Bart Saxbe (1916-2010) —
also known as William B. Saxbe —
of Mechanicsburg, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Mechanicsburg, Champaign
County, Ohio, June 24,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1947-54; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1953-54; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1954; Ohio
state attorney general, 1957-59, 1963-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1969-74; U.S.
Attorney General, 1973-75; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1975-76.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Grange;
Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Chi Phi;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died August
24, 2010 (age 94 years, 61
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Peet Skinner (1866-1960) —
also known as Robert P. Skinner —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio; Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio, February
24, 1866.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1897-1901; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1901-08; Hamburg, 1908-14; Berlin, 1914; London, 1914-24; Paris, 1924-26; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1926-32; Estonia, 1931-33; Latvia, 1931-33; Lithuania, 1931-33; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1933-36.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Society for International Law.
Died in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, July 1,
1960 (age 94 years, 128
days).
Interment at Massillon
Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio.
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John William Snow (b. 1939) —
also known as John W. Snow —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
2, 1939.
Lawyer;
chairman and chief executive officer of CSX railroad;
charged
with driving
while intoxicated,
in West Valley City, Utah, 1982;; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06; director, Marathon Oil Co.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Tau Delta.
Still living as of 2020.
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John White Stevenson (1812-1886) —
also known as John W. Stevenson —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 2,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1845-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1848,
1852,
1856,
1880
(Permanent
Chair); delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1857-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1867; Governor of
Kentucky, 1867-71; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1871-77.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Slaveowner.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., August
10, 1886 (age 74 years, 100
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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James Garfield Stewart (b. 1881) —
also known as James G. Stewart —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, November
17, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1938-47; resigned 1947; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1944; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1957.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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John Wesley Stone (1838-1922) —
also known as John W. Stone —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Wadsworth, Medina
County, Ohio, July 18,
1838.
Republican. Lawyer; Allegan
County Clerk, 1860-64; Allegan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1864-70; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
village
president of Allegan, Michigan, 1872-73; circuit
judge in Michigan, 1873-74, 1890-1909 (20th Circuit 1873-74, 25th
Circuit 1890-1909); resigned 1874; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1877-81; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1882-86; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1910-22; died in office 1922; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March
24, 1922 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Interment at Park
Cemetery, Marquette, Mich.
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Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1983) —
also known as Charles P. Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
20, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Hamilton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28; member, Cincinnati City
Council, 1938-42; Republican candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1952, 1958 (primary); mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1955-57.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Skull
and Bones; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died June 24,
1983 (age 85 years, 277
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr.
Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our
Illustrious Dunderhead" —
of Indian Hill, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1932,
1944;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Died, from malignant
tumors, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1953 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol
Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Seth Chase Taft (b. 1922) —
also known as Seth C. Taft —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
31, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for Ohio
state senate, 1962; candidate for mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1967; Cuyahoga
County Commissioner, 1971; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Jaycees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Eleanor (Chase) Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; married, June 19,
1943, to Frances Prindle; nephew of Robert
Alphonso Taft; grandson of William
Howard Taft, Irving
Hall Chase and Helen
Herron Taft; grandnephew of Charles
Phelps Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso
Taft, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, John
Williamson Herron and Augustus
Sabin Chase (1828-1896); great-grandnephew of William
Collins; second great-grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft and Ela
Collins; first cousin of William
Howard Taft III and Robert
Taft Jr.; first cousin once removed of Walbridge
S. Taft, Augustus
Sabin Chase (1897-1970), Frederick
Lippitt and Robert
Alphonso Taft III; second cousin thrice removed of Marden
Sabin and Joseph
Spalding; second cousin four times removed of Willard
J. Chapin, George
Anson Starkweather, Samuel
Starkweather and David
Austin Starkweather; second cousin five times removed of Josiah
Cowles, Alvah
Sabin and George
Smith Catlin; third cousin twice removed of Clement
Phineas Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Howard Starkweather. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Willard Saxby Townsend (b. 1895) —
also known as Willard S. Townsend —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
4, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1940; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Episcopalian. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Calvin William Verity Jr. (1917-2007) —
also known as C. William Verity —
Born in Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio, January
26, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chief executive officer,
Armco (steel
industry), 1971-82; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., January
3, 2007 (age 89 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Calvin William Verity, Sr. and Elizabeth (O'Brien)
Verity. |
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dossier |
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Morrison Remick Waite (1816-1888) —
also known as Morrison R. Waite —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., November
29, 1816.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1849-50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1862; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Lucas County, 1873;
Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1874-88.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
23, 1888 (age 71 years, 115
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Harry Wall (b. 1903) —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho.
Born in Bowerston, Harrison
County, Ohio, September
1, 1903.
Democrat. Farmer; cattleman;
movie
theater owner; member of Idaho
state senate, 1945-50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1950; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1952-63.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wall and Lulu (Seifried) Wall. |
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Hezekiah Griffith Wells (1812-1885) —
also known as Hezekiah G. Wells —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, June 16,
1812.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District, 1835;
Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1837, 1838; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856,
1872
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member
of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1871-83; member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 4th District, 1873.
Episcopalian.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., April 4,
1885 (age 72 years, 292
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1840 to Achsah
Strong. |
| | | Wells Hall (built 1877 as dormitory, burned
1905; rebuilt on same site 1907, converted to offices 1940s,
demolished 1966; rebuilt on different site 1960s as a major classroom
and office building, and expanded since) at Michigan State University,
East
Lansing, Michigan, is named for
him. |
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Dudley Allen White (1901-1957) —
also known as Dudley A. White —
of Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio.
Born in New London, Huron
County, Ohio, January
3, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1928,
1932
(alternate), 1948,
1956
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1957
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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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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Charles Erwin Wilson (1890-1961) —
also known as Charles E. Wilson; "Engine
Charlie" —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 18,
1890.
Electrical
engineer;
president, General
Motors, 1941-53; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1953-57.
Episcopalian.
Famed for saying, during his confirmation hearings, that "for years I
thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and
vice versa.".
Died in Norwood, East
Feliciana Parish, La., September
26, 1961 (age 71 years, 70
days).
Interment at Acacia
Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Mich.
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Herbert Arthur Wolcott (1862-1930) —
also known as H. A. Wolcott —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, May 27,
1862.
Democrat. Hardware
merchant; mining
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1923-24.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Lions.
Died, from complications of heart
disease, in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., December
4, 1930 (age 68 years, 191
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery, Carthage, Mo.
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William Wilson Wood III (1878-1954) —
also known as William W. Wood III —
of Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, March
19, 1878.
Republican. Tool
manufacturer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died, in the Miami Heart Institute hospital,
Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
18, 1954 (age 75 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Harley Kirk Wood; married to Aileen Boal. |
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