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Daniel Brainard Ainger (1844-1913) —
also known as Daniel B. Ainger —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio; Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio; Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, March 9,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1868,
1876;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1878, 1894; postmaster at Washington,
D.C., 1880-82; Adjutant
General of Michigan, 1887-91; Michigan state banking
commissioner, 1896-97.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April 2,
1913 (age 69 years, 24
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger; married, November
29, 1866, to Fannie Rhodes; married 1896 to Kittie
Rose Savage. |
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Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) —
also known as Russell A. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884,
1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); Governor of
Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John T. Baker (b. 1845) —
of Monroe Township, Linn
County, Iowa; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Huron
County, Ohio, March 7,
1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; carpenter;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1897-1900.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Uriah Baker and Catherine (Tyndall) Baker; married, November
19, 1866, to Clara M. Nead. |
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Arthur Orin Bement (1847-1915) —
also known as Arthur O. Bement —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fostoria, Seneca
County, Ohio, May 22,
1847.
Republican. Mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1892-93.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand Army of the Republic.
Founder, with his father, of the E. Bement Sons implement and stove
manufacturing
firm.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., January
26, 1915 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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William Hartshorn Bonsall (1846-1905) —
also known as William H. Bonsall —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1892.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in California, July, 1905
(age 59
years, 0 days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Robert Burns Brown (1844-1916) —
also known as Robert B. Brown —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in New Concord, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
2, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1912; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1916.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1890 for actions at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee,
November 25, 1863.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, July 30,
1916 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Thomas McLelland Browne (1829-1891) —
also known as Thomas M. Browne —
of Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind.
Born in New Paris, Preble
County, Ohio, April
19, 1829.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1863; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1869-75; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1877-91 (5th District 1877-81, 6th
District 1881-91).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind., July 17,
1891 (age 62 years, 89
days).
Interment at Fountain
Park Cemetery, Winchester, Ind.
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Asa Smith Bushnell (1834-1904) —
also known as Asa S. Bushnell —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
16, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,
Warder, Bushnell & Glassner Company, manufacturers of mowers and
reapers; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1885; Governor of
Ohio, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1896
(speaker).
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1904 (age 69 years, 121
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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Henry Darling Coffinberry (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry D. Coffinberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Maumee, Lucas
County, Ohio, October
14, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; shipbuilder;
Gold Democratic candidate for Ohio board
of public works, 1897.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
17, 1912 (age 70 years, 95
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Chester L. Collins (1847-1916) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Newcastle, Coshocton
County, Ohio, June 13,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 18th Circuit, 1906-16; died in office 1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Beta
Theta Pi; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died March
20, 1916 (age 68 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Adgate W. Collins and Susan (Olive) Collins; married, May 12,
1874, to Sarah Miller. |
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Daniel Webster Comstock (1840-1917) —
of Indiana.
Born in Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio, December
16, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state senate, 1879-81; state court judge in Indiana, 1885-96,
1897-1911; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1917; died in office
1917.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1917 (age 76 years, 154
days).
Interment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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James W. Conger (1845-1921) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., August
6, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; roofing
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
22, 1921 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Harrison Conger and Martha (Auld) Conger; married,
February
15, 1869, to Anna M. Higgins; married, November
18, 1914, to Maude A. Miller; third cousin twice removed of Hugh
Conger; fourth cousin once removed of James
Lockwood Conger, Anson
Griffith Conger, Harmon
Sweatland Conger, Omar
Dwight Conger, Moore
Conger, Chauncey
Stewart Conger, Frederick
Ward Conger, Charles
Franklin Conger, Isaac
Young Conger and Abraham
Benjamin Conger. |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph
operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden,
Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., February
8, 1908 (age 67 years, 165
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as M. L. Essick; "Old Man
Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1880;
candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District, 1896.
Scottish,
German,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Romeo Hoyt Freer (1846-1913) —
also known as Romeo H. Freer —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Harrisville, Ritchie
County, W.Va.
Born in Bazetta, Trumbull
County, Ohio, November
9, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Kanawha
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-73; candidate for Presidential
Elector for West Virginia; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in San Juan del Norte, 1873-77; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ritchie County, 1891-92;
Ritchie
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-97; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 4th Judicial Circuit, 1897-99; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1899-1901; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1901-05; postmaster.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died May 9,
1913 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Harrisville
Cemetery, Harrisville, W.Va.
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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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Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) —
also known as Rutherford B. Hayes; "Rutherfraud B.
Hayes"; "His Fraudulency" —
of Ohio.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, October
4, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67; Governor of
Ohio, 1868-72, 1876-77; President
of the United States, 1877-81.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Stricken by a heart
attack at the railroad
station in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, January
17, 1893 (age 70 years, 105
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 at Rutherford
B. Hayes State Memorial Grounds, Fremont, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Rutherford Hayes, Jr. and Sophia (Birchard) Hayes; married, December
30, 1852, to Lucy
Webb Hayes; father of James
Webb Cook Hayes. |
| | | Political family: Hayes
family of Fremont, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Leopold
Markbreit — James
M. Comly — Joseph
P. Bradley |
| | | Hayes County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | Rutherford B. Hayes High
School, in Delaware,
Ohio, is named for
him. — The Presidente Hayes Department (province),
and its capital
city, Villa Hayes, in Paraguay,
are named for
him. — Hayes Hall
(built 1893), at Ohio State University,
Columbus,
Ohio, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "He serves his party
best who serves his country best." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Rutherford B. Hayes: Ari
Hoogenboom, Rutherford
B. Hayes: Warrior and President — Hans Trefousse, Rutherford
B. Hayes: 1877 - 1881 — William H. Rehnquist, Centennial
Crisis : The Disputed Election of 1876 |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Alexander S. Helms (b. 1846) —
of Indiana.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, August
13, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1883-85.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Warren Keifer (1836-1932) —
also known as J. Warren Keifer —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Bethel Township, Clark
County, Ohio, January
30, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio
state senate, 1868-69; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1876,
1908;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-85, 1905-11 (8th District 1877-79,
4th District 1879-81, 8th District 1881-85, 7th District 1905-11);
defeated, 1910; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1881-83; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died April
22, 1932 (age 96 years, 83
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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Asbury L. Kerwood (1842-1914) —
of Indiana.
Born in Preble
County, Ohio, June 21,
1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1899.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind., March 5,
1914 (age 71 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Kilbourne (1842-1919) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
9, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder and
president, Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing
Co., maker of wheelbarrows; director, Columbus, Hocking Valley &
Toledo Railway;
director, Hayden-Clinton National Bank;
president, Columbus Children's Hospital;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1892,
1896,
1900
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1901.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio, April
24, 1919 (age 76 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-1911) —
also known as Charles F. Manderson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
9, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1883-95; general solicitor, western
region, Burlington Railway
System, 1895.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died on
board the steamship Cedric, in the harbor at Liverpool, England,
September
28, 1911 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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William S. Matthews (b. 1847) —
of Ohio.
Born in Gallia
County, Ohio, January
1, 1847.
Republican. Secretary of
Ohio Republican Party, 1891, 1895-96; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1890.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Mayer (1837-1910) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Nierstein, Germany,
January
6, 1837.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1889-90;
U.S. Consul in Buenos Aires, 1897-1905.
German
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from uremia,
in the Jewish Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 20,
1910 (age 73 years, 134
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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John A. McCurdy (1841-1925) —
of Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Staunton Township, Miami
County, Ohio, March
26, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Ohio
state house of representatives from Miami County, 1897.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died, of cardiac
decompensation, in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, August
26, 1925 (age 84 years, 153
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Troy, Ohio.
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Jonas Hartzell McGowan (1837-1909) —
also known as Jonas H. McGowan —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Smithtown Township, Columbiana County (now Smith Township, Mahoning
County), Ohio, April 2,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
University
of Michigan board of regents, 1870-77; resigned 1877; member of
Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1877-81.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 5,
1909 (age 72 years, 94
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
| | | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
| | | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Austin George Nettleton (1841-1922) —
also known as Austin G. Nettleton —
of Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Medina, Medina
County, Ohio, August
31, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster
at Nampa,
Idaho, 1899-1905; cigar
dealer.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho, May 13,
1922 (age 80 years, 255
days).
Interment at Kohlerlawn
Cemetery, Nampa, Idaho.
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John Willock Noble (1831-1912) —
also known as John W. Noble —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, October
26, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1867-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1889-93.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March
22, 1912 (age 80 years, 148
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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George Myron Sabin (1833-1890) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Treasure Hill, White Pine
County, Nev.; Pioche, Lincoln
County, Nev.; Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev.
Born in Ohio, August, 1833.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 1882-90; died in office 1890.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 12,
1890 (age 56 years, 0
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839-1921) —
also known as Archibald J. Sampson; A. J.
Sampson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Colorado; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, June 21,
1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Colorado
state attorney general, 1877-79; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1897-1905.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, from acute
nephritis and pneumonia,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
24, 1921 (age 82 years, 186
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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George W. Scheets (1842-1929) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Kirchehrenbach, Bavaria, Germany,
November
19, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
mayor
of Toledo, Ohio, 1885.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, February
8, 1929 (age 86 years, 81
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Isaac Ruth Sherwood (1835-1925) —
also known as Isaac R. Sherwood —
of Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
13, 1835.
Democrat. Probate judge in Ohio, 1860; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1869-73; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1873-75, 1907-21, 1923-25 (6th District
1873-75, 9th District 1907-21, 1923-25); defeated, 1920, 1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic.
Leading advocate of the $1/day pension for Union Civil War veterans.
Voted against U.S. entry into World War I.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, October
15, 1925 (age 90 years, 63
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Robert Closson Spencer (b. 1829) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in East Ashtabula, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 22,
1829.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,
Spencerian Business College; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1890.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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Madison Miner Walden (1836-1891) —
also known as Madison M. Walden —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Adams
County, Ohio, October
6, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives 4th District, 1866-67, 1890;
member of Iowa
state senate 4th District, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1871-73.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., July 24,
1891 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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James Baird Weaver (1833-1912) —
also known as James B. Weaver —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa; Colfax, Jasper
County, Iowa.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, June 12,
1833.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1879-81, 1885-89;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880 (Greenback Labor), 1892 (Populist);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
6, 1912 (age 78 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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