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Michael Aaronsohn (1896-1976) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 5,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; blinded
in action; rabbi;
college professor; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Jewish.
Died, in Jewish Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
25, 1976 (age 79 years, 235
days).
Interment at Clifton United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Walter C. Adams Jr. (b. 1936) —
of Kent, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in Newtown, Bucks
County, Pa., August
22, 1936.
Democrat. Scientist;
university professor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1972.
Protestant.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter C. Adams and Hazel (Worthington) Adams; married 1962 to Nancy
L. Baier. |
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Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) —
of Missouri.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
4, 1828.
School
teacher; college professor; pastor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., April 3,
1877 (age 48 years, 181
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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Carol Mueller Alexander (1925-1998) —
also known as Carol M. Alexander; Carol
Mueller —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Hayward, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1925.
Democrat. College instructor; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Member, League of Women
Voters; National
Organization for Women.
Died April 2,
1998 (age 72 years, 288
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Hans F. Mueller and Laura (Portmann) Mueller; married 1947 to Thomas
R. Alexander. |
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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of
the Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Hayden Armacost (b. 1937) —
also known as Michael Armacost —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
15, 1937.
College professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to
Philippines, 1982-84; Japan, 1989.
Methodist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Kenneth Gill Bartlett (1906-1983) —
also known as Kenneth G. Bartlett —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., March
13, 1906.
Republican. Dean, adult education division, University
College, Syracuse University, 1946-52; vice president dean of
public affairs, 1953; director of Onondaga County Savings Bank;
member of New York
state assembly 119th District, 1967-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Sigma
Nu.
Died in October, 1983
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Bernice Kleinhans. |
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Andrew John Biemiller (1906-1982) —
also known as Andrew J. Biemiller —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, July 23,
1906.
College instructor; Socialist Party educational director for
Milwaukee, 1933-36; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 2nd District, 1937-42; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1945-47, 1949-51;
defeated (Democratic), 1946, 1950, 1952; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Quaker.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Eagles;
Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; American
Federation of Teachers.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 3,
1982 (age 75 years, 254
days).
Interment at Ellicott
Family Cemetery, Ellicott City, Md.
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Philemon Bliss (1813-1889) —
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., July 28,
1813.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Ohio, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1855-59; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1861-65; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1868-72; law professor.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1889 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Asahel Bliss and Lydia Adams (Griswold) Bliss; brother of Albert
Asahel Bliss; married, November
16, 1843, to Martha W. Thorpe; third great-grandnephew of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin twice removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Samuel
Clesson Allen; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Elisha
Hunt Allen and Judson
H. Warner; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, John
Allen, Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Oliver
Ellsworth, Daniel
Chapin, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Daniel
Pitkin and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Edmund
Holcomb, William
Fessenden Allen and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Chester
William Chapin, John
William Allen, Norman
A. Phelps, James
Samuel Wadsworth, George
Smith Catlin, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, John
Smith Phelps, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Benjamin F. Bowles (1869-1928) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, April 3,
1869.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lecturer; musician; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 32nd District,
1922-23.
African
ancestry.
Died September
29, 1928 (age 59 years, 179
days).
Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery, Normandy, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie R. Anderson and Caroline 'Carrie'
Johnson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1923 |
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Marie Caroline Brehm (1859-1926) —
also known as Marie C. Brehm —
of Illinois; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, June 30,
1859.
Lecturer; Prohibition candidate for University
of Illinois trustee, 1902, 1904, 1908; Prohibition candidate for
Vice
President of the United States, 1924.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Died January
26, 1926 (age 66 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Henry Brehm and Elizabeth (Rhode)
Brehm. |
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Sherrod Brown (b. 1952) —
of Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, November
9, 1952.
Democrat. University faculty; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1975-82; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1983-91; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2014.
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Raymond Hugh Burke (1881-1954) —
also known as Raymond H. Burke —
of Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Nicholsville, Clermont
County, Ohio, November
4, 1881.
Republican. University professor; insurance
business; songwriter;
mayor
of Hamilton, Ohio, 1928-40; member of Ohio
state senate, 1942-46; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1947-49.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August
18, 1954 (age 72 years, 287
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Hamilton, Ohio.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
College teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
executive secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28;
editor of Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; American
Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to
Edna Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
Charles Johnson. |
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Jacob Elon Conner (b. 1862) —
also known as Jacob E. Conner —
Born in Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, October
21, 1862.
College instructor; special agent, U.S. Interstate Commerce
Commission; U.S. Consul in Saigon, 1907-09; St. Petersburg, 1909-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64;
law professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Joseph Dane (1768-1849) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., 1768.
Lawyer;
university professor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1800; Athens
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1817-20; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1828-32.
Died November
18, 1849 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Winthrop More Daniels (b. 1867) —
also known as Winthrop M. Daniels —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, September
30, 1867.
University professor; member, Interstate Commerce Commission,
1914-23; trustee of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
1935.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Wayne De Bolt (b. 1939) —
also known as Joe De Bolt —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Sebring, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
23, 1939.
Democrat. Played
saxophone in rock'n'roll band, The Twisting Countdowns, 1960-62;
manager for performers
and night
club acts; sociologist;
university professor; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 100th District, 1970.
Eastern
Orthodox.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Melvin Blake; son of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt;
married, March
20, 1962, to Beverly Denise Gallagher. |
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Emerson Hugh De Lacy (1910-1986) —
also known as Hugh De Lacy —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 9,
1910.
Democrat. College instructor; machinist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946; carpenter.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; International
Association of Machinists.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Dominican Hospital,
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., August
19, 1986 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Charles Burke Elliott (b. 1861) —
also known as Charles B. Elliott —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Morgan
County, Ohio, January
6, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1890-93; district
judge in Minnesota 4th District, 1893-1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1905-09; appointed 1905; resigned
1909; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1909-10.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Elliott and Angeline Elliott; married, May 13,
1884, to Edith Winslow. |
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Louis William Fairfield (1858-1930) —
also known as Louis W. Fairfield —
of Angola, Steuben
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio, October
15, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; college teacher; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1917-25.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., February
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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Oran Faville (1817-1872) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Manheim, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
13, 1817.
College professor; president,
Wesleyan Female College, Delaware, Ohio, 1853-55; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1858-60; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1864-67.
Died in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, November
2, 1872 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harlington
Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Faville and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville; married to
Maria M. Peck; uncle of Frederick
F. Faville. |
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Simeon Davison Fess (1861-1936) —
also known as Simeon D. Fess —
of Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born near Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, December
11, 1861.
Republican. University professor; author; editor; president
of Ohio Northern University; president
of Antioch College 1907-17; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1913-23 (6th District 1913-15, 7th
District 1915-23); U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1923-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1924,
1932;
Temporary Chair, 1928;
chair, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee, chair, 1928;
speaker, 1928;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1930-32.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1936 (age 75 years, 12
days).
Interment at Glen
Forest Cemetery, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Fess and Barbara (Herring) Fess; married 1890 to Eva
Candice Thomas; father of Hamilton
Lehr Fess. |
| | | Epitaph: "A great teacher and orator
whoe life and character were a source of inspiration in the lives of
thousands. Authority on history and government, leader of his
colleagues and confidant of presidents. A genuine patriot whose
loyalty and unimpeachable integrity never yielded to expediency or
compromised a conviction." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Emerson D. Fite (b. 1874) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, March 3,
1874.
Republican. College professor; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1934-43.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lemuel Fite and Louisa Fite. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Hugh Stuart Fullerton (b. 1892) —
also known as Hugh S. Fullerton —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
27, 1892.
College instructor; U.S. Vice Consul in Geneva, 1920; Huelva, 1920-21; Lyon, 1921-23; U.S. Consul in Le Havre, 1923; Calais, 1923; Antwerp, 1923-25; Cologne, 1926-28; Kovno, 1928-32; Lyon, 1932-33; Helsingfors, 1933; Paris, as of 1938; U.S. Consul General in Paris, 1944.
Burial location unknown.
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Washington Gardner (1845-1928) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Morrow
County, Ohio, February
16, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
college professor; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., March
31, 1928 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942) —
also known as Harry A. Garfield; Hal
Garfield —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio, October
11, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
university professor; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1904;
president
of Williams College, 1908-34; U.S. Fuel Administrator, 1917-19.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
12, 1942 (age 79 years, 62
days).
Interment at Williams
College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer;
college professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia
Rudolph; father of Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer. |
| | | Political families: Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Garfield Mountain,
in the Cascade Range, King
County, Washington, is named for
him. — The city
of Garfield,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Raymond Herman Geist (b. 1885) —
also known as Raymond H. Geist —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
19, 1885.
Lecturer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; food
commissioner in Austria, 1919-20; U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, 1921-22; Montevideo, 1922-23; Port Said, 1923; Alexandria, 1923-24; U.S. Consul in Alexandria, 1924-29; Berlin, 1929-38.
Burial location unknown.
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John Joyce Gilligan (1921-2013) —
also known as John J. Gilligan; Jack
Gilligan —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March
22, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1965-67; defeated, 1962;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1968; Governor of
Ohio, 1971-75; defeated, 1974; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 2008.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
24, 2013 (age 92 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald Edmund Gray (b. 1900) —
also known as Archibald E. Gray —
of Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
16, 1900.
Chemist;
college instructor; U.S. Vice Consul in Callao-Lima, 1929-31; Bordeaux, 1931-33; U.S. Consul in Helsingfors, as of 1938; Halifax, as of 1949.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Coy Green (1887-1978) —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April
12, 1887.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; U.S. Minister to Jordan, 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, 1952.
Died in 1978
(age about
91 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Erwin Nathaniel Griswold (1904-1994) —
also known as Erwin N. Griswold —
Born in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 14,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; dean, Harvard Law School, 1946-67; U.S.
Solicitor General, 1967-73.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
19, 1994 (age 90 years, 128
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus (1856-1921) —
also known as Frank W. Gunsaulus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chesterville, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
1, 1856.
Republican. Pastor;
lecturer; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1888 ; president,
Armour Institute of Technology, 1893-1921.
Congregationalist.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
17, 1921 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic Clemson Howe (1867-1940) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cortlandt town, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., November
21, 1867.
Lawyer;
law professor; writer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1906-09; Commissioner of Immigration for the Port
of New York, 1914-19.
Died, in Martha's Vineyard Hospital,
Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
3, 1940 (age 72 years, 256
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Howe and Jane (Clemson) Howe; married 1904 to Marie
H. Jenney. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Pinckney James (1818-1899) —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 11,
1818.
Law professor; Associate
Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
1879-92; retired 1892.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., August
9, 1899 (age 81 years, 90
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Elias Finley Johnson (1860-1933) —
also known as E. Finley Johnson —
of Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manila, Philippines.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, June 24,
1860.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1885-87; law professor;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1898-1901; appointed 1898; resigned
1901; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1901-.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., July 31,
1933 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif.
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George Ross Kirkpatrick (1867-1937) —
also known as George R. Kirkpatrick; Kirk
Kirkpatrick —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; California.
Born in West Lafayette, Coshocton
County, Ohio, February
24, 1867.
Socialist. Lecturer; candidate for New York
state senate 17th District, 1912; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1932, 1934 (Socialist).
Died in 1937
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Mann (1796-1859) —
also known as "The Father of American Public
Education" —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Franklin, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 4,
1796.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1827-33; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1833-37; secretary, Massachusetts Board of
Education, 1837-48; founder and editor of The Common School
Journal; became a national leader in improving and reforming
public schools; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1848-53; Free
Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1852; president
and professor at Antioch College, 1852-59.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio, August
2, 1859 (age 63 years, 90
days).
Original interment somewhere in Yellow Springs, Ohio; reinterment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
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Harold Carlton Mason (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold C. Mason —
of Blissfield, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.
Born in Kunkle, Williams
County, Ohio, November
9, 1888.
School
teacher; minister;
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1914; bishop;
college professor; president,
Huntington College, 1932-39.
Free
Methodist. German,
Scottish,
English,
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind., June 2,
1964 (age 75 years, 206
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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Lawrence Maxwell Jr. (1853-1927) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
May
4, 1853.
Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1893-95; law professor.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
18, 1927 (age 73 years, 290
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Emlin McClain (1851-1915) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
25, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. George
G. Wright, 1875-77; law professor; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1901-12; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly, of apoplexy,
in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, May 25,
1915 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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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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Raymond Charles Moley (1886-1975) —
also known as Raymond Moley; Ray Moley —
Born in Berea, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
27, 1886.
Mayor of Olmsted Falls, Ohio; university professor; member of
the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, 1933; broke with
Roosevelt in 1936, and later became senior advisor to Republicans Wendell
Willkie, Barry
Goldwater, and Richard
Nixon; columnist
for Newsweek magazine;
received the Medal
of Freedom in 1970.
Irish
and French
ancestry.
Died February
18, 1975 (age 88 years, 144
days).
Interment somewhere
in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Relatives: Son
of Felix James Moley and Agnes (Fairchild) Moley; married 1916 to Eva
Dall; married 1949 to
Frances Hebard. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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James Monroe (1821-1898) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., July 18,
1821.
Republican. College professor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1856-59; member of Ohio
state senate, 1860-62; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1860;
U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1862-70; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1871-81 (14th District 1871-73, 18th
District 1873-79, 17th District 1879-81).
Died in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, July 6,
1898 (age 76 years, 353
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio.
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Henry Everard Peck (1821-1867) —
also known as H. E. Peck —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 20,
1821.
Republican. College professor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1856;
U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Haiti, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1866-67, died in office 1867.
Abolitionist; involved in rescue of an escaping slave in Wellington,
near Oberlin, Ohio, in September 1858; among the 20 men who were arrested
and charged
with "infringement of the Fugitive
Slave Law"; the trial
ended when the slave catchers (who had pressed the charges) were
indicted for kidnapping.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Haiti,
June
9, 1867 (age 45 years, 324
days).
Interment somewhere
in Oberlin, Ohio.
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Robert Alonzo Rogers (1899-1970) —
also known as Robert A. Rogers —
of Parkville, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Ohio, April
19, 1899.
Republican. College teacher; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Platte County, 1945.
Died in Manatee
County, Fla., July 30,
1970 (age 71 years, 102
days).
Interment at Mansion Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Ellenton, Fla.
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Austin Scott (1848-1922) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
10, 1848.
College professor; president,
Rutgers College, 1891-1906; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1914-15.
Died in Granville, Hampden
County, Mass., August
15, 1922 (age 74 years, 5
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Austin Scott and Sarah (Remey) Scott; married 1882 to Anna
Prentiss Stearns. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Donna Edna Shalala (b. 1941) —
also known as Donna E. Shalala —
of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
14, 1941.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; university professor; president,
Hunter College, City University of New York, 1980-88; chancellor,
University of Wisconsin, 1988-92; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993-2001; president,
University of Miami, 2001-15; U.S.
Representative from Florida 27th District, 2019-.
Female.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; American
Federation of Teachers.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2011.
Still living as of 2019.
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Ellison Griffith Smith (b. 1854) —
also known as Ellison G. Smith —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Noble
County, Ohio, December
5, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1887; circuit judge in South Dakota
1st Circuit, 1889-1909; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1909-23; law
professor.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Griffith Smith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith; married, October
18, 1877, to Anna F. Kirkwood; married, January
3, 1922, to Florence Pearl Hunkins. |
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Oliver Morris Spencer (1829-1895) —
also known as Oliver M. Spencer —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, 1829.
University professor; president,
University of Iowa, 1862-67; U.S. Consul in Genoa, 1867-78; U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, 1879-84.
Died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
July
27, 1895 (age about 66
years).
Interment at St. Kilda Cemetery, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia.
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John Stallo (1823-1900) —
also known as Johann Bernhard Stallo —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Rome, Italy.
Born in Sierhausen (now Damme), Germany,
March
16, 1823.
College teacher; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-55; district judge in Ohio,
1850; U.S. Minister to Italy, 1885-89.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Rome, Italy,
January
6, 1900 (age 76 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean, college
of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Theodore Strickland (b. 1941) —
also known as Ted Strickland —
of Lucasville, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Lucasville, Scioto
County, Ohio, August
4, 1941.
Democrat. Psychologist;
college professor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1993-95, 1997-2007;
defeated, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker);
Governor
of Ohio, 2007-11; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 2016.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2016.
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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) —
also known as William H. Taft; "Big
Bill" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
15, 1857.
Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1890-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned
1900; law professor; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1901-04; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1904-08; President
of the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Psi
Upsilon; Skull
and Bones; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles
Phelps Taft; brother of Henry
Waters Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen
Louise Herron (daughter of John
Williamson Herron; sister-in-law of Henry
Frederick Lippitt; niece of William
Collins; aunt of Frederick
Lippitt; granddaughter of Ela
Collins); father of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; uncle of Walbridge
S. Taft; grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandfather of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard
J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William
Warner Hoppin, John
Milton Thayer, Edward
M. Chapin and George
Franklin Chapin. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | The former community
of Taft, now part of Lincoln
City, Oregon, was named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in San
Antonio, Texas, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in Bronx, New
York (closed 2008), was named for
him. — Taft High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), in Los
Angees, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo
Enrico Coletta, The
Presidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Alpheus Thomas Mason, William
Howard Taft — Lewis L. Gould, The
William Howard Taft Presidency |
| | | Critical books about William Howard
Taft: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1901 |
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Henry Willson Temple (1864-1955) —
also known as Henry W. Temple —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Belle Center, Logan
County, Ohio, March
31, 1864.
Republican. Pastor;
college professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1915-33 (24th District
1913-15, 1915-23, 25th District 1923-33).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., January
11, 1955 (age 90 years, 286
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Paul F. Walker (1864-1941) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Campbell
County, Ky., March
30, 1864.
University professor; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1895-1902; Consul
for Costa Rica in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1896-1903.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
8, 1941 (age 77 years, 223
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
School
teacher; lawyer; Methodist
minister; university professor; Prohibition candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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Edward Ford Weber (b. 1931) —
also known as Ed Weber —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, July 26,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1981-83; defeated, 1982.
Still living as of 1998.
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Charles William Whalen Jr. (1920-2011) —
of Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 31,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
vice-president, Dayton Dress
Company, 1946-52; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1955-60; member of Ohio
state senate, 1961-66; university professor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1967-79.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 27,
2011 (age 90 years, 331
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Moraine, Ohio.
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